Posts by Matt Bryant

RE: Filippo

Yes, but in the meantime we can have great fun winding up the Greenpeckers by saying "If PO means we're going to run out of oil anyway, why do we need to worry about AGW?" It's great fun, they literaly froth themselves in circles trying to claim we're doomed one way or the other.

Re: Permit me to respond to your charges of sedition and treason

"......Let me know if that piques your curiosity." No, but I'm sure there are plenty of psychiatrists out there that would love to write papers about your delusions. Surprise, still nowhere close to the forum topic.

So, what could have upset you in 1963? Can't have been Kennedy banning travel to Cuba, all you hippies have taken to deifying JFK. Was it the debut of Iron Man? Did that story of a millionaire using industrial might to right wrongs upset your comviction that all "rich people" are evil? It must have been the debut of General Hospital on ABC, longterm exposure to that kind of tosh probably would explain the drug habit.

I know! It was the introductuion of ZIP codes! Another dastardly government interference in the freedom of the US postal system!

Re: Re: Re: “For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.”

<Yawn> Ooh, instead of falling back on films, LG is now regurgitating the words of others! Is this supposed to make us believe he is somehow cultured and knowledgeable? It's not working.

"....I presume you know a thing or two about 'drunk and sober'...." Quite a bit, thanks. I - unlike you, LG - am of an age where drinking is legal. Still think you're a result of hard drug abuse, though, and probably an inherited habit.

Once again, LG has run out of "arguments". It would be nice to see him even manage two posts in a thread related to the topic.

Re: “For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.”

Forgot to add, your own driving ideal seems to be "unquestioning cirticism of America and her allies, of capitalism, and unquestionig support for her enemies, always". I have to wonder what experience (or simply lack of) made you so anti-Yank?

Re: “For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.”

"....Iran had signed the NPT, while Israel had not...." Yet failed to draw the correct conclusion from that - i.e., that Iran has broken the terms of an international treaty whilst Israel has not - by implying they are just as bad as each other. You also forgot to mention that Iran's great "scientific breakthrough" is nothing more than than copying the work of another non-NPT nation, Pakistan, and another international pariah, North Korea (which attempted to gain the advantages of the NPT, played at meeting the requirements, then ducked out in 2003). In short, comparing Iran and Israel on nukes is poor judgement and likely based on prejudice rather than an understanding of the NPT and its obligations.

RE: @Matt Potter and the Policy of Opacity

I was merely pointing out that your kneejerk, anti-Semitic response of trying to tar Israel was silly seeing as Israel has not signed the NPT, whereas Iran has. Plenty of smarter people have already tried the lawfare angle on Israel's nukes and come away emptyhanded, so I suggest you forget that silliness. It is also not surprising that the Iranians have gone for an information lockdown in the week before Ahm-Mad-In-A-Dinnerjacket makes some "big announcement", probably some unfounded claim to having a working nuke weapon. The Iranians will not want any info to the contrary leaking out.

RE: @ The Man Who Fell To Earth

"....their non-proliferation treaty obligations...." Erm, think you'll find that Israel has never signed the NPT, unlike Iran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty#India.2C_Israel.2C_and_Pakistan) . Well, if you did some reading before ranting.

Re: Re: Re: Terrorist activity, really..

1. How do you know? For all you know they could be serious BBM adicts. You don't, so stop pretending you do. And if they were using BBs up until now, now the simple news that the Indians can request access will mean they will have to dump their handsets and go get a new means of secure communication. Prevention is better than a cure. Please note teh Indians have not setup blanket monitoring of all BB communictaions, simply demanded access to specific accounts upon request. Go buy a sense of proportion.

2. The Indian anti-terrorist teams aren't interested in solving "the causes of terrorism", just with preventing acts of terrorism. They would probably like to leave the causes argument to the politicians.

3. Good, now they'll have to give up another means of communication and find a new one. All of which makes their lives harder (and hopefully a lot shorter).

4. What you just said has become the defacto whine for anyone complaining about any form of law enforcement of the "Wild West" Internet and telecoms. Usually not because people like you are criminal hackers or terrorists, but just beacuse someone spoonfed you a load of "all governments are evil" junk and it gave you a cause. Seriously, if all people were nice then we wouldn't even need police, courts or laws, but people are not all nice, that is the simple reality of the matter.

5. You are simply too stupid for words. The police in just about every country I can think of can get warrants to search all other forms of communication or property, why on Earth do you think that telecoms should be different?

Re: My maths isn't the best...

