* Posts by Katie Saucey

452 publicly visible posts • joined 31 Mar 2011

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Congress plans to make computer crime law much, much worse

Katie Saucey
Unhappy

Fuck Holder

Doesn't that guy have better things to do? Like sell more guns to the Mexican cartels? Sorry I forgot western law wasn't supposed to be based on punishment as much as rehabilitation..

Public cloud will grow when experienced IT folks DIE

Katie Saucey
Pint

Re: Idiocracy

I don't know...I'm just Not Sure..

WTF is... the Quantified Self?

Katie Saucey
Pint

Re: Meh.

I'm assuming you could ignore the advice.. such as I do every day with anti-smoking adverts etc. etc. Although a "this person has <'x' std> warning might be nice.

Egyptian navy captures divers trying to cut undersea internet cables

Katie Saucey
Meh

Re: The mystery of the mysterious operatives

Judging by the look of their cylinders, they didn't get that hypothetical "payment in US dollars" in advance. They probably would have drown if the authorities hadn't shown up.

Wealthy London NIMBYs grit teeth, welcome 'ugly' fibre cabinets

Katie Saucey
WTF?

Re: caps are awesome :: Re: caps are awesome

the fuck! my caps won't lock!

Oil giant Total shells out €60m for world's fastest private super

Katie Saucey
Joke

Re: Ahh he was right!

So the worlds' remaining oil will be used to power a bitcoin generator? I'm off to buy Total stocks!

The gaming habits of Reg readers revealed

Katie Saucey
Meh

Re: No suprises in any of that.

" I'm afraid there's no getting around the immutable fact that no joypad offering has yet come close to the speed an precision of a mouse and keyboard."

This why FPS devs have been forced to include the "auto aim" feature to accommodate console controllers. Quite an insult to anyone who prefers gaming with a mouse+keyboard.

Vietnamese high school kids can pass Google interview

Katie Saucey

Re: LOGO

GOTO 10, should suffice

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LOGO

LOGO got me hooked on programming early. There was nothing more enjoyable than refining a program at home, then making the turtle trace out profanities the next day at school.

Oi, Microsoft, where's my effin' toolbar gone?

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FAIL

Re: There is a simple explanation

"..and even more usability engineers that work with product teams to run the studies."

Ah-HA! There's the problem right there, usability engineers. Two engineering departments and their management fighting for control of the final product, recipe for failure every time. I can believe in the msdn they actually try to make sound like a good thing.

Katie Saucey
Windows

Re: What is this article supposed to be?

"..a simple piece of formatted text in a list with numbers? no chance."

I agree that the list formatting tools in Word suck (always have in every version, probably always will). I find the best (least frustrating anyway) way to get reproducible results, is by forcing everything into hidden tables, then use cell formatting.

Space probe spies MYSTERY 'Cold Spot' in very fabric of cosmos itself

Katie Saucey
Pint

"...there is just a load of ice there."

Yup, it's where the creators kept their cold ones.

Samsung: We're doing smart watches too

Katie Saucey

Me too, I have a TimeX

Given to me by my grandfather. It's self winding, and keeps time just fine, after 30 yrs. The people (hiptsers) who comment on it usually ask where they can get one.

Drunk driving: No more dangerous than talking on handsfree mobe

Katie Saucey
Pint

Re: Drunk piloting (of any device )

No point, just pissed at the local government, and it's been awhile since I had a good rant, not that I qualify those couple of run ons as one.

Katie Saucey
Pint

Re: Drunk piloting (of any device )

fuck all I'm still hammed

Microsoft Surface Pro sales CANNIBALIZING Surface RT

Katie Saucey
Devil

Re: ...or... 2

OK, Charles you might have a point. Do you know where I can acquire one of these fun boxxes?

Katie Saucey

Re: Surface Pro sales CANNIBALIZING Surface RT

Indeed, if I was inclined to poke this product line with a 10ft pole, it sure wouldn't be an RT. BTW I'll save everyone the keyboarding time with the "told you so..MS fail etc". Now I'll just grab my pint and wait for Edons 2 cents.

