* Posts by Miek

1574 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Jun 2009

UK Cops 'duped' into arresting wrong LulzSec suspect

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HaHaHa

So much for "pre-planning", try sticking to the doughnuts and coffee.

World first: UK boffins print out working 3D aeroplane

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They could...

print it upside down. I know, not always possible.

MPs slam government's 'obscene' IT spend

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That's called ...

... Moving the Goal Posts.

Police arrest alleged LulzSec hacker 'topiary' in Scotland

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It means

They had a plan to plan a plan to capture a planner.

Virgin Media sees 36,000 cable customers scarper in Q2

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They throttle popular service providers as well as customers

They told me so on the phone. If your area has been doing to much iPlayering then iPlayer gets throttled, nice work around for throttling the 50M connections.

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Actually...

Virgin have been focussing on delivering far inferior packages in order to bump their customers up onto higher tiers.

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Erm, yo do

I get my SSH connections throttled on the 50M service.

Kit steals Mac login passwords through FireWire port

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shoots self in foot...

"Had I been interested and skilled in things black-hat, what more could I have achieved?"

A Darwin award ?

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Linux

Hey guess what?

"1 you must have physical access to the machine so that you can plug something into the FireWire port

2 whoever owns that machine must be daft enough to have automatic login turned on"

I could name 50 morons that do exactly that. We have students that leave their laptops in the computer room turned on, unattended with auto-login enabled while they go off to wander around aimlessly.

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but but

"Then, turn off your Mac when it's not being used instead of locking it or putting it to sleep."

I've rarely met an apple owner that doesn't just put their computer to sleep.

LulzSec says it will partner with media on Murdoch emails

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Linux

Wow

Tarring all our email clients with the Outlook Tarbrush

SaaS for speedy relief of licence headaches

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Less of a headache with open source

As the title says.

iPhone plunges 13,500 ft from skydiver's pocket - and lives

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Why not ...

Offer them an iPad to jump, if they survive they get an iPad

Microsoft rolls out One Big Windows strategy

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Stoop so low

And now you're going to claim that having IP is the mark of a good product! Yes AC we can see your comments all the way down the thread, (FUD-dy duddy)

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@AC 2011-07-17 18:36

FUD-ddy duddy.

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Linux

Lol

1) Considering some people prefer XP to windows 7 makes XP fair game for a comparison to a current release. In a way it is a compliment that XP is still so relevant to home users and particularly businesses.

2) Totally

3) I am both a Linux and windows expert and know that windows is far more trouble for users for many, many reasons.

[joke alert] Perhaps he may have stopped using his computer -- he may have actually completed the task he set out to achieve.

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More of the same ...

One BSOD to rule them all.

'Tax' relief for Apple’s Oz customers

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New word for Dictionary

"theiInternet", or perhaps "the illternet"

Google gears up to give tablet makers Android 3.2

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And ...

"Android tablet makers will get their mitts on Honeycomb 3.2 at the end of the month, possibly maybe early August instead, it has been claimed."

We probably won't see it running on anything until 2014

Scientists snap amazing technicolour dreamtoad

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Becuase

We now have a nice colour photo of the beast and know that it is still alive and hopping.

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WTF?

Hypnotoad? what the f... ALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD

News Corp kills BSkyB bid amid 'difficult climate'

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another option ...

Throw TV into Bin. Job Done

Many parents are only on Facebook to stalk their kids

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Um ...

Doesn't this all sound a bit illegal, in terms of stalking and assuming someone else's identity to attempt to befriend minors ?

HTC 'dismayed' by Apple's bizarre patent allegations

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Yep

Although, I'd be worried if they were trying to check my appointments with that thing

'Meltdown Monday' Anonymous hackers leak military mails

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Not a Godwin issue here

The US is attempting to label 'trouble-makers' as 'terrorists', the original comparison was quite in context.

MS to WinXP diehards: Just under 3 more years' support

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Totally agree

Sometimes, I have the audacity to run my XP installation to play games, but unfortunately it doesn't let me play any games until I have installed tons of software from various suppliers and performed a few obligatory reboots. unfortunately for XP my PS3 boots far quicker.

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Nice Try

Windows 7 is poo

HTC says smartphone bootloader unlock software out next month

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Looks like...