Your maths also didn't stretch to the budgetary considerations. Governments all over the World are looking to stretch their pennies, they actually don't want to waste money on monitoring anyone other than those really thought to be a threat. Seriously, the CIA/NSA/MI6/etc couldn't give a fig about the majority of "activists" screaming about their privacy, they're simply not worth the money of investigating. The Indians have asked for access upon request, not blanket monitoring.

Re: Terrorist activity, really..

I would suggest a handwringer like yourself best go read the following, just to get an idea of the problems the Indian authorities face in protecting the Indian people and the many visitors to their country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_India

It's all fine whining on about "the right to personal privacy", but there's not much point to privacy if you'vre been blown up or shot.

Re: Security and No Deportation

Yawn @ your poorly-veiled reference to McKinnon. Big difference - McKinnon hacked US military servers (with malicious intent), whereas Mangham hacked a social-networking site (with stupid inent). If Mangham had been dumb enough to try this recruitment stunt on US military servers he'd very likely have soon been sharing a plane across the Atlantic with McKinnon.

".....France does it best - Our Citizens, Our Courts." Glad you mentioned it, JaitcH, as neither McKinnon or Mangham are Fwench, so you can go join the Fwench in minding their own business.

Re: Re: Re: Just whipping up a scare.

True. Instead, then, think of Samsung - they weren't harmed by the Nexus1.

Re: Read behind the headlines...

".....If HP can position WebOS to attack the low-end market...." Which ignores the fact that WebOS has been designed as a full-blown tablet OS. Besides, who's to say the budget phone vendors don't just stay with Android 2.x and add any security updates or limited new features as required?

Re: Just whipping up a scare.

Agreed, didn't we hear similar with the Nexus1? How Google was going to shaft all their partners, like HTC, becuase they were making their own phone. Roll forward a few years and HTC are still raking it in.

TBH, I think Whittie was looking for a headline-grabbing statement, and what better one than slapping Google. Personally, I'd like to see a new generation of iPaqs with the option to run Windows, Android or WebOS on the same handsets.

Re: HP is a huge IBM copier

I think you'll find such items as the SmartArray cards go back to even before the Compaq buy, and considerably earlier than any recent pieces of IBM fluff.

Re: Re: Smart Drive

Apple-envy?

RE: I agree in a way

"....Then I realised it'll be sat in datacentre..." Agreed, rack-it-once-and-manage-remotely makes a "pretty" front pointless. I could understand it on maybe office versions of the ML towers, otherwise it just looks unprofessional. The existing G7s' fronts look like they are engineered for maximum and efficient airflow, which is important. I want a box that looks like it has been engineered to meet a business requirement, not to give some hifi afficianado wet dreams. How much of what my company will be paying for these is being wasted on "prettiness"? If it's an optional extra I can guarantee it's one we will be knocking off any orders.

Re: Well, dude, at least you know something about women -- if nothing else.

Well, thanks for the thought, LG, but I would suggest it's a bit late in the day for me to be dating (and Mr B might be a bit unimpressed at the idea too!). Besides, I'm sure Ms Bejo will be too busy hanging onto Sean Penn's coattails and making publicity-seeking statements about the Falklands to be out dating. Where one Hollywood sheep goes, the others soon follow.

RE: RE: Matt Potter and the Goblet of Crude Oil

Oh, and forgot to add that Rosamund Pike is also a lot easier on the eye than Bérénice Bejo, IMHO.

RE: (I don't think it's over either. He has to have the last word.)

"....1) "unproven assumption". Isn't 'unproven assumption' redundant? Isn't a proven assumption an oxymoron?..." No, if you make an assumption and it later turns out to be correct (i.e., a fact), that is a proven assumption. All yours are simply non-factual and - looking at the science - never likely to become facts.

"....2) "Everyone agrees". I was referring to the much less than 1% of the world's population..." Oh, so not everyone, then. Everyone, by definition, means 100%. And again, have you polled the whole World's population to check if they understand the Peak Oil concept? :)

"....3..... "Matt labors and brings forth a mouse"...." Which you can't argue with, I notice. Defeated by a mouse - you're not doing very well, here, LG, maybe you should get an adult to help you?

"....4) "Pollyanna camp". Please don't get mad..." Wrong again, it was more a case of ROFLMAO at you!

"....I have to get some electric shock therapy now...." Hope you're better and more able to defend your ideals soon.

RE: Matt: this is embarrassing

The really fun bit is look at the number of posts on this subject!!!! So many people rushing to bash their keyboards over the whole parenting thing, and I'm sure you're not the first one that didn't actually watch the whole vid through before venting, from both ends of the polemic. Not much of an IT angle, but a good choice of article by The Reg team.

RE: Ricochet?

