Posts by Helen Waite

Even modest makeup can thwart facial recognition

Walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm.

Amazon already has a colossal ads business and will extend it to Prime Video in January

Re: Prime

Maybe they acquired Reginald Perrin's inventory?

HP printer software turns up uninvited on Windows systems

Re: Maybe there's an HP device visible from wifi or bluetooth?

On a dark and weary train commute home, I've occasionally just watched the available wifi networks slide by. There were at least two named "FBI Surveillance Van."

Why should I pay for that security option? Hijacking only happens to planes

Re: Ah, yes. The dreaded "fix it NOW!" call ...

Newt Pulsifer?

What job title would YOU want carved on your gravestone? 'Beloved father, Slayer of Dragons, Register of Domains'

Re: A999-EXIT-PROGRAM.

AT LAST, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.

Terminal trickery, or how to improve a novel immeasurably

Re: Novel interference

My boss thinks I am understable.

George Clooney of IT: Dribbling disaster and damp disk warnings scare the life out of innocent user

Oh, I LOVED Talking Moose. I had it on a Lisa running MacWorks in the mid 80s. I still sometimes repeat my favorite Moose Phrase: "You're getting sleeepy. Your eyelids are getting heavier and heavier..."

Go on, hit Reply All. We dare you. We double dare you. Because Office 365 will defeat your server-slamming ways

Re: User education

I'd like to customise the error message, replacing "How to Fix It" with "This Yor Folt."