Police accuse Reuters hack of helping Anonymous hackers

Katie Saucey
Meh

Re: 25 years?

"I would think that in this case the account would belong to the Tribune and that they would have been negligent in allowing Keys to still have valid credentials" I agree completely, the entity that owns the hardware usually lays down the terms of use (EULA I guess) before you get your first paycheck. I once had to sign an employee agreement about revealing the type of vending machines in the cafeteria (if anyone can qualify that?)

Katie Saucey
Facepalm

25 years?

I guess a lot of numbers get thrown out there with vague "hacking" laws these days. I read 10yrs earlier today @

Financial Post story

Since that anon idiot Sabu basically ratted him in March of 2011, why did the charges take so long? Maybe there was no real damage and no one really cares? or is The Tribune IT department a little red faced about not resetting a disgruntled ex-contractors creds after he left.

Nelson Mandela's island prison hell to become game

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Joke

"...27 years of breaking rocks (clicking the mouse) is not going to be fun."

World of WarCraft as a political reprogramming tool then? Yeah, bad joke. I agree with Don Jefe, this is really stupid.

AdBlock Plus BLOCKED from Google Play

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Re: More adverts, everywhere.

"..hosts you block an entire host, not just the resources you don't want your browser to grab." Like DoubleClick?

Modder hacks SimCity for unlimited offline play

Katie Saucey
Unhappy

Re: Wireshark : "If the SimCity programmers are competent, ..."

In my experience EA coders could crash a toaster. If the totally incompetent launch (of SimCity) is any indicator, what are the chances this detail wasn't overlooked or done "right"?

Intel's Centrino notebook platform is 10 years old

Katie Saucey
Unhappy

Re: Anything

Agreed, and what was lurking, shaking you out of that MS nightmare?....win ME! Just as I thought my PTSD was under control you had to mention this.

Trump, Beyonce and Sarah Palin in toxic doxing

Katie Saucey
Pint

Re: Donald Trump

Just got back from boiling down a fresh batch of maple syrup, somehow this makes me feel grubbier than I already am.

World+Dog don't care about climate change, never have done

Katie Saucey
Unhappy

Re: Green

Here in ON CAN I would vote for the banker x2 if I could, even if his middle name was Madoff. Search "ontario's energy plan" I sure you'll see were I'm coming from (and where my taxes go).

Earthquake killed your network? Satellite-over-balloon to the rescue!

Katie Saucey
Happy

Sound slike a good plan....

What about the random Godzillas? Come on God we're waiting...

Jennifer Lopez gets you more Facebook friends than Iron Maiden

Katie Saucey
Stop

Re: "Jennifer Lopez gets you more Facebook friends than Iron Maiden"

..come on , what do you define your '00 etc version of "rocking out" as? Iron Maiden had/has talent, more than the current pop fuck-wads do today.......God damn it.. I just realised this is the definition of old!! Fine I hate all you guys...etc. grrr , lucky I need to work etc...

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"Jennifer Lopez gets you more Facebook friends than Iron Maiden"

I should hope so, us Maiden fans aren't made for sitting around on Facefail or Twitting..We're out rocking the fuck out! (when not posting here that is).

New Apple TV may hint at Apple-Samsung divorce

Katie Saucey
Coffee/keyboard

Re: I had to check if the sky was falling

see icon, until I got down a few lines..

Marvel: 'Come and get 'em! 700 first-issue comics! FREE!'

Katie Saucey
Facepalm

"Do we expect folks to try and download [every first issue]? We encourage it!"

I couldn't access the downloads for most of the day. I think Marvel just instigated a voluntary 2 day DDOS.

There's cling-ons on the starboard bow! Trekkies' wallets under attack

Katie Saucey
Happy

Re: I want....

I want one that I can stick on the back of my hand...

The Total Recall remake has something very similar, although when feds were onto you it had to be basically hacked off. It's to bad the cool hand phone couldn't save a movie really sucked.

Era of the Pharaohs: Climate was hotter than now, without CO2

Katie Saucey
Coat

Obvious conclusion..

