* Posts by Danny

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2008's top three touchscreen phones

Danny
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surprising

I find the LG an odd choice. I know two people with an LG and both say it needs rebooting almost daily. On top of that it is a pain to work with. The omnia should have been on here but seeing as there is a windows phone already may have budgeoned it slightly. How about the G1? Sure it is in its infancy but there are some definate plus points on the G1. Blackberry storm? HTC HD pro with its swanky keyboard?

The iphone is a good gadget but not seriously useable as a general smartphone.

Not up to usual el reg standards. Then again Paris is lacking in standards too.

Mixed reviews for semen-based recipe book

Danny
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hmm

If you have insulted the chef in your local indian curryhouse then I bet youve been eating it for years in your Korma.

Paris, she's been gobbling the stuff for years.

IBM drops Power7 drain in 'Blue Waters'

Danny
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Inverness has a few datacentres

N Scotland is ramping up datacenters, cheap tidal energy and low ambient temperatures with the added high speed data links make for a good combination.

I have often wondered why Iceland hasnt cleaned up. Power is almost free from the geothermal plants and ambient temperature is hardly a problem. I suppose raw data links would be an issue having no "land lines" and satellite only.

Paris, I bet she has no problems with her thermals.

Networked multipack cruise missiles in successful test

Danny
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unitl someone builds a decent EMP weapon

And I dont mean a low yield nuke, a proper EMP weapon. Then its back to M16s and AKs.

Paris, cause all my comments have had paris so why shoudl this one be any different?

Fujifilm FinePix S100 FS digital camera

Danny

Surely a proper DSLR would be better?

I still have my trusty EOD350 it might not have the MP but I have the flexibility of having proper (nice russian) lenses . It seems far too expensive for the price.

No mention of shake compensations either. My backup minolta is exceptional with the canon being average on the shake front.

I bought a cheap fuji from asda (£70, 10x zoom 7mp etc) and it was good enough for the holiday on the beach but I wouldnt trust it for much else, chromatic aberration ahoy and no anti shake (then again what do you expect for £70?) however how MUCH better is this £400 behemoth? It seems that most of the features are gimmicks.

Microsoft preps IE 8 for the web-challenged

Danny
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I wonder how to get on the list

Im sorry, your donation to microsoft was below the required level to gain entry onto the list. Please send more money to ensure your site is IE8 compliant.

Paris, she takes money to be compliant too.

Leaked Met letter questions Speaker's version of police raid

Danny
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ignorance of the law is no excuse

"Yesterday, the Speaker Michael Martin told the Commons: "I have been told that the police did not explain, as they are required to do, that the Serjeant was not obliged to consent or that a warrant could have been insisted on."

Im sure that will wash with the beak. Ignorance is no excuse.

Paris, she is usually quite ignorant of the law.

How Microsoft blew its own RIA invention

Danny
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hmm, maybe not so stoopid

Remember at the time though, M$ was being hauled through the courts over their IE integration. Why build a platform on IE if they would be forced to remove IE (then ironically being forced to develop for other browsers properly). Obviously it was supposed to be browser agnostic but we all know it rarely works like that.

so they develop for integration in windows which fails, dont get forced to remove IE therefore develop silverlight et al.

Paris, she doesnt need forcing to integrate

T-Mobile leaves 300,000 disconnected

Danny
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database snafu?

Thats ok 'cause you can kick in your slower backup sql server that you replicate to right? right?

Paris, she regularly has her back up.

Hubble snaps planet orbiting distant star

Danny
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formalhaut?

You get 340c for taking a package to formalhaut from alpha centauri.... Ahh good old frontier.

Paris, you can generally give her a package for less than 340c these days.

Broadband speed testers fail the test

Danny
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hmmmm

Maybe the other speed testers were throttled by virgin. Most people I know who are on their 20Mbs service dont get 20Mbs most of the time.

Paris. You get what you pay for with her service.

Group Test: Universal Remote Controls

Danny

kameleon

I have a kameleon 6 in 1 (older than the reviewed 5 in 1) the best thing about it is its durability. Its over 2 years old now and my 16 month old HAS used it as a hammer for a good year now. It has been dropped in beer, had food spilt all over it. Trod on, dropped, kicked without any loss of functionality. The transformer inside it does make a louder whiney sound than it used to and the "guide" button doesnt backlight anymore but apart from that it is fantastic.

It can also do limited macros but I too have not been able to get the updates to work.

Data Protection the DVLA Way

Danny

simple solution

Small calims court. It is a wonderful tool. I took both british gas and an accountancy firm to small claims for leaking my information when they shouldnt. Regulatory commission did nothing and neither turned up at court. Got me £100 each. Nice earner.

