Re: jesters shoes
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jesters-shoes
it refers to curling ones toes when you get off!... :)
Posts by illiad
975 posts • joined 6 May 2010
UKIP flogs latex love gloves: Because Brexit means Brexit
Florence and the Machines: Data centers brace as hurricane smashes into US coast
Re: I hate to say it
The problem seems to be that the gov is very slow and dumb, due to low motivation...
big corporations know that if disaster happens, they will lose billions, so make sure that does not happen.
Re: Title...
haven't you heard of this???
https://youtu.be/PQZhN65vq9E
a fitting tribute I think..
NOW start thinking about your fav. band, beginning with G for the next one!! :)
How an augmented reality tourist guide tried to break my balls
Re: Knot
I think Mrs D may have tried to alert him to the the 'adjuster' but he said 'stop fiddling' so left him to it, and secretly laughed at his pain...
Python joins movement to dump 'offensive' master, slave terms
No, eight characters, some capital letters and numbers is not a good password policy
Re: Password security check
the problem with Mtlhrw is that you CANNOT SEE what you are typing!!!
miskey, and you cannot get in..
Odd thing I find, is keyboards do not work so well on the login screen!!
Re: XKCD example doesn't work for me.
well how about this system..
choose an easy to remember phrase eg bosisstupid
now add 4 letters/nums you can easily remember, that will be added to the above phrase..
eg jon5 bull nad4 , etc... that should give you enough different passwords.. :)
SD cards add PCIe and NVMe, hit 985 MB/sec and 128TB
Re: No Wear Levelling hmmmmmm
It rather depends on the memory on the card, AFAIK the new tech has problems with over use..
Bloke sues Microsoft: Give me $600m – or my copy of Windows 7 back
Re: Let's not overlook the obvious
yeah, 2 hours PLUS all the other hundreds of tweaks and small programs too, meaning most of a day...
Re: Let's not overlook the obvious
He is too lazy to get a decent backup program..
Re: Don't forget to sue them for time lost...
win7 source code??? If you have been following the apocryphally awful development of win10 from the start, you may have surmised that they junked it ALL (workers, code, etc, etc...), being sooo confident it was super fantastic, that they took **6 months** to realize that people hated it!!!
It seems they had to go back and recreate the good bits again from scratch... :(
Getty load of this: Google to kill off 'View image' button in search
Re: Yay
you can get a FF/chrm plugin to restore the 'view image'... Or you can just 'right click' :) :)
It's 2018 and… wow, you're still using Firefox? All right then, patch these horrid bugs
Re: It's 2018 and...
yes, the register is STILL 'telling it like it is' unlike 'auntie beeb' , that takes 5 or 6 days to realize 'spectre' is a thing.... :O
no stoopid chatter, just straight news.. :) :)
IF you WANT 'stoopid chatter' , well look for Alistair Dabbs.. :D :D
Re: It's 2018 and best open source web browser?
yes, that is a VERY personal question... it depends what end of the geek/ normal scale you are on... :P :)
speed, speed, speed!!!
- Then you will be using something with almost NO functionality, just to prove you have the fastest...
Its MS, it must be good!! yea, keep believing the lies...
Its famous, industry standard, so managers say its ok to use it!
- yes, based on an **ancient** report (about FF 10 or summat???) that 'da management' have understood.. - so no moaning about 'unknown software, even though FF60 is awfully top heavy, and has a 'new' eg 'ruined', 'too new' app structure alienating all those app devs.. :/
I only keep the last good one (V52) for tesing and 'keep the boss happy'..
I use a good 'mozilla open source' version call Pale moon, that adds a good graphics engine, good functionality. and has even copied over most good old FF addons for use!
This is NOT for 'mad geeks', just for those who want a good browser like FF 20 used to be.. :)
France to lend Brexit Britain sore souvenir of Norman yoke – the Bayeux Tapestry
we already have the bayeux tapestry at reading :)
well, the Victorian replica, any way..
Astroboffins say our Solar System could have – wait, stop, what... the US govt found UFOs?
Re: So when we have proof that Aliens have been here...... FTL
Note it is not 'speed of light' , it is 'how do we Curve space (or make a 'stargate') easily, with a realistic amount of energy needed, and with the advanced navigation needed...' :)
Re: Alien UFO's are Real - True / False...
I guess you haven't heard of the Torah, which the bible is only a small part of...
STOP looking for UFOs, develop a better camera!
Then we can get proper pictures of whatever it really is...
sooo many frauds and mistaken IDs...
I will bet earth is like some violent towns, you tread carefully, trying not to attract attention, if you happen to find yourself there.. But then there are the youngsters, who know they are faster, so dare to freak out the poor earthers...
Intel puts security on the todo list, Tavis topples torrent tool, and more
Th REAL question...
When is Intel going to produce HARDWARE with the 'problem' fixed?? :D
Meltdown, Spectre bug patch slowdown gets real – and what you can do about it
Lots of time, lots of money lots of building space.... :/
ever wonder why there are only TWO mainstream CPU makers?????
Re: Don't buy a new Intel based system for a while?
BUT!! AFAIK it affects AMD and apple too... : O : O
Beyond code PEBCAK lies KMACYOYO, PENCIL and PAFO
Re: DILLIGAF
FTFRK: fingers too fat, replace keyboard.
