Posts by Hans 1

Now swallow: Microsoft hands out cure for Surface RT tabs killed by Win 8.1

Always, always wait for SP1 ...

Whoops! Apple drops kimono, flashes 'FREE' GarageBand for iOS7

Seriously, I like garage band back in the day when I had a Mac ... Logic pro looks impressive, especially compared to Ableton Live, $200 and unlimited tracks, Live ... I wonder if you can use the same virtual instruments ...

Internet Explorer 11 BREAKS Google, Outlook Web Access

Re: "This post best viewed in Netscape Navigator..."

IE has 13% browser market share, I am 100% sure MS is doing this to try and fend off google users to bing and MS solutions ... problem is, this time they are 5 years late ...

Re: @ Tom 13

>The button forces IE to emulate IE 7 (which is useless, in my opinion - it should emulate IE 6).

I should emulate Firefox or Chrome ... IE6/IE7/IE8/IE9/IE10/IE11 still have lousy SVG support and lack xpath support .... in one word: useless.

Ubuntu 13.10 lands on desktops, servers and (er, some) phones

Quite - Windows has better gaming graphics performance and is faster at copying large files around like ISO images.

Absolute, utter, bulllshit ... Windows has some benefits over Linux, but IO performance is not one of them ... Linux is even faster in SMB/CIFS than Windows server - so, shut up.

No, can't say I do. Windows reboots can be postponed and the message box dialog closed....

You forgot to mention "Windows reboots can be postponed TWICE" after that, Windows reboots without further notice ...

Windows, the OS for idiots

Windows 8.1: Read this BEFORE updating - especially you, IT admins

Re: Windows just works ....

One cleaner already down-voted me ... go on, lets count the idiots on el reg.

Re: Possible work around??

Why bother .... Debian is your friend.

Re: Darn it; I gotta re-install EVERYTHING.

Great way to treat Alpha testers ... ;-)

Windows just works ....

Tired of hearing your FUD about windows just working ....

The other day, I had to fix a computer that had a broken HDD, the HDD was completely screwed, not even readable with testdisk.

I got a new HDD and looked under that laptop and saw a sticker with a Windows 7 pro key ... I downloaded the legit iso for Windows 7 pro (digital river) and installed it ... after installation, the graphics was 800x600, no network card, no wifi, no sound ... completely unusable computer ... I boot into Linux, go to the HP site (because the linux livecd installed wifi drivers) and downloaded all the drivers for windows ... which I then installed .... Note that my HP wireless printer worked from the livecd without rebooting 2 times to install a 150mb+ of driver ....

So, again, please, those people who back the crooks in Redmond, please LEAVE the IT industry, you are making fools out of yourselves ...please, fuck off or die. Cleaner is a job for you.

Re: Can't Install if your Users or Program Files are on a different partition!

You did not know quick launch ...

Re: So bloody predictable.....

I have ardour with a Prodipe keyboard and an AVID Mbox sound card ... tried to install Protools on Windows 7, it complained about some drive label being too long, and the sound card made fuzzy noises (as in guitar distortion) ... tried it on Mac OS X (with case-sensitive file system) and I got the same fuzzy noises ... installing just the driver for the sound card worked fine, though (without pro-tools). I could not get the keyboard to work with anything else than the software provided on the CD on Windows... on Mac OS X it went like a charm ... but as I said, the sound driver was borked.

I contacted Protools about it and after some weeks gave up ... I went through some howto's on the web for Linux & ardour and have not looked back ... it works.

When it comes to games, I totally agree ... I refuse to use wine, too much dicking around ... I tried crossover, doesn't work - no direct3d support and again, I refuse to dick around - I am too old for that ... I am not into computer games, this was for the kids (probably the reason why I lacked motivation to hack it together).

Last system I had Windows on reported the following error:

Windows has been stopped to prevent further damage to your computer, or something like that .... so I installed Linux.

It will unpack the compressed data into a temp folder, then it will create a virtual root somewhere where it will copy all the crap a second time ... that is easily 3.5+7+7 Gb ... so there you go ...

I have been trying to tell them since 2003, it is futile, seriously ...

Re: 3.5GB for an OS? Get real!

