* Posts by PeterM42

746 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Jun 2009

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Home Office’s shiny immigration system glitches causing delays

PeterM42
FAIL

Re: Hmm

"I am not surprised our immigration system doesnt work correctly, it doesnt even know how many people have entered the country."

SPOT ON!! - Ignore those 19 downvotes. Our government does NOT have a clue about many things, but especially immigration.

Just remember - Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech and look at what is happening in Eire (Republic of Ireland) now.

Microsoft sends OneDrive URL upload feature to the cloud graveyard

PeterM42
FAIL

Ah - OneDrive

The Devil's cloud storage.

When you have lost your desktop, etc. once, you are more likely to do the RIGHT THING - retrieve your files, then delete OneDrive.

Microsoft drags Windows Subsystem for Android into the trash

PeterM42

Re: Any particular Android apps?

Aquamail

X-Plore

MobilityWare games

Plus many others.

PeterM42
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There goes......

........the only GOOD reason to go for Windows 11.

It works really well for now. Pity you have to sideload all the decent apps, but performance is good once the WSA is loaded.

Typical of Microsoft to ditch the best thing they have done since W7 and Office 2010.

Updates are plenty but fans are few in Windows 11 land

PeterM42
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".....Windows 11 lacks a killer feature....."???

Er,... what about Windows Subsystem for Android?

Even my "non-compliant" Windows PC runs it beautifully.

Just need the Google Play Store, now.

NASA's Mars Sample Return Program struggles to get off the drawing board

PeterM42
Trollface

What would you do with $2.5Bn - $7.4Bn????

I could think of something more useful that collecting a few rocks.

HPE seeks $4B in damages from Autonomy boss Mike Lynch and his ex-CFO

PeterM42
FAIL

HP need the money....

....to compensate for the lost (or returned as not fit for purpose) printer sales they must be experiencing, due to their printer software being ABSOLUTE CRAP.

As someone who volunteers at a help drop-in, we see multiple problems with HP printers. If it can't be fixed (the usual case) I recommend dumping it and buying ANYTHING BUT HP.

Legal campaigners challenge UK.gov decision to redact NHS-Palantir contract

PeterM42
WTF?

Re: Perhaps, though I might be sniffing glue today...

To paraphrase a well known saying:

Never attribute to money-grabbing, what can be attributed to corruption.

In my experience, NHS admin are NOT capable of organising the proverbial p1ss-up in a brewery.

Microsoft 'retires' Azure IoT Central in platform rethink

PeterM42
FAIL

To be expected.......

The kids at Microsoft have found it difficult ever since Bill Gates left.

Huawei hits speed bump in production of intelligent automotive unit

PeterM42
Alert

I hope it gets FULLY tested

Unlike certain software from Boeing.

Fujitsu gets $1B market cap haircut after TV disaster drama airs

PeterM42
Alert

Criminal Acts by Fujitsu, surely?

"....we did help the Post Office in their prosecutions of the subpostmasters [and for] that we are truly sorry."

Sounds like conspiracy to me.

PeterM42
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Re: Fushitesu

".....And what happens to the staff employed by Fujitsu?"

Easy - INSOURCE them!!!!!!!!

Court orders arbitration for Wipro and ex-CFO who left for Cognizant

PeterM42

IMHO

Having been outsourced to Logica, then Wipro, my opinion of the whole outsourcing business is:

- It's great for the outsourcing provider bosses who draw huge salaries.

- Crap for the employees who get treated like sh1t.

- The service supplied will nearly always be inferior to AND more expensive than running the service in-house.

Microsoft prescribes command-line surgery for HP Smart app malady

PeterM42
Facepalm

Oh Dear

A combination of Microsoft and HP Printers - NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!!

No more staff budget for UK civil service, but worry not – here's an incubator for AI

PeterM42
Facepalm

Don't forget.....

...HS (Human Stupidity)

HP chief throws about AI fairy dust in hopes of reviving slumbering PC giant

PeterM42
Trollface

HP would do well........

.....to turn their printers back into PRINTERS (ie: a device for printing) instead of a personal details collection device.

I once got a client to return their HP "printer" as "not fit for purpose" for this reason.

Double Moon crater riddle solved? Spent Chinese rocket booster carrying mystery payload crash landed

PeterM42
Devil

"When you get there you're all alone!"

What about The Clangers and The Soup Dragon????

Bing Chat so hungry for GPUs, Microsoft will rent them from Oracle

PeterM42
Facepalm

Artificial Intelligence.......

.......Human Stupidity.

BTW, Microsoft Maps has multiple significant errors just in my local ½-square mile. Makes one wonder about the rest of the world.

NASA to equip International Space Station with frikkin lasers (for comms)

PeterM42
Facepalm

DON'T LOOK UP!

Microsoft admits 'power issue' downed Azure services in West Europe

PeterM42
FAIL

Ah! - the pleasures of cloud computing.

You know it makes sense!

- OH! WAIT!........

Take Windows 11... please. Leaks confirm low numbers for Microsoft's latest OS

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TPM is no longer an issue......

From an ISO, just run setup.exe /product server to upgrade.

It doesn't install server, but does the upgrade!

Microsoft introduces AI meddling to your files with Copilot in OneDrive

PeterM42
FAIL

OneDrive is a NIGHTMARE

I volunteer for a charity which runs computer help sessions for less knowledgeable users and always tell them to get their data (usually photos) out of the clutches of MicroCRAP, onto their OWN storage (+backup of course), then delete OneDrive from their system.

