Posts by Ian

Half-petaflop IBM BlueGene supercomputer plan announced

Vista

Reckon it'll run Vista and Leopard with any great speed? Can't wait for the next OS release to use up all that spare capacity.

AVG cries wolf at Adobe Reader

Options

You have to run the updater before you can switch it off...

Help > Check for updates.

Reader goes off to check for updates.

Once the Adobe Updater panel returns click 'Preferences' now uncheck 'Automatically check for Adobe updates'

This used to be in the Edit > Preferences menu, but they seem to have realised that most users won't find it there...

UK supermarkets fingered in crap petrol probe

Where's the cheap petrol?

So... if all this petrol has been replaced with 'uncontaminated' stock, where can I get the 'bad' stuff? My car doesn't have a lambda/oxygen sensor and I'd like to do my bit to prevent waste...