* Posts by steve 157

3 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Aug 2020

Not sunshine, moonlight or good times – blame it on the buggy

steve 157

Spotted

I always blame sunspots, it seems they are plausible - at least thats what I assume that facial expression means.

My partner recently added 20 pags to a word doc when trying to scroll - I'm sure we all have stories like this - but at least she didn't blame tech. Maybe that's for more advanced users.

Tech support scammer dialed random number and Australian Police’s cybercrime squad answered

steve 157

Re: “Police recommend that you do not engage with scammers,”

I had fun with one once when I had a Linux machine. I followed all his instructions a number of times but we kept getting stuck and he couldn't undertsand it. At least it stopped him harrassing others for half an hour or so

Geneticists throw hands in the air, change gene naming rules to finally stop Microsoft Excel eating their data

steve 157

I blame the ribbon