HTC have realised they are not capable of producing reliable updates to their handsets' firmwares and thus are paving the way towards a D.I.Y updates system. Roll on cyanogen!

At least this way HTC can continue to concentrate on flooding the market with a new handset per month.

So, LOHAN: What's it to be?

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Definitely

"Low-Orbit Helium-Assisted Nerdoplane"

El Reg to unleash rocket-powered spaceplane

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LOHAN ...

Levitating On Helium And Nitrous

Benefits of boozing outweigh harms, says survey

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FAIL

Amazingly Stupid

These people are taken seriously ? wtf?

Glasgow cammer not thrown in slammer

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Well, why not ask apple?

They are currently patenting just such a technology to work with the iPhone.

Microsoft bags two more Android patent deals

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yeah but ...

Surely it's easy as pie to circumvent driver signing?

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Simples

Microsoft hide the meat of their case and no-one knows what they are fighting against, we assume it's FAT32 behind the curtain but we don't know until a case goes to court. Step up if you want to be the first blown out of the water so that the rest can weigh up their options.

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Linux

Yeah and probably ...

Exchange connectivity as well as FAT32.

BOFH: Drunken Time Lord

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Linux

Vista does a grand job ...

Of slowing down time, relative or otherwise.

'Indestructible' rootkit enslaves 4.5m PCs in 3 months

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Yeah ...

GLWT

NASA's nuclear Mars tank arrives at launch site

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Also

I think they have to budget for the costs of staff to supervise the rover over the expected lifespan, so by saying it should last 5 years kinda ups the budget somewhat. If, however the rover exceeds it's rather conservative initial lifespan estimate, the money should just roll on in.

BT wary of rights holders' site-blocking proposal

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Can't wait for that

Refresh, refresh,refresh,refresh,refresh,refresh,refresh,refresh,refresh,refresh ... knock at door ....

Virgin Media blames Activision for Call of Duty lag problems

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FAIL

Oh dear

Get over yourself nub-rubber

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Absolute Crap

I had problems with connectivity on Black Ops (PS3) which was corrected by upgrading my Virgin throttled 10M connection to 50M, problem solved.

I found that if I watched a couple of iPlayer shows and had an hour on Black Ops I got throttled (punished) for using the bandwidth I was paying for.

Virgin's service has been growing progressively worse over the past two years, they seem incapable of delivering the bandwidth that they sell to their customers and then punish customers for using that which they are paying for.

Apple pulls 'intifada' app

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WTF?

There's nothing offensive on the page http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.3rdintifada.com/about.php

"Our goal

The Liberation of Palestine

From the sea to the river ... and from the river to the sea"

I can see why the Israelis might be offended.

Oracle's Android claims slashed by US patent authorities

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Because ...

You have to pay the courts for their time. No Crimes, No Cases no Cash!

Man infects college PCs to steal huge database

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Really?

Just 15 Years, that's a lot less than McKinnon may receive and this Prick Daniel Fowler was far more malicious.

Booze for wrinklies: Good or bad?

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Back to reality

"The traditional view is that alcohol misuse is uncommon in older people" but in reality it is actually rather common.

Samsung readies 'world's first' solar netbook

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And

Another good reason for a detachable,retractable panel that can be folded is that I'm sure running a laptop for extended periods in direct sunlight is going to have a rather toasty effect particularly if your laptop fan has picked up a Fluff MonsterⓇ from the carpet.

Sony preps refreshed PS3 and talks down PS4

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New Improved and ...

... Filled with even cheaper parts! Yay! Perhaps this one has a Blu-Ray that fails even quicker than previous models.

British Library hands 200 years of history to Google

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Linux

LMAO

"A spokesman for the British Library said the deal with Microsoft was simply different and there was no question of scale problems with its technology"

No just problems using it with software other than Microsoft's. At least partnering with Google will increase the number of folks that are able to use the digital archive.

Ten... Premium Android smartphones

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A thumbs up for ...

The Samsung Galaxy SII :)

Boris-Bike firm penalised by £5m over system hiccups

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Surprised?

Why am I not surprised to find that Serco is running this? Along with the Asylum detention centres in Scotland : http://www.humanrightstv.com/camcorder-guerillas/detention-of-asylum-seekers/38