Re: I "Pirate" what I have already paid for - I bet most "Pirates" are like me
Ahoy there, thumbs up just for your title.
Agree entirely, & you dont see those silly warnings at the start of a film, me hearty.
Posts by N2
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What kind of pirate are you: Justified, transgressor or just honest?
PayPal security boss: OBLITERATE passwords from THE PLANET
Coke? Windows 8 is Microsoft's 'Vista moment'. Again
German court: 'Nein' to Apple 'global consent' on fanbois' privacy
Japan's XP migration solution: Remove network cable
Friday 3rd May 2013 10:15 GMT
Re: A good solution in the right situation.
Sounds like it went well, until you 'upgraded' Ive also noticed how frail some new hardware is despite the price not exactly being bottom book. My preferred OS was Windows 2000 which absolutely flew even on hardware 10 years old. With later versions I often think the computer has halted when I remote it as simple stuff takes so long. & yesterday I had the misfortune of having to use Access 2010, what a mess they made of that.
You hear that, Mr Cook? Samsung's profits have gone UP
Reg hack to starve on £1 a day for science
The Reg puts Vulture inside the Large Hadron Collider
Wanna put your toaster and fridge online? Over to you, Ofcom
I am NOT a PC repair man. I will NOT get your iPad working
Friday 29th March 2013 13:50 GMT
It happens to me also
at any sort of social gathering, my reply never changes:
Ive got two ways I can fix that - It will only take a minute or two:
1. I can place it underneath my Land Rover and drive over it or
2. Cut it in half with my chainsaw / 10" angle grinder
Which would you prefer so I may continue enjoying my glass of wine as swiftly as possible?
Swift change of subject & I dont have to talk technical crap all evening.
BIGGEST DDoS ATTACK IN HISTORY hammers Spamhaus
Oi, Microsoft, where's my effin' toolbar gone?
Friday 22nd March 2013 13:13 GMT
Re: What is this article supposed to be?
Sorry, but they are far from alone, I gave up using Word some years ago but its lack of ability to display formatted text correctly as one in putted is legendary. Try as I may to produce, a simple piece of formatted text in a list with numbers? no chance; I got bold alternate numbering and all sorts of other malevolence appearing randomly from then on.
Copying & pasting the text from notepad diddnt work either & whilst my computer was powerful enough to accurately predict the entire worlds weather system for the next billion years, this opus magnum of hand crafted bloat-ware from Redmond bought it to its knees.
The author describes what should have been a fairly straight forward experience, made impossible by software touted to be the best in its class, IMO the earlier versions were OK but not any more. Personally, I dont want bells & whistles, I just want to get the job done and fast without the joys of a general protection error - Word has tried saving your work... but never has.
To be honest, Id much prefer the ancient little dos program called Professional Writer that ran from one FDD, but there you go thats my preference, Im sure it will of course all be fixed in the next version...
Microsoft backs law banning Google Apps from schools
Twenty classic arcade games
Microsoft finally ships Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7
Quit the 2D internet, flee your cave, and GET LAID, barks rock star
Microsoft: Office 2013 license is for just one PC, FOREVER
Microsoft: You want Office for Mac, fanboi? You'll pay Windows prices
Tesco dials 999 after Clubcard vouchers are 'nicked' online
Australia cuts Microsoft bill by AU$100m
Earth escapes asteroid flyby, boffins want lasers aimed at next one
Microsoft still reviving Azure SQL Reporting after Monday FAIL
Satanic Renault takes hapless French bloke on 200km/h joyride
Intel's new TV box to point creepy spy camera at YOUR FACE
BT copper-cable choppers cop 16 months in the cooler
WORLD temporarily FREED from BURDEN of TWITTER!
Microsoft tries to sell home Office users on subscription pricing
Greedy Sky admits: We crippled broadband with TOO MANY users
Tuesday 22nd January 2013 18:24 GMT
Couldnt agree more
Pay peanuts, expect monkeys?
Incidentally, IDNet is pretty good.
The only problem in about 6 years , I called them & spoke to someone who said, yes they were working on a problem and it would be fixed within an hour. about 30 minutes later, I got a call to say it was all working.
Google sinks millions into plush new £1bn London HQ
LIVE TODAY: Windows 8 licensing - Speak your brains, believe your eyes
McDonalds burger app gives it to you straight from the horse's mouth
British armed forces get first new pistol since World War II
Friday 11th January 2013 18:36 GMT
Re: shooting Glock 17 from a UK newbie.
"The dangerous and silly things an untrained person will do with a handgun will turn your hair grey."
Agreed, when I was range qualified, we had the cheap and nasty SMG & when the weapon was being cocked, if not done correctly, it could chamber a round & fire, even though the safety catch was on - shudder!
Friday 11th January 2013 15:49 GMT
About time too!
However, I actually much preferred using a 686 Smith & Wesson revolver, chambered .357 magnum. But firing a .38 special with dosnt have as much clang as the magnum round, far more accurate than any automatic pistol I tried.
The Glock will be a good replacement for the Browning & hopefully is able to withstand the odd rogue round if we still buy our ammo from Pakistan - a few years ago they had QC issues & could shatter the breech of the Browning.
As for the Desert Eagle brigade, that is like a Lamborghini Countach, best for hanging a picture of it on a 12 year olds bedroom wall. I would choose that last, at least you might frighten them off with the bang, as it does that very well!
US military nails 'best ever' Microsoft deal, brags size does matter
Microsoft says Google trying to undermine Windows Phone
Do users have enough power?
Outlook 2013 spurns your old Word and Excel documents
Friday 21st December 2012 22:27 GMT
Re: MS shoots own foot shocker
Couldn't agree more, one of the prime reasons for using Microsoft software was backwards compatibility but this ended after Office2003.
The primary reason for changing file formats is nothing to do with improvement but all about marketing & sending that .docx file with the veiled message of "look what our shiny new software can do that yours cant..." be easily read? what a crock of shit. And whilst the Microsoft evangelists will heap scorn on me & those who choose otherwise, I for one would prefer to hand write & post mail than use the ill conceived junk that Outlook & Office has become.
PGP, TrueCrypt-encrypted files CRACKED by £300 tool
END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH: TalkTalk no longer worst ISP in UK
Tuesday 18th December 2012 18:29 GMT
Im not a Talk Talk salesman either...
People dam Talk Talk, but my experiences are that its actually quite good, just one example: I configured a router for a client who lived beyond the 5.5Km limit and once connected he asked me why he had better service than the BT line in the office less than 2Km from the exchange. To be fair I usually used a DG834 router but they worked well. So I'll probably get thumbs down but Id prefer them over BT.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
