Posts by Aussie Doc

Britain enters period of mourning as Greggs unable to process payments

But...

...I heard German sausages are the wurst.

Google to start third-party cookie cull for 30 million Chrome users

Really?

Google to cull cookies?

That takes the cake.

I'll see myself out after a couple more of these --->.

Polishing off a printer with a flourish revealed not to be best practice

Re: Only self-damage

Whoa!

Nailed it.

As 'they' say.

Extra nails in my pocket ---------------------->

RIP Kevin Mitnick: Former most-wanted hacker dies at 59

Re: Takedown

Rumour has it that it may be available from certain '1337X Arrr' sites.

It is a great movie.

So I'm told.

~1.8GB, 1080p, only 110 seeders.

Apparently.

Let's take a closer look at these claims of anti-ransomware SSDs

New challenge?

I'm imagining some ransomware crim saying "Hold my beer" or "Challenge accepted" or something.

Not sure this will end well.

Bringing cakes into the office is killing your colleagues, says UK food watchdog boss

Re: What a load of cobblers

I, too, like kids but could never eat a whole one.

New IT boss decided to 'audit everything you guys are doing wrong'. Which went wrong

Re: someone who has more ambition than technical nous

Whenever I've seen the word 'nous' being used I felt it could easily have been interchanged with the word 'noose' with relative ease and a more positive outcome..

BOFH: It's 4ft tall, heavyset, has optional fax. No they didn't take the toner!

Re: The Boss departs for the liquor store…

Here in Oz we have bottle shops.

Bottle-O run by Davo and Johnno in tandem so they can have smoko.

I believe NZ does, too.

Move over, Kraftwerk: These musical instruments really are the robots

Re: (Talking of Deep Purple) - The acid test...

All I hear is.......

...BUUUUUUUUUUURN.

Tesla driver blames full-self-driving software for eight-car Thanksgiving Day pile up

Re: FSD ≠ Autonomous

Simple.

"Computer. Override braking command. Authorization code zero, alpha, five, omega, seven, epsilon, two <CRASH!!!>... never mind"

Elon Musk starts poll with one question: Should I step down as head of Twitter?

Chuckle

Had a real LOL and even my cat thinks I'm mad.

The first item in my Reddit feed was a very well done pic of the 'new' twitter CEO - Elena Musk.

It really made this Photoshop fanboy giggle.

https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/zq50bo/elon_musk_has_stepped_down_as_head_of_twitter/

May be removed soon as /WSB doesn't like humour.

Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement

Re: True story...

Dear nasty lawyers

"I refer you to the reply given in Arkell v Pressdram (1971)"

Re: Nope

Yep.

Is it still on Tor?

Yes.

The onion link still works.

Apparently.

Musk tells of risk of Twitter bankruptcy as tweeters trash brands

Re: Let this sink in

Looks like I upset a Trump supporter.

Re: Let this sink in

Personally, I think with the great success he seems to be having he should buy Fox News next.

Just kidding.

As an Aussie, I just don't care anymore ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well...

...to be fair I think he meant 'fee speech'.

Really?

80 hour weeks?

I remember what that felt like when I pulled a few as a younger Uni student but I'm pretty sure my cognitive ability fizzled out way before my 80 hours were up.

Nothing good can come of this, methinks.

Excuse me but Melon Tusk can suck a bag of dicks.

Twitter, Musk, and a week of bad decisions

Well...

...I use Mastadon - most of the folk I follow on Twitter are moving to it and letting everyone know but the interface takes some time to get used to.

They are also reporting a big increase in the number of members coming from Twitter (it was in my feed recently but I can't quickly work out how to find it).

I guess like most things you weigh up the pros and con.

Like the Swiss flag, not having Musk involved is a big plus.

Red Cross seeks digital equivalent of its emblems to mark some tech as off-limits in war

Hmmm

Maybe I'm too naïve or just a cynic.

"We <badcyberguys> have taken down your cybery infrastructure but didn't touch your digital emblemy stuff.

Now do this/send us <some demand or other> so it stays that way."

Really, unless EVERYBODY plays by the same rules it just seems to be like a blunt pencil - pointless.

Still a sad state of affairs all round.

War and hate really sucks.

Signed

A tired old Digger

Bumble open sources AI code to automatically blur NSFW photos

Well...

...obviously from the same supplier that makes the KOMPUTERMASCHINE with the BLOWENFUSEN, POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN and associated software.

Scientists, why not simply invent a working fusion plant using $50m from Uncle Sam

Re: Um….

"...aka "red hot pokers"..."

My favourite band.

How CIA betrayed informants with shoddy front websites built for covert comms

Shhhhh...

"The CIA did not respond to a request for comment. ®"

...yet!

Because, well, you know ---->

BOFH: You want presentation layer, but we're physical layer

Re: The Reverse

"... hardware failure of her laptop (Not related)..."

Not related *wink wink*.

Of course.

We understand.

Totally.

Chinese researchers make car glide 35mm above ground in maglev test

Re: My favourite 'tube

Had to give a real belly laugh right at the end with the 'passenger carrying vehicle'.

"...and Barry, if you'll start this one, I'll have to go and catch it because this is rather expensive".

Re: Bumby rides ahead

I used to have a neat Scalextric setup in my upstairs bedroom when I were a young'un.

Used to enjoy playing with it when I could.

Unfortunately because it used to cause such interference with the downstairs telly, I could only do it when there was nobody else home.