US Department of Justice claims Google bought its way to web search dominance

PeterM42
FAIL

Re: Time Compression

Microsoft's decline is easily tied to the departure of Bill gates.

Microsoft DNS boo-boo breaks Hotmail for users around the globe

PeterM42
Facepalm

Another Day...............

.............another MicroCRAP F-UP!!

Boeing abandons plans for crewed Starliner flight in 2023

PeterM42
Mushroom

BOEING

Bits

Of

Everything

In

Neighbour's

Garden

Astronaut-menacing sunstorm spotted rippling across inner solar system

PeterM42
WTF?

In my day.....

ionising radiation was measured in Rontgens, recently it seems to be Sieverts. So what with these "Grays"?????

Hide and seek in outer space highlights a battle here on Earth

PeterM42
Megaphone

Re: But these AI days ...

"The true measure of technology is not how well it matches human intelligence, but how well it survives human stupidity."

Is actually a VERY profound statement.

UK government's newest department to lead mega ERP procurement

PeterM42
Trollface

This Project needs a name.

I suggest "FUCKUP":

Full

Universal

Computer

Knowledge

Ultranet

Project

Red Hat's open source rot took root when IBM walked in

PeterM42
Facepalm

IBM

It's a Big Mess

At last, Microsoft lets Windows 11 share files with Android apps

PeterM42
Facepalm

Too Right

In my experience most users don't have a CLUE about filing. then wonder why they can't find anything.

What do we make of the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro? It doesn't take a magic leap to guess

PeterM42
WTF?

A must-have item

For the insanely rich.

CERN spots Higgs boson decay breaking the rules

PeterM42
Facepalm

Discover...what the Universe is for and why it is here....

,.... it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

Yes, this HAS already happened.

Welcome to WOKE world.

Microsoft will upgrade Windows 10 21H2 users whether they like it or not

PeterM42
Facepalm

Re: Juicy deets

I could have written that!

ONEDRIVE is enough to drive users over the EDGE.

Sorry about the pun, but..........

PeterM42
IT Angle

Re: Forced upgrade

Surprised ANYONE uses Skype now MicroCRAP have buggered it.

PeterM42
WTF?

Re: Windows 11 use has jumped from almost 9 percent in March (2022) to 23 percent in April.

And please note "Windows 11" is only NT 10.0.22nnn.nnnn

NASA freezes ice-hunting cubesat Moon mission for good after thruster fail

PeterM42
Unhappy

Well, after all......

.....it IS Rocket Science!

Irony alert: Major airport to be interrupted for two hours to replace UPS

PeterM42
Trollface

Oh! The IRONY!

Close down to replace a UPS?!!!

Microsoft pushes users to the Edge in Outlook, Teams

PeterM42
FAIL

Microsoft used to do things people liked......

......but not anymore.

Microsoft stumps loyal fans by making OneDrive handle Outlook attachments

PeterM42
Stop

OneDrive......

Has aspects of a virus....

1) It tries to be discreet.

2) You no longer "own" your desktop.

3) Someone else has control.

etc.

British govt tech supplier Capita crippled by 'IT issue'

PeterM42
Facepalm

364½....

.....strikes again????

Microsoft Defender shoots down legit URLs as malicious

PeterM42
Facepalm

Another Day......

....another screw-up from MicroCRAP

UnitedHealth's buyout of UK's EMIS could reduce competition: UK watchdog

PeterM42
Happy

Re: WTF!

EMIS seems to work quite well - makes prepeat prescription requests easy.

Microsoft breaks geolocation, locking users out of Azure and M365

PeterM42
Facepalm

Office 364½ strikes again

'Nuff Said!

Microsoft pushed 'inaccurate' Windows 11 upgrade to unsupported devices

PeterM42
WTF?

Re: Windows 10 the last Windows you will ever need

Actually "Windows 11" is just late versions of 10.

At a CMD prompt, type VER<rtn>

Microsoft's Outlook: Cloudy with a chance of junk-mail-stuffed inboxes

PeterM42
Facepalm

will be interesing to know what went wrong:

- An upgrade?

- A downgrade?

- New "Features"? (aka "Bugs")

- Someone pulled the plug on the server to vacuum the Data Centre?

- Disgruntled employee?

- Disgruntled about to be ex-employee?

- Banana skins on the server room floor?

Or was it just what we have come to expect? - Lack of testing, Poor change control, Incompetence?

We need to know.

Apple: No more sneak-peek previews of iOS unless you pay for the privilege

PeterM42
Unhappy

If it's APPLE.....

.....it's got to be charged for at an extortionate rate.

After all

A.P.P.L.E. = All Proprietary Products Ludicrously Expensive

Not satisfied with Virgin Media and O2 merger, Liberty Global takes 5% Vodafone stake

PeterM42
Headmaster

It's a variation of the Golden Rule"......

Whoever owns the fibre makes the money.

Zoox blurs line between workers and crash test dummies in robo-taxi trial

PeterM42
Trollface

Re: Call me when the can navigate...

Potholes - you forgot the potholes!

We used to drive on the road,

Now we drive on what is left of the road.

Conversational AI tells us what we want to hear – a fib that the Web is reliable and friendly

PeterM42
Devil

"....and guaranteed that ChatGPT ......

would be integrated across the entire suite of Microsoft products. That means not just Bing, but Office, Github, and – very likely – Windows."

OMG - We really are all DOOMED!

US warns aging air-traffic control code won't be fixed until 2030

PeterM42
Facepalm

".........modernization is planned to be completed in 2030"

By which time it will be out-of-date............

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