Posts by PeeTee

A deep dive into Nvidia's Vera CPU and the Olympus cores that power it

Re: Yes, but...

Damn, I was going to ask if it could run Crysis

Brit regulator finds mobile network service on trains is far from first class

Way back, on the Paddington-Penzance, I got an upgrade from standard to first - seats were wider but hard and very uncomfortable (and passengers less pleasant!), so I moved back to the far nicer seats in standard. This was in the early 2000s though; however I didn't need mobile data back then, and strangely I still don't.

Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers

My partner has been looking for a way to curb her book addiction - sorted! :D

Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts

I guess I was what they called an MS Office power user, and I'm quite happy with the last standalone version of Office - no way did I ever want to go down the subscription rabbit hole.

Engineer held hostage by client who asked for the wrong fix

Re: Outrageous

Freon ain't nice to breathe either - I always made sure I knew exactly where the exit was...

Work experience kids messed with manager's PC to send him to Ctrl-Alt-Del hell

My favourite was to go into their Word and add in a few autocorrect tweaks: from a little misspelling adjustments (and turning off the spellchecker), or inserting a derogatory nickname in inverted capitals mid name, or maybe changing the default corporate sign-off. Swapping mouse buttons; adding a captioned screensaver; the classic wallpaper lock screen as described; or if they never left the PC unlocked, simply shifting all the number keys along one and moving the '0' to first place - ah, the good old days.

Nah, it won't install: The return of the ad-blocker-blocker

Gildan tees for me. Nice fit and they are often used for tour t-shirts so they can't be too bad. I do have to park my conscience down the road whilst ordering them, given where they're probably made. When it comes to socks and pants then I push the boat out for 'performance wear., but the labels are hidden from view