Re: yeah, that'll work..
...and make us all French
ooohh F. NOooo!
$deity help us all! I'd rather be a rebel redneck (and ALL pre-deposition) than the Yank I am!
Posts by PJF
105 publicly visible posts • joined 31 Jan 2012
Beware the terrorist drones! For they are coming! Pass new laws!
All Systems z are Go: IBM ports Google language to mainframes
Tuesday 12th January 2016 07:15 GMT
Re: Singing the BlueZ?
Worse off... D(H)ell
Boy did "I" (us/we) get screwed.. (I'm modest, my team of 4) No thanx to the manglangers. . . .
I have the most respect for Big Blue (DISCLOSURE : they are in my home state) but some of their designations, as of late, make me question their outlook.
Hell, we had their "Selectric" in my mid-school typing class.. got upto 100 wpm on that "ball"....
Cisco forgot its own passwords for seven weeks
Anyone using M-DISC to archive snaps?
Tuesday 12th January 2016 02:06 GMT
Re: Can I find a 5.25" floppy drive and/or VHS player?
Yes on both counts. I don't even need to leave the house.
.... In my case; this room on both
Anything other obsolete tech you might be wanting?
Parallel printer cable?
... Check - along with the Star-Micronics 128 printer and a case of tractor-feed paper - in this room
56K PCI modem?
... Basement - along with the other MoFU (Mathomes of Forgotten Usefulness)
Gameport joystick?
... MoFU
Audio cassette player?
... Audio OR data?
... W/or W/O the Atari 800?! Both are MoFU...
(I even tested that last one since it didn't involve getting out of my chair)
Ole Skool Users UNITE!
Trend Micro AV gave any website command-line access to Windows PCs
Stanford boffins snuff out li-ion batt blaze risk
Tuesday 12th January 2016 00:03 GMT 
So...
does that mean my "hoverboard" won't burn my house down when I charge it, and fall asleep?!
( IDK about the rest of the world, but on this side of the puddle, we where "suggested" not to charge that damn thing over-night/fall asleep during charging. A few house fires where linked to that effect.)
NY to Charter: Sure, we'll approve that TWC merger, if you boost our broadband speeds
Monday 11th January 2016 23:37 GMT 
NY Thruway pipe?
Didn't TWC have a deal w/Cuomo to use the Thruway R.O.W. for a line from the City to Albany to Buffalo?
Yeah, we "promise" to boost speeds - just turn the rotary switch from 1 to 2, then to 3 then to 0..
But then again, IF they f-around, Cuomo can make their "existence" a living heck - you need a permit for this, that and the other thing. Drowning them in red tape until they cry "Mario".
The Register's entirely serious New Year's resolutions for 2016
Tuesday 5th January 2016 03:56 GMT
Re: we plan to be a big part of the prosperity
@ The Dude
I agree with you 100%. The last 4-6 months or so, The Reg seems to be going to the Crapper.
I've been "reading" posts for the past 3 or 4 years or so. As of late, they do suck. This is coming from a has-been, years ago, old fart, that's trying to keep up of what's "in", and why where because and the WTF of IT in the wacky-world of the US.
El. Reg. - PLEASE stop the cut-n-past from the "conservationist" It may be a Brit rag/tech/sci type of mag/site (honestly don't know), but atleast give us YOUR spin on it!
SpaceX makes rocket science look easy: Falcon 9 passes tests
Tuesday 5th January 2016 03:35 GMT
x? up, one down.
How many times did Musk try to re-land a first-stage rocket? (not being a prick)
Is this the first one re-landing on solid ground rather than a bobbing-barge?
If so, hats-off. Just re-using the engine is cost-savings enough (if all checks out). Then launching, and hopefully reclaiming a "heavy" will be leaps-n-bounds ahead of anyone else.
Happy new year, VW: Uncle Sam sues over engine cheatware
Tuesday 5th January 2016 03:18 GMT
By-By V-Dub
At least in the US.
The one, and only, veedub I ever owned was a pass-down '78 Diesel Rabbit - turd brown exterior, and a "smoother" brown interior. ..
I WILL NOT knock it - it was free (well - at the time living with the parents where nothing is "free"[father sold it after I left for the military and pocketed the $1g for a 8 y-o car]) and I filled it up once-a-MONTH (basically to-from work ~ 15 mile round-trip + weekend run-a-round)
It did act as a B.C.V.[G] (Birth Control Vehicle[Glasses] - who would want to date me then ?!?! [then the glasses in the military - I was just fckd!])
Microsoft's 200 million 'Windows 10' 'devices' include Lumias, Xboxes
Tuesday 5th January 2016 02:55 GMT 
ENOUGH!
I'm quite tired of all the MS Win 10 B.S.!
[RANT:]
IF I would (maybe a bazooka aimed at my crotch) want to up(down) grade to 10, I'd just do it on MY own terms and time, and out of MY pocket..
