Posts by jgarbo

Opera hits back at 'short seller' whose report claimed its 'predatory' microloan droid apps could hurt, er... investors

Re: What is this ?

Reminds me of a Harry Enfield skit...

"If you're sleeping with my wife I'll kill you!"

"You're not married. You're 13 yrs old."

"Well, when I do grow up and get married and if you're sleeping with my wife...where you goin'?"

When I went to school it was called jumping to conclusions, what the idiots in the class did...while we played chess.

Disclaimer: Running Opera 66 (Linux), Fast, VPN, AdBlock, Super Screenshot app, great Select Text app, sensible layout and menus.

Re: Tut, tut

Do you hang the prisoner before or after the trial in your kingdom?

Re: What is this ?

Lynx. Images, video, what are they?

Whirlybird-driving infosec boss fined after ranty Blackpool Airport air traffic control antics

Tobias might be big on the ground, but up there we're all equal.You wait your turn or someone gets killed.

Re: Arrogant dickhead

Dangerous dickhead. That kind of fool gets people killed.

LG announces bold new plan for financial salvation: Trying to actually make phones people want to buy

Re: Here is a phone I want to buy

Agreed. But you and how many friends? 25,000?

It's a no to ZFS in the Linux kernel from me, says Torvalds, points finger of blame at Oracle licensing

Re: Hypocritical

SCO? The Supreme Sewer (pun intended) of Computerland. I'm shocked...

Firefox 72: Floating videos, blocking fingerprints, and defeating notification pop-ups

Re: ? Critical Security Bug in 72.0 ?

Homeland Security are offering help with security? It's a trap.

Long-term Linux Mint: 19.3 release unchains the Gimp, adds HiDPI, is kind to your older, less-beefy kit

Re: 2020 will be...

Please remember: The Linux Corporation (;-) is not trying to dominate the Desktop. It fights without fighting, wins without winning. It cares not for accolades or the odd kudos. It simple is, in the Zen sense. If you want it, take it. If you don't, it feels no loss. It goes on...

Re: Gimp

GIMP to Glimpse placated the Snowflakes who limp after kicking an inflated football. I'd suggested LEER or OGLE but the Glimpse brigade won.

Hate speech row: Fine or jail anyone who calls people boffins, geeks or eggheads, psychology nerd demands

Re: these terms are "divisive and humiliating,"

The good doctor has it all wrong. It's not hate speech, it's hate language. English is a hateful language. Ban English under punishment of a good tongue lashing, say 50 whacks. Then we all speak Aramaic, the language of gentle Jesus, and become meek and mild. No words for nerd, boffin, etc. Problem solved.

Two can play that game: China orders ban on US computers and software

Re: Typical Chinese

The Great Stable Genius is playing 4D chess with the Chinese. They call it Tiddly-Winks.

Go champion retires after losing to AI, Richard Nixon deepfake gives a different kind of Moon-landing speech...

Re: AI Go.

And no more swimming. Dolphins are faster. I retire...

Google forks out $2.1bn for Fitbit – and promises not to exploit all that delicious health data to sling ads (honest)

Re: Health data is the missing piece for Google

This is not about hardware, it's about another piece in the IoT jigsaw picture: health, exercise activity, location habits. The walls are closing in. Your FitBit flashes a text...

"Quite a good run this morning, Joe. Ready for a thirst quencher, only 50 m along the street at Pep-Juice. Special today for successful 5km joggers."

WTF? Apple iPhones shrank by more than $22bn in fiscal '19

Re: The Thrill Is Gone

Both hands? Holding it wrong...

Mark Hurd is dead

Re: Dick Laurent is dead

Your epitaph suggestion: "Pour more treacle on my grave".

Don't be so Maduro: Adobe backs down (a little) on Venezuela sanctions blockade

Maduro, democratically elected, is running a government. Trump, not elected democratically but installed by a clique called the Electoral College, is running a regime. Are we clear now?

How bad is Catalina? It's almost Apple Maps bad: MacOS 10.15 pushes Cupertino's low bar for code quality lower still

"Apple's marketing group overrides engineering concerns." I read a similar post about Boeing awhile back. Luckily Mac's can't fly...

Stallman's final interview as FSF president: Last week we quizzed him over Microsoft visit. Now he quits top roles amid rape remarks outcry

Re: He should have stuck to what he knows

Arrogantness lasts longer than simple arrogance. (OED) ;-)

Valorous Vikram lunar lander – or Star Wreck: Enterprise? India's Moon craft goes all silent running during descent

Latest: Lander found. ISRO trying to reconnect. BTW, NASA's success rate for lunar missions: only 60%. So let's wait and see if they can restart the lander. That'd make India, 100% success rate...

China remains in pole position for electric vehicle uptake despite cuts to subsidies

Re: Common Sense by the Chinese.

Methanol has about 45% energy value of gasoline,ie fewer mpg, plus it's hygroscopic - rusts ferrous metals and accumulates water in tank and fuel lines. Not nice.

Re: Common Sense by the Chinese.

No at all.Old wives' tale. Pure H2 is inert. The "Hindenberg Syndrome" was Al203 paint ignited by a lightning strike, which then ignited escaping H2.

Clutching at its Perl 6, developer community ponders language name with less baggage

Re: Why not split the difference

Perl rape is a felony in Disneyland, punished by repeated showings of Elmer Fudd constantly outwitted by Bugs Bunny. Dear delicate Snowflakes may I offer some sage advice? RTFM!!!

Bloke who claimed he invented Bitcoin must hand over $5bn of e-dosh in court case. He can't. He's waiting for a time traveler to arrive

Well, there are BTC ATMs in many countries, You can buy stuff with BTC. And New Zealand, though not yet a nuclear hegemon, will allow salaries to be paid BTC. So I guess you could say BTC is usable.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/new-zealand-legalizes-cryptocurrency-salaries-including-bitcoin-2019-8-1028442320

Google security crew sheds light on long-running super-stealthy iOS spyware operation

Re: "We estimate that these sites receive thousands of visitors per week."

