* Posts by Arachnoid

1076 publicly visible posts • joined 17 May 2012

Apple's shock treatment: An authentic charger-spotting guide

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.......BA DA BOOM

Of course if the battery's actually lasted longer it would greatly reduce the risk of electrocution.

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A self proclaiming prophesy

Im always amazed by people purchasing a relatively expensive phone then baulking at the price of the official adapters and attachments.

BOFH: Don't be afraid - we won't hurt your delicate, flimsy inkjet printer

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Just sayin..........

So much for the paperless office

Wow! British Gas bungs a million remote-controlled sales-droids in UK homes

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They aint investing millions for the good of their health.

The use of smart meters also allows multiple tariffs to be charged to the same household depending on the time of day.So in high demand periods the tariff will naturally increase in an attempt to reduce demand and as a side effect increase revenue to the supplier.

Samsung: The cash blizzard continues, but may not last forever

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TVs yes but smartphones........cant say Id buy one of theirs

Indian military pondered attack on Venus and Jupiter

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Flash Gordon.........Hes Alive!

FIRE ALL BLASTERS!

Assange™ names a Senatorial stand-in

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He might be better of being winning as it will raise him to the level of incompetence

One month on, Edward Snowden cleared to leave Moscow airport

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Careful Putin he may be a horticulturist in the making

Curses! Reddit plan for fat old beardy to 'smell hot pop girl Taylor Swift's hair' FOILED

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So they made a Swift retraction to the prize winner

Google and fellow ad-slingers PROMISE to starve pirates of oxygen

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illegal under whos terms

What illegal in one country is clearly not in another, so whos setting the guidelines not the US Government again!

Planet-busting British space bullet ready to bomb ice moon Europa

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The Transformers are not the original.

Yes they've been doing it since the 60s despite Guberment denials

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Transformers

No I guess science is taking cues from films again......isnt this how they land on Earth

Google loses Latitude in Maps app shake-up

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Sounds like Minority Report

Where you go shopping and get asked by the ad posters if you want some more shirts

Asperger's and IT

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I wondered if I was alone in the world and it looks like I am in a way

Id give you all a compliment for your very enjoyable [is that the right context?] posts but I know how awkward that would make you feel now please can you all get out of my head.Yes one has to get used to "difficult" moments when your the only one in the room that doesn't seem to understand the joke or the times you have to listen in bored silence to a rambling co-worker because it would be seen to improve team work.

When you have to do something a mangers way even though you know its going to end badly and you will still get the blame.

Samsung Galaxy S3 explodes, turns young woman into 'burnt pig'

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Elf and safety

Im sure some Health and Safety bod will take note of the accident then blame it all on the young girl

Snowden: US and Israel did create Stuxnet attack code

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Just to add

As Bamber Gascoigne once said "Your starter for 10"

Has he actually released anything at all we didn't already know or suspect?

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If you want to catch a shark you need good bait........it looks like bait,it swims and smells like bait but in the end its just a lure to catch a big fish.

There are many men and women in many services who would give their life for their country maybe just maybe Snowden is one of them.

15 MILLION dodgy login attempts spaffed all over Nintendo loyalists

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So I guess they will be claiming 15M sales for that month

US public hate Snowden - but sexpot spy Anna Chapman LOVES him

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Quiestion

So if he married Anna then went on to strangle her in her sleep, would he be lauded as a hero or as a "spy"?

Brits: Give us £1m and we'll build a crack ALIEN-HUNTING TEAM

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Maybe they should open a KickStart buy in

Your own £19 Pocket Spacecraft could be FOUND ON THE MOON

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So how long before MC Ds places an emblem on the Moon?

Patriot hacker 'The Jester' attacks nations offering Snowden help

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If the NSA can keeps tabs on the young ner do well they can either, through motivation or "accident" have the perp tarred and feathered for any black ops that reaches public attention and get away clear of any downfall.

Lights, camera, action: Snowden movie hits the web

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How will the story end.......

He will soon be found to have committed suicide hanging from a tree in some little used back woods and the ensuing dirt will bury his story to the back pages of some obscure much raking publication only read by conspiracy theorists.

The truth will not out that at least is a lie of out times,it never had a chance to be made fully public and it never will.The shadows will go back out of the public glare into the dark recesses and the world will stumble on.

A short, sharp tool kit to get you to the top in financial IT

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Remember

One should always remember some folk are "promoted to the level of their incompetence" so needed a good team behind them to hide the fact is even more paramount so its best to stay away from these types.

And on the subject of employees, on all levels from lowly shelf fillers up to cloud breathing Adonises there are always shirkers and workers and its always better to surround oneself with more of the later than the former.

