Posts by don't you hate it when you lose your account

Founders of medical science upstart uBiome once likened to Theranos now indicted for, you guessed it, fraud

Shocked

Such good examples of a fine money making scam should be treated this way.

Surely public office should be thrust on them.

I think my sarcasm glad just ruptured.

America's Supremes give Facebook nothing but heartaches: Top court won't stop '$15bn wiretap' lawsuit

When?

Will these peeping toms be finally slapped down and told "THIS IS WRONG". If any judge has any doubt this is unacceptable then I want the right to install CCTV in their house/car/office and follow them round. With impunity.

Chairman, CEO of Nominet ousted as member rebellion drives .uk registry back to non-commercial roots

Re: Excellent news!

They simply carried on in the same vein as before. The definition of bad management.

Apple accused of unfairly banishing Watch keyboard app for the visually impaired from its software souk

Software that helps people banned

Nothing less than disgusting behaviour fueled by disgusting greed

Watch it go: World's smallest self-folding origami bird that reminds us we were promised nanobots at some point

Fascinating

Wonderful work

Listen to The Sound of Perseverance: Not the death metal album, but NASA's Mars rover on the move

Re: Helicopter?

Whirlybirds on Mars.

Re: Nothing there...

Speak for yourself, totally wonderful from my side.

Partial beer print horror as Microsoft's printer bug fix, er, doesn't

I'm sorry

Laughing. Can't type

Big problem: Nominet members won't know how many votes they're casting in decision to oust CEO, chair

Re: Personal interests well before corporate

Once found to be totally untrustworthy a successful life awaits in politics

In the lab: Robotic AI-powered exoskeletons to help disabled people move freely without implants

It's the wrong

Trousers Grommet

Desperate Nominet chairman claims member vote to fire him would spark British government intervention

Re: I'm pondering how bad "government control" would really be

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Do you want nominet to be hacked.

Re: Citation needed

The stars will fall from the sky and the oceans of the world will boil. I was told by a GIF of a burning bush. Or some such bollocks.

Once unemployed I'm sure they'll do well setting up the church of the dot come

Raspberry Pi Foundation boss waves off listing rumours, says biz discussions may have been 'over-interpreted'

Re: Speculation Factory

I think I just got down voted by the CEO of nominet. I will treasure that down vote

Re: Speculation Factory

They even admit their failures. That's so not nominet

Smart doorbells on business premises make your property more attractive to burglars, warns researcher

Surprised

Marketing is based on lies. Who'd a guessed

US govt indicted me because I make privacy tools, says crypto-chat app CEO accused of helping drug smugglers

the deadliest drug epidemic in our nation’s history.

Actually that was big pharmaceutical companies, lies for profit. Without proof that they knowingly sold to criminals then there's bugger all merit in the case, unless they decide to use the same principle to do the same to the likes of Smith and western. Now that would be interesting.

Google’s site reliability senseis offer to train you in their mystical ways

journey toward readiness

Sounds a bit like a religious teaching. But depending on the t&c's , could be a very useful service. With the state of IT only a fool thinks they have all the bases coverd.

Gummy bears as a unit of measure? The Reg Standards Soviet will not stand for this sort of silliness

Re: Football Fields

If I remember rightly the Olympic swimming pool built in Leeds turned out to be too small to be classed as an Olympic pool.

End is nigh for iMac Pro as Apple stops offering custom configs of high-spec desktop

Duck, cheese grater, apple

Have I wandered in to the food forum. How I miss Lester and his international hang over cures

Remember that day in 2020 when you were asked to get the business working from home – by tomorrow?

Re: I was telling customers....

Upvote for saying it as it is. God only knows how my stinkpad keeps going

NASA shows Mars that humans can drive a remote control space tank at .01 km/h

Re: Nothing there...

Pretty sure I can see my house from up there

Drives like

My mum. But luckily she doesn't have the lasers.

SolarWinds just keeps getting worse: New strain of backdoor malware found in probe

Another day

Another dollar

I haven't bought new pants for years, why do I have to keep buying new PCs?

So many tales

Say you work in IT in a social situation and shity kit/phones appear like magic. Best to say your a proctologist, unlikely they ask you to stick your finger up their arse in the pub, but your milage may vary.

Hacking is not a crime – and the media should stop using 'hacker' as a pejorative

Splitting hairs

Masturbation is not a crime, unless you do it in your local supermarket. It's the intent and circumstances of your actions that make it a crime. And good luck with trying to educate the standard journalist.

Python Package Index nukes 3,653 malicious libraries uploaded soon after security shortcoming highlighted

Tip of the iceberg

How long has this been flagged as a problem? Upstream poisoning is a major problem and other than turning off the Internet is going to be a total bugger to sort out.

