Posts by Stuart Halliday

We know.

Of course we all know what it'll be used for....

That age old subject - pornography

Well, what other use has technology got?

Wasn't Acorn's RISC OS the first to use a file to be replaced by a 'folder'?

Ask how Boeing do their testing then don't do that method...

So why do we get so many Battery PR releases claiming the Earth?

For decades now we have Anode or Cathode inventors or both claiming impressive charge densities but still no sign of them on the market?

Can we get a ban on battery PR for the next ten years?

Sounds like a start in the right direction.

It's a well known tactic used by Lawyers.

If you have a unreasonable statement in a contract, you can deliberately leave it in and hope the other party doesn't spot it.

If you wish to break a contract, you simply raise the statement and the judge rules the whole contract null and void.

Not usual for it to be so obvious though....

Good times

Is my original ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) mug and dangly label worth anything yet?

Only in the UK

Has anyone else noticed that here in the UK, we push the bottom half of the Mains switch to turn items on where as in America it's the opposite.

Certainly explains why some PC power supplies the power switch looks 'upside down'!

But Office365 is free!

I'm a keen LibreOffice user and I've donated money to the organisation a few times.

When I visit Home users on IT jobs, Office365 often becomes a subject of conversation.

It seems a lot of people with Office365 can share the suite. Seemingly up to 5 shares are allowed?

So getting it free is a big temptation I guess.

Backups good....

Long overlooked, Archive is the best!

The Good Old Days...

Remember when you could turn off all graphics....

It's always Hardware....

Today IT plodders think software first. But it's really Hardware...

I was in the last class at Uni to be taught how to hit/tap Valves to get them to work.

Stayed with me throughout my career.

Ink Tank Printers?

Is that a new term for ancient ink Printers?

Reminded me of a battle I had when I worked at Maplin. Next door was PC World. Customer came to me to get a cable for their desktop PC as instructed by the PCWorld person.

I told the customer that such a cable didn't exist. So back to PCWorld he went for further instructions.

He came back with a piece of paper and once more I said, such a cable didn't exist.

This exchange went on about 6 times. Until I feeling pity for him went with him into PCWorld and looked at his PC myself.

I saw immediately that PCWorld technician was inventing cables. You can't get a 6 pin graphics card power cable to ATX 24 pin main board adapter. I of course sold the customer the correct PSU cable....

Made a change from telling the customer to refund their £90 HDMI cable from PCWorld and buy a £6 from us instead.

If you're not using Sysinternals stuff, you're not a IT person....

Can we get something useful added to 20H1? How about a spell checker for file explorer or decent image comparison software?

WTF

How did the voltage change from 28V to 65V and no one noticed that the switch component couldn't withstand the increased current?

This is basic stuff.

So, a new connector will be required?

Just playing at being grownups....

Ask and you shall receive

So, next time I'm on one of these planes, I've to ask when the plane was last turned off?

FFS.

Douglas Adams will be turning in his Grave...

Cue Digital Watches....

Well, at least Malwarebytes customers will be protected I assume.

Great times

I remember my first introduction to the radio series.

A certain Mouse Trainer was selling off plastic animation sheets from the book on the TV series. Got to see outtakes in Blackpool that were deleted forever a few months later. I'd never heard of the series at that point and so missed the opportunity to get Merch.

First episode later that week for me was the one where they're inside that marble cup. I was hooked.

Met Douglas himself a few months later doing book signing in Edinburgh. Only 3 of us there, so we got to ask lots of crazy questions. Later on, I was message boarding him on a London BBS. Sweet.

Remove any grants from any company saying 'synergy'....

So improve the capture images?

Can we get RISC OS running on it please....?

When companies in America brought out devices to attach to your Tesla Steering Wheel to evade it's safety measures, then that's when the Driver is too stupid to live....

Please inform the Police if you see Process Explorer on your Child's computer.

It's obvious they're at hacking level...

What security updates?

I'm a Samsung owner, so I expect to wait another month...