Re: WTF
Maybe your coffee will help restore your sense of humour... :-)
Willie jokes are always funny.
Posts by Bloodbeastterror
600 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Oct 2013
Smartphones don’t dumb you down, they DUMB you UP
Bitter Lake: Know your enemy? Impossible, surely, when you don't know if the enemy exists
Sunday 1st February 2015 14:35 GMT
Disappointed
Well, I watched it this evening, and I couldn't make head nor tail of the premise. I'm not surprised by the lack of comments (four in eleven hours, including my first one). A long, *very* long, two-hour film which could have easily been an engaging one-hour film if the editor had removed the irrelevant crud - a full minute of a soldier stroking a pigeon, FFS? WTF did that add to the message?
The informative parts were informative. I came away knowing more than I did, but I didn't need a full two hours to achieve it.
A great pity. I've seen a number of Adam's films and always been informed by them. This is borderline tedious.
Saturday 31st January 2015 12:49 GMT
"a system of rewards that both keeps us passive and happy"
I've always thought that UK daytime TV was introduced during a period of mounting job losses in the eighties for this very reason - to give the unemployed something to do instead of rioting about what was going on.
Is this a valid point? Genuine question - I don't know. But with the constant cynical political manipulation that's increasingly obvious these days I wouldn't be at all surprised.
Top smut site Flashes visitors, leaves behind nasty virus
Thursday 29th January 2015 20:17 GMT
Re: "campaign leveraging the recent Adobe Flash zero day vulnerability "
Oh I just *love* people correcting others' English when they clearly haven't got a proper command of it themselves... :-)
Its - possessive - "The dog wags its tail".
It's - "It is" or "It has" - "It's a nice day" or "It's been a nice day".
"The dog wags it is tail" and "The dog wags it has tail" make no sense.
Nexus 6 would have had a fingerprint reader, but Apple RUINED IT ALL
Monday 26th January 2015 23:05 GMT
What's the big deal?
Me, I wouldn't use fingerprint recognition any more than I'd use face recognition. It's a flawed solution. Nobody can break into my brain for a password. They *can* swipe my finger or push my face into a scanner. And once broken, you can't change your fingerprint "password".
Another example of Apple's focus on appearance over function...
Sly peers attempt to thrust hated Snoopers' Charter into counter-terror and security bill
LEAKED: Samsung's iPhone 6 killer... the Samsung Galaxy S6
Free Windows 10 could mean the END for Microsoft and the PC biz
Thursday 22nd January 2015 13:38 GMT
Forever?
Now that's a really good question. There is a lot of noise around "Support ending for xxx", but in reality which of us consumers (as opposed to business staff) gives a rat's ass about support? By the time an O/S reaches end of life we've had 3 new PCs, each with a new flavour of Windows, and I personally have *never* felt the need to ask Microsoft for help or support. Once it reaches the point where it isn't patched any more, maybe it's time to move on, but until then...
Increased gov spy powers are NOT the way to stay safe against terrorism
Sunday 18th January 2015 18:42 GMT
The Shock Doctrine
By Naomi Klein.
This book, which I mentioned in another security article, proposes exactly this scenario - a massive shock to the public on which those neo-con right-wing vultures like May swoop to intruduce extended powers which the frightened populace not only don't retreat from but actively encourage. Little by little our privacy and freedom are eroded.
And the more people realise that these people are doing this, the better equipped we'll be to tell them where to put it.
Hong Kong mogul mulls multi-billion pound bid for O2 – report
Prez Obama snubs UK PM's tough anti-encryption crusade at White House meet
Saudi govt pauses flogging dad-of-3 for Facebook posts – after docs intervene
Saturday 17th January 2015 10:11 GMT
Re: IT Angle?
I don't care whether there's an IT angle or not (even though there clearly is, because it has to do with using the web to raise awareness of human rights). Important stories like this need to be spread as widely as possible so that those who don't use the normal news channels (newspapers, TV, radio) get to hear about them.
Post-pub nosh neckfiller: 1.5 MILLION SCOVILLE masala omelette
Friday 16th January 2015 07:37 GMT
Sympathy...
I wouldn't have understood this unless I had myself had an over-hot Vindaloo in our local restaurant. With my kids. Foolishly trying to be The Big Man. It didn't work. After a few mouthfuls, sweat pouring down my forehead, mouth on fire, saying "Oh God, make it stop!", no amount of water quenching the flames, I had to leave over half of it on the plate. And that certainly wasn't a Carolina Reaper - I can only begin to imagine the pain.
Don't do it, people...
David Cameron: I'm off to the US to get my bro Barack to ban crypto – report
Thursday 15th January 2015 23:18 GMT
Re: Dear Mr Cameron @Dan Paul
"The comment about "inviting him to Dallas" is inferring the same thing"
No, it isn't, it's implying it. Language matters.
