* Posts by Andrew Moore

1720 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Mar 2007

Mozilla gives passive-aggressive missive to pre-Firefox 3.6 hold-outs

Andrew Moore
Boffin

All-In-One-Guestures...

I did this quick hack:

1. Go to %appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\YOUR DEFAULT PROFILE\extensions\{8b86149f-01fb-4842-9dd8-4d7eb02fd055}

2. Edit the install.rdf file there (any text editor will do or XML editor if you want to be fancy).

3. Find the maxVersion element. It is currently set to 3.5- Change this to 4.0

And viola. The only thing I've noticed is the mouse "trails" have disappeared but I'll live with that until the update is posted.

NY chef offers mam cheese canapes

Andrew Moore
Badgers

Ah, the septics...

...confusing breastfeeding with sex again.

Crap Scottish weather favours ginger hair

Andrew Moore

That's all well and good...

...but is she working on a cure yet?

The Hurt Locker sweeps Oscars

Andrew Moore
FAIL

The 2 best films of last year were not even nominated-

Neither Moon nor Ponyo got a nomination- but given that Slumdog swept the board last year, this years Oscars was all about keeping the American film interests happy.

Street View spymobiles invade CeBIT

Andrew Moore

The Onion are in fine form again:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/google_responds_to_privacy

Sellafield gull cull mulled

Andrew Moore
FAIL

eh?

Surely gulls aren't the only creature that can access those pools- How soon before we see swarms of radioactive midges?

Intel joins Nokia in Android attack

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Sheesh

How many bloody platforms does Nokia need?

BOFH: The PFY Chronicles

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Sorry- not swallowing that one...

he's going to turn up in the shower at the end of the series isn't he.

Brits take iTablet moniker for 12in iPad rival

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I'm surprised...

...that no one's pointed out that it appears to be running Windows XP.

Next from Apple: The Pocket iPad

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Wrong direction...

Apple are looking to increase the size. The next gen will be called the Max-iPad.

Scott McNealy signs off in style

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Nostalgia...

Sun to me will always be the company that sold me a £5 serial cable for £80.

Irish board hack prompts password reset

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They should change their slogan...

From "now ye're talking" to "now ye're hacked"

Avatards rush to name sprogs Pandora

Andrew Moore

Is it me...

or isn't Pandora already a mildly popular name anyway. I do seem to remember one in the Adrian Mole diaries.

Star Trek to boldly go (again)

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Really???

The Borg??? Not in James T's time- His foe du jour was always the Klingons.

Zuckerberg: 'I am a prophet'

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I am also a prophet...

And I predict that in the near future Mr Zuckerberg and Facebook will be as relevant as Geocites, AngelFire, Tripod, Friendster and every other "flavour of the moment".

China moves closer to a smut-free internet

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Hmmm...

Satire is at it's most brilliant when it cannot be distinguished from reality:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/internet_adds_12th_website

The Avatar storage effect

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Yes it's a must see film.

Okay the plot is very Dances with Wolves meets Ferngully. However the plot takes a back seat- It's just a device to hang some of the most immersive, spectacular and realistic visuals ever seen. This is a film that has to be experienced on a massive screen (pref. IMAX) in 3D. I liked one comment I saw online- "This film is for all those people who have ever bought a graphic card to replace the one their computer came with".

Vodafone to start selling iPhone on 14 January

Andrew Moore

Apparently...

In Ireland Vodafone are already offering it to entice defectors back from O2- Available now.

El Reg's PARIS programme attracts high-flying sponsor

Andrew Moore

Okay...

You've got the sponsor and the logo. Now where's the merchandising???

Chumby internet-connected alarm clock

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FAIL

Already superceded...

...by the cheaper and better looking Chumby One.

Florida judges banned from 'friending' lawyers on Facebook

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BFF???

I'm seeing this everywhere- I presume it does not stand for "Big Fat Fuck" anymore.

Overstock's Byrne claims $5m scalp over short selling

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Well done...

All round. I've been on Patrick Byrne's side since El Reg managed to teach me how naked short selling works. The plus side is that now I know what's happening at the end of Trading Places.

The return of the Psion-sized PC

Andrew Moore
FAIL

Fail too

It's a eKing mini tablet:

http://www.pocketables.net/2009/10/eking-s515-mid-priced-and-shipping-from-amazon-china.html

Parents demand control over text messaging

Andrew Moore

Here's a more effective method of parental control:

don't give your child a mobile phone in the first place. 2 children in my 8 year old daughters class have already got mobile phones- so the rest of the kids are putting their parents under pressure to get them one too- The way we parents have reacted is to put pressure on the parents of the 2 phone owning children to remove the mobiles from them and to agree a minimal age whereby it should be allowable for a child to have one.

