* Posts by nigel 15

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iPhone 4/4S 'self combusts' in airliner inferno

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Facepalm

the photo

how about a link to the photo?

Natwest net and phone banking goes titsup

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Alien

Is there anyone who doesn't think there is more to this...

i'm not buying that it's coincidence.

there is something afoot. something mysterious.

Google loses battle for goggle.com

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Devil

if i were google....

....i'd go to this sumbag's host and have a quiet word......

Star Trek TNG revamped for Blu-ray in 2012

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that's exactly what they are doing. they are using the original film and redoing all the effects.

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it was filmed on 35mm WS

it's just all the post was done in SD 4;3

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Alien

I'm so excited i've got wood.

2009 game footage appears in ITV show as 1988 IRA vid

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new link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7yicCUwex8 since the first one has been removed.

it looks like a computer game too.

Plods to get dot-uk takedown powers - without court order

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Facepalm

How long does it take to get an injunction anyway?

the policy proposal makes frequent mention of the motivation being the need to expedite the process and criminal activity being committed in this time window.

it would therefore seem self evident that any suspension should only last for a time appropriate for the police to obtain an injunction.

more broadly to whole proposal is deeply worrying. who is going to be the arbiter of what is and what isn't appropriate. when the EDL plan a rally that turns into a protest who is going to decide if that is criminal or free speech. If paypal refuses to block payments to some organisation that is distasteful to the police who decides if it's ok to block that? Traditionally the courts make these decisions that's what they are there for.

Of course they'd never block anyone or anything that might fight back.

How long does it take to get an injunction anyway? The need to be swift is often used as an excuse for ignoring basic rights.

Martian water slides caught on camera (maybe)

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Stop

made up thumbnail?

Am i right in thinking that the picture of a mud slide you are using as a thumb for this piece in the banner is not one of the nasa images at all but just a stock image of a mud slide?

because if that is the case i'm not certain it is acceptable journalism. it's like a daily sport nip slip.

Portuguese hackers strike back at Moody's downgrade

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WTF?

Barbie's screen cap?

Was the screen cap of the defacement from barbie's very own laptop?

Duke Nukem flack eats words over threat to reviewers

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Facepalm

typo in first line of article

blacklist publications who have the eagerly anticipated title bad write-ups. should be

blacklist publications who gave the eagerly anticipated title bad write-ups. surely

as for the game. feh, it's ok. i guess that's not a perfect review. but it wouldn't gave got me banned.

Total Recall rehash – exit Martians, enter Jessica Biel

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Alien

Three Boobed Hooker

Is anyone else looking forward to seeing the three-boobed-alien-hooker rendered in up to date CGI?

New Mac scareware variant installs without password

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safari or OSX two sides of the same coin.

when that browser is safari and in shipping condition it allows for automatically downloading files and running them then apple is to blame. which particular part of apple is neither here nor there.

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my favourite fanboi quote

"Ignorant Mac users are only downloading and installing this App because they believe that Mac viruses exist - a myth perpetuated on this forum and others. Anyone who knows there are no OSX viruses is not going to be fooled into installing this trojan App...."

in case you think that is a joke, I did, it is not. you may have missed it but he is drawing a distinction between a trojan app and a virus.

Ofcom awards fastest 3G mobe-data crown to O2

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Dead Vulture

my post deleted

my post correcting 'O2 comes in just under 3MB/sec' to 'O2 comes in just under 3Mb/sec' and saying that the reg should know better was never shown :(

it is customary to thank people for correcting your articles, not censor them.

Samsung must cough up Android prototypes to Apple

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it's not more ridiculous no...

....it's exactly the same amount of ridiculous.

although in researching pads from star trek i've discovered that they are called Padds, and they run an OS called LCARS.

here's a pic http://nigelcoldwell.co.uk/test/padd.jpg if the real world were like perry mason then a samsung lawyer would show that and it would end the case.

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Alien

Star Trek

They had 'pads' in star trek didn't they?

they were black and flat and shiny with slightly rounded corners.

apple are ridiculous and making themselves look more so.

Apple to support reps: Don't confirm Mac infections

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FAIL

Quote from Fanboi on another forum

'Ignorant Mac users are only downloading and installing this App because they believe that Mac viruses exist - a myth perpetuated on this forum and others. Anyone who knows there are no OSX viruses is not going to be fooled into installing this trojan App.'

one of the funniest things i've ever read.

Mozilla puts squeeze on slow Firefox add-ons

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Stop

who cares about startup time

i have firebug and download helper. firefox takes 3 seconds to start. by the figures it would take about 1.5 seconds without these addons.