But I agree with the sentiment. I too read the Dallas comment as an implied desire to see Cameron shot. And though I have no respect for the man I certainly don't wish him ill.
Thursday 15th January 2015 15:45 GMT
Re: MP's IT Training?
I hope this link works when I post it. Dilbert says it best.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dilbert+etch-a-sketch&biw=1366&bih=663&tbm=isch&imgil=Ad1lSsP5eJze8M%253A%253BwPR6pS6h-05uvM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fpics.livejournal.com%25252Fallah_sulu%25252Fpic%25252F0002f3h8%25252Fg13&source=iu&pf=m&fir=Ad1lSsP5eJze8M%253A%252CwPR6pS6h-05uvM%252C_&usg=__iS8QCGdvIja9lfFm130ztK0LTEM%3D&ved=0CDcQyjc&ei=QOC3VP7FJYKvUYWJg6AN#imgdii=_&imgrc=Ad1lSsP5eJze8M%253A%3BwPR6pS6h-05uvM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fic.pics.livejournal.com%252Fallah_sulu%252F659446%252F12800%252F12800_600.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fpics.livejournal.com%252Fallah_sulu%252Fpic%252F0002f3h8%252Fg13%3B596%3B199
Thursday 15th January 2015 09:46 GMT
Re: We will try!
*I* voted for Cameron last time.
In my defence, I didn't know I was. I cast my ballot for Lib Dems, who promptly sold me down the river to a party which I despise and whose members will largely go to to Hades for their love of money and lack of love for their fellow man.
The Lib Dems are off my list for the rest of my life for their treachery.
I'd like to vote Labour, but we no longer have a Labour party, just a pale blue imitiaion of Tories - thanks for that, Tony. (And enjoy your Save The Children award. I hope it came with money...?)
What do UK and Iran have in common? Both want to outlaw encrypted apps
It's 4K-ing big right now, but it's NOT going to save TV
20 years on: The satirist's satirist Peter Cook remembered
US kills EU watchdog's probe into EU cops sharing EU citizens' data
Saudi Arabia to flog man 1,000 times for insulting religion on Facebook
Friday 9th January 2015 07:30 GMT
Re: Religion of Peace?
I have to correct one point:
"The bible is a collection of stories written by many people over hundreds, or thousands, of years."
No, as any frothing-at-the-mouth redneck Christian fundamentalist will tell you, the bible is literally the word of God. You're proposing the secular sensible view (with which I agree), but that's not how it works when your mind is poisioned by religion.
As Christoper Hitchens (whom I recommend) said, religion is a force which makes good people do bad things.
Friday 9th January 2015 07:17 GMT
Re: Je suis Charlie...
Re your Oldham comment. It is indeed hard for this footballer that he will no longer be allowed (it seems) to pursue his career. However, one commentator said, and I agree, that this man is a public figure who can influence children by example (as your own comment says: "moulded..."), and this is therefore analogous to a teacher convicted of child abuse offences being denied the continuation of a teaching career. A child abuser does not get a second chance. Crimes have consequences.
Apple's 16GB iPhones are a big fat lie, claims iOS 8 storage hog lawsuit
Saturday 3rd January 2015 00:46 GMT
Who cares?
1) Apple sells a lot of phones and therefore attracts more attention.
2) Apple is an American company and has more buyers; and more litigious buyers.
3) Apple attracts computer-illiterate buyers who wouldn't know a byte if it bit them on the ankle.
4) Apple doesn't give a stuff about what you think. Just gimme the money...
I go for 4, myself. Maybe 3...
Buses? PAH. Begone with your filthy peasant-wagons
Saturday 27th December 2014 10:02 GMT
Re: The best urban transport
Your points are valid but not completely thought through.
You get cold & wet walking to your car or waiting for a bus.
The use of a bike by a few loonies (yes, I agree there are too many, and "no fatalities yet"...? Do you not read the newspapers?) doesn't mean that the bike itself is at fault. As commented, it's healthy and life-prolonging as long as you're sensible.
And equally the cycle lanes badly-implemented by non-cycling civil servants don't detract from the utility of the most energy-efficient person mover ever invented.
Blind justice: Google lawsuit silences elected state prosecutor
GCHQ: We can't track crims any more thanks to Snowden
Tuesday 23rd December 2014 16:31 GMT Facebook
Maybe a tangential/peripheral point, but here goes...
I've heard for years Facebook described as the FBI/NSA/GCHQ (take your pick) friend, since it contains such a fantastic wealth of personal information willingly handed over by the data owners themselves. I've always assumed that these snoopers would be monitoring it closely for the specific subject that is their primary purpose these days - terrorism. And yet...