Win 3.0 - bought 5-1/4" disks - own pocket - MY first 286 w/ 287 co-pro (previous was an ATARI 800)
Win3.1(1) - bought 3-1/2 disks - own pocket - 386-dx; wanted a "cheap (serial)" home network
Win 95 - bought CD - try it out (kept crashing, poor networking)
IBM O/S-2 - bought 3-1/2 - own pocket - TRUE multi-tasking; not just pause one op for another... loss of support was the major failing..
Win 98 - bought CD(s) + throw-a-way systems - again, out-a-pocket; better networking
Win XP - DEMO/Insider - Bought MULTIPLE CD's + Systems+"editions" (home, pro) - out of pocket
Win 7 - Again "insider/demo" - bought multiple CD's + systems+"editions" (home, pro, ult.) - more $$
Win 8 - "insider" - didn't like it - DIDN'T buy it
Win 8.1 - got it for "free" on a borked system, better than 8, but still didn't like it
Win 10 - Insider - Didn't/DON'T like/want it - reverted to a clean 7 install
IF I WANT this steaming pile of dung they call a OS, I'll gladly pay for it - IF IT IS WORTH IT
[/RANT]
Now running Win 7/ Mint on dual boot - more Mint than 7(which I'll probably format for disk space)
Thanks for letting me vent a little...
The Register guide to software-defined infrastructure
Face, meet book: Zuckerberg plans to dabble in AI this year
Apple had more CVEs than any single MS product in 2015, but it doesn't really matter
Comcast 'rolls out' 'world's first' DOCSIS 3.1 modem, pumping 1Gbps over existing cable
Tuesday 22nd December 2015 21:46 GMT
Dig what up?
Just string fiber along with their other RG-59 cables they have strung from unbelievable straight, branch-less tree to the next.
Most utilities (except gas, water & sewer) in a (sub)urban and remote areas in the US are on (telephone/graph) poles - no need to dig anything. A couple a bucket trucks/cherry pickers, and butt-load of p-ties/zip-ties and your done...
I'm (all)mostly joking. . .
Google proffers plugs in Android MMS pwnfest
The gear I use in my test lab: A look at three Trident+ switches
Monday 7th December 2015 23:54 GMT
Re: Quotes
.... "And D-Link is shite - just above Belkin level in my books. Getting 10 years from basic 100Mbps or Gbit L2 switches seems to be a miracle, I've had to replace plenty of them due to them just breaking down...on the other hand it's kind of a pity to replace those fully functional 15+ year old 3Com/Cisco/HP switches just because Fast Ethernet (or even 10BASE-T) doesn't cut it anymore."
I echo D-Lump, and add Linksometimes... Still have "A" 3-Com 48 port 10-Base switch running. How, I don't know, it's in the most inhospitable environment possible - damp, warm/hot, and dark pipe tunnel. When it was "installed" (on a milk-crate just to keep it off the floor) I did use Dow Corning Compound #4 (DC-4) di-electric grease on all the ports, just to help with the moisture. It did loose about 8 ports over the years, but it's still switchin'... (all be it at a "slow" pace!)
Anything "new" we install Cisco, because of government contracts/preferred vendor clauses.
My home network is Netgear "pro-safe (sometimes, when the decide to post a update)" and ZyXEL
Facebook kills Creative Labs, cuts support for mobile apps
Telecity fails with car park net rescue plan. In fact, things got worse. Again
Wednesday 25th November 2015 12:33 GMT
Re: Parse failure
... And the correct phrase is Diesel Rotary UPS (DRUPS).
I don't know much about DRUPS, but, do they have "Synchronizing" lights/meters. I know larger commercial/military generators that can be paralleled, do have synco lights to help the engineer get them into phase before throwing the big switch.
Apple supremo Tim Cook rules out OS X fondleslab, iOS merger
Tuesday 17th November 2015 00:41 GMT 
Ohh, did ya hita nerve?!?
"For some reason, that tour did not include a sit-down with El Reg, perhaps because of this, this, this, or this"
...and that, maybe/also this.
Does Cook-n-Co. think that El-Reg will just wither up n die? Naa, just a thorn in its side.
O.T. - Haven't touched the fruit since the ][c in AP class in grade school, BUT, they do make sense to keep the 2 O/S's different/apart.
DISCLAIMER : I do have several Android based tablets, a Chrome book or two, several M.S. based O/S machines (up to, and including "X") and A playbook. I still can't fathom why you would want your phone to act like your tablet to act like your lap top to act like your desk top to act like your server to crash/be un-secure as your "free" phone (w/a a 2+ year, non-negotiable, non-updatable, termination fee applicable).
New Nexus 5X, 6P smarties: Google draws a line in the sand
Tuesday 20th October 2015 03:09 GMT
Re: I pity the US if $10 dollars per gigabyte is considered good.
