Posts by khjohansen

We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners

Ford, kinda !

Certain Ford engines use an internal timing belt (rubber) that will degrade unless certain oils are used - changing to a non-safe (regular) motor oil will cause the belt to fail prematurely.

The last mile's at risk in our hostile environment. Let’s go the extra mile to fix it

Re: Panels and battery?

... Solar ? - But this is the UK ... Maybe a waterwheel?

Chrome users – get an alert when extensions are in danger of falling into wrong hands

The People Responsible ...!

... A Mööse Önce bit my Sister??

US military pulls the trigger, uses AI to target air strikes

Target aquisition

.. Do they look up wedding invitations in Pashto on FarceSpace?

Google releases Gemma – LLMs small enough to run on your computer

When a service is "free"

- YOU are the product!

You're not imagining things – USB memory sticks are getting worse

Re: Quality, schmality

YMMV - I choose to dodge the "SANSUMG" (sic) brand when perusing the Silk Road in the Sky - the "deny" (sic), QUEEDNS and Netac brands have been good to me ;)

Re: I wonder what part of the world the main source of these devices is located…

*That* part of the world supplies ~80% of ALL devices (shrugs)

AI is changing search, for better or for worse

Re: Source Verification in the Age of AI

" - journalists who occasionally rely on anonymous sources -"

*Reputable* news outlets may rely on anonymous sources, but will verify info - to remain reputable (and avoid libel/defamation lawsuits!)

AI has none such inhibitions ...

Dems and Repubs agree on something – a law to tackle unauthorized NSFW deepfakes

1st Amendment

Libel, defamation of character was never protected by 1st Amendment ...

Leaked email: Unit4 ERP system leaves some school staff with 'nil pay'

You can't blame the EU for this ...

It's been FOUR YEARS now - I know it's a knee-jerk reaction to blame EU, but THIS must be British Bureaucracy!

UK public sector could save £20B by swerving mega-projects and more, claims chief auditor

Re: A plan to

/:S You could hire some consultants from well-established companies in the field - preferably with experience w/ government contracts! /:S

- what could go wrong??

Disease X fever infects Davos: WEF to plan response to whatever big pandemic is next

Re: I'm all for extensive research

Quarantine: let's block off Davos for five years, sending in minimal food & water - The rest of us will observe & evaluate from a safe distance !!

Boffins demo self-eating rocket engine in Scotland

Re: An interesting idea...

This is a weight savings exercise, the elegant solution to "force-feeding" would be to have it collapse under its own mass @ 3-7+Gs acceleration

While you holidayed, Microsoft brought Copilot to mobile devices, again

Re: a standard older than most left-pond cities

Only if you refer to the game of rounders as "base-ball" for some reason

Programmable or 'purpose-bound' money is coming, probably as a feature in central bank digital currencies

"My Money"

You say it's "your money" ?? Well, does it have your name on it? I'm pretty sure your currency has the name of the rightful owner printed on it!

That time a JPL engineer almost killed a Mars Rover before it left Earth

Re: Measure twice, cut once.

- two at *Triple* the price - TFTFY

Robot mistakes man for box of peppers, kills him

Re: BloodBeastTerror

.. Hence you chose a friendly & welcoming nick ...

Go ahead, let the unknowable security risks of Windows Copilot onto your PC fleet

A new art of "steganography"

Inserting a hostile query inside an innocous "garbage e-mail"

Re: how long until assistants are weaponised trojans?

- Janus takes your wife on a cruise, she files for divorce b/c Janus is a much more attentive listener ...

Human knocks down woman in hit-and-run. Then driverless Cruise car parks on top of her

Re: "Should the Cruise car have not started moving if there was a person still on the crosswalk?"

It can be a leprechaun astride a unicorn chasing Santa Claus for all I care - if it's in the crosswalk I'll be stationary!

Bermuda, your data, Google's gonna take your US data

Re: Convenient Interception Point

IEEE - Insidious Evil Entities Extractors >;D

Why can't datacenter operators stop thinking about atomic power?

Re: "Three words: Cheap, reliable, power"

Well it'll hardly be anonymous what with the b** f** cables coming out of it ??

So what if China has 7nm chips now, there's no Huawei it can make them 'at scale'

Re: Ah, I see

... The P-space associated with my (rental) flat has 4 charging stations / 30 "normal" spaces - is this a novelty?

Man who nearly killed physical media returns with $60,000 vinyl turntable

Re: Maybe not.

