* Posts by Ben Best

8 publicly visible posts • joined 1 May 2008

O2 leaks 3G users' mobile numbers to every website visited

Ben Best
Mushroom

If you were truly evil...

You could perhaps (and I'm not suggesting that anyone would want to do this).

Change your headers so that you had someone's phone number that you didn't like visit several websites that were less than trustworthy.

As I say I wouldn't recommend doing this but it wouldn't be difficult.

Think your CV is crap? Your interview skills are worse

Ben Best
Thumb Up

Best of luck...

Game denies Steam threat claims

Ben Best
Thumb Up

That's what I did

Really I'd been thinking about it for a while steam had it for I think a tenner, really been enjoying it.

W**k-O-Meter

Ben Best
Coffee/keyboard

Very good

Much better than some of the others I've seen this morning.

Treasury loony-magnet voting starts

Ben Best
Big Brother

Is it really lose lose

If it's genuinely a good idea, is implemented and makes some savings / makes the country "better". Is it really that bad a thing if you don't get your credit?

El Reg to launch space paper plane

Ben Best
Linux

Name Thoughts

Surely "The Vulture"

But maybe the penguin.

aPlaneFromMars

iPhone passcode blocks everything - except phone calls

Ben Best
Thumb Down

Indeed

It also shows the name of the person you're calling if they're in your phone book...

Holes in London Mayor websites leave them open to 'e-gaffes'

Ben Best
Joke

In their (limited) defence

It appears that they've removed any html being posted, it's still (at time of posting) possible to do the following though.

http://www.backboris.com/misc/register.php?msg=If%20You%20Are%20An%20Idiot