Posts by Sam Therapy

YouGov tests the waters on internet snooping

Phorm?

Wouldn't surprise me if they're punting their nasty stuff to paranoid governments. Also wouldn't surprise me if our lot took it on.

1984's MacPaint source code hits web

Great app.

I loved Mac Paint and then later on the Amiga, Deluxe Paint.

I'll have to fire up the Amiga emulator and get Deluxe Paint running again.

The Register comment guidelines 2010

Thanks

As you said in the article, you use common sense. Your posted rules also use common sense.

Have you ever noticed how uncommon it is, though?

Hillier appeals to transgender community to save ID cards

I agree with Robert E Harvey

Nuff said.

UK.gov scraps stop'n'search terror power

A step in the right direction

Not that Dibble will take any notice.

Phorm issues shares to raise cash

Agree with many of the previous posters

Die, you scabby bastards. Painfully.

Renault DeZir: 'leccy sex machine

As stated above...

The French make lousy cars, Renault being one of the worst. Apart from Citroen. Or Peugeot.

Dixons renames itself Dixons

Same old same old

A dog turd with a nice new label on it is still a dog turd.

Women reveal all for X-rayted pin-up calendar

Re: CGI or not

It's simple to make a 3D render of something like this. Even a hobbyist with a 3D app like Poser can make this sort of image in minutes.

Full marks for the calendar idea, though.

Canadians form adulterers' privacy campaign

The view from the other side

Having been the husband of a cheating (ex) wife, I only hope her ex is laughing this up and enjoying every moment.

HP and Yahoo! team up to print ads in your home

Is this partnership called...

YaHPoo?

Police complaints body gets a kicking for FOI law-breaking

@Skipraider

Yep. I'm pursuing several complaints against South Yorkshire Police and that's exactly what's happening here.

Business leaders call for health cuts

They're coming out of the woodwork...

Are any of you really surprised at this? The BCC have a willing ear for their whining, finally.

Conroy pledges to stop spams infecting Aussies' portals

Of course he sounds like an idiot...

...because he is. He's a politico.

Simples.

Where's the bleedin' meerkat icon, then?

Bill defines 'personal information' to avoid strengthening DPA penalties

I told you so...

Is anyone honestly surprised at this?

ID cards poster girl laments her £30

Maybe the current administration could rename the fee...

... to a Stupidity Tax?

Approaching space object 'artificial, not asteroid' says NASA

TARDIS junk

You all saw the chunk the Doc grabbed last week? This is the rest of it, complete with the "bigger on the inside" bits poking out.

Mine's the one with the sonic screwdriver in the pocket.

PS The New Paradigm Daleks are crap.

World Cup magic captured in Microsoft Paint

HTFC World is the best footy fan site, ever.

And that's all.

BT quotes pensioner £150,000 to get broadband

@Stewart Wood

Yep they do. People seem to forget - Ionica was part of BT.

US airmen hornswoggled by Transformers email trick

All of which goes to show...

The number of idiots out there is double the amount anyone thought. At least.

No wonder the Nigerian scams still work.

Dotcom socialite says: Vote Tory

F*ck democracy

I wouldn't trust any of those bastards to run a bath, never mind the country. If there's anyone out there who honestly thinks Cameron is going to be a better bet than Brown, they are hopelessly naive.

As for the economic shite we've been in recently, that's unrestricted capitalism for you.

Just don't start griping when the Tories start to screw you over in ways you never even thought of.

Tories drop opposition to UK.gov DNA plans

Epic fail

This should convince anyone with a shred of hope that politicians of any party are a bunch of spineless, money grabbing, power hungry careerists.

Anyone who believes Cameron's Clowns will be better than Brown's Buffoons is naive beyond belief.

As one of the many innocents who has their DNA on file I'm extremely pissed off. Not in the least bit surprised, though.

Cops' quango to come under freedom of information laws

@ Mike Street

Because he was lying, perhaps?

BT hijacks business browsers

Nothing new about this

Back in the day when I had a BT landline, I moved house and changed my number. Had ex-directory because I was hacked off with telemarketing calls. Yes, it was way back when. Anyhow, some numpty at BT decided to call me trying to sell stuff. Not pleased, I told 'em not to call. "But you're a BT customer" says they. "Not for much fucking longer" says I.

Believe it or not, they actually knocked 50 quid off me bill for that.

Police reject Tory plans for elected chiefs

Support your local bobby

From the gallows, preferably.

Biggest difference between the Police and other criminals is criminals don't usually go around in uniforms.

Bitter, who, me?

Polaroid enthusiasts unveil new instant film

@John Stepp

My digital is SLR. Olympus E300. About 5 years old now and beats the pants off most things available then and even now.

Tory 'Cash Gordon' campaign suffers Web2.0rhea bum rush

Dear sweet pink baby Jesus...

"Thinking outside the box"? Where's my gat?

