Posts by Danny 14

Disney aims for Netflix. If the deal was made, it would shoot itself in the foot

Re: Aw, c'mon. let's look at the facts

Netflix buys content. Content providers sell content. Disney wants to do both and will buy less from other people thus showing less overall.

And lawyers. Many, many lawyers.

It's time for Microsoft to revisit dated defaults

Re: Urgent replication flag

Have your default OU for new computers trigger a replication flag for new machines on their first boot.

Easy peasy.

Re: Proper Windows installs

Image uploaded to fog. Sysprepped with core software. Takes 4 minutes to image to host, first boot takes up to 5 minutes depending on the drivers (we use snappydriver) then 1 min to reboot and autojoon the domain (another restart after renaming). FOG decides the OU so other software might install.

Id say from bare metal an i3 with 4g ram takes no more than 20 kins from start to ctrl.alt.del ready domain.

All thanks to gpos and a bit of planning. W7 and w10 take about the same time (we never mass rolled out 8)

Oops: Carphone burps up new Google phone details

Re: Re Swappable Battery

Cant seem to edit atm. You are almost describing a galaxy note though. My note 3 ticks all the above except dust and stereo. I have a case that keeps it fairly clean and the speaker isnt too bad for what i need. The IR works well enough for the tv but i havent used NFC on it (it is capable of nfc)

Android pay dies a death when you root though doesnt it?

Re: Dual-SIM ?

My phone is 4g capable. Ive disabled lte due to power consumption in marginal areas. 3g is fine for most use.

Only if they implemented FAT. Google can implement an sd card however they want. Including their own software that you install on your pc to recognise the card.

Personally i use an sd card as the availability of 128gb phone models is close to Zzero when i look for a phone. Buy a 32gb one and pop in an sd card for movies/music/satnav maps andbim good to go.

My note 3 happily puts its photos music and videos on external card. Satnav downloaded its map data to external and all this was without any configuration. Whilst it isnt stock rom now, it was when the above was seen.

Re: Never had a Nexus

@don, specs might have been updated on the 'leak' as the sheets ive seen all say no sd slot. Not sure who to believe of course but it would be a huge change if it did have an sd slot.

Ex-army sergeant pleads guilty to using private browsing mode

Re: Other records?

Not at the moment. Only GCHQ are logging your actions atm.

Dirty diesel backups will make Hinkley Point C look like a bargain

Re: David MacKay

For people harping on about PV at home, how long to pay back and what if you want to move house?

Microsoft paid me $650 to scrub Windows 10 from my grandpa's PC, says man

Re: $650 is nothing to MS

It might gain traction in the US where a class action starts a lawyer feeding frenzy.

Fuck! Hes right AND you need an xbox account.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2016/apr/07/how-can-i-play-my-old-windows-7-games-in-windows-10

Self-driving Google car T-boned in California crash

Re: solved...

Dunno, yodel vans would still be driven by substandard routines that bend the runs/drive to limits. ..

Re: Is there a story here?

As someone has already said. This shows a negative view for driverless cars. Every sane driver would KNOW that van wasnt going to stop at the red light.

Matt LeBlanc handed £1.5m to front next two series of Top Gear

Re: If it sells he'll be worth the money

It wont work because TG was more than a "name" and format. It was an amalgamation of the original 3, silly ideas and chemistry. They would have been better off spending the 1.5million on developing a new format rather than trying to compete with the old TG.

1.5mil for one presenter though. Fucking fuck that's a waste of money.

Smelly toilets, smokers and the Kardashians. Virgin Media staff grill top brass

Re: Plus ca change

Wight telecom and smallworld cable too. Smallworld cable was exceptional before VM bought them out. Support staff actually supported AND knew their technical stuff (24/7 call centre too, usually the techies late at night )

Re: Olip

Ive had no issues with VM broadband over the 3 years ive had them, but there have been 2 price hikes this year to the tune of £5. Time to jump ship, our local cabinet has been upgraded FTTC so that has opened up the possibilities now.

Forgive me, father, for I have used an ad-blocker on news websites...

Re: No guilt at all

Not only do i feel no guilt, i block adverts at the proxy filter level for our entire company. All 450 users see almost no ads.

We live in a world where a 'Hamdog' burger hybrid is patented

Re: * I know, I know...

Million percent better would be a sausage onna-stick. And thats cutting me own throat good.

She cannae take it, Captain Kirk! USS Zumwalt breaks down

Re: Oooh!

You better not laugh,

Better not cry,

Better loosen up

Im coming in dry

Lauri Love extradition A-OK

Re: Boo

Why? The *magistrate* can only go by guidelines, they arent judges and there is no jury. There is an extradition policy with the US, the US have presented all the correct papaerwork so they rubber stamped it. An appeal will be heard by a proper judge so might have more interpretation leeway.

Blame the system for the silliness.

Re: Cue gloating-

I dont think keyser soze has surfaced since.

Alleged hacker Lauri Love loses extradition case. Judge: Suicide safeguards in place

Re: Controversial

maybe not complain but if the chav was found id expect them to be prosecuted (and I'd have to sort the car mess out myself)

Double-dipping malware steals iOS creds and roots Android

Re: A silly question...

Ive used IE since i installed it on windows 95 extras CD right up to IE11. Ive had the grand total of zero viruses. I also use firefox and chrome.

I keep up to date on patches and dont click on stupid things. Simple.

HP Ink buys Samsung's printer business for a BILLION dollars

Re: And tomorrow...