I'd look at the Technics SL-BD2X(X) series or there abouts (USED) - plentiful & "young" enough that it should be possible to find one that hasn't been worn to bits

Re: Poor design in my opinion

Ummh - that's from the previous design - he changed the button from square to round, is all!

IMHO he nicked a few clues from Jacob Jensen, look here: https://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=269

The number’s up for 999. And 911. And 000. And 111

Re: Multiple redundancy

Technically it's "Dial Dial Dial" - will get you emergency services by any phone w/power, on any available network.

Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden State

Re: Benz schmenz

JAaaAAaaG, surely ;>

Techie wasn't being paid, until he taught HR a lesson

Re: Unique keys

I've seen "Junior" as well as "Jayarr" ...

Florida man insists he didn't violate the law by keeping Top Secret docs

Re: What About The Current Resident?

- IF SO - why didn't he declassify AND PUBLISH them while he was still in office??

Re: as did his aide Walt Nauta

Several of the his mangonificence lawyer team (Trusty, Rowley) quit a few days ago - maybe this is related?

Microsoft puts the freeze on employee salaries, CEO pay still as hot as ever

Re: I wonder…

Mr. Nadella has increased shareholder confidende by demonstrating core business leadership skills - sh*fting everybody else while maximising personal gains :>

Of course Russia's ex-space boss doubts US set foot on the Moon

Re: about 4 years ago...

..Oceania has ALWAYS been at war with Eurasia!

Are you ready to go all-in, head-first, on a laptop? ASUS's Zenbook Pro 16X asks for that commitment

Re: IEC lead

.. New-ish chargers are like oversized phone chargers - with the plug cast with the body

Chinese defence boffins ponder microwaving Starlink satellites to stop surveillance

Re: actually....

Well _ I suppose the PLA is simply (by way of projection) are thinking that the PUBLICLY available information can't be the ACTUAL information ...

UK tax authority nudges net 'influencers': You may owe us for those OnlyFans feet pics

"What have the Romans ever done for us...?"

*Sigh*

- You are free to "refuse to deal with HMRC" - you can remove yourself from their jurisdiction!

Of course, this means that you're no longer elegible for services & protections afforded the tax payers - like courts, the NHS, schooling for the kids etc.

Best of luck with that ...

US schools sue Meta, Google and friends over 'youth mental health crisis'

Re: Saint Greta ...

I just can't help but wonder how you feel about immigration ... ?

OneDrive back on its feet, but ongoing Skype credit problem hasn't gone away

Re: Repeat after me:

For me *Cloud*==VapourWare ...

'Multiple security breaches' shut down trucker protest

Re: Superspreader? Give me a break.

The "so-called" vaccines seems to somehow have brought down hospitalisations and ICU cases ...

Crypto craziness craps out – and about time too

Re: False arguments

*Crypto* is a surprisingly good analogy for *Splinters of the One True Cross*

Re: Invalid comparison

PapierMark?? Wanna trade for some ZimDollars??

Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO: Help us pick his replacement

Rudy Giuliano

I hear he's open to career suggestions at this time

P.S. he's Paler, Maler & Staler <gg>

Guess the most common password. Hint: We just told you

Re: oh yeah, that'll work....

*shrugs* ... seems to me to be a self-correcting problem ... >;>

Worried about your datacenter carbon footprint? Why not put it in orbit?

Re: "reliable and low-cost hydrocarbons"

Oh yeah, comes in a pipeline from Russia, will be even more affordable when NordStream 2 opens ... !

UK facing electricity supply woes after nuclear power stations shut, MPs told

Re: Funny

Ummmhh it's EITHER "high-level radioactive" OR "half-life measured in millennia" - a long half-life means 1-2 particles escape per month ...

NASA OKs spacewalks, upgrades helmets after fishbowl mishap

In space no-one can hear you ... ?

Stop making rocket noises with your mouth!

Linus Torvalds suggests the 80486 architecture belongs in a museum, not the Linux kernel

Re: <raised eyebrow>

I don't think our DNA really compiles with support for H. Erectus or Neanderthalis either

Re: <raised eyebrow>

a "Gig of HDD" was generous back in the day!

New measurement alert: Liz Truss inspires new Register standard

Re: Prime Minister

Dutch, surely, since 1689!!

To make this computer work, users had to press a button. Why didn't it work? Guess

Re: The human race could be safe after all

B-But label clearly says to (mumble ... mumble) PRESS THIS BUTTON"!

Public cloud prices to surge in US and Europe next year

Re: variable site pricing?

Lokks like a "gougeability" index - try setting your location to Western Europe!