Posts by Patrick R

British Army zaps drones out of the sky with laser trucks

Re: The answer is always "gravity"

Gravity is not an energy. The energy comes from the sun that lets the grass grow and feeds the cows that create the milk's mass on top of the hill.

Aside nuclear and tidal, most energy on earth comes from the sun.

We know what Musk will probably dress up as this year: A victim

Re: Today on pro-celebrity clown show!

To be fair we also missed him referrring to the tribunal as a "circus" while "defending the law, actually".

UK sleep experts say it's time to kill daylight saving for good

Why not use this properly / smoothly, in Summer ?

It's called "Summer Time" yet the implementation is for 7 months (from April to October), why not have it just in SUMMER ? From May to August, the change would only be visible in the evening but not when you wake up ( probably for 90 % of people).

people naturally choose not to follow it

Following the natural solar time doesn't automatically mean having your day symetrically set on the sun's journey.

Three and Vodafone: We need to merge because our networks are rubbish

Gosh, how generous ???

Your provider in France offers illimited text, 2hours voice and 50MB data (4G) for 2€. Great!

You are comparing that to unlimited texts, minutes and data (5G) for 10£ ... ??? That's comparing appels and pears.

Apple quietly removed 60 more VPNs from Russian app store, researchers claim

Re "I think everyone is missing the point here."

Do you mean they do it for the money ?

Windows 11 Insider preview brings new Sandbox features and fatter FAT32

Re: fat32format

Ranish Partition Manager was doing that in the late 90s and I remember using it to format a 64GB stick a year ago.

NTT uses scattered monitors to trick your brain into seeing 3D images

It's not really seeing a broken 2D picture

As I understand, the bits and pieces are from 2 or more (?) slightly different 2D images, not from one 2D image like in the triangle example.

AI Octopus predicts results of Euro 2024: It isn't looking good for England

"It's hard to say Belgium because we had a hard loss against France"

When was that ? Oh yes, 2018, Very relevant then. Funny how people see a sign in any star in the sky. Like any team that has won two matches in a row is on a winning strike. What about the elimination phase where all teams are presented by TV pundits as in good shape and very dangerous comming 1st or 2nd of their group ? That's before the match of course. After the match, everyone will explain why we had one bad team on the pitch, even if the difference is just 1 goal at the 89th minute. I can hardly find any other field where someone who gets it wrong half the time is still considered an expert.

Up to now, that AI octopus seems as good as them.

US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 fighter jet has been dogfighting with humans

"machine learning in an X-62A VISTA"

What kind of Operating System does it use???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M46HvyAG2k

Tesla knew Autopilot weakness killed a driver – and didn't fix it, engineers claim

Re: which is terrifying

Surely much more for his fellows road users than for himself. Cruise Control creates lazy and bad driving habits indeed.

India calls for all mobile phones to include FM radios

Re: still a bit bigger than I normally like them.

5.79 inches (147mm) for the XCover 5. Good luck finding a smaller, decent and recent Androïd phone. There is none.

Meta's Zuckerberg paid $27M in 'other' compensation for 2022

Re: Why do we indulge...

Because the people deciding on the matter benefit from the same scheme.

Russia-pushed UN Cybercrime Treaty may rewrite global law. It's ... not great

Re: It is completely useless as organisation and it is not preventing anything.

I'm outside in the winter and my jacket is not preventing me from feelng cold, do I take it off?

Cisco Moscow trashed offices as it quit Putin's putrid pariah state

Re: As others have noted, that's long been a strength of the Register.

Thanks, that's one thing. Quite different than telling anyone whith an ounce of critics to "go somewhere else for news" or to "go back to RT".

Automating Excel tasks to come to Windows and Mac

Re: People will die

There is a software that uses databases to fill Excel sheets. It's called Axiom Software. You can enter, save and retrieve data from within an Excel file (like refresh it). People can have their own files or use a common read-only file, that when refreshed, shows the relevant data as entered by everybody. Databases knowledge is needed in the background but not for all end users.

