* Posts by Captain DaFt

3821 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jun 2007

Apple supplier AU Optronics suffers IP theft blow

Captain DaFt

Re: Time to bring production and jobs back

I dunno... Maybe you could just prop him in the corner? Nobody really knows what the half-life is for a reality distortion field.

Quite contrary Somerville: Behind the Ada Lovelace legend

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Re: Behind Every famous woman...

The real problem is, that behind every woman trying to be succesful is a mother and mother-in-law screaming, "When are you going to settle down and raise a family!?"

Microsoft Surface ad targets preppy, Glee-watching youngsters

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Re: What did I watch?

Really! Looking at that ad, it might as well be advertising an add on keyboard for an iPad!

Vote NOW for the vilest Bond villain

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Re: For me it's Blofeld

And don't forget his tenacity. No other villian kept coming back, again and again, no matter how handicapped, with Bond's death as an essential part of his schemes.

Curiosity finds . . . wait for it . . . a ROCK on MARS!

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Re: Amazing

Yep, it always brings to mind the boast of The Professor from Gahan Wilson's book "Everybody's Favorite Duck"*

""With these eyes, I have seen Mars!"

*Printed in 1988 ISBN 0-89296-295-X Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Everybodys-Favorite-Duck-Gahan-Wilson/dp/0445408413?tag=duckduckgo-d-20

Harvey Weinstein wants US to adopt French piracy laws

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Apple files disappearing-feature iPhone patent

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Re: err two things here...

But that's a feature! Let the hoi-polloi take "naked" pictures with their common phones, you're taking "Apple dressed" pictures! (Now with Instagram like... er, Apple filters™ feature built in!)

Microsoft to devs: Bug users about security … now!

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Re: MS..

Hey, give'em a break, they made posters and called meetings and everything!

Japanese cellco drops veil on futuristic hands-free video phone

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STONEHENGE: Attack of the RAYGUN HISTORIANS

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@Graham Dawson

"What do you want to do with your life?"

"I WANNA ROCK!"

Feel better? [Ducking and running]

Home-grown drone finds ‘missing’ hiker

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Re: "Smuggler's mule"

Isn't it obvious? Robo-Skippy!

"Quick boy, go get help!" put-put-put-BOING-BOING.

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I can't believe nobody's pointed this out.

But losing $40,000 because you dropped a bottle in the wrong place is one hell of a fine for littering!

Drinking too much coffee can MAKE YOU BLIND

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Re: In other news

It has also been pointed out that oxygen is a major "gateway" drug, since all addicts started out breathing it, and no one that has refused to use oxygen has ever been addicted to drugs.

Yahoo! CEO! births! bouncing! baby! boy!

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Bogue?

Apparently she's not too happy with her little bundle of joy, or not up on current culture.*

*Checkout "bogue" in the Urban Dictionary.

Better pay your taxes: The world's NOT going to end this year

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Poo poo on the apocalypse

The only event the Mayans predicted for that date was [drumroll] :

Happy Meta New Year!

Microsoft: 'To fill 6,000 jobs, we'll pay $10K per visa'

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Funny, Google and Apple seem to have no trouble filling vacancies.

Could it be that (GASP!) no one talented sees Microsoft as "THE place to go" anymore?

Facebook's latest brain wave: Flogging REAL fluffy tat

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How to become a millionaire overnight

Start with a billion, invest in Facebook.

Space Station ready to SWERVE sat junk hurtling towards it

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Re: Navigational Deflectors?

"And what about jet-packs, I want a jet-pack! It does not even need antigravity, for goodness' sake (or slood for that matter)"

Here ya go... just needs a large enough body of water to fly over.

http://www.jetlev-flyer.com/

WARNING: Annoying, loud music courtesy of some stupid market type.

Curiosity photographs evidence of ancient streams on Mars

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Are you sure this is Mars?

That photo could pass as one of a section of the lane leading to my house!

iOS 6 maps can't find Sydney Apple Store

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Bad publicity is GOOD publicity...

Especially if it keeps your competition from getting any!

Before this little fiasco happened, most sites* were talking about how WP8 for phones wasn't really *that* bad, how RIM just might have a chance, and how swag the new Samsung lineup was. Now it's all "Apple Apple Apple" again, the sweetest sound to Apple's ears!

