Posts by Captain Scarlet

Re: "Is there any evidence that electromagnetic fields can affect the behaviour of animals?"

erm ok for Wales lets see.

Heat from heating devices such as radiators, they can burn you if the boiler is set to hot and that expells heat radiation.

Re: Use 7-zip .7z with AES256

I do think 7Zip is adequate, but then I see a user will send the password IN THE SAME BLOODY EMAIL!

So yeah time limited links to a hosted service you control is likely the only way to go because users.

Re: 16-bit apps

A lot of my old boxed PC Windows Games came with 16 bit installer, although the majority actually have had fan made installers and further patches (Thank you).

Re: Oh my

Sounds like anyone who had anything bad today were shoved out the door, maybe they replaced the underlings with Wally, who would give them random numbers to go with whatever they wanted to hear.

Oh you don't want to by this useless Dota 2 skin pack off me then (If this virtual thing is worth anything I'm selling it and I put it towards the tournament type features for more virtual stuff which I'll just sell)

Re: Dolt

Yup, my work machine keeps reinstalling the US keyboard layout and I keep sodding locking myself out because of it, always after the last attempt when I notice at the bottom of the screen ENG has re-appeared.

Re: Smug

Better be a good tool, or it'll shatter like my cheap Torx screw drivers

Yet again because I don't check my spelling and grammar, I unleash these hidious posts and only realise once the edit time passes.

Re: Wut?

Well the Marketing teams are sold a "dynamic and easy to update website".

Re: I tip my hat

It's attitudes like this that cause people running such projects to lose their temper and start biting everyones head off.

Re: motherboard fire

.... bloody odd shaped power supplies in the smaller TIME and TINY systems.

Hated those machines turning up at Special Reserve, was always the bleeding power supply (We just had the standard size ATX Power Supplies and stupidly huge copper heatsinks) had blown just after going out of warranty.

Just correct everyone and say Algorithm not AI

Re: because pulling a plug on a Linux server is the worst thing you can do

I assume your installing Windows on top of Linux comment is due to Windows installer overwriting all Linux's partitions (Where as most Linux distros will do their best to keep Windows and even add an entry in grub)?

I am a bit miffed, only file system issues I've had is when I wear out SD Cards in my Raspberry Pi's or in one occassion where cooling failed at a DC with my web server and it promptly cooked the HD. Neither the file systems fault.

Re: Changing the wrong bit

I must admit my biggest issue was the first letter is not a capital.

Re: I bet the PR Team are horified

I am also horrified by my spelling and grammar!

Re: Wasted energy

Depends on the type of fail over event you are stating, we do once a year for DC core services being failed over and tested (Always my job :( and always a weekend, but at least its only once a year), someone else has the joy of going to the DR office and having machines built. We do have a last resort rush to PC world/Sainsbury's/Tesco and say give us every computer you have in stock, but obviously the bean counters don't like that one being tested.

Re: Hoping they are using a reasonable file format

Something like a Kofax Adrenaline SCSI card?

Used to have those linked up to an ancient Kodak Scanner, although we used the Tif format.

and stuff made in the UK

Except the staffers who could not dial in could actually get on with some work :P

Re: Changing Wallpaper can have career enhancing effects

and a lot of flaming the IT PFY.

At least its better than people stealing the balls from the mice.

It includes "AI", we are all doomed to have "AI" suggest you listen to their "songs"

Please don't give "security" people any more ideas, I already have no idea wth my password is now having to rely on KeePass as I just can't remember more than 3 long passwords before my head explodes.