Posts by Not also known as SC
23 posts • joined Tuesday 11th September 2012 15:59 GMT
Re: Gov't tests
Is the answer 7?
Re: @William Donelson wtf ?
I've been very disappointed with the last few versions of Dolphin. It seems more unstable since Flash support was removed. Currently using Firefox, but would go back to Dolphin in a moment if they sort out the stability problems.
You learn something new every day.
I always thought that .uk was for the Ukraine. I have now learnt that the Ukraine uses .ua.
Today was not wasted after all.
Re: I'll have a bloke's number 6 please @bowdie
I must read what I write before hitting submit. I meant belong, not beling. Fail icon for myself.
Re: I'll have a bloke's number 6 please @bowdie
But wouldn't the IP beling to the original barber exposing you and the new barber to all sort of copyright shenanigans? (IT angle... )
Coat icon not available on my phone :-(
Crowd-sourced experience even...
That's basically a client app which automatically logs on to free Wi-Fi points, bypassing any landing page though the use of crowd-sourced experience to provide connectivity without user intervention.
What on Earth does 'croud-sourced experience' mean? I recognise all three individual words but not in this context. Is it like that wisdom of crowds thing some illusionist claimed to use to predict the lottery on tv a few years back?
Daily Mail
I know this was boot notes, but using the Daily Mail as an authoritative source?
Re: Star Wars is Science FICTION for a reason...
Not impossible, just very improbable.
Posted in Review: HTC 8X Windows Phone 8 handset
Re: Market share drop not surprising
The only reason I didn't upgrade to a third HTC phone was because of the sealed batteries in the newer models.
Re: Old news
How can I stay mad at The Register? You're forgiven.
Barbed Wire fences
Someone once told me that TCP, unlike IPX, could be used to send signals over barbed wire fences (or chicken wire) because it was so resillliant. Does any one know if this is true?
Re: Old news
Read the linked article preview and you're right, 140 parsecs. Never again will I ever take anything in the Register at face value again...
Alien icon because they're nearer than I thought.
Old news
450 million years old at that...
Fail on censorship
I find the attempt at censorship for #3 funnier than any of the ring tones.
In the article it is described as 'c*nt calling', in the iTunes store page they have 'c**t calling', but the logo next to it clearly displays the full text 'cunt calling'.
Anyway shouldn't it be 'answering' instead of calling?
Re: In related news,
Not being sarcastic here but what does Yahoo! actually do now? Are they a search engine still?
I know I could Google them but I don't know if I'm that interested.
Re: No Kindle HD for me today.
Your're right. Amazon must have changed their web page. At the time the option to buy a non-sponsored version wasn't available or was extremely well hidden. Pity, I love my Kindle and I like using Amazon as a company, but as I said earlier I'd already bought an alternative device.
Re: No Kindle HD for me today.
Because as Martin says below the non sponsored ones were not particularly well advertised. By the time I found out you could get them without the special offers I had already bought an alternative.
No Kindle HD for me today.
I had pre-ordered a Kindle Fire HD but when I read through the specs again I came across the 'special offers' straight to my screen saver and home screen. Apparently I wouldn't have to worry about these wasting screen estate because the offers would appear In my notification area. My order was cancelled 10 minutes later.
One concern was that a standard kindle needs you to set up one click payment. I could just imagine letting my autistic son use my device to watch You Tube videos etc and him clicking on the offers and buying me lots of things I don't want. Getting a refund for digital content I think would be a struggle. Happy to be proved wrong but not willing to take that risk. (I don't have a payment card set up for the Play Store).
Re: Curiosity.....
Never too many toys...
That advert would be reason enough not to buy a Surface.
Don't we already pay
tThrough local taxes (council tax etc)?
Why?
I can just about understand the concept of an Apple Store - with its nice shiny Apple toys and legions of devoted fans. But Microsoft? Sorry I just can't see it.