"....I had the interesting experience to be hit by one ricochet...." So, you were shooting at a purpose-designed target, on a range, what's known as a nice and controlled environment where the variables are all known. Shooting objects like electrical appliances is a different matter, you have a lot harder time predicting how things will work out. And bullets do fragment, even soft lead ones, and this guy was using "explosive" ones designed to fragment. I had a mate back from Iraq who had two bullet fragments (from a ricochet, probably from standard FMJ AK-47 round, so bigger and faster than your example) removed from his leg a week after he left Iraq - they were so small he hadn't realised he'd been carrying them around, embedded just under his skin, for over a month. If they had hit an area like an eye it would be a different story.

Just how unpredictable fragementation can be in uncontrolled situations is illustrated by the episode where the Mythbusters team are debunking movie myths, including shooting locks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kxpS9sHayU). Check out how much protection - big perspex screens, etc - they use. They had to do so to satisfy their insurance company. Just remember, it's better to be safe than sorry. Never assume a bullet is going to behave they way you think it will.

RE: (¯`i´¯)´·¸.)‹^›

Yup, still going with the over-use of drugs angle.....

RE: The Self-Destructive Imperative Culture

<Sigh> Once again, please indicate where in the video he talks about his political leanings in order for you to lable him a "neo-con"? As I pointed out earlier, he could be a local Democrat activist, you simply don't know. In short, your post does nothig but display your mindless prejudices.

RE: Hi, Matt

".....is there any other content in your comment?...." Sorry that it upsets you, but - given the lack of any thought in your post - I was trying for something that matched the same level iof childish humour. Apologies if it made you rant more.

I have posted plenty of arguments in earlier posts, your posted nothing new and definately nothing that came close to an argument, merely more prejudiced ranting. Please, what is she going to sue him for, and why exactly do you think she would succeed? She is a minor, she is subject to his rules whilst she lives in his house. He has not broken any laws and has not caused her any direct injury or threatened to do so, so you obviously didn't think your idea through. The result is the same whether he used a gun or a hammer, it's just you automatically go with the kneejerk "gun=BAD" rant. As was pointed out by somnabulus in a post at 14.03 GMT, there followed a discussion between the daughter and the dad and they ended up laughing at some of the vitriolic posts (probably yours).

RE: "In over 30 years of shooting..."

Aw, he's trying flattery now! Thanks, LG, but you're just not my type. I like my dates to have at least one foot planted in reality.

RE: boh

"You obviously don't have children...." Wrong, and that's just for starters. You are obviously just on an anti-gun rant and haven't put any actual thought into your post beyond the knee-jerk "gun=BAD", I suggest you go away, calm down and then try a rational argument.

RE: I hope he enjoyed his minute of fame

Our Outraged Teenage Reporter, reporting from his Mom's basement.

RE: astronut

Please, leave the firearms discussions to those that actually know something about firearms.

RE: Angry, aggressive IT Dad

"....being just the way all teenagers are...." My daughter is definately not that way. Indeed, she is far too smart to post something like that in a public forum where I might see it. But then she is top of her classes, whereas I suspect you were far lower down the curve. You fail with your insistance that the daughter's behavious is normal and acceptable.

"....Quick to anger...." Where? He seems quite calm and controlled to me, and this is her second serious offence.

".....This girl's father is a nasty piece of work...." I suspect this is what you want to see, he seems quite agreeable to myself.

"....but he's a fundamentalist....." Que? Where does he spout any fundamentalist views? You're just making unfounded allegations now, drawn from your own prejudices.

".....If she'd been brought up as near to an equal as possible...." Major fail. You have no idea how she was brought up, just your assumptions

"....The fundamentalists may try to stop the world changing, by preventing social change, but they are fools for their efforts." And that was goodnight from Hippyville. Pleas, go get a clue.

RE: The world is doomed

".....my job as a social worker...." Whilst I would say many social workers do good worker without little reward, I would have to point out that you and your fellow social workers are neither perfect nor always right, as a quick Yahoogle of "social worker jailed" will show.

RE: Undecided

All your creative answers would take the average teen about five minutes of Googling to get round, especially as she is likely to have help from equally obnoxious friends. Shooting the laptop and posting the whole action makes a much better message.

RE: Bad Father

".....It is not rational to use a weapon against an inanimate object...." What? Surely it is better to be using them against inanimate objects rather than animate ones!?!?!? In over thirty years of shooting, I have very rarely shot anything other than inanimate objects!

"....Anyone quick to judge and act....." As has been pointed out already in this thread, he took his time over the whole affair, calmly states his reasoning, then carefully carries out the act. The only one that rushed into an act without thinking was you with your post.

You obviously can't see past the "all guns are evil" blinkers.