Posts by Eradicate all BB entrants 481 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Jul 2009
Never mind the millennium it wasn't updated for the 90's. It was embarrassing having to mail external people and companies, because from previous experience I knew what they looked like in other email clients.
Even by 2010 it hadn't caught up to Outlook Express from the 90's.
But for the IT masochist out there I can heartily recommend the following combination will ruin your life ...... Domino + BES.
Well I was born before 1982, and I knew (and experienced) that doing wrong would result in a few whacks of the slipper, so did my older siblings. So based on that are we all thugs or disturbed sociopaths?
We have been using the methods that you seem to believe work (though you have failed to provide even one example) since the ban on smacking your own child was introduced. Are we living in Utopia yet?
..... as I never used the low power eco WD's (always bet on black) until I threw a 2TB Red in the NAS box. The WD blacks in my main system have been hammered to hell over the years thanks to Steam but have only had an issue when they have been moved to older boxes as they were replaced. I just think WD's don't like being moved.
Extremely surprising were the Hitachi results as in the early 2000's we simply referred to them as Deadstars when they were still IBM owned. No wonder WD snapped them up.
...... have access to the usernames I would think that 68% detection on a blind study using the methods they did was quite good.
With the usernames available I would expect that to be in the very high 90's as at least once a week I get an invite or message from someone with enuslcenvfo or ggggggggggggv as their name.
Sod's law says there will be someone on here with that name.
What about cash purchases? What if it was purchased as a gift?
The law states don't ask for it and Apples T&C's say they will share it. They can't take Apples word they didn't share it. When I have asked companies, through the correct process, who they bought my details from they never tell you. Which is why I, like many others, now have domains for email and give each company it's own unique address.
All quite handy tips, thanks guys. As an AMD and ATI user for a number of years I have a few kicking around from x850's all the way up to 7 series. This won't be a serious 'This will be a major investment and needs instant return' thing for me, just a 'I have some kit so will dip my toe in'.
As for the datacentre, I have a basement I can run them from which even in summer never gets above 18 celcius.
If I manage to get even 1 coin after a few months that would be used for the newer mining toys (if it gets that far) leaving the current kit good for the other currencies that still use GPU.
.... currency mining to see what I could get out of the old desktops and servers I have lying around. Windows is on the majority of machines I own as I enjoy PC gaming. But even I and some of the most die hard fans of Windows would know that for a process so valuable, it should not be run on an OS which is still a high priority target for any miscreant, without researching how to lock it down so tightly it would Linus hard. Even worse is what the hell are you doing downloading the software from such sites?
I'm going to be trying it with both a linux machine and a windows machine and already have an old reliable mint laptop I can use for the wallet. The more I read about mining it seems that a number of people involved just installed it on a whim and didn't bother doing any research.
Your attitude is fine, it is perfectly reasonable to want to hit someone who condemns the mayor for shutting down fire stations but has no issue forcing the same mayor to pay 6% pay rises for tube drivers whose salary is 3 times the starting salary of a fireman or constable.
And why do tube drivers get so much? In case someone throws themselves in front of a train. Which has to be a much worse experience than recovering the remains of someones family after a house fire.
..... that want me to use their 'Enterprise Class Software' which when looked at is just a crappy Java front end which talks to a database, only runs on Windows and will only work with a specific much older version of Java because they can't be bothered to update the code.
They should change the 'write once, run anywhere' to just 'write once'.
The staff know it's a scam, watch some of the older videos when he starts calling them out over it. With one charge being the average monthly wage in India just one mark a day will make the whole team more money than they could ever earn in another job.
Money is a great motivator, just look at the banks, Libor, PPI and the rest. They knew what they were doing was a scam yet the money was so good they didn't care.
..... but could we stop tarring regular beat officers with the same brush as the decision makers? Just like many other industries these ideas are thought up by middle management and above. Also please note that like many other areas, from the 90's the police fast tracked graduate recruits into officer level positions, and it is now these inexperienced office workers making these decisions.
..... aiming for then it might make me question if I want to continue on the Android platform when contract time comes around. I have a gmail account just for the phone, I don't want Google+. I don't have circles of friends, I just have friends (amazing but true).
It may not happen but if it does I am off to Winphone land because I have been using them at work and they are pretty good phones.