Nvidia brings liquid cooling to A100 PCIe GPU cards for ‘greener’ datacenters

Re: The same amount of heat energy has to get moved from A to B

I guess if you find a more efficient way (fan vs liquid) to move that heat energy, you do cut down on energy consumption. It is not a closed system, "B" is out of the system.

Google lab proposes solar-powered moisture farming to provide water for billions

I read that as 1 hypothetical device.

1m^2 that would yield 0.2 to 2.5 /kWh at respectively 30% to 90% relative humidity.

Why doubling the surface would halve the yield remains a good question ...or an error.

I guess the original device is in fact 2m^2 and the author tried to reduce to 1 but got mixed up.

So the line above would be for a 2m^2 device and translate to "0.1 to 1.25 litres per meter square per kWh".

Zoom vows to spend next 90 days thinking hard about its security and privacy after rough week, meeting ID war-dialing tool emerges

Re: Zoom / Teams / Hangouts

My camera is off too. Off in the Bios, that is. Bios from 2019 on a Dell XPS from 2015 with Windows 10.

Zoom doesn't care and can activate it. Ain't it creepy?

I contacted Dell, they said it's out of warranty but I can still contact their legal department. What a great answer. There was a (Zoom) update last week and now Zoom says it "doesn't find" a camera.

Techie finds himself telling caller there is no safe depth of water for operating computers

What high voltage?

I had a hamburger (or was it hamberder) restaurant manager turning on a CRT in front of me to show it was dead.

I was there to assess the damages from a badly leaking roof and heavy rains during the night. Water was still pouring almost continuously on the screen, from the ceiling, as the guy pushed the button !

I stepped back 2 meters at that moment. I was the one in shock.

French data watchdog dishes out largest GDPR fine yet: Google ordered to hand over €50m

Large corporations such as Google simply 'interpret the law differently'

They honestly abide an alternative law.

Tumblr resorts to AI in attempt to scrub itself clean from filth

What the world needs now is MORE nipples. More breasts in NON SEXUAL context. Breast feeding, natural pose, topless on the beach, antic statues, everyday life. That is NOT porn, that is "normal". People should get used to them, not choke on them. Saying a good breast is a censored (or amputated) breast is not helping the fundamental problem.

YouTube supremo says vid-streaming-slash-piracy giant can't afford EU's copyright overhaul

Despacito..."we might have to block videos like this"

What a loss for the World.

China tells Trump to use a Huawei phone to avoid eavesdroppers

Re: Why would Huawei be safer?

Because Vlad also said so. He could even send some specialists to examine the device along with the FBI.

Dutch cheesed off with Russians, expel four suspects over chemical weapons Wi-Fi spying

Re: Does Russia think anyone believes them?

They have as much credibility as the US these days.

Facebook sued for exposing content moderators to Facebook

I've done the math for you.

10.000.000 items a week for 7500 workers, 5 days/week and 8h/day.

That's 266 items a day, 33 items an hour, a bit less than two minutes/item.

And sadly but obviously, there is an IT angle to this article.

The internet – not as great as we all thought it was going to be, eh?

"...only through their phones [...] i.e. they don't have a broadband connection"

Isn't 4G considered broadband?

Plug your computer on my phone's Internet. I don't see much reasons to pay twice.

Turn that bachelor pad into a touch pad: Now you can paint buttons, sensors on your walls

Re: Scientists find the obvious!

yeah... nothing new here. Walls with Windows.pfff...

Machines learned to assemble IKEA’s semi-disposable furniture

Assembling never was the hardest part.

Now, can they please make a robot that goes to and walks through the Ikea with my girlfriend please?

Uber self-driving car death riddle: Was LIDAR blind spot to blame?

his office knew Uber had been secretly testing its cars for months in his state

Secretly to the state but not to the office of the governor?

