Posts by Glenn Charles

Pope's no-go zone

Just figure it's Purgatory.

--Glenn

Oh

That's why I've been making all these comments. It's just malware disguised to look like me. Or is it the other way around? I get soooo confused sometimes. a la Hilton, natch.

--Glenn

New Storage App

PITS (Pain In The Ass) technology has revolutionalized....well, you get the drift.

--Glenn

meh

"Just hope you've passed on your genes before hand..." Onan would be proud.

--Glenn

59 year old granny

I'm 55, you preejudiiiiiced Brits, you. Does that make me gramps? [If you answer that I'll have to find my .44 magnum.]

--Glenn

open cloud

So why don't they do my thinking for me?

...Then again, I do read the Register.

--Glenn

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hard prosecutor

...Sounds like he (the prosecutor) had a real hard-on for those girls.

--Glenn

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Cybercrime, Not Drugs

I agree completely with the cops. Go after those evil people. Leave the stoners alone.

...Oops. May have shown my true colors there.

--Glenn

Charter and Bankruptcy

Complete idiocy (when they rise that high) in customer service: over-priced products: steadily-increasing prices for constantly more irritating drivel masquerading as entertainment: a real tendency to choose monopoly markets so as not to have to bother with competition...I feel true sympathy for them. Or, no...I know what it is: hatred. Not that I get Charter or anything.

--Glenn

sleazy creeps

"...I'd begun to think the Reg was only occupied by sleazy creeps, given some of the sleazy comments that many *other* people make on most other articles here. Anyway thanks again :)"

I resent that. We are at least mostly sleazy creeps. That makes sure our topics are off-topic, flaming, intolerant and generally unacceptable; we live up to our reputation. What the heck is your problem, anyway?

--Glenn

D**n

You mean that isn't the right site for that?

--Glenn

Hoaxes

Yeah. I even have one to top that kidney thing. I woke up one day and found my brain stolen. Now I read the Register. I think. This is the Register, right?

--Glenn

You know, really...

There should be one of these contests for The Register writers. Mind you, contemplating the screen plays seems offhand a bit daunting.

--Glenn

um

I'll never look at Barbie the same.

--Glenn

"Multi-site bug..."

Finally. The same applies to any shared security connections, particularly passwords. Better than that are the unofficial sites that are springing up for some of the bigger companies, which means a vulnerability that's going to be hidden from the company itself/themselves. The further an extension, the weaker it is, if not by anything else the fulcrum effect. No one wants to be "odd man out" and there have been some secrets revealed under nothing more than dares. Not that we males aren't all infinitely wise. We are. We just look stupid sometimes.

--Glenn

color me naked

Back to the days of Compuserve. "We will read all your messages...and if we don't like them, you can't use our cool electronic mail anymore." Or was that male? I forget.

--Glenn

the kitchen computer

Can you imagine the support calls? "Hey, guys, I just accidentally spilled some grease on my computer. Then when I tried to clean it, it just put out a bunch of sparks and died. It isn't supposed to do that is it? Did I do something wrong?"

[Long moment where you feel like a dial tone; what do you say to answer questions like that? More especially, how can you say anything that doesn't begin with something truly insulting?]

--Glenn

interesting

I was one of the first hackers, I'd guess, since I started in 1972. I ended my unauthorized journeys in cyberspace sometime during the mid-80s. If some of the people I worked for knew I could crack their systems easily (although "security" was a misnomer then), would they ever have hired me to do anything? Then again, when I was a teenager and in my early 20s, driving too fast was nothing to brag about. Now it tends to be a felony. There are lines being drawn here, and most people can't begin to envision the consequences. Maybe we should start going to church again. That way we could spend one day in Purgatory and sin the other six in the old-fashioned way.

--Glenn

Blackpool

H'm. And the Brits think the Americans have their indecipherables. Last I heard it was a slum neighborhood. Of course, that was in literature dating from 1700 or so. Might have been a change or two since.

--Glenn

the stereotype

Ah, man, I don't wear Harley-Davidson t-shirts.

--Glenn

sounds like they

(wikipedia, that is) are playing with themselves. OMG. I'll be oversighted, and will never have existed.

--Glenn

why to buy this

Buy one for the boss. Tell him it's so he can be sure you're working efficiently. Explain how (s)he can tell time with it. Everytime the boss complains, point at the clock and explain how few [whatevers] have passed.

Simple. Sort of like me.