Mr Beer has inadvertently uncovered a state-sponsored honey pot. I suspect he was told how much to reveal, ie the malware and its eradication, but nothing more, or else...meanwhile new malware is being written and uploaded. The game goes on.

Re: Entire populations: State sponsored?

The US doesn't spy. It's a democracy. It protects...

GIMP open source image editor forked to fix 'problematic' name

Some Snowflake complained that Imp demeans "small folk" . Christ! So Snowflakes no longer "shit"; they "donate personal organic compost"...

Re: Eventually...

Further, some people are offensive and should be phased out of our existence. Want to see my list?

Re: Bring out the glimpse..

I've already explained to these Snowflake F**kers that "Glimpse", in my local dialect of Zombidongo means "espying the act of public sex with a reluctant farm animal", which is common in our region though illegal. Our town has demanded a name change or we will sue.

Cisco axes hundreds, shares tumble amid China cut-off – but we're winning the trade war, right? So much winning

Re: How can this be?

So, is stealing from a thief theft? And does improving the theft require royalties to the first thief or the original owner? US Theft law is complicated. i give up.

FBI, NSA to hackers: Let us be blunt. Weed need your help. We'll hire you even if you've smoked a little pot in the past

Re: New Acronym

I usually hear, "But I did not ejaculate". Is that permissible, too?

I could throttle you right about now: US Navy to ditch touchscreens after kit blamed for collision

Re: Based on my (Citroen) in car touch screen

We've added this very expensive kit for your convenience, but don't use it, it's very dangerous...

Re: Touch screens

Bring back the knob and the slider! And the big Red Stop button.

You can easily secure America's e-voting systems tomorrow. Use paper – Bruce Schneier

Re: Use paper...

Oh dear. Pen & paper are obvious. But how do we then rig the election in favor of our psychopathic warmongering idiot? Wake up! This is serious, not democratic.

Hey dudes, we need to start living together in Harmony: Huawei puffs up new distributed OS

Sun Tzu

"When faced with a superior enemy, befriend his allies with gifts and treaties. When he discovers he's alone, he will surrender or retreat."

Alexa, can you tell me how many Chinese kids were forced into working nights to build this unit?

Re: Children?

China's working age: 16.

Re: Children?

Another US backed anti-China play. US customer of renowned integrity, Amazon, orders slave driver Taiwanese maker, Foxxcon, to "just do it!" in their Chinese factory, with 16yr old workers. And China's the culprit? Plus, China Labor Watch is NYC based "NGO", income sources not shown (NED?). Well, at least they didn't blame the Russians.

F-35 'incomparable' to Harrier jump jet, top test pilot tells El Reg

Re: Hearts & minds propaganda, courtesy of MoD

Ah, yes, the "Sunshine factor" in inventive genius. Good point, sir.

Re: Hearts & minds propaganda, courtesy of MoD

"How come the Ruskies got a man into space before you Yanks, mate?"

"Their Germans were better than our Germans."

Apparently true story.

Another rewrite for 737 Max software as cosmic bit-flipping tests glitch out systems – report

Re: So...

"...an all-new aircraft, disguised to look like a 737..." No. A 30 yr old airframe with tacked-on new engines that don't fit. "Hand me the #11 shoe horn, Chuck, no-one will know the difference. Ha..."

Sailfish OS given a Jolla good buffing as version 3.1 bobs gently into port

Any LineageOS comparisons?

Has anyone tested it against Lineage OS?

https://lineageos.org

Doesn't handle my Note 4...

Boeing's 737 Max woes trigger BEEELLIONS in losses – and that's just for the latest quarter

Oh dear, will it be Freedom Fries again, after the last French disagreement? Will Melania be shopping at Walmart to fly the flag for MAGA? Will Boeing go back to designing wonderful aircraft with engineers instead of accountants? So many questions but just one answer. No.

Microsoft demos end-to-end voting verification system ElectionGuard, code will be on GitHub

Re: "there is little cause for optimism"

So the open source code is the same as the voting code? And Santa Claus will oversee it with the help of his reindeer...

Tesla’s Autopilot losing track of devs crashing out of 'leccy car maker

Re: Autonomous driving is months, years, or decades away

So how does the ad go? "Autonomous driving with no more than 10 deaths or injuries per 100 miles". Tough sell.

Re: Autonomous driving is months, years, or decades away

Switch off your AutoRead for this story, go Manual.

Did you buy a hot Asus Rog Strix notebook? Like, really hot? Like, super hot? Like, ow-ow-ow my lap's on fire hot?

Re: Under a proposed settlement [PDF] submitted this week to a California...

It's Business 101: Profit, profit and profit. A bit like Economics 101: This works perfectly if we exclude people.

Is it the psychological distance of corporations? We can't see our customers only our products so the products must be right.

Queen Elizabeth has a soggy bottom: No, the £3.1bn aircraft carrier, what the hell did you think we meant?

Re: Trim options and the sticker price

Ah, just one engine over a wide (and deep) ocean, Yes, Minister would call that "courageous"...

Re: RN waives the rules!

And tell me again, memory fading, what is all this suppose to do to pay for itself? Are we back to privateering to cover expenses, like old Drake and Raleigh?

Re: There it is...!

Couldn't they just use Harriers? Oops...

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

Re: Unfortunately I am not staggered

This is not bad code, it's bad policy, therefore the blame/responsibility falls on the owner/manager of the operation, not the Indian on three chapatis a day. The US white men were lazy or stupid or both.