Posts by ukgnome
844 posts • joined Thursday 16th June 2011 10:53 GMT
Posted in Apple's iOS 6 maps STILL muddle Mildura
Re: Big intake of breath
Totally agree - GPS is useful, but having a map reading wife in the car is a bloody must! She calculates alternatives better that the sat nav.
I can afford to lose or ignore the sat nav, but at my peril if I should lose or ignore the wife.
Re: oh and
"Anybody else sick and tired of these self-important pre-snipes against anyone who has the nerve to not like your comment?"
Truthfully I don't care much for the red arrows or the green ones. If you all agreed with me then the world would be doomed, and if you all disagreed with me then the world would be screwed. Either way it's a steaming turd!
I have a crap idea
Lets link all the infrastructure we can to the internet - what could possible go wrong.
And whilst we are at it, why not have unprotected USB ports on all the equipment that we haven't linked.
Shone as bright as any star!
You gave us a reason to look up.
And you helped us get past that difficult level on Earthworm Jim.
You met Einstein.
And your maps helped put a man on the moon.
Truly a British gent of the highest order, a legend, one of a kind.
We asked Twitter what caused the slip-up. It has not replied.
#twitterfail
Re: Helicopters are complex..
"Because landing on a ship, a single point on a flat plane, is a relatively simple task"
I guess that you don't know much about shipping then. Even on calm seas a ship is not on one plane, they move around quite a bit and often in all directions at once.
If this charter happens it will only turn into something bad, if some local police forces and some local councils can't even be trusted with the DVLA database then what hope is there for the bigger government to be responsible?
Hmm, that reminds me of the amber light on a London taxi that has been tilted 45 degrees.
Re: Ryan Air Are Doing It For £50
That sounded like a great deal until I realized that the flight actually goes to near the moon, but there is an hourly shuttle service to get you to the actual moon.
*shuttle service, ha ha ha you can't make this shit up
**appears that the shuttle service is no longer viable due to cancellations, so I guess the only moon flight option is easy (ram)jet
Re: Morons wasting time.
I guess that's why it's in Bootnotes - the perfect place to waste time and comments.
The idea isn't as stupid as you think (kinda) - a huge investment like this would lower unemployment and the country could work itself out of recession. Maybe start smaller though and build schools and social housing before going large.
Posted in Moon riven by colossal cracks
I see the Irish have abandoned their plans for a moon party, as despite the craic there is no atmosphere.
Sloppy posturing
This sort of report make me just a little mental (more so than usual)
If a mechanic tried lifting cars so that he can service them it would be seen as a bad idea, so why don't people listen when it comes to working at a computer. I can only guess it's because of the facebook slave generation that thinks a computer is just an entertainment device.
When I left school, before the world of computing I worked in a typing pool. The very very scary girls in the pool would often bark at me if I dared to slouch. And after 20 years sat down typing I don't have a bad back, or carpal tunnel or RSI, and it's all thanks to the very very scary pool mistress that used to bark orders at me. (she also used to touch me under the desk, but that's another rant.
Re: where's me money then?!
thirded, I had purchased at least 10 monitors back then. I think this means I am owed between £10 - £100
You included an extra / in your link - hope you don't work in IT, as the irony would finish you off.
Posted in China plans astro-farms on Mars
Can they please set up a moon dairy, as I have a real hankering for lunar cheese.
Erwin Schrödinger died 3 October 1965), and was buried in Alpbach, Austria.
Question is - what's in the coffin?
*the one that may or may not have a magazine about cat lovers in the pocket.
Posted in AI boffins take on Angry Birds
When I lived in Newcastle I used to play angry birds.
I would walk up to a group of girls and tell them that they where pretty for a makem
Lookout has some great features, the dying gasp feature is probably the best.
When the battery gets to 15% is sends out a ping of it's location. Not that I have needed it, but I do like it's features.
I haven't read the film synopsis so can someone tell me.
Is this the one about a smelly antisocial drugged up hippy? Or the one about a tyrannical bastard hell bent on subjecting his will upon everything?
Re: The wrong (jacket) stuff
Are you saying "you're gonna need a bigger boat"
Sharks, oh my sharks - poor little playmonaut
Don't be silly
no one plays COD over WiFi
Re: Good
I think that's a given
You already have to with some sports models - when you enter sports mode you have to confirm, which is akin to clicking the yes box.
Re: Testing the theory
I remember that....so it must be true or we ticked an EULA to share consciousness.
