Posts by 4.1.3_U1
125 posts • joined Friday 13th April 2007 13:40 GMT
Re: That line.
"If you had a sitcom set in a bar"
istr that this scenario featured in some sitcom before somewhere.
Bring it on again.
Uploading infringement
I like the idea of automated uploading of traffic infringement noticed. mmm how good would that be.
Re: Streisand meets Inception
Well it seems to me that blogs posting links to content elsewhere keep getting taken down all the time. The taking down of MU last year doesn't seem to have had any effect other than that there are more file hosts and more blogs all the time.
Everything changes, but everything stays the same.
Re: So sad.
Just how long after the Google cars drive around do the images appear online?
I drove past one about 2 weeks ago - when can I expect to see my car?
Posted in Twenty classic arcade games
Defender
I never became any good at Defender, but at the time I found it to be extremely compulsive - just had to put one more 20p (or whatever it cost) in the slot.
For some reason I still have nostalgic feelings about this game; never mind (the bollocks).
Re: You lost me at...
"I did once. Best date ever."
Should read:
_Best_ _Date_ _Ever_
Latency
... rather than speed is why my son claims it's better to go on the internet at night.
Re: History and culture
Also, stuff about water meters and so on is important for new immigrants, however one is usually only eligible to apply for citizenship after a lengthy period of residence by which time one presumably knows most of the practicalities.
Why bother applying for citizenship if you already have permanent residency, if you can't be bothered to learn a bit of the cultural history of the place? Obviously exceptions would need to be made in certain cases.
Re: Good choice
How about Model T Ford?
it angle?
Fine story, but I'm not sure what the IT angle is.
Tardis
'Hands up if you saw "Taranis" and thought of the Gallente Interceptor.'
No, I thought Tardis.
Re: Rip off @cornz 1
"But if you are using Usenet, expect a letter from your ISP accusing you of copyright infringement."
I think in this case the letter would have to come from the Usenet provider not the ISP, and only for uploaded content, which in any case wouldn't require a TV licence unless it had been captured from a live TV feed in the UK.
Posted in Ten Linux apps you must install
Five .. Linux apps you must install
How about this:
sed, awk, grep, vi(m), less
Bring it on ...
Posted in Ten Linux apps you must install
I said sed, but I was thinking about grep
I was lurking here yesterday, but now I have to say 'sed' - this must be in the top 10 - if not, why not?
$ rpm -qi sed
Name : sed
Version : 4.2.1
Release : 10.fc17
Architecture: x86_64
Install Date: Sat 11 Aug 2012 07:04:52 PM WST
Group : Applications/Text
Size : 541801
License : GPLv3+
Signature : RSA/SHA256, Thu 19 Jul 2012 01:23:07 PM WST, Key ID 50e94c991aca3465
Source RPM : sed-4.2.1-10.fc17.src.rpm
Build Date : Wed 18 Jul 2012 08:50:48 PM WST
Build Host : buildvm-14.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Relocations : (not relocatable)
Packager : Fedora Project
Vendor : Fedora Project
URL : http://sed.sourceforge.net/
Summary : A GNU stream text editor
Description :
The sed (Stream EDitor) editor is a stream or batch (non-interactive)
editor. Sed takes text as input, performs an operation or set of
operations on the text and outputs the modified text. The operations
that sed performs (substitutions, deletions, insertions, etc.) can be
specified in a script file or from the command line.
Maybe I jest somewhat, but as far as I am concerned sed (and the rest of the GNU tools) would have to be close to the top of any top 10 Linux apps you must install. As for 'grep' - even MORE important. What about awk?
Re: The other first
Obviously when one counts floors one begins with zero for the ground floor, first floor above ground is one, first below ground is minus one. If one were to be writing lift (or "elevator") management software this is how one would number the floors; some lifts I've used even use this numbering scheme on the buttons for humans to choose the required destination level (-2,-1,0,1,2 etc).
