* Posts by JQJ

11 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Feb 2015

Techie saved the day and was then criticized for the fix

JQJ

Re: see title

Use the "Send corrections" link (https://www.theregister.com/Author/Email/corrections?message=re:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theregister.com/2024/04/05/on_call/) at the top of the Comments page to report this. That usually gets reacted to quite fast. Don't bother now anymore, I' ve already done it. :-)

JQJ

Re: Where's the ON CALL: tag

Use the "Send corrections" link (https://www.theregister.com/Author/Email/corrections?message=re:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theregister.com/2024/04/05/on_call/) at the top of the Comments page to report this. That usually gets reacted to quite fast. Don't bother now anymore, I' ve already done it. :-)

What's up with IT, Doc? Rabbit hole reveals cause of outage

JQJ

I'm not an electrician, but as far as I can see an RCD (residual-current device), RCCB (residual-current circuit breaker), Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFI, GFCI) are synonyms for what in German is called an Fehlerstromschutzschaltung. In Dutch it is called an aardlekschakelaar, verliesstroomschakelaar, differentieelschakelaar or aardwachter, although I've never heard that last one used in Belgium (Flanders). In French it is called an interrupteur différentiel as far as I know.

JQJ.

It's been 230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metric system

JQJ

Re: That explains...

In Dutch the colloquial term for a glass of lager ("pils", Pilzener), also known as a "pint" (in Dutch) is a "pintje", literally: a small glass of lager, and indeed pronounced as 'pin-cha. As already stated, this glass can be either 25 or 33 cl. In the Netherlands the usual glass of lager is a "fluitje" (in Dutch), but that holds only 20 or 22 cl of lager.

In the south of Germany, they laugh at these quantities: you'll usually get a 50 cl glass of beer when ordering one. During the Oktoberfest in Munich you'll probably get a 1 l glass or stone jug.

TOR Browser 12 released with support for Albanian, Ukrainian

JQJ

Android version also available.

An Android version with the same version number is also available, both on Google Play and F-Droid. The respective .APK versions can also be downloaded directly from the Tor project website: https://www.torproject.org/download/#android.

'IwlIj jachjaj! Incoming LibreOffice 7.3 to support Klingon and Interslavic

JQJ

Subtitles.

With the subtitles turned on.

You forced me to use this fancypants app and now you're asking for a printout?

JQJ

Re: I guess I’m just lucky

I have to quarter the usual cetirizine daily dose (10 mg) by hand to ~2,5 mg with a tablet cutter and take it at night to avoid drowsiness during the day. The usual dose of levocetirizine (5 mg) does not have that effect, not even when taken in the morning.

The Ministry of Silly Printing: But I don't want my golf club correspondence to say 'UNCLASSIFIED' at the bottom

JQJ
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Re: Way Back...

As have us foreigners!

Go to L: A man of the cloth faces keyboard conundrum

JQJ

Spelling (-1).

Edsger W. Dijkstra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_Dijkstra).

Netgear prodded into patching SOHOpeless broadband router

JQJ

New firmware available.

A new firmware is available: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29959

HTH.

JQJ.

For pity's sake, you fool! DON'T UPGRADE it will make it worse

JQJ

US International.

I don't know about iMac, OSX or Parallels, but in the Windows environment I would suggest using the US International keyboard layout. HTH.

J.