* Posts by Miek

1574 publicly visible posts • joined 19 Jun 2009

Valve pal iBuyPower touts cut-price Steam box as powerful as PS4 or Xbox

Miek
Linux

Has Ethernet ?

BBC's 3D blunder BLASTED OUR BRAINS – Doctor Who fans

Miek
Linux

Re: "Tax" - really?

"Soon after I got threatening letter. Not a letter asking me to confirm whether or not someone lived there or if there was a TV there. No they went straight in first letter to threats of legal action." -- Ignore the letters, eventually they get bored and they stop sending them.

UK defamation law reforms take effect from start of 2014

Miek
Linux

Re: Insult or Injury? Which would be defamatory?

If you insult someone, in public, with the intent to cause distress or alarm you are guilty (technically) of committing a public order offence.

Miek
Linux

Re: So, while we can...

"*cough* GCHQ *cough*" -- Yes, I am sure that finding the culprit behind a defamatory comment on the internet is well within the remit of the intelligence services. </sarc>

Miek
Linux

I think we should have another 'internet silence' day where all websites either switch off or serve a black screen instead of the actual web page.

NSA installed '50,000 malware sleeper cells' in world computer networks

Miek
Linux

I am having trouble distinguishing these NSA guys from the "Hackers" and other "Miscreants" on the internet.

Qatar whips covers off giant footballing vagina

Miek
Coat

The Flight of the Vaginator!

Autopilot guides Texan plane home from a dizzying 30,000m

Miek
Linux

Re: Spin

"Fortunately it's not a flat spin ..." -- http://www.f-106deltadart.com/580787cornfieldbomber.htm

Build your own WORKING Sonic Screwdriver... for a UNDER A FIVER

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Linux

"We also wondered how you could [possible] make one of your own." -- There was no 'corrections' button

Brit ISPs ordered to add more movie-streaming websites to block list

Miek
Meh

I was going to buy some DVD box sets today on Amazon ... don't think I'll bother now.

Justin BIEBER ploughs cash into NaaS: NARCISSISM-as-a-Service

Miek
Coat

"selfie" : Sounds like masturbation to me.

'F-CK YOU GOOGLE+' ukelele missy scoops BIG WAD of $$ - for Google

Miek
Linux

Re: Has anyone noticed

"The writing style of quite a few of the supportive Google commentators is similar to the point of being suspicious?" --- I'm usually a supporter of Google, but, this time they can go Fuck+ themselves.

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Trollface

Re: I don't get it

"It is theft, the resources are funded through advertising therefore denying the provider revenue by blocking ads means you're stealing content from their networks." -- It's not stealing, it's advert avoidance. All perfectly above board. Is sticking my fingers in my ears and shouting "La-La-La" during the adverts stealing ?

Miek

It's simple. Google+ has little uptake, has not really been all that interesting to most people and in order to boost uptake they are taking a swipe at the youtube community, hoping that forcing youtube users to sign in to comment and such will actually be accepted. I never really commented before, now so less likely.

"Would you like to use your real name for all your Google services?" -- No, now Foxtrot Oscar.

GCHQ hijacked LinkedIn profiles to hack Belgian telecoms network – report

Miek
Big Brother

GCHQ, if what you were doing were legal; you wouldn't have had to use malware to do it.

BT Sport scores own goal with £897m Champions League footie rights deal

Miek
Coat

Cost of broadcasting rights £897M.

Seeing BSkyB subjected to their own medicine: priceless.

---

Disclaimer: I am not a football fan

Martian MOM LAYS another EGG in SPACE - but it's not big enough

Miek
Coat

That'll be one seriously hot MOM if it goes that close to the sun.

Cyber dragnet: Five new HACKERS join FBI's 'most wanted' list

Miek
Coat

Why don't the FBI just give the folks over at the NSA a call and see if they can get a go on "the All Seeing Eye"?

Forget 'Call of Duty: Ghosts' - how does its rival from EA stack up?