KBBC Keyboard blocked by cat
Firefox 57: Good news? It's nippy. Bad news? It'll also trash your add-ons
Re: "It'll also trash your add-ons"
so how do you stop FF force upgrading?? lots of hacks???
Re: Richard 12
FF already has lost many, BUT... more clueless idiots sign up...
Johnfen: there are other Moz based browsers.. :)
Pale moon is a good steady one, with a good forum, latest release is great, still running months old addons... :)
SSL spy boxes on your network getting you down? But wait, here's an IETF draft to fix that
Re: I don't get it.
If you are using a managed network (active directory) and network managed antivirus, it gets more complicated (hey I'm no expert, the network guy does it.. :/) then when FB and twits decide to do some TLS, they(browsers, AV, whatev :( ) all stop authorizing them! Take the PC off domain, there is no problem...
Even some websites 'on domain' think there is an adblock / virus, etc - take it 'off domain' , no other changes, the same website sees NO problem..
Re: "it works by essentially not trusting said equipment."
and
c) websites wanting to stop people by-passing their ads!
You may not have noticed, but 'superfast' broadband is available to 94% of Blighty
Re: Great
The problem with '100M' is that many websites do not go that fast... :/
Even youtube limits its bandwidth to stop fast guys hogging it away from others!
Fast.com gives me a 'real speed' of about 80M, but speedtests give my 'headline speed' of around 150M..
EG most motorways you can go at 100 MPH, BUT ONLY if there is NO traffic!
with normal traffic, the speed is much less...
Re: I assume Thinkbroadband are using the "can pay extra for fibre" definition of ("has access to"?
Well Thinkbroadband has is own odd view of it all. :/
I suggest you try ispreview.co.uk for a bit of a wider view...
Five ways Apple can fix the iPhone, but won't
sound is as bad as '4k video'..
Enough already!! 'my 4k video looks great on my 5 in screen' LOLOL
TL DR, but what about *useful* things like Bluetooth file transfer out of the box?? I suppose you have an excuse for not having that which ALL other phones have??
- It means that a 20M file can be transferred to your friend mobile, *without* cost or knowing his number!
Hubble Space Telescope spies possibility of liquid water in TRAPPIST-1
Re: @Pascal
** on earth ** ... but life may be found elsewhere, at much higher temperatures, where normally solid materials flow like water... :p
Re: Nice Impression - do red skies have blue rivers?
hey, you cant expect the poor artists to do *everything* !!!
'Don't Google Google, Googling Google is wrong', says Google
Re: Don't "Google it"!
Yes.... google, you have got to that level of fame, stop moaning about grammar, and be proud that almost no-one says 'search the internet' anymore!! If bing had been as good and inclusive, superbly effective etc, we would use that word...
we all say 'sellotape' even though it usually a cheaper brand of adhesive tape!! same thing with Hoover, etc...
It's happening! Official retro Thinkpad lappy spotted in the wild
May the excessive force be with you: Chap cuffed after Star Trek v Star Wars row turns bloody
Virgin Media resolves flaw in config backup for Super Hub routers
Re: Article Correction
hub, switch, router, modem... No one (even most VM support staff!!!) have no Idea of the difference of these!!! :):) :P
they would call it 'internet thingy' but it's not 'cool' enuff... :/
at least its not called 'cable modem' like most switches / routers are in dixons... :(
Google to give 6 months' warning for 2018 Chrome adblockalypse – report
Re: Try this
there is one big problem... many sites use JS to format and enable text entry, and some strange webs *whole content** is managed by flash... :O
turn of JS on INQ... LOLOL
Sainsbury's IT glitch spoils bank holiday food orders
Re: Waitrose?
Meanwood: 18.3 miles away... :O
As I said, I ONLY go there as its almost next door... :P
Re: First world problems
It rather depends where you live, and the attitude of the local supermarket...
I live within yards of a huge waitrose, and they keep cutting out stuff I want to buy!!
there is a sainsburys about a mile away, that has much more choice!! only problem is, it is a 'metro', with low stocks...
Another 5 to 10 Km away in either direction there is a massive sainsburys, but that means half an hour on the bus... makes Online much nicer..:)
BA's 'global IT system failure' was due to 'power surge'
Re: Is it because BA waived Tata
I think the *whole* of BA's system failing (at the same time??) cannot be just a power supply fault, just bad reporting of what a DC is... Must be a main DATA Centre... :)
Re: Split brain
no money, they sacked half the IT staff, and the rest went on holiday, or worse... :)
Re: Back-up, folks?
yes, dont bother with the TV news (RT, SKY, BBC) the first 20 mins was all about terror, then 2 or 3 mins on BA!
PAH! Four decades of Star Wars: No lightsabers, no palm-sized video calls
yes the meedya invent new meanings for words that are not 'fancy' enough... 'projection' is such a boring word...
notice the large frame at 45 % angle, that you project upon..
http://www.musion3d.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/freshizer/0d16002ee3e6c88b1ba3aad341786572_Eyeliner_Black-Eyed-Peas-61-1100-c@2x.jpg
Re: SW was never about our future.
Kate Adie started on a national news team in 1976... :)
http://frostsnow.com/kate-adie
Re: John Brown (no body)
AAAAH the wistful dreaming days of the late sixties......:P :/
we thought computers were all powerful, until reality and recession started....:(
lightsabers???
Did you 'jump' before you read the rest????? :P
*NO* lightsabers, *NO* palm-sized video calls...