Butt....
then, again, it's the Chock (minus the "h") Factory - while they're taking pic's, AND slurpin' WiFi, they have a DB of ALL the open networks around you. IF you HAVE to use THEIR precious data that THEY bought from your local providers, ya gonna pay... If your in down-town Manhattan - no problem, plenty of open sources. But if you're in the middle of B.F.E., (Bumm F. Egypt) ya gonna get it in the Bumm...
Our local cable co. has a similar deal for $20(subscriber) $40 for non.. but it also uses their (and, being a subscriber, YOUR) WiFi/data/ D/L speed..
Tuesday 20th October 2015 02:48 GMT
Re: point of view...
Oh and if you *don't* have slot, the sodding phone should be waterproof!!!!
Amen!!!!
I've have an "old" Casio/G-Zone "Boulder" circa 2006/07 that's STILL water-PROOF not "resistant" It still (sorta) does what I need - Receive/Send Voice, (what ever that is...) texts, and takes some-what decent pix's... All being 40' underground in an electrical noisy environment. I deal with pump stations - either potable(fresh) or waste - with more magnetic interference from 1950's low-voltage starters to today's VFD's from 60 to 400 HZ's.
Saturday, after a long day, I recovered my phone in a 1/2 million gallon waste water tank,(granted, it was being pumped down after I got the pumps restarted) that was at 17 feet (about 6 meters for you metric users) when I was called. Plucked it out, with a basket-on-a-stick, in about 3' of muck. Hosed it off (literately), and got my other dozen or so messages...
Now, if Casio - if no one else - can make a (clam-shell) phone like that about 10 years ago WITH expandable (MSD to 32 g's), removable/replaceable battery, EITHER external charger AND/OR cradle charging, and STILL works as advertised, (I admit, I spent US $200 for it at the time) WHY can't anyone else do so?!
/end:rant
P.S. - this is my 3rd phone in my 40-some-odd-year lifetime.. 2nd was a Nokia (can't remember the model - old-timers disease ;-) ) mono stick, and 1st was a Panasonic LUGGABLE; 2-piece, with the FULL 3-Watt output in the late 80's - not the milli / micro Watt we have now...
HP HUMILIATED by Dell's EMC buy
External vs internal: Why hybrid cloud is the way to go
Monday 12th October 2015 23:26 GMT
Sooo...
What happens when your ONE (or combo of) "service(S)" goes TITSUP? An excavator installing new (gas, water, electric, sewer, etc), and your (AWS, cloud de joure) decides to take a break (s/w, h/w, F'ed update, "operator error", ect.) at 1400 on a Friday? You let the staff go for a (long) weekend? F. the (sales, updates/patches, support, etc.) - Sorry, XYZ, can't help (support, diagnose) ya, ALL our info is on the "Puffy Blue" cloud(s), and we let the staff go to the pub/bar....
Combo, "local" and cloud, is the best taste in my mouth. Age old adage - don't keep all your eggs in ONE basket(case).
HP Inc to pink-slip 3,300 workers amid biz-split bloodbath
Wednesday 16th September 2015 03:27 GMT
Re: The surprising thing here
OR
Could they charge more for their propriety ink(jet) cartridges than the $40, for they make for at less than 10 cents a pop?
Yep - cut the labor, cheapen/ out-source the product, charge more for necessities, and wonder why they can't make a nickle... But, but - the humans are costing us to have something between their ears.
GFY HP !!
Android 5 lock-screens can be bypassed by typing in a reeeeally long password. In 2015
How a massive campaign of booby-trapped web ads went undetected for too long
PRIME SPACE: Bezos in Cape Canaveral SPACE PODULE debut
Big trouble in big China: Crashing economy in Middle Kingdom body slams US tech stocks
Mohawk Valley, NY to become the new Silicon Valley in fab fab deal
US police to throw big balls in criminals' faces
Secure web? That'll cost you, thanks to Mozilla's HTTPS plan
Wednesday 3rd June 2015 03:21 GMT
How to kill a browser...
Mozilla is trying its damnedest! Ever since they "acquired" Netscape, they've gone down hill (now up to 35.0.8 as of 2200 edt 15/6/2 [after a restart])
What's a "descent" browser now?
IE, yeah right; Chrome, and goooogles data slurping overload; Safari, no thanx...
Can someone suggest a non-bias browser (no commercial interest/walled garden) like netscape USED to be, on a win XP/7 system?
Couple sues estate agent who sold them her mum's snake-infested house
Wednesday 3rd June 2015 06:25 GMT
US Home inspection..
If they weren't too cheap to have a home inspection, and walk away, they could've saved a half-million bucks.
