Posts by Absent

Backward rationalisation

That's how sites like Gizmodo "prove" every Apple decision is the right one.

I went to apple.co.uk and thought I went back in time to the 90s.

Egg Banking

If you try to log on to Egg Money Manager using Chrome, the site tells you that you should download IE6 for improved security.

3.62 million tablet owners?

Given that there were 36 millions adults in the UK census estimates I seriously doubt that 1 in 10 own a tablet? I think these figures have been massaged.

Setec Astronomy

There isn't a government on this planet that wouldn't kill us all for that thing.

Just read this

"Sky News understands David Cameron has been in talks with Chinese government to share web-filtering technologies. "

government efficency

Going by the speed and efficiency of past government bureaucratic operations I'd be highly surprised if all the census data had been collected, entered and collated yet.

Reinventing the 80s

Reminds me of the house automation cartridge I always wanted for my Vic-20 - http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue55/controlling.php

title is too long

"sexual arousal of the central character at both the idea and the spectacle of the total degradation, humiliation, mutilation, torture, and murder of his naked victims."

"There is little attempt to portray any of the victims in the film as anything other than objects to be brutalised, degraded and mutilated for the amusement and arousal of the central character, as well as for the pleasure of the audience."

Sounds very similar to 'Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom' and 'Salon Kitty' both passed fully uncut by the BBFC.

well.....

If it get's those 'Go Compare' adverts off the TV, I'm all for it.

Should've

Spectrums and channels should be awarded to the companies that develop the best proposals for use, not the one with the biggest pockets. The more that is paid, the lower denominator of viewing demographic must be targeted in order to re-coup the inflated costs.

They probably think they are all so "elite"

That's one downside has having a group with absolutely no structure. Any wannabe plonker can declare themselves part of it or to speak for it. And the ones that speak out and seek the attention will probably be the most clueless of all and make the whole look like completely hopeless amateurs. The Greek/Geek police have removed one more turnip from the internet. Good.

e-petitions listened to?

Can anyone provide a single example of the governments response to an e-petition which went along the lines of "ok, we hear you, we'll change the policy"?

I gave up signing them because every official response was "it doesn't matter, we're not changing our policies".

£10.99?

So you're expected to pay more for an inferior quality download when the re-mastered lossless physical cds with real covers are no more than £7.99?

And don't get me started on the ideas of a downloadable "box set"......

"removal of a SIM card”"?

So as to possibly stop secondhand sales of handsets? Swap the SIM and it's bricked?

The blissfully unsecure

"she feared that Apple would trace the phone to her by way of her IP address".

Oh the irony. If she didn't reply on Steve Jobs for the security and privacy of her machine she'd be running a firewall and could have blocked the phone's access if it attempted to phone home.