Posts by Andrew Moore
1129 posts • joined Friday 2nd March 2007 21:07 GMT
Posted in BOFH: We don't need no stinkin' upgrade
Simon forgot...
The move to roman numerals (version 10 will be released as version X) and the requirement that every customer purchase a yearly Customer Care Package which does nothing except entitle the buyer to purchase the next major upgrade at a slightly lower price than buying it new; even though when you look at the numbers it turns out you would have saved a boatload of money by not purchasing the CCP and buying the next upgrade as new anyway.
Really?
This is just a true indication that so called 'Gaming Executives' have no awareness of the people in the industry. Hardly surprising given that the 'Executives' in any business these days are nothing more than accountants. Be thankful that they were not asked to list the top most influential games of all time, the top two replies would have been 'Excel' and 'Sage Accounts'.
Posted in Farewell then, Sony Ericsson
Also worth a mention...
The Ericsson variant of the Psion Series 3, the MC218
Posted in Farewell then, Sony Ericsson
Ditto
Every mobile I've owned upto now have been Ericsson (plus Sony in later years). I refuse to buy Sony kit because of their extremely poor after-sales. My next phone will also be an SE. After that, who knows. I can definitely say it won't be a Sony.
I think you need to rename this article...
...Boffins Break El Reg's Understanding Of The Laws Of Thermodynamics.
Posted in Google dumps + from Boolean search tool
On the plus side...
...finally searches for C++ will work in Google. At long bloody last.
That's what I meant- I listed the series higpoints that the programs seem to go downhill from; well not downhill from- but they never hit that same high note again. Still, Lineham/Matthews mediocre is 100 times better than the usual trash paraded as comedy these days.
or worse, the zombie corpse of The Simpsons.
On the plus side, I can now buy the complete box set, I held off after I heard about the possiblity of a 5th series.
Though now they are talking about a one-off special so I might hold off until that.
Posted in El Reg in SHOCK email address BLUNDER
Okay, now on my sixth copy- 2 more since the apology.
Posted in El Reg in SHOCK email address BLUNDER
and another copy at 15:52. El Reg must really want me to have these email addresses.
Posted in El Reg in SHOCK email address BLUNDER
Better late than never...
My copy has just arrived... (14:10pm)
I do think that "Work Outing" was when the show jumped the shark TBH. A bit like Speed 3 in Father Ted and the episode with Manny in the piano on Black Books.
Agreed...
Though I did love Street Countdown.
Posted in Groupon IPO seeks $11.4bn valuation
But septics don't understand the decimal system...
...as evidenced by "Verizon doesn't know dollars from cents":
http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html
Posted in Groupon IPO seeks $11.4bn valuation
Seriously???
There is nothing unique about what groupon delivers. Anyone buying this stock will only prove the old adage 'a fool and his money are easily parted'.
Besides which, if they waited around long enough, I'm sure they'll get an email offering them the same product with 60% off...
Gundotra???
I thought Gozilla defeated him in an epic battle fought in downtown Tokyo...
Ho ho...
Viz will be suing him for copyright shortly...
Not 'Merkins'
if you want to be politically correct, please use the term 'septics' instead.
Nice...
add that and JQuery Mobile and the majority of App development requests I get can be handled with a bit of web development.
The way I see it...
Apple never invented computers, smart phones or mp3 players. What they did was they simplified them so people, who where not technically competent, could understand and use them and believe themselves to be on par with the technically competent people who did not use Apple products.
The downside of this is that the average Apple user is unable to innovate mainly because they remain technically incompetent. And it's for this reason that they would slavishly buy anything Apple would have to offer rather than coming up with something better. It also explains that why, when they seen non-Apple companies making better products, they start chanting the mantra 'don't try- Apple have already perfected it'.
Maybe...
they should put that money into updating their GNSS kit. The System 500 that the surveyor is using is over 10 years old and practically obsolete now (it cannot handle the GLONASS constellation or SV32).
Bye bye SE then...
I've always liked Ericsson products and hated Sony Products. I've never had a non Ericsson phone but I'll be dropping SE like a hot snot if it becomes a Sony only concern.
