Posts by RainForestGuppy

Bad Design

Sorry but anchoring a tube at on end and hoping it'll be stiff enough is just asking for trouble.

Surely a better design would have been to use a tube with a slot in it. The tube could have been clamped to the truss along its entire length. 2 inserts at the nose and tail of the aircraft would ensure that there would be no twisting upon launch, and as long as the inserts we made of a suitable material and the slotted tube well greased there wouldn't be much friction.

And wouldn't a 'blast' plate fixed to the truss behind the rocket motor give it a bit more of a kick on ignition. Yes newton's 3rd but I'm assuming that the mass of the truss, balloon etc is a lot more than the aircraft.

Complete rubbish

Why would a Republican by an Apple phone?? You can shoot anything with it!!

Note for terminally ill-humoured, Yes I know you can't shot anything with a Samsung, Nokia, LG, etc either, although it's a little known feature of the Blackberry Z10 that if you dial *45765### a small derringer will fire from the earphone socket.

Surprising these things only happen to Freelance writers.

Sorry but this is just a load of BS made up this so called writer to get her name spread about.

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Could be worse

As parodied in Family Guy.

Luke/Chris returns to the family farm and finds everybody dead, including John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra, and that the rest of the episode will have to be scored by Danny Elfman

by analysing photos they posted to social media sites

You have been tagged in the photo : Me and Vladmir committing lots of credit card fraud LOL.

Brrraaaiiiinnnnsssss

"a mixed array of human bones including skulls, some pierced as though by a sharp tool - or tusk"

It was a zombie Walrus!!!!

What destroyed Netware.. Perfect Office!!

NDS was far superior to Active Directory, but basically the "management" at Novell decided to try to compete against MS Office in the desktop application market.

I remember going to a trade show and wanted to discuss Netware and although the Novell stand was the biggest there it was all about Perfect Office and Netware was relegated to a tiny kiosk tacked on the side.

They basically gave up on their core product to flirt in another area and got seriously stiffed! They tried to come back with Netware 5, but by then it was too late.

If I had a time machine I would go back to the meeting where some joker decided that Novell should by Word Perfect and shoot them!!

Anybody asked the important question yet?

Will it Blend??

What was the question asked, and to whom?

"Global technology Execs", "which it makes after interviewing over 800 leaders of entities that range from start-ups to large enterprises and included VC firms"

OK that seems to sum it up the respondents were made up from idiots from The Apprentice, who create a ebay store and class themselves as "internet entrepreneurs" and Deputy Vice-president of paper clips at Xerox, who has more time on his hands and thinks that filling in these surveys make him an important strategy leader.

Innovation is about coming up with something new and original, not just putting existing technology in a different coloured case.

The computer was an innovation.

The Mouse was an innovation.

The Wide Wide web was an innovation

ARM processers were an innovation

LCD screens were an innovation

The idea of an "app store" was an innovation

Collecting all the pieces to create a product is a fantastic part piece of inspired design.

Making the same product $5 cheaper than somebody else is not innovation

Not gone far enough

"Take Off and nuke the entire site from Orbit... Only way to be sure."

There is always an Aliens quote for all eventualities

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Truth in humour

In Red Dwarf, when asked why a series 3000 droid (a more basic model) looked my human like, Kryten (a series 4000) says that the series 3000 was a complete failure because people didn't like robots that were to human like.

Ask yourself this would you be more comfortable giving orders to a "robot slave" that looked like a human or to one that looked like R2D2?

Anna Chapman

This is TheRegister so to get back on track.

Anna Chapman, well not sure about marriage but I wouldn't say no.

I don't understand why everybody is so surprised about PRISM, Echelon has been around for years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/503224.stm

I don't watch it but I do laugh when I read some of the profiles of the people on it

Apprentice Speak:

I've ran successful online ventures - Translation- I have some Facebook group pages

I have my own ebusiness - Translation- I have a ebay site.

I worked in high pressure Sales - Translation- I've worked in a call center.

Apple screws Musicians -- Shocker!!

This is a non story.

Apple's entire business model is about shafting everybody from users to suppliers.

Can't see the FIFA site

I was going to look at the FIFA website but it was blocked by the "Immoral and corrupt organisation run by a crook, whilst pretending to have the best intentions for the beloved game" filter on my internet gateway.

Comedy is sometimes so true

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9ptA3Ya9E

Hello Helpdesk

Hi it's Tim here, I'd like to log a call please

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Yes Tim, Tim Cook the CEO

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Well nothing is wrong with my machine, but could you lock Jony Ive's machine into Black and White.

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When do I need it done by? Well any time before he goes anywhere near IOS8.

Glaring mistake

There I've fixed it

"We run one of the worst railway networks in the world and rely heavily on excuses and passing the blame when everything stops moving," said Network Rail CIO Susan Cooklin

Guest Doctor

Perhaps they should do what Have I got news for you and Buzzcocks did when they couldn't get a permanent host and just have a different Doctor each week, it could throw up some interesting possibilities...

Wrrp Wrrp

Exterior shot of Tardis.

Door opens

A mass of white hair pops out.

"err I say I'm the Mayor of Lon... err err sorry no I'm not, I'm that other fellow, err What, no, Whether, whence err Who, that's the chap I'm Mr Who."

God forbid a company would abuse its position

Whatever next, a networking company buying senators to ensure that any foreign competitor is prevented from bidding for contracts because they could be a "security" threat?

Low Cost iPhone

Do they mean making the existing model at a lower cost or new model with a reduced feature set?

Not sure what features you could remove from an iphone 5, it's already lagging behind recent phones from other manufactuers. So unless it's a model for developing markets such as Africa I can't see much point.

"metallic glass"

You mean Transparent Aluminium!!!

What about Chris Morris!!

He was briliant in the first series as the barking mad of Denholm Reynholm.

The episode where he thanked everybody (including the toilet cleaners) except the IT team for making the new system a success was so true to life.

Wouldn't it be nice if..

..all these technology companies (Google, Apple, Samsung, etc) would just get together and say that in 2014 were not going put our resources into trying outdo each other to supply the next bit of consumer fluff. We're going to get together and invest all that money and time into finding a cure for cancer or feeding the starving.

You'll just have to wait until 2015 to get your iphone6 or galaxy5.

OK, it's never going to happen in a million years, but just think what the human race could achieve if we put all that effort into making life better.

Go the whole hog

If you've started foraging, what's wrong with a bit of fresh roadkill??

A real driver's car...

...only needs a rev counter , oil pressure, temp and fuel guages.

A proper old school denial of service .

I can't remember how many arguments/discussions I've had with people who claim that they don't need Anti-malware controls because they use Chrome so they are safe (most of these people claim to be developers).

My argument that all web browsers are full of vulnerabilities has been proved correct once again.

[Smug Mode engaged]

Something for the weekend Sir??

Here you go the Complete Collection of Kim-Il-Sung's works. All 100 volumes.