Posts by Myvekk

Re: Thanks Opportunity!

I'm not convinced. What if it has just decided it doesn't need to talk to us any more...

https://xkcd.com/1504/

Don't forget to read the mouseover text.

Re: @Toni - No point

"Yeh, the old REAL (tm) gods razed cities, flooded worlds and spread pestilence. Modern gods, wimps the lot of them"

The new gods move in different ways, take Media for example. She can arrange all of that if she wants. (Or at least arrange for us to to it to ourselves.)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1898069/mediaviewer/rm813967360?ft0=name&fv0=nm0000096&ft1=image_type&fv1=still_frame

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1898069/

Because the only account I set up on my HTPC was the one for the install, & I never needed any others.

I tried updating it to Win 10, but the software I like to use on it doesn't work on 10, and none of the alternatives, (Windows or Linux) did what I want as easily and simply, if at all.

Reply Icon "Erm, no, the moral is never to visit the U. S. of A."

"Does my travel insurance cover false arrest, & at least 3 months of false imprisonment?"

Re: When you're set up to fail...

"She had plans to get more budget... waiting for the ultimate clusterFcsk to cry to her superiors. She just couldn't trust the n00b on the team to keep the secret?"

It's hard to keep a secret when you haven't been told what it is you are not supposed to let people know!

Re: Sympathy for any employee, anywhere, since time began ...

@Anonymous Custard

Well, the best way to learn something is to teach it... And the more stupid the students, the better you learn it!

Re: Sometimes violence is the only answer

-Just remember, violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. The rest of us don't wait until it's the only option. (an old ASR sig)

Maxim 6: If violence isn't your last resort, you didn't resort to enough of it.

-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries.

<quote>According to this article, only 6% of FTTN connections are less than <25Mbps. Interestingly 32% are > 75Mbps.</quote>

I'm sure that is correct, and agree. I'm not arguing with you because I'm not talking in general. I'm talking about the specific local area FTTN connections that have had quite a few issues with it, so would be over-represented in that 6%.

<quote>I'd suggest that congestion caused by ISPs not purchasing sufficient CVC to sell unlimited plans.</quote>

I also agree that congestion due to unsufficient capacity on the part of the RSPs is the main cause of low speed throughput, but that doesn't explain constant dropouts and low SYNCH speed, which is what the locals complained of. Both of which occurr on ADSL, ADSL2/2+ connections as well.

I have no problem with FTTN, as long as the copper is up to the task. Sadly in my area it is not even up to ADSL2/2+ and those first ones who got the FTTN connections have paid the price. The upside for the rest of us is that the nbn has realised just how poor a condition the copper is in & has upgraded us to FTTC. And brought the installation forward by a year. Bonus!

Re: The trouble with techies

Especially when the tool is a (L)user. Or should that be, the (L)user is a tool?

BRING ME MY LART!

Re: Just imagine the Emacs helpdesk

Emacs was written by Bob The Builder?

Nie Moj Cyrk,

Nie Moje Malpy!

http://www.schlockmercenary.com/blog/nmc-nmm-coin-intro/

Re: Not so easy...

@ Notas Badoff

You need to get your facts straight! We are at war with Eastasia and always have been!

Re: no no no no no no no, Apple

@DougS - "There was no risk with what they did, ..."

"And it likely explains why Apple had to put out a 10.1.1 update just a week after the massive 10.1 update, *because people were continuing to report serious problems*."

Re: Start in a subtle way

"DRIED FROG PILLS!!!"

Re: At last, the circle is complete...

Just as long as you know where your towel is!

The thing is, we only hear about the ones who get caught. And they are the ones that make stupid mistakes.

Re: Don't Mention it....

https://youtu.be/yfl6Lu3xQW0

Re: Only Britain? Short answer: No.

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What other branch of engineering allows so many to believe "Build Now, Plan Later" is a recipe for anything but disaster?

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Looked at the vehicle and roads industry lately? Initially it was built ad hoc, & later planned but added to the original layout. Just look at how the London streets run!

Operating systems have grown in the same way. Built up layer upon layer & still having issues from the original design flaws. Same reason for the Y2k panic... "This code will be completely replaced by then!" Nope, just patched & built upon. Windows is not different, nor is Unix, iOS or Linux (which, I believe are respectively, based on it* & designed to be a free 100% compatible alternative to it).

Then you get strange interactions between your new bit of code and something written 10 years ago, that no one remembers even existed...

*I could be wrong, I often am. But you have to go with what you know & just note & question your assumptions as you do...

It's not what you know.

It's not who you know.

It's what you know ABOUT who you know...

Re: Edit record? Wrong name?

Ah yes! Beware the 'Exploits of a Mom'!

https://xkcd.com/327/

So was that him working from the "It seemed like a good idea at the time..." files.

Or, being Friday afternoon & beer-o-clock, "Hold my beer & watch this!" While laughing maniacally about what was going to happen over the weekend?

Re: Who are the "soft left", the "liberal elite"?

You are quite right about looking behind the man to see who is backing him. Now, look behind Hillary to see the vested interests there & compare. Are either better or worse?

Or were the voters just looking for some 'Hope & Change", from the existing political status quo?