Posts by Thomas 18

Pah

I'm way more impressed by the Jordanian show where one of the speakers pulled a gun out and started waving it around (not that it stopped his opponent who carried on regardless).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18756726

I already have this

It's called yellow tinting

Simple as..

1. Identify product

2. Identify blindingly obvious ways that the product might be improved

3. Patent improvement and wait (preferably under a bridge with a band of lawyers)

cross-licensing deal = worst case scenario

I'd far rather see the system collapse under the weight of America's retarded patent law system than a cross-licensing deal that effectively locks out new developers/manufacturers who aren't part of the patent club.

Top men

It's ok we have top men trying to expand the leg capacity of the humans too. Project Human Centipede has had it's knock-backs but I have reliable intel that recently a stable 8 legged human was briefly created. This puts us well ahead of our amphibian rivals.

I hear that in a democracy

You have to go with the majority. Time to overturn some laws boys.

Good journalism

Lots of digging, that's what I like to see. Keep going until your spade hits a skeleton.

In the 80s

We thought that hyper-corps would have private armies and fight wars with shadowy operatives stealing secrets and bumping off top executives.

Turns out they just hire armies of lawyers and throw hissy fits and PR stunts in brightly light court rooms instead.

How embarrassing this is going to look to archaeologists thousands of years from now.

MI5 boss: Cyber spies, web-enabled crooks threaten UK economy

MI5 boss reported today that the substantial cost of employing all these cyber spies, web-enabled crooks and trolls was prohibitive and threatened the UK economy at large. The boss admitted being unsure of what a troll actually was but stated that he couldn't see any role for such creatures, given the reduced focus on ground warfare.

Sounds like an opportunity

For the developers to host a jail-breaking FAQ on their own site.

You get what you pay for

End of line.

Flashback trojan

Aren't mac users already zombies?

Head wounds affect cognitive function

who would have guessed.

Bail terms

It's hard to see how bail terms that prohibit requesting political asylum is not a violation of human rights.

"Microsoft was always a much better hardware manufacturer than software developer."

too true, the IntelliMouse Explorer 1.0 was the first expensive peripheral I had for my PC as a young lad (1999) and it was worth every penny (~£50 I think). Lasted me many years.

How many moths does it take per screen?

Angry moth rights activists want to know.

The case of the flaming case

Looks like the work of the Crab Apples, the undercover Apple propagandists gang.

lobbyists

hard at work, lobbying.

Ugh.

Guess somebody

is a fan of Shadowrun

Well I

I find it deeply amusing to see this and find it acceptable, satirical and in very great taste... I am glad this happened and will not be buying any future DVD production if it is removed

Cookies

How will this be functionally different from the cookie laws which recently came into effect. Websites will just say "please click the button to accept our cookies. If you continue to use the site, we'll assume you're happy to accept the cookies anyway." just as they currently are.

If opt in tracking is required for accessing a website people will just grant permission.

NATO may not but the US gov certainly is [1]

Also, the skill set to analyse defensive weaknesses in your infrastructure and simulate cyber attacks is pretty much exactly the same skill set as to launch them at other people.

[1] Stuxnet. United States and Israel (2010).

What's wrong with NHS Direct?

Or is this a re branding exercise?

Ha Ha

alt="Indescrible image of Softbank CEO, dog and man with pan pipes on his hear"

Are they wearing tinfoil waistcoats?

"Some were repaired,... "

Wonder how many were broken to begin with, seems like your company would twig if you started unplugging live devices.

I use KeePass

You have 1 master password and optionally a key file and it opens up a wee database of passwords. It even does auto type and stuff which is simple but nice.

Not sure how secure it really is but it beats having 1 login for everywhere... probably. It is annoying to have 1 database file at work and 1 at home though.

web 2.0 adman

heh heh heh

Mind Candy

Not sinister at all.

ICO not Europe

Where does this money go to? according to the ICO website it is a UK agency i.e. not Brussels banksters.