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Found on Facebook.... Michael O'Leary, the managing director of Ryanair, arrives in Dublin. He enters a pub and orders a pint of draft Guinness. The bartender nods and says, "That'll be one euro, sir." Surprised, O'Leary replies, "Wow, that's cheap!" and hands over the euro. The bartender...

A study by Greenly, the Paris based emissions specialists, has revealed that TikTok's carbon footprint is larger than that of Greece. And we're not exactly a world leader in carbon emissions... https://sigmaearth.com/tiktoks-carbon-footprint-surpasses-greeces-annual-emissions-study-reveals/

https://wubuntu.org/ I'm thinking of chucking it on a spare laptop just to see how similar it really Is to the Windows UI....

I guess we all at one time or another wonder whether all our apps are up to date. Many apps do an auto update check, but often only when you start them, which means that apps you use only rarely need updating next time you use them. I have always been wary of third-party apps that claim to keep...

I'm watching the Guy Martin in China programme. He's just said that it's cheaper to ship Scottish cod to China to be filleted and then ship it back to be sold in Scottish supermarkets, than it is to fillet it in Scotland. How mad is that?

On another forum where help out with BSODs I've recently diagnosed a user's problem as having two active drives with a Windows system on them both. I advised them to copy all the user data off the second Windows drive and then format that drive to be sure of removing every trace of the old...

This is going to be controversial and I know that some will not agree with me, but the logic behind what I've done makes sense and there are no negative impacts...... We all know that the paging file is part of virtual memory, RAM being the other part. Windows uses the paging file to store...

I'm going to 'fess up to having been really stupid, in the hope that it may serve as a warning to others. I have a lot of fonts installed, including all those that came from Windows, plus others I've added since. I had a good reason the other day to delete a font family that I had installed and...

20 Unspoken Rules for Gentlemen: 1. Never shake a hand sitting down. Standing up shows respect and engagement. It signifies that you value the person you are meeting and are fully present in the interaction. 2. Protect who is behind you, and respect who is beside you. This emphasizes loyalty...

As a colon cancer survivor (I had surgery in 2009) I've just had my regular colonoscopy. Because I'm at risk (and because the Greek health care system actually works) I have one every two years. Colon cancer (like all cancers) is a killer if not detected early enough. It can affect anyone (my...

How would Nelson and the country have fared if he had been subject to modern political correctness and health and safety regulations? We would all be speaking French now!! You are now on the deck of the recently renamed 'HMS Appeasement!' Nelson - Give the order to hoist my signal Hardy...

I'm posting this a topic at a time to tray and pacify the forums software. The Mods may want to move this to the Knowledge Base perhaps? What Is The Sandbox? The Windows sandbox is a temporary virtual machine, created automatically, with a single virtual disk (the C: drive of course) and a...

It's only May for Heaven's,sake!

On Wednesday 22nd May I will be having cataract surgery on my right eye. When I had my left eye done a couple of years ago I was not allowed to use computers or phones for a couple of weeks after the surgery. I anticipate a similar 'ban' from Wednesday. I will be back online as soon as my...

I'm a fairly regular user of the Windows sandbox, it's extremely useful for those of us who often install and evaluate potentially suspect tools and utilities etc., especially when not 100% certain whether the download contains malware or not. It's useful for testing any software install before...

You might know that the Olympic Flame, which was lit in Olympia earlier this week, does a tour of Greece before it heads off to the host country. Today it came to Agios Nikolaos on Crete, where I live, on its tour of Greece before heading off to France.... That last torch bearer is my...

The word 'revolve' implies that the Earth is a spheroid, so this will also upset the flat Earthers. And that's a good thing! :ROFLMAO:

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/just-about-every-windows-and-linux-device-vulnerable-to-new-logofail-firmware-attack/ This is concerning, but it seems that not all BIOSes/devices are vulnerable. Do PCS have any plans to advise their customers whether their build is vulnerable and, if...

We read the local paper (in Greek) via Google Translate. Sometimes the translations are amusing, but i particularly like this one... I'm considering applying.....

We've just had local election here and somebody posted this little story... A politician visits a rural area to gain appeal for the upcoming elections He schedules a meeting with the local leaders to discuss problems the town has been experiencing so that he could provide help and solutions...