Posts by HammerOn1024

Want to feel old? Excel just entered its 40th year

Is...

Is the "Flight Simulator" still in the code base?

It was the most useful thing about Excel. I still loath it.

If you're excited by that $1.5B Michigan nuke plant revival, bear in mind it's definitely a fixer-upper

SOP

Replacing a steam generator is not a new or uncommon operation. So the "Sky is Falling" crowed can just go get educated and let the engineers and technicians get on with the job.

Cards Against Humanity deals SpaceX a $15M lawsuit over Texas turf tangle

All is Well

"Unfortunately, an even richer, more racist billionaire – Elon Musk – snuck up on us from behind and completely fucked that land with gravel, tractors, and space garbage,"

So assho$%'s calling others assho$%'s. Good way to make your case numb nuts.

Did you bother calling the Sheriff for illegal dumping? Trespass? Illegal seizure? All criminal offenses. Given the arrogance of both parties, I think not.

China claims Starlink signals can reveal stealth aircraft – and what that really means

Dear China

It's called EMCON... i.e. EM transmitters are shut off when things are about to get messy.

Research suggests more than half of VMware customers are looking to move

Re: Open source replacements not good enough ?

And then there's the government oversight "Collusion" watchdogs ready to take a bite as well. Things are not always as simple as they seem.

SpaceX blasts being stuck in bureaucratic orbit as Starship approval slips

Toys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork

Hey whiner "The Register", lets put your business in the hands of bureaucrats that have different rules for different organizations and see how you do.

Has NASA EVER had to do the same wild life testing as SpaceX? No!

Has NASA EVER been held to the same level of environmental scrutiny as SpaceX? No!

Has NASA EVER been held up by the FAA when their rockets have gone awry? No!

So be careful making "Pram" jokes you ignoramus.

What is this computing industry anyway? The dawning era of 32-bit micros

Forte'

"And you may ask yourself, 'How do I work this?' And you may ask yourself, 'Where is that large computer?'"

Clearly, 'Once In A Life Time' is not your forte'.

:-)

AI firms propose 'personhood credentials' … to fight AI

Titles

Personhood?

We are Human. That's sufficient.

Rocket Factory Augsburg breaks down the SaxaVord blowout

Immediate

That failure was immediate to engine start up. That's unfortunate, but if they have the money, it'll get fixed. I wish them success.

Microsoft Bing Copilot accuses reporter of crimes he covered

Re: AI _is_ just overhyped statistics

And a slander suite of epic proportions is made.

Privacy expert put away for 9 years after 'grotesque' cyberstalking campaign

A Simple Matter

Scum like this do not deserve jail time. The deserve a rope and a short drop.

Speed limiters arrive for all new cars in the European Union

Two Words

Wire Snips.

Micron mega-fab mildly endangered by definitely endangered American bats

This Is Kinda Dumb, But

Couldn't they build up instead of out? Just use the existing cleared area.

After contentious Amazon datacenter fight, US county says it has learned a lesson

Huh...

So power is needed to run a data center... who'd a thunk it? Another bunch of idiots.

T-Mobile US drags New Jersey borough to court over school cell tower permit denial

So!

A bunch of board members, who probably ALL have cell phones (As I point my finger at each in turn and say "According to YOU, YOU are killing children!"), are stealing money? Yeah, I'd sue for back rent, loss of use, loose of revenue, legal costs and breach of contract. Bidding would start at $100 million and EACH of these so-called "Public Servants" and the Mayor would be directly sued.

Knuckle dragging morons the lot of them!

Intel CEO says sanctions on China squanders opportunity for US chipmakers like Intel

So?

Dear Intel,

Arming ones opponents is never a good idea. It seems politicians are not the only ones who do not learn from history. What an idiot!

Recycling old copper wires could be worth billions for telcos

And Will Take...

And it'll take BILLIONS to get it out of the ground and off the poles! THE UNION WILLS IT!

Screwdrivers: is there anything they can't do badly? Maybe not

Screwdrivers don't...

Screwdrivers don't screw up! People screw up! :-)

Starlink offers 'unusually hostile environment' to TCP

No Difference

So I'm in my car using fixed cell stations that change every few minutes as I move through the network. From the user's perspective, my perspective, I can't tell as I'm chatting or webbing away.

In starlinks' case, it's the opposite, for most links anyway; I'm fixed, but the network is moving. From the user's perspective, my perspective, I can't tell as I'm chatting or webbing away.

Yawn... next.

