Posts by WraithCadmus

Indian techies-in-training face down MAN-EATING LEOPARD - and WIN

Why wasn't there a sign on the door

Warning people to beware of the creature?

Sysadmin Day 2014: Quick, there's still time to get the beers in

Some nice messages

We've had some nice comments from people here after being alerted to the day and suitable sugary treats provided.

The devs still aren't getting root though.

Bad back? Show some spine and stop popping paracetamol

Re: Tramadol or

I do find opioids can be very moreish.

Icon: Checking for drug interactions

SMELL YOU LATER, LOSERS – Dumbo tells rats, dogs... humans

Re: Evolution knows what it's doing.

Don't worry Eddy, enough time huffing ozone and brake-dust will stop you smelling anything eventually.

Banning handheld phone use by drivers had NO effect on accident rate - study

Re: And yet ...

Amateur, he should also be shaving and steering with his knees. These days of satnavs though have ruined the art of plastering a road atlas or OS Landranger across the windscreen.

Chromecast hack Rickrolls Google's TV stick

Re: For Great Justice

What you say ! !

Barclays Bank counter staff to become iPad-toting 'community bankers'

Re: And How do I ...

If it's anything like the HSBC one then you do get an itemised receipt showing how many of each coin got collected.

The capacity is an issue though, I've had one choke on ~£15 in 1p/2p/5p coins.

Rural mobile coverage: Tweeting twits to join chirping tits in UK's national parks

Re: Hooray

Always wanted to use a satphone, but they are pricey, even rentals are a lot for a weekend ramble. There's always the text over 999 service, but I wonder do you need to be on your own network for that to transmit?

I'd consider a satphone if I was going to a definite dead-zone and you're right about park workers needing something more reliable than cellular. Would a radio in the truck be just as good? Or even just a beacon of sorts that sends 'HALP'?

Icon: Rescue helicopter, colour determined by sponsorship

Brute-force bot busts shonky PoS passwords

POS

For years I've been reading this acronym as 'Piece of Shit' instead of 'Point of Sale'. Given how many attacks we've seen recently against these systems and the poor security they implement I may have been right all along.

Wireless-controlled contraception implant is coming, says MIT

Re: Power

The power of love

A force from above

So it's solar-powered?

F1? No, it's Formula E as electric racing cars hit the track

Re: Battery Times

I'm told they change over whole vehicles in MotoGP (changing the back tire on a bike is a clart?) so there's precedent for full-vehicle pit-stops.

Boeing to start work on most powerful rocket ... EVER!

Re: Solid as a rock

Jettison a solid rocket booster while it's still firing?

Hey, KSP tells me that this is not only possible but quite frequent.

Martin, take off your engineering hat and put on your management hat

You want a medal for writing a script? Sure: here it is!

Re: speeling corexion

I assume you posted this after submitting it to the corrections bureau?

Re: anyone who writes Perl ...

Pfft, anyone can write Perl, it's reading Perl that breaks you.

Study of Brit students finds TXTING doesn't ruin your writing

Re: TXTing doesn't wreck spelling

Who'd of thought it?

HNNNNNG! I wish I could both upvote you and downvote you.

Careful with 'fibre speed record' hype: which record's been broken?

Try ^W instead

Supermodel Lily Cole: 'I got a little bit upset by that Register article'

If wishes were horses

I'd at least have some transport and/or something to eat out of all this.

Space station 'nauts will use URINE-FUELLED ESPRESSO MACHINE

Re: I estimate that...

What do they do with the grounds? Send them back? Toss them out the window?

Compost for the hydroponics obviously.

Eating a fat bacon sarnie? Have a defibrillator handy

Re: You can take my bacon when you pry it from my cold dead hands.

Makes me wonder, would someone's size affect how long it takes for their dead hands to go cold?

Dream job ad appears: Data wrangler for Square Kilometre Array

Re: Backups could take a while

3PB = 1229 LTO-6 cartridges (that's without compression)

That's a big station wagon.

UK govt preps World War 2 energy rationing to keep the lights on

Re: Power storage?

For reference Dinorwig (aka Electric Mountain) is about 75% efficient. My understanding is that there's a shortage of sites suitable for pumped storage, not to mention the environmental impact of hollowing out mountains, it does seem that such sites would be a great compliment to renewables. Add some nuclear for baseload and job's a goodun, right?

I need to get some t-shirts made up...

Nuclear Power? Yes please!

Compare Apple's and oranges: LaCie's hi-vis jacket-wearing disk is not for hipsters

Re: Salmon, apricots, apples.

Just keep grilling halloumi, I'll tell you when to stop.

Happy Birthday Tetris: It's flipping 30

Re: After-effects

I had DDR dreams, when I closed my eyes I saw rising arrows.

Get ready for Europe's robo-butlers: Billions of €€€s pledged to electro-slave dream

Options

Do you want the French Maid or the Japanese Meido?

DARPA crazytech crew want to create HUMAN-FREE cyber defence systems

Re: im practising !!

That game is so unrealistic, I played for a few hours and I didn't have to recharge my phone once!

Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network

We'll be fine as long as no-one removes the ethical constraints.