Pyramids control the climate, therefore build more enormous pyramids. Also if that nut on The History Channel is correct (as some ancient astronaut theorist believe), we just need to wait for the aliens to show back up.

I think the above will be my standard response to any AGW conversation with fanatical friends, co-workers, etc. today, should save a lot of hot air wasted on topics such as wind turbines and my terrible gas guzzler.

Six things a text editor must do - or it's a one-way trip to the trash

Katie Saucey
Happy

notepad++

..has been my editor for quite some time. I never noticed the idiotic icon until now. Just changed it. This could be the start of a productive week..

MakerBot demos 3D object scanner that fits on your desk

Katie Saucey
Joke

How much you want to bet...

..that some early adopter has already tried to stick his dick in this thing.

Microsoft backs law banning Google Apps from schools

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Pint

I agree with MS on this..

...even though their protests are probably made with a huge shit eating grin.

<beer for the weekend>

Apple ordered to surrender coveted docs in iOS privacy lawsuit

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Joke

Re: "hurried and harried activity"

"Do we even know if their lawyers are actually based in Cupertino?"

If I were a high-powered corporate lawyer, I wouldn't be caught dead there! (no corner offices you see...)

Seattle drinking den bans Google Glass geeks

Katie Saucey
Terminator

So it beings...

Fight to keep our bars safe from those googly-eyed cyborgs! We all seen what happens when a (naked) cyborg shows up. Next year foster parents will start showing up dead! Or possibly this guy just hates morons.

Study: Megaupload closure boosted Hollywood sales 10%

Katie Saucey
Happy

Re: From the Abstract

I agree with you completely. Unfortunately I read the whole thing, and these guys sure can massage numbers. Overall the only positive thing I have to say is a least the study wasn't behind a pay-wall,:)

Holy crap! EMC gives Vatican Library 2.8PB to store manuscripts

Katie Saucey
Joke

Re: 150MB per page!?

It's really just an Italian make work project. The entire project is to revive and modernise the ancient profession of "The Scribe".

Red wine may be ELIXIR OF YOUTH

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Re: Bring on the cases of red!

Way ahead of you. The bonus is that time on the liver transplant list passes much faster when you're sloshed! (maybe work too, can't quite remember).

Amazon yanks SimCity download from store

Katie Saucey
Happy

Re: Too many...using an Amiga cluster

Doubt it, if they'd have gone with the Amiga cluster, it'd probably be working.

BRITAIN MUST DECLARE WAR on Cervinaean menace

Katie Saucey
Mushroom

KILL'EM ALL

Seriously, the situation is that dire? How hard can it just be to eat them? Eat this icon, obviously for the BBQ.

Malware-flingers can pwn your mobile with over-the-air updates

Katie Saucey
Big Brother

"....or run from the infrastructure of a 'co-operative' telco."

Should be safe from snooping, unless there's a carpet cleaning van following nearby with umpteen broadcast wires/dishes on it, 'cause there is no way the gov could ever get the carries in on this...right? right? </sarcasm>

'Quantum fridge' gets close to absolute zero

Katie Saucey
Happy

I wonder..

..if anyone has been double-dog-dared to stick their tongue on it yet

Oz Senator says Google Glass could 'end privacy as we know it'

Katie Saucey
Big Brother

Re: I know you guys all know what's best for mankind...

Heretic! I smite thee!

PC World ordered to rip up promo for next-day repair promise

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Re: Unfortunately I've dealt with enough of these types of customer service issues...

@Psymon: Took the words right out out my mouth, thank you for saving me a fair bit of typing. (These type of people are also the one who give 10 different mutually exclusive descriptions of the problem, and wonder why they get vague repair time/cost quotes.)

Europe tickles Microsoft with €561m fine for browser choice gaffe

Katie Saucey

Re: Repeat offender

I don't have one ounce of sympathy for MSFT as I'm old enough to remember the worst abuses of their monopoly power.

For me MS is like an abusive ex, the hate has gradually faded (with lots of time and booze).

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