Posts by wayward4now

Activists launch legal challenge against NHS patient data-sharing deal

I won't waste my time replying to an "Anonymous Coward".

Apple's iPhone X won't experience the joy of 6...

Apple die die

Just die and go away. Please. Kill yourself.

Star Wars: Big Euro cinema group can't handle demand for tickets to new flick

Re: "I'll make time for the original trilogy" / Why?

"Nostalgia. Pure and simple. I watched the first one when it came out overe here in Feb 1978, on the big screen, at a very impressionable age" ...and dope was $15 a lid.

Hackers in Arab world collaborate more than hoodie-clad Westerners

TCP dead??

Maybe the underlying backbone of the net is due for replacement??

SQL Server 2017: What's new, what's missing on Linux, and what's next?

"I'll stick to CardFile.exe thanks" My God, that was my favorite database way back when.

Thanks for the memories! Ric

Microsoft: We've made a coding language for a quantum computer that may or may not exist

Re: Nurse! My sides have split!

"That’s a quantum joke, that’s an excellent joke,” said Microsoft Technical Fellow Michael Freedman" Except that might not have been Michael Freedman and it was Wonko the Sane instead.

Re: "...Raising the hope of fixing climate change by working out how to absorb carbon"

"Irresponsible, no-conscience BizTards of the world who think only of short term profits, resulting in long term disasters." Maybe they know something we don't, like make profits before the next major volcano blows and covers the world in 10 feet of ash.

Re: Good old Microsoft

“Come, let us go. Let us leave this festering [Tartarus]hole. Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.” ~Dirk Gently

Limp Weiner to get 21 months in the hole

Re: He gets less than 2 years, while that kid that sent pics of himself gets 10

"That and it gives Huma a chance to "be free" to be with Mrs. Clinton..." I wonder why the down votes? That's the obvious truth.

Congress battles Silicon Valley over upcoming US sex trafficking law

Re: "Two wrongs don't make a right."

Why is no one proposing a law to convict bad parents?? Strange that the Mom wants to sue, to "do something about it", while she didn't give a hoot in hell before to allow her daughter to live with Grandma who cared even less.

Big Tech fumes over Prez Trump's decision to deport a million kids

Re: Human compassion

blah blah blah blah

A furious think-tank boss, Google, and an academic 'fired' for criticizing ads giant

Re: Integrity....

You all are missing one important fact here ...don't shit where you eat.

IT worker used access privs to steal £1m from Scottish city council

"In this case crime does not pay, but others will ignore the lesson and try their luck, thinking that maybe, just maybe, they will not get caught."

Ah! That is the "I love it when a great plan comes together" syndrome. Among prisoners, that is the past glory topic discussed and not the one that got them there!

Headless body found near topless beach: Missing private sub journalist identified

Re: This story is still nowhere near as strange as...

"It's not that bad - at least we haven't been invaded by aliens yet." That is because we don't WANT your stinkin' planet. Here, on Mars, I am about to finish my harvest of my Ham Bushes, in time to start on my Blanket Trees. After all of that, I will be ready to cast my NSM seeds for a new crop. It is a bunch of work to fertilize each of them, personally, but there is no one else but me to do the job. If you all just stay on Earth, I promise not to invade. .

Ubuntu sends trash to its desktop's desktop

Re: Wot! Someone copying Apple?

The Woz did, the original Apple ][. Jobs screwed it up.

Read IBM CEO Ginni Rometty's letter to staff: Why I walked from Trump's strategy forum

Trump was right the first time

Keeping in mind that since this is still America, you can say and believe anything you damn well please, no matter who you piss off. You need only to not break existing laws. Worse hatred happens every hour, on the hour, in places like Chicago, Detroit Baltimore and Los Angeles, daily. The problem with Trump's response was that it assumed a general level of intelligence of the listeners. Damn skippy no group should get out of hand during a demonstration. No one should become dead. What is REALLY wrong with this country is that we expect first class behavior from citizens that received a second class brain-deadening education devoid of critical thinking skills. Trump doesn't get that yet. He needs to realize that the majority in this country are knuckle-dragging idiots who lack a half assed education. They need to have things explained to them in a manner that requires no thinking. If Trump had explained that the Klan has been a part of the Democratic Party for 100 years, all hell would have broken out since no one knows that.