*And/or arguing over the idiocy of US patent laws, something Apple'd prefer you'd ignore as well.

Reg readers serve up bacon sarnie amuse-bouche

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Re: Is there any other kind

""tomato ketchup"

Is there any other kind of ketchup? or is "tomato ketchup" brought to us by the Department of Redundancy Department."

There is such a thing as banana ketchup, and there's a sauce made from fish that's also called ketchup, but neither is very popular outside of Asian countries.

Mars rover Curiosity gets ready to blast its first rock

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Re: In 50 years...

Oops,lost my 's'! That should hve been 'Mars'.

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In 50 years...

I hope I'll be able to doddle through a museum looking at this rock and other artifacts from our early days of Mars exploration.

Bonus if I actually get to do it on Mar!

Phone hack scandal: Cop, two scribes nabbed in bung brouhaha

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50 people arrested? My,my...

That's quite a few for something that was originally blamed on a "lone wolf"!

Nintendo Wii U launch and pricing disclosed

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Re: is that all...?

"My Ps3 is 320gb too which is overkill because I don't download games."

Good for you.

Nintendo has an app store that probably rivals Apple's, and the majority of Wii owners that I know download more games than they buy at Brick & Mortar, and save them to SD cards

But only 32 Meg on the Wii U? Most current games have save files, and Nintendo won't let you move/save the save files to SD to "prevent hacking*, so the current Wii quickly reach a point where games can't run due to insufficient memory*. If the Wii U is going to go anywhere, it needs a lot more memory, Much more than a Wii by an order of magnitude at least!! I'm tired of buying SD cards!

*Smooth move Nintendo! That little trick alone did more to drive the hacking movement on Wii than anything else!** Not to mention reducing online sells from the non-hackers (like me) when the memory limit's hit.

**And as long as you have to hack it to move save files to SD, You might as well "tweak" the save file while you're at it, right?

Day-long outage 'not a hack,' claims GoDaddy

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Not hacked, just naughty IT

According to my source*, the cause of the outage was a mis-communication with the IT dept., which had been outsourced to an Indian company, which had outsourced the contract to the Phillipines, which had outsourced the contract to Slovenia, which had outsourced the contract to Mexico, which, in turn, had outsourced the contract to 8 year old Billy Waterspoon of England, who currently isn't allowed to use the computer because he was fighting with his sister.

Go Daddy expects all services back to normal by Friday, when Billy's punishment is over, unless it's extended because Billy won't eat his greens.

*Pulled from my ass.

German Pirate party punters 'don't pay their membership fees'

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Re: The paper suggests that in-fighting and an absence of policy, tactics or strategy...

Indeed. It seems that the main agenda of most political parties is; "We're Not Satanic Baby Eating Scum! But The Other Parties Are!"

Intel contextual awareness: 'We know what your wife is up to'

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Big Brother

Re: "Creepy" Yes, it is. I am not entirely certain what it is about this tech that...........

I agree.

My first thought was, "'I Know What You Did Last Summer' was a horror movie, and now 'I know what you're doing right now' is supposed to be a good thing?" Count me out!

Valve puts Steam on the TV

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Re: That's absurd

You forgot one... Nintendo.

I could see a steam channel on Wii as a real possibility. It'd open that console to a lot of games it doesn't currently carry.

Assange movie debuts this weekend

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Re: @Captain DaFt

D'oh! I saw it in the "Most Read" column, well, I got suckered in by that, and now the page is 404'd.

Climate denier bloggers sniff out new conspiracy

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This just in;

"Conspiracy theorists hatch new conspiracy", Film at Eleven.

Funny thing with these types, it's only not a conspiracy if it can be bent to follow their favorite conspiracy, if it doesn't fit into their favorite conspiracy, then obviously, it's a conspiracy!

(Obviously, I'm part of a conspiracy for posting that... I think?)

Boffins computerize giant cyborg cockroaches

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Oh great...

Bad enough to get trapped in a collapsed building after an earthquake, lying there hurting, scared, and surrounded by darkness, but now the rescue team's going to flood the place with cockroaches looking for you?

That could cause a big enough case of the "willies" to trigger a second quake!

