Posts by Polardog

Galileo, here we go again. My my, the Brits are gonna miss EU

Re: Brexit means Brexit

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmfaff/writev/commonwealth/com04.htm

Re: Brexit means Brexit

80% of British exports go to the EU?

Rubbish, total fabrication.

Re: Brexit means Brexit

Rubbish, get your head out of your ass.

can't see this is all bluff and bluster. If it does end up meaning we go our way, so be it. I have every faith our engineers will come up with a quirky British way of doing it and end up being superior, as always.

Five things you need to know about Microsoft's looming Windows 10 Spring Creators Update

Install Ubuntu or fedora then install steam,or gog.com

Re: This Timeline thing

I just game on Linux now, so I miss a few games, there are lots of quality releases on Linux now.

Hold on to your aaSes: Yup, Windows 10 'as a service' is incoming

Console for games, I mean at least they ain't data mining you the whole time.

I turned to fedora a couple of years ago, a much more productive os that just works and keeps it is the way.

I boot to Windows one or truce twice a month on another pc if I need to, this is becoming less and less.

It gets worse: Microsoft’s Spectre-fixer wrecks some AMD PCs

No, plenty of modern variations sell in use.

Windows 10 S: Good, bad, and how this could get ugly for PC makers

Re: Blanket Laptops.....

Those spills from exotica videos might leave some yucky stains!

Post Unity 8 Ubuntu shock? Relax, Linux has been here before

Re: Linux sucks

Fedora just works for me, BC windows 10 just spies on me.

Microsoft promises twice-yearly Windows 10, O365 updates – with just 18 months' support

Urgh Microsoft are just so scummy.

When i can be bothered i am deleting my final win 7 machine.

Re: Dear gods...

Cinnamon is more like win 7 than win 10 is.

At least the settings are in one logical place for starters.

Re: Dear gods...

Tldr but But the Linux desktop is something of a stability nightmare

My fedora desktop the last 3 years, not a single crash.

Microsoft raises pistol, pulls the trigger on Windows 7, 8 updates for new Intel, AMD chips

Fedora is my main os, i have kept a win 7 installation but i am going to nuke this too.

Ms can do one.

Apple’s premium TV plans – the hobby doomed to stay that way

Yet another subscription i will be expected to have if i want to watch everything?

This just drives piracy, no one wants 4,5,6 different subscriptions

Governments could introduce 'made by humans' tags - legal report

Robots will fix themselves.

Just who will be the consumers, the 1%?

Re: Child labour?

Probably saw it on the bleeding heart piece sky news ran a couple of weeks back.

Facebook, Google, etc: Yeah, yeah, we'll work on the nasty stuff about bombs – but we ain't doing no backdoors

If you can only get the right hashtags, it's easy then. Duh!

Douglas Coupland: The average IQ is now 103 and the present is melting into the future

You mean modern man is lazy.

Germany to Facebook, Twitter: We are *this* close to fining you €50m unless you delete fake news within 24 hours

You will tow the party line,or else.

Microsoft nicks one more Apple idea: An ad-supported OS

I have a legacy Windows 7 installation for some older games. Everything else is now done via fedora. I won't buy any games now that aren't Linux ready.

Radioactive leak riddle: Now Team America sniffs Europe's skies for iodine isotope source

Can it be used in a dirty bomb?

UK defence secretary: Russian hacks are destabilising Western democracy

Rubbish, stop being sneaky fraudulent self serving gits and you wouldn't have a problem.

Parliamentary Trump-off? Pro-Donald petition passes 100k signatures

Re: nice!

Most people don't really care it's only the little snowflakes and z listers that make a fuss. The world keeps turning! Why not bang on about Jews being banned from traveling to 16 different nations all Islamic.

Lily Allen? Ha ha

'I AM TWEETING TRUTH TO POWER: AND YOU CAN'T STOP MY FACTS, MR PRESIDENT!'

So glad I am old.

Make America, wait, what again? US Army may need foreign weapons to keep up

Re: Military-industrial 101

when we cracked the German enigma cipher?

Stop watching Hollywood garbage, the UK cracked the code and used it to draw the USA into the war.