Posts by Captain DaFt

Re: Hmm... dot-spot...

How about sell.spot? Or smoke.spot? For all your stoner needs!

Re: So how much...

But think about it... Apple buys the plants, gets the money back, now has nice, shiny new plants for sale at no cost to them.

You know there's gotta be bean counters at Apple nipping at Cooks ear for this.

They're probably in meeting with legal right now.

Re: Not wanting to knock women or men, but

Ah, but if you read it, she was comparing the women who used the least calories against the men that used the most.

A bit disingenuous, that. Should have compared the average calorie use, male/female.

Re: What's the O in LOHAN?

"Well "orbit" is a blatant exaggeration isn't it"

Depends on how you define 'orbit'.

Sitting here, I'm orbiting the Earth as the planet rotates.

As a part of Earth, I'm orbiting the Sun.

As part of the Solar system, I'm orbiting the Galaxy.

As part of the Galaxy, I'm orbiting the 'Great Attractor'.

... I'd go one, but I'm getting a bit dizzy.

Re: Tim will be remembered for allowing Yosemite on his watch

"Steve would have picked a name non-Americans would know how to pronounce."

Really? I thought most non-Americans would be familiar with it via Warner Brothers' Yosemite Sam, and probably wondering why Apple named their OS after a cantankerous, dimwitted cowboy.

Re: Incoming Hacker/security snafu/corruption/duplication issue in 5..4..3..

Mr. Paranoid is screaming in my ear, that if carriers can be switched on the fly, how likely is it that to be abused by certain authorities?

After all, why wiretap or (HA!) get a warrant, when they can just slip them quietly over to their private little network whenever they want, for a full data buffet?

Re: Sad thing is...

Anything? Be careful what you ask for!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJTzTQgsS-4

Personally, I actually nearly fell out of the chair laughing (I got that light-headed), but some people have claimed to be suffering PTSD from listening to this.

"I demand a simple proper name." (for the US)

Hmm, In my opinion, 'Arrogant' would fit properly these days.

"Is it just me though, or is that pipe empty? That'll never do."

Agreed. Given the spirit of this enterprise, I expect to see some bubbles!

Re: L stands for ?

>Sees everyone watching... waiting...<

Oh all right, I'll say it!

Lemon Curry?

Re: Dead ducks

"To describe DAB as Dead Duck tech is a diservice to dead ducks."

I agree.

The whole debate resembles the 'Dead Parrot' skit from Monty Python.

For that one person that's not familiar with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218

Re: sentient fridge

"I'm sorry Dave, you're too fat. I replaced your order of bacon with qu-acon."

If something like that ever happens to me in the future, I'm ready to do some old school hacking... With a Hatchet!

Re: Droid®Script

"'android' refers specifically to robots that are designed to look like humans "

Lessee... http://www.cobied.com/android/android-basics/

Two arms, two legs, an upright torso and a head with a recognisable face... close enough.

Re: I'll tell you one thing

"Few things drive me as bonkers as reading about scientists getting excited over discovering water droplets in an otherwise uninhabitable planet 2,000 light years away."

Then you must be absolutely livid at the billions spent annually just to enable people to watch other people kick, bat, toss, club, swat, dribble, and carry various balls around.

Re: Ah... the 60's are alive and well.

"Ok.. so it's nice they had a chatty dinner meeting and decided to have more meetings...err... workshops. Everyone's tax dollars at work, I suppose and we know how that ends."

It doesn't end, it's 'lather-rinse-repeat' until the next headline calls for a whole new round of same ol'-same ol'.

Re: 1) remove battery (or turn the device off until you can get it to the lab)

"You can't turn a phone off if encryption's enabled. Well, you can, but you won't be able to access the info you were after when you turn it back on."

From my understanding of the tech level of most police, maybe this is what they're misinterpreting as 'wiped'?

Re: The proof is the axing of Maemo/Meego

" but perhaps the simple truth is that he knew nothing about running a company and nothing about phones, just totally worthless for the task."

IMO, this nails it in one! And now, Microsoft's stuck with him again.

