Posts by zebthecat

would you care to explain what Trump's native language is

It sounds like bollocks to me

Small...

...Far away

LGBTQ* are extremely overrepresented in tech - especially if by "tech" you mean Silicon Valley.

That which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence

Re: Maybe it's the schoolboy in me (snigger)...

You're not wrong.

I suspect Jeff Bezos used Flesh Gordon as inspiration.

Re: US$2,579.00

Holy cow that is very expensive indeed.

I was tempted until I saw the price

Re: ...

Awesome!

Ah, that brings back memories of driving to visit my grandparents in Dunbar. The sign always made me laugh.

There was a similar one near me on the A22 for the "River Uck" which was always defaced. East Sussex County Council finally gave up the battle and removed the sign completely,

Re: Agile

That is not Agile at all, just laziness

The Back of the Napkin

Fuck the napkin!

Re: But disruptive is good

Henchmen? pfft!

I swapped over to minions long ago

Ah bollocks is more like it

I really like my Priv and am pretty hacked off about this news. The overheating thing was sorted out a while ago and I love the combination large screen and keyboard.

Plan to carry on using it until it finally dies but won't be purchasing another BB after this. If you can't be arsed to carry on supporting your products then don't expect anyone to buy them.

They’re introducing a bunch of new 3D animated emojis that are based on the user’s facial expression...

...when they are having a poo

Re: Jerry will be sorely missed

Eh?

SDI was a catastrophic and expensive failure, not one of the projects succeeded.

Re: First, read the memo

D'Amore, however, presents precisely no evidence to back up his supposedly scientific assertions. Firing him was a bit harsh but don't pretend that this was a well researched paper. For all the apparent logic the premises of arguments are worthless

"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."

Re: Share and Enjoy!

So now we know why they were first up against the wall when the revolution came.

Anyone who tries to sneak comms stuff into my toater can go stick his head in a pig!

Re: I don't get it

Me neither - I guess there must be some use case but I can't think of one apart from spying on your own family.

Very weird

Re: Java is absolutely crap for web applications

You have clearly never coded a Java web properly so shut your cake hole.

Ignorance is not a strong position from which you should try to frame an argument

Re: Make something new

Long form TV, however, would be a perfect fit.

I'd love to see Netflix/HBO/whoever take on Use of Weapons

HMS Sharky McLaserface

Since when has supporting an election winner become mandatory?

"And you forget the only thing that matters: Germany needs to export to the UK. Their auto industry will be rioting if the EU insists on tariffs."

Hi Govey!

You're flat wrong by the way. Politics will trump economics - the EU will not give us tariff free access unless we accept the four freedoms and that is that. They cannot give us a special deal as it will encourage others trying it on.

Re: Why have you included a picture of Christopher Biggins!

Definitely Biggins

Not surprising that the Hayek inspired IEA are calling for a slashing of regulation as that is their only strategy. Worked for the banks didn't it?

Re: Best practices like remediation coaching and eLearning

Indeed they do

They are also running a devops security roadshow tour at this very moment

The real question is... why would the Russians want Trump to win?

Pretty obvious that one:

Trump and Putin have been acquaintences for a while.

Trump is rowing back on the US's NATO article 5 commitments (collective defence).

Trump thinks Russia didn't invade eastern Ukraine (even though they admitted it).

Trump is, by nature, an isolationst.

All this would give Russia a free hand in foreign policy to carry on its military adventurism unchecked by the US. Trump's comments on article 5 could potentially leave the Baltic states vulnerable to an invasion similar to Ukraine

I agree

Got a 3DTV a few years ago by accident purely as it was at a huge discount (and a bloody good plasma screen as well).

Have watched a fair few 3D movies on it and only two have ever worked well (even Gravity was so-so). This two were TT Closer to the edge because the on bike 3D sequences are terrifying and it really brings home how scary the TT course is. The other was Dredd purely for the 3D blood flying everywhere in balletic slomo.

Re: I've got a cunning plan my lord

I was wondering that too.

Re: Is another term for press subjugation to the Home Affarirs committee...

You are in the right anatomical area

Re: 'EU' -> 'UK' -> 'K'

Dismaland?

Re: So where is the post to balance this out?

Perverse it might be but that is exactly what the leave campaign implies

Re: The Cloud...

According to the article they deal with the failing cloud.

Funny old business model that

Re: Problem is that Agile doesn't work

Disagree completely - I have worked in three places that did Agile well and it worked very well indeed. As far as I can tell the main thrust of the article is creect in that you really need everyone (especially the business sponsors) to buy into it too. If they don't understand the process then you might as well not bother..

Re: Cunts

You beat me to it (Wankers was my choice)

Where, presumably, many government ministers learned all they know about IT.

Says it all in one sentence *sigh*

Re: Want

Yep, me too

Well done...

...that is the most idiotic comment I have read for a while. It is satirical I hope.

Re: Long-lived VMSclusters?

There, indeed, are - I worked for one.

I am pretty sure their two main cluster incarnations have been since 1990 (I recall rewriting some ancient C++ code that run there where the previous edit had been done in 1992 and this was five years ago).

They also did a full data centre move, mainframes and all, in a weekend which was pretty bloody impressive.

OpenVMS really is spectacularly resilient, the only downside (apart from debugging which was hideously slow) was the boxes puny network cards.