@ Kev99

's/Win7/WinXP/'

It only got worse after that ...

Don't get me started on browser search provider and home page hijacking or toolbar hell ... I mean, seriously, even Java Runtime Environment on Windows is a trojan.

A piece of software that by default installs another, unrelated, piece of software by default is a trojan, by my standards at least.

Honestly, you get all you deserve....

Epic: http://gizmodo.com/5019516/classic-clips-bill-gates-chews-out-microsoft-over-xp

Seriously, the other day I was chatting with someone who was using citrix and had a Java version on it from early 2010 ... I did not dare ask what the version of the acrobat plugin was, but that is just asking for trouble ... when I now see what you poor souls have to endure to keep your system up-to-date, I cannot withhold my smile.

Using Windows? Deserve all you get ... sorry. Absolutely no empathy, get your act together. It has been time to switch to Linux since Windows XP first came out, with Vista it was long overdue, needless to say that with Windows 8, you are beyond help.

2 reboots to install a printer driver, come on guyz, how fucked up is that ? Why do I have to unplug the USB device to install it ???? Windows is for idiots.

So, would all those who back the crooks in Redmond please leave the IT industry, you are ridiculously making fools out of yourselves. Cleaner is a job for you.

Weird, the best hackers (in the noble sense of the word) I know run Mac OS X ... I run Linux, so no fanboyism on my part - don't get me wrong ... At the company I work for, you choose your hw/OS - in fact, you have a budget. Sad thing is, though, that since we only work with big businesses and want to keep hardware consistent, if you choose Linux, you pay the Windows tax ...

NHS preps spammy mailshots advertising 'BIGGEST medical data grab in HISTORY'

others have questioned how private companies involved with the system

One thing to do: "Opt out"

How is this possible ? How can NHS IT outsource even parts of this system ? Sounds like the French car registration office who is happy to "sell" your details to private companies so they can spam you with ads for garages and shit - you can "opt out". I would be happy to opt in if I get the registration free of charge ... Noooo, same incredibly high price for everybody.

Never trust a privately held company with your medical data ... then again, we have to, when we want additional "social security" (aka private social security).

I hate this world ...

Apple slams brakes on orders of (not so cheap) plasticky iPhone 5C

@300 it would sell like hot buns ...

Re: Good business strategy ..

They need to price 5C half of the price of a 5S, max, for it to sell ... I think they thought they wanted to hike up the price of the 5S and wanted a phone that would match the price-point of the previous high-end models ... Good news for Apple, ppl are buying the more expensive model - exactly what they want ... Now that is good business sense ... squeeze those dollars out of us.

Thing is, the business tactic worked better than anticipated, so now they have to shift manufacturing capability from 5C to 5S - better situation than expected.

Control panel backdoor found in D-Link home routers

How long does it take to crack the wifi passcode ? Thought so - device 0wned even if you disable WAN admin access ... you keep the Asian script kiddies out, not your neighbour ... ;-)

Murdoch calls for world+dog to 'expose' Google

>why can't his myriad sysadmins write a robots.txt file?

Windows admins are scared of text files, don't know where to click ...

MS Word deserves DEATH says Brit SciFi author Charles Stross

Time for LibreOffice

cf title

Re: A De-strossing Article!

How often have you come across poor Windows losers who have to copy-paste text into notepad, then back into word to get the formatting right ?

There are so many formatting bugs in Word it is not funny anymore ...

Re: Concur with Stross. With a couple caveats.

Ever heard of /usr/bin/diff ? Version control is another tool, but seriously, diff and patch are the two most used programs apart from vi on my box ... I write/maintain a 1800+ pages book, trust me ... as for styles, I use wiki text formatting, an awk script spits out docbook XML which I convert to the format of my liking ...

I remember working with a big software house who were using XLS files for project tracking involving several people ... I was getting modified files from 5 different people at one point, how do you merge that ?

Save as CSV, diff the buggers, patch, open in OpenOffice and save as xls ... Everybody was asking me how I manged to do it so fast ... I kept replying: "Use linux". I know, you can get the tools on windows, add them to your path and work your way around the braindead windows terminal (cmd.exe) ...

