Posts by Code Monkey
1458 posts • joined Thursday 16th October 2008 09:53 GMT
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Posted in Anon Mail commenters to stay anon
Judge shows common sense?
Blimey. Maybe there's some hope for this sad island after all.
Posted in US scientists build laser-killing device
"absorbing 99.999 per cent of incoming light"
They've invented the priest's sock?
African
South African dam, African elephants.
If Indian dams ever break the 600 (African) elephant per second barrier, then we can start to argue.
Nice
Especially as this would rate the dam at a magnificent 3654 PPM.
Elephants per second
That has just shot to the top of my list of favourite measurements, wiping the floor with the Wales and even beating the Bulgarian Airbag.
UK.gov response:
Fuck em. We can't put the rights of the general public above those of company executives to line their pockets with people's tax pounds. We'll support this scam and concoct some wacky terrrorism bullshit to cover our backs. Oppose the perv scanners? You must support the terrorists! You must be a terrorist!
Posted in MS fesses on silent security fixes
True, but
True, but that's a risk fixing all bugs. Disclosure doesn't make my bug fixes better or worse and I can't see why that's any different for MS.
Posted in IT grad claims £5m for crap degree
@AC
I'd rate not being a dick as far more important than the grade(?), subject or even having a degree.
Posted in IT grad claims £5m for crap degree
@AC
I was speaking purely for myself, though admittedly I should have added pointing and laughing for completeness.
Posted in MS fesses on silent security fixes
IMO that's fair enough
Not often I agree with Redmond, but for bugs that have been found internally, just fix them!
Posted in IT grad claims £5m for crap degree
It's that sort of thinking...
...that earns you Desmond*.
* I don't have a degree at all yet feel educated enough to sneer at Mr Wogu.
You don't have to join the tech pissing contest.
Maybe you're used to a Pavlovian dash for your debit card as soon as Apple releases new shiny but you don't have to. The old iPhone is a perfectly capable device (once you slap an oversized rubber band over it).
Posted in Twitter off-limits for cricketers
Swanny
That's a shame as Graeme Swann is quite entertaining. Anyone know of a spoof Swanny a la TheBig_Sam?
It's the Angry Birds
Personally I've no use for this but I can see parents getting their (lucky) kids one to stop them nicking their phones to play Angry Birds.
Great
Now where do I opt out?
Posted in HTC takes a flyer on tablets
My thoughts exactly
Hopefully they've scaled up the battery otherwise it'll flop like nobody's business!
Experts Exchange
That was my first thought, too. And that's one bit of information I'll happily share with Google!
Posted in HTML5 kicked into 2014
"Another three years of crushing hype"
How wonderfully, if depressingly, succint.
Life imitating art
I wonder if they got the idea by reading Omon Ra by Vicotr Pelevin.
"I'm not racist, but..."
In the sense that they're "not racist, but..."
Posted in Protection of Freedoms Bill is released
A cautious welcome
I didn't know that fraud trials without jury were in the sights as well. I've always viewed jury trials as an easy target for the Tories as they can argue it's red tape in the way of getting jsutice done.
So it's a welcome from me, suspended until the fine print has been examined (by someone more clued up than I).
Actually...
...the head trauma monitor does sound extremely useful (potentially a life-saving app, rather than killer app) but would, as, Dale 3 says, require a decent connection.
"especially when a delivery is late"
When the driver's late for his cuppa more like!
bit.ly?
Post a proper URL
Coffee is lovely...
...ss long as you're careful not to buy Starbucks' vile cups of over-roasted pish.
Bang bang!
Only in America would they have a gun sale to raise money for crime victims. I love you all, you crazy bastards!
So long nagware
Annoying the hell out of your userbase not a good business model? Well I never.
I'm not even that sorry for the poor basts losing their jobs.
Posted in PSP playing boy plunges onto railway
It's Friday
There'll be falling over/into things/onto things aplenty going on in and around city centre boozers the length and breadth of the UK. I'm not sure which you'd pick as the 3rd.
Posted in Big stink over Malawi farting ban
Glad I'm not Malawian(?)
Having just chowed down on a big plate of veg samosas I'm grateful to live in a country with freedom of, er, gas.
First they came for the flatulent...
Posted in PSP playing boy plunges onto railway
The child is an idiot
For once I don't blame the parents.
Posted in Scanner snares senior servant
Architectural Ironmongery
And there's the real reason he was sacked, for not claiming he was searching for architectural ironmongery.
Yes
Via airmail, of course
How about
They all put their fncking phones down and take court cases seriously?
Wow
So... when I was down the pub on Saturday I was being a Beer Scientist? Actually with over 20 years research I'd be overqualified in the Essential Oils sector.
Posted in UK probes ebook pricing
Charge them (almost) full whack
While the material and distribution costs are negligible, the authors still have to be paid. Your typical eBook price complaint completely devalues the months of work represented by a good book (or the days of work represented by a Dan Brown novel).
They're asking for it
With all that code kncoking around inviting people to "Like" pages on 3rd party sites. Personally I'd rather they allowed me to switch that shite off because I'm never going to use it.
Posted in Motorola Defy Android smartphone
Good review. Phone looks good, too
That ticks quite a lot of my boxes (can take a knock, small-for-a-smartphone size, call quality, battery life), enough to forgive the less than bleeding edge OS. Certainly more boxes than my Desire.
Hopefully an updated Defy 2 will be available at upgrade time.
@AC You could always ignore it
It is possible to escape the whole shitepile of celebutard gossip. Honestly.
You don't have to read the red tops. You can watch Channel Four news instead of Channel Five. Then maybe you won't find the need to anonymously post angry messages to the Internet.
Posted in Archos 101 8GB Android tablet
"the only tablet now on sale that I would actually spend my own hard-earned on"
I'm still not ready to part with my hard-earned on a tablet but this is the most tempting fondle-slab I've seen so far. And unlike almost every other vendor, Archos have been making this sort of thing for years.
Posted in In defence of Comic Sans
Whereas...
Whereas complaining on the Internet is a good use of anyone's time.
Posted in Ten... wireless keyboards
Your review
Your review focusses more on aesthetics and noise than how they feel when typing. Personally I'm not arsed what the thing looks like, nor whether my colleagues can make phonecalls when I'm typing (frankly if they can't, so much the better). What I am concerned with is can I still use my hands after a marathon of bodging code.
Who would want this?
Click here to be bombarded with spam every time you walk past a Starbucks.
Thank $DEITY my Android's fixed and I can sign up tonight!
Posted in MSI Windows webpad goes on sale
No thanks
I can wedge doors open for a lot less than £500 plus virus scanner.
