Comment It's not just the line-ups that put me off EVs... (Score 1) 426
...and I drive a PHEV which I don't charge away from home base. Have you seen some of the locations for charging? Like, a field in the middle of nowhere? Give me somewhere where I could shelter away from -40 degree winds or not have to walk half a mile to get a coffee and I may be more receptive but as it stands, PHEV is as far as I go. Something like this - https://www.hyundai.com/worldw...
Comment Re:Malcolm Tucker is on his way (Score 1) 110
the English refer to "The continent" to mean those other people over there on the other side of the water to the East.
That's only some of the English people. Others, like myself refer to the continent as a whole - including the UK.
Comment Re:Malcolm Tucker is on his way (Score 1) 110
Oops. Birmingham is within the continent of Europe, just not in the European Union (EU).
Comment Power cuts?? (Score 1) 303
Roundabouts also work a lot better than traffic signals when the power is lost.
Comment Re:Value Signaling? (Score 1) 225
"Truth", in Russian is "" (Pravda) - which is also the name of the official newspaper / propaganda outlet of the Soviet Communist Party. May I presume that it's not just a happy accident that the service is named after a Soviet propaganda channel? I'm guessing that Trump's overseas supporters are soiling their trousers from laughing so hard.
Maybe the puppet master is pulling the strings.
Comment Re:Sorry (Score 1) 185
I'd do it again if it didn't involve EBCDIC.
Comment Re:It's a piece of piss to learn! (Score 1) 185
We're talking 1987 here. RPGIII should give it away.
Comment It's a piece of piss to learn! (Score 2) 185
First day, first ever contract in the UK the conversation literally went like this:
Client: Ah, you're the RPGIII Guys?
Us: Er....no?
Client: Oh, then you must be CICS Cobol!
Us: Er........no??
Client: Don't worry, you'll soon pick it up.
And we did.
Comment Re:Why "smart" IDs are a bad idea (Score 1) 135
Amen to that one!
Any time you have one piece of information serving two roles you are opening yourself up to problems down the line.
Comment My dad's solution...he's 91. (Score 2) 172
When the indian-sounding person calls asking if dad is sitting in front of the computer, he says "no, it's in the other room, would you like me to turn it on?".
Scammer: Yes.
Dad: Ok give me a few moments....
Then after going to make a cup of tea and finally returning to the phone...
Dad: Who are you?
Scammer: I was phoning about your computer...
Dad: It's in the other room....should I go and turn it on?
etc..etc..
Comment The only additions in my hosts file... (Score 1) 72
Were because these asshats would prevent me from leaving the web page when I was redirected there...
##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
fe80::1%lo0 localhost
127.0.0.1 mackeeperapp.mackeeper.com
127.0.0.1 www.mackeeper.com
Comment What about Homophones? (Score 1) 393
I was waiting for you 3 hours at "write.plain.genes" no....not "right.plane.jeans"!!
Comment It only makes you smarter than you are... (Score 1) 227
...by making your friends dumber than they look.
Comment Passes what? (Score 1, Interesting) 73
Wind? Seriously, what's wrong with the word "dies"?
