Turdoch
I do not use them, nor anything from their empire. The demented wallnut can eff off!
As to the use of google news, I use it simply as a news search engine, not displayed, may not get seen.
Posts by MJI
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Microsoft sides with media groups, together they urge Europe to follow Australia's lead, make Google, Facebook pay for news article links
Atheists warn followers of unholy data leak, hint dark deeds may have tried to make it go away
Monday 22nd February 2021 10:05 GMT 
Re: Oh, what a lot of fun.
I find the hard religeous* people the most annoying but conversly the best to wind up with facts.
Any talk of creationism gets jumped on, 7 days bollocks, the same.
Point them to the writings of Isaac Asimov over this as well.
The biggest one to really make them panic is....
Was this universe created in a lab in another universe and because of that was our creator a scientists running an experiment, are they worshiping a bloke in a white lab coat?
Flat earthers should be very embarrassed if they cannot name the turtle!
* Notably NOT CofE, they are 90% pretty grounded.
Australian government fights Facebook news ban by threatening 0.01% of Zuck's ad revenue
Big Tech workers prefer 3 days at home, 2 in the office. We ask Reg readers: What's your home-office balance?
The laptop you bought in 2020 may stop you buying a car in 2021: Chips are going short
Friday 12th February 2021 11:18 GMT
Re: Stop me from buying a car? Probably not.
My car has 4WD and I once had a choice what to do, bad mud and tractor ruts near a ford, either reverse back and take a different route, or inch forwards and see what happens.
Sunk down a little bit but was plenty of grip, did not struggle at all.
Ford was up to the wheels, a little deep so changed rear diff oil the next weekend (fine), (wading limit is rear diff breather).
Bit muddy on way out but no problem at all.
You will be surprised at what a 4WD car can do. Just need to drive properly and have decent tyres.
Thursday 11th February 2021 10:58 GMT
Re: Implausible excuses #31415
Added in software.
Cruise control, if a car is throttle by wire or electrically controlled Diesel, cruise will be software only.
Previous car, to add cruise I added a switch and a friend enabled cruise in the eletronics. Servo motor throttle bodies on that one.
Current, runs on tractor juice, was simple as cut hole in side of steering wheel base, fit switch, use.
Thursday 11th February 2021 10:53 GMT
Re: Stop me from buying a car? Probably not.
My early/mid 2000s car has the following chip homes.
Engine ECU Diesel with EUI.
Gearbox Standard TC slushbox
ABS, Traction control, and self levelling
All the body stuff like windows and heated things, oh and central locking.
The radio with built in satnav
Anti rollbar control
Oh headlamp bulbs 5 minutes simply because my hand is not small enough to fit.
No 4WD ECU either no need, a level offers me high/low & locked/unlocked
All the ECUs are nicely shielded boxes with robust components. I think the era from first proper sequential EFI up to CANBUS is the high spot of car electronics. And the first car electronics I owned were more like a few transistors in an ignition module
Better buckle up: Volkswagen puts Microsoft in driver's seat to deliver 'automated' platform
Linus Torvalds labels Super Bowl 'violent version of egg-and-spoon race'
How do we combat mass global misinformation? How about making the internet a little harder to use
Monday 8th February 2021 10:15 GMT
Re: Teach people?
I do not want to take another driving test. (Hopefully will be OK to when I stop)
Drive by satnav.
"I am just going to get my sledgehammer"
Driving on wrong side of road
"Never done it in 40 years, stupid idea"
There are so many driving things I never do and will not do, don't test me on them.
Big data: Study suggests even a moderate gambling habit is linked to increased mortality and other bad stuff
UK Test and Trace chief Dido Harding tries to convince MPs that £14m for canned mobile app was money well spent
Virtual cycling service bans riders for doping – doping their data, that is
What happens when the internet realizes the stock market is basically a casino? They go shopping at the Mall
Smartphones are becoming like white goods, says analyst, with users only upgrading when their handsets break
Wednesday 27th January 2021 11:05 GMT
Re: Too Expensive for Clear Up-Tick in Value
Our company supplies phones and we keep getting Samsungs, yes full of abslute crud.
Boss moans because I will leave it months to swap to new phone, then gets annoyed when I say to stop getting these crap phones full of bloat.
Used to have a Nokia, really got it in the neck for remaining on it so long.
Wednesday 27th January 2021 11:00 GMT
Re: Becoming like?
My DVD player uses SCART, it works well, why swap it out?
Got 3 SCART and 3 HDMI on this TV but it is 11 years old.
Had a look at current plugged in items.
HDMI - PVR, 2xconsole
SCART - DVD, console, VCR
Composite - VCR occasionally
Component - video camera in HD
Most tapes are now on the PC hard drive at DV compression levels.
I tried DVD on a console, DVD player is better ergonomically.
Just because I buy something new doesn't mean I dump the old.
30-35 year old Betamax tapes hold out surprisingly well.
Tuesday 26th January 2021 09:54 GMT
Re: Becoming like?
Fridges are not that boring!
Our Fridge Freezer is over 20 years old, and still works.
I also improved its looks by careful application of car polishes.
I hate buying stuff, and swapping stuff. I am starting to need a new TV (want 4K & HDR), and a bit shocked to find the lack of SCART on new ones.
Almost a case of "Why is your TV so old when you use it so much?"
Answer "Because it was best on the market back then"
Back to the office with you: 'Perhaps 5 days is too much family time' – Workday CEO
One minute you're a peripheral maker chugging along nicely, the next the world can't seem to get enough of Logitech's kit
Looking for something on which to spend all that bonus Bitcoin? How about The Hoff's very own KITT?
Trump's gone quiet, Parler nuked, Twitter protest never happened: There's an eerie calm – but at what cost?
Decades-old UK government papers show that they tried to roll out a 'Cab-E-Net' system in the '90s. It was crap
Pizza and beer night out the window, hours trying to sort issue, then a fresh pair of eyes says 'See, the problem is...'
Friday 8th January 2021 09:36 GMT
The value of not working all hours
I have seen the effects of huge hours on productivity over sensible hours.
Little difference in the end.
On those 12 hours days you pace yourself (go slower), you make more errors, you brain struggle near end.
Normal day plus two hours on a Saturday remote gets a lot more done.
Amazon turns Victorian industrialist with $2bn building project to house workers near new headquarters
United States Congress stormed by violent followers of defeated president, Biden win confirmation halted
Watt's next for batteries? It'll be more of the same, not longer life, because physics and chemistry are hard
Monday 4th January 2021 16:42 GMT
Re: For an expendable battery, such as a lead-acid battery
Mine cost me a lot and is already flat.
I need a better charger as it won't go over 12 yet the alternator goes up to 14. Won't even trickle.
Problem is cold start cycle runs for 15 minutes, 5 or 6 ECUs, heated windows, short trips.
Will need a decent charger as RACMAN will be getting fed up.
This product is terrible. Can you deliver it in 20 years’ time when it becomes popular?
Monday 21st December 2020 09:47 GMT
Re: Jinx
Super Beta - you had a 950?
I have some Mini Disc kit as well.
My first video camera plugged into a portable VCR of the same brand and even though the tube has worn out the portable still works and is next to my PC.
So JVC I can take the pee and state that my Sony portable and Sanyo HiFi deck still work!
Right-to-repair warriors seek broader DMCA exemptions to bypass digital locks on the stuff we own
Not one, not two, but a trio of hinges to potentially break in OPPO's bendy concept phone
Tim Cook 'killed' TV project about the one website Apple hates more than The Register
British voyeur escapes US extradition over 770 cases of webcam malware
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