Fox News fabricated faux news with Donald Trump, lawsuit claims

Re: Interesting story

"a disproportionate cluster of crazies has elected our own version of a Mad King. Damn, but it is painful..."

At least we didn't vote the "Red 'OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!' Queen" in.

Las Vegas locks down ahead of DEF CON hacking conference

Someone needs to bring a working copy of Clinton's email server and turn the crowd on it!

China censors drop the soap operas, sitcoms

Re: It's disgusting that regimes like this still exist in this modern world.

"I just want to point out that the U.S. achieved all of that without having all the brutality. "

Just ask Sitting Bull for his opinion about that.

Re: "I'm sure we'll be allowed to keep Black Adder "

What about Doctor Who??

Debian patches plenty in new version 9.1

Re: I'm fairly certain there is one patch ...

Please go away.

Re: Something is wrong

Unless you've spent several nights dicking with Linux, you're using it wrong.

Mozilla hoping to open source voice samples for future AI devs

Re: Once upon a time ...

Yes, oddly there are Open source Speech recognition tools on Linux already.

Right, but the really good voice samples have been proprietary.

'We hold the high ground' says Qualcomm boss as profits crater

I loathe Apple Inc.

Adult toy retailer slapped down for 'RES-ERECTI*N' ad over Easter

Re: 2 Wrongs make a right here I think

"He half-heartedly proffered the leaflet and said "I don't suppose you want this?" as he turned away. Poor sod."

I always thank them nicely, while rejecting the pamphlet. Their next stop might be a neighbor with a gun in his/her mouth.

You can't take the pervs off Facebook, says US Supreme Court

"Don't chat up kids or you'll go to prison"

Suppose you don't know you are chatting with a child?

Re: Yes, a social media ban is just too wide-ranging these days.

"Some of these individuals may be truly reprehensible and ongoing threats to society, but you can't restrict a whole class of people from career opportunitiesSome of these individuals may be truly reprehensible and ongoing threats to society, but you can't restrict a whole class of people from career opportunities"

Here's the fun part, there are FIVE forms of abuse, not one. Emotional, intellectual, sexual, physical and spiritual. Yet the focus is on sexual. Plus, almost 90% of new sex offenses occur with either family, friends of family, friends of the victim or other authority figures. In other words, the "Registry" points to obvious offenders but not the most likely offenders. Stupid is as stupid does.

DDoS attack brings Qatar's Al Jazeera website to its knees

Re: free press

"Yes, it's all to do with Al J being a very good unbiased news site (and TV channel)" I miss them SO much here in the states, every other outlet is shiite. (sorry for the pun)

Two leading ladies of Europe warn that internet regulation is coming

Re: Such backwards logic it could only come from polticians

Not to mention young people in radical states usually have no job, no date to the prom, no shoes, no sh*t to attract a mater and live some sort of "good life". So, the only employer in town, willing to put shoes on their feet, a couple of dinars and a rifle are the bad actors ... from OUR perspectives. We should invite the Chinese to come in, provide infrastructure and order, since we'd rather bomb them out of their homes. The Chinese know how to deal with extremists in ways we won't consider. They would be the perfect answer.

Jailed fraudster admits running same cold-caller con from behind bars

Re: Fool me once

Or, cutting off the right hand. You gotta admit, it clearly identifies the thief, nor can he dwell amongst polite society again.

Mac ransomware author is giving away malicious code to script kiddies

Nor should they be allowed to breed. The human race is already dumber than we know. And, getting dumber.

Yahoo! shareholders! sign! off! sale! to! Verizon!, which! sharpens! axe!

Re: PLEASE! STOP!

"The gift that kept on giving comes to an end."

I wish. I bet that Verizon was too f'ing dumb to notice all the user accounts that were dummies held by a few people with multiple usernames. The ONLY reason Yahoo! did nothing to stop the practice was that a REAL user accounting would have been a diaster for their press releases. Verizon bought air. They are stupid. And yet, by breeding among themselves, it spells doom for the human race.

Microsoft officially hangs up on old Skype phones, users fuming

Ubuntu has telegram-desktop

...ready to install from the repos. Ergo, open source. Screw Microsoft.

Tech industry thumps Trump's rump over decision to leave Paris climate agreement

Re: Trumpy the clown

Sorry to see all of the downvotes. I voted you up.