Miek

Re: top-spec PC

System Specifications for Battlefield 4 here :

I'm playing with an i5 2500K, a GTX660 and 8GB of 1200Mhz RAM

http://bf4central.com/battlefield-4-system-requirements/

Here's what YOU WON'T be able to do with your PlayStation 4

Miek
Linux

Re: Dealbreaker

Plug your HDMI cable from your TV into your PC (if possible) and just play your movies directly onto your screen instead of streaming. No remote ? Get a little wireless mouse (and keyboard if you wish)

Miek
Unhappy

Sounds like the most retarded step-backward I have ever heard of. The PS4 < PS3 in terms of features, such as playing audio CDs, MP3s, external storage support, Media streaming from your PC (as long as you don't stream er, music and videos)

What were they thinking ? I was very much decided that I probably won't buy a PS4 until a few years from now, but, after this article I probably will just ignore the very existence of the PS4.

Cameron pledges public access to list of who REALLY owns firms

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Thumb Up

Re: Re Miek

Thanks Stratman

Miek
Linux

I wonder if we (the public) will be able to obtain a similar list of Politicians that have vested interests in companies so that we can spot obvious conflicts of interest within the Government.

New Bitcoin exchange launches in the UK

Miek
Linux

""A few times per day, an undisclosed (more than 1) number of Coinfloor agents go to multiple underground vaults in separate locations held with separate companies to visit the USBs containing encrypted private keys. In the heart of the deposit chamber the agent signs user's withdrawal transactions on an offline computer and then once the agent is above ground, the agent takes the signed transactions to an online computer and uploads them to the Bitcoin network. We believe this protects us from all methods of online attack and prevents against physical (rubberhose) attack, as the private keys are never together in one place or accessible by one person," it said." -- A virus located on the online computer could infect the USB key that the agent is transferring the transactions from the offline computer to the online computer and setup a data passing scheme using the USB device.

Want to keep the users happy? Don't call them users for a start

Miek
Coat

"Users" - Oh I have been calling them minions for the past few years, is that why I have had no promotion?

How I BLEW my co-workers' HEADS OFF ... without going to jail

Miek
Linux

"My only criticism of the show is that it’s apparent none of the performers have worked in a real office. The backing soundtrack of typewriters and dot-matrix printers was a giveaway, and at one point they slap their malfunctioning LCD displays to try get them to work." -- I had a LCD monitor that bleached to white every so often, one quick and deliberate slap on the top right corner (from behind) was enough to restore normality.

Coding: 'suitable for exceptionally dull weirdos'

Miek
Linux

"I'm all for people to learning to code" -- I'm all for people learning to read what they've written, but, as for everyone needing to learn to code, probably not necessary. Perhaps students could pick and mix modules for their Computing studies and tailor their course to suit their desired career paths, as there are many facets to the subject.

New leak claim: NSA saw hole in Mexican prez's email box - and hacked it

Miek
Big Brother

If I had hacked the President of the United States of America's email "inbox" (along with all his other folders) I would be breaking the law and would probably be extradited and imprisoned. Yet if the spooks do it; it's all above board. Seems legit.

Snowden: 'I have data on EVERY NSA operation against China'

Miek
Coat

As spying is now a seemingly legitimate activity ... I thought some might appreciate this novel consumer item aimed at a rather neglected market: Pineapple Drone

You may want to seek permission before flying that over GCHQ though!

Assange: 'Ecuadorian embassy staff are like my family'

Miek
Coat

Re: security

You forgot your coat!

Miek
Linux

Re: security

"How much do the Ecuadorians pay to keep him a fugitive?" - I can see that information being in the Public's interest if you pay Ecuadorian taxes, but, what about the security aspect ? This is not in the public's interest, It is not like Wikileaks exposed how to break into GCHQ or what their security procedures are. You come across like a brat throwing toys out of their pram. Your point is moot and the reasoning behind wishing Assange's security arrangements to be leaked is one of only revenge. Go stand in the corner.

"Or is Julian Assange and Wikileaks now the judiciary with power to decide what is and what is not in the public interest for the entire world?" --You have raised an interesting point here, worthy of discussion. Whom should decide what is in a given Public's interest? If we left it to politicians and security services to decide; it would be kept secret, particularly if wrongdoing would be exposed. Ultimately someone has to say "This needs to be made public!" and has to have the stern will to go head to head with some of the most resourceful, conniving and downright devious professionals known to humanity.

Miek
Linux

Re: security

""other details I don’t want to go into because of the security situation"

I wonder how he'd feel if somebody leaked that information?"

Why would they ? It's not like that information is in the Public's interest quite unlike the Diplomatic Cables and the Apache video that were released by Wikileaks.