Police National Database will have audit trail

Yawnorama

Considering the legal bods at ECHR deemed many of the details on this are being held illegally(including mine), there should be a massive amount of abuses reported by the audit trail.

Since we all know it's yet more PR bullshit, it ain't gonna happen.

Home Secretary swats away calls for Mosquito ban

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I'm 50 and I can hear the damn things. I have tinnitus, too. I wondered what the damn annoying set me teeth on edge noise was (the missis had gone out) until I found out a few places round here have 'em.

At the other end of the scale, I believe there's a low frequency sound which can make people shit themselves and another one which will make a human skull explode. There's got to be some potential there.

Anyone remember Kate Bush's "Experiment IV"?

Hull Daily Mail pulls porncoder comments

I don't want to type a bleeding title!

Most provincial papers are at the same level, so no big surprise really. In fact, most papers are at that level.

BTW, it could be much worse than Hull or Manchester. Try living in Rotherham. Festering chav filled sink hole eyesore.

Large Hadron Collider to fire up again next Thursday

@ spiritual_watcher

FFS boil yer head.

Yes, it did fire up next week

We were all killed then recreated and now live in an alternate bubble universe but it's impossible to tell from the original, in the same way that an mp3 is indistinguishable from the original recording... erm...

Mine's the one with the SACD in the pocket.

Airport scanners face double exposure

Reality check

Whether or not you agree these scanners are necessary, practical, morally acceptable, properly used, you must all realize that - given the government's track record - the laws will be rewritten in their favour, should a legal challenge be mounted.

Me, I think they're wrong in so many ways. Lazy, invasive, impractical and too open to abuse. Probably a lot more reasons too but that's all I can think of right now.

Directgov kids' site apes explosive gay porn brand

there is no title

I take it nobody in the relevant department bothered to do any background research on the name before they made it go live.

Christ on toast, researching a name is pretty basic business practise for launching a new anything. Bleedin' idiots.

Four UK politicians charged for dodgy expenses

As has been said before, Guy Fawkes...

...was the only man to enter Parliament with honest intent.

Webcam saves stranded man

Pedant alert!

He got disoriented, not disorientated.

Head of Stats warns politicians: 'Hands off our numbers!'

As Vic Reeves once said...

99% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Peppa Pig told to belt up

I must have a warped mind

The first thing I noticed was Peppa Pig's head looks worryingly like a schoolkid's drawing of a penis.

China's doomed attempt to hold the world to ransom

Excellent article!

Thoroughly enjoyable and well written.

New Labour bring old Nuremberg Laws to Britain

@ Coltek

100% agreement here.

France floats Google music-and-movie tax

@ AC - Abroad

Yer last para... typo, surely.

Paris because she makes as much sense as yer last para.

Nexus One web address used to punt smoky jazz

I still think Phoogle is a better name.

n/t

'Peeping Tom' caught on own camera

Heh

Weapons grade stupidity.

Paramount prepares to scale Dune

@ Head

Provided they edit out the endless references to "enzyme bonded concrete" and put in a chase sequence at the end that's worth the time and trouble.

Hamilton's books have some great ideas but suffer because he doesn't know when to stop writing.

As for Dune, I'll reserve judgement. I don't blame Lynch for what happened to his version. I gather there was a lot of studio interference.

And yes, the best version ever is in my head.

Google uncloaks the Nexus One

Product names

May I propose a new colloquial name for this - and perhaps the ones which follow in its wake - Google branded phone?

The Phoogle.

Mine's the one with the ancient V3 in the pocket.

Boys in blue caught breaking IT rules

F*ck the Police (pt II)

As an innocent man who has his DNA held by the bastards in blue, I'm really hacked off there's one rule for them and one rule for us. I always knew that was the case but it really sticks in my craw when we have our noses rubbed in it like this.

It should be obvious to anyone by now the Police are totally out of control. They don't do a good job of preventing crime, catching criminals or keeping the streets safe, so what purpose do they serve, other than to line their own pockets and have a great time at our expense?

Support your local copper. With a stout rope.

Dan O’Bannon dies at 63

RIP

Gret imaginative writer. A sad loss.

Plod to retain personal data from DNA innocents

F*ck the police

Yup, I've been following this very closely. I was arrested, charged, went through all the process, including a trial. Found Not Guilty. The twats in blue still have my DNA for no good reason.

Ice-T, anyone?

File-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet

[voice of Peter Kay's dad]Mandelson? Am I hearing you right?[/voice of Peter Kay's Dad]

Dear God that's like asking Fred West to babysit.

Not that any of the other lying, self serving, expenses fiddling, power hungy set of bastards would be any better.

Perhaps we should shoot all politicians and start again.

Not anon because I'm past caring.

SF's rogue admin finally gets day in court

O RLY?

I was recently the defendent in a not particularly pleasant and rather complex case. The Jury were as average a cross section of people as you could imagine but they used sense and found me Not Guilty.

I have absolutely no faith in the Police and CPS et all but the public in this instance were bang on.