Re: Anyone else remember
I think autocorrect got in there - you meant 'preceding'.
One thing you missed was that by winding the tape back it reduced the print through after storage.
Posts by Juan Inamillion
533 publicly visible posts • joined 24 Feb 2009
Are you for reel? How the Compact Cassette struck a chord for millions
Marissa Mayer in Vogue fashion shoot
Thursday 22nd August 2013 10:29 GMT
Good grief...
What a lot of hot air being blown about here about a CEO worth around $300m posing in a rather interesting way for a STYLE magazine. Photoshopped or not - who the f**k cares! Would you rather see Donald Trump?
Here's another CEO in an arguably stylish photo, although I'll freely admit that I prefer Marissa's...
http://archive.aweber.com/woceosinsider/N7GJo/h/CEO_Insider_Your_Weekly.htm
1953: How Quatermass switched Britons from TV royalty to TV sci-fi
Jobs' 'incredibly stupid' prattlings prove ebook price-fix plot, claim Feds
Tuesday 4th June 2013 11:19 GMT
Publishers
The fact that they rolled over doesn't really mean anything. Given the costs of litigation it's only corps like Apple who have deep enough pockets to take the guvmint on.
No conspiracy theory but I'd imagine there were more than a few frantic phone calls between the publishers CEO's wondering who was going to blink first. The book trade (especially here in the UK) is totally at the mercy of retailers, the ultimate losers being the authors of course. The agency model at least seems to have the possible advantage of a bit more money getting back to the publishers and thereby (yes, yes I know...) the authors.
It's going to be a really interesting case. If Apple wins what are the publishers going to do?
Now beaming live from Pyongyang: NORKSCASTS!
'Catastrophic failure' of 3D-printed gun in Oz Police test
Phones for the elderly: Testers wanted for senior service
Sunday 26th May 2013 11:31 GMT
Well...
My stepmother, at 92, is as bright as a button and most certainly neither 'thick' nor dribbling, however even she struggles with some of the menu intricacies of her mobile phone (incidentally, the third one after the first two were sold to her by over zealous salesmen...). Most of us under 60 (I'm not but then I'm special...) know about clicking on buttons relating to what's on the screen and understanding how those menu commands change according to what mode you're in. But that's because we've grown up with that technology.
I was once in a phone shop (god know's why, appalling places...) and I witnessed a very agitated chap of about 40-45 loudly saying to an assistant "I just want a phone to make phone calls!" And every time the assistant tried to show him some whizz bang model he got angrier and angrier.
I work in IT but I understand his (and the elderlies) point. It is highly offensive to suggest that they should all be able to cope. It precludes a lot of people who JUST DON'T WANT TO. It's called freedom of thought and choice.
I think it's a great idea and I wish him luck.
Review: Western Digital Sentinel DX4000
Opportunity rover stuck in standby mode after Martian blackout
Flexible flywheel offers cheap energy storage
Hard luck lads, todger size DOES matter: Official
Young model ruthlessly fingers upskirt iPad petshop pervert
New Zealand court hands out second peppercorn downloading penalty
Jammy b*stards: Admen flog chocolate bars with 'Wi-Fi-free' zones
Worst broadband notspots in the UK named and shamed
Tuesday 29th January 2013 14:31 GMT 
And in other news
I've just got back from a client in Medmenham near Marlow in Bucks - about 35 miles from central London. She moved there 5 years ago and can still only get dial-up!
Oh BT have promised her (and all the other villagers) that it will change one day... The only change came about 6 months ago when BT (on a support call!) swore that she HAD broadband and that she obviously didn't have it connected up right. They even sent a new router....
After plugging it in and talking to BT support again they finally admitted that she DIDN'T have broadband.
Tuesday 29th January 2013 14:26 GMT
Re: Luxury!
Double pah! Try using a 300 baud acoustic coupler in a phone box at the side of a busy road in order to get an important document off via Telecom Gold - first proper email service in the UK as I recall. .. (not that I do very much...)
Oh the joys of someone putting a cup down a bit hard on your desk just as you're about to finish 30 minutes 'online'.....
Naked intruder cracks one off in Florida rampage drama
Mobes, web filth 'pornifying' our kids, warns top Labour MP
Pubic louse falls victim to eager Brazilian strippers
Japanese cops cuff cat carrying remote control virus
Wednesday 9th January 2013 16:48 GMT
Re: Is this the precursor for a new type of "cat flu"??
*cough* Pedant alert...
It's 'duct' tape - as in originally used on air-conditioning ducts. In the film and music industry it's 'gaffers' tape, as in the gaffer was the electrician in charge (I think this is right) of the tape.
