Posts by smileypete

Beat it, freetards! Dyn to shut down no-cost dynamic DNS next month

I use afraid.org and dnsexit.com, plus whatismyip.akamai.com, great for freetard dns for family PC support using VNC single click.

Also use a batch file to automate the update with curl and whatismyip.akamai.com

BT workers cuffed over fake overtime and moonlighting claims

Re: Ah, clever...

Use the clamping fines from the pretend company as proof of overtime hours worked?

BT Tower is just a relic? Wrong: It relays 18,000hrs of telly daily

Re: £50

Proops Brothers are still around:

http://www.proopsbrothers.com/history.html

(Bought some very nice box jointed stainless pliers and cutters a few years back for £not much)

Fraudster gets ten years after selling fake 'ionic charge' bomb detectors

Didn't anyone think to open one up?

Windows XP support ends a year from … now!

Re: Windows XP was considered a failure when it was first introduced

Same here, XP SP3 + no updates + Avast free + daily 'Image for Windows' backups do for me.

Have gone for up to 3 months between reboot with no problems. Nowadays do a daily reboot as am running 'enhanced write filter', and no swapfile either.