Yes, I did just crash that critical app. And you should thank me for having done so

Considdering

Considering the absolute garbage software that's the norm today, the philosophy of "test" is a dead science.

China to launch sample return mission to the far side of the Moon – maybe next week

Hail Floyd!

"Matter of fact, it's all dark...."

Engine cover flies from Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 during takeoff

Re: Shared on social media ??? WTF ???

If the aircraft was far enough down the runway, past a point at which the aircraft can abort (Aircraft type, Weight and conditions dependent, known as "V1") a takeoff, then the aircraft will take off, declare an emergency and do a go-around. The flight crew would also shut down the failing engine.

It's better to go around than plow off the end of the runway and crash.

There is no 'WTF' about it.

Rice isn't nice for drying your iPhone, according to Apple

Yeah

Dumbest idea ever. I've had to tell my kids not to do this several times.

Just put your oven on 100 degrees Fahrenheit and leave it sit overnight. If it was dropped in salt water, soak it overnight in a bucket of distilled water to draw the salt out, then into the oven to dry.

VMware takes a swing at Nutanix, Red Hat with KVM conversion tool

Why...

in the WORLD would I convert a VM to a platform that is abandoning me simply because I'm not in "The 600"?

Yeah... not happening.

Hundreds of workers to space out from NASA's JPL amid budget black hole

No...

No bucks, no Buck Rogers!

Google settles with Singular Computing over claims of stolen AI chip tech

Re: Patents

Said the village idiot whose only contribution to humanity is a good case of hemorrhoids.

Software troubles delay F-35 fighter jet deliveries ... again

Re: Billions

Into the several MILLION lines of code needed to run this thing as well as the FQT to verify and validate the functionality. It wouldn't do to have the SW crash like a typical Windows/Linux/Android application now would it?

And for all the other whiners... these vehicles will be around and doing their job for over 50 years... how old is your car?

Boeing goes boing: 757 loses a wheel while taxiing down the runway

The Last

The last 757 rolled off the production line in 2004... 20 years ago people! How old is your car?

This will be a MAINTENANCE issue, so please, this is one instance where Boeing is not at fault. Boeing deserves all the piling on about the 737 MAX issues, but not this one.

The rise and fall of the standard user interface

I have not!

I have not forgotten and this insipidly STUPID crayon inspired crap needs to go! MS, Apple, get your heads out of your backsides and go BACK to the IBM standards! They work! Have worked and will ALWAYS work because it wasn't implemented by the village idiot squad from the aforementioned trolls.

Everyone's suing AI over text and pics. But music? You ain't seen nothing yet

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet...

Ahhhh... BTO... a fine vintage...

SpaceX accused of firing employees critical of free speech fan Elon Musk

Something About...

"At Will" employment...

Mess, with the boss you say? No problem, the door's over there. Don't let it hit on the backside on the way out.

Cry babies.

What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024?

I miss

The ability to have object information associated with a single object, like folders and file explorer windows having different settings.

This joint crap is so infuriating... file trees required to be showing in folders of program shortcuts is a big one. Having folders full of pictures or video's being set to "Medium Sized thumbnail" vs. "Details" for general directories.

I truly miss the customization available!

To date there is one, and only one, item I like about the start bar after XP: The ability to group like icons.

The Control panel on XP was far superior than the POS we have now. And pick any "Settings" screen today vs. XP... I'd like 10 minutes with the development team... just me, them, and my Louisville Slugger.

TransUnion reckons big dump of stolen customer data came from someone else

Yeah... No.

"Data protection is top priority at TransUnion."

No it's not. Your top priority is protecting your cash flow. If that includes Cyber Security to keep the dollars flowing, so be it. We'll do the absolute minimum.

There TransUnion, I fixed it for you.

US military F-35 readiness problems highlighted in aptly timed report

And This is What Happens

As usual, the DoD can't make up its mind. One reason for this is CYA, the other Congress, and is 30%/70%. Congress is great at mandates but not funding them initially nor sustainably. I remember when the F-35 maintenance was contracted to be maintained by LMT and thought "Yeah, that's a bad idea." for a multitude of reasons. But no one listens to the "Evil Contractor" (Fuck you Obama), even when they are the "Disinterested 3rd Party" who's job it is to give good advice to the government given the information available at the time.

