Well the BOFH had a run in (or two) with a motorised death machine a few years ago
Posts by Ochib
381 publicly visible posts • joined 22 Mar 2016
Husqvarna ports Doom to a robot lawnmower – not, thankfully, its chainsaws
City council megaproject to spend millions for manual work Oracle system was meant to do
Out with the old, in with the new as 100 Starlink satellites take atmospheric exit
Whether to move off Oracle is the $100M+ question for Europe's largest public body
Perfect timing... US Navy throws Boeing $103M to update its sub recon jets
Fujitsu will not bid for UK.gov business until Post Office inquiry closes
Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140K for sending 80M+ spams
New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it's the law
Philips recalls 340 MRI machines because they may explode in an emergency
Musk floats idea of boat mod for Cybertruck
PLACEHOLDER ONLY Someone please write witty headline here
BOFH: Monitor mount moans end in Beancounter beatdown
Wanted: Driver for rocket-powered Bloodhound Land Speed Record car
Gas supplier blames 'rogue' code for Channel Island outage
Tweaked Space Shuttle Main Engine gets ready for final testing
How is this problem mine, techie asked, while cleaning underground computer
Last rites for the UK's Online Safety Bill, an idea too stupid to notice it's dead
BOFH: Zen and the art of battery replacement
Re: Danger of escalation alert
It’s not illegal to own an e-bike with a power output exceeding 250 Watts, or where the electrical assistance doesn’t cut off at 25kph. However, it is illegal to ride it as you would a standard bike (without it being registered and insured like a moped), on a public highway – this includes both roads and off-road rights of way such as bridleways and byways.
Unregistered and uninsured e-bikes that do not conform to regulations can only be ridden on private land where the public doesn’t have access, with the permission of the landowner.
Bad software destroyed my doctor's memory
Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy
Framework starts taking orders for 16-inch repairable, upgradeable laptop
Post-Brexit tariffs on cross EU-UK electrical vehicle imports still going ahead
NASA and miners face off over lithium deposits at satellite calibration site
UK government hands CityFibre £318M for rural broadband builds
Comms watchdog to probe errors that left Brits unable to make emergency calls
Cisco: Don't use 'blind spot' – and do use 'feed two birds with one scone'
Fed up with Python setup and packaging? Try a shot of Rye
An earlier supply chain attack led to the 3CX supply chain attack, Mandiant says
Do you use comms software from 3CX? What to do next after biz hit in supply chain attack
3CX do off-Prem PBX as well
"3CX Hosted and StartUP users do not need to update their servers as we will be updating them over the night automatically. Servers will be restarted and the new Electron App MSI/DMG will be installed on the server. We recommend that you DO NOT install or deploy the Electron App. This update is only to ensure that the trojan has been removed from the 3CX Server where Desktop Apps are stored and in case any users decide to deploy the app anyway. During the restart there might be disruption for a few minutes while we restart your server."
Scottish space upstart's rocket crashes into the drink
In a time before calculators, going the extra mile at work sometimes didn't add up
Re: Of course, Britain went decimal shortly afterwards!
Horses are still bought and sold at public auction in the UK in Guineas.
The buyer bids in guineas and will pay the full value of their bid, that is to say £1.05 for every guinea, the seller will only receive £1 for every guinea, with the spare 5p traditionally being kept as the auctioneer’s commission. Take for example a horse sold at auction for 1,000 guineas. In this instance the buyer would pay £1,050 (1,000 x £1.05), the seller would receive £1,000 with the auction house then retaining £50. In a way, this does make it simple for the seller to keep track of how much they will receive for the horse, as they merely need to convert the guinea value directly into pounds using a one to one conversion.
BOFH: Where do you think you are going with that toner cartridge?
Re: We had the opposite ...
Rincewind had one bucket of coal delivered per Job Title he had, as the famous wizzard has 19; he get 19 buckets per day, one for each role he fills--in the summer, his office is an inferno, since if he does not burn all his coal, he will receive no more--in line with Ridcully's order that to receive a replacement, one must use up all of the previous supply of anything
Supercomputer lab swaps lead-acid UPS batteries for alkaline gear
Buying a USB adapter: Pennies. Knowing where to stick it: Priceless
South Yorkshire to test fiber broadband through water pipes
India bans drone imports to help local manufacturers take off
Boffins demonstrate a different kind of floppy disk: A legless robot that hops along a surface
Leaked footage shows British F-35B falling off HMS Queen Elizabeth and pilot's death-defying ejection
Boffins find way to use a standard smartphone to find hidden spy cams
Say what you see: Four-letter fun on a late-night support call
Config cockup leaves Reg reader reaching for the phone
Euro Parliament backs ban on cops using blanket facial-recognition surveillance
Is it a bridge? Is it a ferry? No, it's the Newport Transporter
Tech contractors fume over payday outage at Giant Pay after it sniffs 'suspicious activity'
Update
Looks like there is more to this than meets the eye
"Upon detection of suspicious activity on our network on 22nd September 2021, we immediately assembled a response team including IT data experts and specialist lawyers, and we are currently working with the highest priority to resolve this issue. As part of the investigation and as a measure of caution, we have proactively taken our systems offline and suspended all services temporarily. We are also liaising with regulatory bodies to investigate and remediate the situation. We can confirm that our databases are encrypted.
As an interim measure, and to ensure that payment is made to your account on 24 September, we will pay you the same amount that was paid to you last week. This will be paid via Faster Pay and will be in your account by the end of the day. As soon as possible, we will confirm that your payroll is back to normal. We appreciate that this is not ideal, but we wanted to ensure that you receive a payment.
We apologise for the disruption and appreciate your patience whilst we investigate this matter and work to restore functionality."
https://www.giantpay.co.uk/