* Posts by Dave Oldham

22 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Jan 2008

Now Samsung's spying smart TVs insert ADS in YOUR OWN movies

Dave Oldham

History Repeats

I remember reading an article (15 years ago?) that stated that Philips were working on a TV that prevented you from switching channels or switching the TV off when the adverts came on. This was even before I knew anyone with a flat panel TV. I wonder what happened?

The Great Smartphone Massacre: Android bloodbath gathers pace

Dave Oldham
FAIL

Re: Dear Sony.

Really. You need to shop around on monthly costs. I pay £12.99, which over 24 months comes to £311.79, + £539 = £850.79, which is £110 cheaper than your contract deal...

95 floors in 43 SECONDS: Hitachi's new ultra-high-speed lift

Dave Oldham
Unhappy

All you need is some oik to press every button on the way up or down to make you wish you'd used the stairs instead.

Next Windows obsolescence panic is 450 days from … NOW!

Dave Oldham
Alert

NT...

I wonder if my previous company has finally got shot of their Windows NT4 SP6a server that they said that they could not switch off (2010). I have my doubts.

MPAA spots a Google Glass guy in cinema, calls HOMELAND SECURITY

Dave Oldham
Coat

Did he mount his Glass on a tripod?

Wow! Who wouldn't want a pirate copy of a film made from a camera mounted on someone's head??? I mean who can keep their head perfectly still when watching a film? Not me or anyone I know!

Beam me up? Not in the life of this universe

Dave Oldham

Re: Heisenburg

When a technical advisor type boffin on the Star Trek team was asked, "How does the Heisenberg Compensator work?" Reputedly his reply was, "Very well, thank you."

Researcher hacks aircraft controls with Android smartphone

Dave Oldham
Happy

Re: Wouldn't it be reasonable to have some sort of security?

I wonder if the pilot gets bored he could just load up a copy of Microsoft® Flight Simulator X to pass the time away.

Microsoft Surface: Designed to win, priced to fail

Dave Oldham
Unhappy

Re: Whoa! 20% Sales Tax? Who pays that?

All European Union countries must charge VAT (Value Added Tax) on all purchases of this type of equipment. Rules are complicated and the rate varies from country to country. For example:

Liechtenstein - 8%

Luxembourg - 15%

United Kingdom (where I live) - 20%

Republic of Ireland - 23%

Hungary - 27%

In the United Kingdom any duty is added before VAT is applied.

It's horrible!!!

But remember for our visitors outside of the EU, you can claim some to all of that back!

Punch-drunk Xyratex takes another beating, expects Q4 loss

Dave Oldham
Alert

Re: phew

So did I, back in Aug 2010. Lucky escape to us both then.

iPhone 5: skinny li'l fella with better display, camera, software

Dave Oldham
Megaphone

Nothing to see here...

... Move on.

Mac malware Crisis as Apple lets slip its Mountain Lion

Dave Oldham
Mushroom

Don't be silly, everyone 'knows' that OSX is immune to malware. AV is not neede!

Facebook cybersquatter stitched up by own Facebook account

Dave Oldham
FAIL

Justin Timberlake?

Get your hard facts from a film?

No one watches TV, Nielsen, and you know it

Dave Oldham
FAIL

Ads on DVDs

I have two DVDs with advertisments for Mars Bars, (I don't like Mars Bars, but that is beside the point.) The ads are in the trailers, and you can skip the trailers, you cannot do with the ads.

Facebook IPO plunge sparks tidal wave of lawsuits

Dave Oldham
Happy

Re: Farce

Thanks auburnman, now I do too.

Yes, Prime Minister to return after 24 years

Dave Oldham
Happy

A balanced answer, indeed.

Death Star SUCKS PLASMA FROM SUN in NASA riddle vid

Dave Oldham
Happy

Nope

That would be Oracle.

'The new iPad' revealed: Full specs, rumor scorecard

Dave Oldham
Stop

Time to get rid of my iPad3?

Er... No.

Official: Kindles get heavier as you add e-books

Dave Oldham
Happy

And how does Heisenberg's uncertainty principle work?

It works very well, apparently!

Sony: all new PS3 titles will require PSN Pass for online play

Dave Oldham
Stop

Nothing new surely.

Multi Play DVD's which have a digital copy for your portable device have a one time code. Get one of these second hand, you have to hope that the person selling it hasn't already got his digital copy, because if he has, you don't get yours.

God makes you stupid, researchers claim

Dave Oldham
Flame

Think for Yourself?

Most athiests have their thinking done for them by the likes of Richard Dawkins, Steve Jones, Sam Harris, Philip Pullman and Christopher Hitchens. (The list goes on.) The sad fact is that none of them have proved their point at all, but after all, how could they?

The atheist position is quite simple; you live, you die, you decompose, the end. They claim that they "KNOW THIS FOR A FACT." They build easily knock-down able straw man arguments and think that they are clever. They use arguments against theories that have been rejected by creationists and have the gall to claim that creationists are stupid for believing them.

But why do atheists persist in knocking down the Christians? The answer is in the bible. Ephesians 6:12 states “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

If God did not exist, then neither would the principalities, powers, or the rulers of the darkness of this world. We wouldn’t even be having this discussion; we would all be atheists, with our feet up, enjoying the sunshine. Instead, we have the New Atheist spitting venom at believers all over the world, and state sponsored persecution in most countries, from mild ridicule, as this article is so blatantly demonstrates, to torture.

If the persecution of Christians throughout the world was to stop over night, in all forms, I may well even question my own faith, for Ephesians 6:12 would then all of a sudden, be wrong.

It is debates like this that offer further proof to me that God does indeed exist, and will one day judge this unbelieving world.

Researchers share video contact lens vision

Dave Oldham
Coat

My Next Exam...

This may prove interesting for those like me who supervise and proctor exams for (ISC)2.

You are not allowed to take any materials in to stop cheating...

Apart from checking their credetials on such as their passport and admission letter I will also have to gaze deeply into their eyes.

Hmmm... Nice.

I'll get my coat.

Mickey Mouse CIO joins Microsoft

Dave Oldham
Coat

Crimson Tide

I thought that was one of Tony Scott's best films. Is there a job at Micrsoft for his brother Ridley?

Oh wait...

I'll get my coat.