Re: Spiceworks is great!
"Unless you religiously only run linux like my new job."
ahh, I was about to say what is Spiceworks ... but maybe I don't need to.
Re: Pricing
'"You make it sound like it wont be forever. Dream on..."
Oh, I'm sure it won't, based on current trends, I expect it will drop to around 18% and then rise to 22%.'
25% elsewhere in the EU is not unheard of (Sweden currently, IIRC).
Re: That would be £40 rather than £50 cheaper, and the magic word is
Yeah but who cares?
I just bought some (more than one, exact number not needed) 7" ICS/512Mb/4Gb/A13 based tablets for under $60 each (delivered). Who cares if one packs up, I've got a spare.
Re: Win7
or Fista, or even earlier win incarnations which are unsupported (or soon to be).
Posted in Why is solid-state storage so flimsy?
Re: A few points
Yes, I read the long posts too if the subject matter is interesting.
I cringe inwardly when I encounter "loose data" or something similar in the middle of an otherwise worthwhile post.
Re: Trolls
Unfortunately many people (trolls included) skulk behind some corporate ip address.
Re: Agree with aj87... why the iPhone 5!?
'Samsung making a handset THE SAME size as the new iPhone'
Wow, maybe this could be the makings of some kind of massive Apple / Samsung legal dispute - I'll try and sell this idea to a few legal experts.
12" single
Must go and find that 12"er with Sarah Brightman I had somewhere.
Mmmm
White label, methinks.
Get out clause for paedophiles
I'm sorry officer, I sent this lewd message to [all|everyone in this subset] of my contacts. Just include enough over 18s in the list (1% - 99% over 18 dependent on the interpretation of the judge).
Maybe there's an app for that (sext 0.9 +18 "message" could be in the api).
Re: In the meantime...
"What, you mean like http://m.theregister.co.uk ?"
Exactly. I unly use www.elreg instead of m.elreg most of the time.
Note - please can we have a working search under http://m.theregister.co.uk, or at least allow search bots in.
Personally I will never use an 'elreg' app if the website functions as well as it does on my phone - this is my most visited site on the phone; I'm even too lazy to block ads here at the moment (not intrusive enough yet, perhaps).
Re: Reminds me of this article about $49 Android tablets in China
These $45 tablets are easily available online (including delivery for under $60); I'm thinking of picking one up.
Posted in Ten USB 3.0 HDD enclosures
Re: maybe of use
I quite agree. At the moment it's usually cheaper (almost) to buy a drive in an external enclosure than a bare drive. Who in their right mind would then buy an empty enclosure?
Or am I missing something ... ?
I must say that I don't care what the manufacturer intends, I'm more interested in the hardware specifications and how easy it is to root etc. If the next kindle fire fits the bill then I won't rule it out.
Re: FACT: Tossers
Umm no, this is stuff "they" apparently couldn't be bothered to release (according to the article we're commenting on) but was provided instead by UKNova.
As an expat myself I must confess that I heard of UKNova too late to have had the chance to use it; I came across this news by chance a few days ago (I think on tellymad; best used with jdownloader - thanks magz).
Re: I disagree
It's supposed to be a hangover cure. Ergo trying to per cure FRESH bread of any sort is out of the question under any circumstances.
Posted in Ten netbooks
Size / price / screen res
Just looking at a few old machines I've got around here:
1) Original eePC (7", 800x480)
2) Acer Aspire One (10.1", 1024x600)
3) Some 11.6" notebooks (1366x768)
4) Some oldish Android phones 3.5-3.8" (800x480)
The old eePC from (2007?) is a good size physically; there's too much unused space around the screen, and the resolution is too low to view many websites. Please supply link to original eePC girl on beach below this post if you've got one better than this:
http://regmedia.co.uk/2007/06/06/asus_eeepc_2.jpg
She still looks like the perfect netbook user; I just can't imagine her with a tablet or whatever.
