Posts by Mike
17 posts • joined Monday 11th February 2008 13:53 GMT
Hmm
Is this the same chart that put Nintendo in last place because they don't actually provide any info, rather than any perceived 'eco-crime'?
Since it's already at rock bottom..
...at least the quality of their football coverage can't get any worse.
Posted in Twitter breaks Jam Festival record
@James
I think it means that the %age of that 'pledge' amount that has been paid.
Posted in Amazon pulls beta tag from PayPal foe
eBay and Paypal
I'm still unsure how eBay can deny payment methods other than PayPal and not be put under the same sort of pressure that MS are regarding EU competition rules.
Posted in Sky hints at 3D TV launch
@JonB
Thank god for that.
This is nothing but a gimmick and I'm glad that the Beeb are spending the license money on more useful stuff like iPlayer than this tosh.
Posted in 2008's top three netbooks
EEEPC 1000
85%? The review says 80%.
Regardless of that, how is it rated higher than the 901, since the review even says to get the 901 instead plus that 901 got 90%.
Hmm.
Cheh Chech Chehc boom boom boom chech ech ech
Is it more or less annoying than chavs at the back of a bus playing gangsta rap on their mobile phone for everyone to endure?
Pay peanuts..
Red Faction 2?
Are the wages that low at El Reg that you can't afford a more recent game to test it with?
Posted in Space tourist back on terra firma
Space Tourist Garriott?
Oh you mean the creator of the Ultima series, which he is infinitely more famous for, yet wasn't mentioned in the article...
Posted in Amazon UK downplays Kindle Christmas
Useless on the beach?
“If you buy a Kindle in the UK and want to read it on the beach on holiday in Spain,
unless we have signed deals in Spain it's not going to work on that beach,” McBride said.
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What, so it has no local storage then?
3 days?
How can 3 days be enough time for something like this to be acted upon?
I'm not surprised they are a bit hostile about it.
Is it really that bad?
I've not had any issues using it. Yeah, it is another layer of hassle but it does have a purpose.
I understand that remembering the password could be an issue for people who only buy something every 6 months or so, but what is Steve's excuse?
He must be living an idyllic life if this is worth getting all upset about.
Posted in Net think tank: Phorm is illegal
Legality
Surely asking the government whether it is legal or not it should of started alarm bells ringing.
"Is this way of betraying our customer's good faith, and violating their privacy legal?"
Any company which valued it's customers more than just cattle should never be going down a road that they need to ask such a question.
Posted in ICANN finds no evidence of front running
@ac
> and for any company that owns the registration more than 10 domains to forfeit any of those domains if the domain fails to provide significant and unique content after 3 months.
How on earth would that be even vaguely practical or indeed enforceable?
@Nick Askew
Did you really just compare downloading a copy of the latest pop album with child pornography?
Yes. I think you did. Oh dear.
Posted in OFT mulls Egg probe
Bad egg
I left Egg when they decided it was ok to lie to me about payments made into a savings account. They swore blind via the Egg email system they could not tell me who paid the money in due to 'data protection' and 'privacy' reasons. I called their bluff but they were insistent. I ended up phoning them and asking for the info, which was given to me within minutes.
I closed down my accounts soon after that as It's never wise to give your money to someone you can't trust.