Oh, and Windows tools seem to have problems with CSV, comma-separated values, files. Some tools expect it to be TAB separated values (Excel), others semi-colon separated values (Windows contacts import wizard) ... Excel allows you to import the files, which is just plain f'ed up it should apply heuristics or at the very least ask, contacts import wizard simply refuses to load proper CSV files....

Gates should be canonized, or is it you who are just too thick ?

The legacy IE survivor's guide: Firefox, Chrome... more IE?

Re: Editorial suggestion

"the apps should run on most browsers tanks to their use of standards-compliant rendering engines."

Rommel ?

Easily picked CD-ROM drive locks let Mexican banditos nick ATM cash

Re: Bad Banks Better?

> "after all there is no way windows malware will run on OS/2"

Ever heard of the Windows OS/2 subsystem ?

> "I very much doubt the script kiddies know how to write anything that would work there."

Just because you don't know does not mean they don't - when there is cash to be had, you find ways ...

Post-PC world? POST-MAC WORLD more like

Check the specs

MacBook pros have soldered memory and ssd - who would want that ? Right ... memory module or SSD drive dies, macbook pro dies which is nothing short of criminal.

Microsoft covers Brit who penetrated Windows 8.1 with GOLD

Oh, and don't get me started on PowerShell, I think it would just make you sad.

You cannot really compare Linux with Windows in that respect ... I mean, you update windows and linux pretty much as often, Windows has you reboot 27 times a year for updates - on linux that would be 4 to 5

Linux: new kernel -> reboot

Windows: new notepad.exe patch -> reboot

Windows is the only system I know where I have to unplug a USB printer to install the driver, where the driver software needs more than one reboot - one reboot is already bad, but two ?

I seriously do not know what windows is doing in businesses ... I used it for a full month (Windows 7) and the fully updated + latest drivers could not handle hibernate mode properly or unplugging the power cord - in both cases the wifi would just go (no use disabling/enabling device - the card was "disabled" as if I had pressed the button to turn it off). The wifi would also drop every few hours, enabling/disabling the device fixes it but it sucks for online games.

Then you get these delta-search lolipop blahblah toolsbars (I see that on PC's I repair all the time), never seen that on Mac or Linux ...

Then come Patchy Tuesday, it asks for a reboot, which you can postpone twice (4 hours each, 8 hours total), then it will just reboot without warning -> you lose work so you install Linux to avoid losing work.

Seriously, Windows is gonna go! People are really tired of all this shit ...

Missing joke icon, for sure

That is what I thought and the reason I upvoted you ...

Re: I applaud this approach

[ Microsoft have rapidly growing revenues from the console, tablet and phone businesses to more than replace any revenue losses from PCs, at least in the medium term....]

Where have you been over the last 5 years ?

Tablets and phones are losing money "real" fast, 1bn for tabs, hardly any revenue for phones, increasing ad costs and the wp will have to make up for the Nokia deal (5bn) which will take some time ... if they ever exceed 5% market share, that is, I think windows phone will be canned. Ever noticed that new phones since the deal no longer sport the Nokia brand ?

As for Xbox one ? Nobody will want that ... Problem is, back when the Xbox 360 came out it was equivalent in perf to a high end PC .... Xbox One is equivalent to an average PC, as in, you can get a better performing PC for less + PC's now have HDMI out - no issues hooking that up to the 50". Games have more features on PC's, ever heard of mods ? The second hand game scandal will not help either although they changed their mind on the subject.

Re: I applaud this approach

Haver you not noticed the dramatic fall in ie market share ? Have you not see the ads on TV for ie ? Why are they spending millions on promoting their browser (which they give away) ?

The more people move from ie to anything else will be less frightened of trying linux ...

Windows 8 fans out-enthuse Apple fanbois

Just imagine, at school, your prick of an offspring goes ahead and tells all his mates that by using his WinPh0ne credentials they can play the latest Assassin's Creed. He shares it and then, all of a sudden, daddy gets $1620 charged against his credit card, as 81 of the friend friends of your sons friends are using his credentials ... sounds like a really "cool" feature indeed.

Then again, the offspring needs to find 81 friend friends of friends that use WinPh0ne, good luck with that when you live outside of Redmond, Washington!

