Posts by Code Monkey
1450 posts • joined Thursday 16th October 2008 09:53 GMT
.co
Reg readers know it comes from Colombia, most folks won't.
There was a fad for companies having .uk.co addresses a while ago. I doubt it was a good idea as people would assume a typo and go to their .co.uk equivalent - probably a competitor
Posted in Bebo rave becalmed by waves
I was round a friend's
Presumably you rode across the Firth on your high horse, in pleny of time.
Windows for Warships
Glad I live inland. Coastal types - I hope it's not your house that goes up when a worm gets into the missiles' firing systems.
iTunes - faugh
Meanwhile I have been playing with it the HTC Desire last week. After years of having to use iTunes* to keeping an iPod up-to-date, the simple "connect to PC, drag files back and forth, disconnect" routine is a joy. So simple!
* on Windows - apparently it's better on Mac but I don't care enough to pay out an entire holiday's worth of money to find out
Posted in Bebo rave becalmed by waves
You know more about tides than other people
Well done, have a cookie.
Also
One or both of Alice Roberts's "The Incredible Human Journey" and Spencer Wells' "The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey" support the spread from Asia.
They're excellent books and well worth a few evenings of anyone's time.
Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl's idea that the Pacific islands were populated from South America has been pretty thoroughly discredited (though take nothing away from the magnifience of his journey).
That the islanders travelled (largely) from West to East is an even more impressive feat of navigation.
Carry on Steve
I found that interview most entertaining. It's just a question of not taking him too seriously.
Posted in Quit Facebook Day flops
They do leave
Since the privacy hoo-ha people have been leaving (see past Reg stories about "delete Facebook account" rising in the Goolge search rankings). I've got various social networking accounts that have lapsed but I deleted Facebook.
I'm tempted to re-register to see how much of my info Facebook "remembers" but fear that reattaching the "hosepipe of shite" (it's how I've come to imagine the FB news feed) might mean I don't delete it again.
Posted in Quit Facebook Day flops
Cached?
I'm assuming the count is cached, but the comments themselves aren't. Does it really affect your Reg-reading joy much?
Posted in Snails on crystal meth: The facts
There's a mechanism for forgetting?
I mean other than drinking to excess.
Lovely job!
My favourite is in there - Gazza chipping my all-time favourite player, Colin Hendry in Euro 96.
Posted in BBC One HD to launch this autumn
Weakest Link HD
Another round of surgery for Anne Robinson, then
Wet donkey jacket
If it's something generic you want, try "you could hang a wet donkey jacket on them".
Posted in Queuing for an iPad? Why?
I'm no better than anyone else...
...but being "smart enough not to make such a stupid decision" counts for something.
Posted in Queuing for an iPad? Why?
You're right
Shame on us commentards for having opinions on new pretty-but-useless technology. Reg, you should close these fora immediately!
Posted in BBC iPlayer to run on iPads. Eventually
iPlayer + PS3
iPlayer is pretty much the only thing I use my PS3 for. It was handy on the laptop but telly on demand on the actual telly is superb. C4 and ITV need to catch up (in my case I'm not that arsed about ITV, mind, unless the darts is on).
Posted in Music biz pot calls Apple black
Seabrook's
No inverted commas needed; Seabrook's tomato sauce crisps are the best ever.
I'm actually disappointed I deleted mine
Shame. I'd have loved to have watched this shitstorm from up close. Ah well I'll get over it.
Idleness and pie-scoffing
2 of my favourite activities!
Posted in Sam Mendes to helm new Jesus Phone ads
So the difference is?
So the difference is Apple make pretty phones that may or may not do what you need a phone to do?
Roll on the day they decide they can't offer a "seamless" phonecall experience and drop the ability to make and receive calls, showing you iObsessed masses as the credulous fools you are!
Why not spend ~$500 on books?
I thought about getting a Kindle, then realised I could just spend all that money on books. Sure they take up rather a lot of space in my house but they're a lot easier on the eye and don't need recharging all the time.
