Posts by Mark 110

It doesn't need to be patched. Security is like an onion (to quote Shrek). Not sure you need your processors patched if no one can get to them.

Cloud presents different problems I agree.

Re: They sold at least three

My current firm dishes out a couple of thousand Dell/MS tablets in the field for site surveys. Theres definitely a business market. Never owned one myself - I'm fine with laptop phone and kindle. Not sure the tablet would add anything.

In what way is ignoring digital assistants interesting?

Re: "natural predator"?

Good call. Additionally "Zebrafish are omnivorous, primarily eating zooplankton, phytoplankton, insects and insect larvae, although they can eat a variety of other foods, such as worms and small crustaceans, if their preferred food sources are not readily available."

They don't eat fish.

Re: Prime Complaints

I've never had a problem, but then I'm never really that desperate for the next day thing so don't watch that closely. I will watch more closely in future. Always nice to get free stuff.

Re: You contacted Apple for comment

There was a story within the lastg yearf where "An Apple spokesperson told us . . .". We all had a good giggle at the time :-)

Re: Half a Review?

"Platform rivals to the Apple’s WatchOS have been stagnating for years, with no new silicon from Qualcomm with which to take on the (now) all-conquering Apple smartwatch since 2016."

Please stop ignoring Garmin as a thing El Reg. It is a thing. It makes the best bits of tech that are dedicated to exercise. OK so it used to be dedicated to cycling, running, walking and specialist device swimming but now they wrap all that up in a nice package with all the other health stuff. And you get phone notifications on your wrist. And they are starting to add payment services.

Theres more tech companies in the world than Apple/Samsung/Google!!!!!!

Re: Ahhh, the Oracle we all know and love

"Also 143m seems quite a low number for the type of fund"

You made me look it up . . . . $147,902,939 under management.

Re: No comment?

The analysis of the outage is insightful. And well written. I wish some of the customer comms I have written under stress had read that well :-(

I was wondering why the power switch didn't have a guard over it . . .

Re: Last time I looked it was lacking virtual network drivers

Why use Hyper-V?

Presumably there was a choice between installing Virtualbox or finding the driver and the latter was chosen . . .

Re: Whatever he's being paid

I couldn't really give a shit about whether the EU or the UK are more democratic (I do think - check my old posts - that the UK system is horribly undemocratic though).

What worries me most is that the EU makes much better decisions and better laws for the good of all of us than the UK ever has. Our worlds a better place for it. In new world we have to be like (or in slavery to his hedge fund) Jacob Rees Mogg . . . Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccc........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: My Comments

Cool that worked. I'd move the first ad below the first story if I were you though - or have a smaller ad - not a nice experience just seeing the masthead and huge ugly boring ad when you access the page.

(HTC11 - Firefox)

Re: Cash, always

Yes, read this https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-travel-money/

All becomes clear.

Re: Forcing HANA

Not sure its true. I was working at one of the biggest SAP shops in the world (Unilever) when HANA was launched and there was no rough stuff. Actually, more a "this looks like an advance, bring it on" attitude from the business & techies.

I sense Teradata clutching at straws before they go under here.

Re: Still at the FPGA stage after all these years?!?!?!?!???

"Great for Microsoft, but if that happens the days of open computing are over."

That must be why they ported Linux onto it . . .

Re: The more I listen to the EU...

"...the more I conclude that it is the EU itself that is trying to have its cake and eat it."

I think its more that the EU has baked its cake, is enjoying eating its cake. The UK wants it to change the recipe to something less palatable.

Re: "opt-out was probably the best choice"

"I don't mind downvotes, but I'm honestly curious here -- why is this comment getting them? Can someone give me the counterargument?

I believe what I said is true because I have yet to see "anonymized" data collection that can't be de-anonymized whenever the entity holding the data wants to do it."

They aren't collecting any PII data. Theres nothing they have they could de-anonymouse.

Re: 80s music was mostly dire

I always liked The Cure . . . 'Boooooys Dooooon't Crrrrrryyyyyy' . . . . yes they do. About their gadgets :-)

Re: Tower of tickboxes

They aren't getting rid of the towers. Its the Service Integration layer across the top of the towers they are bringing back in house. Sensible.

Re: Years of under-investment

Coop Bank were still running Windows XP less than 18 months ago and the programme to upgrade was barely off the ground. I'd say years of under investment is about right.

Re: Why hasn't Oracle died yet?

I disagree with the 'just as crap bit'.

Re: Talking of other ways to get porn.

@John G Imrie

And needless to say if this works - which it won't - you'll still be able to torrent the wildest things in your 12 year old imagination anyway.

Oh well. Poor kids :-(

Re: Four days!

I bought the other half a Nokia Steel HR last night - looks beautiful compared to that ugly square thing in the article and a month charge iirc.

I bought myself a Garmin 735XT - thats got a 4 day battery life but then thats got GPS and loads of other bumpf - I charged it Friday and its still got over 50% charge mind - I use it for swim training more than anything. Imagine I will hammer the battery fairly quickly when I start cycling and running with it.

Re: Why is Garmin

Thanks for the tip on the Garmins all - I have been using a Garmin Swim for years (Garmin smart watches didn't exist back then and the GPS ones didn't have pool functfions).

Very tempted by the 735XT or 935 - both like a very nice upgrade. Time to get a new toy and hopefully get a bit of cash back on the Swim and the Cycle computer (probably give that to the nephew - he wants one) as it would replace both.

Ook

Re: Looks good

Does anyone even use the camera? Seems like a waste of space on a laptop to me. I must have webcammed for any constructive purpose (couple of job interviews) about 3 times ever. And the job interviews I used a USB webcam as the laptop cam made me look very very very scary . . .

Much easier to and better to pull a usb cameera out of the drawer / bag when its needed.

Guess people mileage varies . .

Re: @ wolfetone

Lets face it if ever theres a proper shooting war then all these carriers, and the planes still on the deck, will be on the bottom of the sea within about an hour.

Carriers are just for bullying people that can't shoot back.

Re: Last name on the list is not likely to be Russian

Yes. Who paid them? Russia or Trump?

Coop Bank, Sopra Steria, IBM . . .

Re: Excellent news

Yes - excellent news. Amazed it took so long.

Re: Scope creep

Oh don't be an arse. Why do you want to be in an all male environment?

Re: Where?

@Ledswinger

So go back to ADSL then? I'm sorry but having been on Virgin for 10 years before I moved house you really don't want to give it up. BTs network is so shit compared to Virgins. Either stop moaning and switch back to BT or stop moaning.

Re: You forgot to mention

So I heard on the radio the other day (comedy show, unreliable) that the reason we can't have a tunnel between Scotland and NI is that we have dumped so muchh dodgy ordinance (including chemical weapons) into the Irish Sea that its not safe.

Is that true?