Posts by jake

Re: And of course people are bloody minded ...

Yes, computers are a force multiplier.

(For clarity, please note that that word is not "multiplayer".)

Re: And of course people are bloody minded ...

"Aye, but computers can make them a thousands times faster."

But only if told to do so by a human. Computers can't think for themselves. They are not intelligent (Sorry, amfM ... but deep down even you know that this is true.)

Re: @TDog - Google Captcha

Nobody said anything about coherency.

Re: So ...

... and has to pick between running over them, or the crocodile in the next lane, doing a fair approximation of a lightbulb.

Re: I can't believe that

I can.

That was funny. Once.

Re: Marmite Recipe Suggestions

Concur on the marmited butter on popcorn ... tip: Use a really good local butter, and make sure it is unsalted! Add salt to taste later, if you think you need it.

Re: Known in the US and Canada as The Great British Baking Show.

As a Yank who has spent quite a bit of time in Blighty. it seemed odd to me, too. Odd enough that I wrote and asked out of pure, unadulterated curiosity. No reply, of course.

Re: Maltesers translated

"Blackcurrant and Liquorice"

Sounds tasty :-)

Re: Maltesers translated

Whoppers are a trade name for the more generic "Malted Milk Balls".

Friends don't let friends eat Hershey or Cadbury. Both are narsty, overly sweet, imitation chocolate-like milkey confections.

Proper licorice is available nationwide. Call around, you'll find a local outlet.

Marmite cheesecake!

I just might try it :-)

_{Don't worry, I'll go very. very, very light on the sugar. Obviously.}

Re: Marmite Icing

"looked odd but was actually not bad"

Blargh ... This Californian sez "I know it's traditional and all that, but c'mon .... sugar on sugar on sugar? I'm not eating that ... and what do you mean, it's supposed to be a savory dish? What kind of fool do you take me for?".

Not surprised a Brit would find it palatable, though ...

Re: I admit...

I've done the same thing. Turns out that Marmite works well in marinade for grilled chicken. It's rather nice as the salt component on salmon, too.

Eh?

What's wrong with grapefruit?

Even better ...

... just after you harvest it yourself.

Re: (Can't...stop...the... voices....)

"I am trying to envision the moment I am helping my mother with a problem and I say "open a terminal"."

That old saw again?

I converted MeDearOldMum, Great Aunt and Wife to Slackware nearly two decades ago. I have never, not once, asked any of them to open a terminal. But then they don't often call me for technical support, either ... Slackware, as setup by me for them, just works. Try it, you might like it.

Not too many decades ago ...

... we often lamented that the brightness knob didn't seem to work on the users. DEC had a (not very) official Field Service Memo on the subject, somewhat similar the the IBM "Mouse Balls" one.

Re: "Vexacious Litigant".

FRCP Title III, Rule 11 ... They just haven't managed to piss off the right judge yet. Their good luck can't last forever.

Re: And I love the ones in the UK.

From Wiki: "Passenger services were reported as "to end on 31 January 2016",[15] although British Airways/Sun-Air continued temporarily to operate flights from Cambridge to Gothenburg. Since 24 March 2016 tickets have not been available to the general public.[16] As of November 2017 the flights now originate in Manchester with a brief stop in Cambridge."

Sure it's International. Just not quite as much as the OP's "flight to Canada or Mexico" which are probably ongoing, regular weekly passenger services (or will be again, post-Covid).

Note that the "International" designation gives certain benefits, tax-wise and etc. I don't know about you, but if I ran an airport I'd certainly take advantage of all the financial incentives that I was legally capable of getting. If adding "international" to the name gives me more, hand me a bucket of paint!

Re: "doing an OVH"

"Ouhhh burn"

'70s on line one. Something about wanting their slang back.

Re: I love the US airports that brand themselves with the name of a city 100 miles away

I should have added that LAX is also about 30 road-miles away from the City of Los Angeles.

Re: Buses

Back in the early '80s I was accidentally flown into LAX. Should have been BUR (Burbank). Arrived just before 4PM on a Wednesday, had to be on site by 6. Have you ever tried to navigate LA freeways at that hour? My destination might as well have been on another continent. You know how expensive it is to book a small, private aircraft at the last minute? Try it with a helicopter.