Miek
Coat

"When he wants to chill out, he watches ... Zero Dark Thirty" -- Yes I found it unbelievably tedious and boring, perfect for falling asleep to.

Kids hooked up with free Office subs at Microsoft-addicted schools

Miek
Linux

Great, that's all we need, kids that are experts in Microsoft Office and nothing else! I remember I.T classes when they were about computing, not just Office Productivity.

Why a Robin Hood tax on filthy rich City types is the very LAST thing needed

Miek
Linux

"But, but ... think of all the spending those virtually untaxed individuals do" -- Well, If I was taxed less, personally I would have more money to just waste on frivolous pursuits such as fast cars.

Miek
Linux

"Why a Robin Hood tax on filthy rich City types is the very LAST thing needed" -- Indeed, I guess what is needed is to simply tax us mere "Citizens" a little harder in order to support the poor investments, decisions our Business overlords make not to mention the insignificant tax revenues they generate for the Country.

Control panel backdoor found in D-Link home routers

Miek
Linux

Re: None so blind, etc.

"It's pretty much accepted that every piece of embedded kit has some secret sauce to allow the makers to intervene when everything is badly screwed up, although usually it's in the form of some soopersekret login/pass pair." -- Or simply a JTag programmers kit.

Web daddy Tim Berners-Lee: DRMed HTML least of all evils

Miek
Linux

"What's best for the user" -- No DRM

MI5 boss: Snowden leaks of GCHQ methods HELPED TERRORISTS

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Big Brother

Re: Details please.

">> Parker sought to explain how individuals known to MI5 have gone on to plan, or in some cases execute terrorist plots

Name one. Go on" -- I'll name two : Tony Blair and George Bush Jr.

Miek
Coat

Re: The problem is

"The Teddy Bear is the target" ... "Is Honey Monster a bear?" ...

Miek
Big Brother

I'm not convinced, I cannot think of a single terror plot that has been mentioned anywhere that was foiled by MI5. Weren't the Pants and Shoe bombers caught by airport security and members of the public? If MI5 have foiled so many terrorist plots in the past decade there should be some news items or something, but, no, nothing that I can see. Unless of course the MI5 boss is referring to their sterling surveillance and identification of the Terrorist Electrician, Charles De-Menezes.

Furthermore, if there have been terror plots foiled by MI5, where are the court cases that these suspected terrorists have been tried in ? Ah, I guess more secret courts, more secret proceedings and no-one finds out the fate of these individuals. I guess the UK must have it's own Guantanamo Bay somewhere else in the world where the terrorists are interrogated,tried and executed, in a similar vein to the extraordinary rendition of individuals, such as Binyam Mohamed.

Boffins spot LONE PLANET roaming interstellar void

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Coat

Re: Quite clearly

or Hilly ...

NSA justifies hacking world's digital communications

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Black Helicopters

"we would note that Osama Bin Laden, the architect of the September 11 2001 World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks" -- Can you point to some actual evidence that proves this ?

Grand Theft Auto V: Violent, sweary and amazingly ambitious

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Coat

Re: I wonder if he's looked at the multiplayer yet,

Um, thanks AC, I was thinking about buying Shogun 2 and your balanced and focussed review has persuaded me, no seriously!

Is this the silicon chip KILLER? Boffins boot up carbon-nanotube CPU

Miek
Linux

There's something about the sight of a chip wafer that makes me all gooey inside!

'Bet Lynch' types BANNED from zoo for upsetting not-so-wildlife

Miek
Linux

Re: Chessington Marketing Dept. Plays a Blinder

Actually it appears that clothing can have an effect on animals, I was reading about these "shark-proof" wetsuits,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23357682

I'm not sure I would like to be the test pilot for those wetsuits.

iOS 7 SPANKS Samsung's Android in user-experience rating

Miek
Coat

"While experienced users may find this embarrassment of riches stimulating, there is no doubt that this approach contributes significantly to the overall cognitive load of the operating system, and can make it overwhelming for casual users." -- Don't touch me you filthy casuals!!!!

Valve shows Linux love with SteamOS for gamers

Miek
Linux

Re: In addition to Steam it's also Linux

""fully supports more devices than any other device ever," - Really? Supports more than windows?" -- Is that Windows out-of-the-box or after you have hunted down your drivers ?

Miek
Linux

Open Source: We can have nice things