If I remember correctly if the person read the EULA and contacted there support they got cash off or a lollipop or something.
A poem by Words of Art 2008
Floating endlessly on the waves
The shore no longer beckons
Surrounded by the billows and gales
A force with which he reckons
Longing and anguish fills his heart
Faces fill his mind
As the sun and salt beat down and sting
He holds tight and waits for a sign
Those he left are lifting prayers
To the unseen One above
He prays himself as he holds on
And tries to feel their love
Never has loneliness held such meaning
Nor sorrow held such weight
What he would give out on this sea
To know his ending fate
Should he give in to sleep or fight it back
Cry for help or mercy
Relive his memories or stay alert
Oh would that help would hurry!
The day is done, the sun rides low
O'er all the salty waves
Tomorrow is another day to fight
And pray that he'll be saved.
Goodbye playmonaut - your sacrifice will not go unnoticed.
Re: €300
I was thinking the very same thing myself - I doubt Chisu gets 300 spondulies per sale (even if the euro is pants at the mo)
That looks like part of my dictionary list from the early 2000's - I miss Brutus!
Re: Sad
I read that as phantom menstrate
Of course NASA say that, but we all know the truth. Now where did I put my tin foil hat?
Posted in Help-desk hell
Indian Help Desk Operative
I know a lot of people have issues with some overseas contact centres, but once in a while you get a gem like this.
Me - hi, I am having an issue with my broadband router
Them - thank you for calling, can I take your account number
Me - bear with me
Them - Sir! you must leave your house right away
Me - eh?
Them - it is very dangerous to have a bear in your house, your could be killed, please hang up and leave.
It turns out that he was trained in england and was fascinated with the language and dual meanings. He never actually fixed by broadband but he did make me smile.
You don't need FB to chat with your Auntie in the Orkneys either.
If facebook was sentient then it would be a ginger step-child.
Re: Thankfully you forgot
In a previous life with EDS we had a unix tech who liked to bully the IMAC agents. However the classic Jurassic line of "It's a UNIX system, I know this!" followed by "if an 8 yo girl can do it then it must be for noobs" used to result in him hanging up.
I'm just waiting until there are enough handsets to launch my multi-lawsuit against all manufactures.
In it my patent describes holes \ slats \ slits that are placed in front of a speaker to facilitate the hearing of the speaker if it is mounted in a case that can be utilised for mobile transportation. This only applies to devices that are no larger than 4.5 inches across.
Nice to see Proteus in the mix - truly terrifying, thought that WOPR might get a mention , but I guess it wasn't sentient.
Playmonaut - this country salutes you!
Re: Is this an Autobot or Decepticon Transgender
Yes I would be angry at the lies, I thought that was clear.
Glad we can agree in honesty, just wish you hadn't resorted in your posts to name calling. It devalued your argument but did highlight your passion. Tsk humans eh, thank fuck I'm a teapot shaped like a bellend.
Re: Is this an Autobot or Decepticon Transgender
Ok then, I'll bite just one more time as it has been a slow support day....
"I'll reiterate, again, the point you don't seem to understand blah blah blah hence my suggestion that you revise your working model to acknowledge these conditions and realities."
There is conflicting scientific information out there, I am looking at the biology of the situation and not the metaphysical or psychological aspects. May I suggest that you revise your working knowledge to deal with one point at a time. Otherwise we take this to the ridiculous - if you think you are a kettle does that make you a kettle?
"You seem to expect that transgendered people should have to wear some sort of badge to indicate that they are Not Normal - why exactly do you have an issue with them being treated by their gender identity where this differs from their birth gender?"
Telling me how I think is a bit odd, you don't know me or know how I think. I have said that honesty is the most important thing. I would want to know if my partner was transgendered / murderer / apple user / so that I can make my own decision at the time. If you build a relationship on omission then you are not been honest. By getting offended at my honesty you are showing that you are not as tolerant as you think you are. Also, I have no issue with them, if you want to call yourself a teapot then great, but it doesn't actually make you a teapot. I guess this wouldn't ever be an issue if you was honest and upfront.
This would be good except : -
Such a shame that the Mayans were right and we are all about to die in some some of galactic cataclysm.
Re: Is this an Autobot or Decepticon Transgender
@Michelle Knight
First point - agreed, it's not as simple as it at first appears but a large portion is perception, and perception is an individual thing. As I have said if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it might not actually be a duck.
Second point - Honesty is always the best policy, not just in relationships but in life. If you can be honest with yourself and people around you then you have won gold - no matter what your preference/gender assignment/employment history.
