Posts by Zebo-the-Fat

Windows 11 update sends some desktops into an unwanted goth phase

Re: Not an issue I'll notice

I don't like dark mode, I don't read books with white ink on black paper, I don't want it on my 'puter, I find it hard to read. Other peoples eyes may be different!

Clingy Virgin Media fined £28M for refusing to take the hint

Not just Vermin media

Earlier this year I switched ISP, and within 30 minutes of hitting "OK" to switch I got a phone call from my old supplier asking why I wanted to leave, I told him that the new provider offered better speed, lower price and a better router, I was then told that it would cost me several hundred pounds to cancel before the end of the contract. I told them that the new supplier would pay the cancelation fees, they said "no they won't, I have been in this business for 20 years and that never happens!" (I got paid the cancellation fee within a week of transferring)

After that I was bombarded with text messages, emails and phone calls begging me not to switch, the only thing they didn't do was arrive on my doorstep, on their knees pleading with me to stay!

AIs don't like religion – particularly Jehovah's Witnesses, study claims

Re: Shall my question be answered without bias?

Because it's a silly idea and lacks any kind of testable evidence?

We've only gone and done it: Changed what you're used to

Re: Dark Mode anyone?

Do you read books with white print on black paper?

Not bad.

At first I thought my browser was having a hissy fit, but overall I think I like it. It may take a while to get used to the new style, but it does look cleaner on my desktop (not tried it on my phone yet)

Trump admin pays wind developers to quit, back fossil fuel projects

Re: Colombia summit

Trump thinks clean energy is less important than him knocking a little ball into a hole... that says it all.

Idiot

Trump only cares about money, he has zero interest in trying to improve things for the planet, a truly disgusting person in every way.

Most chatbots will help plan school shootings and other violence, study shows

Simple solution

The last school shooting in the UK was 30 years ago, we then made our strict gun laws even stricter, the USA seems to have a school shooting every month and does nothing. (because guns keep you safe??)

BBC bumps telly tax to £180 as Netflix lurks with cheaper tiers

No thanks!

Not watched TV for years, it used to be good but seems to have moved downmarket in a big way.

It's TEE time for Brave's AI assistant Leo

It's a browser, all I want is to browse, don't need AI to do that!

SpaceX loses debut V3 Super Heavy in ground test mishap

Re: Test stand

Musk seems to be a bit of a Muppet, but he does employ some superb engineers.

Trump turnabout sees him re-nominate amateur astronaut Jared Isaacman to run NASA

Re: Trump did not explain what, if anything, made him change his mind.

Trump has a mind??

Windows 11 tiptoes further into dark mode with new dialogs

Re: Dark Mode WTF?

I don't read books with white print on black paper why would I want that on a computer?

I find dark mode hard to read.

BT promises 5G Standalone for 99% of the UK by 2030

I have had a 5G capable phone for over 2 years, never once seen the 5G icon turn on!

Texas man accidentally shoots cable, brings internet down

So, gun crazed 'mericans don't understand how to aim a gun?

NASA hacked hardware of camera orbiting Jupiter – and fixed it

Re: Units error?

77 degrees Fahrenheit? how primitive!

Trump's budget bill bankrolls $85M Space Shuttle shuffle

I have given up trying to understand the orange clown's mental processes

Florida man expands crypto empire with new wireless service and phone

Chips?

Will the chips in the phone be fabricated in America?

Microsoft will stop pestering Windows users about Edge in EU

One use

There is only one use for Edge, that's to download the browser YOU want (Brave in my case)

NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix

If only...

If only my toaster was as reliable as this!

Qatar’s $400M jet for Trump is a gold-plated security nightmare

Why would anyone need an aircraft in a library?

VIPER rover banished to storage as moonshot plan sputters

Watches as the US slowly slides back into the dark ages, it's only a matter of time before the witch burnings begin

BOFH: There's a fatal error in the blinkenlights

Sweet

So sweet, I have wasted my life!

HP Inc settles printer toner lockout lawsuit with a promise to make firmware updates optional

Once!

I bought an HP printer once, about 20 years ago, never again!

Crew-9 splashes down while NASA floats along with Trump and Musk nonsense

Payment?

They were supposed to be on the ISS for a week, they had to stay for months, do they get overtime for the extra time?

SpaceX Dragon pod arrives at ISS to finally pick up stranded Boeing astronaut pair

Terrible!

Oh those poor astronauts, training for years to be in space then spending much longer doing what they want to do!