Software gremlin robs Formula 1 world champ of season's first win

Re: Sorry, I still don't get it... because the article is wrong.

"Second-placed Vettel" was NOT second placed. As Itzman says, "The point is that Vettel was ahead because he hadn't pitted".

Vettel was ahead ans staid ahead. He did not pass Hamilton through the pit lane.

Women beat men to jobs due to guys' bad social skills. Whoa – you mad, fellas? Maybe these eggheads have a point...

positive discrimination - ONLY BECAUSE of what's between their legs and not skills.

It can also be because you want to.

Here's why online social networks are bad for humanity, the nerds who helped build them tut-tut

Re: It was ever thus

Do you think 2018's parents should not care what ruins their children's life... not like in my day?

Wannabe W1 DOW-er faked car crash to track down reg plate's owner

Re: W1DOW

At least (with W1ND0S) there could have been an IT angle.

Facebook flashes ramped-up face-recog tech. Try not to freak out

Facebook declined to comment

Of course they did. Fully agree. This is none of your business and you should respect their privacy.

FBI tells Jo(e) Sixpack to become an expert in IoT security

Re: Rules of IoT

You and the FBI talk rubbish. IoT devices are perfectly safe. I asked my friend Vladimir personally. I asked him TWICE.

He said "yez, ..errr.., dere iz no problm".

YouTuber cements head inside microwave oven

Can't turn it on while the door is open / removed.

... now that's security.

Lap-slabtop-mobes with Snapdragon Arm CPUs running Windows 10: We had a quick gander

Re: The 1990s called...

The 90s have never heard of the 6310 because it was released in 2001.

SurfaceBook 2 battery drains even when plugged in

So after ~2 years of battery misuse, when it's worn, you can ONLY use your Surface in economy mode???

What about ..."Applying Windows updates.... do not shut down... errr... YES DO !! errr... no... errr... wait"

What about "To update you computer's Bios,

1 plug power,

2. turn off for 1 hour,

3. Turn on again,

4.Run the Bios update.

5. Pray.

Donald Trump's tweets: Are they presidential statements or not?

Re: Obama

He makes the cards, he's the founder, remember?

I think he likes me.

But he wired tapped my building tower.

Shame.

Bad.

I like to know the fact before I make a statement. You and me have seen the same thing on TV. I know the facts, you don't.

etc... etc....

Better filters won't cure this: YouTube's kids nightmare

Re: @LDS It really is people who kill people, it doesn't matter what they use to do it.

So why should anybody make a fuss about Kim Jong Un getting nukes?

'Virtual nose' makes VR less dizzying, say boffins

felt like in the Concorde cockpit

They reported feeling less ill? What's the point if it becomes a no (s)thrill experience?

Mythbuster seeks cash for roller skates to wear in virtual reality

...I always wanted a pair of moonwalk shoes.

Because you're BAD.

Alleged dark web drug baron cuffed – after he flew to US for World Beard Championships

Aside of the beard, .....what really knocked him out was his cheap sunglasses.

Why can't you install Windows 10 Creators Update on your old Atom netbook? Because Intel stopped loving you

"As part of our commitment to customers..."

In other news:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/19/chap_fixes_microsofts_windows_7_and_8_update_block_on_new_cpus/

Researchers solve screen glare nightmare with 'moth-eye' antireflective film

Re: "Ambient light is everywhere,"

"...You're holding it wrong."

It came from space! Two-headed flatworm stuns scientists

Re: I suggest I new species....

That one can't grow a head on the wrong end, cause 'Exit means Exit'.

Re: Also the ISS is still protected by Earth's magnetosphere.

Ain't it also a Faraday cage? There's a crew in there.

SSD price premium over disk faaaalling

Re: 160 GB is probably more than enough for 99% of people

Until MS comes up with Windows 12 that needs 120 GB for base install... and begins downloading patches.