plus ça change...
@several earlier commenters.
Trying to introduce rational reasoned comment on a Leach trollfest is a thankless task.
The trollkiddies don't like it.
As evidenced by the multitude of downvotes this will get.
Posts by Ted Treen
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Apple confirms 128GB iPad. A hundred bucks for an extra 64GB
Worst broadband notspots in the UK named and shamed
Naked intruder cracks one off in Florida rampage drama
Monday 28th January 2013 13:48 GMT
Re: @The First Dave
If someone is that deranged - temporarily or otherwise, you have absolutely no idea whether or not there is a direct threat to your life or that of your wife.
And you don't risk your wife's life - or even your own - to fulfil some ultra-liberal touch-feely agenda. You can't value your wife greatly, if you do!
Michael Dell and the Curse of the Exploding Batteries
EU-wide mega-Leveson 'needed' to silence Press, bloggers
Chinese boffins crack cloaking tech for camouflage
Dead Steve Jobs' patent war threat to Palm over 'no-hire pact'
‘That’s not art’ says Apple as it pulls nudes from AppStore
This week's BBC MELTDOWN: Savile puppet haunts kids' TV
Ex-Doctor Who babe Karen Gillan touts dodgy diet pills in twit gaffe
Media barons threaten to spike UK.gov's audacious copyright grab
Satnav blunder sends Belgian granny 1,450km to Croatia
Latest exoplanet discovery is a virtual CLONE of Earth
Friday 11th January 2013 00:43 GMT
Depends...
...upon how far away it is. If it's say 1,000 light years away, then all we would hear is any radio noise emitted from where it was 1,000 years ago. We would only see its star as it was - and where it was - 1,000 years ago.
We would have to study it for some time and - if possible, calculate where it is now and point a radio telescope all along the track from its observed position (where it was 1,000 years ago) to where it is calculated to be and hope that in the intervening time any inhabitants had developed the technology to send radio signals in a recognisable way, and they would still be 1,000 years advanced from when they transmitted. Any reply would give an effective response time of 2,000 years between transmit & receive response assuming we pointed our response in the right direction.
Of course, if it's a near neighbour, say 20 - 30 light years away, then the signal/response time might be only 40 - 60 years...
Manning was 'illegally punished', will get 112 days lopped off any sentence
She's a beauty! Super WATER-RICH Mars rock FOUND
Ancient Mars: Covered with life, oceans, clouds, and imagination
This photo slide scanner costs €60... The bundled malware? That's free
Saturday 5th January 2013 17:28 GMT
Re: Strewth,
Lars,
Buy a dedicated slide scanner from eBay. If its software is missing/out of date etc., use VueScan (versions for Mac, Windoiws and Linux) which supports most scanners - new & old!.
http://www.hamrick.com
I use VueScan with my Nikon Coolscan and it's superior to the Nikon software the scanner came with. - I have no connection, other than a very satisfied user.
I've been using Macs & Photoshop for over 20 years now, but I STILL shoot on Fujichrome with my two Nikon F4s bodies and the F801s I picked up for £20 a few months ago...
I bought my Coolscan V new some years ago, and wouldn't part with it.
iPhone 'Do Not Disturb' bug to self-destruct on Monday
What's THAT, you say? Apple MIGHT be making a NEW iPHONE, iOS?
Wednesday 2nd January 2013 15:32 GMT
@danR2
"...an OS cloned off an almost 50 year-old OS..."
In much the same way that next year's offerings from Ferrari, Porsche, Bentley & Rolls-Royce are powered by a clone of a 129 year-old power plant?**
Pure sophistry^ old lad - and you (should) know it.
**1884: British engineer Edward Butler constructed the first petrol (gasoline) internal combustion engine. Butler invented the spark plug, magneto, coil ignition and spray jet carburetor, and was the first to use the word petrol.
^Pure sophistry:- a more polite and restrained way of saying "Utter bollocks"
Merde! Paris Apple Store in €1m armed raid on New Year's Eve
Wednesday 2nd January 2013 13:01 GMT
Re: "le Plod"?
Pas excitement, mon brave...
Le Plod would be an affectionate-ish commonly used name.
Les Flics is (or at least, was) rather more insulting, more like the old "The Pigs" or "The Filth".
i was advised this some years ago by a delightful young lady from Aix-en-Provence who was very shocked to hear me use the aforementioned froggie colloquialism...