Re: Win8 is a bloated piece of shit.

>One wonders how many of the fan bois are being payed by microsoft to spout this nonsense.

Who knows ?

But counting your down votes, 19 of them read elReg, that is for sure.

WHY didn't Microsoft buy RIM? Us business blokes would have queued for THAT phone

>and their camera tech is class leading.

Marketing victim !

Re: Duurh

1. ">plus nokia had far more attractive patents." - Nokia patents were NOT part of the deal

2. Nokia was a brand with brand-loyalty, have you seen the recent ads ? No mention of Nokia ...

3. Micorosoft brand is the mock of mobile devices in general

Windows ph0ne is d3ad.

French data cops to Google: RIGHT, you had your chance. PUNISHMENT time

Re: Colour me surprised? No.

1. the law is from 1978, NOT 1968.

2. The French data protection act has been updated multiple times since ...

When you have no clue, please refrain from commenting.

See https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_relative_%C3%A0_l%27informatique,_aux_fichiers_et_aux_libert%C3%A9s_du_6_janvier_1978 (excuse wikipedia's French)

BTW, how come Google acknowledges the European cookie legislation ?

Google is in a bad situation and I am sure Facebook will team up with them !

All your data is belong to US.

Cook: 'We're not in the junk market segment'. Not on PRICE, anyway

About the ad at the bottom

"Win a top of the range HP Spectre laptop"

No thank you, no, really, I would be feeling really bad for the buyer if I were to sell that thing on .... and giving it away would be no better.

Bill Gates: Yes, Ctrl-Alt-Del salute was a MISTAKE

Re: to the extent that Microsoft deserve criticism?

@Thad

Why just the dreadful early versions ? True, w2k was good - by MS standards, that is - but anything before that was crap and anything after it was bloatware, with the notable exceptions of Windows Me, Vista and 8, which are crap (latter two being both bloated crap).

30 years on: The day a computer glitch nearly caused World War III

Re: Some things are not clear to me...

1. Lieutenant Colonel, a low level operative ? It is a senior officer ...

2. Did you read the article ??????

3. He was in charge and was supposed to inform his superiors, which he did not do because he thought the computer systems were wrong. Speculation, speculation, but you never know what his superiors would have thought, supreme commanders would probably have believed the computer systems due to their close ties with the political apparatus ...

Re: but how much cheaper it would be if

Makes me think of the cretins that build the EPR in France ... all outsourced outcasts, hardly any can understand French or English, let alone Chinese ... tasked to fit a valve, 1 meter diameter, 2 meters long - some biiiiig thing ... guess what ? They mounted it the wrong way .... and only noticed weeks later ... LOL

I sincerely hope someone will stop them from starting that death-machine ....

Re: And we all thought

Not that funny since their computer systems might have been running MS DOS ... the soviets stole it, changed a few strings (Microsoft -> Was Systems, Inc), and used it extensively ...

Not 100% sure MicroDos was the one, though, coz my Russian is too bad.

Not for the faint of heart:

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroDOS

German variant with nice pics:

http://www.robotrontechnik.de/index.htm?/html/computer/k8915.htm

Surface Mini on shelves NEXT YEAR – and it will run Windows RT

LostALLFaith: Will they still be around next year?

Maybe, but they lost $1bn with the RT disaster and just bought a $5bn Titanic ... Windows Phone loses more money every day and Xbox One looks like a Fail on launch ... they can earn as much as they like, if they are throwing more money out of the window than they make, they are doomed ... and they do not look like they will dump Windows RT & Phone, their only option to stay afloat....

Apple blings up new iMac with latest Intel chips, next-gen Wi-Fi

Re: CD/DVD drive

For all those saying floppies are a thing of the past, I have to disagree; I need both 5.14 and 3.5 floppies regularly (read: daily) for my business (so the iMac is out for me anyway; can't reasonably expect to use floopy drive via a usb connection). The floppy drive would be minimum spec for my expectations. So I side with those who agree that without a floppy drive, it's not an all-in-one.

Seriously, why is USB 3.0 not suitable for BD burning ?

Re: I don't mind

Do you own a Fiat Multipla ? Thought so ...