Posts by Rustbucket

Check to see in your printer driver to see if you can set it to print just black and white.

That will often allow you to use just the black ink when one of the colours runs out.

Re: Alarmingly small?

The 430KB of data was purely data egress. If he was using the phone for mainly browsing and a few emails his uploads may not have been terribly high.

Re: SLS....

Nah, over 2 billion US$ per launch, not counting development costs.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/11/17/nasas-1-billion-sls-rocket-could-cost-2-billion-or.aspx

Re: One reason why I bought my own domain ...

*Despite having an unusual name, there are still a few exact matches in the world. As a co-worker discovered trying to Google me, and telling colleagues about a conviction I had. Only I hadn't - that was a US version of me. Cost them their job, sadly.

Sadly?

I've more frequently heard it called the Pinna, but apparently both work.

Re: C-pound trends poorly on TIOBE especially compared to Java

I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be pronounced as "C-Sharp" as in the musical note.

Re: Fuck Epson

You probably could still print B&W when the cyan cartridge ran out, providing the printer was a four or more cartridge system. The trick is to check the B&W option in the printer driver UI instead of colour, though of course they don't tell you about that.

Apparently some of the VPNs can be trusted to hold no logs such as Private Internet Access:

https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-providers-no-logging-claims-tested-in-fbi-case-160312/

and some such as PureVPN cannot:

https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/no-logs-vpn-service-security_8.html

Re: Life but lower

That's assuming it has a surface. On Ars Technica the writer surmised it's probably like a mini-Neptune, and possibly tidally locked.

Re: "will deorbit naturally after 5 years regardless. "

The Spacelink satellites are designed to fully burn up in the atmosphere, without residue.

Re: I dunno

Obviously one of Google's early projects.

Re: Follow the instructions correctly

When buying any read-to-assemble furniture item, except the very smallest, your first action should be to buy a properly sized hex screw driver or a hex bit for an electric drill/driver, and save the fiddly one that they give you for really tight spots.

Those free ones will do your wrists in if you're doing a big project with them.

Re: Catflaps - let's drag this back to IT...

There's very little companionship between unrelated cats. It's more likely the strange cat is expressing territorial dominance over your moggy and stealing its food.

For most kinds of loot you'd need a bloody big pigeon.

Re: mandatory marigolds!

> "You mean the one contained in the little inset ecch-collector cup at the top of the cistern that we are required to stick out fingertips into?

That's surely one of the most unhygienic locations in the entire ablutions chamber, its closest contenders being the underside of the seat and - according to some - any unprotected toothbrushes within a 15-yard radius."

You're supposed to wash your hands immediately after using the loo so it shouldn't matter, although I usually push the button with my knuckle.

Re: I've known a few folks ...

The gun is ON the centre line, the cockpit and the pilot are mounted slightly to the side.

As well as the recoil, there's also the problem of the gun's exhaust gas possibly causing the engines to snuff if you fire long bursts. However as only a few seconds of fire of 30mm depleted uranium shells are enough to shred a tank, long bursts are a waste of ammo.

Re: So, no wrongdoing. But $35m in penalties.

>probably be better off working with a local shop

Who is to say all that the local shops would be any more honest?

At least in the big stores there are a lot of potential whistle blowers who aren't getting a personal cut of the proceeds and might be more willing to rat the stores out.

Re: "Below are some of this year's big winners, "

The pair also won the Tesla car. If they don't want to sell it or take turns driving it on alternate weeks, they can also use it to practice on for next year's competition.

Re: Why create a new system

You needed to add the /s tag, or some people won't get it.

Re: Perhaps an empty gesture

I believe you are mistaken. If Apple has no form of business presence in East Texas then there's no particular legal argument for a patent case to be heard there. This means no offices, warehouses or stores.

And WTF Reg, are you really criticizing Apple for not wanting to fight cases in this notoriously troll-friendly shithole?

Re: Doctor Who

She does have a lack of gravitas but I put it down to bad writing and directing -- and who came up with that costume?

Re: Oz Elections coming

Apart from Palmer, we're bombarded with political ads from the government under the guise of PSAs, paid for with OUR money. On TV yesterday someone said the government had spent AUD $140 million since the start of the year on TV advertising.

Both parties do this a bit when they are in power, but the right wing coalition are by far the worst, I'd guess by a margin of 10 or 20 times. Guys should go to jail.

Re: Judge Lucy Koh....

Um, not entirely. But Judge Lucy Koh is a tough broad who has handled a lot of tech cases and really knows her stuff, so neither side will be able to put much over her.

Re: Trial in the UK

Because the major attackers against the US are usually sited in places like Russia, China or North Korea. Good luck getting those countries' authorities to cooperate.

Re: Best tool for the job

Yes, spinning rust is still required for long term, not-plugged-in archival storage.

Re: I use this

FYI, DeepL Translator reads the German text in the footnote as "It is also puzzling where the data was actually extracted."

Re: Even in Australia

The best method id to trap them against the wall with a plastic Tupperware-style container, then carefully slide a piece of cardboard or paper in from the side and hold it on as a cover, allowing you to take the spider out side.

The problem with a broom is that the bastards are FAST when you disturb them, and are likely to take off across the room or up your broom handle towards you.

Squashing them is not a good option because then you have a big pile of wet meat to clean up.

Re: Dark Side, Shirley?

It's the dark side if they go at night.

Re: Interesting idea

When standard concrete absorbs CO2 the concrete is weakened and becomes more prone to spalling.

Another externality to the increase in atmospheric CO2 levels -- we can expect out concrete buildings, dams and bridges to deteriorate earlier than they otherwise would.

Re: Hang on

RTFA. It was the wife and son who went back to the US. It was only the husband's photos that ratted them out.