Re: It's just a penis.
Certainly not the ones in IT.
(Hey, I worked in the IT angle!)
Posts by Dana W
1032 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Sep 2007
Huge rock-hard marble erection shocks Japanese kiddies
Tennessee bloke quits job over satanic wage slip
200 million office workers gagging for a... Microsoft Surface?
Apple serves up 25 BEEELLIONTH iTunes download
Study: Gay marriage support linked to pr0n consumption
Wednesday 6th February 2013 17:28 GMT
Re: The study sounds plausible
Sadly no. Most "two women" porn aimed at guys has two straight women it it pretending to be gay, and after they do their routines for the camera, a guy saunters in and does both of them. (To show the "Natural" order of things of course)
I've hung out in a few Lesbian bars in my day, and these guys come rolling in thinking they are going to pick up two women who will go home and perform for them then show them a three way. Its always fun to see if they leave in horror before they get tossed out on their ear.
It seems that a lot of Lesbians don't meet their hetrosexist standards of approved appearance "IE: Bleach blondes with rubber boobs" REAL lesbian porn tends to leave straight men both turned off and a bit threatened.
Wednesday 6th February 2013 17:16 GMT
Re: Death to statistics
Enough, our "assault" rifles are NOT fully automatic. "Mine certainly isn't" Full auto has been illegal in the US for anyone except a very few owners of very expensive, old register hard to get weapons. And no, gang members need not apply. "You could get a very nice car for what it costs to even START in in that hobby, assuming you ever got past the Federal background checks."
And for the record. My shooting friends and me are Liberal Democrats, so take your phobia, and your bigotry and stick it.
Microsoft to open 11 new retail stores by summer
Wednesday 6th February 2013 02:58 GMT
If the Mall Of America store is anything to go by, they will be used like most Microsoft stores, kids playing with the Kinnect, a few old people who don't know better and think Windows is all there is, and people going in to get a look at the things they will be buying later off Amazon.
Ballmer is the king of the "Me too" school. Soon more of his sad tablet nobody wants, for sale in his fake Apple Stores. Couldn't they even try for their own look? How hard is that?
If I was still a Microsoftie, I'd be annoyed. Microsoft needs to get it together and start being MICROSOFT again instead of a half baked erzotz Apple
Fanbois rejoice: iPhone 5, iPad Mini finally jailbroken
We're not making this up: Apple trademarks the SHOP
Microsoft Dell deal would restore PC makers' confidence
Apple blocks Java on the Mac over security concerns
How to destroy a brand-new Samsung laptop: Boot Linux on it
Apple to stop European shipments of Mac Pro on March 1?
Surface left on shelves as world+dog slurps up small slates
Apple regains 'el numero uno' market-value crown
Tablets BEAT DOWN laptops in 4-to-1 Xmas bloodbath - analyst
Sorry, Apple-haters, but Cupertinian doom not on the horizon
Apple confirms 128GB iPad. A hundred bucks for an extra 64GB
Wednesday 30th January 2013 00:04 GMT
Re: Braindead idiots trying to store their digital world on their device.
Must be nice to afford a bottomless mobile data contract and use it constantly. 32 gig is nothing. My 160 iPod is still in constant use.
I deal with media in half terabyte blocks. This is NOT practical or sane for cloud storage. Like I'm going to be waiting for 60 gig of music to move up and down an internet connection. "and I'm not even mentioning video"
ONE of my Macs has four terabytes, how the hell is CLOUD going to replace that?
A lot of us no matter the OS war want NOTHING to do with cloud storage of our media. My Media is NOBODY'S business. And a lot of my music and video is from MY source material. Wait till the media companies start grabbing on to cloud storage and demanding receipts to see what music you are "authorized" for. That's what the cloud is really for, making sure your media is where it can be seen, controlled and most of all marketed.
Tuesday 29th January 2013 18:41 GMT
You all keep forgetting.
Its not a computer replacement for US, its a computer replacement for the unwashed masses, people who want e-mail, Facebook, Netflix and web browsing and that's about it.
I've said it again and again and again, if you read this site you are NOT the market! If you can cobble your own box together you are NOT the market. If you are comfortable installing your own OS or multi-booting you are NOT the market.
I have an iPad Mini, and I like it a great deal, "mind you I didn't actually PAY for it" but its not going to replace my computers. Its just nice to run my smartphone apps without squinting through bifocals. Its what my Nintendo was 10 years ago.
On the other hand I help a lot of older and disabled people with their computers and for 99% of them an iPad is all they need. Again, for seven out of ten of the home users I have to support, an iPad is all the "computer" they need, and pretty much all they can understand.
Yay for iOS 6.1, grey Wi-Fi iPhone bug is fix- AWW, SNAP
Tuesday 29th January 2013 18:20 GMT
Another Apple problem I never even HEARD of Till El Reg filled me in.
