* Posts by Andrew Moore

1720 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Mar 2007

Ginni blasts 'slow' IBM staff after poor Q1 results

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Holmes

So much for...

...the buck stops here.

There's no use crying over spilt milk, if she wasn't able to spot this earlier then she really needs to step down.

Indian IT consultant becomes idol to legions of football fans

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Coat

Also

I don't think Robin Van Persie is his real name. He changed it from Thieving Van Penis.

Note to the confused: I'm channelling an old Dick Van Dyke joke here...

Reddit: So very sorry for naming innocent man as Boston bomber

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Re: Call me sceptical if you will, but...

>In America, celebrity 'I'm sorry's are usually followed by 'God has forgiven me, so why can't you?'

The correct reply to this is "No, I haven't"

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Re: Call me sceptical if you will, but...

Unfortunately, in America, they really do believe that saying "sorry" is all that is required. How often have you heard the phrase "I've said I'm sorry; what more do you want?"

In order for an apology to be truly meaningful, there needs to be an understanding of the distress caused; a genuine feeling of regret for causing this distress; and a desire to never cause the same distress again in the future. Most apologies fail at least 2 out of 3 of these points (I'm looking at you public transport).

Bill Gates offends Koreans after sticking hand down trousers

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He was shaking hands...

...Grabnad Style.

Apple beats revenue estimates but margins are falling

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Re: disagree

More interestingly- the drop in share price came after the decision to pay Dividends...

Make cool shows, make money: Netflix's SHOCKING TV strategy

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One hit wonder?

Now, I wonder if there will be an equal drop in subscribers/revenue when Hemlock Grove debuts over here...

Peak Apple: First 'profit slip' in a decade - and, boy, it's gonna be BIG

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Re: Duh

>Anyway, if my Co's shares 'tanked' to $400, I'd still be laughing all the way to the bank.

Not if you bought them at $700 you wouldn't.

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>"Only" 10 billion dollars in profit? Yup, that's a company that's really sliding down the toilet.

It is to a Wealth Management company who regularly deal in 100's of billions.

Review: Disgo 8400G 7.9in Android tablet

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Disgo...

...where probably the first company to gain any success with USB drives. I think I have a 32mbyte somewhere around here.

Report: Apple returned 8M shoddy iPhones to Foxconn

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Re: quality control?

My guess is it was something that surfaced when Apple tested beta loads of v6.2 of iOS.

Review: NetAtmo Urban Weather Station

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Re: But, but, but...

Precisely. As someone who sails, I want to know how strong it is and where it's coming from.

Game designer spills beans on chubby-fancying chap with his stolen Mac

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Re: Why not go get it?

If you read the website you'd see:

a: The location is a block of flats.

b: The insurance company has already paid out on the stolen items so it's their laptop now.

Move over, Mythbusters: Was Archimedes an ancient STEVE JOBS?

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Re: Uh... No.

so, he was an ancient Thomas Edison then...

Apple alert as half China's fanbois consider switch to Galaxy S4

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It's happening here as well...

3 of my friends, who have had iPhones for years, all changed to the S4 rather than go for the iPhone 5.

Under the microscope: The bug that caught PayPal with its pants down

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Alert

Hmmmm....

I wonder if this is why AT&T appear to have blocked traffic to/from PayPal???

'North Korea Has Launched a Missile' tweet sent by mistake

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Slow typist???

"We had the Tweet ready and waiting"

Because it would be so difficult to have to write up to 140 characters on the spur of the moment...

Foot-long slab too big? Microsoft 'has a 7-incher' to stroke

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Worse thing is...

...you know that a bunch of marketdroids sat around a table and convinced themselves that the reason that Windows 8/Surface Tabs weren't selling was because they didn't have a 7" form factor...

StreetView spots possible roadside nookie down under

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Re: So Obviously

hey, what have you got against homosexual Australians?

Maggie Thatcher: The Iron Lady who saved us from drab Post Office mobes

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"Let me guess - you're in America?"

Or in southern England...

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A fitting eulogy...

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

The ten SEXIEST computers of ALL TIME

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No Psions?

The Series 3 and 5 should have been on the list, both beautiful pieces of miniature kit (with usable keyboards)

German court says nein to Apple's slide-to-unlock patent

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Re: It shouldn't be patentable....

I've had it on my toilet door for a lot longer...

Kissinger and tell: WikiLeaks scrapes 1.7m US diplomatic reports from the '70s

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FAIL

hmmm....