I made the meeting. I didn't get the emergency call out +graveyard bonus, though. Seems the chopper ride ate it (which I was blamed for, despite not even knowing the company name before I was on the ground!). This was the incident that caused the company to outfit us emergency field service guys with new-fangled DynaTACs ...

Re: I love the US airports that brand themselves with the name of a city 100 miles away

Heathrow's, what, 30 miles by road from the City of London? Somewhere in that range, anyway.

Re: I love the US airports that brand themselves with the name of a city 100 miles away

Not quite 100 miles. Melbourne is 50ish miles away, and Sanford under 25.

"I keep having people fly in, and have to tell them "sorry mate, you're going to have to pay one hell of a taxi fare" and "no, I'm not going to pick you up""

Quite regularly? Instead of enjoying their misfortune, you could actually inform them before they purchase their ticket. You know, be friendly and proactive about it ... the poor bastards are already saddled with having to endure Florida, without adding getting lost to their list of travails.

Re: "Doing an OVH"

My brain is convinced that it's a mispleling of OHV, and I always do a double-take. I've probably done one too many valve jobs ...

And I love the ones in the UK.

Cambridge International comes to mind.

_{Insert something about stowing thrones in grass houses here.}

Re: Nonsense.

Please note the bit where he says "not indiscriminately". He's not recommending that you shag 14 year olds. He's pointing out that 14 year olds can, and do, shag each other. It's normal, and it's natural. You can't argue with the onset of puberty. If you try, their hormones will laugh at you and they will do it anyway. There is a reason that Juliet (in Romeo and Juliet) was not quite 14.

Context matters, people.

Re: what's the upside?

"what's REALLY going on?"

I, too wonder that. A part of me hopes that they are finally getting sick of the Politically Correct set getting in the way of actually getting work done.

I fear it is something more nefarious. Lots of money involved.

Actually, that is EXACTLY what this current cancel-culture fetish is heading towards.

Right now, today, as I speak, the loud-mouthed mob is in the process of trying to convince everyone to rename everything named after Sir Francis Drake, because he supported slavery. They also want his name expunged from the history books in schools. And that's just one example.

_{Mind you, the idiots haven't really thought it out ... For example, the town of Fairfax down in Marin renamed Sir Francis Drake Blvd because of this ... But they completely ignore the fact that their entire town was named after Charles Snowden Fairfax, 10th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ... who was born into a slave-holding family owning acrage in Virginia.}

Nonsense.

I see the bad side of rms ... I also see that he's being victimized by a bunch of loud-mouthed idiots who refuse to look at the big picture in context.

Re: We need a new foundation

How about reading the entire thing, in context, including the retraction, instead of cherry-picking the bit that makes him into a monster, and then using semantic tricks to make it sound even worse?

Re: Stupid is as stupid does

Hey, AC, do you know what "non sequitur" means?

Re: Stupid is as stupid does

Concur. Just one exploitation example, LDS. And no, "I heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend" doesn't count.

Re: I met...

Perhaps she was always paranoid. Ockham's razor suggests it as the most likely option.

Re: FSF representing who ? .. or what ?

That word "everyone" ... I don't think it means what you think it means.

Re: Trigger warning in 3..2...1

Was. That particular idiot-in-chief was told to bugger off.

Re: Trigger warning in 3..2...1

No. But you might be surprised by what somebody good at Social Engineering could do with his hands on an actual US Strategic Command account. It's not just a foot in the door, it's an entire leg.

Re: So ";l;;gmlxzssaw" is a child, eh?

Can't be auto-correct. It makes too much sense.

Re: So ";l;;gmlxzssaw" is a child, eh?

Aye. T'posh lass ... from Keighley.

_{From what I understand, Mollie invented the Pussy character herself ...}

Re: So ";l;;gmlxzssaw" is a child, eh?

I thought the Idjit "Tweety" Pai quit before he got fired? What was he doing messing around with an account owned by the US Strategic Command at this point in the game?