Re: Obviously!

Do not feed the trolls!

I wonder what they would name a true IE6 fix...

uninstall.exe? :)

Indeed...

It's the first time I've ever heard of anything like this occuring. :)

C Yates

BSc, MIT, BTEC, CCNA, DVLA, TLA and lord of the known universe

Re: This

Good on you!

There's always Apple! They never impinge on anyone's priv... oh wait!

Still, there is Microsoft, THEY never imp.... oh wait!

Look on the bright side, at least when Google do it, it's mostly for free =)

Re: Better late than never ?

Well said; one of the reasons (naive as they are) for getting a bloody Mac in the first place!

Re: Sir

I agree with you Mr Spoon, alas when it came to voting not even Jar Jar Binks, the introduction of midichlorians (thereby dispelling the magic) or annoying Anakin shouting "yippieeeee" could tip the scales against the utter piece of shite that was Highlander 2.

At least Star Wars had a semi-decent plot which the original trilogy could follow on from... But it might come a close second :P

Pretty good for an ex-lorry driver!

This guy has done slightly-well for himself :)

Re: Preview pics on an LCD screen has a patent?

"I thought there was a "non-obvious" requirement?"

Presumably Apple couldn't patent being a bunch of w*nkers then...

Maybe they'e copying Apple?

Imagine how good all this would look on Apple's new Mountain Yak OS (TM) :D

Amen

Plus pretty much the only time she will learn these lessons are when something like this happens.

You only saw him shoot the laptop...

It had its lid down, it was carefully placed on the grass.

If it had been me, I would have stripped the major components prior to the shooting - who's to say he didn't? He certainly had the knowhow, enough time and he did plan it all out...

@ Lee

I couldn't agree with you more (though you could have just written that into one paragraph *snigger* =P)

I myself have 3 CV's; each customised for the different fields I'm applying for.

All irrelevant crap, GCSE grades have gone byebye because they're now irrelevant and I actually need the space! I agree with a lot of the folks here, page one is the "impact" page, the one I try to make count.

To the OP of this mini-thread: you just carry on with your 9 page effort, you're making it much easier for me even though you're doubtlessly better equipped for the job =P"

Normal for Norfolk :)

This kinda reminds me of the Norfolk woman who had "Do not resucsitate" tattooed to her chest and "PTO" on her back :)

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-14802369)

Password tattoos anyone? :D

Couldn't agree more!

You're far better people than me in allowing people free access. I think my wireless network is the only one bothering to use any encryption in my street.

I've even warned some of the neighbours about this sorta thing only to have them shrug!

I suppose the silver lining is in that anyone wanting to get upto something will leave my connection alone as it's easier to access SKY181 or [insert_easily_researchable_router_model_with_default_admin_passwords] down the road... *shrug* =)

You fool!

Unless we read about it we can't disapprove! :)

Beat me to it!!

Not literally :D

You shouldn't let it put you off...

If you think like this you'll never experience anything :)

As long as you're sensible, you should be fine.

(Why do you need to put in your address or phone number if the people already know you!?)

@Mr Coward

Part of the 'standards' process involves considering the users or "freetards" as you so colourfully describe them. (See your own link.)

Perhaps you yourself should think yourself before spouting off.

RE: Do you really think...

"None of you freetards have picked up on the fact the h.264 is *the* industry standard"

And now there's going to be a new one which we don't have to pay for.

This is how standards are made you moron.

Re: Re: So, so jaded.

Am I the only one getting slightly turned on by that comment?

In retrospect I should have probably posted anon :)

maybe the hackers are wonwry?

couldn't resist =)

Points for trolling =)

So shameless :D

RE KarlTH

It's like Tom 35 says, we don't have any choice - management demand that level of access.

Plus much of our infrastructure is old and we cannot afford to replace it in the current climate, so whilst the likes of the AV is new the hardware it runs on could use an update.

It comes down to the age-old battle between security and usability.

Are you one of the "idiots" who puts that much crap into builds that NOBODY can use it?

I absolutely agree!

You've just named about every mainstream overbloated piece of crap there is going!

(I don't WANT reader to do anything other than open PDF's, if I did I would use reader pro FFS)

Thank god for QT and Adobe Reader lite builds.

where do I sign up? =)

and? =)

*snigger*

=D

It's a bit of fun!

Lighten up for christ's sake!

Do I get a cookie? :D

I chose to do C++ =D

But then again, I'm employed :)

Spaceballs ftw!

What's your password??

1... 2... 3... 4...

1234? that's the sort of password an IDIOT would have on his matched luggage!

=D

Are you serial? =D

Couldn't resist ^_^

With you 100% on the toolbar thing though - I believe apps that install their own toolbars result result in a lengthy jail term and some knuckle breaking...

*facepalm*

There's always one... =)

Pure quality!!! =D

Thanks to AC for that link - brightened up a horrible day.

I must quote this for those of you not bothered to follow the link:

"The planned "ultra-mosque" will be a staggering 5,600ft tall – more than five times higher than the tallest building on Earth – and will be capped with an immense dome of highly-polished solid gold, carefully positioned to bounce sunlight directly toward the pavement, where it will blind pedestrians and fry small dogs. The main structure will be delimited by 600 minarets, each shaped like an upraised middle finger, and housing a powerful amplifier: when synchronised, their combined sonic might will be capable of relaying the muezzin's call to prayer at such deafening volume, it will be clearly audible in the Afghan mountains, where thousands of terrorists are poised to celebrate by running around with scarves over their faces, firing AK-47s into the sky and yelling whatever the foreign word for "victory" is."

ROFL ^^

Too true (@BenR)

Recently a member of our staff had her purse nicked. Said member was able to get CCTV footage from the petrol station, yet the police were unable to use it because it wasn't in a format that they recognised.

All it took was the download of a trial edition of the software the cctv system used (identified by googling the file extension) and lo and behold I had the footage within an hour.

Oddly enough they didn't catch the guy =P

iPlayer Grabber

Brilliant app for mac users (sorry everyone else, I'm not trying to be a git on purpose :P), saves files as mp4!

Too true!

It's the age-old battle between security and usability, and as ever the best way is a balanced approach.

Not looking forward to the start of a new school term with kiddywinks who STILL use an entire sentence as their password (30chars +), then asking for a reset despite being told to use something sensible.

(Though it is quite amusing to watch their red faces when you delete that extra space they'd added after their username in the login box...)

You forgot the raptor pit and the crocodile on a rope!

=D

You're either a troll or a moron...

Idiot.

I saw your reply and thought of this...

http://xkcd.com/323/

Quality =)

That's all very well... (@Steve and all his wonderful mates)

but realID was bugged from the off allowing people to get your details through addons (you had to setup parental controls to opt out properly).

Reading some of the things that went on (and laughing), I'm glad they're not gonna go through with it.

(source: http://www.geekosystem.com/blizzard-real-id-what-weve-learned/)

I prefer my "real-life" friends to stay in real-life personally, just because you want the whole world and his dog to know you're on a raid and should be called Steve doesn't mean everyone else wants to.