Third point - physical violence is the tool of the pikey, those that cannot debate or use logical reason usually resort to this. It is pathetic and all forms of man \ women \ trans bi \gay resort to this. it is not a hetrosexual response to problems.
I never thought that this would be so controversial - The only real issue is the 19 years of what could be described as lies and deceit.
Re: Is this an Autobot or Decepticon Transgender
@captain underpants
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
You seem to want to write an essay on this just because someone disagrees - You seem to want to provoke me with your "Do try and keep up." excrement. People have different views, get over yourself and move on. Your diatribe seems to mention everything except people who have a prejudice against people with OCD.
Maybe the XY chromosome isn't the best point, but it is valid in almost all cases, having skimmed the site that Michelle Knight posted and a couple of others
Jobcentre Plus
You know were to come ;-)
Re: Is this an Autobot or Decepticon Transgender
"They do it to become physically what they are mentally"
But for some men this doesn't change the fact that their partner has an X and a Y chromosome, if this hasn't been disclosed then you have every right to be very pissed off.
Try to leave emotion out of debates like this as it has clouded your scientific minds.
Re: Is this an Autobot or Decepticon Transgender
@captain underpants
Right, brain engaged - but unfortunately the cold hard logic part of the brain that deals with science and stuff and not the emotional part of the brain that screams lies all lies
1. No, my partner would still be a man, no matter what their outward appearance is. This is not a case of if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.
2. Not just Lester's choice of focus in the article but the focus of every journalist that has covered this case. But that's what journo's do. Otherwise were is the story? Shocker as Belgian mans marriage fails after reading txt.
"But there are many who simply cannot get past infantile and simplistic notions"
Welcome to planet earth!
Is this an Autobot or Decepticon Transgender
Wow - Lester, it seems that some people don't like this boot note.
I first read this on Digital Spy in the Odd news section and almost sent this to El Reg's news room (glad I didn;t, I can't handle the down votes, they make me cry)
This piece isn't offensive or disrespectful, it is what it is. In this world of cyber sex and troll posting this is just the human side of things. Most people wouldn't want to find out that their partner is not all they seem, unless they are married to their car and it turns out to be a transformer. Been marred to a transformer would be cool, although some people wouldn't understand why you are married to a ten foot tall robot. If I found out my partner was a man then I would also be angry and hurt and upset. However if they were actually a sleek and sexy transforming robot then I wouldn't be as angry.
Wow
So now it is possible to to "print" babies I wonder how long until a whole sexy human is printed.
I only ever browse the radio 2 and radio 4 podcasts on my droid.
All other browsing gets done at work.
You do get credit in the UK too - I had a fine slashed in half for spending a weekend in the cells. I was unemployed at the time and enjoyed my brief stint inside. They had the best cheese ploughman's sandwiches I seem to recall.
Re: Stuff adults don't think of
"Similarly a pi is a circuit board with wires sticking out of it everywhere. Young kids love that shit"
Couldn't agree more - although I now have to take apart all manner of gadgets - although that's no bad thing.
It doesn't matter what device the kids use or are exposed to. Kids love tech, it's a plain fact. And if you can use tech in a creative way then the kids will learn. In a class of 40 you are not going to get 40 coders, but I almost guarantee that you will get 40 users.
My son (4yo) doesn't always trust me with tech, he thinks i am some sort of dinosaur. Although he does understand that I mend things. (seemingly the impossible, such as jelly or welding metal just by looking at it) but when he saw me connecting the Pi to the TV he was awe struck. The comprehension that such a tiny thing could firstly connect to the TV and then "do things" (his words) - I set the Pi up with a doorbell attachment, and whenever he presses it it plays a random silly noise. Now I realise that this isn't going to change the world, and the bit of programming is lame, but to a 4yo this is super hero territory. Especially as he watched, and asked quite advanced questions about the programming process. It's also great that he wants to press the button to annoy his mum, he is a human debugger. If it goes wrong he reports it to tech support and we fix together. He has already taken the Pi to school to show his class, and has managed to explain what was done, and how it works. (and he never once said it works on witchcraft or magic pixie dust)
I guess what I am saying is we are giving the kids a chance to be exposed into something that potentially could be great. It may be basic to us adults, and all a bit frivolous but to a 4yo this sort of things could make you a super hero. Lets keep the dreams alive
I wonder if the girl that has sparked this pseudo outrage has a phone? Or does she wear a tin-foil hat as part of her religious beliefs?
