Posts by buckie

Firefox 'Do Not Track' header wins first convert

It's the bad websites that ruin web advertising for the rest...

Like the ones that turn the excess border round the page into a default click-through to a 3rd party...

...shame on them.

Apple plays whack-a-dev after WWDC sellout

Timings

Hopefully they'll not be using their iPhones on the day or they'll all be turning up late for the borefest.

Supermarket techie in mega loyalty-point blag

Taxman

I'd be wary of dumping other people's points into my card (if I had one)... My memory is failing but didn't the taxman sequester the activity on some poor unfortunate's Nectar card a few years ago as evidence in a case of suspected misdeclaration of income?

Prince Wills and Cameron push England World Cup bid

Fantastic attempt!

[fx: desperate crowbaring sound]

"The outcome of the bid opens up possible opportunities for domain name squatters. Whoever wins the announcement is a significant news event, which makes it a candidate for search engine manipulation in order to trick users into visiting scareware portals."

:)

Top Ten Arcade Classics

#Matthew Rose

Zaxxon, Tempest = Good Taste.

The arcade machines that kept high scores even after being turned off were a great step forward at the time. "All Time Greats" etc :) Used to be top on Tempest at our arcade, few years later went to an Arcade few miles away in Blackpool and there I was...

Also worth a mention

Mr Do's Castle: Still Playable.

Rip Off: Vector graphics, load of triangles in the middle of the screen that you had to stop getting nicked by waves of baddies. Right I think I'm done for the day!

Seagate sued for 'fraudulently hiring engineer'

3rd rule of contracting?

Wade in like Paul Scholes without read the supporting material...

...no mention of him being a contractor??

Croydon Advertiser blows lid on 'sinister' brothel

Admirable restraint exercised

in avoiding the use of the phrase "cock up" in this article...

...oh bugger!

Commodore 64 reincarnated as quad-core Ubuntu box

C64? Hmmm...

...looks more like a Texas instruments Ti-99/4A to me.

Council deforests beauty spot to combat dogging

Not so much a Friend of the Earth...

as a passing acquaintance?

Brian Jackson, of Friends of the Earth, described the felling as "absurd". He insisted: "The conifer trees in this area are very valuable in providing windbreaks and attracting rainfall to the area."

As any miserably sodden Lancastrian will tell you, orography takes care of attracting more than enough rainfall to the foothills of the Pennines without the need for tree-bothering environ-mentalists helping the matter along, thankyewverymuch.

'It's Britney, bitch' riding high again

re: re: Leave Britney ALONE......

Oooh,

Chris, Anonymous Vulture, that's an Internet faux-pas boys. You missed a meme and... I caught you missing a meme!!

Super!