There are videos of dogs saying "Hello" on the internet
But I didn't see any of women typing "Hello world". Not even one by David Attenborough!
Do they really exist???
Posts by DAN*tastik
253 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Jun 2007
Women shun careers in IT security
HTC drops 12-inch Windows RT tablet, sticks to a 7-incher
Google's Page, LG boss's SECRET confab sparks Nexus 5 rumour
Tuesday 7th May 2013 11:38 GMT
Plastic back maybe?
I am happy with the thing, but it would be a great improvement if you could leave it on a relatively horizontal surface and find it there when you look for it again.
It's impressive that they managed to create a material with negative coefficient of friction. But now that we know that it can be done there is no reason to do it again! Dunno, could it be even cheaper too?
Apple designer Sir Jony Ive holding up iOS 7 development: Report
Is this the first ever web page? If not, CERN would like to know
iPhone too heavy? Volkswagen brings out motorised ride-on dock
Monday 22nd April 2013 13:53 GMT
Does it have cameras pointing outward to automatically take pictures of the best hipsters it spots on the streets, and Instagram them using your favourite filter?
Can it tweet your order to your favourite barista while it drives itself to the closest and trendiest Starbucks?
Will it self combust if driven out of Shoreditch?
I am NOT a PC repair man. I will NOT get your iPad working
Wealthy London NIMBYs grit teeth, welcome 'ugly' fibre cabinets
Microsoft Surface Pro sales CANNIBALIZING Surface RT
Microsoft exec selling his Surface tablet
Texan contends iPod EXPLODED IN HER FACE
Friday 1st March 2013 09:48 GMT 
Where is a "First!" icon when you need one?
From the article, it seems as if the lawyer failed to accurately describe how the lady was holding the musical device. If it was firmly placed it in her hand, in the same fashion which would be appropriate for non-Apple devices only, then she obviously doesn't have a case
Microsoft 'touches 16k shop workers' to flog Windows 8 hard
Solar undercuts coal in New Mexico
Tuesday 5th February 2013 09:42 GMT
Re: re: clueless rubes
"The heat doesn't just 'disappear' when the sun goes down"
This is a genuine question - no, really, I promise it is. I am not an expert nor pretend to be.
Does the heat stored in the soil / sand that is being released in the evening too help a solar plant somehow? I would have thought that it's only the sun rays that are converted into energy. But I am often wrong, so...
Java open-source frameworks 'pose risk' to biz - report
Thursday 31st January 2013 11:10 GMT
Frameworks make life more complicated without any real advantage - IMHO
I had to use the abomination which is Spring together with Hibernate for almost 1 year ( then I just resigned because I was tired of developing using complicated XML prayers instead of proper java with real time syntax checks instead of at runtime as it happens with Spring )
Configuring a simple mapping table for a many to many relationship between two others is something that can take forever. A simple select query can be executed as a set of different ones and I read in somebody's post it once included an update statement for no reason. HQL, an aborted version of SQL, is not as easy to use. If you want to use an annotation for the where clause, they created a @Where one. Why? WHy? WHY!
Spring is the reinvention of the wheel, but triangular and made of glitter plated turds instead of the round rubber original one. Never figured out what it is that it does which can't be done faster, and more easily, in Java. Maybe it's just me, but from what I saw in the blogs online, I don't think it's the case.
If they are so fantastic and I am plain wrong, I can't explain why a big project, but quite straight forwars, kept on missing every possible headline ever, to the point of panic for the best part of it before I left.
Little spider makes big-spider-puppet CLONE of itself out of dirt
Microsoft licence cops kick in TWICE as many customers' doors as rivals
Australian Police say don't use Apple's iOS 6 Maps
Monday 10th December 2012 10:19 GMT
"Apple Australia contacted The Register to say it has no statement to offer"
When you thought life couldn't get more surreal... Is this how it went?
Apple : "Oh, hello. Is this the register?"
TR: "Speaking."
Apple : "We just called to let you know we have nothing to say."
TR: "Oh, ok. Thank you. Have a nice day."
Apple "You're welcome. And you. Bye"
Windows Phone 8 reboot woe causes outpouring of forum misery
Author of '80s classic The Hobbit didn't know game was a hit
Sunday 18th November 2012 07:05 GMT
Does anyone know the etimology of the word "Inglish"?
Hi all,
this is purely out of curiosity, I couldn't find it anywhere. Wikipedia just mentions what it means, Google knows that what I really want is English so it will only show the results for that, no matter if I use + or "" before / around it, bing allowed me to search for that in the end, but didn't return any links that answered my question...
