* Posts by David 66

83 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Jun 2009

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Doctor Who and the Unsatisfactory Five Hole Tape Punch

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The world just wasn't ready for its first gay CPU

A new keyboard, please.

Anonymous shuts down hidden child abuse hub

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Anonyomous redeemed

Gov to spread mobile masts to remote corners of Blighty

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This spells the end for bees, doesn't it?

We've hounded them out of towns. Now we're hounding them out of the countryside.

Hooray for us!

Samsung shifts 10 millionth Galaxy SII

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Just jumped from gorgeous iPhone to Samsung Galaxy S2

And no regrets. The S2 is amazing.

16GB to the HTC Sensation's 8GB

Removable battery

Huge screen, but very thin and significantly (i.e. very noticeably) lighter than other, smaller androids and any iPhone

Side-by-side with an iPhone 4, the iPhone screen is pitiable. Owner of said iPhone is now quite de-smugged.

As an aside, it's a joy to have the freedom to mess around writing apps for my phone (even ON my phone in a choice of languages!!!11) without being tied to a type of host computer.

I overheard in Phones4u that 40% of all their sales are S2s at the moment.

The only way I prefer the iPhone is the keyboard, and that may just be because I'm accustomed to it. When it was new, I was mis-typing everything.

And here's something else. On the basis of this phone, I'd whole-heartedly recommend a Samsung Galaxy Tab over an iPad. And that's a significant internal shift on my part, I can tell you!

Well done Samsung.

Rogue toilet takes out Norfolk server

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Happy

Brown Scren of Death is the funniest thing I've ever read

1-in-3,200 chance* that a fiery satellite chunk will hit someone on Friday

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I think I'd take the view that I could sell any fragments on eBay. Yeah! take that, America!

Microsoft unveils file-move changes in Windows 8

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FAIL

lol at the linked MS article

Where it says "And here you can see how the speed of file transfer increases substantially when two of the copy jobs are paused"

it shows 2 of 3 copy operations paused and whilst the remaining job is now copying 4x faster, it is showing the same 2m30s remaining despite having 200MB less remaining to be copied in that operation.

Moderatrix kisses the Reg goodbye

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Jude

Is not a boys' name. Doncha remember the chick from the Bibble? She even has her own book.

Stranger danger: Worse online, or on the street?

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school run

Nothing makes my blood boil on a daily basis quite like the school run of parents driving their kids to school. It's wrong on so many levels: expense, pollution, congestion, fear reinforcement, weakening and fattening the children. Killing with kindness.

Kick the kids out of the door, keep them off the internet and they'll be 10x safer from dangerous predators (who're all online). They'll integrate into society, get social skills (as opposed to social media skills), get fresh air and exercise, and perhaps give us some hope for the future.

Duke Nukem Forever rocks up on shelves

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Flame

Who cares what girls think

about boys' toys? I love it and I don't care.

Feds turn one in four black-hat hackers into snitches

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Stop

meanwhile

Govmint stools are committing massive crimes to maintain cover for their role. Burn some flags already.

Google acting as a 'political tool', says China

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China is full of shit

and can go to hell. They should be embarrassed at how messed-up they are. Torture, Communism, occupation, suppression, revisionism, cyber-crime. Fucking asshats, choke already.

BOFH: Ready for the Judgment Day

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Duke Nukem

Hands-up who's already played it today? I got up early to download my demo so I could play it before work :D

Mac trojan evades Apple's brand new security fix

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If the skyfairy had meant us to have autorun

it wouldn't have provided file managers

Gov urged to extend rural mobe, broadband coverage

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Pint

At last

The threat of honey-bees taking over the countryside and pollinating OUR flora is finally being taken seriously. We'll be clear of them before you know it.

Heavy coffee drinking wards off deadly cancer in men

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FAIL

Shame you won't live long enough to enjoy not having cancer

If you take the rule of thumb that all mammalian species have the same amount of heartbeats - such that mice and whales heartbeats average out to be the same count over their respective lifetimes - then coffee drinkers are burning the candle at both ends.

Popular gamers 'should play for free' – Valve boss

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sadface

I do not like subsidising discounts for other people, nor would I expect others to subsidise me. But then again, I don't play games like I used to.

Femtocells, not 4G, will solve spectrum crisis

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Unhappy

RIP Bees

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/12/mobile_phones_affect_honeybee_population/

ET, phone back: Alien quest seeks earthling coders

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Don't you see??

It's Our Lord who died and three days later rose again. Just adjust the narrative to fit my interpretation and it becomes clear. Hallelujuhuhuh

Modern-day ninja in epic battle with riot police, robot

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Happy

hehe

I love the story and all the comments. Nice way to end the working day. Thanks ninja, thanks vulture, thanks swivel-chair warriors

Feds commandeer botnet, issue 'stop' command

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Megaphone

It's an appliance, yes...

But like many appliances, proper hygiene needs to be practised when using it. That is a user responsibility. How many more must die before the great unwashed start taking internet health seriously?

Dead baby taunting troll feels wrath of law

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bad law

You can't punish people for saying things, and stay fashionable.

Ryanair wins ihateryanair.co.uk because of £322 ad revenue

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www.ihatenominet.com

So.., we're not allowed to profit from hate, now?

Half of UK road users support usage-based road charging

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I pay enough, thankyou.

There was thing thing once called the Road Fund Tax, and everyone who wished to drive on the public roads would pay according to the size of their vehicle.

Now, new cars don't necessarily pay anything and they're subsidised by drivers like me who has an old, proven car which gives off a very small fraction more emissions. I hate you tax-dodging bastards, one and all.

NZ spider objects to Canadian's todger

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WTF?

I get it

You're suggesting he tried to have his wicked way with a spider? Fair enough, I suppose.

Nvidia gets biological with life sciences nerds

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help for old farts

http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_computing_solutions.html

read it and weep

When algorithms attack, does Google hear you scream?

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grrr

I hate these sites. Screw them all. No offense.

El Reg receives message from planet 'Female Pigeon'

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We can do better than that

How about using one of the fantasy/sci-fi name-generator programs? The names are random and pronounceable.

UK.gov convinces just 2,000 Mancunians to join ID card trial

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WTF?

@iMess

You are scaring the children!

Suicide bum-blast bombing startles Saudi prince

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WTF?

@the ex-bomber

Adds poignancy to lmao. What an arse!

Microsoft gets personal on Windows 7 "show stopper" bug

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Coat

I feel... unusual

Am I ...sympathising with Microsoft?

Tories don black cap for ID cards

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Old dog says.

I'd even vote for the fuckers if they cancelled it.

RIP Personal Computer World

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i remember when ;)

10, 11 years old buying PC World for the type-in-this-program pages and reviews of grown-up computers I could only dream of. I was using a Jupiter Ace, trying to translate BASIC code into Forth '79

RIP / Come back rockin'

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