The revolution will not be televised: How Lucas modernised audio in film

Re: Uphill in the snow. Both ways.

"Ocala. Nuke it until it glows. I want nothing but atomic glass for 90 miles radius." Better yet, drop it between Ocala and Ocoee. You'll knock out 90% of the Klan.

"There was a modern multiplex cinema with several screens - from 1000 to 24 seats."

Cinerama?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Cinerama

Three Nigerians sentenced to 235 years in prison for online scamming

Re: I like the US style......

"And for how long will they actually stay behind bars?"

Here in the states you do 85% of your active sentence behind bars and 15% on probation. Thank you Bill and Hillary Clinton, who wanted children to be treated the same way, including life sentences with no chance for parole.

Re: Talent pool

Try life plus 3 days. If you were convicted of three murders, the state couldn't let your body go for 9 days. that puts a new spin on the term "put on ice".

Windows 10 S forces Bing, Edge on your kids. If you don't like it, get Win10 Pro – Microsoft

Re: "Windows S doesn't have a dominant market position"

"I'm sure MS it's trying to probe how far it can go with this, but it can find itself to be probed..."

I love it when Windows and probed are used in the same sentence!!

systemd-free Devuan Linux hits RC2

Re: Easy answer.

""I seem to recall reading that motor cars would never replace horses."

And look at the mess they have caused."

At least motor cars don't shit in the street for you to step in.

Re: It's fascinating that Linux now has the same problem as Windows

Amazing all the down votes you got by merely giving good information. That says much about the anti-systemd folk.

For the first time ever, Verizon sheds subs: 300,000 punters walk out

Re: It's All Good

"That Yahoo acquisition is looking pretty smart about right now. Look for things to turn around in short order and dollars start to flow in Verizon's coffers like a rolling flood."

Buying Yahoo was the dumbest move they could have ever made.

Silicon Valley tech CEO admits beating software engineer wife, offered just 13 days in the clink

Re: @Symon

"How would you suggest compensating a innocent person who has "been beaten to within an inch of his life in jail"

First off, no one lawfully sent to prison is innocent. Forget "victim stance" as any sort of argument.

Second, chances are very good that if you mind your own business in prison, you won't get beaten. Those who show disrespect however, can get the crap beaten out of them. I did five years myself, so I have a clue whereas you don't. I did see a couple of epic fights, which usually involved not paying a debt. Even the guards turned their backs while the debtor got the ass-beating of his life. But, I never saw anyone get a beat-down that they didn't deserve.

FYI – There's a legal storm brewing in Cali that threatens to destroy online free speech

Re: Thanks California...

"This smells like a Grosuch decision."

That smells like a California Democrat.

Mark Shuttleworth says some free software folk are 'deeply anti-social' and 'love to hate'

Re: He's right

"Well, consider that during the years when most people are forming their social skills, nerds and geeks are being shunned when they're not being assaulted by football players. You can't help but come out of that socially awkward."

I suspect one thing all the shooters in shopping malls seem to have in common, ...none of them could get a date to the prom.

Re: Weird

Or Apple][ versus everyone else! :)

WONTFIX: No patch for Windows Server 2003 IIS critical bug – Microsoft

Re: "not because of any technical reason"

"Upgrade to a non-EoL operating system"

RedHat, Ubuntu SuSe...

Robots are killing jobs after all, apparently: One droid equals 5.6 workers

Re: jobs aren't entitlements

The Chairman got it right. If every couple produced one child, after two generations the entire robot issue would be mute. It's the highly uneducated third world that produces more uneducated children who are only fit to be on the trigger end of a semi-automatic. Sorry, but the future holds zero prospects for them and only a few prospects for the rest of polite society. Best get used to it.

Viagra found in Chinese 'Kung Fu rice wine'

50 cents

"Food quality has been high on government agendas ever since, making this new incident very serious indeed in China. "

Riiiight.

Ever visited a land now under Islamic State rule? And you want to see America? Hand over that Facebook, Twitter, pal

Re: The key word is 'Ever'

Amen. Too few people realize that Christianity was militarized in 300AD by the Roman emperor, to win battles. From then on, Christianity is nothing like what Jesus preached. If it was, the Holy Roman Church would give back all the shit they stole.