Re: "It installs to a FAT32 partition"
I'd still like to get a copy of OS/2 though prices there are somewhat silly
Here you go :
https://winworldpc.com/product/os-2-warp-4/os-2-warp-40
Posts by Anonymous South African Coward
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FreeDOS puts out first new version in six years
Beware the techie who takes things literally
Monday 21st February 2022 12:07 GMT 
I still see instances of unlicenced WinRAR running. Uninstall these and install either ZipGenius or 7-zip.
Coders of such tools can do well to allow full functionality during the evaluation period, but after the evaluation period, you can only unzip/decompress archives, and not be able to create any new archives unless you purchase a licence.
File suffixes: Who needs them? Well, this guy did
Chromium-adjacent Otter browser targets OS/2
IT technician jailed for wiping school's and pupils' devices
Beware the big bang in the network room
Real-time software? How about real-time patching?
Friday 11th February 2022 13:20 GMT
Re: Site Acceptance Test
Had a site in Lesotho.
A NAS lost its boot drive (cwappy Thecus NAS) and I had to go to site to fixxit.
Bright and early on the plane, got there, had some issues with the rental car, but eventually got that sorted out.
Drove to clients site, replaced the hard drive, need to redo the iSCSI initiator stuff so two HyperV HA servers could connect, managed to get everything up and running, just in time to return to the airport and catch the plane out...
Tried to submit a daily subsistence claim, and it got rejected, which Pissed Me Off Seri-assly.
BOFH: The Geek's Countergambit – outwitted at an electronics store
To err is human. To really tmux things up requires an engineer
Tuesday 8th February 2022 05:45 GMT
Re: If it is easy to colour a screen - just do it!
On Windows Server I set the background to display a bitmap of the server name tiled all over the screen.
So you can always tell which server you are logged in using remote desktop and mRemoteNG.
And, yes, I did shut the wrong server down. Once.
Others did the same, as it is not easy to discern between local and remote servers, and that was before I did the background bitmap thing.
Comcast fixes broadband cables 'peppered' with holes after Oakland drive-by shooting
When forgetting to set a password for root is the least of your woes
BOFH: On Wednesdays, we wear gloves
Bouncing cheques or a bouncy landing? All in a day's work for the expert pilot
Robot vacuum cleaner employed by Brit budget hotel chain Travelodge flees
Tesla driver charged with vehicular manslaughter after deadly Autopilot crash
Wednesday 19th January 2022 12:44 GMT
Cannot recall where I've read this story, but still remember it.
Some guy buys a Winnebago with all the thrills and frills, and take it on a long road trip.
Of course the inevitable excursion from the highway happened.
He took the company to court and won.
His argument - He have engaged the autocruise, and went to the back to make coffee when the unwanted excursion occurred.
So the argument to rename any sort of cruise control/autocontrol/autopilot/autocruise thing to something less misleading still remain, and people will NOT read the manual, they will ASSUME that it does what it says.
To counter that sort of idiocy, you'll have to take a compulsory "introduction" class where they will explain the car's features (like autocruise, what it can do and cannot do) and at the end of that class, you sign a waiver agreeing that you will not sue the company for whatever reason should you have an accident and the car was on ~automation control~ and an accident happened and you was too engrossed in your fondleslab game.
Microsoft patches the patch that broke VPNs, Hyper-V, and left servers in boot loops
Wednesday 19th January 2022 12:30 GMT
Consistency is key to cuss-tomer satisfaction...
...the company's approach to testing has thus far remained reassuringly consistent.
I am thinking a bit ahead, and warned our TQM and Dev department - we may have to look at the feasibility of going 100% over to Linux for our products, as we can standardize on a specific Linux distro, and lock it down the way we want it...
...and only allow patches on a strictly controlled basis.
This update issue will cause some major grief sooner or later...
Heck, even NT4 with SP6 is looking better and better, we never had any issues with NT4SP6 back in the day... but that is our very, very very last resort.
Could BYOB (Bring Your Own Battery) offer a solution for charging electric vehicles? Microlino seems to think so
Friday 14th January 2022 10:11 GMT
If I was able to afford one and ship it to South Africa (RHD) I would do so...
...and making a plan with charging it. The model with the largest battery will allow me to shuttle for 4 days before charging, which suits me just fine.
Now... money's another issue... plus getting the required 'leccy.
Admins report Hyper-V and domain controller issues after first Patch Tuesday of 2022
Friday 14th January 2022 09:29 GMT 
And this morning I've sent out an email detailing this incident, and impressed the need that we really look at switching away from Windows as this will be a risk we cannot ignore.
Imagine your production (critical) going poof after applying a not-so-kosher update... Been there, done that, don't want any repeats kthanxbai.
Or worse still ReFS showing raw, and somebody thinking a quickie format will resolve things... (one poster above commented that there isn't tools or recovery software available for ReFS, so what's the use of it then?)
Even more so if it is a remote server in a remote location, and somebody need to be sent out to do the gefingerpoken at the server in order to fix things... most of us most certainly do not need extra fun and games of this sort.
Software engineer jailed for 2 years after using RATs and crypters to steal underage victims' intimate pics
Thursday 13th January 2022 08:45 GMT
Re: That Mugshot
Don't. Send. Nudes. To. Anyone. Ever.
Seconded. Once it is out there, it cannot be deleted, or wished away.
Best is just to forcefully terminate the connection, walk away and forget about it.
And have a qualified/knowledgeable person thoroughly sanitize the device, or toss and burn it, and be more careful next time.
Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times
Tuesday 11th January 2022 13:16 GMT
Here in South Africa we also had a similar system, but I cannot recall what it was called.
The SABC would display it in its glory after-hours.
I have to agree with other posters above - less cluttered, use little or no bandwidth. Unlike today's bandwidth-hogging websites who tend to fall over as soon as facebook.com throws a wobbly.
Perseverance on the rocks: Pebbles clog up the rover's Martian sample collection
Worst of CES Awards: The least private, least secure, least repairable, and least sustainable
Monday 10th January 2022 13:56 GMT
Smart tractors... just nopenopenopenopenope
if I get the chance, I'll rather buy a tractor from the 1980's era - without any fancy purdy electrickery stuff.
Because in the field it matters what you can and cannot fix.
Smart tractors breaking down in the field will cause a load of bulldust, but a dumb tractor breaking down is easy to fix.
And IoT tat - just avoid. Dumb lights, dumb alarm clocks etc all worked quite well, why would we need smarter tat now?
You've stolen the antiglare shield on that monitor you've fixed – they say the screen is completely unreadable now
Intel's mystery Linux muckabout is a dangerous ploy at a dangerous time
Tuesday 14th December 2021 13:47 GMT
I can see our resident BOFH having a go at this "feature" to throttle the Bossly Unit's computer/laptop to near-useless performance levels, then get The Bossly Unit to procure a new top-of-the-range PC/laptop, then unthrottle the original PC, clean it up, and pretend that the new PC/laptop have already been installed...
...while getting the new PC/laptop all set up in Mission Control without anyone being any wiser.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
