Posts by herman

Re: 42 huh

All Google needs to say is Yes, No and Where’s my tea.

Re: Happy Memories of a first time faxer

Your fax machine never crumpled and shredded a piece of paper?

Ah, the old RGB vs CMYK?

Risk reduction

You are at risk? So go get vaccinated, then you won’t be at risk.

Re: Continuing the trend

You forgot Windows Vista. It was so bad, millions of people changed to Macs.

“Somtimes” explains it. You need an Apache speling module.

Re: only 27000?

"only 27000" - NTFS still cannot send email, so there is room for further improvement.

"HTTPS as the default connection to apps" - HTTPS protects data against casual observation, but not against a serious adversary.

Re: "oxidizer and moisture interactions"…

“ They couldn't launch their airplane until it dried out after washing it.“ - My old Dodge was like that…

Well, snake oil is real and it may even be good for something.

There is a concept of a General Sales Tax (GST), as opposed to a VAT. Each has merrit.

Hmm, I also tried to erase floppy disks with a strong magnet - no way - they kept reading fine.

Re: Mini computer

The difference is in the I/O channels. There is no way that you can hook 50 terminals to a RPi.

Re: Too bad their security wasn't better

A metal key, like a medium sledge hammer you mean?

Re: Excuses, excuses

In the roof space - they must be very high.

Re: Useful fact

Hmm, two Turkish planes crashed at Schiphol when the altitude went negative. In 1951 and again in 2009.

Nope - it is the GPS that is wrong by 100 yards. The physical earth cannot be wrong. It is what it is.

Re: nm or NM?

"50 nanometers" - Just a whisker.

Re: barbecue

Next time buy an arc welder and make the metal bits yourself. It is easier to hide bad welding than bad bricklaying. An arc welder isn’t expensive and you could even weld with two car batteries, with two sets of crocodile leads, a vice grip and two or three black sunglasses on top of each other, which you can all borrow off your friends if you are super cheap - but they may not be so friendly anymore after.

Re: "I'm sure we'll lose the records of it in the fire, though...""

Strangely, there was no such event in Catch-22.

Re: I always wondered...

Sadly, MS Exchange was written by The Open Group - the owners of the UNIX trademark.

Re: "Security is our utmost priority", says company after being hit with malware

You don’t have to choose - the better solution is to make all printers independent network devices, like in the good old bad old days. Stick the printer onto a little Raspberry Pi if necessary.

In central Europe, in many villages, the houses are numbered in the order that they were settled over the past several hundred years, with no street names - simply Village name, Number. That's it. The Posties somehow know where they are.