Posts by pantsu

How a cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike'd Windows PCs in a flash

I do similar but instead I had some drinks coasters printed with the Peons network QR code on. Really convenient and it keeps the unwanted off my main network but sadly not out of my fridge where the beers are :(

CrowdStrike file update bricks Windows machines around the world

Prophetic or Heretic?

About 8 hours before someone broke the world, a post popped up on r/wallstreetbets with the title "CrowdStrike is not worth 83 Billion Dollars" and with a big list of why the stock should be shorted. I suspect OP drives a DeLorean and owns a well-thumbed copy of Grays Sports Almanac 2000-2050.

eBay to cough up $3M after cyber-stalking couple who dared criticize the souk

AAAAA+++++ Would harass again

Tesla says California's Autopilot action violates its free speech rights

Re: According to Musk, fraud is protected under the 1st Amendment

It's impossible to describe him as a c**t : there's no warmth or depth to him.

Re: Lies

And, if he is, he should pass on the contact details of his supplier as it's apparently proper-banging gear.

It's ba-ack... UK watchdog publishes age verification proposals

"Stop the world I want to get off" - We'll have none of that, sonny-jim, until you show us some ID.

Boss such a tyrant you need a job quitting agent? It works in Japan

"Anyone care to come up with suitable verses?"

"Your intellect, simpler than 1-fold origami

and I hope someone shits on your nice, clean tatami"

California man's business is frustrating telemarketing scammers with chatbots

Please explain your relationship to the deceased....

My favourite way of dealing with unsolicited calls is to state that my name is DCI Baffle, Murder Squad™, then proceed to tell them that they've just called a phone which is present at an active crime scene that's being investigated so they should start explaining how they came to know the poor soul who's lying cold on the floor - and if they hang up I'll just have Despatch reverse trace the call so they had better start singing like a canary. You can almost hear the bowell movements begin.

Anyone want an International Space Station? Slightly used

I've got a better idea...

Excuse my child-like naievety but can't NASA just gaffer tape a couple of Standard fireworks to it and shoot it off into the inky-black beyond? Seems like it would be considerably cheaper, especially if done around late October/early November. Bonus points if it can be filled with some of the human flotsam/jetsam from the planet below before pushing the Goodbye button. I'm sure we could help suggest some names of 'volunteers' that could be putin...

Musk seeks yet another excuse to get out of Twitter buyout: This time it's Mudge's severance check

Now, you listen here.

He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!