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/25/lee-rigby-murder-internet-firm-could-have-picked-up-killers-message-report-says
If they are capable of reading every email, every post, every chat, every Whatsapp, every video call, and they miss people talking specifically about terrorist murder, what is the point of them?
Sound and battery: 20 portable Bluetooth speakers
Monday 22nd December 2014 17:23 GMT
Re: Bose soundlink mini
Great video - thanks for pointing to it. I know JBL make great speakers, so it's impressive how the Bose blows them out of the water. Incredible bass for such a tiny device. Exactly as you say, I've asked my wife many times whether she's listening to the stereo or the Bose when I walk into the room.
Monday 22nd December 2014 13:53 GMT
Personal recommendation
http://www.johnlewis.com/bose-soundlink-mini-wireless-mobile-speaker-silver/p515184
I bought one for my wife last Xmas and not only is the sound incredible from such a tiny box, but ***she's able to make it work***! And she would be the first to tell you how she struggles with technology.
Quite expensive, but I'm so pleased with it that I've just bought another for my son.
Careful - your helmet might get squashed by a Volvo
Monday 22nd December 2014 12:20 GMT
Re: Vitriol
I agree. Cycling seems to stir up a lot of dislike - I don't know why. Maybe because the few idiots who jump lights and frighten grannies on footpaths poison public perception of the majority of cyclists who behave responsibly?
Me, I'd quite like an Audi or BMW, but I'm afraid I'd become a supercilious overbearing twat... :-)
Monday 22nd December 2014 11:13 GMT
Re: What a stupid fucking idea....
Now, now, calm down...
We aren't all like that. I myself shout at other cycling imbeciles who go through red lights.
But I agree with your title - it's a stupid idea which does not add any value to the simple proposition that every cyclist should have 360-degree awareness and, if in doubt, should pull over to the side of the road and actively check behind before trying to get across even a single lane of traffic. I've survived 35 years of city traffic accident-free apart from one bloke who actually uttered the immortal words "Sorry, I didn't see you" even though I was wearing a bright red cycling jacket in broad daylight.
But the loud squawk in the car is a good idea, though it's needed far more in BMWs & Audis, which appear to be driven mainly by arrogant asswipes...
Apple's DIRTY SECRET isn't that secret, or that dirty
Sunday 21st December 2014 12:18 GMT
Re: Hmmm... a conundrum (sic)
Partly right. No, the solution is to scream loudly until the companies treat their employees properly.
In this particular case (Apple) does anyone think that fanbois, faced with an iPhone 7 that costs an enormous $870 instead of an affordable $850 will think "Nah, too much, not paying that"? Of course not. The additional cost doesn't come into their equation. The price is the price.
With such an enormous cashbag already in the bank the only thing preventing Apple from taking this action is greed. Pure greed. Just because they can.
Saturday 20th December 2014 23:20 GMT
Re: Hmmm... a conundrum (sic)
My solution is to make a noise about what they're failing to do. Is that not what this is all about? Why have comments at all if they fall on deaf ears?
Doing and saying nothing, and therefore implicitly aquiescing, is not right and is therefore not a decent person's option.
Apple v BBC: Fruity firm hits back over Panorama drama
Saturday 20th December 2014 09:42 GMT
Re: "Gadzooks!" I don't normally do the grammer nazi routine but this one............
Upvoted for the correction, but downvoted (in principle) because I love people making corrections who themselves make mistakes - and I'm gobsmacked that nobody else has commented, since the Vulture community is usually on this sort of thing like rabid hyenas... :-)
"Grammer"...? Jimmy Edwards would surely have you bent over a chair for that one... (for the cane... oh, er, missus, stop tittering...)
Friday 19th December 2014 18:37 GMT
Re: Supply and Demand
Surely the point is that Apple have put themselves up as people of good will (as always, appearance before substance) and therefore they deserve to be targeted when they fail so egregiously to meet their own trumpeted standards? I agree with you and other posters that the same may happen in other manufacturers' plants, but they don't shout about how well they look after their staff.
If you make boasts, be prepared to stand behind them and not play the usual Apple card of "We're too good to talk to you people". They had their chance to put their case on the programme, and they refused. They should suck it up and put their efforts into cleaning up their act to match their publicity machine instead of whining about how unfair the BBC is.
The Shock of the New: The Register redesign update 4
Friday 19th December 2014 18:46 GMT
Re: Better
But why the ridiculously oversized full-screen pictures at the top of every article? When I click a link I want to start reading, not have to page down first before I reach the text. It's a benefit to you as well in not wasting time looking for vaguely-relevant images, so you can concentrate on the writing.
Come on, people, put a bit more thought into usability instead of pointless glitz...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