At least this time they've made him a VP, about as harmless on the foodchain you can get in a modern company.

(Seriously, call your local Tesco and ask to speak to the VP in charge of produce, they'll ask you "Fresh or canned?")

Re: A slight difference

"But they still can't get viruses."

True, by exact definition, viruses are rare on a Mac.

But ask the average user what happened to his system when hit by malware, trojans, adware, bots, keyloggers, or whatever, and you'll hear: "It got a virus."

To the vast majority of computer users, bad stuff on a computer equals virus.

You have about as much chance of educating them otherwise as you have of convincing the press that hacker does not equal cracker.

Re: Belt & Braces

Hmm, straight from the dictionary:

ter·ror·ism noun \ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm\ : the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal

By that definition, the NCA Chief is a terrorist.

He's just using the violent acts of others (terrorist or not) to try to achieve his political goals.

Re: Rules? Guidelines...?

My thought exactly! Isn't there a system of checks, balances, permissions, and alerts in place, or were they just using the honor system?

"This data could abused for millions! Promise not to touch it, OK?"

"I found out very quickly those users liked to Insult new users who couldn't do simple task."

Wow, that's actually a blast from the past! In the 1990s it seemed it was prerequisite to rag the the newcomers and defend Linux against any and all attacks, real and imaginary.

Back then:

Skorp:"Hi, I'm new to Linux and have hit a snag. How do you frebnle?"

Dekl: "LOL RTFM, NOOB!

Kewy: "Yeah, LOL, man pages are there for a reason... NOOBZ, AMIRITE?

The proper way was to attack to get an answer:

Skorp: "Linux is sooo lame, it can't even handle something simple like frebnle!

Derkl:"That's just typical M$ FUD!! All you have to do is ]p[io/frpn in bash, job done!

Kewy:"LOL, he said frebnle, not drebnle, cockface! Look, I've just wrote a script to Frebnle in Linux, {download here} Just unrar that in usr/share, bash frebnle and you're good to go! See? Easy! Linux does everything!"

Today, most distros have forums for the newbies, and even the dumbest question will usually result in no more than a link to the FAQ or post dealing with the answer.

""Justin Beiber" - that smashing noise you can hear is your argument flailing in agony before it dies. He will never ever be an important story... unless he catches Ebola and infects IS(IS) with it while being stung by a horde of bees."

OK, who here would pay to watch that on pay per view? (hand up)

But they're so pretty!

http://abcnews.go.com/International/photos/artist-creates-clouds-art-15903014/image-15903039

Re: Yaaaaawn

Apparently, yes.

And it's not even new News, this was announced back in 2013!

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2613504/microsoft-windows/microsoft-skips--too-good--windows-9--jumps-to-windows-10.html

'Tis a sad day when an April Fools joke becomes Microsoft's plan for the future.

I thought El reg had made a mistake and it was actually a promo still from "The Walking Dead".

Well stone the crows!

Here I've been believing that 'Quango' was some tongue in cheek snidery for 'Idea to separate idiots from their money' similar to 'Bunko' , but it actually stands for: 'quasi-autonomous non -governmental organisation'?

Oh... wait... Or was I right and that's just a backronym that was added later?

Re: I want one in my basement

"I want one in my basement to calculate how to win the lottery...."

If you can afford one and its maintenance costs, why do you need to play the lottery?

Re: Non-story

"you will take my first born whether you like it or not"

Just make sure that you provide a Ts&Cs for them to sign when you turn him/her over, stipulating a one Billion (Beellion!) pound restocking fee should they realise what a terrible, horrible mistake that they've made and wish to return him/her!

You forgot one:

If the non state sponsored malware uses algorithms similar to those developed by NSA/CIA/FBI/Military, accuse creators of terrorism, espionage, DRM abuse, copyright infringement, and wanton incontinence.

Re: Norwich has an apple store?

"First your holding it wrong... Now your putting it in your pocket wrong...what next your looking at it wrong..?!?!?"

Nope, you're spelling it wrong!

Re: Bigger

Trust me, you don't want that:

http://www.historyvortex.org/DalekAnatomy.html

Be afraid, be very, very afraid!