..... for the business. And that is what we concentrate on, keeping the business going. It really does not matter how important you think you are to the business, you are just a user.
I run the IT here solo, many of us do in similar circumstances. I am moving it to a model where one day I will not be needed at all. So far from protecting my job I am actively trying to make myself redundant. Why? Because that's what the business needs and I was employed to benefit the business.
As for the empire building line, stop confusing techs with middle\senior management.
...... have always had a policy for this. We will supply a device and software requisite for your job. If you choose to install software yourself that's fine, but please note that if you log an issue with the device we will not troubleshoot, support or assist you until the non-authorised software is removed. If you can't remove it and insist we repair we will use the most expedient method, wipe and image. This kind of policy was most welcome especially when iTunes launched on Windows, or when the Felix cat food screensaver was given away.
For the IT side of things we had peer sign off, and the ability to check what the software did before spamming the next button.
Quite close AC but not quite there. While Visa/Mastercard/et al do charge various figures for transactions, this is an individual processing charge. Once your company hits a certain number of charges a year this individual charge will be changed to a flat rate for all processing. Depending on the deal worked out with the merchant services Apple could be down to 1-2p per transaction.
A bit similar to MS OEM licensing, I doubt Dell or HP pay much more than £10 per WIndows license.
I'm not talking about the initial 30% cut from the original app sale on Apples store, I am referring to when Apple wanted a 30% cut of purchases made through an app that had nothing to do with them except it was running on one of their devices.
At least on 4chan they have the courtesy to read your post before trolling.
....... now just hang on a minute. Those huge glossy VM leaflets are fantastic for putting my take-away curry on. Saves me a fortune in paper towels so don't stop them. The occupier envelopes usually get stuffed with other letterbox crap and re-posted as a few others do.
As for the ASA, if they can't fine them why not ban them from advertising on that medium for a month, adding a month for each subsequent breach on that medium.
...... with the 6 CD auto changer (came with the car, Panasonic I think). Tried MP3's in previous cars and it just didn't seem to sound that good to me despite the rip quality. So now if I get a CD I want in the car I just copy it and use the copy in the changer. Doesn't get changed for months unless I have a long journey to go on and sounds fantastic.
None of what I mentioned currently works or even exists, it was light hearted crap about having fun with it. If BHS or Tesco had rolled out this technology I would have said the same thing.
And the use of Android was not because I am a Fandroid, I chose Android because the phone has the features I want and I can root the bugger if I need to. IOS has never has offered the features I want and it is only recently that Win8 phones got them. I knows it's Monday but for fecks sake Steve we ain't all that miserable, countdown to the weekend starts here my friend :)
..... makes it tempting to have some fun. Do all I need now is an Android Virtual Hypervisor, 30-40 VM phones in one device, all using the bluetooth chip (with own codes) to freak out Apple staff.
'We have 30 people looking at Apple mini's, we need more staff ASAP'
Even better if someone could cram it all in a rubber ball, throw it in the store and watch chaos reign.
...... the marketing department. Having worked with the residents of these departments most of the time their day job seemed to consist of who could tape their password to the top of their mac in the prettiest manner (I have to admit I was impressed by some of the blu-tac flowers). As these accounts are usually passed around the department as well they usually end up being given the simplest passwords possible.
I bet if twitter allowed/carried out a login test against all accounts using the twitter account name as password it would get well into double figures.
At no point in that poll is the question asked why they have chosen that response. So you using that poll as a basis for your assertion, regarding they don't want that discussion, is worthless.
On the car, gun and the rest of the items that is my choice. If I choose to purchase those items then I am happy to jump through the requisite hoops. The filter is not a choice I have. It is in place for everyone and still in place even if I opt out. And as stated in the story, it does not just filter porn.
I will stick to the playground insults actually, as kids seem to have more common sense than the adults running the country, ya smelly faced potty head.
Oh and thanks for the biology lesson, and the psychological profiling from a few sentences while assuming I meant something I didn't actually say.
..... in my wallet. Oh hang on, at home waving my drivers license in front of the screen doesn't work like it would in the shop. Also in the shop my grey hair, wrinkles and beard might give them a clue I am old enough, can they see that on the phone?