Who cares? what would i do with those extra 1.5 seconds ? If they'd fix the memory leak then i'd only have to bother once a day.

BBC explains hour-long website outage

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Stop

For the Technically Minded....?

For the technically minded - think of the internet like a bath full of water, and your computer as a rubber duck floating on.....

is there an explanation for the actually technically minded?

Play.com: Only customer emails lost in data breach

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Good spot anon

well spotted it does appear to be the same company, and that appears to be the data theft in question.

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Stop

Been receiving spam for weeks on my play.com address

i've been receiving these adobe X update emails for weeks on my play.com only email addresses.

what i haven't received is he email from play about the breech.

Spooks' secret TEMPEST-busting tech reinvented by US student

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Stop

Maybe they just don't want other people using it!

It's interesting that you interpret the fact that the government doesn't want the information in public hands as being a sign that it is used for something spooky.

could it not just be that they don't want something with defence implications, as you say it might be useful for subs, falling into the hands of other countries that have subs?

O2 boots up boobies blocker

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I wondered this too.

what if you don't have a credit card. maybe someone could do some digging for us.

Electric cars not as 'green' as advertised

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FAIL

what about CO2 produced refining, transporting etc.

the two figures do not compare the same thing.

for electric it is considering the whole energy cycle.

where as for diesel it is considering only that emitted by the car, not in refining, transporting the petrol etc.

Angry Birds ruffles feathers for Valentine's Day

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nokia - Ovi

an odd omission from your article

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Also available on Ovi?

if you have seasons then you can just click on the update icon in there. or at least you can on m N8

Six... budget Blu-ray Disc players

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Thumb Down

XviD, MKV

I happen to know the LG plays XviD and .H264 out of an MKV, from disk and USB. what about NTFS support? I can't help that these things might be useful for your readers to know and weigh into any decision they might make.

this really is the lightest of reviews, it's more akin to a glossy sunday supplement or a lads mag than an organisation that specialises in the technical, and is read by the technically inclined

Finnish regulator calls for iPhone refunds

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Stop

not really

that's not really true. it means that the item is unfit. and you are entitled to a refund. it doesn't force apple to honour the warranty.

additionally. a point that everyone seems to have missed is that the warranty claim would be against apple. the refund is against the retailer.

what this ruling does is move the responsibility on to the carriers. their right of redress against apple will depend on their contracts.

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Stop

the problem is the T&C's not the phone

the wording of the terms and conditions essentially means that apple don't have to honour the warranty on any iPhone sold in Finland, or dozens of other countries....

...they just need to change the terms and then they're all fine.

Pothole-spotter app aims to stop arse ache

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Joke

SFW FillThatHole.org

if i go to FillThatHole.org am i going to get fired?

New Taser made to take down angry bears, moose

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Video

I am going to need to see a video of this.....

T-Mobile imposes swingeing cuts on fair use data limits

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Megaphone

telling your customers how they should live their lives.

"If you want to download, stream and watch video clips, save that stuff for your home broadband."

I love that. telling your customers how they should live their lives.

as far as i can tell a company with good customers service should provide their customers with the product that meets their needs. not tell their customers how to modify their needs around their product.

that having been said the FUP sounds pretty reasonable. But i really don't like it when the operators just change their T&C's in the middle of your contract. why they can't make it for new customers only.

MPs shocked at Taser supplier overlap

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Stop

the licence should never have been revoked in the first place

IIRC the licence was revoked because a director of the company gave the police a new type of tazer fired from a shotgun during the roul moat affair.

i believe he was genuinely trying to help the police, and he later committed suicide citing the shame he had brought.

if the police were that concerned they shouldn't have accepted them. and i think he could reasonably have assumed that their acceptance was an acknowledgement he was doing the right thing.

in re-awarding the contract to effectively the same company i assumed the authorities were just going through the motions.

but no they weren't. we'll import them now an lose british jobs.

ASSANGE GRANTED BAIL

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Woop woop

the internet lives to fight another day.

US Navy achieves '100 mile' hypersonic railgun test shot

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Alien

More impressive than world record breaking...

...ballistic weapon is....

the panning camera shot. which must have been taken by clark kent.

Amazon Kindles cash from Wikileaks

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WTF?

Al Quaeda Training Manual

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Al-Qaeda-Training-Manual-1/dp/1414507100/

apparently they sell it because they don't believe in censorship. I shit you not.

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you couldn't make it up

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004EEOLIU

i thought this was a joke when i read it. sadly it is not. incredible

Mastercard downed by Anon-Assange-fans

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Happy

Downed by Anon or Everyone Checking to See.

