Posts by tmTM

"something in the official statements does not compute"

Maybe because it's all total bullcrap from a public body desperately trying to cover-up it's failings???

Re: Quelle surprise

because a company that advertises in phone boxes and grimey shop doorways is definitely going to be 100% legit.

Re: Hmm

Perhaps after the Talk Talk scam attempt she did some reading online and found all the articles on El Reg??

or she was just monstrously tired.

This morning I gave the dog my cereal and walked off with his food bowl, sleep deprivation - very bad!

Re: First billion dollar fine for robocalling?

Just a pity the British equivalent isn't as effective.

Instead of including individual executives, they'd just take the already liquidated company to court, then make some moronic announcement about "recovering the fine".

Blood from a stone anyone?

Read between the lines

Hedge fund Corvex Partners has revealed that it owns 10 per cent of the veteran streaming music company

Pandora's shares have almost halved in value over the past year.

They splurged a load of cash thinking they were picking up the next Tech titan.

It's loosing value and they're staring down a big loss.

They want some big sugar daddy to come along and buy the company for a nice premium to get them out of the massive hole they're in.

Re: I don't know why but this made me think of:

I was thinking more:

"There is room", said Councillor Peter Feeney while he was stuffing brown envelopes of cash into his briefcase.

"you can already get a "black box" that logs how you drive."

and they're about as popular as a fart in an elevator.

They're only ever forced on young, in-experienced drivers or those with a very sketchy driving record.

Shockingly Joe Public doesn't actually want some faceless organisation watching his every move.

Re: I cannot

With the obligatory cock spray painted on the front of it.

All down to the people in charge ultimatley

If they operate the friendly "ask me if you have an issue", "no question is stupid" type of business then these would get flagged up, employee's would double check (just a simple phone call) before sending large amounts of money over-seas.

If they're the kind of angry, pent-up moron who barks orders and expects people to fall in line then it's obvious this kind of scam will easily operate.

Re: No it's not, I bought some in a CVS in South Carolina last month

I bought some in CVS last time I was in New York.

They won't ever stop the worst offenders anyway, but I imagine for good PR they have to at least pay lip-service to the idea.

not to mention

The practise of promoting idiot people out of the way, eventually one or several end up in control of something potentially quite important.

Looks like North Dorset got it right, good on them.

Re: Oooo £12

Considering the tablet was on sale in the Black Friday deals for £35 I think?

£12 back on that isn't too shabby at all.

Re: Picture a male Gallus gallus domesticus in its full feathered glory

or a dumptruck for of money being deposited on someones driveway.

Clearly something has been done to change minds.

Re: No pain, no gain

How many complaints could be avoided by not using complete Neanderthals to do the work though?

Blocking storm drains and residents driveways - any halfwit can see thats going to cause a problem.

Designed to Fail??

NK: "Oh look, our satellite made it into orbit, but didn't quite work. We better launch another"

China: "yea ok, that sounds totally plausible, crack on"

35 Years

A good bargaining chip to have should they want him to roll over and reveal the details of the rest of his crew.

Re: So. How long is the shop banner going to be?

DickPhoneCurryHouse ??

Re: Hilarious

Maybe if you ask nicely they'll give you his phone number, so you can tell the man in person??

Re: Ugh...

He was kidding himself if he thought the music industry weren't going to have his head on a pole.

Why you'd write, release and become the public head of such an obvious target is beyond me?

If you don't believe in it

Does it still exist???

TNG, DS9, and Voyager overlapped?

Original Trek and Enterprise overlapped in the Generations film

As far as the state of mechanics laptops

Chances are they spend their entire life in the garage and are not connected to the internet anyway.

Especially if the software used isn't updated anymore.

"Boy Blunder"

I'd happily take that name if it came with over 20 billion dollars

Re: 32 million??

You could almost argue they don't deserve it back, they'd only give it to the next conman who came knocking.

It wasn't even a good scam, how did he find enough people to part with $32m??

Re: "offered money in order to provide information on his company"

All he needed to do was provide his name, address, DOB, bank details.................

Where is this going?

Taxation dear friend, taxation.

Define it

Regulate it

Tax it

Hottest summer for 500 years is on it's way

My tea leaves told me, so it must be right.

Re: I'll stick with Scan & Quiet PC

eBuyer returns are notoriously difficult, but if you stick to your guns you'll get what you want.

Distance selling regs and credit card protection seem to get the job done if you're in a bind.

Often it's even more complicated

The person originally responsible for initiating sloppy procedure will probably have moved one, having got a pat on the back for 'excellent cost cutting'.

Savings made by forgoing costly security measures, which leaves everyone else carrying the can.

Doubtful for a full story

They could leave themselves wide open for claims of incompetence, intentionally poor security and data mis-management, as well as obvious court cases.

Target took an absolute beating when details for their data breach started to surface.

Re: Optional

It is legal???

So what happens if you refuse??

but

When the scientific studys start to contradict themselves who do you ask for 'the truth'??

Re: I think...

I think if a criminal is that slick to be able to steal a watch in that way then they'd probably have already gone straight for your wallet, and iphone, jacket and the shirt off your back.

Re: Thank f#ck for that

It's (nearly) election time, so it's time for the Government to start doing things to appease the populous and hopefully win some seats.

Lucky Man

Police usually shoot the perp rather than risk a crease on their uniform from a physical confrontation.

Re: App Name

Candy Crush Saga

Total guess..........................

There's also the issue that the screener copies can get stolen without the screener's knowledge

Happened in a couple of recent Oscars didn't it??

I seem to remember the 'source' of one leak was the person presenting the Oscars.

Re: Uber

Like the one in Delhi who raped a passenger??

Re: 10 years ....

Hello pot..........yes this is Kettle.

I have much experience from my Identity Card scheme, may I offer you some advice???

Re: Sounds great..

You obviously don't own dogs.

Taste is not an issue, mostly it's governed by what can physically fit down their neck.