Comment: Re:Twenty first century schizoïd man... (Score 1) 417
Fear-mongering is bigger business than war-mongering these days.
Comment: Re:If not A'Fools, airpace may be the key word (Score 1) 417
any attack from such a flight will always be coming from outside the borders rather than from within the U.S.
Well, fuck, you've forgotten recent history real damn quick.
Comment: Re:America is Losing the Plot! (Score 4, Interesting) 417
When the Brits start turning against the Yanks you know America is in trouble long term.
Lots of us already have. I've turned down two contracts there and none of my colleagues consider having a holiday there.
Comment: Re:Joking right? (Score 1) 417
I bloody hope this is an April 1st post!
I already hate the US Govt - this is taking the piss.
Comment: Really?? (Score 1) 691
So, when I'm driving my friends car or riding someone else's motorbike *which I am legally insured with" but the owner has no insurance, I can't get petrol???
The DVLA's huge *and incorrect* database?
Is there actually someone *so F0cking stupid* as to believe our insurance premiums will reduce? Really?!?!
Comment: Re:Best thing from the EU is the plane to NZ (Score 1) 170
I've chosen Brazil...
Comment: Re:Yes it is! (Score 3, Insightful) 585
Except the oil companies are making a fortune out of 'Global Warming' by increasing their prices and governments are making more from 'Green Taxes'?
Comment: No one has quoted yet? (Score 2) 319
"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools." Herbert Spencer
Comment: What is this for? (Score 1) 205
I don't like any of the ways this can happen. It's MY computer, I built it and sometimes I like to install Windows. Sometimes I like to play with Linux. Sometimes I like to play with overclocking and keep rebooting until it actually stays usable for more than 5 minutes.
The fact that there is an exploit is good. The fact that M$ is actually trying to screw us is bad, they will try harder every year.
I have never actually had a computer virus.
Comment: Re:Scary (Score 1) 180
Political dissidents are child molesters now? Dick head.
Comment: Re:Cmon (Score 1) 164
I have 3 cars, built between 1968 and 1977. They fit 4 normal size humans, do over 75mph and weigh less than 550Kg. Compared to a Smart car that weighs 750Kg and only holds 2 people?? That's progress!!
These cars are great fun, easy to work on and still usable.
These cars are great fun, easy to work on and still usable.
Reliant Kitten
Reliant Rebel
Comment: Re:billions and billions (Score 1) 86
For the same cost they could have filled a warehouse with medical records and hired a bunch of dropouts to ride around on Segways pulling files and using a high-tech fax machine to deliver medical records on demand to doctors the world over for the next hundred years until a system of electronic medical records that isn't fraught with problems was invented.
Needs modding up!!!
Comment: Re:Cluster = Cloud (Score 1) 158
The only way this concept works is if the rendering farm is running in a closet somewhere in your house.
With liquid cooling, you could pipe it to the central heating system.
Comment: Re:Case of the Mondays.... (Score 1) 134
But if you paid someone to mow your lawn and they goofed for an hour wouldn't you be upset?
Not if the lawn got done. There is a definite task to complete, I don't care if it takes them all day and, to be honest, I wouldn't be sitting there timing them. The quicker they do the lawn, the quicker they can go and earn more money doing someone else's lawn - more fool them if they goof off.
I, however, work hard so that the company earns more money - not me. So I don't give a shit.
Comment: Re:I think we all know this... (Score 1) 134
I'm the same. When I start a new project (for me) then I can sit for up to 16 hours working.
At work? I can only muster 2-3 hour bursts.