"Look at you hacker, pathetic creature of meat and bone..."

Security stock slinger Symantec speeds up with latest Backup Exec

Re: Fast?

@Crazy Operations Guy

If you use this 1337 trick instead you can get even FASTER restore

< /dev/urandom

How Bitcoin could become a super-sized Wayback Machine

Re: I can totally see this working

Hmm, old data as currency...

"Can you help me move house next weekend?"

"Sure, if you give me three under_construction.gifs for petrol"

"I still owe you for drinks last weekend, call it a babylon5.mid?"

Watch: Sun BELCHES PLASMA large enough to ENGULF 35 EARTHS

The sun, giver of life, shooper of whoops

Sacre BLEURGH: Google thinks London's Victoria station is on the PARIS Metro

Re: M for

You are right AC and I do try that first, but between noise, the people behind me, language barriers, and sheer pig-headedness (partly mine, but mostly that of people who've ALREADY blocked an entire thoroughfare) one must be prepared to just keep going.

Icon: Average commuter, will not stop

Re: M for

Maybe I've not been here quite long enough to become completely cynical about them, so yes, welcomes. Seeing people smiling and pointing at the guards or belming hardcore at Piccadilly Circus pleases me. I even help those who are stuck and contemplating the maps (language/gesticulation skills permitting).

Re: M for

I have to pass through there every day at peak times.

Why do people insist on having colossal amounts of luggage they can barely wheel let alone lift for steps and doorways? Why do people always think they can 'beat the system' and go down the exit stairs, do they think the hundreds waiting at the entrance are doing it for shits and giggles? And why do people insist on blocking whole doorways to hold conversations and check maps (I have taken to simply clambering over their belongings)?

Finally, London welcomes tourists, but be aware that if you stand on the left, or walk on the right, you will be purged.

EDIT: And breathe...

WORLD HISTORY in SELFIES: So AMAZEBALLS your EYES will EXPLODE

I can see what you're trying to do with Buzzgasm, but it feels a bit out of place. Rather than feeling like a mockery of stupid lists it just comes across as a stupid list. Maybe have it be part of ¡Bong! ?

Readers' choice: What every small-business sysadmin needs

I was offered the advice that if asked to do something blatantly wrong you ask for it in writing, which would probably be an e-mail these days. Short of someone having a GPG key I wonder what the best way of 'proving' an email is, obviously you can copy-paste the text, forward it on, or with Outlook copy the message out to a .msg file, but would that stand up in court? Or is it just a case of saying "Do you deny saying this?" and reminding them what perjury is?

Icon - Trying to listen to my better ones

Archive.org web trove hits FOUR HUNDRED BEEEELLION pages

Re: I miss low res animated gifs

If you fancy putting one into your next web project here's a selection

And if like the commentards below you miss the <blink> tag then CSS3 can help.

London cabbies to offer EVEN WORSE service in protest against Uber

Re: You wha'?

Are you perchance suggesting a dry slap?

Quid-a-day Reg nosh posse chap faces starvation diet

Re: I often

"but by being single you'll be saving a fortune in not buying wine"

Speak for yourself! *hic*

Anonymous develops secure data over ham radio scheme

Re: Radio, huh.....

An ARM might be a bit strong, but I suspect anyone using this will get V& with extreme prejudice.

SpaceX: We NAILED the Falcon 9 landing! The video, on the other hand...

Re: Not much hope

I don't think even CSI methods would work, I've been shouting 'ENHANCE' at it for a good 30 seconds and nothing's happening.

Looks like this footage is ... ... pretty much unwatchable.

What? They can't all be winners!

Oh GREAT: Your factory can Heartbleed out

FTPS?

Lordy, hasn't that died yet?

94% of Brit tech bosses just can't get the staff these days, claims bank

Re: Hard to get the staff?

what puts me off is that you have to be "fun".

Oh I can be FUN, if you take the Dwarf Fortress definition, a good BOFH should be able to snap to CIRCUS CLOWN mode rapidly when crossed.

Hard to get the staff?

There seems to be an upward trend in what the IT staff are expected to do and a downward trend in what they can expect in return.

This corker of an ad was passed to me recently, I believe my exact reaction was that they consume a receptacle of phalluses.

Lost treasure of Atari REVEALED

Re: A lesson truly learned

Most good licensed games have not been tied-in. The Batman Arkham games weren't part of the film, Goldeneye came out some time after the film, Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People was really just a continuation of sbemail.

What great licensed games have been simultaneous releases? Anyone?

Oh God

He's touching it! With bare hands!

Google adds a sense of history to Street View with archive footage

Re: Fuzz!

Not fuzzy? Is it a sphinx?

95 floors in 43 SECONDS: Hitachi's new ultra-high-speed lift

Re: Comparison with Toyota Aygo

And with the counterweight it's uphill both ways!

Sorry London, Europe's top tech city is Munich

Re: Strange choice of graph type

I wonder if it was going to be a polar graph (which I've seen used for competencies and skills before) but at the last minute they put the same sort of data into a linear format?

I am shocked...

...shocked to discover that London is a bunch of stuffed shirts not doing any proper R&D.