Posts by milliemoo83

Windows boot partition runs out of space for Microsoft's May security update

Except...

"The problem is related to the EFI System Partition (ESP), which is usually where the device boots from. Its minimum size is 200 MB, and the operating system manages it."

Windoze makes a 100MB EFI partition.

Young evil genius forces hamster to run on wheel to power his gadgets

Re: Tried to harvest energy from my cat

"it's well known that cats always land on their feet and toast always lands jam side down, so you just have to strap a couple of slices of jammy toast to the cat's back (jam upwards obviously) and you have perpetual motion."

Well, that or you break the universe with a paradox.

How do you know we're not in the sim already....?

Re: I deemed its existence … unacceptably useless.

To be fair, it is the sort of thing Scorpy would come out with.

Re: Tried to harvest energy from my cat

https://youtu.be/D3xgtOfqUc4?t=27

Cats were generating power back in 1992.

Maybe you have the wrong cat?

James May actually did this experiment with a G-Wiz. You can guess how it went...

Unexpected item in Windows' bagging area

I've seen the same watermark at a local Burger King on one of their displays. Always good for a giggle.

Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00

Re: DOS 4

https://www.os2museum.com/wp/how-not-to-release-historic-source-code/

"Don’t get me wrong, it’s absolutely brilliant that Microsoft was able to release a fairly complete (minus DOSSHELL) source code for MS-DOS 4.00 or 4.01 (see below). As much as it was hated, DOS 4.0 was an important milestone and DOS 5.0 was much more similar to DOS 4.0 than not. This source code will be an excellent reference of modern-ish DOS until Microsoft officially releases the long ago leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code. The source code includes all required build tools, which makes building it (compared to many other source releases) extremely easy.

But please please don’t mutilate historic source code by shoving it into (stupid) git.

First of all, git does not preserve timestamps, which causes irreversible damage. Knowing when a source file was last modified is valuable information."

DOS 4

Hopefully this time round they won't make the same mistake as they made with releasing the DOS 4 source code.

You can now run WSL on Windows 95, in case you're crazy, too

One could argue that Server 2003 is "the one true" Windows - XP without the Mickey Mouse interface by default. Yes you can turn it off in XP, but it's more effort. Plus NT5.0 doesn't have to deal with activation, unlike NT5.1 and beyond. Which is why I also agree that 2000 is peak Windows.

UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk

Re: Slight correction of tense

I'd be more wary of Trojans... they're complete smegheads.

Chemists concoct nail polish that lets clawed humans use touch screens

Long nails

Perfect for resistive touchscreens.

If Microsoft made a car... what would it be?

Re: Someone mention crumpet?

Bidi bidi bidi bidi bidi

What if Linux ran Windows… and meant it? Meet Loss32

Re: The only important question is...

Blue... .no yellow!

Re: kernel has a stable ABI?

Orac would blow out the RIFA caps before giving such a polite answer.

Stop the slop by disabling AI features in Chrome

Re: DuckDuckGo

...we are not Borg?

The most durable tech is boring, old, and everywhere

vi/emacs

In about 100 years there will be two religions... that of vi, and that of emacs - constantly at war with each other.

The Roomba failed because it just kind of sucked

Re: Robotic vacuum cleaner

"*The* gimp surely :-)"

Some say....

Re: Evolution.....

Just hope it doesn't go red and shout EXTERMINATE!

Incidentally, they could elevate before the 2000s... just ask Sylvester McCoy.

"The only place I I've seen them being any good is in Travelodge hotels - with short pile carpets and uncluttered rooms and corridors they can do a fairly thorough job freeing up housekeeping staff for other tasks."

And escaping.

Re: Robotic vacuum cleaner

And the man is called Henry.

Are you saying...

"Roomba's fundamental problem was even more basic: it can't climb stairs and it can't open doors.

Are you saying that Roombas are closet Daleks?

Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful

Re: THHIITDWAH/HIITDWAH - Good For Scrabble

Pint of eerskib.

BBC tapped to stop Britain being baffled by AI

Smells of blown RIFA caps...

Microsoft moves to the uncanny valley with creepy Copilot avatars that stare at you and say your name

Re: Share and Enjoy…

We *are* the testing division.

Clippy

Clippy taught us this lesson already. They binned him as a result.

Brit scientists over the Moon after growing tea in lunar soil

Re: Unfortunately, the Martian tea failed to grow at all.

Too many floaters...

Tea..

Earl grey: hot.

AI in your toaster: Analyst predicts $1.5T global spend in 2025

Re: Anybody want any toast?

Well that explains why he was down in the garbage hold in 3000 separate pieces.

'Powerful but dangerous' full MCP support beta for ChatGPT arrives

Master Control

Worry when it finishes dialogues with "End of line."

Everyone needs an AI phone. No, don't hang up, it's true

Re: So....

"Failing that, the repeated application of a two pound lump hammer will be quite cathartic."

Fourteen pounds if it's a toaster on the receiving end.

No more waiting for lines: New Windows keyboard shortcuts output em and en dashes with ease

Dashes

Office has been autocorrecting to these for decades.

Apple iOS 26 set to dump 75M iPhones on the e-waste pile

Re: generating more than 1.2 million kilograms of e-waste

"Where's my calculator."

Resting in Silicon Heaven.

Re: Silicon Heaven

Only if it comes with a 14lb lump hammer as standard.

Silicon Heaven

With all the calculators and mechanoids who did great deeds.

End well, this won't: UK commissioner suggests govt stops kids from using VPNs

Re: teenage boy > PC > copilot & recall enabled

"Does AI blush?"

Possibly, but it will try and blackmail you.

Re: Double sided fail - OK I can't be the only one who went here!

Are they friends with Sillious Soddus?

Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power

Re: I admit it ... I was mistaken ....

"Ah, so you’re a waffle man!"

Not even a muffin?

Pint of irskib. Also can we have a toaster icon?

23andMe's new owner says your DNA is safe this time

Re: Attention

All your deoxyribonucleic acid are belong to us.

FTFY :)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us

World's largest camera shows galaxy in 3,200 megapixel glory as Rubin telescope goes online

Re: Dark Matter

"Turns out there weren't any black holes."

"What as it?"

"Grit."

Behold! Humanity has captured our first look at the Sun's South Pole

Re: solar wind

The spice must flow!

Microsoft cuts the Windows 11 bloat for Xbox handhelds

Re: Just goes to show that they always could remove this crap...

<clippy>"Hey! It looks like you're trying to cheat. Would you like some help with that?" </clippy>

OpenAI model modifies shutdown script in apparent sabotage effort

Crapola Incorporated

How about a muffin?

The 'End of 10' is nigh, but don't bury your PC just yet

Re: TODO

"Can you make it go?"

CERN boffins turn lead into gold for about a microsecond at unimaginable cost

"What you have created Percy, is some green."

Back online after 'catastrophic' attack, 4chan says it's too broke for good IT

Re: Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

"Oh dear. How sad. Never mind."

Said in the intonations of Windsor Davies.

Krebs throws himself on the grenade, resigns from SentinelOne after Trump revokes clearances

Re: Damage done

"ketchup stained"

I thought it was Tango?

Boffins turn Moon dirt into glass for solar panels, eye future lunar base power

Re: Little lugging required

Lunar Rover Discovery.

Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSoD to get you back to work ‘as fast as possible’

Re: Never mind...

"DON'T PANIC"

And a QR code to direct you to a towel reseller.

Alan Turing Institute: UK can't handle a fight against AI-enabled crims

Re: AI and crime

"Hamlet. Act II, Scene 2."

You cannot appreciate Shakespeare until you've read it in the original Klingon.