'The Apprentice' is a load of old codswallop, says biz prof

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Yes its "entertainment" and yes I wouldn't want to work with any of the self effacing twerps who seed this type of program,That said why is anybody taking notice of a "Professor" who doesn't work in the real business world and probably hasn't done so for years so has lost touch with reality.Classroom and real life are worlds apart just ask any student who gets a job if its what they expected.

Home Office launches £4m cyber security awareness scheme

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High Priority?

£4 million that`ll get them all of 30 seconds of TV advertising

Tearing a strip off Microsoft's Brazilian: That's no way to attract mates

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So the Brazilian suffered a waxing OUCH!

Google staffing boss: Our old hiring procedures were 'worthless'

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Yes if you can tell how many interviewees it take to safely land a plane on the moon.

Who's to be the next Dr Who? Sherlock beats Maurice - says you

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Holmes

You forgot Sue Pollard !

And I still think Warwick Davis is a good candidate for the role

Japan proposes NSA-style agency and new snooping laws

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Holmes

They could save a few million on investment and just ask the Americans for the transcripts

Badger bloodbath brouhaha brings 'bodge' bumpkin bank burgle bluster

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There is little evidence that I have seen to link badgers with cattle issues only circumstantial presumptions acting like seal cullers.Rather than mediacte the Badgers farmers seem hell bent on taking the easy path of removing what is ASSUMED to be the problem.

So, who ought to be the next Doctor Who? It's up to YOU...

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Mushroom

Did you say

Bill Bailey!

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Holmes

Think out of the [blue] box......

Come on peeps its not going to be a high performing star due to cost but its got to be a British born actor/actress so someone well known but not a lead actor.

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We need an unusual character to give the Doctor a new twist so Warwick Davis is my choice

Obama weighs in on NSA surveillance imbroglio

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Stop

London

As has been pointed out the capital has more cameras per square mile than all other city yet crime still goes on as usual.........I think there's a lesson to be learned from that dont you?

And yes I have plenty to hide and its all MY personal data.

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You cant guarantee 100% security its a pipe dream so stop using it as an example

Smart TVs riddled with DUMB security holes

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Wait till smart TVs get camera and audio

Connectivity then it will be a snoopers paradise to see into a major amount of homes either to see whats going on or on the reverse of the coin to ensure no one is home whilst you enter clandestinely [or not] and pilfer goods.

Boffins build gesture recognition using WiFi

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Holmes

Spying

So we need a wifi absorbent material made for new clothes to prevent tracking

Short-staffed website swaps DOGS for DEVELOPERS

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Good ideas

Sometimes what looks good on paper doesn't work well in real life......programmers should have known that

Review: Philips Hue network enabled multicolour lightbulbs

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Umm... you'd still need power to them.

Nope as all the Bluetooth switch would do is send a signal to the light/s to turn on or off,there is no need for a continually powered switch it would only consume battery power when pressed.Its the same with a standard wall switch it has a live and a switch wire,there is no actual need for it to be continually powered except the lighting works through its feed which is unnecessary.

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blutooth

Im surprised no one has come up with a bluetooth enable switch/light combination that does not require the usual mains cable setting in to the wall.That way you could mount switches wherever you wanted around the room and program them according to needs.

Doctor Who? 12th incarnation sought after Matt Smith quits

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I think it time for a chance

We should perhaps have someone like Warwick Davis who starred in such films as The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter.

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Steven Fry

Ex-Microsoft man plans brand of consumer marijuana 'fine cigars'

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Quantum entanglement

No Officer Im smoking a ghost image left over from my friends spliff

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Holmes

So id he going to follow in Al Capones footsteps, where Al got the law changed to produce alcohol free booze then when it arrived at his speakeasys his men dosed it with medical alcohol for sale to his clients.

TSA: Perv scanners now fully banished from US airports

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Mushroom

You guys are missing the point

If you put people off flying from radiation risk or even driving from lack of investment or harder to keep licenses you reduce the incident statistics so problem solved......

Kinky? You're mentally healthier than 'vanilla' bonkers

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Coffee/keyboard

"..more open to new experiences.."

Just cause its new don't mean its better and as for random questionnaires who ever fills in 100% of the truth anyway.In other words bad data in brick bats out..........

BT! dumps! Yahoo! after! 10! long! years! together!

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I hope they install dual authentication on the server, its one thing having someone invade and control your email account but your whole BT account on one log in too ERK!

How God and übergeek Ron Crane saved 3Com's bacon

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Change the time frame?

Makes me wonder if this would still happen these days given the rapid turnover required in business ideas and management patience or the lack of it.

A pity Mr Crane didnt get at least a cent for every card sold......

My, my Pi, did it spy ya? Bye, bye Pi, did it go higher?

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Bugritt

I hope there are no bugs or the project is doomed........WE`RE DOOMED I tell you Captain Mainwaring!