Incredible
I guess doctors can have gambling problems the same as the rest of us proles. It's sad.
Justin who?
Another entry in the "slebs I don't give a rat's ass about but aren't worth getting angry over either" file.
Posted in 6Music: Dead man walking?
Sack Chris Moyles
Losing Moyles and his equally unfunny cronies would free up enough money to save 6Music. It's the only music station worth bothering with.
$7bn well spent
I reckon the $7bn went into making graphite substitute that's unbreakable while still being writeable-withable.
If you imagine a bit of normal mechanical pencil breaking off and drifting into something vital in the near-zero-gravity, then it's money well spent. Probably.
Deleted
Sorry mate, I deleted mine.
Where they came from
The family of Muslims that live next door to me come from Birmingham.
Olympics
These should be our Olympic mascots.
Wow
Even if this never has any practical application it is beautiful. Nanoaeroboffins I salute you.
Dogs
Do that and watch the number of dog attacks rocket as the "inaudible" sound drives them mental.
La Cucuracha
They do round my way. Well actually it's the Match of the Day theme tune; either way it's a huge assault on the senses
Motorhead
Just issue every driver with a Best of Motorhead CD and oblige them to play it at full blast with the windows open.
As a bonus side-effect hybrid drivers will have some excitement to make up for their pitifully underperforming cars.
Not arf
http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Hell_%28Father_Ted%29_screengrab.jpg/256px-Hell_%28Father_Ted%29_screengrab.jpg
Posted in DRAM makers fined €331m for euro cartel
DRAM
I thought this was going to be a story about whisky. Imagine my disappointment!
True
It's like saying Jupiter's bigger than an elephant. There are better comparisons but the statement is correct.
My 2p: I reckon it's a typo and shame on us all for our pedantry!
"About half the women I know have had one done."
Is that know for real or half your female Facebook friends?
Wow
All that's missing is a "kthxbai".
Yet another Scouse sense-of-humour fail
The most overrated band in history if you ask me.
Go ahead, vote me down if you like, just remember that disagreeing != trolling.
Down with that sort of thing
I saw this coming. With the rise of "become a fan to see [something]" pages, the page punting malware wasn't so far away. So long Facebook, hello free time spend more wisely.
How to permanently delete your Facebook account
http://www.groovypost.com/howto/security/permanently-delete-your-facebook-profile-account/
Following these steps deletes, rather than deactivates your account. Which is nice.
Posted in Cideko Air Keyboard motion controller
Nostalgia Factor
Is anyone (else) of a certain age looking at that keyboard and thinking "Spectrum"?
I've been idly wondering about a keyboard for the PS3 and the nostalgia factor could make this the one.
Posted in Google sets sights on the dashboard
Could be worse
This car has failed to stop because brakes.dll was not found.
@ the poster above: Yes it's childish. Are you new here?
Posted in Google sets sights on the dashboard
Try Renault
No doubt they're doing something quirky, like Haiku OS :)
Posted in Google sets sights on the dashboard
Beta
"Do you realise you were doing 50mph in a 30mph zone?"
"Oops, sorry officer, my speedo's a beta."
Get it right, bitch
@Facebook - get this right or I'm off. Bitch.
Posted in The Cameregg plan: Who got what?
And
I bet the Tories' single, solitary Scottish MP is livid after missing out on the Scottish Secretary position.
Posted in Scroogle scrapes back to life
There's a Firefox add-on too
You can also get an add-on to use it in Firefox's search bar. Which is nice.
Posted in Scroogle scrapes back to life
Or...
...clicked the link in the article
(confession time: I typed Scroogle.com, too)
Semi-literate nonsense
"'Following: 0 Followers: 0' dat is wat i saw 5mins ago::::i jumpd up nd i realise twitter is fixin' a problem dats y....!!"
Generally I'd blame the user rather than the platform but the 140 character limit really does encourage semi-literate nonsense like this.
