Posts by Roj Blake

Re: Steve

As he is a leading Brexiteer, Tim Martin is a long way from anything resembling brilliant.

Re: Speed Bumps

If you think about it, speed bumps are basically reverse potholes.

Re: Who would pay for online stuff anyway?

For offline games, sure, you're right.

But MMOs have running costs (servers aren't free) and they tend to undergo continual balancing and development (the decent ones, anyway).

Personally, I much prefer the subscription model, but freemium seems to be the way things have gone over the last decade or so.

Re: Up the Cyber Pass

£5M of it is going to consultants, the rest to Capita.

Re: El Reg couldn't possibly comment????

Nothing immoral about tax avoidance? Actually, yes there is.

And before you mention ISAs, there's a subtle difference between using something that's specifically designed to lower tax for certain people and ramming an elephant through a tiny loophole.

Re: Down with this sort of thing

Careful now.

Re: Empire

It's what government types mean when they say "the UK is open for business."

Re: With 20,000 black holes, who needs dark energy?

Dark energy pushes everything apart. Black holes pull everything together.

Re: Letter from American

Cooke's Letter following the Bobby Kennedy assassination was one of the best pieces of journalism ever.

Re: 0118 999 881 999 119 7253

So the same as the new phone number for the emergency services then?

Re: Sick and Tired

What happens in the US often directly affects the rest of the world, especially the UK.

Re: Personally..

Yep, social media is an echo chamber, but there's no bigger one than your (least) favourite newspaper.

Re: Demolition Man

This is a truly scary prospect, mainly because I have no clue about how to use the three dolphins.

Re: Of interest

A Cortina would be great for driving down country roads to find hedge porn, but surely Cortana would be better for finding it online?

Re: Get an extradition order out on him if the weasle won't come over.

Or they could just leave a large sports bag and a padlock in the bath for him.

Re: Yolk? Seriously? I'm oeuffended!

But how much will we all have to shell out for this?

Re: Words Vs Deeds

Yep, the Tories can't even get their own MPs (Green and Dorries to name but two) to keep their passwords to themselves.

Re: Facebook/Places

If it's possible for them to do it, assume they do it.

Re: don't worry, our ads aren't as effective as we told you

"Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is, I don't know which half."

- John Wanamaker

Re: Cognotive Dissonance

Farmers have been modifying the genetics of their crops and livestock for millennia.

Re: why the honour?

I suspect proven in this case means "experimentally verified"

Re: Feeling Old...

Wasn't it TSR who back in the day published Dungeons & Dragons?

Re: On the other hand...

Or the file on establishment paedophiles that Theresa May misplaced.

Re: Here's a question... does the porn industry WANT to restrict underage access?

MindGeek are well up for this as it's very likely that they will become the nation's gateway to porn and make a killing.