Posts by chivo243

Firefox armagg-add-on: Lapsed security cert kills all browser extensions, from website password managers to ad blockers

Re: Oh ...

Ads you say? Once in a blue moon, I see ads adorning the sidebars. I guess PiHole is working like it should, along with Ghostery, StopSocial and a few others.

Disclaimer: FF is not my day to day browser.

As an aging IT admin, the years fly by, I can see how somebody *singular* could say it's good until 2019! that's for next year! But for an entire department at a large organization like Mozilla?

If the thing you were doing earlier is 'drop table' commands, ctrl-c, ctrl-v is not your friend

Good for him

All we need is for someone at FB etc to use Sid's scripts! Win-Win-Win! Kill it with Fire!

Tractors, not phones, will (maybe) get America a right-to-repair law at this rate: Bernie slams 'truly insane' situation

Personal account

My uncle had issues with his JD, weeks before a technician was available, luckily enough neighboring farmers chipped in and helped harvest his fields before it was too late.

Taylor drift: Finally, a use for AI emerges? Cyber-smut star films fsck-flick in Tesla with Autopilot, warns: 'I wouldn't recommend it'

I've still got the scar from doing it with cavewoman on the back my Stegosaurus.

No link for you!

El reg wants to keep from ending up on the wrong side of the new age verification law ;-}

Coat, no explanation necessary.

Having a bad day? Be thankful you don't work at a Russian ISP: Kremlin signs off Pootynet restrictions

One step from

the Great Firewall of Russia. They can then link arms in solidarity with China's GFW like a hands across the universe kind of love in...

Now you can officially dox Scrabble players, thanks to the new dictionary definitions

Scruffiest of the Nerfherders

As the Scruffiest, and a scrabble player since I was 9 or so, I still have the Deluxe Scrabble game I gave my grandparents, with the cool board that has compartments for the pieces, and they don't go skidding across the board when you turn it for the next player. My grandma was unbeatable, unless she took pity on you ;-} She did multiple crossword puzzles a day too!

When the game gets watered down too much, someone will reign in the insanity, and release a proper scrabble dictionary without all the gimme words. D'oh!

HPE court witness subjected to own LinkedIn page

We have a big laugh in our office at the great fiction we read there. There are some very imaginative titles and work histories presented there. I love it how colleagues long since gone still work with us.

Re: Ooops.

They have big heap buyers remorse...

Great disturbance in the Force as Star Wars' 'big walking carpet' is laid to rest

Thanks!

I used to maintain mail lists, one fan had WillSomebodyGetThisBigWalkingCarpetOutOfMyWay@ some provider. Always made me smile ;-}

A day in the life of London seen through spam and weak Wi-Fi

(hence the folder label "Junk")

Nicely Done Dabsy! Have on on me!

A real head-scratcher: Tech support called in because emails 'aren't showing timestamps'

Had me going...

Here I thought it was going to be something like the time stamp column was hidden, and as I read the printing scheme, I wondered about landscape vs portrait. But not to send the message and just print it? Chalk this one up to human ingenuity! or the opposite?

Cali Right-to-Repair law dropped, cracks screen, has to be taken to authorized repair shop

^^^^ This!

My son celebrated a Birthday this week, a relative bought him a big honkin plastic Nerf gun. Same relative that bought him one last year, that one broke with in a day, and it still kicks around my son's room. Where to I dispose of this? Plastic recycling? no, it has metal screws and springs inside? Just in the bin then? Looks like it will be found by some archeologist in 1000 years!

Hey, those warrantless smartphone searches at the US border? Unconstitutional, yeah? Civil-rights warriors ask court to settle this

I'll be traveling there later this year.

no comment! Nothing but good things to say about our diligent agents at the border.

/s

We dunno what's worse: Hackers ransacked Citrix for FIVE months, or that Equifax was picked to help mop up the mess

Learn from the Experts?

Equifax seems the logical choice, they've just been through the process of having someone riffle through their unmentionables ;-} They know the drill!

What a meth: Elderly Melbourne couple sign for 20kg shipment of drugs, say cops

Dave's not here

He lives at the south end of the street...

Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks over Ecuador embassy bail-jumping

Re: @AC

depending on which Federal Pen... Since this is a non-violent crime, he'll be with the embezzlers and fraudsters. Maybe he'll even bunk with one of the parents who paid *cough* extra for their kids to go to a nice school...

Cool story, brew: Utah karaoke crooners receive cold, refreshing shock as alcohol authority refuses beer licence

"This here is a stationary activity."

Ever see Fishbone play? What a doofus.

Out-of-office email ping-pong fills server after server over festive break

Listserv, out of office replies, long weekend

30,000+ messages later, it stopped! The mail client for that system made a little ding when a message was received, it was a good thing a colleague had forgotten to log out, and the constant ding ding ding got his attention ;-} We asked the vendor about it, they seemed puzzled that their guy didn't turn on "Limit to one reply per message"

Thank you, your DNA data will help secure your… oh dear, we've lost that too

it's gone from 2FA to 20FA

Boy that was fast! Better get my colonic map on file, STAT!

Owner of Smuggler's Inn B&B ordered to put up a sign warning guests not to cross into Canada

a victim of circumstance?

How can he possibly be responsible for his clientele hopping across the border for some Great White? Does he have to follow them all? Maybe he needs to assign ankle bracelets for his guests? Ones the RCMP have access to...?

Is that a stiffy disk in your drive... or something else entirely?

misdirection

Here I thought that the stuck stiffy would be only the first of many stuck in the slot. I figured there would be at least one more stiffy in the slot.

Paris because Stiffy and Slot...

Microsoft's Edge on Apple's macOS? It's more likely than you think for new browser

Re: That sort of leaves Safari out in the cold

"Safari will be the only 'mainstream' browser that isn't available on Windows. It used to be."

What train wreck Safari on Windows was. Even my Mac-Die-Hard friends shied away from that one.

President Trump sits down with Twitter boss for crunch talks: Why am I losing followers?

I have a new, great, better plan to Make something better

Hi Uncle Donny,

Remember, you, you of all people should know you get what you pay for! If you don't like Twatter, then fuckin quit using it... really simple, really really simple, just stop, get help, have your cheeky lil girl run an intervention something! You gotta help yourself before anyone else can help you...

Windows 10 May 2019 Update thwarted by obscure tech known as 'external storage'

Re: Can we have a....

It runs flawlessly on Esxi! Installs in about 2 minutes!

Baffling tale of Apple shops' 'non-facial' 'facial recognition', a stolen ID, and a $1bn lawsuit after a wrongful arrest

Re: One BEEELLION dollars!!

That's where the bargaining starts... If you ask for 100k and they counter you down to say 10k... Might as well start at 1 beeelllioon, you might get your 100k?

Strong-willed field support op holds it together during painful customer call

I lost count of idiots calling the pizza place I worked at, complaining about their pizza, wanted a refund. They ordered their pizza from another restaurant...

Caller to another in the room: Dude, where did we order this pizza from?

Other person in the room: We ordered a pizza?

Great example

Not my monkeys, not my circus! She handled that well, considering the magnitude of the facepalm! I don't know if Jean likes beer, but she can have one on me!

Idiot admits destroying scores of college PCs using USB Killer gizmo, filming himself doing it

This guy is a product

Of too much internet. An Asian MBA grad acting like a thug?

So how'd this go again... A sea goddess told you in a dream to run for president of Taiwan? OK, Mr Foxconn boss

It seems...

...every country has an Uncle Donny! Rich guys, bored with their life, throwing their money around in the political arena.

Oh whatta world...

Facebook: Yeah, we hoovered up 1.5 million email address books without permission. But it was an accident!

they said soz?

It's cool then, oops, is that Mozilla on the phone?

Maybe it would be nice if El Reg quit giving FB publicity? Until they actually do something that benefits mankind?

Have a nice weekend!

Hey criminals, need a getaway vehicle? There's an app for that... Car share tool halts ops amid crime wave, arrests

Only in Chicago!

Gotta hand it to the crims... brilliant on one hand, and lowest common denominator on the other.

Disclaimer: I'm from the Chicago area ;-}

Let 15 July forever be known as P-Day: When UK's smut fans started being asked for their age

Re: Opera?