--Glenn

Googlegasm

I think Paris just had one.

--Glenn

hum

Couldn't you English boffins tell that was a sarcastic article??

--Glenn

(an American) ((sigh))

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poorhouses

I knew you guys still had 'em.

--Glenn

synergy

Think I'll try a glass of that...

<burp>

--Glenn

damn

No wonder only my leg got stiff.

\Glenn

Gary Glitter

eGadds.

--Glenn

wrong author

It should be Lester Haines. He has the right attitude. Good name, too.

--Glenn

(I am not Lester Haines. I'm his left foot's big toe.)

reduced sentence

But, it wasn't my fault, it was...

Glenn

actually, not true; some jail time is expected

It's just at boy's camp for a few months, though, if it happens. There are prisons for the rich or famous, you know.

--Glenn

onsaleuk

With nothing currently posted as offerings. Sounds like eBay is a place to avoid. I forgot. I have been. Since its inception.

--Glenn

The non-existent "D-notice"

'*DA for Defence Advisory - the process is nowadays one of self-regulation by the press, not one of the military giving orders. The term "D-notice" is now technically obsolete.'

Sort of the like the one in the U.S. I think it goes along the line of, "Go ahead, publish it. We have a cell at Gitmo (Guantanamo Bay) just for you."

--Glenn

[actually more than 3rd generation U.S. military]

Bush appearing on Star Trek

God, what are you trying to do to us Americans? voodoo us, or something? Of course, he could be the buffoon. Oops, I'm being unfair. Besides, I am seeking VA compensation...

--Glenn

[she's proud of him]

McCain (camp infected)--@Adam T

I'm pretty sure his brain is. It's that virus that lowers IQ so that you can only be a mumbling imbecile with a horror-flick smile.

Mind you, I'm one of his fans.

--Glenn

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AI's, Stupidity, and Sarah Palin

Actually, do I really need to say anything more?

--Glenn

A patriotic dumb-****. Of course I'd vote for her, even though she'd "council" a twelve-year-old raped by her father to be "pro-life"...after having made abortion illegal. I can picture it. "Oh, my dear, you should have taken my advice. Now you'll have to spend the rest of your life in prison for murder. Don't you know to love your father?"

...actually, Artificial Un-intelligence

(Paris: "Wow, she's really stupid.")

Fines all Round!

It's you blighters at the supermarket!

--Glenn

Paris because she can't figure out why British and American governments have no brains?

smut phone

It doesn't mention the vibrator attachment...

--Glenn

Paris is puzzled by the thought.

airlines and airtexting

Darn those back-ordered smutphones, anyway.

--Glenn

XP still available

Tiger Direct, OEM. They also have great starter kits. I might add that OS in general is less.

--Glenn

@Ian Davies: sounds like you're complimenting him...oops. That's right. We weren't talking about enlargement.

sql attacks, maintenance laziness

I first saw a computer in 1972. I cannot count the times I have seen the vulnerabilities and not exploited them. That could have been honesty, stupidity, or the awareness that I'm permanently on the NSA database. I even thought about a proof-of-concept exploit with [Bear Creek Corporation: incorrect name used deliberately]; however, that would most likely have ended with criminal charges.

...Then again, since I've committed criminal mischief by having a seizure (being epileptic, despite the drugs) it might simply have been awareness that my acquaintance with "luck" isn't particularly positive. Or my criminal mind.

The first people to try security shouldn't even necessarily be literate.

--Glenn

VM Ware

Seems the virtual world has been floating about and under-utilized. Of course, a truly worldwide depression might, well, depress the virtual world. So to speak.

--Glenn

being a goat

I have once again been discriminated against. That, and my lack of proper use of English, I mean.

--Glenn

Ultimate mouse promises near-ultimate pleasure...

"A vibration motor’s even built into the mouse so that users have the pleasure of small pulses as they click their way around the screen." Eager users, of course, are planning other uses for the vibration.

--Glenn

Paris because she's really eager for the appearance.

"...aging rockers..."

Thanks. I think I just turned to rap.

--Glenn

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superglue fixes

I read somewhere that they tried super-gluing a brain to a politician, once. He couldn't get it to work, though.

--Glenn

okay, guys, so clue me

I'm American. '"Somebody please, think of the children!"

By Richard

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 11:07 GMT

This is just stupid. It just adds to the bile I've already built up over the beeb's report on banning sharp knives in kitchens.'

...The BBC WHAT?

--Glenn

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