Actually, I can see countries going to war over this.

I am not a scientist, but... there must be only so much rain/water on the planet.

If a few countries are making that water drop on their country, won't that mean less to go around the other countries?

I'm starting to wonder if Quantum of Solace was way ahead of its time...

Sorry, I'm pro-VM.

Shall we count the number of Register articles where BT has tried everything to avoid the responsibility of a decent service for their customers?

Or the company that went straight to fibre, offers broadband with excellent speeds, a TV service with Tivo, and free phone calls way before BT offered it. Sure, the customer service has a bad reputation, but once it's working... it works.

So you have old "reliable" BT, if you don't it to blow up your skirt.

Or you have forward moving VM which gives a supreme service, with breakneck speeds.

I can't see either of them willing to install a cabinet/telephone pole in the middle of nowhere. That is sad, but it can't be efficient for either of them.

And don't forget, these are the kinds of properties you see with great big fat green barrels outside their front door - where even the gas company can't be bothered to lay pipes.

The guys in the middle (Hull doesn't count) - there are competitors to BT (*cough* BE *cough*)...

Now I'm able to turn off "What's Hot", I'm much happier.

But the problem is - Google Plus was just too late. Something good enough already existed, and had so much momentum Google Plus can't beat it.

They need a USP, but good luck on finding one.

I want it to work, I really do. But with my entire family and friends on Facebook, why would I post on anything else?

Perhaps the only real way to save Google Plus is have a "Share with Facebook" and "Import from Facebook" option.

The problem for them is:

1) The amount of blood money isn't guarenteed.

2) You ain't going to be popular in the company if/when they find out who grassed them up - so that payout better be worth it.

IT angle?

> If you're trying to get through to us by phone, phone lines in our area are not working. BT are

> investigating, so for now please email.

WTF!? Everyone else has a mobile for when they're not at home, or their landline fails.

A multi-million pound business doesn't do the same?

But if you started listening to users... you'd have to stop freezing threads in forums about unfinished games... and *gasp* even do something about it...

Nah - best to not go down that route.

Bangalore just rang. Apparently they've had an email from management saying they can take pre-orders now. Blue one pre-ordered ;)

All-you-can-eat-data

2,000 minutes

5,000 Three-to-Three minutes

5,000 texts

£34 a month.

£0 upfront

Three got a small problem

Just rang Three twice today to pre-order. Both times got through to Bangalore, and they claim they're not taking pre-orders yet. Even though the website says to call.

Although the My 3 site is down, so perhaps it's In Progress.

Saw the size of the battery. Wet myself.

Where's the Three pre-order webpage?

I spent most of my childhood hoping he'd die in a transport accident. Now I've got to start liking him again :(

Wind

Here's an idea. Wind power is great, but we can't store it so it goes to waist, as there's far less usage at night.

Why not have the desalination plants run off Wind power during the night, and turn off in the morning?

Goddamit! Stop messing with Linux and get a move on with Half Life 3!!!!!!

Had a look at this recently, and was a bit depressed at the range of magazines (admittedly was looking for free stuff). Found TomsHardware, great! Turned out I'd found the Spanish edition, WTF!? (I'm based in the UK.)

Will take another look and try that Globe button.

Pot. Kettle. Black.

Trust Panorama as far as I could throw them.... and I really wish I could throw them further.

Damn! I was hoping they were going to tear down Broadstreet Mall :(

Devil's Advocate

I guess the issue is, if the police have to evaluate the cost of their action based on information, they may not take action.

E.g. crook has a front door made out of diamonds or something. The police have a hunch someone is inside, but if they're wrong, that's a £1 million bill they're looking at. They've used a lot of their budget recently and basically can't take the risk.

They don't break the door down.

The government/prison service is reluctant to give compensation if they improperly imprison you. And if I heard correctly, they even send you a bill for the room and board the prison kindly gave you.

£400 developer phone without a warranty? I think I'd prefer an upgrade to my PC and a download of Android Developer tools.

Would have been nice to know what market this phone was aimed at in the review. Comparison between S2/S3, etc.

I spent 2-3 years playing Everquest after graduating and getting a job. Yep, there were early morning quests, but I sticked to a European guild to avoid stupid USA timezones.

Most fun part of my life!

Er... of course, I was a Wizard, so would just overnuke, get summoned, go to the loo, come back to myself being rezzed, and then carry on...

You what, I'm kinda wondering if E.T., Indiana Jones, and Star Wars 4-6 were just lucky...

You know what's going to happen. They'll buy back any tickets from you, and then there'll be another lottery. Because if the people selling the tickets didn't fancy the sport (*cough* synchronized swimming *cough*) chances are other people won't fancy it either.

Didn't think the truth was a major part of journalism.

Er... suggestive questioning is bad.. but granting someone immunity is fine?

"Do you think games are expensive?" "Oh yes!"

"What will you do if we give you immunity for 2 months?" "Try out downloading stuff, and see how much of isohunt I can mirror during that time."

Boring

More patent news stories. Boring.

Boring

I hate to say this, but this continuous stream of patent law suits is just getting really boring. I used to care when there was a chance that justice or common sense might prevail. But this is obviously never-ending, and rediculous.

El Reg - perhaps summarise these patent disputes once a week?

OMG, if they haven't done it yet, they need to add floorplans for the Star Trek Enterprise A, B, C, D, E!

USB Host Support?

Yeah, but does it have USB Host Support for Canon interraction? (https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.dslrcontroller)