This man is quickly becoming very irrelevant; I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't change his name to "Roger"

New rules to end cries of 'WTF... a £10 online booking fee?'

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Re: TicketMaster "Ticketfast" Charges

I just stopped going to concerts unless I can buy tickets at the door. I refuse to give TicketBastard anymore of my money.

How I nearly sold rocket windows to the crazy North Koreans

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Re: Germ warfare

also check out the Tuskagee Syphilis trials

The healing hands of guru Dabbs

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Re: Similar effect

Actually, I don't think my power affects the computer at all- it just stops the user from doing the stupid thing they've been doing up to now and do it properly for once. Then you get the "oh, it's working now..."

Nokia shutters Shanghai store as Chinese stay away in their billions

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Translation from BS to normal speech...

"Nokia is focusing on growing its presence in operator and third-party retail outlets, rather than through our own physical stores. We are, of course, also continuously beefing up our online presence."

Translation: "We fail"

Boss of Irish-based R&D hub: Man, this place is the back of beyond

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Thanks RyanAir...

There used to be a decent air service between Dublin and Cork- it was run by Aer Arran as a EU POS. Then Ryanair came in, edged them out and eventually decided not to service the route anymore. I think the same thing happened with Dublin to Kerry too.

ROBOT COCKROACH SWARM unleashed in Sheffield lab

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So...

...am I the only guy that was hoping they'd swarm him and eat his face?

What? Only me?

Tim Cook eats necessary crow, apologizes to China

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Re: 4月第一胡說

I think Ryanair use them too...

WTF is... the Quantified Self?

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Re: re. Sebastiaan ter Burg

That was exactly my first thought too

Experts agree: Your next car will be smarter than you

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Re: Do not want, and in fact this kind of thing is a fucking 'orrible idea.

Totally agree. I'd say this generation of cars are probably smarter than some of their drivers.

Microsoft LOVES YOU: Free Wi-Fi on the British railways for a month

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Warning: Office 365 does not work on Leap Years.

Experts doubt Anonymous Mossad spy outing claims are kosher

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Bias?

I would probably give the report a little more creedence if it wasn't coming from Tel Aviv...

Stephen Fry explains… Alan Turing's amazing computer

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Re: God I'm getting sick of Fry

Well, things can only get better...

That Osbo bloke - he's on your Twitters. 'What a c**k'

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Go

Spellchecker???

Shouldn' t that be "c**t" not "c**k"

Feds cuff ex-NASA boffin at airport amid state-secret leak scare

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Wouldn't happen in England...

I wasn't allowed access to GCHQ because of my Irish ancestry- despite the fact that my father used to work there many years ago...

Drilling into 3D printing: Gimmick, revolution or spooks' nightmare?

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really, how different is it from me making my own bows and fletching my own arrows?

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Agreed totally. In fact the "hobbyist" nature of building your own 3d printer reminds me of the same thing happening with people building their own plotters in the 80s.

Celebrity conspiracy as Apple attacked over customer service

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Devil

Re: State-run CCTV

"In Communist China, TV watches you."

BOFH: My HELPDESK HELL - lies, phones lines and statistics

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Huzzah...

Dabbsie AND BOFH on the same day!!! A great start to the Paddy's weekend.

Touch screens and greasy mitts: All you need is glove

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Re: Oops!

I wouldn't be surprised if the porn industry haven't been pouring large amounts of dosh into the R&D...

Samsung's new Galaxy S 4: iPhone assassin or Android also-ran?

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Re: What is so compelling?

"As far as I can see this is just another Android Phone."

In the same way that the iPhone 5 is just another iOS phone.

Groupon deal spam slapped by Australian regulator

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Gimp

My solution.

I gathered up as many groupon addresses as I could (especially personal ones) and then just bounced any email coming from a groupon address to that list.

How UK gov's 'growth' measures are ALREADY killing the web

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Pirate

Interesting...

"Associated Press, British Pathé, Getty Images, ITN, the Press Association and Thomson Reuters."

Where's the BBC??? Or the other side of the fence I guess...

Ten serious sci-fi films for the sentient fan

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Re: Wot no Matrix?

Well, apart from the excellent Animatrix...

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Re: Have to agree with most of these, though Zardoz does look very daft.

I loved Moon, it had the faint touch of Solyaris about it...

There's cling-ons on the starboard bow! Trekkies' wallets under attack

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Re: I want....

I want one that I can stick on the back of my hand...

Six things a text editor must do - or it's a one-way trip to the trash

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