I do often wonder if it's really anon that took the site down or if it's all the news articles about the attack prompting people to go and check if it's still up.

i've been to the site a dozen times today and i've never been there before. i can't be the only one.

either way funny.

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I doubt it

they aren't hackers. they just download a tool like Low orbit ion canon. and point it at the website.

but there are in the order of 1000 people taking part in the attack. i find it hard to believe that that many people are going to pokey.

personally i think it serves mastercard right. freedom has a price. who are they to tell me to whom i can donate my money????????

Storage shop ships storage for storage

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Dead Vulture

stupid title

I appreciate you all feel the need to be witty and snappy in your article titles. a little alliteration goes a long way.

but the title needs to at least allude to the content of the story, or how else are you supposed to know if you want to read it? this title may as well not be there.

out smarted yourselves.

Financial vice tightens on Wikileaks, hacktivistas retaliate

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Stop

PostFinance statement clearly expresses a moral judgement

All the information i have read on this indicates that the reasons for dumping WikiLeaks are purely contractual. but their own press statement makes is clear that it is a moral judgement

It seems under swiss law they have an obligation to continue the contract that they agreed. regardless of any problems with the details supplied prior to that contract being agreed. they are using what could be termed a loop hole to say that the wikileaks runs 'contrary to public and moral opinion.' Which is an odd judgement for a swiss bank to make. clearly they have been leant on.

Charge a man with a crime and cut off his money and therefore his ability to defend himself. you couldn't make it up.

read the second paragraph:

PostFinance has ended its business relationship with Wikileaks founder Julian Paul Assange. The Australian citizen provided false information regarding his place of residence during the account opening process. Assange entered Geneva as his domicile. Upon inspection, this information was found to be incorrect. Assange cannot provide proof of residence in Switzerland and thus does not meet the criteria for a customer relationship with PostFinance. For this reason, PostFinance is entitled to close his account. If there is any indication that the information provided by an account holder may not comply with the detailed valid provisions, PostFinance investigates the circumstances in detail and draws the appropriate conclusions.

Obligation to contract does not apply

On 22 July 2010, the Swiss Federal Court ruled that PostFinance was obliged to offer all interested parties an account for payment transactions and to continue any existing accounts as part of its basic service mandate (obligation to contract). Termination of an account relationship (or refusal to enter into such a relationship) is, therefore, only possible for compelling reasons. The Swiss Federal Court did not define what constitutes a compelling reason. The Council of States responded to the judgment and incorporated a provision to this effect into the Postal Act on 30 November 2010. This gives PostFinance the option of terminating business relationships which run contrary to public and moral opinion. Approval from the National Council is yet to be granted. Finally, approval is required from the two chambers of parliament on the postal legislation under debate. PostFinance is in favour of transparent regulations which support the interests of Switzerland as a respectable financial centre and the endeavours of the Swiss financial sector.

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freedom of information

it is almost sickening that the US keeps banging on to China and the like about freedom of speech and a freedom of information.

soon as the US doesn't like that information freedom goes out the window.

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hi res images

there are some really nice high res images in the postfinance downloads section

http://www.postfinance.ch/en/about/media/download.html

worth a look.

iOS upgrade cocks up iPad USB connections

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typo

but that has 10ma going out to the USB device whereas iOS 4.2 only dribbles out a weak 20ma

but that has 100ma going out to the USB device whereas iOS 4.2 only dribbles out a weak 20ma

my nokia N8 usb hosting has 200mA. you'd think the iPad could manage the full 500

Moving to Windows 7: What to watch out for

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2009 phoned

wants it's webcast back.

Ofcom slaps down ham botherer

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Grenade

Homeplugs

maybe he owned some homeplugs and was sick of getting sneered at by the HAMafia. I've been tempted myself.

(i realise that the previous sentence could be read as me implying that HAM radio enthusiasts were hermaphrodites, this was not my intention, i was trying to imply that they are an organised militia like the Mafia.)

there's a smokey up your backdoor.

10-4 good buddy etc. etc.

Provincial outrage over BT's broadband upgrade race

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WTF?

If you don't have broadband....

...how do you vote?

In statistics i believe this is called a structural bias. it's almost the very definition of it.

Anti-piracy lawyers' email database leaked after hack

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I'm laughing my balls off.

not comment. just the title.

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CPanel backup

it's just complete user error. the information commissioner should bust their balls. this is not a hack they just posted all this info to their website.

I'm actually hosted with the same company, also on a shared server, though i guess it's the same for all cpanel.... the only reason for the full backup to be in public_html is if you're too lazy or stupid to move the backup folder from the home directory by FTP and just stick it in there to download via http.

i have done this myself in the past.

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