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  1. Re:"no danger to the public" BBC on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 1

    But they still used the paper copies when their computers were ok. They dont fully trust the one eyed beasty yet. Who can blame them

  2. Re:Just generally ... on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 1

    oops. Sent to the wrong thread.

  3. Re:Just generally ... on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 1

    But they still used the paper copies when their computers were ok. They dont fully trust the one eyed beasty yet. Who can blame them

  4. Reminds me... on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 1

    of a safty case I heard.

    Someone had been working on a mezanine floor (one of those suspended floors made of grating). They took a section out and went to work on it. Someone fell thru the hole, but luckly suffered broken leg and minor scratches (some of these are quite high up).
    The company sued:
    1) The guy that removed the floor for not marking the area properly
    2) The guy that fell thu the floor for not paying attention to what he was doing
    3) A guy who spotted the problem and said nothing.

    So even if you are not directly to blame for an event, your actions (or even inaction) can be used against you.

  5. Re:Whatever happened to isolation? on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 1

    Then they wont be isolated.

  6. Re:CT scanners at major hospital affected on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 1

    THey are probably networked to allow the transfer of immages from the scanner to be transfered to other computers in the hospital or even outside to other doctors.

    However, that all the transfer mechanism should be capable of. They should set the PCs up to block anything else.

    Just wait till someone networks the defibrulators or other critical equipment.

  7. Re:Overexagerrated on Sasser Worm Takes Down UK's Coastguard · · Score: 2, Insightful

    One of the comments made about it on TV was that the PCs used for checking coordinates went wonky.

    However, as part of the procedure for locating vessles, they check them against paper charts.

    Looks like they didnt trust PCs to start with. Now they've been proven right.

  8. Re:Just look how advanced we are! on 1981 Personal Computer Catalog · · Score: 1

    Got that problem at work at the moment. To talk to an old bit of hardware I have to use an old program. Need to blow the dust off one of our 386s to be able to run the thin due to codeing tim loops.

  9. Re:Just look how advanced we are! on 1981 Personal Computer Catalog · · Score: 1

    Try running old software on a new PC.
    I stuck on an old C compiler. I hit compile, but nothing happened. Tried again but still nothing. Had a look in the output directory and found it had compiled it and built it into a nice little .exe for me.
    The popup screen for compiling had popped up, listed all the lines it was parsing, all the stages of the build and that it was outputting the file and vanished too fast to be seen.

    So it doesnt have the built in help and syntactic highlighting. I can always load it up into a new editor and compile on the old software.

  10. Re:Consortium announces universal file format on Universal 3D File Format In The Works · · Score: 1

    Just wait till someone tries to patent this one and charges everyone for every file they have.

  11. Re:Windows XP SP2 on New Windows Vulnerability in Help System · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I'mmmmmmm dooooooownnnnnnloooooaaaaadiiiing iiiit noooooooowwwwww. Haaaallf waaaay noooooooowwww. Hooopppiinnnggg cooonnneecctttioooonnnn doooeeessnntttt drrrrooo.......

  12. Re:That's not a small computer, THIS is a small... on PC In An XP Box · · Score: 1

    Its bad enough trying to get under the table to retrieve the cordless mouse that been batted to the back.

    Mine dont want new technology. One sleeps on top of the monitor when he gets cold. He'd leave home if we ever got a flatscreen.

  13. Re:Quality was LOUSY until the 1970s... on Fifty Years of Color Television · · Score: 1

    Percusive engineering fixes most problems.

    Sometimes you have to know where to hit it tho.
    I've seen guys smack lumps out of something to no effect. I come up and give it a tap in the right place and its fine.

  14. Re:comming in 2006: Hey, I can't tape my shows! on Fifty Years of Color Television · · Score: 1

    There are ways of turning things like that off

    But they wont always work afterwords

  15. Re:Actual Cost Breakdown on Debunking the Trillion-Dollar Space Myth · · Score: 1

    Being told by the martians to get off their planet - Priceless

  16. Re:Wrong on Is {pluto|sedna} A Planet? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The EU reclasified carots as fruit.

    This was so that someone could make and sell "Carot Jam".

    For it to be clasified as jam, it has to be made from fruit.

    So if she weighs the same as a duck, she is made of wood and therefor a witch.

  17. Re:It's more than just the engine on Congress May Force Revealing of Car Computer Secrets · · Score: 1

    "Can you repair my flat tyre?"

    "Sorry, if the check light's not on, there's no diagnostic codes for us to look up. We can't fix it unless we know what's wrong."

  18. Re:Stuff Digitician... on Plumber, Electrician... Digitician? · · Score: 1

    If you were a member of the public with no real computer skills and a burst machine, which would you get to fix the thing? Most would be scared of calling a hacker.

  19. Re:Can you? on 'Brain Pacemakers' Being Tested · · Score: 1

    Or Southpark's V-chip.

    Dirty mu..... oww.

  20. Re:The original series on New Battlestar Galactica Series Greenlighted · · Score: 1

    Unfortunatly its sky.
    Not even sky1

    Its on sky movies 2
    Monday and Tuesday night as a 2 parter (16th and 17th Fabruary)

    Everyone without it has to wait for a while to come out on terestrial.

  21. Re:Very smart - MSFT flooded Kazaa with bogus file on Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks · · Score: 1

    Didn't maddona get a telling off for doing something similar.
    She had some files put out claiming to be mp3s of her album but were messages not to pirate her stuff.
    Hit by a fine for misrepresentation of goods even though they were free.

    The fake ones are probably spammers trying to get you to download a big zip file full of 'buy viagra' and other junk

  22. Re:F-word on The Simpsons Movie · · Score: 1

    I never thought of it as suitable for younger members of the family. Just look at all the references to porn in the show.

    Lisa: "That story isn't suitable for children."
    Chief Wiggum: "Really? I keep my pants on in this version.".

  23. Re:instances of "fuck" on Windows 2000 & Windows NT 4 Source Code Leaks · · Score: 1

    At least they use comments in their code.

  24. Re:Important note: on Nokia Admits Multiple Bluetooth Security Holes · · Score: 1

    Well I could carry:

    pocket phone book
    diary
    electronic game
    alarm clock
    laptop for connecting to the net

    any other odds and sods, but if they are all in one thing, its lighter on my pockets.

  25. Re:Only in Windows... on Ctrl-Alt-Del Inventor To Retire From IBM · · Score: 1

    When you install some of their software, you pick a pile of options then press "Finish" to start the installation.