So basically twice a year :-(

Not as fast as a chopper --->

Microsoft rolls out stealthy updates for 365 Apps

Re: Time to dig out that utility...

I hear 'Mouse Jiggler' is useful for this:

https://mouse-jiggler.en.uptodown.com/windows

Can't say I use it myself - Linux Mint is my goto so it updates quietly whilst I do my thing.

Chemical plant taken offline by the best one of all: C₈H₁₀N₄O₂

Now a has-bean...

Clearly grounds for instant dismissal.

USB-C to hit 80Gbps under updated USB4 v. 2.0 spec

Re: Longer cable

You 'ad string?

We were so poor ours were stringless.

Tell young'uns today and they'll believe you coz now they've got 'wireless' and all.

Here's da talking into his can --->

Zuckerberg: Yes, Facebook kept Hunter Biden's laptop under wraps

Re: A Dutch saying

Easy for you to say.

Presumably --->

DuckDuckGo says Hell, Hell, No to those Microsoft trackers after web revolt

Don't worry...

...as long as nobody types 'DuckDuckGo' into DuckDuckGo we should be fine.

Anti-piracy messaging may just encourage more piracy

Is it just me...

...or did anyone else misread this part: "...Similarly, anti-piracy ads ARR, the authors say,..."

BOFH: Selling the boss on a crypto startup

Oo...

...To be honest, I like the boss's way of thinking.

Psst … Want to buy a used IBM Selectric? No questions asked

Re: My dad bought a laptop from a car boot sale

Wise move.

Would probably make you forever 35 minutes late each day.

NASA's Lunar Orbiter spots comfortably warm 'pits' all over the Moon

Re: In Space...

Well, my wife and I make a point of never going to bed angry.

We've been awake since last Friday.

We've got a photocopier and it can copy anything

Re: Don't know if it's just that my coffee hasn't kicked in yet...

What are you saying?

He just copied it?

Improve Linux performance with this one weird trick

Re: Disable swap

Kernel Panic is gonna be the name of my new Heavy Metal band.

On lead guitar is Chad the cad, Nic Arsen on bass, Aggie on the silver, chromium drums, with Van the Man providing vocals.

Hope to go platinum soon.

Nobody on keyboard --->

CAPSTONE mission is Moon-bound, after less rocketry than expected

Re: Cool acronym

You are Jason Bourne and I claim my $5.

So I can buy one of these -->

Large Hadron Collider experiment reveals three exotic particles

Great stuff!

Quarks.

Always was my favourite Bar, Grill, Gaming House and Holosuite Arcade back in the day.

So relaxing after a day of --->

You need to RTFM, but feel free to use your brain too

Re:

I came to say something similar but for footwear rather than underwear.

Here in Oz thongs usually comes in pairs and are worn on feet (or thrown at head by angry mum).

AKA flip-flops in some places, I believe.

Still, these days auto-correct will have anybody typing something they didn't Nintendo.

Elon Musk flogs $8.4bn of Tesla shares amid Twitter offer drama

Actually...

...if you use something like uBlock Origin, you can block that popup/specific element and continue to see as much as you want of twitter.

I'm in no way suggesting that is necessarily a good thing just that it's what I do if I get the 'urge' to want to see more <shudder>.

He can't see you --->

The time you solved that months-long problem in 3 seconds

Re: Fuck that

As a professional lazy person, I concur with your grandad's statement.

I always told my clients that I'm so lazy that I only want to do the job once so it needs to be done properly.

A few of them can remember finding out the hard way with the old "If you don't have time to backup data (or pay somebody to set it up), do you have the time to re-type it all over again?"

Always time for one of those --->

Russian IT pros flee Putin, says tech lobby group

Re: Oh well!

Specifically a sunflower bed, I'm led to believe.

Watch out for drones --->

Apple seeks patent for 'innovation' resembling the ZX Spectrum, C64 and rPi 400

What?

So, how does this work in the real world? Were the original 'innovations' not patented so now Apple takes out a patent and can now sue retrospectively?

Never understood how this stuff works.

Certainly, both my Amiga 500 and 1200 beg to differ that Apple is being innovative. Not sure if I still have my C64.

My coat has a dust rag in the pocket ---->

CIA illegally harvested US citizens' data, senators assert

But wait...

Everything's fine.

I found the list of all the folks known to be surprised:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

...

India bans drone imports to help local manufacturers take off

Hmm

"...based on a premise of trust, self-certification and non-intrusive monitoring." ®

That always seem to work well, doesn't it.

'Admin error': AWS in dead company data centre planning application snafu in Oxfordshire

Re: Why on earth would AWS want to build 3 datacentres so close together?

You 'ad operating systems?

My slate's in my pocket.

Snap continues to make a spectacle of itself as it tries to trademark the word spectacles

Ha

Trademark 'Spectacles'?

Can't see it myself.

Even though I'm wearing them like this guy --->

Heart attack victim 'saved' by defibrillator delivery drone*

Re: Doctors...

Here in Oz (at least in my part out bush) there are AEDs outside Post Offices as well as other well-frequented places such as some parks, in shopping centres, some major bus depots and the like.

Our various 'helping' orgs (such as Lions) oft times have fundraising for them.

Being isolated we then wait for one of these or a plane ----->

A moment of tension as the James Webb Space Telescope stretches sunshield on way to L2 destination

Yep...

...love of my life is a gardener on has her own system. When asked by folk about inter-seed distance she talks in terms of fingers - "Plant them two finger widths apart".

Sounds much more sensible to this non green thumb.

Comes from a plant --->