"However, his death is thought to have been hastened by his initial decision to seek alternative treatments and refusal for nine months to undergo surgery as advised by doctors. " -- You're treating that wrong! Sorry bad taste, got my coat.
Posts by Miek
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Chinese 'Thunder God' plant could crush cancer
Canonical flings out Ubuntu 12.10 – now with OPTIONAL Bezos suck
McKinnon will not be extradited to the US, says Home Secretary
Tuesday 16th October 2012 13:21 GMT
Re: His real crime
"All these idiots have succeeded in doing is make themselves look like even bigger idiots by kicking up such a bloody fuss about it." -- They have also pretty much ruined 10 years of McKinnon's life without him ever having stood a trial, that's yet to come. It's win win for the US as they will have achieved what they wanted regardless of the outcome of a trial, only the minimum reward for the US now is 10 years of McKinnon's life and a deterioration of his health, anything after this point is now a bonus for them.
I feel that when this gets to court, the due diligence for basic IT security principals that were not met by US military IT staff will get the complainants laughed from the court room.
Paid secur-o-ware is generally better than free, but not always by a lot
Windows 8 ads hit US screens: Death Metal, exploding laptops
Monday 15th October 2012 13:09 GMT
Re: easy for children
When I installed the Consumer Preview version, the installer asked me "Please choose a colour you like" for my desktop, it presented a choice of 16 colours and I thought to myself "Well, I don't like any of them, how do I choose a custom colour? Oh, I can't. Um, can I use an image? er no, WFT?"
Water, water everywhere on the Moon: But not a drop to drink
Monday 15th October 2012 10:36 GMT
" but a new study suggests that the H2O could be coming from the Sun." -- This is not new!!! This is from 2009!!!
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17842-widespread-water-may-cling-to-moons-surface.html
"Chandrayaan-1's measurements suggest that the water sits in the upper few millimetres of the lunar surface. As a result, Pieters and colleagues favour a scenario in which the water is created when hydrogen atoms carried by the solar wind slam into oxygen-rich materials in the lunar surface, combining to form hydroxyl and water."
Microsoft Halo 4 launch countdown continues as game leaks online
Microsoft sues Google directly in German Maps-on-Moto lawsuit
Monday 15th October 2012 10:04 GMT
"The difference is that Microsoft doesn't make a habit of copying anyone where they don't have a licensing agreement to do so" -- Really? As far as I can tell, Microsoft seem to be last to the table for many technologies and services nowadays, usually Google or Apple do it first then $MS follow suit to "stay relevant".
Free games for all after EA discount code goes viral
Microsoft: Pirates at high risk of malware infection
Friday 12th October 2012 15:09 GMT
Re: Keygen a threat?
"so the main threat is a false positive heuristic detection based on filename?" -- No, those files are categorised as "KeyGens", in that, they generate illicit keys for software and get detected as mal-ware because their use is harmful to the software makers business not your PC itself.
Six months under water and iPhone 4 STILL WORKS
Google AND Yahoo! hijacked in Ireland after domain namespace grab
Google cash brings all the cold TV leftovers you can eat to YouTube
STONEHENGE: Attack of the RAYGUN HISTORIANS
HTC profits lobbed off a cliff by rivals Samsung and Apple
Only buy Huawei or ZTE if you like being SPIED ON - US politicos
Man charged over alleged April Jones Facebook trolling
Monday 8th October 2012 11:38 GMT
Re: So how come
"As far as I'm concerned he's innocent [until found guilty]" -- I quite agree. Although it is quite normal to name the accused in many cases.
What I find interesting is that the Police seem "quite positive" that they have the evidence they need to prosecute Mark. Considering that this poor girls body has not been found (to the public's knowledge) and the Police have the evidence "they require"; intrigues me. It seems that the only information they have given is the name of the man arrested. Beyond that, everything is speculation.
Inside the real-world Double-O section of Her Majesty's Secret Service
Monday 8th October 2012 11:13 GMT
"The female operatives are expected to fire and actually hit something. They may do the "double tap"as described in stories. In that case, they will be likely to put both rounds where it counts." -- The point I was trying to make is that it is sexist to assume that a Woman is not capable of firing a 9mm pistol, accurately or otherwise. I have known several Women who have had gun licenses in other countries and they were perfectly able to fire 9mm pistols, one female friend also owned a snub nosed .45
To anyone who thinks otherwise, I dare you take the "money where your mouth is" test and stand downrange of a lady carrying a 9mm pistol and then see how confident you feel about their lack of ability with such a weapon.
eBay frets as right to resell comes under scrutiny
Forget Apple's AirPlay - it's Windows 8 you want, says speaker maker
$3500 will get 13.3in Mac tablet in your mitts
Mobe app makers doubt Windows 8 will be worth the hassle - poll
Virgin Media's 'bye-bye to buffering' ad nuked by watchdog - AGAIN
Momentum builds for iPad Mini launch
Brighton marathon munchers banned from all-you-can-eat diner
HTC outs Jelly Bean running One X revamp
Tuesday 2nd October 2012 15:01 GMT
Re: Does this mean...
@AC
"Sadly, my experience of trying to use packet data on 2/3G networks is enough to ruin it for me." -- that would be your network provider's fault. Having (tried) to use packet data in the UK and failed, I found a perfect H+ connection, in France, in the middle of the mountains. Apparently, the French version of Vodafone can actually provide connectivity for packet data.
A quick* test with the speedtest.net android app produces the following results:
Ping: 1368ms
DL: 17kbps
UL: 29kbps
*anything but quick, I was unable to complete the test several times and it took ages to actually get a full result.
US court lifts ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Tuesday 2nd October 2012 14:51 GMT
"Samsung has gone on the offensive again today adding the iPhone 5 onto a list of Apple devices that it wants to see banned. Sammy argue that the new Jesus mobe infringes two standards patents and six features patents. That case is scheduled to be heard in 2014. " -- 2014, wow, those patent courts are a bit busy at the moment.
AMD launches Android app store for Windows PCs
Windows 8 early-bird users still love Windows 7 more - poll
Monday 1st October 2012 12:18 GMT
Re: Fast boot isn't everything...
"Their Windows 7-based PCs boot up, pant like an enthusiastic puppies ... and then when I enter my username and password at the login screen, report "There are no logon servers available to serve your login request."" -- Something wrong with your network? We have Windows 7 logins to a domain on a known-dodgy network and I have never seen a Windows 7 machine give that error message after a fresh boot unless the Ethernet cable is unplugged.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
