Posts by David 132 5506 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Mar 2010
FTFA “…the Commission has once again claimed all-encompassing authority to regulate how Americans access the Internet…”
Or to rephrase in a less emotionally-manipulative way, “the Commission is asserting authority to regulate how telcos control and throttle how Americans access the internet”
I didn’t have any time for their whining last time round and I have even less now. Bunch of shameless Reacher Gilts, the lot of ‘em.
Reminiscent of the (possibly apocryphal) tale of the fresh-faced newly elected MP who, talking to an older and wiser Westminster colleague, referred to “the enemy” on the opposite benches.
“No, dear boy,” came the response, “the Opposition are on those benches. The enemy are sitting behind and alongside you.”
> because finding anything dropped is an exciting challenge all by itself.
Does anyone else find that a small screw or component, when dropped onto a floor (particularly carpet) will - even if you watch it as it drops - mysteriously warp through hyperspace before coming to rest?
The number of times I’ve dropped an M2 drive retention screw, seen it fall near my feet, but only found it, after much searching, somewhere yards away near the door or in one extreme case, out in the corridor…
I’m not saying it’s aliens, but we all know it’s aliens.
Not disagreeing with your fundamental point, but I thought I’d mention AutoIt (and its cousin AutoHotKey) as worth a look - they both make it pretty easy to create keyboard macros for just about anything.
“Minimize the current window, whatever it is, and pop Excel to the fore, zoomed to 150%, with the mouse positioned over the first cell”? Easy.
Same short-term thinking that has beaten up Intel so badly over the last decade-plus. Under Otellini, Krasanich, and Swan, the focus was relentlessly on Wall Street; keeping the dividends and stock price up and cutting R&D capex to the bone to do so ("hey, this is the semiconductor industry, who the hell needs to invest in process technology and fabs?"). And we can all see the result. Gelsinger has a Herculean task in hand to try and undo the damage - "Welcome to the bridge of the Exxon Valdez! Congratulations, you're now the Captain! Good luck, and try to avoid that rocky reef that's a mile directly ahead and getting closer at full steam..."
