Posts by Huw D

Brussels changes its mind AGAIN on .EU domains: Euro citizens in post-Brexit Britain can keep them after all

Re: Brexit

"We're fucked, and it will only get worse until we run out of politicians."

FTFY.

Re: Brexit

TBH, I'm fed up to here with the whole palaver.

Just get on with it. If we leave the remainers won't be happy. If we remain, the leavers won't be happy.

Do someting and at least only approximately half the country will be moaning rather than all of it.

Incognito mode won't stop smut sites sharing your pervy preferences with Facebook, Google and, er, Oracle

Beardy Branson's new software venture?

Bulb smart meters in England wake up from comas miraculously speaking fluent Welsh

Smart meter or dim meter?

I'll take dim smart meters. Yes, there's a Welsh joke in there.

SQL Server 2008 finally shuffles into the home for retired relational databases

So for all the Industry-specific apps that use SQL or SQLesque backends, which side of not in the next 5 years are my clients able to buy now?

Re: Yeah nice...

I was at an event run by Ed Baker about Server 2019 migration earlier this year. The Shift to Azure thing also applies to Server 2008/20008 R2. MS's plan does give you 3 years to work out how to shift legacy systems to newer infrastructure.

So, AFAIAA, the assumption is also partly that you could figure out how to keep it on site.

Yorkshire bloke's Jolly Roger flag given the heave-ho after council receives one complaint

How do you make a Maltese Cross?

Take his flag away.

Firm fat-fingered G Suite and deleted its data, so it escalated its support ticket to a lawsuit

Re: You've obviously not seen systems run by professionals then

Professional (paid to do IT) <> Professional (paid to do IT and actually knows WTF they're doing, has standards),

I'm using the latter. I think we're on the same page.

Re: You've obviously not seen systems run by professionals then

a) I'm referring to the people running the in-house systems that the poster was commenting on being amateurs "probably better than most in-house systems I have seen, actually, and def. way more secure". However, seeing as you seem to have misinterpreted my comments then

b) Google are merely the hosts, providing the software and infrastructure. There still has to be an administrator, well, administrating. That's the problem not Google.

Re: Place files in cloud - surprise - can't reach'em anymore

"Cloud systems are no better or worse than in-house systems - probably better than most in-house systems I have seen, actually, and def. way more secure."

You've obviously not seen systems run by professionals then ;)

ReactOS 'a ripoff of the Windows Research Kernel', claims Microsoft kernel engineer

Re: Copyright law has an xception for interinoperability

No, interinoperability means that different OSes can fuck things up the same way for consistency.

Here's a great idea: Why don't we hardcode the same private key into all our smart home hubs?

Re: RE: TonyJ

I see your point Mr Monstr, but IoT is not marketed as an aid for people with impairments. IoT is marketed as convenience. I can see IoT being a quick fix for some people, but the people I know with long term disbilities are more likely to use a tried and trusted approach.

If you're going to be permanently in a wheelchair, do you a) pay for the light switches in your house to be moved to a lower level or b) get someone to fit a smart hub and some bulbs? You're more likely to go for option a) because there's going to need to be a metric fuck-tonne of work required for everything else as well.

Re: RE: TonyJ

The solutions for people with disabilities/impairments have been there for years and don't require an IoT device.

Re: RE: TonyJ

"I understand people liking the keyless entry thing as a convenience"

Every IoT thing under the sun is "a convenience". That's the problem. People would rather be lazy than secure.

Bonkers British MPs rant: 5G signals cause cancer

Re: local authority started their own funeral business

In Wales, a lot of the undertakers are Prices...

Having bank problems? I feel bad for you son: I've got 25 million problems, but a bulk upload ain't one

Make mine a double...

I am reminded of my first temp job as a tape monkey for a UK bank, where we got asked to process a tape and despite us verifying that the tape had been processed, got asked to run it again.

Doubled transactions, obviously.

Root cause was devs testing in production.

Bloody vultures! Cheeky Spanish paraglider firm pinched El Reg's mascot

Well played, Sir. Well played.

Bloody kids. Think everything on the internet is free and a small modification is "fair use".

</sarcasm>

*Spits out coffee* £4m for a database of drone fliers, UK.gov? Defra did game shooters for £300k

"I'll do it for £24,999,999/week, and that's cutting my own throat."

"Dropping my own tables" Dibbler, is that you?

Sex and drugs and auto-tune: What motivates a millennial perp?

Wasn't that the whole push with Web 2.0? You can create a website and get someone else to create the content for you.

Re: Well there might be a bright side

Kim Kardashian has a massive arse.

But that's enough about Kanye...

Re: 30 Years Ago

You might appreciate this from comedian Duncan Oakley.

NSFW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH7qdhiKZg4

Introducing 'freedom gas' – a bit like the 2003 deep-fried potato variety, only even worse for you

Re: ScyFy?

It's the wayward sea... especially if it rises.

US Air Force probes targeted malware attack, blames... er, the US Navy? What?

Re: How touching

"But then what are Scottish people doing in Afganistan?"

Getting sunburnt, probably.

Polygraph knows all: You've been using our user feedback form

Bloke goes on Jeremy Kyle show to prove to his partner he's not cheating on her. Fails the lie detector, despite protesting innocence. Commits suicide a week later.

I think it's the timing that makes it poor taste. If it wasn't for the events of the week, this would have been another classic Dabbsy.