Why can't I get a netbook the size of 1) with a resolution like 3) nowadays? OK, I can get a tablet ... but I want a keyboard. Most high end phones offer a better screen resolution than netbooks. WTF?
Re: I'll miss them
Uh, how about using the cloud as (an additional backup) for the stuff one finds important.
No, I'm not doing it yet myself, but I'm certainly thinking about it.
Re: Thermodynamics FTW.
Capslock stuck intermittently?
Re: It's spiders with mine!
-1 from me for insect, a spider is as stated an arachnid; +1 however for the cat - ours is lazy in comparison!
Busy Tone - Re: KLM much worse since Air France tie-in, I wonder why?
I wish more organizations used a busy tone to deflect callers when their queues were above a certain wait time. They could always publish another number for those that really want to queue.
Re: ....
Sweeden? Honestly...
alt.porn.*
Surely one could just filter out a few bits of Usenet that were deemed inappropriate...
global economy
Over a period of time one would expect the IT jobs to migrate to the most economical location. Eliminate third world poverty etc.
Unfortunately for those of us from the first world this means that our income will tend down towards the global mean.
My prediction
... is that data roaming will never be a good idea beyond an emergency:- individuals at the moment should always source a local option for data beyond some minimal limit (5Mb per annum?), companies seek a deal if it goes above this.
The pain of sourcing a local SIM (several hours of bureaucracy in some jurisdictions) will outway the costs after, say, this 5Mb.
Posted in How to get a job in Australia
Re: @Paul L Daniels - - I've heard... Yes.s but...
Hmm - are there any good IT jobs to be had in the Pilbara, though? If so, let me know- I'm less than 500 miles away.
Posted in Toshiba America says no to new netbooks
Re: Now they just need to cut Ultrabook prices by 66%
Just waiting for my wife's new HP Pavilion DM1 to arrive - 11.6", 1366x768 screen, a bit bigger than a netbook but no more expensive.
Posted in Ten... Ultrabooks
Small, cheap laptops (not netbooks)
Why can't I find anything at all to beat my couple of years old Acer Aspire 1410 - 1366x768 11.6" screen, core solo cpu, 2gb ram , under £400?
I'd like to buy a newer, smaller, faster, better, lighter, cheaper, etc laptop but there isn't one - why not? In the past I've always managed to buy a new laptop every couple of years that meets all of those simple requirements, but I can't any more. Why should I be forced to buy a tablet to do that now - I need a built in keyboard!
Now, if someone could make something around the size of a (New (TM)) iPad, screen res. included, that had a keyboard built in and one could stick one's favourite linux / bsd distro on without difficulty then I'd be there in a flash.
Why oh why oh why oh ... (cont p94).
Posted in El Reg Forums FAQ
Re: The one thing that I really dislike about the forums
Just HAD to downvote you there - 'cos I can.
Blimey, of course I don't care.
BOGOF
I really like the idea of a ‘buy one get one free’ deal for breast implants - it seems somewhat surreal.
I see in my mind someone who was only able to afford to do one tit suddenly leaping at the chance to get both done and they can get matching ones.
Posted in Asda 'geekend' offers are for the birds
So what
Why should we even care about Asda's failings as a retailer? All that matters is whether the marketing strategy sells more of their stuff.
I can choose not to buy.
Posted in Fedora 16: A GNOME lover's paradise
How did you write the DVD iso to a USB stick? Presumably not with livecd-iso-to-disk
I just use livecd-iso-to-disk and have no need to pass any repo= options to the installer, it just installs cleanly, doesn't ask for a network connection. For me this has worked without any faffing around for the last couple of releases.
wtf
Whojobs?
Of course he was a great guy but it's not really in the same league.
xoxo
man man
recurse ad infinitum.
I hope this helps.
Typos
Much as I hate typos I struggle myself to type coherently using this ridiculous touchscreen on my phone.