Yes, yes it does. I've been using it for some time. Mostly for US news sites that give the GDPR ~ this content is not available in your region... Some sites still refuse even with the VPN set to Americas. YMMV...

I've had it with these mother-fscking slaps on this mother-fscking plane: Flight fight sparks legal brouhaha over mid-air co-ords

another wrinkle

So, me and the Mrs and youngin are traveling cross country. We stop in a gas station, the youngin spills his water on some woman while exiting the convenience store, she yells at the youngin, and the Mrs steps in, the woman slaps the Mrs. Nobody lives in that state, who has jurisdiction? What if the Mrs and the woman both jumped in the air at the same time, and the Mrs was slapped, who has jurisdiction?

I don't think it matters, assault is pretty much against the law across all 50 states? No?

The curious case of Spamhaus, a port scanning scandal, and an apparent U-turn

nothing like your tit in a wringer...

It hurts, it's embarrassing, and you try to remove it with the least amount of embarrassment.

Europe's home PC buyers reach for their collective smartphone, sigh: We don't need a new desktop. This is a computer, right?

knock on effect

People are abandoning their desktops, and laptops. In the past 6 months, my household has been gifted with Macbook air, and Mac mini, both in great condition.

I wonder what the next 6 month will bring?

Easter is approaching – and British pr0n watchers still don't know how long before age-gates come into force

Shocked this isn't in bootnotes

MI man sues parents over pornography collection

https://www.wilx.com/content/news/MI-man-sues-parents-over-pornography-collection-508532771.html

Simple solution

Just download Opera browser with the built in VPN. I'm an adult in western Europe, however, when a lot of news outlets in the US drop the "this content is not available in your region, due to GDPR or reason x, y or z. I use the Opera VPN, it doesn't always work, say about 30% of the time, but for the 70% it's exactly what is needed...

As long as there's fibre somewhere along the line, High Court judge reckons it's fine to flog it as 'fibre' broadband

As long as there's fibre somewhere along the line

Well, I see a great opportunity here... just plunk a few meters of fibre somewhere in most runs... profit?!

Good bye Judge, hello Ouija Board?

Wait, he knows which is right, but tries to dummy shit down so John Q Public will swallow the lie hook line and sinker?

There is some back scratching going on....

A quick cup of coffee leaves production manager in fits and a cleaner in tears

Never Turn up Early!?

I've had some jobs where it payed to be late... However, now a days, I prefer to be early. I hate walking into a shit storm. I'd rather be there early to manage that situation if possible.

Yay, you lose weight and get rad hardened in space! Nay, your genes go awry and your brain slows down when you return to Earth!

OK, I'll ask

What about Mr. Johnson and his rollers?

Now that's service: TalkTalk customers enjoy a Friday morning free of pesky emails

Nobody pays for webmail?

That's a good one... Can I get a free talktalk address? How does that work?

So you've 'seen' the black hole. Now for the interesting bit – how all that raw data was stored

Re: Flat Earth

Shit! My kit isn't even that high... I think my back garden is below sea level her in NL, now where's that boat that was fly tipped I was reading about, might come in handy when all that ice melts?

Kent bloke incurs the anchor of local council after fly-tipping boat

Whaaat?

He was made to do 200 hours community service, and had to pay to have someone clean up his mess?

Why not make "him" clean up his own mess (and anything else in the vicinity), and do 200 more hours? If there are costs related to disposing of his dingy, then he could pay that as well.

French internet cops issue terrorist takedown for… Grateful Dead recordings?

Re: The Greatful Dead

+1 for you JimmyPage

I spent a few shows in the Tapers pit... my cousin was a well known taper.

I know why the Grateful Dead are on the list

They have an old album called Blues for Allah...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_for_Allah

User secures floppies to a filing cabinet with a magnet, but at least they backed up daily... right?

Magnets!

We have an industrial magnet currently in the office to "scramble" the backup tapes from 2005! GDPR doesn't care about that data!

Motion detectors: say hello, wave goodbye and… flushhhhhh

encounter with a Turkish toilet

You mean that hole in the floor, with traction strips on opposite sides to keep you from falling into the hole? Glad I only had to do standing man business!