* Posts by Lan ser

42 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Dec 2008

Local radio stations band together against DAB

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Suffolk

Strange as I live and work each side of the Norfolk/Suffolk border, drive up and down the A140 to work and I maybe get a digital signal for a third of the 15 mile journey at best

Why Android houses should give Google the 'fork you'

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FAIL

What a surprise another narrow minded and anti google post

Forking will fragment the whole android ecosystem leading to App devs having to build for HTC, Samsung, et al and in the end deciding to go to Apple instead and all the Android forks loosing out.

Use of Weapons declared best sci-fi film never made

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FAIL

bulls**t

Sorry but this poll is so obviously skewed its not worth the silicon its saved on.

Ten... fantasy gadgets you wish you owned

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Coat

Jaunting?

The belt was purely a guidance mechanism like a rudder, the ability and power to jaunt came from the mind of the jaunter

Vote now for the best sci-fi film never made

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FAIL

huh?

disappointed to see the results rather skewed by script kiddies

Asus Eee Pad Transformer

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Paris Hilton

Norfolk?

http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?query=finger&title=21st

finger noun 1 a one of the five jointed extremities of the hand;

Paris because she knows she can get the full five fingers in Norfolk and a really good duck as well

Paleontologists: Standardise 3D laser image files, for pity's sake

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Jobs Horns

Patents

And howlong before M$ adds an extension to the file format that makes all files incompatible with old versions of M$ XP DinoScan forcing you to upgrade while at the same time sueing anyone who produces DinoScan compatible software for other platforms

Apple iPad vs... the rest

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crunchpad

Such a shame that the crunchpad never made it

LG UK blog lets slip Windows Phone 7 details

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FAIL

Optimus?

I'm sure they love having their name pinched

http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/

Dell Streak GPL snub enrages Android fans

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FAIL

bullsh*t

"The GPL requires no timetable for releasing source"

What a load of crap the GPL doesn't need a timetable simple if you distribute you release not when you're ready or at some specified or unspecified time in the future.

I would love to see the look on the cops face next time I'm pulled over for speeding and I say "you can't give me a ticket as I was going to slow down in a week or seeing as the sign doesnt give a timeline"

As for the anonymouse cowherd, its a legal requirement, not just to satisfy anybodies whim

Group Test: smartphone satnav apps

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Ovi Maps

Maemo doent have the latest version of Ovi maps so Sygic is the only option

NHS loses massive Microsoft licensing rebate

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FAIL

Tool, thats part of the FUD

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/06/16/june-2010-web-server-survey.html

70% of active webservers run a *nix of some sort only 18% are M$ not exactly a niche market or home developers, also the list of major companies and government orgs that are switching to linux is ever growing.

The only reason Companies, Governmenst and charities run M$ is because tools like you tell them linux can't run the software they need which is downright bollocks. There are some specialist apps that might need windows but most of them can be run via VM and most companies just need a word processor, email and spreadsheet all of them run perfectly and more securely than on windoze. So take your so called facts and shove them where the sun don't shine

OpenSUSE 11.3 delivers spit, polish and niggles

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Linux

:o

I am a long time suse user going back to 6 and have inbetween times tried all the other major distros and if we're honest there is very little to choose between buntu fedora and opensuse, kbuntu is nowhere near as polished a kde experience as opensuse, opensuse's gnome experience is similar.

As for the microsoft/novell bs opensuse distanced itself form that very quickly and today ubuntu is more monofied than opensuse.

So leave the partisanship crap behind and just rejoice that we have the freedom to choose whichever distro we prefer.

The world's ugliest dog is dead

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Paris Hilton

Paris

who else?

Ten free apps to install on every new PC

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Linux

Linux

is the only free software needed on a PC

Orange backs Intel-Nokia Linux drive

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support maemo?

I have a good package and the coverage where I live is great just a pity they don't offer the N900 so I can replace my aging N95 with it instead of the poxy iPhone they keep pushing at me

Microsoft fluffs Feds with secure cloud

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secure

every time I see Microsoft and secure in the same sentence I get a simultaneous urge to laugh cry and puke

Bulgarian airbag absorbs semi-automatic rifle round

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small target

and would probably still miss any vital organs

ODF's doomed mission to break into Microsoft Office

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Paris Hilton

limitations of ODF in Office.

Think you got that backward, its the limitations/inability/of Office to deal with ODF

Paris because even she knows not to blame the size of the hole for the inadequacy of the tool to be able to fill it

Labour MP denies calling Tories 'scum-sucking pigs' on Twitter

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Paris Hilton

scum sucking pigs

I'd rather be a scum sucking pig than a cowardly ball-less wanker without the guts to back up his words.

Oh dear someone edited my post and put all sorts of nasty words in

Paris because even she has balls

Huawei E5 Wi-Fi/3G modem

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Thumb Down

3?

fine if you have a decent 3 signal not so hot if you live outside the towns

Google's Android code deleted from Linux kernel

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FAIL

silly billy

there were linux touchscreen drivers before Google came along and will be after

JooJoo men strike back at CrunchPad suit

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Paris Hilton

Facially Flawed

thats funny I thought she was regularly "Facially Floored" in a canine like style

Nokia switches direction and gives away maps

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Thumb Down

not really free

you have to pay the Microsoft Tax and use Windows to install it

Brown offers free laptops to deprived UK schoolkids

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FAIL

M$? Free?

