Posts by ThereBePirates

OK great, UK is building loads of AI datacenters. How are we going to power that?

at least 500 MW of power...

Won't be very net zero powering that.

Meanwhile they are worried about cows farting.

Ubuntu 25.04 beta takes flight – but this Plucky Puffin is still molting

I remember when Linux ran on anything and Ubuntu just got slower and slower, forcing me to either upgrade old equipment or look for leaner Linux distro's.

On the issue of AI copyright, Blair Institute favors tech bros over Cool Britannia

"Former UK prime minister Tony Blair" - that's all I needed to read.

Anything that he suggests is solely for his own wealth growth and not for the benefit of citizens anywhere in the world.

Nvidia GPU roadmap confirms it: Moore’s Law is dead and buried

Great Scott!

Lets just hope the data centre doesn't achieve 1.21 gigawatts of power or it'll end up transported back to 1955...

Here's the ugliest global-warming chart you'll ever need to see

Lies and statistics

Whilst I agree that the graph shows decade increases in average temperatures, I wonder if we all stopped tomorrow with petrol, diesel, gas, mining (including lithium), all industry, flights, cars, farting cows, general agriculture, data centres etc - would it stop increasing OR are we in any natural increase of averages as part of a cycle?

I'm not saying we don't do something (whatever that is - and just tax carbon offsetting for rich people isn't it) - but what will the outcome be? Even if it's just 1 degree C, that average is still increasing.

Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code, says its rise is inevitable

About time. The continued use of non-memory safe languages and the improvements over the years with such things should be a positive thing for the Linux community.

Miscreants claim they've snatched 560M people's info from Ticketmaster

Can we just GDPR and data breach fine them into oblivion and then it'll be better for any gig/concert goers.

Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash

Re: Not a unique issue

Don't forget the little plastic bag they give you to pop over the rear wiper

You could have heard a pin drop: Virgin Galactic reports itself to the FAA

Yes ---> WD 40 --> Liquid Wrench or PB Blaster --> rubber hammer --> bigger hammer --> even bigger hammer --> sledge --> Some breaker bar with some scaffolding pipe --> Oxyacetylene torch

Disease X fever infects Davos: WEF to plan response to whatever big pandemic is next

Re: I'm all for extensive research

"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." - Ellen Ripley

Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB in a PC

8GB is perfectly fine

for those sitting in the coffee shop, "working" on their movie scripts.

Farewell WordPad, we hardly knew ye

Re: Kids nowadays ... Sigh!

Emacs / XEmacs...

Nice smart device – how long does it get software updates?

Re: Not just an IoT issue

That article is horrifying.. Poor people

Worried about your datacenter carbon footprint? Why not put it in orbit?

Solar radiation

Won't anything in orbit need shielding from solar flare radiation?

Microsoft: Many workers are stuck on old computers and should probably upgrade

Re: Just enough is enough.

This and replacing the M2 Wifi card with a newer Wifi 6 card boosted speeds up too.

Hard cheese: Stilton snap shared via EncroChat leads to drug dealer's downfall

Re: Hard cheese

He should have been more mature about his security.

UK's competition watchdog gives £31bn Virgin Media and O2 merger the seal of approval

Re: MVNOs

Virgin Mobile is the MVNO

O2 is the carrier

Adobe yanks freebie Creative Cloud offer – now universities and colleges have to put up or shut up

Re: LIcensing

I remember the dongles that used to be used for Autocad and 3D studio too

Voyager 1 cracks yet another barrier: Now 150 Astronomical Units from Sol

Total feat of engineering

Chinese ambassador to UK threatens to withdraw Huawei, £3bn investment if comms giant banned from building 5G

Re: Oh come on El Reg!

Show me Huawei to go home,

I'm tired and I want to go to bed

Spending on 5G to double despite the pandemic while legacy network infrastructure sector suffers – Gartner

Sadly - yes.

Here's why your Samsung Blu-ray player bricked itself: It downloaded an XML config file that broke the firmware

At least they could have provided a USB socket in the back (like my Samsung TV) to update the firmware manually. Therefore removing the need to send it back to base for repair.

Manchester, UK seeks IT-slinger: £235m for number-plate-and-fines system to clean up vehicle emissions

ANPR

Hopefully more than just the number plate, otherwise there will be a lot of cloning happening and random car owners around the UK getting letters from a Ford Transit or some other driving into Manchester.

Windows 10 once more in print condition: Microsoft applies out-of-band fix to Patch Tuesday cock-up

HP

Hang on....

This neatly coincides with my computer no longer being able to see my printer.

I ended up having to uninstall. reinstall and faff about with drivers, when it previously was fine - my printer just kept saying it was unavailable.

So was it this Microsoft issue ?

Hey is trying a new take on email – but maker complains of 'outrageous' demands after Apple rejects iOS app

Re: Here is an idea

Glad it's not just me that gets annoyed at those app popups.

NASA mulls restoring Saturn V to service as SLS delays and costs mount

Lady take a ride on a Zeke 64

Jerry wants to be a rockette

There's a popular misconception

Says we haven't seen anything yet

Laying down the lifeless corpse of President 35

The lady crying by his side is the most beautiful woman alive

[Chorus]

Saturn 5 .....

With the 6T, OnePlus hopes to shed 'cheeky upstart' tag and launch assault on flagships

IP67 as "a tick in the box that's not necessary"

Having dropped 2 phones in the bath, I can say that it is necessary. I also had one phone go completely flaky in a bad rain storm, whilst I was frantically trying to find directions to a meeting.

My current phone is waterproof for those reasons.

UK networks have 'no plans' to bring roaming fees back after Brexit

"How did we ever manage without mobile phones and social media when we went on holiday"

Same as a trip to the US;

WhatsApp via public WIFI

Ignoring Social Media until you're back at the hotel.

Enjoying life and drinking beer.

I'll have two pints of Blockchain Brew and a half of Cloudy Bollocks

Well done competition winners!

You wanna be an alpha... tester of The Register's redesign? Step this way

Looks alright. Cleaner interface to the last design. I'm running Adblock+ and Chrome.