Techie with outdated documentation gets his step count in searching for non-existent cabinet

OBTW...

The correct response is ODFO.

Crap band sues crap beer maker: Hair-metal rockers have an Axl to grind over Guns N' Rosé

It's a good job the lunatic hasn't bothered chasing down all the tribute acts.

Similar logo? Check.

Name is a play on "Guns '/N' Roses? Check.

Oh, hang on. They indirectly earn money from them.

Essex named sexiest British accent followed closely by, um, Glaswegian

Well, that'll be the Gogs pissed off then

Apparently the nice Welsh accents are the Valleys and Cardiff....

Hate e-scooters? Join the club of the pals of 190 riders in Austin TX who ended up in hospital

Re: Make helmets mandatory - oh wait, we can't

I met the guy whose job involves driving around Austin in a pickup at about 6 in the morning scouring the streets for abandoned scooters, collecting them, and then returning them to the main downtown areas where people expect to find them.

Also seen some spectacular crashes at the bottom end of Brazos ;)

Russian-trained spy whale spooks Norwegian fishermen

Re: porpoise?

For cod's hake...

BOFH: It's not just an awesome app, it'll look great on my Insta. . a. a. AAAARRRRRGGH

IBS

Irritating Boss Syndrome or Irritating Bastard Syndrome, surely?

Owner of Smuggler's Inn B&B ordered to put up a sign warning guests not to cross into Canada

Re: Canada! America! Canada! America!

""Look, boy! Now I'm in America! Now I'm in Canada! America! Canada! America! Canada!" routine."

Should read ""Look, boy! Now I'm in America! Now I'm in Canada! America! Canada! America! Canada! Poutine!!!!!!!!!!!"

Parents slapped with dress code after turning school grounds into a fashion crime scene

Van Halen much? ;)

No cut off jeans or low cut tops? IN TEXAS? That appears to be the dress code for 90% of women. Well, in the dive bars I drink in, it is.

Sophos antivirus tools. Working Windows box. Latest Patch Tuesday fixes. Pick two: 'Puters knackered by bad combo

It's not exactly consistent...

Client environment - 50 devices and 14 servers. Windows patched via WSUS, Sophos centrally managed.

Number of devices that had the problem? 2 - and there appears to be no rhyme nor reason why it only affected those 2.

The peelable, foldable phone has become the great white whale of tech

Re: "Pholdable"

Phor Phucksake!

Not another pro-Brexit demo... though easy to confuse: Each Union Jack marks a pile of poo

Liz Hurley?

"Volunteer Liz Hurley added: "

THE Liz Hurley?

Microsoft fans celebrate the Easter weekend with some Sets-based upsets

Re: Umm....

07700 900461

(From https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2261219/Doctor-Who-phone-number-has-fans-in-frenzy.html)

Canadian woman fined for not holding escalator handrail finally reaches the top after 10 years

Re: Other escalator laws

My dog was poorly, so I took him to the vets.

The vet examined him and said "I'm sorry, Mr D, I'm going to have to put him down."

I was distraught. "WHY!?!?!?!" I screamed.

"Because he's too heavy..." the vet replied.

Facebook: Yeah, we hoovered up 1.5 million email address books without permission. But it was an accident!

"That creepy little android c#nt Zuckerberg needs to learn some respect."

Are you suggesting that Zuckerberg is a Google product?

Ozzy app maker cancels hump day: We've tripled profits! scream slackers

Re: So let's see here

"It's the Rod Hulls you really have to watch out for!"

I thought they were extinct.

Aussie, surely?

Apple disables iPad for 48 years after toddler runs amok

That's not terrible.

The one about God trying to get people to accept the commandments is terrible. Also completely non-PC.

Only one Huawei? We pitted the P30 Pro against Samsung and Apple's best – and this is what we found

Most people I know use their phone to take photos for memories, not for professional shots.

As such, "good enough" is all they'll ever need. You look at a photo from 3 years ago and I guarantee that your memory of the event won't be 100% accurate either.

Aussie engineer accuses 'serial farter' supervisor of bullying, seeks $1.8m redress

Futurama.

Dwight Conrad:

[after the Professor activates the crystal's 'high frequency stink'] Dude, who ripped an egger?

Cubert Farnsworth:

[accusingly] He who smelt it, dealt it.

Dwight Conrad:

Yeah? Well, he who denied it, supplied it!

Cubert Farnsworth:

He who articulated it, particulated it!

Dwight Conrad:

He who refuted it, tooted it!

Cubert Farnsworth:

[after a slight pause] Stalemate.

Brit broadband giants slammed as folk whinge about crap connections, underwhelming speeds

Re: Switch

Mrs D had that in Halifax, NS.

The prices were (to me) mind-bogglingly expensive.

Re: Switch

Been with Diamond Cable > NTL > Virgin Media for almost 30 years. I've had to call them 6 times (4 of which were for moves and 2 for issues). Been jerked about once in all that time (and even that was resolved within 30 minutes).

Horses for courses, your customer experience may differ to mine, etc.

Facebook's at it again: Internal emails show it knew about Cambridge Analytica abuse 'months' before news broke

Re: Weird science

Not AutoSergei then?

'It's full of beer!' Miracle fridge reveals itself to pals tuckered out from cleaning flooded cabin

Depends on what sort of cider.