1st house I bought, the inspector saved me/use ovver $50k in asbestos abetments, and structural deficiencies. Bought the house at a $75k "discount", and the original owners made the house "clean"
The second inspection, with the same company, and the same inspector, gave it a "good" bill of health - it was a 100 y/o wooden structure house less than an 1/8 mile from the Atlantic.
My second home, we went over it with a tic(very fine) comb, and came out ahead.. again withe the same company, but a different and diligent inspector.
PAY for a home inspection - $$ now = less headaches/hassle in the future!
As I recall, it was about $200, in the 00'. It may be closer $400 now, but cheaper than a half-mil later...
SourceForge sorry for adware, promises only opt-in in future
Windows 10 upgrade ADWARE forces its way on to Windows 7 and 8.1
Wednesday 3rd June 2015 04:18 GMT 
AlternitiveOS
O.K. all you penguin users, suggest me a OS w/desktop to keep me sane..
The "better" half is used/likes '98/xp and tolerates 7, and I HATE THAT DAMN DOG HOSE - it leaks like a sieve!
Been using D.O.S. since 3.0 on an ATARI 800, and M.Sh!t since 2.0 (still have 5.25" install floppies)..
3.1, 3.11.,'95, '98 (3.5 hd), and cd's of XP and 7. Did do a dabble of OS.2/warp, and liked it..
Sooo, whatcha got fur me (OK us)
Wi-Fi was MEANT to be this way: Antennas and standards, 802.11 style
Uncle Sam spanks PayPal for credit scheme cockup
Wednesday 20th May 2015 00:28 GMT
Interest rate!!
And what's the "normal" interest rate?!! Something like 30%? It's like taking out an (american) Indian
"Pay-Day" loan...
I've been (retired) an U.S. ePAY member from the early '90's, and a "PREY-pay" user from the '00's... When they (P.P./Musk) pushed their "bill-me-later" on every bid/purchase, I "disengaged" from them.
If I can't pay with a bank C.C.(visa, master card), directly on site, I'll find another vendor. Goggle Prey is another I won't deal with..
Mad Max: Fury Road – two hours of nonstop, utterly insane fantasy action
Saturday 16th May 2015 23:57 GMT
Re: Cracking film
".... although I do prefer Mel's 'I-gota-show-my-f**ck'n-a**-in-every-showing ' brand of madness..."
FIFY...
Even thou', I would kinda miss Mad Mel - haven't seen it as of yet, but, he seems like a shoe-in for the fourth... (BUT who HASN'T he pissed-off yet?!?, and is he still alive/cognoscente?)
Right Dabbsy my old son, you can cram this job right up your BLEEEARRGH
Saturday 16th May 2015 22:42 GMT 
Names... Faces...
The most important way to get me to know your name is if you f-up enough!
We have a high turn-around, usually 6-10 weeks. If I see you 2, or more times in the first, or 4, or so, by the second, I'll remember your name - not in a good way...
Good way to piss me off.
If I can't remember your name, don't take it personally, it's just you haven't f'd up enough (yet..) to make a mark on me!
Nasty Dyre malware bests white hat sandboxes
Welcome, stranger: Inside Microsoft's command line shell
Tuesday 28th April 2015 00:13 GMT
Re: Falcon 3.0, the ultimate test of your config.sys/autoexec.bat skills?
Similar situation with an irrigation program..
Needed a mouse, sound, and a 4-color light pen driver to be loaded, before it ate about 600k of the 640. This was on a "true" IBM 286 w/ the 287 math co/pro.
This was the t-o-t-l (top of the line) system - 16 colors, 4-voices, 2-button mouse, and an 84(?) keyboard. Propitiatory 8-bit comm card, and software to drive it, dual UART232 for a dedicated weather station, (on a short-haul modem) and their "custom" mouse/brick (with a "special" pad), Centronics 36 parallel port to a 9-pin (IBM) printer, and a DB-9 to the "largest" (14inch) color display..
Ahh, kids these days... I don't know.. That crap music they play, touch screen this 'n that, social media....
WHEN I WAS A KID......
Hi, Fi: Google JOWL-SLAPS mobile bigguns with $20/mo wireless service
Saturday 25th April 2015 22:53 GMT 
WiFi calling...
The past couple/few months, I've been getting ads/spam from my local cable co. about their wifi phone, in the NE US.
@ $10/month, (30 for non consumers) and a $100 (300 non consumer) moto G, you can yack, txt, d/l as much as you like (in their hot-sparseness)....
No coverage @ work, (most of my calls/txts) and I WILL NOT open MY personal/home WiFi to world+dog+++!
linky - https://freewheel.com/
.
Granted, goggle, would also have cell reception - IF you/I could get a signal.
Working around A/C motors, in high frequency (Hz), inside a proverbial "brick sh.. house," with the associated noise - I'd be happy if I could hear and/or feel you call, no less hear you..
@ the tone, please.....
Biting the hand that feeds IT