From the Wikipedia entry I believe it could other be "Input English" or "Interactive English", but I also have an unmatched talent at generally being wrong at things.
If nobody has an answer to this, I can cope with it... Cheers!
Kim Dotcom's new Mega site barred by Gabon
Google upgrades Gmail interface, now less 'drafty'
Chinese e-tailer to build 1,000 empty stores
Tuesday 16th October 2012 07:04 GMT
Fantastic!
That was my thought straight away, then I realised that I went to Argos yesterday and there were people going home with their thick catalogue. I am not sure how that can be more practical than looking stuff up on the website, really...
Possibly it can also attract the masses that type "facebook" in the address bar to get the Google results associated to the search then click on the top one.
Campaigners roll out political-correctness Voight-Kampff CAPTCHAs
Tuesday 9th October 2012 10:58 GMT
Re: thought police
As a person belonging to a couple of minorities ( maybe not so much minorities in London though : gay and born and raised abroad ) I find the concept appalling.
I was born with enough common sense to know that once I walk through the door and enter the outside world some people will like me and some will dislike me for one reason or another, and the vast majority will ignore me. The same happens to everybody else. I am sorry for the few ones who cannot deal with this simple fact of life.
Most people, anyway, can. From what I see, these sort of thoughts are generally children of brains belonging to "normal" non intelligent people. Think of Harriet Harman for example, it doesn't get much worse than that.
They really believe that by telling you what to think, you will end up thinking it. Has it ever worked on anybody on here? Or do you get a little bit more annoyed every time, towards the people they want you to like, and the messengers themselves?
Just a thought...
Massive strike at Foxconn's iPhone 5 factory
Apple: Blue-shirts can fix iOS Maps in their spare time
Thursday 4th October 2012 20:38 GMT
Re: I'm lost with all this banter
Those 20 grams make all the difference - you can add an extra key to your keyring, or put a sweet in your pockets and you won't hurt your back straining for the added weight.
You have the previous version of their mobile, and your handbag is so full you can't fit that useful cardboard bookmark in it? Get yourself the 5!
Thursday 4th October 2012 12:01 GMT
Re: Of the people commenting on this thread..
I often cycle to places and use it for that. Not everyday, but almost. Don't think I am the only one who regularly uses it.
I sometimes go without having a dump for a whole day, but I'd still expect a flat which sells for the same price of two similar ones to come with a usable crapper.
Nominet mulls killing off the .co from .co.uk
Nintendo Wii U launch and pricing disclosed
Everything Everywhere 'to stuff Santa's sack' with 4G Lumia 920s
iPhone 5 wait drives record Samsung smartphone sales
Tuesday 4th September 2012 13:08 GMT
Re: Nonsense fake numbers...
Apart from agreeing or not with your comment, the part where you say
"Twisting numbers can't change the fact that Android is a joke (all manufacturers combined can't even get close to 30% of Apple's profits)"
That doesn't prove anything - Mc Donald's profits are much higher than Planet Organic's. Ferrari's profit ( I know very little about cars, so please correct me if I am wrong, I just googled figures ) seem to be lower than Tata's or Fiat's.
Internet Explorer needs fresh dev infusion for a full recovery
Tuesday 4th September 2012 10:48 GMT
IE developer tools are not exactly great either
From what I remember at least. Last time I had to develop for Explorer was a couple of years ago and the version at the time was IE8. I remember most people were using FireBug and some DragonFly. Opening IE8 debugging tool only happened for IE specific bugs or anomalies. Which means quite frequently, but never by choice. Have they improved over time?
Investor pulls out of Facebook, pumps cash into pork-printing joint
Thursday 23rd August 2012 10:40 GMT
@ Nick Ryan
Personally, I am a vegetarian but I am hardly fussed about not eating meat. Some people do miss it though, so it is very likely they would eat that.
Another great outcome would be that the use of halal and kosher meet, which is creeping up even in the western world, can be banned without getting the eaters too upset. It could already be banned now really...
Facebook shares hit all-time low
Thursday 16th August 2012 16:29 GMT
I do hope Facebook survives though!
It is important to have a walled garden where people can share their inspirational thoughts, pictures and mood swings. Otherwise we'd all risk being exposed to that content again, like when we used to get it by email...
In a perfect world they could build a completely parallel network, like they want to do in Iran, so that the individuals that are part of it have no way to interfere with this side of the Internet.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
