Posts by Mark Exclamation

Hegseth needs to go to secure messaging school, report says

The whole administration has already colluded to throw an Admiral under the bus. I'm surprised there aren't mass resignations from the services.

Waymo chalks up another four-legged casualty on San Francisco streets

Re: Animals can't handle cars.

So it was a doe, then?

Re: The ghost of Tirebiter?

I'm not sure I agree with your last sentence.....

SAP's migration narrative suddenly looks messy as Kingfisher goes off-script

I reckon SAP users should ditch that bastard of a company and switch to Oracle. Oh, wait.....

From Intel to the infinite, Pat Gelsinger wants Christian AI to change the world

Re: Absurdity with high chances of success

"God is good. Jesus is Lord. This world has issues, mostly due to people...."

How convenient! Whenever someone/people in a disaster of some description are saved/don't die, it's always god who saves them. But it's NEVER god who causes it in the first place! I really hate religion.

Jaguar Land Rover cyber-meltdown tipped to cost the UK almost £2B

I wonder if this will make them pay attention to their backups, now?

NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars so far

We could ask the Chinese to bring the American samples back with them, bit like a Didi/Uber ride....

Flu jab email mishap exposes hundreds of students' personal data

"I emailed the school about it and they said an error had been made," she said. "The link had been removed from Bromcom, which is an intranet system for the school. This put my child's safety at risk."

- someone is creating evidence for a lawsuit - payout$ time......

Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not

Re: I remember a time...

You're obviously fairly young, then.

Absolutely fabless: Trump derails TSMC's China chip-building effort

Re: So let me get this right....

What makes you think he's dodging orange coffins...?

DOGE accused of duplicating critical Social Security database on unsecured cloud

I'd say it's safe to assume that multiple copies of the NUMIDENT database are already out there in the wild, along with much else of the data that DOGE was playing with. The US is totally screwed.

Only ISPs get to determine what constitutes 'affordable' broadband, says team Trump

I find it incredulous that American billionaires and corporations hate poor people so much.

Kremlin goons caught abusing ISPs to spy on Moscow-based diplomats, Microsoft says

Re: Another bullshit hypocritical article in the Register

Is there someone forcing you to visit The Register? You know, the site you so obviously despise. If someone is forcing you, maybe we can help, you just have to ask. If not, you know what the alternative is.....

Thousands of NASA senior staffers expected to quit after budget slashed

The end of the USA as a technology leader is here. China is snapping at their heels, but also ahead in some/many areas. Russia isn't even in the competition. But at least the USA will have their god. And prayers. And billionaires.

Feds brag about hefty Oracle discount – licensing experts smell a lock-in

Re: Bribe

100% disagree with you. I could have a lot of other stuff to say, but a moderator would pull it, so I'll leave it at that.

NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets

Don't worry, all this research will soon be abandoned, to be replaced by a priest.

China just two years behind USA on chip design, says White House tech Czar

“To be sure we should name our security requirements, but our friends and allies are eager to comply with those security requirements.”

What friends and allies?

Probability of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon increases

"Russia and China have announced plans for a human presence on the Moon....."

Russia???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, that's the funniest thing I've read today.

VodafoneThree's a crowd – now comes the hard bit

By the time they get their 5G system rolled out, 5G will have been long-superceded.

More layoffs at Microsoft as axe falls in Washington

I can see that Microsoft is having a really hard time being able to afford workers.

Billions of cookies up for grabs as experts warn over session security

Advice from NordVPN?! Ha, the only VPN company that has been hacked.....

Oracle's $40B Nvidia hardware haul may be too hot for OpenAI's Abilene, Texas DC to handle

Re: What?

I wonder if prayers generate electricity? If they do, it'll be the only thing they're useful for.

DARPA zaps popcorn with laser power beamed 5.3 miles through air

I'll bet the Chinese are waaaaaay beyond this, only they're not telling anyone.

Chip bans? LOL! Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough GPUs for future AI model training

Re: Smart people can be anywhere

I think you'll find he was Korean.

Your graphics card's so fat, it's got its own gravity alert

Re: It's difficult to see this...

What????

Musk’s DOGE probed by top watchdog after poking around Uncle Sam's systems

Executive order disbanding the GAO coming in 5.....4......3......2......

Boeing offloads some software businesses to private equiteer Thoma Bravo

"CEO Kelly Ortberg said the deal “ is an important component of our strategy to focus on core businesses, supplement the balance sheet and prioritize the investment grade credit rating.”" I see "quality" is still not amongst their priorities. Will they ever learn?

IBM dragged down by DOGE contract cancellation roulette

Is there no compensation payable when a contract is cancelled?

EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits

Re: Good practice

You forgot Norway and Sweden (The Vikings), Italy (the Romans), and Genghis Khan (and probably many others).

White House budget proposal could beam NASA science back decades

America doesn't need science any more. God did it all. That's all they need to know.

Tech CEO: Four-day work week didn't hurt or help productivity

"...but we've been able to work around this by hiring extra people to improve our coverage." So there has been a cost to the company to switch to a four day week. I suspected you don't get something for nothing.

The Reg translates the letter in which Oracle kinda-sorta tells customers it was pwned

"I recommend anyone which uses Oracle cloud to initiate a migration to other more reputable, organized, secured and honest vendors," he said. Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with this advice, I think it will fall on deaf ears; for most people it will be just too difficult and expensive, oh, and Oracle has advised that everything is just fine, which must be true. So, no change here, then.

Trump tariffs thwart TikTok takeover as China digs in heels

Re: Yes no one should trust Trump

"Trump is an unethical and unreliable negotiating partner. You can't trust any promises he makes, because he feels no shame in going back against them the next day if it serves his purposes or makes him feel powerful". Sounds just like Putin. No wonder they get along so well together.

Oracle says its cloud was in fact compromised

"Otherwise the biz may face a fine of between two and four percent of global revenue." If that happens, you can be sure tariffs will go up by 20%.

Americans set to pay more on all imports: Trump activates blanket tariffs

He doesn't actually have the intelligence to work "tactically". What you see is what you get. In IT talk, this administration is JBOD - Just a Bunch Of Dunces.

Dell sheds ten percent of staff for the second year in a row

Sorry, I thought you were talking about IBM. Oh wait, you were talking about ALL US companies....

Tech suppliers await final grade as Trump prepares to flunk Department of Education

Seems that way, because certainly Trump and "Jaydee" sure as hell don't have any.

IBM US cuts may run deeper than feared ‒ and the jobs are heading to India

I wonder if VP Trump knows that IBM are sending jobs offshore, rather than employing MORE AMERICANS!? Oh yeah, I'm sure IBM have made a sizeable donation to Trump's favo(u)rite charity.

Trump orders all government IT contracts consolidated under GSA

Re: 'appropriate kickbacks' rule the nest.

Exactly this - there won't be any more voting in the good ole US of A. Those were the good old days....

Oracle Cloud says it's not true someone broke into its login servers and stole data

I'm torn here. Hackers are scumbags and should be locked up. But Oracle is also a scumbag, and I'm not sure who is worse. There is some delicious irony here.

Tesla Cybertruck recall #8: Exterior trim peels itself off, again

Re: Tesla has issued its eighth Cybertruck recall

And all of which countries will be subject to tariffs if said crappy vehicle is not allowed in.

Crew-9 splashes down while NASA floats along with Trump and Musk nonsense

DUSA

The Dis-United States of America......

CISA: We didn't fire red teams, we just unhired a bunch of them

Re: In effect, reducing voting security...

I think you'll find it's more than that. Trump (and his moronic mates) will be working on a way to prevent there ever being another election in the US so they can remain in power forever. That's why they're so happy to talk to Putin; they're getting ideas and recommendations.

ASML will open Beijing facility despite US sanctions on China

Are you related to amanfrommars1?

No peace for Gandi this past weekend, after storage SNAFU breaks email and more

These days, I don't believe a single word Musk says. I am also disappointed he is associated with SpaceX, because I think SpaceX is great. It's funny how association can muddy one's perception. Musk didn't even start Tesla (he conned and bullied his way to ownership) but I can't help but hope everything he is associated with fails, and Tesla seems to be heading that way.

Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'

Q: How do you know when President Musk, VP Trump and some idiot who is so juvenile that he calls himself JD are lying? A: Their lips are moving, and sounds are emanating from their vocal chords.

Ex-SAP CTO walks away with €7.1M payout after scandal

Excellent. Precedent shows that if I sexually harass someone, I'll get a $7.5million payout. Now, where's my victim...?

Mega council officers had no idea what they were buying ahead of Oracle fiasco

Re: Colour me surprised. Not.

That's exactly what I thought; we've got someone with a PhD working in a really shit admin position, just doing basic, menial tasks. Can't understand why they would want to take such a position.

France tops China’s tokamak record with 22-minute plasma containment run

I read an article a while ago (no idea where so I can't link to it) where it said (assuming you pay someone to do the cleaning) the cost of cleaning solar panels will never be recouped by the extra electricity generated as a result of the cleaner panels. The conclusion was, never clean solar panels as it's not economically viable.

Already three years late, NHS finance system replacement delayed again

By the time they get the "new" system up and running, support for it will be withdrawn due to its age, so it will need replacing.......