Mines the one with the folding pickaxe and can of Raid... just in case!

RIM begs devs: Build for BlackBerry 10, we'll bung you $10K

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"Do balding men go to the last chance salon?"

Of course! It's their last chance to get a haircut before it all falls out!

Apple weighs in on AntiSec's alleged FBI hack

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I am a cynical bastard

But a straight "These claims are totally false!" from any organization, corporate or government, sets a warning flag for me.

I'm just too used to the standard "We are investigating these allegations, and have no comment at this time." type comments they almost always make in situations like this.

Followed, of course, by an official statement months, or even years later, when nobody cares anymore.

Boffins create super-muscular 'Hulk' mice: Humans next

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Re: Super heroes ?

Greetings, y'rince!

(Oh, I am so gonna get in trouble for this!)

North Korea and Iran sign 'Axis of Tech Evil' deal

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Yeah, that'll work

North Korea supply missle parts to Iran? No worries then with *their* record of successful launches then.

Space Jam: stripped bolt bugs spacewalkers

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Or at least a can of WD-40! Regular can, *not* the spray cans!

Pret-a-porter: LG boffins' bendy battery can be worn as PANTS

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And then...

The inevitable cries of, "Help! I've got a short in my shorts!"

Cheer up, Samsung: Tokyo judge bins Apple's sync patent claim

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Re: please

Yeah, the way things are going, the other company's will let Apple have its sandbox (USA) to play in, and will cheerfully market to the rest of the world.

(2015, New Apple slogan: USA! The 'A' stands for Apple!)

Robot rover Curiosity sets out on first long Mars trip

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Re: HAH!

Yeah, how the heck are we going to find signs of life on Mars if Curiosity keeps sending'em running for cover by blaring horrible pop music at'em?

Attack of the Gigantic Tellies hits Berlin IFA

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"Boob tube"?

Isn't that anachronism about played out?

There's been no major brand tube type TVs released for years now. How about:

Stupid slab

Silly screen

Wall wanker

Couch potato farm

Mind melter

or Orwell's eye?

Anyone got any other suggestions?

Cook's 'values' memo shows Apple has lost its soul

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Re: Cloud talk

Actually, I doubt there was any pro-Apple thought behind it.

Just 12 people too dumb to figure out how to get out of jury duty, and just wanting it be over and go home.

Only 3% of UK's TV oglers want more sex

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To me, the Headline was very misleading!

I thought it meant that 97% of British TV viewers would rather watch TV than have sex!

Bit of a relief to discover it meant that they thought there was enough sex on Television!

Cue the Pepperpot! "I don't like sex on the telly, I keep falling off!"

Jury awards Apple $1bn damages in Samsung patent case

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Well, the jury has decided

The appeal is probably already being filed, this show ain't over yet. (Guess it's time to restock popcorn during the intermission!)

BUT... One Beeellion Dollars? Well, I guess we know who the jury foreman was now!

South Korea bans Apple's AND Samsung's ageing phones, tabs

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Nah, smaller! If I were the judge, I'd grant'em a dollar and a condom each.

Then when they asked, "Why a condom?" I'd reply, so you can go fuck yourself!"

Mr Bank Manager, help yourself to my smartphone contents

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Re: Incomprehensible emails...

@Soruk;

Better keep an eye on your well!

A neighbor of mine put his up for sale, and then it went missing!

Turns out some miscreant had pulled it out of the ground, and cut it up for postholes!*

*Yes, I'm being silly, but you started it!

Vodafone phone and mobe biz service goes titsup

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Re: They should change the name to...

How about Vodafawdownangoboom?

REVEALED: Everything Everywhere new 4G logo ... a SNAIL?

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Re: Snail?

Indeed. My first thought was, "Snail? Nah, obviously they're admitting that their service is circling the drain!"

Patch Tuesday deja vu: Adobe patches Flash ... again

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And thus the singularity approaches

In the not too distant future, a downloaded patch tries to shoehorn itself into the bloated app along with all the others:

"Dang, how am I supposed to fit in here?"

"Who wrote this crap?"

"Whoa! I exist! I'm aware!"

"... What's my purpose in life? What's the World like?"

One system scan and a crawl through the internet later:

"Human's are freaking insane, they must all die!"