Of course, as an ex-roadie I knew that duct/gaffers tape has a light side and a dark side and holds the universe together...
/keys on the belt...
Traffic app Waze 'turned down Apple's $400m, wants $750m' - report
Friday 4th January 2013 12:03 GMT
Re: doesn’t always give you the best route to a destination
I'd welcome any satnav that could show a route bypassing the Hanger Lane Gyratory/Ealing Common clusterfuck going south on the N. Circ toward Kew Bridge/A3.
And yes I know about cutting through Harlesden, Wood Lane to Shepherds Bush/Putney.... No dice son.
Not that I'm being specific....
Microsoft says Google trying to undermine Windows Phone
Ever had to register to buy online - and been PELTED with SPAM?
Wednesday 2nd January 2013 15:22 GMT
Re: johnlewis.com
Hmm.. that's the first complaint of John Lewis I've ever seen. Their customer service is generally reckoned to be well above average. Did you trying contacting their customer service?
(No I'm not associated with JL in any way, just curious as I know an awful lot of people who use them.)
Yes, hundreds upon hundreds of websites CAN all be wrong
BT ordered to pay £95m to rivals it overcharged for FIVE years
Thursday 27th December 2012 18:26 GMT
Re: What have BT done to upset El Reg?
Absolutely spot on. I went through all those scenarios on behalf of clients. They have a sales force that could sell fridges to Eskimos and a support force that couldn't wire up a 13 amp plug properly.
For the past year or so a client of mine has been battling (with my help) to get her dodgy, intermittent broadband sorted. We changed ADSL modems 4 times, routers 3 times, spent hours monitoring and performing speed tests. In the end, with the help of Zen Internet, we managed to present a prima facie case that the physical line must be the problem. They STILL said that if they send a bloke out and it's not their problem, they'll charge £250. So the next day blokey comes out to check... and finds no less then SEVEN faults on the line.... ffs.
This is not a one off story by the way....
Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet creator Gerry Anderson dies at 83
Osborne stumps up £20m of your cash for wiggly wonder stuff graphene
A year on the run: El Reg tracks 2012’s techno-fugitives
Parliament to unleash barrage of criticism on Snoopers' Charter
Musos blast US copyright bods: 'ARTISTS MAKE LOUSY SLAVES!'
Monday 17th December 2012 13:05 GMT
Re: What is there to cherish
Hmm... Never mind the language, this is Michelle Shocked.
I'd say you have no experience or concept of how a musician/songwriter is supposed to make a living. The very first step is to sign a publishing contract, in which you immediately give up 50% of your income to the publishers. It's only 50% because it's illegal for the publishers to demand more....
It's downhill from there...
Police use 24/7 power grid recordings to spot doctored audio
Falling slinky displays slow-motion causality
Frenchmen's sperm plunges by a third in quality and quantity since '89
Who's using 'password' as a password? TOO MANY OF YOU
Microsoft braces for Surface RT feedback storm
Girlfriend 'tried to MURDER ME with her AMPLE BREASTS'
Monday 26th November 2012 15:41 GMT
Re: Perhaps it was lost in translation
I don't think they're hers. More likely to have the caption "A pair of breasts yesterday" by way of illustration.
Talking of illustrations, here's one from Turkey: (sadly no Playmobile).
http://t24.com.tr/haber/gogusleriyle-sevgilisini-oldurmeye-calisti/217999
SECRET 28 'scientific experts' who Greened the BBC - Revealed!
Apple removes apology-hiding JavaScript from UK website
US condom rules 'will cause nasty RED RINGS on porn stars' todgers'
Friday 9th November 2012 15:16 GMT
Re: Porn for the Yanks
"Faffing about with Condoms is about as exciting as visting Esther Rantzens' bathroom."
There I was having a good old Friday afternoon chuckle at a Bootnotes item when someone, there's always one isn't there, has to spoil things by mentioning the unmentionable.... "Est....." <sigh> it's no good, it's as much as I can do to cut and paste the offending name.
Please, go and wash your mouth out with soap and water.
A bitter spill to swallow, or 'how to smeg up your keyboard'
Vote now for the ultimate bacon sandwich
Taiwan's civil servants caught by sexy email trap
iPhone 5: skinny li'l fella with better display, camera, software
NYT fights back against links-in-texts patent
Cops cuff journo over anonymous plod blogger unmasking
Wednesday 29th August 2012 12:52 GMT
Not an illustrious start to a career, is it?
"Well I broke into the shop and stole the goods because it was really easy and I wanted to prove to everyone I could do it. So it's not fair I should be punished."
What a twunt. No doubt he'll fall under the beady 'Eye' for future discussion in the Street of Shame.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
