Posts by Paul

Its just a game....

Untill this DRM screws up someones £5k gaming rig.

Also, My PC, I run what I want on it.

RE: over my dead body

"God I hate cyclists on pavements"

Agreed. Like the fucker who jumped off the pavement in front of me this morning when I was doing about 30. Just because I only have 2 wheels dosen't mean I'm a cyclist!

Or perhaps...

both sides could take a deep breath and relax a little?

One thing though, some American spellings are closer to "old" English than ours are.

@Jimbo

"Graham Dawson & AC - your claim that Antifa "are no better than the Nazis" is utter bollocks. How, exactly, is giving a few boneheads a good hiding equal to the systematic murder of ten million people ? You may as well say that a five-year-old boy who hits his little sister is just as bad as the Yorkshire Ripper."

Urm, these people didnt systematic murder anyone, they hold a view that it was right. I don't agree with that, but they are welcom to hold that view. I would argue that they are wrong, and try and convince them of that, but not through violence. How about we come round and give you a good hiding, as we don't agree with your view point? No? Dosent work that way? Odd...

Why don't they...

Chuck them in storage (Disk drives are not that big. You could fit a few in the space of a lever arch file) then get them securly distroyed once the data is no longer needed? Why treat them any diffrently to other data?

What rubbish.

If I make a call I know how much it costs and if I can afford it. If I start being charged to recive calls...

The poorer phone users will be worse off by not being able to budget. Its just stupid realy.

@Peter Timon

The price is in Euros.

and Mark Aggleton. What? What is wrong with the word puppy, or wat that a joke?

@Solomon Grundy

"These things aren't much bigger than a smart fortwo and, other than the acceleration, perform about as well as a smart fortwo."

How the hell did you work that out? It out accelerates a smat fortwo and will out handle it (I don't know for sure, but it probably has a lot lower center of gravity and is probably better balanced) I asume what you are saying is that it will only reach the same top speed, which as long as it will do over the speed limit is a pointless and, frankly, stupid thing to say.

As this seems to have been telephone banking...

I asume that it was a "give us an easy to remember phrase" Job. Most Banks seem to have been doing this since realising how trivial it is to find somones mothers maiden name.

I can in this case see why there would be tight restrictions e.g. would you want to be a call center worker having to hear hundreds of people giving the oh so clever password "your a wanker" every day.

@More FUD

You clearly have no idea how touchey and stroppy they Russians are being, or how dangorous they are at the moment.

@Dr Patrick J R Harkin

And the "all religons sux anyways coz I read a book once that says im realy realy clever." debate.

I can see it being like...

a 1930s film. Back to the days of being dismissed without references.

@Why exactly

For two reasons.

1) You are beleaving the Chinese claim that the games is about sport and sport alown. Wether they like it or not people want to know about the rest of the country, which dose require access to "band" sights. China need to accept that if you host an international event it is not just that event, but the actions of your whole country that are under scruteny.

2) The Chinese government did say that there would be no restrictions when they were bidding for the games.

"educate the public"

Ye. My arse. They wanted to show off about how l33t they were. How much public notice dose Blackhat get? Outside the tec/security comunity, who know these dangers all to well, Im guessing non.

I realy dont get the point...

What is it for? It seems to well speced for just word processing and net browsing, but under speced for much else.

When one comes out that I can use to do a bit of word processing, a bit of web browsing and send a few emails, and costs less that £100 then I will have one, and I think many others will to.

RE: Neil

Again, you put words in my mouth. Saying prisons are not holiday cams dose not mean I feel they are harsh enough. I have stated my point clearly enough.

As for "Consider all those who have fought and died to allow us to have the rights we enjoy today. I think it's utterly disrespectful to believe these rights are somehow intrinsically ours by nature. Be thankful you have them and stop taking them for granted." HOW DARE YOU!

I am realy angry about that. You asume that because I beleave that rights should be afforded to all it means that I don't value them? Quight the oposite. Infact I think that by you feeling that they should be taken away, you have no respect for those who died for them. Perhaps there would be less violent crime if people respected other peoples rights and lifes. Problems come not when people have to many rights, but when they do not respect others. People are not killing because they have a right to live, but because they dont respect others right to live. You have it all arse about face.

So...

A big company, with high pay, sets up in the area. House prices go up because people want to live there. So?

I say we club together

and buy this guy a Thesaurus.

You are all fools...

If you think this is a fair and balanced statment.

"Such records can nonetheless be a powerful tool for local government officials acting against rogue traders, fly tippers, those seeking to avoid council tax, parents trying to fraudulently gain places at popular schools and other criminals"

Most of the applications are relating to benefit fraud. But of course El-Reg is no longer interested in good reporting...

@C LARDER

Na. Thats one of the problems. I doute it will be aloud to be opt out only.

@Christian Berger

I think they are after bigger, not smaller.

Am I the only one...

who is a little uneasy about someone giving up the right to appeal?

There is actualy...

As I said befor, an "expectation of privacy" on British streets. Google are braking this. El Reg are clearly publising baised on the "public interest" laws.

@Paul Buxton

WTF did they do to you? I've been with 3 for the past 4 years, and never had a problem.

UK privacy

Three problems.

1) There is only a right for you to take photos for personal use, not commercial.

2) There is one BIG problem they have. It is illegal to take photos of people near certain buildings. Places such as Drug Rehab, Hospitals or places of worship would all be a BIG no no, but I doute Google take these things in to account.

3) If I remember correctly there was a big legal spat between someone famous and a news paper a few years back about the paper taking pics of them going about there shopping. The paper lost.

Finally, on a separet note, I really hate Google saying "If you tell us we will take the photo down". Isn’t that a bit like a shop lifter saying "If you catch me I will give you the stuff back, so it’s all ok"?

@ All the bikers

I call you all out as fair weather wimps.

What kind of fool would use a Gixxer of a ZX6R to get to work every day, or to ride two up for any distance, or on a wet winter road?

Personaly I would go for a BMW F800 S/ST, but then they are about twice the price of the SV650.