* Posts by chivo243

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Das reboot: That's the only thing to do when the screenshot, er, freezes

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Re: Seriously though...

funny, we, in the office, were just talking about making attachments that fit the screen perfectly ;-} No scroll bars on the sides or bottom!

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Yes, Daily, or even hourly!

Ever had to resort to words of two syllables or less? Computer have become just a gadget, users rarely RTFM or RTFS. I wish I had a beer for every screen shot of an error emailed to me asking for the solution... RTFS?

Meet ScrAPIr, MIT's Swiss army-knife for non-coders to shake data out of APIs (It's useful for pro devs, too)

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Re: our tech team is busy enough as it is

Window hinges, ah yes, beloved like the stairwell, and the elevator\lift shaft.

Copy of the Whole Shebang in my pocket.

Berlin's renowned nightclub scene is showing signs of life. Just one problem: No dancing

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Now is when we Dance on Sprockets... in Stuttgart?

Couldn't resist... sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZR9SA5pOg

Or maksnel mit die artthings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Pt76Fm20Q

Rogue ADT tech spied on hundreds of customers in their homes via CCTV – including me, says teen girl

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I've fallen and I can't get up!

Security companies are parting fools and their money... Especially on the home front.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_fallen,_and_I_can%27t_get_up!

Apple's MagicPairing for Bluetooth fails to enchant after mischief-making bugs found hiding in the stack

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Headmaster

20 years ago

We were sold a VB log on script when we moved to AD. Is it Elementary or Elementry for a school? Spilleng misteaks we're rampent....

If American tech is used to design or make that chip, you better not ship it to Huawei, warns Uncle Sam

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Re: Globalization: Time to rethink education?

@onemark03

It was a filler course(s). I had to have full time credits to keep financial aide, there were no classes available for my major at the time I registered for classes, everything was already closed. Lessor of two evils and all that stuff...

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Re: Globalization: Time to rethink education?

I have degrees, just not in my current field of employment. That was 20g spent back in the 80's for diplomas that do me Zero good at this point. I now consider the whole university concept to be horse and buggy thinking. Most jobs I've had I was "trained" once I got there, and my course in Mid 20th century military conflicts wasn't applicable. Nor was my course in creative writing...

Beer gut-ted: As many as '70 million pints' spoiled during coronavirus pandemic must be destroyed in Britain

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Re: It's probably not actually "bad".

Here in NL, the missus is friends with a pub owner, he has given us two batches of beer that is past it's sell by date. He gave us Motörhead Road Crew American Pale Ale? and one called Bastard. They won't be on my shopping list...

If you don't LARP, you'll cry: Armed fun police swoop to disarm knight-errant spotted patrolling Welsh parkland

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MP

Just a flesh wound!

Mirror mirror on the wall, why will my mouse not work at all?

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Apple blue tooth mouse

I've had more than one call out for the mouse doing the opposite! If it wasn't for the Apple logo, more users would be in the same boat!

The end really is nigh – for 32-bit Windows 10 on new PCs

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Re: I honestly thought it never existed

I just found out recently too! 32bit in this day? Ghast~Flabbered!

Driveway karaoke singer who wanted to lift lockdown spirits cops council noise complaint

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Soundgarden!

I would Karaoke any Soundgarden song! I'd do the Jesus Christ pose, the suit fits!

The Rise of The (Coffee) Machines: I need assistance. I think I'm running Windows. Send help

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turn that coffee into an altogether different variety of frothy, brown liquid.

Like the stuff cow farmers spread on fields?

Users of Will.i.am's Wink IoT hub ask 'Where is the love?' as they're asked to pay for a new subscription service

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Re: This is why...

Crap! I just saw we have a Jamie Oliver chopping block... must have belonged to the missus before we met?

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This is why...

I don't have a George Foreman grill. Anything pitched by a celeb, fugedaboudit...

Microsoft doc formats are the bane of office suites on Linux, SoftMaker's Office 2021 beta may have a solution

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Re: Obligatory XKCD

software as a sieve?

It is unclear why something designed to pump fuel into a car needs an ad-spewing computer strapped to it, but here we are

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Details!

I want to see the Details!! And one of those Wendy's brekkie things!

DBA locked in police-guarded COVID-19-quarantine hotel for the last week shares his story with The Register

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Go

He has his priorities right

After being cooped up for that long, a Mexican meal is at the top of the list, I would have put a nap in my own bed ahead of keyboards or monitors though...

'We're changing shift, and no one can log on!' It was at this moment our hero knew server-lugging chap had screwed up

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Labels people, and read them!

This feels like a course in RTFM, RTFS or RTFLable!

Behold: The ghastly, preening, lesser-spotted Incredible Bullsh*tting Customer

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Devil

No Mention yet?

PEBKAC? You Twat...

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Terminator

Love in a multi-member team

I love it when I assist a user, problem solved, they are happy. Then the issue returns, and another member of the team takes the call. And then the original cause of the issue was all of a sudden me?! According to the user. It was a very uncomfortable moment for said user when I, and my colleague roll up to the office to confirm the issue and resolution.

Non-human Microsoft Office users get their own special licences

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Pirate

What about Volume Licensing?

I know we have VL for Office. Would that apply to Bots and minions?

What do you call megabucks Microsoft? No really, it's not a joke. El Reg needs you

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He didn't get rich writing checks!

Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net

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I'll give it a go...

