* Posts by PCPuss

8 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Apr 2013

UK's CASH POINTS to MISS Windows XP withdrawal date

PCPuss
Stop

convenience of our clients

Banks don't have customers or clients; they have prisoners. When I started work 42 years ago, you were paid cash weekly in a brown envelope with no need for a bank account. I know of quite a few friends who have landed a job, and been 'let go' two weeks later because they could not get a bank account due to all the document action and references required, so they could actually be paid for hard graft. My personal account gives me nothing, no overdraft, no interest, zilch. I get paid, take my money out and that is it. So 'financial institution assistants', please stop moaning about necessary costs that will obviously affect your bonus...

Valve pal iBuyPower touts cut-price Steam box as powerful as PS4 or Xbox

PCPuss

Brilliant. In the midst of all that technobabble, the voice of reality! It doesn't matter what its got or hasn't got, if it does what you want...

Need the loo AND need to build a website? There's an app for that

PCPuss

Templates

Templates? Free? My hand-coded website costs less than £80 per year including my domain name, which is less than the price of a half pint of beer a week. And try using PHP and MySQL with them! I used Dreamweaver a few years ago. Bad move. Ever tried to debug Dreamweaver generated code? And as for antisocial fb & Twitter? Rant over!!!

It's now or never for old sysadmins to learn new tricks

PCPuss

Re: What he said

Ha! Got the T-shirt...

Admen's suggested tweaks to Do Not Track filed straight into the bin

PCPuss

aaarrghh...

Picture the scenario. I just *accidentally* visited a porn website. The next evening my wife borrows my laptop and all the ads are naked women.......

Reg boffins: Help us answer this Big Blue RAID data recovery poser

PCPuss

Re: Error Correction For Dummies

Well. That's easy for you to say...

PCPuss

Cripes - reminds me of some relational algebra I did at uni a few years ago (I am 57) and I still haven't got a clue...

Moist iPhone fanbois tempted with golden Apple shower offer

PCPuss

Motorola RAZR's had that tape circle about 10 years ago. It was under the battery...