Excel-lent: Microsoft debuts low-code Power Fx language... but it is not really new

I feel the fear

Of millions of IT support screaming

Pressure builds on Nominet as members demand to know leadership's contingency plans for when they’re fired

Re: How did we get here?

So I'll spank yours if you spank mine

Re: If only...

I personally think your being a bit easy on them.

Linux Mint emits fix for memory-gobbling Cinnamon – and future version may insist on some updates

Providing

The upgrade is not totally hardwired so it can't be turned off (mooning at you MS). Keeping mint upgraded is simplicity and I do, but don't force me.

Choose your fighter! March Mammal Madness pits poor, innocent critters against each other in mortal combat

My cat

Game over

Seagate UK customer stung by VAT on replacement drive shipped via the Netherlands

Re: But, but

Apparently the British fish are much happier now

Robots that take out your garbage? Oh What A Feeling, says Toyota as it opens its very own smart city

assisted living facilities

Do you have to be elderly or is it ok if your just too lazy to get another beer?

SpaceX small print on Starlink insists no Earth government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities

Re: What a surprise

Me thinks he should think before he speaks. How much did his mouth just lose him on crypto trading :0

Nominet sets the date for extraordinary meeting where members could fire CEO

Fixed the errors

“We would lose our most self serving leaders. The instability and damage they caused reduced our ability to retain or attract the highly-skilled staff we need to run the service our members rely on. There is a real risk that Government stakeholders will wake up and see Nominet’s governance model is fit for purpose: placing our future jobs at risk and ensuring the futer success of .UK.”

Microsoft sides with media groups, together they urge Europe to follow Australia's lead, make Google, Facebook pay for news article links

Two minds

This had to happen, wish it'd been much sooner. But still feel it's tilted to protect the old monopoly. Maybe they should include a clause which makes the likes of Fox pay to publish lies. That seems fair

€121,000 YOGA Book Android is 'priced right' says Lenovo

Re: Out of stock or sold out?

A well laid blow sir.

Texas blacks out, freezes, and even stops sending juice to semiconductor plants. During a global silicon shortage

To quote the man

Shit hole.

Don't scream at me, talk to the man

Co-founder of coronavirus vaccine biz holds in-person tech event... 20+ attendees later test positive for COVID-19

Coughs and sneezes

Spread diseases.

Me parents taught me that. Didn’t take multiple degrees to learn it.

Watch this space: Apple offers free repairs for the self-bricking Apple Watch SE and Series 5 wearables

Wind it up?

Easy

"Your an overpriced piece of tat bought by fan boys"

That should do it

Luckily

I've always hated watches. So that's £20 for a good bottle of wine, or a wine cellar if we're talking the apple version :)

Forgot Valentine's Day? Never mind, today marks 75 years of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

About time

There was an article that didn't make me feel old :)

Housekeeping and kernel upgrades do not always make for happy bedfellows

Thanks for the memories

Had a similar experience with the apricot kit, think I had a mental block from that job due to the pain (was also my first experience of MS Basic)

Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai get back on the phone with Australia for more pay-for-news talks

War of the monopolies

While something like this is long overdue, this round does feel like the old monopoly fighting the new. Hopefully the end result is all of them will be given a bit of a spanking. Play fair and stop playing the victim.

Looking for the perfect Valentine's gift? How about a week of retro gaming BBC Microlympics?

Re: Age ranges

It's about encouraging kids.... not kicking their asses. :D????!!@@??

As a parent I have to say winning is the game here. Just one small victory please.

We know it's hard to get your kicks at work – just do it away from a wall switch powering anything important

Dodgy power strip

Finally got to the bonus level in bubble bobble, stamp feet in joy. All goes off. Never did get there again.

Microsoft tells Biden administration to adopt Australia’s pay-for-news plan

Ummm

This looks like a bill to help the old monopoly (big news corps) get back at the new monopoly (big tech). The devil will be in the small print.

UK.gov awards seats on £2bn 'digital outcomes' framework to suppliers – one of which doesn't even have a website

I specialise in

Underwear realignment compatibility utilising an agile pocket shuffling interface development.

Where should I send my bank details and is it compulsory to live in a ditch?

Nominet vows to freeze wages and prices, boost donations, and be more open. For many members, it’s too little, too late

Okay

We accept we're crap, so everyone should just forget the whole thing and stop being so mean to us.

Sums it up

VMware very strongly suggests TPM for all servers in tightened vSphere security guide

technical marketing architect?

Even Google translate was no use.