Posts by Wincerind

Trump guts digital ID rules, claims they help 'illegal aliens' commit fraud

Re: Addendum

How dare you call me nobody

Musk and Trump take slap fight public as bromance ends

Re: Natural born?

Oh I protest. Even Boris, compared to the current incumbent, would bring a little sanity.

Paul McCartney, Elton John, other creatives demand AI comes clean on scraping

Re: Debate?

Well that's an AI generated reply if ever there was one.

Uncle Sam kills funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program

True, personally was in the market for a Kitchen Aid mixer, but that's off the table as they're made in the US.

Google confirms Gulf of Mexico renamed to appease Trump – but only in the US

Re: "Greenland --> Trumpland"

Unfortunately, from a rest of the world point of view, America is currently a bit of a joke.

FBI's secret UFO hunters fear Trump's January 6 purge will send them into orbit

Re: And?

So, investigating potential criminal activity is wrong???

AI PCs flood the market. Their makers hope someone wants them

Re: It's OK....

Yup. Met averse, for those averse to meeting people.

Julian Assange to go free in guilty plea deal with US

Re: Embassy

So... No innocent until proven guilty then?

Footage of Nigel Farage blowing up Rishi Sunak's Minecraft mansion 'not real'

Re: Pretty funny

Aaand, you win today's golden lemon for bringing up Brexit.

Tape is so dead, 152.9 EB of LTO media shipped last year

Re: So The Next Time Your Service Provider Assures You That...........

You get an NFT for a picture of the bridge.

Post-Brexit tariffs on EU-UK electric vehicle imports staved off till 2027

Re: So, Brexit means Brexit, except when it doesn't

Yes because COVID had no effect at all on anyone's economy.

Re: So, Brexit means Brexit, except when it doesn't

Oh please give it a rest will you.

Metaverses are flopping – hard – says Gartner

Well, it's in the name really. Met averse - It's for those who are averse to meeting people

Metaverse? Apple thinks $3,500 AR ski goggles are the betterverse

It's Apple, so the "I have got" crowd may go for it this time. That and the fact you'll need to remortgage your house and sell your firstborn to pay for it.

Results are in for biggest 4-day work week trial ever: 92% sticking with it

Re: Nope

Probably behind a bar in a Greek holiday resort. They're closed from October to May.

India uses emergency powers to order takedown of BBC documentary

Re: Unforgivable!

RT.com working fine for me here in the UK.

India's – and Infosys's – favorite son-in-law Rishi Sunak is next UK PM

Re: You're all smart people (cough cough)

Exactly. When Thatcher decreased the tax rate for top earners, the tax take actually increased.

Rest in peace, Queen Elizabeth II – Britain's first high-tech monarch

Re: Anonymous because "They" are watching...

No

Hangouts hangs up: Google chat app shuts this year

Perhaps my memory failing me. But didn't they discontinue Hangouts once before?

IT blamed after HR forgets to install sockets in new office

Sigh. We all know that HR stands for Human Remains.

Details of '120,000 Russian soldiers' leaked by Ukrainian media

I watched a Youtube video yesterday of Ronald Reagan telling Soviet era jokes. One of them seemed just as appropriate today.

An American dog, a Polish dog and a Russian dog meet and are talking.

American dog: If you bark and bark they'll come and give you meat.

Polish dog: What's meat?

Russian dog: What's bark?

UK.gov threatens to make adults give credit card details for access to Facebook or TikTok

Re: Dead Cat

"share it around possibly for a small fee" - Ah, encouraging the future entrepeneurs.

Cue parents all over the UK asking their 13 year old to "sort out this age verification thing" for them.

Microsoft's problem child, Windows 11, is here. Will you run it? Can you run it? Do you even WANT to run it?

I'm looking for a bit of insight from someone here.

Currys are selling Dell Inspirons with a "free Windows 11 upgrade"

Dell's chatbot tells me none of the Inspiron range have a TPM chip fitted.

So which one is mistaken?

Re: GUI

As long as OpenShell runs on it (assuming you can afford the hardware). Still running an XP style menu on my Win10 box.

Windows 11: What we like and don't like about Microsoft's operating system so far

I suspect that as long as Classic/Open Shell can be installed most of us will be happy.