Since it does not effect me or anyone I know with an iPhone I shall fee free to ignore it.
Thanks for the heads up on the update though, my policy with iOS updates has always been to wait till you tell us that is a disaster and fixes nothing. Then it always works like a charm. "The only bad update I ever got was when I ignored your sage advice"
"The biggest reason for this update I expect is to kill the new iOS jailbreak that should be releasing soon.. So its staying away from my iPad."
Microsoft's Intel-powered Surface Pro to launch in February
Wednesday 23rd January 2013 22:51 GMT
Re: 13 inch MacBook Pro
My MBP was $1200. + $100 for the terabyte hard drive and + $120 for the 16 gig of ram I added later. I get an easy 8+ hours of battery life web browsing and a keyboard you can actually type on, not a novelty soft cover. And I can easily add Windows anytime I like should I ever find a use for it.
The point is I have as much in my MacBook Pro as anyone would have this tablet. And that's not acceptable. The Surface is too much money for a computer that is too limited. This is a niche product at
And I'll get thumbed down. But a touchscreen laptop is just dumb, And so far sales seem to bear me out on this.
Mobes, web filth 'pornifying' our kids, warns top Labour MP
Tuesday 22nd January 2013 16:45 GMT
Just America?
Because we are the only people country that makes nasty porn? You have got to be kidding.
I have to agree that kids are being over-sexualized. If you are buying high heels for your six year old, or a motorcycle jacket for your toddler boy you have issues and you are giving them to your children you have issues. But blaming this solely on the US is just buck passing. This is a world problem.
TSA to pull backscatter perv scanners from US airports
Monday 21st January 2013 04:41 GMT
I once got in hot water with them when they found a 9mm round in my pocket. It had gotten left in after a trip to the range and forgotten when I cleaned my pockets out, I had to explain several times it was my SHOOTING JACKET "a cammo US field jacket", and they finally let me go, after a half hour of terse explaining. It was still an unpleasant experience........
Microsoft to end Windows 8 discounts on January 31
Happy birthday, Lisa: Apple's slow but heavy workhorse turns 30
Former CEO John Sculley: Apple must adapt or die
Titsup Windows Phone 8 orders user to cram 'boot disc' in mobe
Apple 'slashes iPhone 5 screen orders', tight-fisted fanbois blamed
British armed forces get first new pistol since World War II
Apple rubbishes rumours of iPhone for the masses
Friday 11th January 2013 20:34 GMT
That's fine for you, and for me. We know what we are looking for and what we are buying. If you read this site, this is not a problem you have. (And often as not a problem you understand) For people who live and breathe computers its very hard to internalize that to a lot of people the computer is an impenetrable magic box.
But I've run into this time and time again here. Most people on El Reg keep forgetting we are NOT the "normal people" sadly the vast majority of the unwashed masses don't even know what questions to ask. They ask a friend who is "good with computers" or go by what someone said on TV.
Ask a few random non tech people what CPU their phone has. Most will give you a blank stare. Ask resolution, ask memory. You might as well be speaking Sanskrit.
And yes our warranty situation in the US is not as good as it is across the pond, but if you live in a major city, repair/replace on an iPhone is usually same day. Try to go to most shops to get same day on your Android in the US, and a teenager who would rather you leave will tell you to "Send it to the manufacturer" This is one place Apple is currently ahead of the game over Android, and its one of its stronger selling points. You play Apple a big wad of cash and its their problem. I'm not saying its the best solution, only a very popular one. Especially to people who's only idea of whats wrong is "it stopped working"
Friday 11th January 2013 20:05 GMT
Its a tough choice either way. I'll try for a more partsian reply.
I stand by what I said. and I've run both. They are close enough that no matter which one I use I miss part of the other.
As to appliance VS computer. Ok, I'll pump Android a bit.
My Nexus 7 was very much more a computer than my iPad, I could use multiple apps to do things that iOS has ONE answer for, and no alternative. I could pick my media players, I had browser choice. It seemed I could pick a lot more in actual utilities. And I HAD a real FILE BROWSER! That I really miss. Its far more flexible than the iPad. It's much more like having a small computer. I enjoyed it and I'd not be adverse to owning anther.
The iPad is once again, more like having a TV set. "Or a really big iPod" You turn it on it works, its no prying in the innards policy makes it reliable and idiot proof. But the constraints are chafing. Inability to load some kind of files without playing "Mother May I with iTunes" gets old. Like side loading books with Drobox, On the other hand as a media playback device I like it better, and I prefer it for web browsing. And some of my favorite games don't seem to have android ports "yet"
I'm not against he Android. I wish I could have kept it, but I couldn't justify having money in two tablets. If I had not gotten the iPad as an Xmas present I'd still have it. And I tell the people who ask my advice their options and why they both have their good points.
So there, a positive Android argument? Better? Hopefully I clarified myself a bit.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
