Posts by Charles Elwood

US woman says Ubuntu can't access internet

The dog ate my homework too.

Where does the fail here end? I guess it's fortunate she didn't use ebay and end up buying a picture of a laptop.

Mine's the one with mini-9 crammed into the pocket.

OMFG, what have you done?

Some thoughts on the fixed-width issue

Actually as screens get wider, not having every line of text 20 inches wide is a real advantage. Having an article look good when it's between 6 and nine inches wide is handy, wider than that and it gets difficult to read.

However, fixing the width to something just to wide to display on (insert gadget here) is a really bad idea. Given the Eee-fever that swept this place, did anyone even consider that some screens might be as small as 800x480? Oh wait, that's already implied by the fixed width.

However, I take my (suitably black and tinfoil-lined) hat off to anyone who can manage to read a column of 12pt text that runs the entire width of a 26inch monitor running at 1920X1200.

I have this inescapable feeling that fixed width sites imply that I haven't yet learned that all my windows don't have to be maximised

Tories want data loss prosecutions

Catch 22

But data leaks can be prevented by using encryption. Well until you realise it's an offence to have data you refuse to decrypt if the police demand it. I guess that's why encrypted data is often supplied with the appropriate passwords on a post-it note.