(since they were supposed be be doing the job for about a week and not for many months, do they get paid overtime for it??)

Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think

Not for me!

I really dislike dark mode, I don't read books with white text on black paper and don't want to do it on a screen.

I don't see a problem with the screen being "too bright" or "straining my eyes" ... my eyes are 70 years old and have no problems.

If you like it dark fine, but it's not for me!

BOFH: The USB stick always comes back – until it doesn't

I learned a long time ago that USB drives can and will fail, I always have at least 2 copies of important stuff saves in different places

Even Windows 10 cannot escape the new Outlook

Windoze 10 may get Outlook, but I don't have to use it!

Microsoft flashes Win10 users with more full-screen ads for Windows 11

Money!

I will upgrade when Microsoft pay me to upgrade my motherboard, Wyndoze 11 thinks it isn't worthy to be blessed with the new OS, so it will either be Linux Mint or a dodgy download of Win 10 LTSE (maybe both, dual booting like I do now)

Richard Branson to take balloon ride to edge of space

I just hope he doesn't try to call himself an astronut!

Smart TVs are spying on everyone

Not watched broadcast TV for years, I can't stand the ads. Why should I have to waste my time watching an ad for something I don't want and will never buy?

Vulcan Centaur avoids FAA scrutiny after losing solid rocket booster nozzle

Details

Scott Manley did an excellent Youtube video about this, well worth watching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIHg-PPUZnk

Chrome Web Store warns end is nigh for uBlock Origin

Be Brave

I have been using the Brave browser for the last two years, seems to do a decent job of blocking the ad crap

Things are going Z-shaped at Huawei: Chinese giant preps three-screen folding smartphone

I still don't see the point of paying fore than £200 for a phone... it makes calls, can send email and whatsap, browse the web, maybe the odd photograph but anything more is just fluff, I don't need it!

Also not convinced a folding phone will still be working in 5 years time!

NASA, Boeing opt to fly leaky thruster as-is for first crewed Starliner CST-100 mission

I wonder what the astronauts life insurance costs?

So you've built the best tablet, Apple. Show us why it matters

Just think

Just think how long the battery could last if they had had made it a little thicker (easier to hold and less likely to bend too!)

Samsung shows off battery tech it says will see you gone in nine minutes

How about making small ones to fit in phones??

Blue Origin to fly another 90-year-old into outer space

SAGA

Send All Grannies Away!

Japan's moon lander sparks joy by making it through a second lunar night

Nice

Very impressive!

Greener, cheaper, what's not to love about a secondhand smartphone?

Never!

I have never bought a phone new, I have an old Samsung S9.. checks emails and web browsing works fine... it can even make phone calls! battery is a bit past it's best, but an overnight charge lets it last a full day. What more do I need?

JAXA releases photo of SLIM lander in lunar faceplant

Scott Manley did an excellent video about this, it seems to lost one of it's engine nozzles while hovering at 50 M. there is a picture of it on the surface.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bFiJvbKyPs&t=625s

40 years since Elite became the most fun you could have with 22 kilobytes

ahhh... happy days (and lots of late nights!)

Amazon already has a colossal ads business and will extend it to Prime Video in January

Question

If I watch prime video on my PC, will UblockOrigin be able to remove the ads?

In my opinion, the only word for this is GREED, I already pay for the service and now they want to ruin it?

I think they may be loosing a customer very soon.

BOFH: The Christmas party was so good, an independent inquiry is required

Jingle Balls

Merry jingle balls and a happy Winter Foodfest!

Calculating Pi in the sky: Axiom Space plans to launch 'orbital datacenter'

Clouds in space??

Clouds in space??

the main problem will be cooling, maybe large external radiators like the ISS?

I can see how something like this will be needed in the near future though

Raspberry Pi OS goes goth

I don't read books printed on black paper with white ink, and don't want to that on a screen!

Bezos might beat Musk to Mars as NASA recruits Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket

But...

This is a company that hasn't managed to put anything into orbit yet!

Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers

Grumble

I was using Vivaldi browser for a long time with Ublock Origin... no ads for crap I won't buy, suddenly I get the "3 views left" message. Clearing the cache and updating Ublock worked for a week, but now it's unusable. Switched to Librawolf, all good again.

Watching ads for crap I will never buy is wasting my time and theirs, if things get worse I will give up on YT completely... then they will be sorry!

Boffins claim invention of rechargable, biodegradable, supercapacitor drug pump

Hmmm...

You spelled sulphide wrong!