MicroStalker

Micro$haft

The iMac at 22: How the computer 'too odd to succeed' changed everything ... for Apple, at least

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Bondi Blue!

Yep, still have it, next to the others in the museum. I only need the G4 screen on a stick on a ball...

Data centre reveals it modeled interiors on The Hunt for Red October sets

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Re: PING!

Is it the bottom of the hour already?

~ Ivan

Tom Cruise to increase in stature thanks to ISS jaunt? Now that's a mission impossible

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Again, pass

Really, wasting money on a movie set in space, and shot in space? Don't let him do it. If he dies in space, then he will surely achieve some sort of cult status, beyond jumping on Opah's couch... and who knows what it would for Scientology??

Amazon settles for $11m with workers in unpaid bag-search wait lawsuit

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Should have been a Lawyer

but I couldn't live with myself if I did...

It looks like you want a storage appliance for your data centre. Maybe you'd prefer a smart card reader?

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Re: Bit like Amazon at the moment

Linked IN too... I wanted a great job, found one I liked (didn't get it) LI, now LI sends me jobs that are NOT like the one I originally looked at...

As Brit cyber-spies drop 'whitelist' and 'blacklist', tech boss says: If you’re thinking about getting in touch saying this is political correctness gone mad, don’t bother

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Re: Are there no other people of colour that read this rag?

Now look here, let's just label the bad things bad, M'kay!

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Some city in California

Removed the word "Manhole" from their city management lingo... Oh, whatta world!

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Alien

Just like the Andorians...

Pinkskin! You owe me one!

Square peg of modem won't fit into round hole of PC? I saw to it, bloke tells horrified mate

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Windows

Which portion did he saw off?

and why? A true hack would have altered the offending chassis or case(thinking blow torch here, while the computer was powered up!) unless he was sawing off some of the pins?

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Re: Saws

I was gonna use a bigger hammer... beat me to it!

Lars Ulrich threatens to make another Metallica album during web chat with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff

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Worst Concert Ever

I've seen some bad ones too... My first real concert was Kiss at the old Chicago Stadium(home of the Bulls and Blackhawks) in the 70s and it Rocked!! But Alchollica was by far the worst, extra points if you know that reference!

Sometimes one can go a little too far in search of isolation

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Happy

Bugs have been around forever

Just ask Buttle! Or should we ask Tuttle?

Wakey-wakey! A quarter of IT pros only get 3-4 hours' kip – and you won't believe what's being touted as the 'solution'

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Windows

Losing sleep!

Over malware and hackers! Good one!

Windows 10 gets a little more G-shaped: G Suite admins can now manage Microsoft's OS, and that includes remote wipe

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Re: Cool.

@Jake

You sir have not only hit then nail on the head, but driven it completely through the plank. One up vote isn't enough!

Dumpster diving to revive a crashing NetWare server? It was acceptable in the '90s

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Famous last words

as long as nobody complains, I don't mind...

We're in a timeline where Dettol maker has to beg folks not to inject cleaning fluid into their veins. Thanks, Trump

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I'm in line for the injection

Right behind uncle Donny... As soon as he has his, I would remember I left my oven on and leave.

Why should the UK pensions watchdog be able to spy on your internet activities? Same reason as the Environment Agency and many more

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WTF?

Rights are like sand

Slipping through out finders, one grain at a time.

Vivaldi browser to perform a symphony of ad and tracker blocking with version 3.0

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Re: Vivaldi is great

I used it for a while, I'm very happy with Brave and FF at the moment. I will have to throw Vivaldi in the mix and see which is better these days.

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Websites and ads

I hate ads, but I too get why they are needed. But until a website can guarantee that the ads are just that, and no additional payloads, just keep blocking, just keep blocking...

So, website owners, listen up! Your site\biz will be better served if you vetted your ad agencies, and their IT arm. Just because a service works and gets you customers doesn't mean it is good for us...

Adobe’s Flash fade may force vCenter upgrades unless you run dodgy browsers

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This is why

there is still a copy of netscape navigator, and Camino browser running on my work Mac. For those pesky appliances that haven't had a decent UI update.

Flash should have died a long time ago, and VMware was way too slow out the gate jumping off Flash.

House of Commons agrees to allow Zoom app in Parliament, British MPs will still have to dress smartly

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Cue response to the gauntlet

Hacking to begin in 3 , 2, 1... Start your engines!

Frippin' heck: Watch out, chin-stroking prog rock fans. King Crimson distributor Burning Shed says it's been hacked

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Those Sysadmins

They really Belew this one...

Getting a pizza the action, AS/400 style

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A real pizza

Has pizza sauce (with oregano, basil, black pepper, garlic) Italian sausage, made in Chicago, crispy bacon, fresh tomato slices and fresh jalapeño slices and shredded mozzarella cheese on a thin crust. Hit it with some fresh ground Parmesan when it comes out of the oven...

Now I've done it, gone and made myself really hungry before lunch!

A paper clip, a spool of phone wire and a recalcitrant RS-232 line: Going MacGyver in the wonderful world of hotel IT

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It must have been a Friday

"I got the carpet guy tucking it under the rug. We are good!"

And it was crawling up on Pub:30

Done and dusted!

In case you need more proof the world's gone mad: Behold, Apple's $699 Mac Pro wheels

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Re: Some one has to say it

I am home... working on my apple with out wheels, no beer until Beer O'clock too Still on the clock... Not everyone can be Simon and Stephen!