Posts by Mike Echo
55 posts • joined Wednesday 12th August 2009 23:58 GMT
Prices
Look at those prices and inclusions. It brings a tear to my eye.
Posted in Yahoo! webmail! hijacks! are! back!...
Bye bye Yahoo
I was getting heaps of these dodgy emails and while I didn't click on the link, I visited the website (top level, then second level) by entering the url manually. I just got curious is all, but it was definitely a momentary lapse of reason, as my yahoo address then sent out some of the same stuff. That will learn me for being cocky and thinking I was too clever to fall for this shi*t.
Anyway, I have since removed my Yahoo account and also deleted *anything* that required a Yahoo login (eg flickr, Yahoo Answers, etc). I should have done this ages ago, Yahoo is just problematic and not worth the aggravation.
"Conroy now says that effort has been such a success that a full filter is not needed."
But he would say that, wouldn't he?
Wouldn't any information gained from the Skype records be inadmissable because of the dodgy acquisition method used?
A google car, using google maps, automatically drives you to a google advertised business where you can spend money from your google wallet. Sounds perfectly fine to me.
Philanthropy
It's nice to see that Bill Gates has given a decent amount to charity, especially through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. There are a few other well-to-dos who could follow that lead.
"love normally"?
“I control them with movements from my elbows and I can work, love normally and feed myself just like anyone else," he explained.
Am I the only one wondering what this involves? Pics please!
Chip not affected?
I assume this problem is only for those cards solely containing a magnetic strip, as opposed to having an embedded microchip as well.
I, like man + dog, use Facebook, but could easily live without it. It contains nothing that is a "must have" (ie "would pay for") for me.
Truth hurts
I am looking at buying a Nikon DSLR via grey market very shortly. I like to support Oz business, but not when they treat you with contempt. We have been dicked for far too long as far as prices go.
Too risky
I thought about going to Voda but after learning of all the performance and customer service problems, I think I had better stick with my current provider. Voda have some great deals, but what is the point of having a great deal on a phone when you can''t do the basics properly? The CEO says they have "turned the corner", but then he would say that, wouldn't he?
Posted in Well, that about wraps it up for the NBN
@ Malcolm Turnbull
" What is interesting is that in a straight contest between 100 mbps and 50 mbps from the same telco with a modest price differential, there has been a decline in the 100 mbps share."
While the drop in 100 mbps user numbers might be "interesting", you cannot really use the drop to draw any conclusions as to why the numbers have dropped. There are probably various dynamics at play and we do not know the entire scenario.
Newsworthiness
Here in Oz this story made the prime time television news services. Never mind that the cloud has been around for quite a while now.
Trade-offs
The reason I stick with Firefox (Pale Moon actually) is that some of the add-ons are almost indispensable. It's just a matter of keeping them at a minimum and being prepared to accept a performance hit as a trade-off for the benefit provided by the particular add-on/s. No doubt some people will grizzle about their start up times even though they have a squillion add-ons installed.
Mobile complements
I think mobile broadband might complement fibre rather than cannibalise its userbase. I don't think too many people would voluntarily have wireless (given its record of flakiness here) as their main home connection.
ecosystem
It's official. I now hate the much overused and abused word "ecosystem".
Hindsight
Flickr should have a system whereby they suspend the account, making all content appear "gone", while automagically sending an email to the account owner saying "your account has been suspended and will be deleted in x days unless you contact us", etc.
Planes for sale - cheap.
They are probably going to manufacture them in bulk to flog to nations that cannot afford western tech. The Chinese are great at making and selling cheap stuff (never mind the quality).
Posted in Yahoo! sneak peeks revamped Mail
Yeah, but...
I stand corrected. It's been a long Friday and I haven't checked Yahoo's pop access recently, k? Now, where's me beer?
Posted in Yahoo! sneak peeks revamped Mail
Yeah, but...
As long as gmail, lavabit, etc offer free pop3 and/or imap access, I can't see Yahoo mail becoming a threat any time soon no matter how fancy their interface.
@Pahhh
"Every large company runs foul of their suppliers. It often has nothing to do with cost cutting. And even a previously reliable supplier can produce unreliable shit. Thats the way it goes."
True, but it is how the large company deals with customers afterwards that is the issue here, I think.
O how the mighty have fallen
Dell were, at one stage, THE company to buy from because they had customer service second to none with extremely high satisfaction rates. Now they just smell like bad fish. I wouldn't buy or recommend a Dell ever again.
Posted in Apple iPhone exec falls on sword
Who?
"Mr. Papermaster, who was listed as an executive on Apple's Web site earlier Saturday, had vanished from the site later in the day."
Did he really exist at all?
Thanks, but no thanks.
As if Win mobile didn't have enough of an image problem. Now you can guarantee users avoiding it should the "ad serving" come to fruition. Opt out? Not even an opt in?
Blush
Sometimes I am embarrassed to admit I'm an Australian. Right now is one of those times.
There is nothing lamer than a politician trying to sound as though he is technologically literate but merely showing his ignorance.
