Posts by Mitoo Bobsworth

Alternative hypothesis

The collective heads of Sony Pictures are as stupid, selfish, short-sighted and negligent as you think they are.

(Just thinkin' out loud...)

Unconvincing

Proof not prevarication, facts not finger-pointing. I have a healthy distrust of the political incumbents of any nation, but mostly (these days) the merkins - any response that starts with the basic premise "because we said so..." just doesn't cut it. Hard evidence, please.

Ponce

/pɒns/

BRITISH informal

noun: ponce; plural noun: ponces

1. derogatory an effeminate man.

2. a man who lives off a prostitute's earnings.

verb: ponce; 3rd person present: ponces; past tense: ponced; past participle: ponced; gerund or present participle: poncing

1.live off a prostitute's earnings. "he was arrested for poncing on the girl"

2. seek to obtain (something) without paying for it or doing anything in return. "I ponced a ciggie off her"

Just for the sake of clarification - make your own conclusions!

$41bn?

a) Who the hell comes up with these ridiculous valuations?

b) The investors are either incredibly canny (inside knowledge, financial jiggery-pokery) or incredibly stupid (good old blind greed) to bet on this company - I'm leaning toward the latter.

Hahaha - oh, you're SERIOUS!?

"We urge you to pass the bill, ‪which both protects national security and reaffirms America's commitment to the freedoms we all cherish,"

Translation - "We've identified what you're doing as a revenue stream with massive potential - we can do it more surreptitiously, please hand it over to us so we can bill you for it."

</sarcasm>

This guy...

... is now far to full of his own shit for me to take seriously any more.

I would suggest...

...to the humourless, fatuously indignant wowsers who complained to grow a funny bone - that would be a far more productive use of their energy. Science needs character - and characters. Never apologise for being yourself. (unless you're a politician, in which case no amount of apology will redeem you.)

One of the downsides.

The interwebs and its availability offer a freedom of expression unlike any other medium today - one of the caveats being that its also available to idiots. In which case, the best response is none at all. My only surprise is that people are still surprised by the dull-witted on-line behaviour of such folk.

For searching local drives...

.. I never cared for spotlight, always found it rather clumsy & omissive. I found a simple shareware app a while ago in my search for an alternative (no affiliations here) called "find any file" - which does a far better job, imho.

Let's play "Finish That Sentence."

"I've never been someone who is a scaremonger ..."

... but now seems as good a time as any!

Yes it was ...

... Jobs himself who pilfered that line. Are we paying attention, Sir Jony 'Ive forgotten about that?'

CEO

Chief Excremental Orator?

"You're BENDING it WRONG "

So what's the right way of bending it, then?

Proof?

The Russian -

"reportedly"

"believed to be"

"it's been speculated"

"It's been claimed"

Any actual, substantial evidence beyond finger-pointing & political innuendo?

Corporate p.c. bollocks

Would it not be more sensible to simply employ people based on capabilities, skills & talents appropriate to position, regardless of race, colour or creed? Rather fatuous announcement, Mr Cook, not well thought out.

Goodbye Robin,

and thank you for being. Not sure I'll ever laugh as hard again.

iGasm?

Makes me think of this brief but brilliant p*sstake from some years back!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4-ReZh0sQw

At least now...

some of the government knows what it's like when the government invades their privacy. Sadly, however, we are talking about the american senate - I would bet real money at least half of these over-privileged berks think irony is a property certain metals have.

I wouldn't mind paying...

...if the content was worth it.

It's not - so I don't.

If I coat my car with this...

...will it absorb the emissions from a cops radar gun? That WOULD be useful!!

"The motivation for filing these patents are likely varied"

Yes, monopolisation & monetisation.

Sad,

Just sad.

Or...

...practice some selfie-control and don't take stupid or embarrassing pics of yourself.

Siri:

"Don't you have anything better to do?"

Roboform not 'on form'

Something not quite right with their overly defensive P.R. response, despite proof of execution. A more trust inducing way would have been holding their tongues, verifying the exploit, correcting it post-haste and, oh I dunno, THANKING THE GUY for pointing out a critical flaw.