Yes!

(indeed)

Re: confused

It's an informal/slang name derived from the operation of the speaking tube device which preceded it.

Re: May I submit a couple of ideas?

I think it needs two more lines between the second and third. Good effort.

Re: Make him look like a perv

Given his job and his clearance level, and being a 'new boy' at MI6, it does seem very strange that he would knowingly use his home internet connection to visit sites that could be regarded as even remotely 'dodgy'. Also, it seems strange that the police would release that information at such an early stage in the enquiry, unless they also linked it to an appeal to members of the 'dodgy' community to come forward with any information.

Re: It's only two more fricking Bytes

6 - 4 = 2, so it sounds like she's talking sense to me.

Actually,

It sounds like fascist dogma, or communist dogma, or corporatist dogma, or morarchist dogma (just change the bogeymen to suit).

Re: Encroaching Senility

It's the constant stress and the unreasonable mental workload. It's Siri that should be suing Apple.

Re: Which 'Not The Nine O'Clock News' sketch was that?

I've withdrawn my post because it made me look like a bigger idiot than I actually am. Thank you for your kind reply.

(One of my many security and privacy plug-ins was blocking the You Tube content in the main article)

Re: OR (personal choice here)

I'd add Request Policy to that list. It prevents web pages even loading anything from outside the main domain. So, it does need tweaking intially to allow some useful stuff to get through.

I never see Facebook and Twitter sourced buttons anymore, and I don't miss them.

Re: Flight conditions

Anecdotal evidence suggests that deep sea divers and caisson workers either have very good teeth or no teeth (or dentures/crowns).

@graeme leggett

lloydspharmacy.com is the online portal for llyods Pharmacy which is a UK registered business with headquarters in the UK. As such, it is part of the UK 'pharmacy association' (I did not say 'cartel').

The UK authorities do not allow .co.uk presence or .com registration via UK registrars for any pharmacy that is not part of the UK pharmacy group of companies (I did not say 'cartel').

Up until two years ago, the online pharmacy I use had a .co.uk address. That .co.uk address disappeared and I now have to use a 'foreign' address (same company, same location, not allowed to use .co.uk).

So, I still get my cheap meds as long as the price comes in at less than the £15 VAT threshold, so I order more often.

Re: Carriers use DPI to detect tethering

With Firefox, you can change the UA string to whatever you want (I'm sure). So, can anyone give some suggestions for what it could be changed to?

Re: I have a few gigs spare

Nice idea, but my quick and dirty estimates say that if they wanted to crowd-source 1 Petabyte and associated calculations using distributed PC-type equipment; then they'd need 10 million volunteers and the public networks would take a big hit on bandwidth.

It's still a nice idea :)

re. Mail/Calendar

Have a look at Thunderbird (e-mail) with the Lightening (calendar) plugin. I use Lightening to display and modify my different Google calendars, since you can have calendar files stored on any network location (including the internet). You can convert a calendar event to an email invitation and I think you can have emailed invitations go to your calendar. It's all free so you might as well play with it.

Re: clearly bollocks (and gullable)

But it did look like a large gull, so that's ok.

Re: Proof reader required at El Reg?

I thought he mean 'pratts'.

Re: Just for balance..

No. Let me explaim why....

If Ken Livingston was the Mayor of London and tried to do the same thing, then he would face exactly the same criticism. It's about the principle, not the person.

Re: Usual over zealous permission

I decided to not install it for the same reasons. I'm also pissed off by the way installed apps offer updates that have escalated permissions from their original installed settings. I'm considering rooting my phone so I can use a fine grained permissions control app.

re. "..so far always paid the congestion charge in cash."

Right, that's you on the database of suspicious people then.

And....

... if you get too many correct answers, the Patrician starts taking an interest in you.

Re: Question (AKA WTF?!)

I have an idea........ Samsung should sue the US patent office for false representations which led Samsung to spend money of a court case and also placed it in a position where it could be sued by Varia. Then Varia could sue the patent office for the same false representation that caused it to spend money suing Samsung. Then Apple could...... oh, wait a minute.

Re: Just wait for Round 2 - CC

It sounds like the Assistant Manager of Communications needs to be moved to Assistant Manager of Floor Cleaning.

Re: Dune

The made for TV series adaptation of Dune was quite good and true to the book(s), even if some of the acting was a bit wooden. The film looked like they'd put the book's ideas through a blender and poured it into a script.

Re: catholic.xxx

I'd go with 'broad or wide ranging'; as in 'catholic tastes'. (Please; no jokes about catholic tastes.)

Er.......

They already have the ultimate in cyber bullying, by some very big trolls.