The classic example of Congress falling flat is GPS M-Code: All DoD systems were to be able to receive M-Code in 2017... it still hasn't happened and it will be at least another decade and a half. The reason is pure cost: Cost of creating the new chipset production line to the complete boxes. Even with modifying existing systems, instead of wholesale replacement, it costs in the area of $40,000 - $60,000 per RECEIVER, to do the upgrade. And these upgrades can't be done in the field. New box's are in the $80,000 - $100,000 range. Now throw in the downtime for the item the box is pulled from, sent back to the OEM for re-manufacture - pulling a card out and replacing it with a new one - ATP'ing at the OEM, retesting at the Program Office to re-certify the modification, and one gets to understanding the costs involved with 10's of thousands of devices: missiles to nuclear powered ships, subs, aircraft, HUMVEEs, tanks, radio's, etc.

Musk's mighty missile is ready for launch once FAA says OK

OR

"Starship Super Heavy to remain on terra firma until US watchdog ticks off the corrective actions"

OR

Musk gets annoyed again, as has happened before, throws a Brox Cheer at the FAA, and launches anyway. He'll pay the fine out of petty cash.

Aliens crash landed on Earth – and Uncle Sam is covering it up, this guy tells Congress

Oynk

Flap.. Oynk... Flap... Oynk Flap...

China succeeds where Elon Musk has failed with first methalox rocket

Insipent and Arrogent

"...where Elon Musk has failed."

Wow.. how arrogant of you. He has not failed as he does have running engines and WERE used on the April test of Starship. So, SpaceX WAS first! No, they didn't make orbit, that wasn't the intent of the flight. It was a FIRST attempt with a system 3 times the size of a Saturn V!

Back under your bridge troll.

JP Morgan accidentally deletes evidence in multi-million record retention screwup

Your Responcibility

Dear JP Morgan CEO and Board,

This is squarely on YOUR shoulders. You hired the vendor, you failed in supervising them and verifying their deletion procedures. Did you even bother testing them on a replication system BEFORE going live? Probably not.

If I was a stock holder, I'd call for your ouster and file a suit for failure of fiduciary duties.

SEC drops 42 cases after staff bungle data protection

So When?

So when will the arrests start? Oh, right... bureaucrats... so never. >:-|

This ain't Boeing very well: Starliner's first crewed flight canceled yet again

While Not Amusing

It is worth noting that when the original contracts were let to Boeing and SpaceX, the Boeing CEO dismissed SpaceX. His 'We'll beat them by over a year to a first flight.' or a statement to that effect, was laughable then, and it's hysterical now. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

WTF is solid state active cooling? We’ve just seen it working on a mini PC

Does...

peltier mean anything to you?

Snore.

Air Force colonel 'misspoke' when he said an AI-drone 'killed' its human operator

Which Part?

Which letter of the word "Simulation" do people not understand?

Have IQ's really dropped this low?

US bill to protect reproductive health data is dead. Here's why you should care anyway

Re: Be a man!

Or,

Move to a state where abortion is legal. There are lots of them. The best way to punish a state that limits or out right abolishes abortion is to talk with your pocketbook, and feet, and LEAVE.

The whining is very annoying.

Microsoft promises it's made Teams less confusing and resource hungry

Now, If They Woud Just...

Stop locking up my audio system every time I run this POS, that would be nice. And also NOT loose my login account every day, that would truly be awesome!

I despise and loath this POS product.

Vessels claiming to be Chinese warships are messing with passenger planes

Re: Peak China?

I assume URSS is a dyslexic spelling for the USSR.

Re: Peak China?

The Vietnamese have been fighting off the Chinese for centuries if not millennia. Their war manual, is similar to the Chinese Sun Tzu.

The US would sooner see TSMC fabs burn than let China have them

Re: In order to stop another country from destroying you ....

It's worked well for thousands of years. Have you never heard of "Scorched Earth?"

Electronics market shows US-China decoupling will hike inflation and slow growth

Sorry

This is a specious argument as it could be applied to all situations in history where manufacturing has migrated:

US --> Japan

US --> Mexico

US --> China

US --> Malaysia

US --> Eastern Europe

Pick your routing. Cash flow towards one enemy is never ok.

Deal with it.

Lockheed Martin demos 50kW anti-aircraft frickin' laser beam

I was thinking more along the lines of the "Real Genius" popcorn popper.

We're just shouting into the void, says US watchdog offering cybersecurity advice

"Critical infrastructure covered by public funding? No budget for that!"

And we you have it in one!

Dear US Congress,

Write an actual BILL, shocking I know since you only do "continuing resolutions" these days since you are so inept, that allocates FUNDS specifically to implement Cyber Security! I believe that bill would be a whopping three lines long.

And yes, you are, Congress, a bunch of village idiots.