@ Lionel Baden
RC = "Refused Classification". The stuff that is not given a rating.
What a maroon
Why don't these people get it? Writing online about things (slagging your boss, bragging about that sickie you took because of a hangover, etc,) is just plain stupid. It will always come back to bite you on the arse later. Idjits.
Posted in New road made from pigsh*t in Missouri
Lewis, O Lewis
Once I saw Lewis' name on the byline I luckily knew what I was in for. Do you El Reg hacks actually fight over who gets to write about a story with such potential as this? I can see the El Reg news room now - "It's my story!". "No it's not, I saw it first!", "Bugger off!", etc.
Posted in Novell (not SCO) owns UNIX, says jury
Thanks, Darl
Darl McBride, the business legend, started all this crap and the idjits who took the helm after his departure should have learnt from his mistakes. But they didn't. Chickens -> home -> roost.
Spam
Maybe entering dodgy contact information for a domain is to try to avoid being spammed to death?
Posted in Aussie net censorship turning Chinese
Horse trading
As is usual in politics all over the globe, this issue is simply down to political horse trading between the politicians who need the god botherers' support in the senate. It's pretty sad, really.
Posted in Microsoft erases Windows 8 optimism
surreal?
My vote for the most annoying and misused adjective of late goes to 'surreal', as in "...to come up with a vision for Windows.next is a process that is surreal...".
What happened to Dell?
It seemed like not that long ago that the word "integrity" and the phrase "customer focus" was synonymous with Dell. This episode shows that Dell, like so many others, now smells like a dead fish. I too have been burned by the gap between their so-called "cusotmer focus" and the sad reality that is now Dell.
Interesting
This is going to be very interesting to watch, as I think the Googlephone and it's various Android-running relatives are going to be the only serious contenders for the Jesusphone. Stand by.
WinMo
I have never owned a phone with WinMo and would never buy one. The oft-flaky behaviour displayed by my computer does not give me enough confidence to take that leap, regardless of how illogical that may sound. The Nokia 5800 is quite good (and great value for money) but the competition is really hotting up now.
Posted in Watchdog mauls Disney woman's breasts
Lester, Lester, Lester
When I saw the article's RSS feed title I placed a bet with myself that it would have to be one of Lester's fine efforts. Now I owe myself twenty dollars, damn you Lester.
Appalling
I find it appalling that Dell can shrug off such unsavoury behaviour with "he's one of our best techs". So Dell condones such perversion? The employee should be unemployed by now.
Posted in French woman marries dead fiancé
Not much
If you thought the wedding ceremony wasn't much, wait til you hear about the honeymoon.
Quite fitting too
It's good to see the anti-pesto lads honoured. I still wear my W&G t-shirts with pride.
"You'll be hunted down like, well... a dog." Love it.
Posted in Gmail users howl over Halloween outage
Second luckiest person alive
My gmail pop has been sporadically flaky for a while now, complete with timeouts in TB, but (a) it's free and (b) I can usually use the web interface or the blessed PopPeeper to grab my pop mail.
That's fine and well but...
huge monetary fines mean nothing unless they can actually be collected. Come the revolution, all spammers are the first ones against the wall. I'll volunteer for the chain gun, thanks.
@AC 16:51
"... and then? I smell a deal has been done."
Yes, something definitely smells a bit off. I think that HTC is trying to have two bob each way but I'm not so sure this is a smart move on their part. The HTC brand is strong, but not strong enough to force people to a Win mobile OS if they basically don't like/want it.
Posted in Disney kicks 'Ho White' out of bed
Disney > The Foundry
"Disney didn't create Snow White".
Yeah, but Disney has a lot more money than the ad company. 'Nuff said.
Can of worms
This case has generated a lot of interest here but, as we all know when dealing with the law, the end result may not have any relationship to "what is right" and "commonsense".
Posted in iSnack 2.0 morphs into Cheesybite
@ Goat Jam
'Shitty Smear'? I know, how about we call it 'skidmarks'. I can just see it now - "mum, can I have some skidmarks on toast?" :-)
Posted in iSnack 2.0 morphs into Cheesybite
Buzzwords
The marketing droids get paid too much money to justify a choice and use trendy buzzwords and pop psychology to do so -
"personal call to action", "relevance to snacking" , "completely encapsulate the new brand."
They left out "empowerment".
Besides, it still tastes shit.
No media?
So that means you don't get a copy of the media? What happens if your system goes tits up and necessitates a reinstall of the OS?
Posted in Kraft cans Vegemite iSnack2.0
If it is a stunt
then the day it is able to be proved is the day the company will lose a *lot* of credibility (and gain a *lot* of scorn) I reckon. It's a dangerous gamble if it is a PR stunt.
Also, I don't blame the guy for coming up with such an idiotic name, I blame the decision makers who actually thought it was a good name. Idjits.
Oh, they sell Marmite here in Oz so I must buy some and taste it to see what all you limeys are on about, as I lerv Vegemite. I have a feeling though that it will be (like Vegemite) an acquired taste and whichever one you grow up with is the one you love.