The best part is, if they do it again then I can cash in again and again...

Autopilot blamed for Qantas plunge

Danny
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PAN, schman

Hey SysKoll, you also realise that PAN is often thought of as an acronym (Possible Assistance Needed)? And since French is plagiarised Latin perhaps we all should speak the holy language just to be sure....

Paris, she can PAN my Panne

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Danny
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14 year old in bikinis?

A short of the line that one.

Paris, she is far shorter than the line.

EA in Spore DRM climbdown

Danny
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Silly rabbit

So in hard times EA decide to screw over the gamers knowing full well what happened to other securom games such as Bioshock. Hmm. I wont touch an EA game after being shafted so many times. There are plenty of other games to play.

Paris, she loves a bit of rights management

HP loads PC with nonexistent web browser

Danny
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I think this is a great idea

This sounds great to me for one reason - admin access. Have a program that refuses to work without admin access? No problem, user logs on with their own limited credentials and the admin access program runs riot quite happy in its own sandbox.

Paris, her sandbox often runs riot.

Mobile broadband: What's it for?

Danny
Paris Hilton

i think...

I think he means WIFI security and the extortionate hotel/airport/train charges for internet.

Paris, she charges extortionate amounts for her bandwidth

AMD's Fusion details break from containment

Danny
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Is it me

or does this seem like a mad thing to do? Upgradeability will be poor. I doubt crossfire will work to extend the life of a part. What about multi core? Heat? Are we sure that these are not just going to be a low level integrated graphics killer and not high end parts?

Paris, she likes high end parts.

Olympic ticket scammers still going for gold

Danny
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Speaking of chinese customs.

Ive never had to take my shoes off or get fingerprinted or iris scanned (albeit was a few years ago when I last went, things might have changed now). My liquids were not tested, my passport was scanned but the queue moved rapidly.

However, the hell that was LAX where, because of my UK passport, I needed to go through "pre security checks" before checking in which meant one queue (for an hour) then go through another security check for another hour and a half (even though they had checked my carry on luggage already - no checked bags. Before ANOTHER security check before boarding.

Needless to say, I send my office buddy to the USA now, I stick with Russia these days (better duty free).

Paris because she likes a bit of Russian.

Intel says 48 core graphics is just over the horizon

Danny
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hmm.

Like most high level graphics parts and large scale multi processor hardware, the problem will be badwidth at the bottleneck - RAM. How much RAM will these INDEPENDANT cores need? They arent going to try and mate 48 cores through one data bus are they? And ask any supercomputer how much it costs to get scaled data paths.

Paris, she can scale my data path (with up to date anti virus and firewall of course)

UK gov announces Road Pricing 2.0 - Managed Motorway

Danny
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Country going to the dogs?

I, for one, welcome our new bureaucratic overlords.

Paris, cause she likes it doggy.

Dell XPS M1730 17in gaming laptop

Danny
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G15 keyboards and LCD displays

There are loads of decent programs that run on the displays. I wrote and published one myselft that uses the hotkeys as a media player (having the tracks displayed on the small screen) that way you can cycle through music (I use the volume wheel as a jog wheel on mine) whilst playing games.

Paris: 'cause she can jog my wheel.

Broadband bumpkins overtake city surfers

Danny

Speed is an issue though

Adoption isnt the only part of the story. Speed of adoption is also an issue. Many countryside areas are saddled with <2meg and due to the distances ADSL2+ wont make much of a difference.

Pissed Russian sleeps off knifing

Danny
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nice

So the bus driver, pub mates and random people didnt notice a bleeding man witha knife in his back? Then again, if I was drunk i'd spend too much time thinking about what to say to the bloke with a knife sticking out of him (by which time he'd have gone)

Paris, she usually notices when 6 inches are stuck in her

F1 chief seeks French ban on orgy video

Danny
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wow

Whats that? A sensible decision by a UK judge? I bet that rabble rouser wont last long on the bench.

Paris, she always lasts long on the bench.

eBay software faker jailed for ten months

Danny
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whaaaaa?

10 months? Our local paper has just run an artcle on a 19 year old who was given 5 points and a fine of £120 when he KILLED a cyclist when he run over them. No prison and not even BANNED from driving.

On top of that £46000 is not a particularly large amount of money to warrant 10 months in the clink.

Paris, cause she knows a thing or two about avoiding jail.

Ballmer bitch slaps Vista

Danny
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no vista on my network

I'll stockpile XP licences before I put vista on my network. When I trialled it with SP1 , it broke sophos, broke our print management and broke our network monitor (all of which may well have patches but i'll wait till things mature a little) Dell have been putting it on my machines quite happily (or the account manager knows he'll lose my business).

Paris as she comes on my network regularly.

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