Posts by h3

Re: Registry... Why keep it?

Use reg.exe it is not that bad.

Re: I almost feel sorry for Microsoft

Any of that is completely offset by how good powershell is (And the way that pretty much everything can be done via it in a very short amount of time even if nobody has written about it yet.)

Re: Eugh

If you cover your entire body with mud maybe that would work ?

Re: To each what he deserves

Think it is more likely to be users of 3rd party junkware anti virus that have issues with this sort of thing.

Re: GPS related

Battery Saver does more than enough when it comes to saving battery at least for me.

(Lasts from Friday Morning to Sunday Night with moderate usage which is the longest I ever need.)

Wish I could have more of the background rubbish disabled without making the screen dimmer though.

Re: Good journalism has to be paid for

True enough but the rubbish coming from e.g Jessica Valenti is just as bad that coming from the Sun columnist that is the person to hate right now.

Leaves The Independent

Re: All hail Systemd.

I cannot understand how Redhat has not noticed the amount work he causes for other people yet.

(Think the article might have a typo when it comes to the bit about packages being the latest release because it is obviously not true as the latest XFCE is 4.12). Not being the latest release is natural for Debian.

Re: They are computers

Not true.

If they were forced to use Intel's 22nm process then they would have been able to do the same thing using less power.

(Intel having some competition is a different thing and probably necessary but forcing it onto a better process would have benefited all say MS & Sony paying some of the fab costs for AMD would have been ideal)

Could have got the same GPU performance using more lower performance ones.

They didn't do it because of cost. (And it shows cheap / nasty and noisy).

Re: It's a pity that this wasn't publicised at the time

In the 80's ?

I don't know of anything that could display it properly in wide use.

Re: This should be compared to the Amazon FireTV Stick

It is a full computer. It is not like the Chromecast. (It is locked down but the hardware is there).

Re: And what about chance

What Wozniak did was not lucky. Nobody else has ever done what he did.

Re: Common sense

The only malware on my Android device is Google Play Services. (If it is disabled my battery life increases by 400%).

(My definition is of malware is any program acting in the best interests of a 3rd party not me. Don't differemtiate between Google's Latitude like thing (That they built into play services and made a nightmare to disable) or a bitcoin miner on my desktop).

Google uses the same tactics as malware authors routinely. (Installing Chrome a user on Windows uses the same sorts of tricks as well).

Re: The cynical part of me...

Given that this is the first I have heard about it I think it probably is.

(Not that it makes much difference to me being in one of the safest seats in the country)

Re: Sexism

I wouldn't go anywhere near that either.

(I do work in an office where everyone other than me is female though. Doing programming).

Didn't actively seek it out and it is a none issue really.

Re: @Simon Rockman

I hope 3 doesn't get O2 - I cannot see any situation where I do end up having to pay 3 much more.

(For the rare situations where the extra coverage might be a benefit I am almost certain just getting a fixed data sim from someone else will be less than the price difference).

3 in the USA is brilliant with the at home thing.

Re: Everything that's new is crap

It is fine if you used 7 properly to begin with.

Windows key and type part of the name of the app.

All the keyboard shortcut keys are still the same (And there are other useful ones like windows + x).

Powershell is improving (Can be added to 7 but if people cannot figure out the above well ....)

Windows "Professionals" who are not using Server Core are even worse.

Re: Timing is everything

Not sure it was illegal at all. (My grandfather used to be the needed chemicals and test tubes from the chemist not making any secrets of what he was going to be doing even asking for advice).

Re: So....

When it was called froogle - Google Products was pretty damn good.

(No idea about something similar that isn't as Google's now though. So I just use Amazon and a few other sites - go direct)

Re: Roll Your Own

Some of the highest end Samsungs do have a unit like that.

Re: Opt-In

They really don't want none of the above to be an option on the polling card.

Re: Will the spooks be surprised ..

Or one time pad which is still unhackable. (If it is done right).

Re: the market doesn't always work

I read something about a drug (I believe it was from a reputable source but not massively specific maybe there are instances it cannot be used) that basically reversed the process of decay that will never come to light because the effects on the dental industry.

Re: wait for it...

There is no reason something like this shouldn't be able to have the decent atom that supports ECC etc if that HP Windows 8.1 tablet sells tor £75.

Re: Simple solution...

Spam is a lesser evil than loosing all that personal information.

Re: Poor child

Hatred might be a better choice.

Re: Sigh

So how did the content used to exist when I first started using the internet ?

(It was more interesting / technical and not aimed at selling stuff or any kind of political agenda).

Re: How bad is Torvalds?

He cannot be that bad or the main companies contributing would have cooperated and forked.

Everything is not based on merit though. (Plug Sched for example was not included when for many people it could have improved things for them).

Re: Stop and think a bit, please...

Most people never upgrade the Windows that their device comes with.

All Microsoft needs is a general consensus that Windows 10 is ok then people buy new PC's with it on.

Re: This is not the entitled century

Some groups of creators shouldn't get special privileges which is what currently happens.

The original idea behind copyright was valid. Same with patents.

Current system is a shambles.

Re: an act of God

The Acid House manages to portray what that actually entails.

Seems very unlikely somebody with that much power would be as collectively stupid as humans.

Re: ... and these are the people the west supports

Literally get away with murder - As in one of their princes or whatever murdered someone in this country. We sent him back after two years and then he was just released. (Maybe most people already know this).

Re: Hail the Fatty Heroes !

There is a chance it won't. Japan doesn't have those problems and has a very high level of smoking.

It is either the fish or the tea. (If it is the tea then China probably won't have the issues).

Re: Keepin' em honest

I read somewhere to have almost everything you need streaming 27 services.

I have Prime Video and Netflix (And Spotify Premium).

(And Sky Movies from Virgin which I barely use because it is inconvenient).

I want to pay for HBO Go but they don't want to sell it to me.