So scumbags being scumbags again...
I really hope a load of the Apple Faithful give them a really hard time.
On the plus side...
...his death is a boon for tech journalists who had set aside thousands of column inches which were to be devoted to the iPhone 5.
Posted in Apple cofounder Steve Jobs is dead at 56
Ding dong the Steve is dead...
While his death wasn't entirely unexpected, it was still a shock when I caught this on the news this morning.
Where's the Steve with a halo icon when you need it?
'a looser of the first order'???
then sure the correct antidote would be to set him up with a tightener of the first order.
It's being paid for...
...by allowing them to loan on my money to other parties and making a nice chunk of interest out of it. Also I'm sure my money (and others) appears in some line in their yearly reports, indicating some form of success in their business and encouraging others to invest.
And I allow the banks to do this with my money for free. So if the bank wants to make it easier for me to transact my money with them; don't be taking the piss and try charging me for it. After all, a house safe is free, available 24 hours and a lot safer (pardon the pun).
I had this exact conversation with my bank manager 25 years ago and have not been charged any transaction charges since.
It's 'not an option'...
...because according to Adobe, crashing your machine is a requirement.
Here's a video of the Major of Villinus running over luxury cars in an armoured vehicle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fWN0FmcIU
Will that do?
Great to see that he turned up at the ceremony to accept his award.
hmmmm...
A cytokine inhibitor would be very useful if a H5N1 flu variant did break out (like Spanish Flu) as most of the victims of it died to Cytokine Storm (a fatal immune reaction).
Posted in Go Daddy flogs 50 MILLION domains
And they don't like you leaving...
I had no end of issues trying to wrest away, a domain a friend of mine had registered with them. He called me in because they made the whole process so complex that it needed someone with IT savvy to unravel it all.
Well...
'Generally, Facebook does not lie'
Posted in Drinking alcohol wards off asthma
Interestingly...
...I'm currently reading a book called 'Beer is proof that god loves us'
Strangely enough...
they are not particularly popular here in Ireland either.
Well...
to be fair, I've had a few BSODs on my Mac running Snow Leopard. The only difference was that the Mac version didn't come with any text- Just a light blue screen.
When satire imitates truth.
"We even did some statistics on the amount of use the statistics system got too. Zero per cent. No one looked at it - like we said they wouldn't."
Yep- that's so bloody true. In my case, I was able to unplug and decommission all the hardware involved and it was over a year before anyone noticed.
Posted in RIM profits nearly sliced in half
History repeating itself...
Another handset manufacturer realizing short-term fad popularity does not convert into a long-term business proposition.
Anyone remember the Motorola RAZR??? The iPhone will be next.
Care to elaborate?
"freedoms and rights of creators of content to be rewarded fairly."
I wonder if he would like to give us his definition of what 'rewarded fairly' actually means.
So....
Is 'isolated server' the new 'rogue reporter'???
Actually...
I think we need more metrics on this survey. Like how many of the respondents, who answered yes to allowing unwarranted search and/or torture, are members of the Tea Party, or watch Fox News.
Posted in Groupon backs away from scheduled IPO
Not really.
Groupon work by forcing companies to sell at a 60% discount and then take 50% of the remaining profit for themselves (plus tax). And they also keep all of the money in the event that the customer does not use their coupon.
I think you might be mistaking...
...Green energy with alternative energy.
Posted in HP's UK PC boss: We're going nowhere
"To the contrary, people want cheap tech."
to extend that- People want disposable tech- Many know that the shiny gadget they have today will be superseded by an even shinier gadget within 12 months.
Posted in A Farewell to Oates: Adios, El Reg
Surely...
The correct farewell would be 'I'm going outside; I may be awhile...'
Goodbye and good luck John, thanks for all the stories.
hmmmm....
The only problem is this 'hack' existed 10-15 years before this person was born. I remember fooling '30 day test' software by setting the clock 5 years into the future before installing.
Posted in Google failing to pay Android developers
SQL injection issue???
"these can be identified by the addition of a semi-colon to the application name"
Sounds like ole Bobby Tables has been at work again...
No rabies...
but only because Cane Toads aren't carriers...