US data firm blows s**t out of server

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Hmmmmmm...

It appears to me that there wasn't any active comms to that server (or electricity for that matter) so I'm wondering how it was being backed up???

Fujifilm Finepix F200EXR

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FD?

Does this model still have Face Dectection/Red Eye removal???

MS store staff in spontaneous electric boogie

Andrew Moore

Please

can someone send me Mr Slavins email address??? I have a large amount of money in a Lagos bank that I think he might be able to help me with.

How the Dunning-Kruger effect will stop techies buying houses

Andrew Moore
Jobs Horns

Finally...

we have an explanation for Mac users.

Sputnik, spaghetti and the IBM SPACE machine

Andrew Moore
WTF?

What?

"With his SPACE machine, Underwood remembers, you could calculate the powers of 2 with a mere nine instructions. "Today, you'd need tens of thousands," he says. "That's terrible.""

What- has someone removed Left Shift instruction from modern processors?

Edward Woodward dies at 79

Andrew Moore
Coat

and star of my favourite joke:

"Why does Edward Woodward have so many D's in his name?"

"Because otherwise he would be known as E-War Woo-War"

Legless woman falls onto Boston train tracks

Andrew Moore

So...

What are the red rectangles tracking in the CCTV footage???

Police fail to dampen down bonfire night Westminster protest

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*SirTainleyBarking

"Must be an election soon"

Bravo sir, bravo.

Andrew Moore

The rose...

...so was it a Violet Carson?

Fifth of iPhone users watching porn

Andrew Moore

hmmmmm.

Isn't a "intellectual iPhone owner" a oxymoron? Certainly any I've met have failed to impress me with their intellect.

Female fruitbat fellatio frenzy: 70% give head

Andrew Moore

Interesting...

An article about fruitbat fellatio and yet nothing about Stephen Fry leaving Twitter (I'm sure there's a connection between the two somehow)

Windows 7 - the Reg reader verdict

Andrew Moore

Crashed during install.

And to add insult to injury suggested it was my fault because I had removed a USB device (I hadn't).

UK fatties demand 'hate crime' status for lardo-baiting

Andrew Moore

Oh well...

As long as there isn't a law banning us from chucking harpoons at them...

Sky confirms telly-on-Xbox launch date

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Hmmmmmm...

Shouldn't the tag line read "The Simpsons, The Simpsons, The Simpsons, The Simpsons, Futurama, The Simpsons, The Simpsons..."

iPhone saves woman from bear

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Flame

Well...

...at least the bear had the good sense to render the iPhone useless (well more useless than it already was).

MySpace replaces disks with flash

Andrew Moore

Why???

It's not like they are relevant anymore- They are soon to go the way of Tripod, Angelfire, Geocites et al (and Facebook & Twitter to follow soon after)

Welsh yobs clobbered by cross-dressing cage fighters

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Coat

Methinks...

...Carl4 is just jealous- he thought he was the only transvestite in the village.

CCTV website recruits video vigilantes

Andrew Moore

So???

How do they award the £1000 when the max score anyone can have per month is 3???

Apple chokes on Woolworths logo

Andrew Moore

There's fun to be had...

...if we can get Sir Paul and Ringo to give Woolworths the thumbs up.

BOFH: Weapon of choice

Andrew Moore

A hammer...

...is being too kind.

Gov demand for Governator to terminate PunterNet

Andrew Moore
Coat

I wonder...

if Harriets just a bit touchy because she received such a low rating on PunterNet?

Italian Job sat nav driver cops £900 fine

Andrew Moore

Hmmmmmm...

A prime case of "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

Doctor Who fans name best episode ever

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Mine...

I would have added Girl in the Fireplace, The Green Death, Terror at Fang Rock, Seeds of Doom and The Sea Devils.

Muse eye Bond theme

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My vote:

Knights of Cydonia for the next Bond theme.

James Martin apologises for cyclist outrage

Andrew Moore
Happy

I would like to take this opportunity...

...to talk about the nice "racing stripe" I left on a Renault Migane this morning when the stupid cow driving it decided to pull into the cycle lane without checking to see I was in it. Fortunately I was able to evasive action to save my life but not before my brake lever met her paint work. So what does she do- Drives off as fast as possible- running a nice gouge along the full length of her car.

Made my day that did.

Brown apologises for 'appalling' treatment of Turing

Andrew Moore

Let's keep the ball in motion...

First comes the apology; then comes the posthumous knighthood.