Free lappy complete with M$ ball and chain

HTC rises to challenge after Android struggles in Europe

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pushers

Biggest problem with ANdroid in europe is lack of handsets ie even after the sucess of Motarola's Droid in US still no UK carrier for it. Another thing is upgrades US android users get upgrades long before UK/EU.

With Google's size and money a concerted ad campaign similar to iphone would soon make a difference, lets face it people think iphone because it's continually rammed down the throats of anyone who even glimpses at a tv

Theatre draws veil over naked Anna Friel

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Paris Hilton

free advertising?

As has been said the lovely Miss Friel has no inhibitions about exposing her small but beautifully formed breasts and has done so on TV in the past. The phone grabbing though has had the desired effect and got the red tops squealing about a bit of free tit

Paris because Anna's are better

DVLA pledges investigation over Castrol spy posters

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FAIL

Text

"The DVLA today said such use was "inappropriate" " but its ok to text a reg number and get back full details of a car including estimated cost?

Dual-screen Microsoft 'booklet' uncovered

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Linux

Crunchpad

MS hardware is usually very well built and reliable (x-box excepted) so If it will run Linux I'd love to have one but what happened to the Crunchpad that looked great too but has vanished without trace

Forget solar panels, it's time for rooftop slime-tanks

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Paris Hilton

solar

I've sent this idea to mps the pm local council etc

change Planning laws so that every new private dwelling has a minimum 25% of solar power/heating and commercial properties a minimum of 75% roof/floor area or no planning permission.

Sure it'd add a few quid to the cost of a house but economy of scale would bring the price down rapidly.

Paris because I'm leaving the fucking of trees to her

Cameron condemns Tweeters as tw*ts

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Thumb Up

\o/

well he just guaranteed himself my vote

MoD sticks with 'most decrepit browser in the world'

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FAIL

hmm

Strapped for cash but still prefer to give M$ loads of dosh for an insecure pile of crap?

Secure Microsoft thats the oxymoron

NHS hospitals struggle to hold back the malware tide

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FAIL

@AC 15:34

Just kinda proved the Linux boys point, if it wasn't windows the a single USB drive still wouldnt infect the whole system.

As for saying well we need this or that and it only runs on windows then pull your fingers out and port them to a real OS

Broadband tax of £6 per year to fund rural fibre rollout

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@All the selfish twats

NHS I am fortunate enough to be fit and well and rarely see a doctor let alone go to a hospital so why should I subsidise all the scroungers that do?

I live in the country and drive to work along a pot-holed country road so why should I subsidise motorways etc?

To those who said I didn't pay for the original 60's BT landline to my house well neither did any towney.

What do I do in the country? I provide the food that you eat, so lets tell everyone to move to the towns so they can get the same standard of living and watch everyone starve.

@Charles

So what about NZ you are one, I know a few more who would die for better than 2Mbps and what about in 5-10 years time will that 2Mbps still be enough? Could you still manage now with a 14.4 connection?

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copyright

Can I claim copyright infringement? must be worth a couple of pints

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/15/tsb_research/

£29billion

By Lan ser Posted Friday 15th May 2009 13:45 GMT

£29 Billion works out at £500 per person in the UK spread that out over the 10 years or so it's take to complete and thats £50 a year a single solitary british squid a week, sounds like a bargain to me for a 10gb connection.

Adventurer demands -70°C phone for next expedition

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network

might work at -70 but still won't get a signal in parts of East Anglia let alone the ant/artic

UK tech quango eyes 10Gbit broadband

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Paris Hilton

£29billion

£29 Billion works out at £500 per person in the UK spread that out over the 10 years or so it's take to complete and thats £50 a year a single solitary british squid a week, sounds like a bargain to me for a 10gb connection.

Paris because she'd like a big pipe too.

Malware infested MPs' PCs inflate leak risk

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Linux

Cost and security

Seems like I'll be first to mention that switching to Linux would save on license fees and make them more secure. As all most of them use the PC's for is email, surfing and a few documents it makes sense unless someone wants to watch a drm porno dvd

ACT backs Microsoft in Brussels' IE legal spat

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Paris Hilton

third party?

So a group partially funded by M$ is an unrelated third party?

Paris because even she can see something screwy with that

Report: Legalising drugs would save UK plc huge packet

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Libertarianism?

A land where we are all indivdually responsible for our own actions?

We could also legalise prostitution that would kill the illicit sex trade too.

Which desktop Linux distribution?

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Opensuse

OpenSuse at home and until I recently changed jobs to an unenlightened company at work as well.

TVonics DTR-Z500 500GB Freeview+ DVR

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Humax

If you shop around you can pick up the humax 9300t for £165 which makes the Z500 and the 250 look poor deals