Posts by Crisp
1297 posts • joined Monday 16th January 2012 14:00 GMT
Re: Maybe
"is it just me or do some "scientists" seem to completely dismiss obvious and simple ideas for the most far fetched ones?"
How about we look at the evidence and research done on TYC before we start introducing maybe extras like unseen migratory planets? Maybe the reason that they don't suspect the obvious and simple idea of a migratory planet, because there wasn't one there to see, .
tl;dr
It's you.
Re: Already on shakey ground
Maybe they could round the corners off...
Re: A high tech hum?
I'd imagine a device like this would make a satisfying noise like an unlicensed nuclear accelerator being fired up.
How is this different from /b/?
Post ending in 69 gets to name my band!
Google's huge lobbying influence over UK policy makers
In other words, bribery.
They found the Higgs Boson?
And as usual with these kind of things, it's always in the last place you look!
Frigging software patents.
"HTC was infringing on a patent that allows folks to isolate data such as phone numbers in emails and then call the number."
I didn't think that you were allowed to patent the bleedin' obvious!
Re: The Other Problem
How do mermaids have sex?
Paris, because there's no "Where's the Daryl Hannah angle?" icon.
Re: Computer misuse - EULA
"Possibly section 3 as well, but that may depend on the EULA"
I don't think that EULAs can be used to absolve a person of criminal responsibility.
I can try adding a clause in the next bit of software I write to give me the power to break into the users home and mess up their stuff, but I don't think it will stand up in a court of law when I'm tried for breaking and entering.
The Pirate Bay are "significantly representative of rights holders affected by the scheme"
Is this legislation being brought in to make sites like that legal?
These guys can wait a very long time under their bridges before they sue...
No... wait... That's *Patient* Trolls.
Police officers with computers
Now the Home Office has *two* problems.
Re: Oh look.
Has anyone anywhere ever intentionally and wilfully installed any kind of browser toolbar ever?
Whatever did Mankind do before we had automatons to recite the bleedin' obvious?
Please remember to take all your personal belongs with you on your way out.
I'm taking notes for future expense claims
Now all I need is a legitimate excuse to raid the hotel mini-bar.
Coppers with iPads
Maybe if they all have an iPad with a 3G connection to keep them occupied, our friendly neighbourhood police officers will be too busy with facebook and 4chan to harass the general public.
Since when was science determined by popular opinion?
It doesn't matter how many people believe in theory, what matters is; Does it work?
Mutant Toads
Mutants are quite common if there are no predators to mop them up. They tend to be the first to get eaten usually.
Re: It's not ethical advertising
There's ethical advertising?
Britain’s National Security Strategy ranks cyber security alongside terrorism
Nice to see they've got their priorities in order then.
RBS: "No evidence" this is connected to outsourcing
Well of course you wont find evidence if you don't go out looking for it!
This is worse than incompetence, this is 'bury your head in the sand' wilful ignorance. They made experience staff redundant, and when they gave those responsibilities to someone with little experience of the system, they cocked it up.
Re: So why does anyone put up with the "football authorities"
Are you suggesting that the "football authorities" would sully the great sport by using it to extract money out of people? Wouldn't that tarnish the purity of the game?
BWAHAHAHA! Sorry, I tried keeping a straight face for as long as I could. Mines the coat marking a goalpost.
Comparing useless numbers
So that's 299,993 more viruses for Windows PC's!
But what are the magnitude of those threats? What damage will be done if they are encountered?
Most Windows PC users run some sort of anti-virus scanner. I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of Mac PC's are running around unprotected. After all, why scan for viruses on an operating system that doesn't get viruses?
A Mac doesn't get the thousands of viruses plaguing Windows-based computers.
It gets it's own special viruses! Especially written for the platform.
Re: These guys aint propper hackers...
Proper hackers use at least 7 proxies.
Re: although the iBrain does carry a USB port for uploading.
What about downloading? Or Wi-Fi?
Can I hook up a robot arm (or a whole army of spider robots) if it's got a USB connection?
USB 2 or 3?
The public need to know!
Re: site down
So I just left a brick on the F5 key until it loads.
What? That's how you get unresponsive sites to load isn't it?
Re: "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to menshn.com"
Times a thousand.
Re: "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to menshn.com"
It's up and down like a whores knickers.
I'll bet it's some combination of the reddit/slashdot thing coupled with the Streisand effect probably with a few /b/tards thrown in for good measure.
"Menshn is a safe, clean & secure environment."
Sounds like famous last words! Like a red rag to a script kiddy.
It's like showing an uncrackable safe to a safe cracker.
Taikonauts
I guess I'm going to have to get used to that word.
Re: People watch the programmes, not the adverts
Actually, if I'm at a friends house and they have a TV, I love watching the adverts.
They never make me buy anything, but I'm always interested to see the line of bullshit made up by advertisers.
Re: Hackers?
It used to be that I would spend hours hacking away at code. I still do. But I wouldn't tell anyone nowadays that I've spent most of the day hacking.
It's lucky there's no water on that rocky planet.
Can you imagine what the tides would be like?
Posted in Lollipop Chainsaw
When is this out for the PC?
I can't wait! Zombie killing chainsaw fun here I come!
Paris, because she was awesome in that movie House of Wax where she got killed about 1000 times.
You can bet that Philip Hampton and Stephen Hester wont be going hungry next week. The only RBS Group employees that will be feeling any pain are the low paid staff subsisting from paycheck to paycheck.
Re: Out-sourcing is bad
Do I need to add /sarcasm to the end of that post? :)
Good documentation helps prevent future disasters, and speeds up the resolution of problems. Good documentation should save you time in the future. The problem is that few people seem to realise the importance of good documentation until they don't have any.
Re: Out-sourcing is bad
"This is why out-sourcing IT is bad. You fire the permanent staff who knew all the quirks of the system and would have pinpointed the problem in no time at all."
I'm sure that the project manager made absolutely sure that there was adequate time to complete all documentation and each quirk and bug is accurately recorded so that the next guy to come along would have a fighting chance.
The Queen has been unaffected
That's a load off my mind too :)
Can you still walk into a branch and get money out over the counter? Lets hope you don't get charged for each failed direct debit.
IT People
Management think they don't need us until the magic box of blinking lights doesn't work any more.
Then they *really* need us.
Medre
Totally read that as Merde.
I can see this working really well.
Just like how blocking the Pirate Bay stopped copyright infringement in the UK .
That's an end to it once and for all.
Posted in Mars has more water than thought
I had to look up what the word apatite meant.
But it was totally worth it to get the pun in the sub heading :D
Re: Totally misread that as "force field"
Me too. I was sat here wondering how much phaser energy one could dissipate.
Can I still eat bacon sandwiches?
Although, there's every chance that I'd carry on eating bacon sandwiches even if it did destroy the planet.
Re: I hope this continues
Even if it was you personally that was enslaved for 500 years, it's not legal, just, or karmic.
It's just you being a dick.
a "HAL entity that kinda runs itself."
$ sudo Block piratebay.org
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>> I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
Re: why go to such great lengths to avoid going to Sweden?
Fish puns? Oh my cod!
You're giving me a haddock!
Re: family or fiends [that's Microsoft's typo]
And "monetized", what the hell is that?
Wow! Yet another social messaging site.
Where does Louise Mensch get her ideas from?