As for it's most likely to be men who don't want their partners to find out, complete and utter tosh, my good lady friend is as pissed off as I am about this. It's really amazing that I have to prove I am a responsible adult that doesn't want to be minded all the time, yet you mouth breathers who want the filter are not required to prove you are fit to be a parent.
..... or doesn't benefit the child's stimulation, I would not want a lithium battery sat above a child strapped into a chair regardless of the devices safety record. A toddler playing with a tablet is likely to drop it when it gets hot, in this thing no chance of that happening.
....... getting a job in Cambridge and deciding to live in London. If you decide to live somewhere that far away that is that much trouble in regards to commuting to work, then they should be protesting about you lowering the regions IQ and not using bus stops.
The awful thing about this is that it's starting to creep into UK cities such as Manchester and Leeds, especially on the riverside. First Direct and your psychotically driven blingbus I am looking at you.
And here is a prime example of AC trolling.
And why is he an AC? Probably because if any of the brainless hardware techies where he worked saw the post they would stop popping up every morning to turn his computer on for him :D
So answer me this, if you coders are so great and us support techs are so dumb why are most of the problems we encounter software related?
...... if you apply for positions higher than a helldesk role straight away. I had no degree and no experience of IT in a work environment (but over 10 years personal) yet still managed to land a job in 1st line. No matter what aspect of the industry you want to end up in if you don't 'know' someone you have to pay your dues somewhere on the bottom rung. Also a plus is that a lot of 1st line positions are just under the threshold required for paying back your student loans so you get the industry experience you need while delaying the money worries.
If with your degree you think you should not have to start from the bottom then I have no pity for the troubles you face, IT is now a full service industry, which means in the company hierarchy you are at the bottom of the pile.
...... as they used to have a large number of highly skilled techs that maintained existing systems while upgrading others for newer functions. They had a history with all of the systems and knew what would work and what wouldn't even before testing had started.
This would have allowed them to replace and upgrade over time with minimal disruption.
Then they decided, in order to save some money on the balance sheet and give some more clueless middle management extra bonuses, to offshore all of it to techs with no experience of the systems and their quirks who were taught by people who did not have that level of experience either.
So now we have a majority state owned bank losing more money through compensation than it saves from off shoring having to spend even more money to replace systems their 8000 mile away techs are unable to repair.
And still no one senior has been sacked for the complete shambles.
...... when the stock checking sites stay green for longer than 30 seconds, which will be when supply balances with demand. Which is likely to be a while as Xbox still has to be released in a number of countries and the PS4 is not out in its major market, Japan, until February.
What the sales figures show is that MS had 1 million units ready for launch, Sony had just over 2 million for the staggered release. People with more stuff to sell manages to sell more stuff shocker.
...... except they didn't. They pretty much sold out day one seeing as most of the 150K units for the UK were allocated to pre-orders with a few thousand put aside for stores. That is how Amazon knew PS4 would outsell it, they had a larger allocation of them.
As for who will win the console war, and I say this as someone who bought the new Xbox just for Forza 5 (it is worth it) I would have to say the winner is the PC, got Reus for something like £1.74 on Steam last night. A great little game.
This crap about real gamers will pick PS4, kids will pick Xbox and beardy wierdys will get a Steam box is really pathetic. Spread the FUD all you like but actual real gamers are multi-platform, because we enjoy playing games and not participating in willy waving regarding who gets the most FPS on COD. And seeing as my gaming history started with a Grandstand (With the light gun) I do have some experience on the subject.
It's not Thanksgiving for everyone in America, especially those whose ancestors were almost wiped out by disease and militia action so who knows, maybe he has native roots.
Should us Brits celebrate 'Subjugation of the Indian sub-continent day'?
Back to the story, anyone who offers store credit as a sale discount is an arse.
...... I found that up to and including GTA4 the series has sold, in it's various versions, around 1 billion copies.
If these types of games did cause the players to become more violent and give them murderous tendencies then it would be likely world hunger and over population would not be an issue. In the 60-70's it was rock music perverting our youth, in the 70-80's it was video nasties and the 90's onwards have been video games. When some act does occur there is always a need to blame some external influence, does no one ever consider that the person carrying out such acts might not be in the best state mentally in the first place?
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