* Posts by Les

62 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Apr 2006

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Gmail: a short, sharp rant

Les

Hold on...

This wasn't the *other* Guy Kewney, was it? The one who does TV interviews?

Kylie confirmed for Who Xmas special

Les

Now that's disturbing

All these years I've managed to avoid Kylie, now I'm going to have to endure her presence.

Mutter.

You fiend, RTD!! You fiend!!!!

Why is Hotmail so bad at spam?

Les

Hotwot?

My Passport is associated with a real email address - no Hotmail required. Have they stopped letting people sign up that way,or is it just that people don't know about it?

Louisiana town outlaws 'sagging pants'

Les

But to be fair...

If we're going to ban some clothes because some people don't like them, I think we should open this out a bit. I'd like to ban:

1. Pin-stripe suits

2. Ties

3. Kilts, unless the wearer comes clean and admits it's a *skirt*

4. Tracksuit bottoms tucked into socks: just say no

5. And of course, sandals worn with socks

YouTube - uTube showdown stays alive in federal court

Les

The Internet needs a literacy test...

Rick - uTube (the pipes people) have had their site since *1996*. YouTube (the video people) have been around since 2005. On my calendar, that means the pipes came before the videos by quite some time.

But the real problem is that far too many web users can't get a simple domain name right. We need smarter users, not smarter websites. Never mind web 2.x, we need users that are out of beta testing.....

Europe could give Microsoft verdict soon

Les

Very silly

The whole "anti-trust"[1] proceedings, that is. The main result of which is compelling MS to produce versions of Vista without Media Player. Quite pointless, as most punters will buy complete versions, and anyone who cares enough to use another player will download one.

Netscape killed itself by taking far too long to produce a successor to the execrable NS4. IE4 was just about as bad, but later versions improved enough to be usable...

I'd like to know how much tax money has been spent on this nonsense.

[1] Odd USian expression which seems to have spread

Chinese user sues Symantec over dodgy updates

Les

What's the warranty got to do with it?

In UK law, I could see a case being made that an anti-virus package that renders a computer unusable is "not fit for the purpose" (I think that's still the expression used), not to mention not being "of merchantable quality", and indeed being a load of dingo's kidneys.

Warranty and licence terms do not, and cannnot override the purchaser's legal rights. A trading standards department could have a lot of fun with that....

The rules may well be different in China, of course.

eBay makes another baffling buy

Les

I can see a pattern here...

Mutter. First Last.FM, now StumbleUpon.

It's obviously buying season....

Doctor Who faces extermination

Les

At least it's from a reliable source...

Given that Mr Murdoch's comic is *such* a paragon of accuracy and reliability, this *must* be true, and we're all indebted to El Reg for bringing this to our attention.

Or, with sarcasm set to *off*, I would say that this seems unlikely. If RTD does decide to move on to other projects, there are others who could take over running Doctor Who. Any decision to cancel would be made by senior BBC management, not by the production team.

Adobe takes UK price hikes to new level with CS3

Les

Insane prices all round...

I had a look last week to see what it would cost to upgrade Photoshop from CS2 to CS3. US pricing was listed as "from $199".

UK prices (including VAT, which we can't blame Adobe for) were around £160. Removing the VAT suggested a 40% mark up for UK victims, sorry, customers. Not quite $=£, but still nasty.

But that's not the insane bit. They offered the choice between a download and packaged product. The download was about £5 more expensive, which struck me as being a wee bit odd. It's more expensive to *not* provide a disk and a box?

Firefox 3 alpha unleashed

Les

Modern lingo, eh?

Yeah, quite shocking that. The OED's earliest citation for "orientated" is as recent as 1886. Fancy the Reg being that quick to pick up on the Zeitgeist....

All my personal details for chocolate? Go on then

Les

Of course, nobody ever lies....

Would I give personal details[1] for the chance of free chocolate? Well, it depends on the quality of the chocolate.

Would I give *real* personal details? Quite probably not.

[1] Makes a change from passwords, which is what people usually want in exchange for chocolate. Offer me enough decent chocolate and I'll give you *loads* of passwords. Not current or real ones, of course....

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