Tibetan monks lose their TVs as China's censors raid monasteries
Monday 31st December 2012 15:31 GMT
Re: Religion itself is rarely the problem:- more of a problem is Organised religion.
"...the US is a christian state, or Egypt is a muslim state, and they VERY MUCH want to encroach upon everyone..."
As I said earlier, that's the ORGANISED religious authorities - who all too frequently have about as much to do with true religion as Blair & Mandelson & Co. have to do with socialism.
I am no adherent to any specific creed - neither could I claim in all honesty to be a follower of any of the three main parties in our parliament.
I can't really think offhand of any authoritative body - in almost any field - which hasn't become self-serving and corrupt.
Monday 31st December 2012 13:10 GMT
Re: My karma just ran over my dogma
Religion itself is rarely the problem:- more of a problem is Organised religion.
In (too) many cases, the religious authorities have become every bit as megalomanic, venal and hypocritical as the secular authorities - and frequently in cahoots with them - preservation of self and self's status being their primary concern, usually achieved through the subjugation of their adherents or followers.
Looking at religion itself, a doctrine which basically exhorts care for your fellow man and praises lack of selfishness does not seem to deserve the diatribes of invective heaped upon it by many of the anti-God brigade. Certainly, complaint against the entrenched organisations is both acceptable and unfortunately, frequently valid. I still cannot see why some commenters are so violent in both their manner of speech and their suggested eradication of what to many, is a deeply personal, private and even altruistic way of life.
If you don't believe, fine: that's your choice. Is it really necessary though to insult and denigrate those who do believe, but do not encroach upon you in any way?
US, UK probe HP claims of accounting mischief at Autonomy
Monday 31st December 2012 12:50 GMT 
Well...
I have nothing like the complete picture, but I can't help having a nagging feeling that HP are indulging in a bit of mud-flinging to deflect interest from their less-than-sparkling performance.
If Autonomy's alleged shenanigans were a) real and b) on such a massive scale, then surely a little due diligence on the part of HP prior to purchase would at least have raised a suspicion or two.
Steve Jobs' Apple yacht freed after family settles the bill
When your squash partner 'endorses' your coding skills on LinkedIn...
Friday 28th December 2012 11:43 GMT 
Really?
"...To a large extent, social networks (especially Facebook) are about creating and reinforcing friendships rather than getting into deep philosophical discussions,..."
But to a much larger extent, social networks (especially Facebook) are about selling you to the targeted advertising industry, and making the founders (especially Zuckerberg) exceedingly rich people.
Ten… top tech cock-ups of 2012
North Korea releases first computer game
ICANN'T believe it's not Apple: Vatican wins domain-handout lottery
McDonalds fried for serving spam
Swedish teens GO BERSERK in Instagram sex pic slut riot
Dutch operators: Ugh, we really overdid it on the 4G last night...
Sorry, Apple - China's just not that into your iPhone 5
Tuesday 18th December 2012 11:47 GMT
Re: Apples reality distortion field in action @derp 17/12/12 18:20
"...Heavily subsidized carrier deals helped Apple set its new Chinese sales record, it’s been suggested, with strong demand for discounted iPhone 5 handsets offsetting low traffic in the company’s own stores..."
Q. And how does this differ from the UK where the vast majority of upmarket phones are carrier subsidised on 2-yr deals?
A. It doesn't at all.
It is a mere "suggestion" - (note: suggestion, not confirmed as fact, possibly merely an idea in the author's mind) which the troll here implies is factual.
Meanwhile, in the UK, it's been suggested that acting as a Leach acolyte will get you out of short trousers more quickly and make doing your homework less of a chore...
UK cops: How we sniffed out convicted AnonOps admin 'Nerdo'
iPhone 5 launches in China, late and expensive. Chinese say 'meh'
Apple debuts detailed failure gauge page
Schmidt 'very proud' of Google's tiny tax bill: 'It's called capitalism'
Another Apple maps desert death trap down under
Wednesday 12th December 2012 17:08 GMT
Re: What's with the Apple fixation? @AC 15:20
"...while Google is not perfect at least it does not try to pretend it is..."
Is that why it's still pushing the "Don't be evil" crap, and denying deliberate harvesting of private network data, inter alia?
PS
The plural which escapes you is "companies".
Biting the hand that feeds IT
