* Posts by bouvin

3 publicly visible posts • joined 16 May 2015

HP exec says quiet part out loud when it comes to locking in print customers

bouvin

I am currently unfortunately in the possession of a HP inkjet printer (though not in the clutches of their subscription model). As soon as the ink runs out, I’m buying a Brother laserprinter.

One of my favourite gadgets is my Hewlett-Packard HP-15C – which is still going strong 36 years after I bought it (currently on its second set of batteries). It is regrettable that the company did not continue along its old path of engineering excellence.

Longstanding bug in Linux kernel floppy handling fixed

bouvin

Re: 1.9MB floppies

> I remember being given the 28 (?) disk version of OS/2 Warp to install... it failed because my laptop for some reason had a SCSI interface built in, which couldn't be disabled, and which OS/2 Warp tried to configure and failed. I still have that box here somewhere...

As I recall, IBM was quite free with giving out the OS/2 Warp install kits, which was great as a student, as blank floppies were expensive.

Mad Max: Fury Road – two hours of nonstop, utterly insane fantasy action

bouvin

Saw it this Thursday. Easily one of the best action flicks I have ever seen. Not as low key as the original by any means, but hilariously fun and stunningly beautiful. That it has MRAs in a hissy fit is just a bonus.

This is what the Heavy Metal movie should have been.