Posts by Anonymous Cowerd

There will be no new jobs because it will cost them money.

Instead, they'll just automate the removal process.

Then we'll have people deleting anything they don't like.

@Irongut

Jabba did not appear in the original cinema release in 1977. The "fat bloke" scene was filmed with the intention of adding a stop motion Jabba but was ultimately cut.

It did feature in some later releases with a CGI Jabba, but you can do your own homework.

Well, they would say that...

wouldn't they?

@Winkypop re: anonymous coward

"..says an anonymous coward..."

Whereas, of course, Winkypop is your real name...

"that is how we in Blighty used to pronounce it"

No it isn't.

explanation here

Re: Weak Security

"It makes no difference if my front door has a simple lock or a more convoluted affair, but regardless anyone getting into my home and stealing my belongings is a thief."

I hope that is of some comfort to you when the insurance doesn't pay out, because in their view, although he's a thief, you're an idiot.

@Kubla Cant

"My impression is that two taps can fill faster than the overflow drain can empty."

Yes. Mine does that. I've flooded my bathroom on more than one occasion.

Re: similies (sic)

Assuming that you meant similes, they aren't incorrect similes.

They are incorrect metaphors.

Re: You can if you pretend it is a different job...

Exactly what is happening to me. Getting made redundant because my skills "won't be suitable for supporting the new application", even though it's just a rebadged clone of the original app. Same database, same languages, almost identical data model.

Apparently some cowboys in India are going to do my job now...

Re: No it doesn't

Yeah, I had a cold call from BT yesterday, even though I'm on TPS.

@Chrome

Sounds like trout a la creme to me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkjbMoj0JY4

Re: ball's

I would love you to summon the intelligence to use apostrophes correctly, stupid.

re "Only morons resort to physical violence"

That's up there with

"War! What is is good for?"

Well, ridding Europe of a genocidal megalomaniac about 70 years ago for starters.

"eventually a fine will be issued"

No it won't. These are not fines.

A speculative invoice will be issued, which will be ignored.

Re: Noone made you upgrade.

I didn't. Lots of people did and were caught unawares by this pile of crap.

Doesn't alter the fact that apple should at least allow them to revert to the last known good OS.

Re: lockbox

That might work if it wasn't for the fact that my postie seems to change every couple of months. Royal Mail don't seem to rotate them, rather than letting them have dedicated routes.

Anyway, I expect a lockbox code would end up on a post-it for everyone at the sorting office to make a note of.

Re: "The appeal of iOS is that it's locked-down: everything is secure"

That's precisely what doesn't appeal to me (and why my next phone is not going to be another iPhone)

Re: Public domain

"You can connect to a torrent swarm without uploading or downloading any data"

Yes, but to prove those IP addresses are infringing copyright you would either need to download the file and look at it (woe betide you if it was somebody else's copyrighted material in there), or be a seeder of the file (then you've implicitly given permission for it to be downloaded and there is no infringement).

Otherwise, the file could be full of any old crap. It could even be copyrighted material that the downloader already has permission to download.

re : "The helicopter was under direct threat of being shot down by people with an RPG launcher"

Except it wasn't.

It was a camera with a telephoto lens.