Posts by Nick 238 publicly visible posts • joined 4 May 2007
I foresee a rise in the use of 'plausible deniability' encryption software for any sales guys who take their collection with them for use in hotels around the world. Especially if this task is being delegated to front line guys with click&point interfaces - they're not going to know their breasts from their elbows.
Paris, because they'll have seen all her pics more often than they catch drugs.
El Reg following the DM approach and getting upset days after the event :)
Whilst it was nice to see the writers at least having a slight understanding of IT security, my criticism of the whole thing was that, if they worked out which fibre this 0DA was due to arrive on, then why not just unplug it, rather than having to hack in and send one in reverse to the submarine. Also, would this not have launched an attack on whichever country was on the other end of the fibre? I also reminded me of the movie 'Independence Day' all over again.
Thats exactly what I need at home... Bet they're still +£1k per 'blade' though.
Its always struck me as a bit pointless enclosing kit in a metal box when its going into a airconditioned, dust filtered, earthed, secure data centre. What does the metal box do other than stop heat escaping and prevent the DataTrolls from elecrocuting themselves?
So, my question is, did the survey encompass high-rise and skyscraper properties, or was it just a street level survey? Id imagine that New Yoik has a greater population density living vertically, and if these wern't taken into account, it could squew the results.
Paris, because, well, she's in the survey and knows all about the dangers of the internet.
Thats unsurprising, but I do find it funny that releasing the details around the van's would 'alter the publics perception' ergo, yeah, we've got some transit vans, but they don't really work with modern telly's, freeview/freesat/cable or streaming TV services.
I still think its a shame that the Beeb didn't design themselves around a subscription service when freeview launched - then you could have the choice once analogue was switched off whether to use the BBC services or not.
Oh, and if I ever came to power, it would be called the TV Tax, not TV licence.
That's a nice feature, but what about all the other generic MP3 players?
All of the 'new media' developments from Auntie seem to be aimed initially at the jPhone, then if you're lucky they slowly trickle out to other platforms.
I could understand if it was due to DRM, but releasing the shows in MP3 format, surely negates any DRM incumbent with the AAC format?
Was it N.S Sherlock, on behalf of Blockbusters?
I'm mean, who'd of thunk that a more expensive solution not guaranteed to be the best choice that requires not only a player, but a new TV to get the marginal benefits ISNT selling that quickly. Well .... me with a stick.
Is there even any blueray pr0n yet?
PH, because it would be interesting to see her moving in HD!
Its obvious, but so few people do it! We're having new boiler equipment fitted to our offices, so they're nice and warm for the winter. But RIGHT NEXT DOOR is the aircon equipment venting heat into the atmosphere 'captured' from the computer room. Of course, no-one has thought to combine the two to offset some of the cost of using two lots of energy.
My computer equipment is due to come in from the cold (out in the shed) where it lives during the summer months to keep the house warm in the next few weeks - it means I can reduce the time the central heating is on during the day by about an hour a day because of the continuous background heat - it soon adds up! Just a shame its so noisy!
... if rather than traffic 'shaping', they'll go to traffic 'removal' by booting subscribers who P2P.
I'm hoping that the next round of Sky hardware will support broadband rather than PSTN for its call home, and allow for iPlayer like functionality directly with the Sky Box (provided of course you get your BB from Sky :D )
Even if hardware sales are flagging, software sales are still looking rosy for MS, and this is where they make their money. If they can claw back some ground to Nintendo with the Wii for occasional games players, then games sales + live subscriptions = HappyMS. Although the 360 and 3 are at similar levels game styles/hardware wise, MS wants to focus on NinWii than the 3's 'Hardcore Gamer' angle. Sony REALLY need to push their blu-ray player on the 3 rather than the games to avoid becoming an also-ran in round 6 of the console wars. It will also be a clever move come xmas, because less knowledgable parents who can't get the Wii for their little darlings may decide to buy an Xbox, after all, they do the same thing at the same price, don't they? :)
I'm surpised that Guy Richies Snatch knocked nearly 8000 circuits off. I wonder if thats why there's all those rumours about her Madgesty.
Oh, and a point of note, we've not been advised that Fibre has been stolen, merely damaged (I suspect cut/pulled/broken to quickly release the cards).
I'm hoping it appears on fleamobile fairly soon, the contract is up on my HTC Athena, and I'm looking for a less pocket ripping replacement. The SE seems to be ideal for this and ticks my boxes of:- GPS (for tomtom), An OS that you can run your own applications on, FM Radio, A normal headphone socket, >3mp camera and MicroSD support.
Both the HTC Diamond and the Apple iPhone just arn't quite there, and the Googlephone still seems to be some way off.
"Read the small print before signing so you're aware of how you'll be shafted".
Whats that, 14 words? Leaving them more time to get Dame Judi Dench* to sprout their lies.
Other industries could adopt similar approaches:-
"We'll have our house back if you stop paying us money"
"Its safer to invest your cash under your bed"
"McBurger meal depicted is made of rubber and not constructed by a spotty youff"
"You'll look like a right wally and people will assume you have a small penis if you drive this car"
and so on...
*Yes, I realise it wasn't her on the offending bit of the advert in question.
I'm surprised they've not already been doing this, after all, heat exchanging with seawater has been done in power stations and other industries for years. Using a wave generator is a good idea (if not a little obvious), plus I guess you could strap wind turbines and solar panels to the boat too. The biggest challenges I can foresee are being able to generate enough power, being able to get big enough data pipes, and mounting the hard drives in stable platforms so you don't get multiple head crashes in the event of 'choppy conditions'.
... how many of these tickets are being resold at full-whack rather than the el-cheapo 6months in advance fee, especially with it being holiday time and all.
But unfortunatly, people keep putting business their way, and its a shame, because I for one would like to see this scummy organisation going the way of Pan-Am, TWA and the like.
Paris, because she knows what its like to be taken for a ride...
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