UK.gov's new single enforcement body does not cover rogue umbrella companies, contractor campaigners complain

I hadn't realised there were so many problems with umbrella manufacturers.

Who gave dusty Soviet-era spacecraft that unwanted lick of paint? It was an idiot, with a spraycan, in Baikonur

Ooh 10 downvotes. That'll be either 10 politicians or 10 fools who believe their politicians are all scrupulouly honest.

"corrupt populist autocratic government"

To be honest that could be any country on Earth. It's the common cry of those who's corrupt populist autocrats aren't currently in power.

Mullet over: Aussie boys' school tells kids 'business in the front, party in the back' hairstyle is 'not acceptable'

Cool. A downvote but no answer. I'm guessing that was from the author of the article.

Am I missing something? An article on haircuts more at home on page 5 of "The Sun". Where's the IT angle?

John Cleese ‘has a bridge to sell you’, suggests $69,346,250.50 price to top Beeple's virtual art record

Re: Agreed

Well... Now that the Trump circus has packed up it's Big Top.

Gartner: You think Huawei's sales figures are bad now? Wait till you see next year's

I must be missing something here. According to the fugures in the article Huawei are haveing a really awful year selling 51.8 million phones while apple are a bit down selling 40.5 million. So, awful is still over 11 million phones more than Apple?

Wondering what to do over the holiday season? How about aiming a laser at commercial aircraft and then spending years of your life in prison?

Re: Polarizing filter

Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering why the op was getting serious downvotes for what was, on the face of it, a suggested solution.

Ericsson warns investors: This Biden fellow coming into the White House may look to resolve China trade dispute...

You can bet your left sock that Ericsson have had Huawei's kit in their labs and can prove it isn't a security threat. But they can't let that one out of the bag as it would be bad for business. And also because "the Donald" won't believe it anyway and they'll be blacklisted as co conspiritors.

Flying camera drones, cuddly Echo gadgets... it's all a smoke screen for Amazon to lead you gently down the Sidewalk – and you'll probably like it

Re: It helps to have the world's wussiest burglar break into your house...

I wasn't a police sceptic. Until I got my caravan stolen off my driveway in broad daylight about 20 years ago. All I got was a crime number after about a week.

Re: It helps to have the world's wussiest burglar break into your house...

"The cops will be there in a matter of hours". No

The cops may call you back with a crime number in a week or so.

FTFY

Fusion boffins apply plasma know-how to building thrusters

Re: Nice try Sir, but you didn't engage Rimmer as consultant, did you?

I believe you mean Stanley Unwin. "Oh deep folly"

Huawei going to predict the future? Nope, say company leaders when asked about Joe Biden winning US election

Re: Comments from a Yank

"demented old fart who cant string Three little words into anything bordering on a coherent sentence"

And yet Trump's supporters will still vote for him. Amazing

Apple: EU can't make us use your stinking common charging standard

Re: Gold plated cables

"an iPhone will last about twice as long as most Android devices"

That'll be because you can only afford to replace it half as often.

Guilty as charged: Apple confesses some Smart Battery Cases are having 'issues', offers replacements

Re: Hey Apple, there's another way!

"smart battery case"

Seems the only thing "smart" about them is the outward appearance.

Christmas in tatters for Nottinghamshire tots after mayor tells them Santa's too busy

Re: Mayoress is the Mayor’s wife, and always has been.

It's a shame really that Hillary didn't win the last US election. I was looking forward to Bill being First Lady.

West Bridgford. One of the posher areas on Nottingham. Used to be referred to as Bread and Lard Island, cos the occupants spent so much looking posh that's all they could afford to eat (that's the idea anyway).

Uni of London loses attempt to block mobe mast surveyors from Paddington rooftop

I'm sure that the Corbot would just confiscate your house (no compensation) to install a mast, then rent it back to you at a special "rich persons" rate.

We are absolutely, definitively, completely and utterly out of IPv4 addresses, warns RIPE

I suspect it's as simple as 192.168.1.192 just trips off the tongue, whereas fdaa:bbcc:ddee:0:7c8a:a8c9:d4fb:acf1 just trips over itself.

Her Majesty opens UK Parliament with fantastic tales of gigabit-capable broadband for everyone

Re: Really?

I'd hazard a guess that the Duke of Edinburgh is still a better driver than some folks on the road today.