* Posts by NoizeBoy

6 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Mar 2012

Fitbit pays Uncle Sam $12M to sprint away from claims of burning-hot smartwatches

NoizeBoy

"CPSC commissioner Richard Trumka said of the settlement. "I hope that this penalty deters manufacturers, distributors, and retailers from ignoring their responsibilities.""...

What F***ing penalty!

Boss broke servers with a careless bit of keyboarding, leaving techies to sort it out late on a Sunday

NoizeBoy

Re: Bosses shouldn't touch stuff...

Finmere Market... Damn that name brings back memories from waaaaay back!

"Oh yesterday, leave me alone" (RIP Spike Milligan)

Even complex AI models are failing 5th grade science

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Interpreter please

This is NOT a snarky comment but a genuine request for info... as an old (grumpy) geezer from the UK, who's never had kids... WTF is 5th grade? Do they have these grades in the UK now?

When dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was at school we had Primary school and forms 1 to 6 in Secondary school. Ye Gods I feel old!

I know, I'll get my coat (and pipe, slippers, dog and mug of Horlicks).

Not call, dude: UK govt says guaranteed surcharge-free EU roaming will end after Brexit transition period. Brits left at the mercy of networks

NoizeBoy

Re: Enjoy your self-inflicted wound Brits!

Upvote for the reference!! Great movie... “Toga...Toga...”

Oh no, Twitter's gone down. How can we get the word out? Ah yeah, that's right. We have a website that works

NoizeBoy

Twitter down...

... Nothing of value was lost.

Tourists follow GPS, drive into sea

NoizeBoy
FAIL

Re: I've said it before, and I'll say it again ...

Sorry Charles, living as I do overlooking the bay and staring at the island whilst sat at my computer, I reckon that the 10 bloody miles of water between the mainland and the island (even at low tide) should give anyone with half a brain pause for thought. It never looks remotely possible, even at the lowest of low tides...