Posts by Mike Echo

Planes for sale - cheap.

They are probably going to manufacture them in bulk to flog to nations that cannot afford western tech. The Chinese are great at making and selling cheap stuff (never mind the quality).

Who?

"Mr. Papermaster, who was listed as an executive on Apple's Web site earlier Saturday, had vanished from the site later in the day."

Did he really exist at all?

Thanks, but no thanks.

As if Win mobile didn't have enough of an image problem. Now you can guarantee users avoiding it should the "ad serving" come to fruition. Opt out? Not even an opt in?

Blush

Sometimes I am embarrassed to admit I'm an Australian. Right now is one of those times.

There is nothing lamer than a politician trying to sound as though he is technologically literate but merely showing his ignorance.

@ Lionel Baden

RC = "Refused Classification". The stuff that is not given a rating.

What a maroon

Why don't these people get it? Writing online about things (slagging your boss, bragging about that sickie you took because of a hangover, etc,) is just plain stupid. It will always come back to bite you on the arse later. Idjits.

Lewis, O Lewis

Once I saw Lewis' name on the byline I luckily knew what I was in for. Do you El Reg hacks actually fight over who gets to write about a story with such potential as this? I can see the El Reg news room now - "It's my story!". "No it's not, I saw it first!", "Bugger off!", etc.

Thanks, Darl

Darl McBride, the business legend, started all this crap and the idjits who took the helm after his departure should have learnt from his mistakes. But they didn't. Chickens -> home -> roost.

Spam

Maybe entering dodgy contact information for a domain is to try to avoid being spammed to death?

Horse trading

As is usual in politics all over the globe, this issue is simply down to political horse trading between the politicians who need the god botherers' support in the senate. It's pretty sad, really.

surreal?

My vote for the most annoying and misused adjective of late goes to 'surreal', as in "...to come up with a vision for Windows.next is a process that is surreal...".

Interesting

This is going to be very interesting to watch, as I think the Googlephone and it's various Android-running relatives are going to be the only serious contenders for the Jesusphone. Stand by.

WinMo

I have never owned a phone with WinMo and would never buy one. The oft-flaky behaviour displayed by my computer does not give me enough confidence to take that leap, regardless of how illogical that may sound. The Nokia 5800 is quite good (and great value for money) but the competition is really hotting up now.

Lester, Lester, Lester

When I saw the article's RSS feed title I placed a bet with myself that it would have to be one of Lester's fine efforts. Now I owe myself twenty dollars, damn you Lester.

Second luckiest person alive

My gmail pop has been sporadically flaky for a while now, complete with timeouts in TB, but (a) it's free and (b) I can usually use the web interface or the blessed PopPeeper to grab my pop mail.

Disney > The Foundry

"Disney didn't create Snow White".

Yeah, but Disney has a lot more money than the ad company. 'Nuff said.

Can of worms

This case has generated a lot of interest here but, as we all know when dealing with the law, the end result may not have any relationship to "what is right" and "commonsense".

@ Goat Jam

'Shitty Smear'? I know, how about we call it 'skidmarks'. I can just see it now - "mum, can I have some skidmarks on toast?" :-)

No media?

So that means you don't get a copy of the media? What happens if your system goes tits up and necessitates a reinstall of the OS?

I love the way

marketing types avoid using certain terms like "basic" or "beginner". The cheapest, lowest-featured edition is called 'Premium', which is a word normally associated with higher-end stuff. Kinda like a hamburger chain not selling drinks called 'small' but offering 'regular' instead.

Mind boggling

I find it mind boggling that any mobile manufacturer could release to the public a phone minus a basic MMS feature in the first place.

Ironic

Those pesky chickens have come home to roost in the Redmond barn.

- MS owns the desktop (for now)

- Google owns the web

- Google owns search

I can envision a time in the future where users, misty eyed, will remember the "good old days" when we used to almost always use MS software. They will then be bitching about Google.

Rent a crowd?

How many of the people we saw on the news arguing rabidly against Obama's plan were funded by the health care insurers and other vested interests? I live in Oz and would gladly pay a little more towards improving public health even if some other poor bugger has to use it and not me.