Mono HPs are fine. We have a functioning HP4000 and three 2300s in daily use along with some more modern 401s. Colour printers have been a bag of shite (except the 3525 that ones a trooper) 4600s were rubbish, 2700 was bad, 5525 is possibly the worst of the lot (fundamental design flaw with the transfer belts). We switched to canons for colour and have had no issues (but they are only 18 months old so too early to tell)

Star Trek film theory: 50 years, 13 films, odds good, evens bad? Horta puckey!

Re: Rubbish

the list is almost endless. I enjoyed Babylon 5 for all its "tvness" and rewatched it relatively recently. I didn't rate season 5 but the main story arc was good. the new BSG was OK but got a bit silly in the story towards the end. Initially was good though.

ST original was good at the time because it was new, plus all my mates at school watched it too. SW was a cinematic excellence from a time when we went to the cinema once a year if we were lucky. It also became a staple of new years viewing for many years.

Forget Khan and Klingons, Star Trek's greatest trick was simply surviving

Re: Best thing about it...

I wasn't as keen on ST as a kid but liked Dr Who. Ironically from my teenage years I went back to ST (and star wars of course) when the first films came out and abandoned Dr Who.

Re: Huh?

but does ST work without the science? I would guess that the bulk of people who watched ST and TNG were at least some part nerdy and watched partly for the "science" of it.

Re: that really gave Star Trek muscle was, in a word: science.

science fiction with less "look it just does ok?". Of course it isn't real science but at least there was a stable surface and framwork for writers to work with.

When you've paid the ransom but you don't get your data back

I suspect that a chunk of the rest don't have isolated backups so the backup files were also encrypted.

'Hey, Elon? You broke it, you bought it' says owner of SpaceX's satellite cinder

Re: Free Flight

'cause it was an exception rather than a rule?

Re: indented customers

is there a flashing multi coloured markup just like old tripod pages?

Publishing military officers' names 'creates Islamic State hitlist'

Re: FLASH - FLASH - FLASH

Just go to York on a Saturday night. Half of Catterick garrison on weekend leave will be there. It isn't as though you cant spot a load of squaddies on a night out (fresh after being paid)

Re: "For security reasons we're apparently not supposed to say who they are."

"im sorry, I need to refer you to the battalion press officer"

I still remember that bad water colour infantry "manual".

Latest Intel, AMD chips will only run Windows 10 ... and Linux, BSD, OS X

Re: Farming out compute intensive processes?

So usb installation is tricky? What about pxe installation? DVD? Sounds like a crock of shite to me.

EU verdict: Apple received €13bn in illegal tax benefits from Ireland

Re: Particularly interesting...

They have already distanced themselves from Brexit. In fact even distancing themselves from having to push the button. Even the daily mail is being quiet (which speaks volumes)

Re: that I should ever say anything in support of Apple...

If they appeal and win this is now out in the open. You can bet other large multinationals such as MS google etc will be going for another chat.

Re: I wonder how much Dell is liable for

The call centres moved to india too. Lots of the old slough calls were routed to india and the motherwell site was almost mothballed.

Re: Apple have strong bladders..

It depends if they have fake head offices. The starbucks method of expensive logos tax sandwich might have used a proper head office thus not a contrived fictitious paper exercise.

Re: What I don't get...

Only in this case the highly profitable irish company was fictitious and was concocted by the irish tax man and apple with some bogus rates and figures. EU rules this is state aid thus all that profit needs to be taxed at the proper rate now.

Re: Particularly interesting...

Talking of tax avoidance. There was a good documentary about a village that investigated the dutch sandwich approach to dodge tax as an entity. All above board (providing the UK was in the EU off course)

Re: This doesn't cost Apple anything in the long run

It might bot cost them in the long run but it means money for the EU coffers. Who do you think pays for all the Ferrero Roche at the balls?

Russia MP's son found guilty after stealing 2.9 million US credit cards

Re: Just one of many?

In this case though a red alert interpol notice was used. The burden for a red notice is high, they muat not be political and are refused as kuch as granted. They are issued independently so are not random 'handshakes behind closed doors' affairs. This gives a bit more credence to the guys crimes even in the actual arrest and transportation were grey (a lot of ducks were lined up neatly )

Re: Kidnapping vs international arrest warrant

Eye witness put him in the departure lounge. His passport would have been stamped exit. This puts things in a gray international law area but certainly easier for Maldives. A red alert notice meant he was fair game for interpol. He was on Maldives soil but in a departure bonded area so not totally their problem. He was 'expelled' and the US took custody of him due to being an internationally recognised criminal. Red notices are not mickey mouse things and are UN ratified, with the US being well within their rights to take custody. As soon as he landed on US soil the red alert custody was then upgraded to US criminal so he could be tried in the US as a US criminal.

This is certainly contrived as the Maldives needed to be complicit with the timings, but no extradition was involved.

Chinese CA hands guy base certificates for GitHub, Florida uni

Windows will let you add disallowed 'CA trusted root' thereby not utilising a CA. Im not sure in Linux but i bet you can do something similar. The beauty of using disallowed is that it doeant matter if an update changes a CA if it is disallowed.

Android does have one neat trick. It forces you to add security to your device when you add a custom (domain CA in our case) cert. Sick of seeing peoples phones without even basic security.

Re: You can't trust anybody

There is only so much tinfoil ypu can put on your head. I trust DANE cert calls more than a random Chinese CA.