Posts by Adrian Jones

LG touts 'surprisingly productive' iPad killer

The only tablet?

I would've thought Viagra was more successful too...

Underground tunnel complexes FOUND ON MOON

Don't believe everything you're told!

It's just BBC misinformation. They lied to us to stop us building musically powered boats to fly up there and visit.

Our Vulture 1 aircraft begins to take shape

Looking good

Can't wait for the next instalment.

Woman sues Google after highway knockdown

Excuses...

Is "the computer made me do it" going to replace "the devil made me do it"?

Russia launches Cyrillic top-level domain

Hmmm

In Firefox that becomes: http://xn--d1abbgf6aiiy.xn--p1ai/

Nokia unveils digicam-beating cameraphone

"didn't specify how large the sensor actually is"

According to http://www.symbian.org/devices/nokia-n8 and Nokia Conversations website, it's 12-megapixels.

Koobface server pops up in China after HK takedown

Bonnet?

Well, at least they're nicely dressed nowadays...

Nokia launches ash cloud tracker

Hmm,

I get:

'"Ash Cloud"' (0 results)

No items were found that matched your search.

Perhaps it only works for specific Nokia phones?

Labour manifesto: More ID cards, less NHS IT

Future Fair for all?

Will it have dodgems?

London council loses thousands of kids' details

Should've known

Barnet were proposing to style their council services on EasyJet, where you'll just get the basic services, and pay extra for anything else.

Presumably securing your personal data is an extra...

Apple's Mac - the ghostbuster's choice

Some people are never satisfied!

Usually the complaint about Odds & Sods articles is "Where's the IT angle?"

This is in Odds & Sods *and* it has an IT angle.

LG Windows Phone 7 handset out in Q4

Landscape?

I'd rather the phone display reflected the way it's held, rather than the state of the slider. The N95 was much improved when they changed that. This one looks like it's being held in portrait mode.

As for the month not wrapping or zooming, from what I've seen of 7, the phone display is a viewport on a larger display, which would mean that wrapping or shrinking that text to the screen would break the style of the display.

I can't say I'm particularly bothered by it. It's not like I wouldn't be able to see at a glance what the month is from that.

I'd still like an Android version though...

Recession exacerbated Jobcentre computer woes

Jobcentre IT is nothing *but* a problem.

The last time I had to sign on, I registered on-line. Then made an appointment to go into the local jobcentre. Where my details had been printed out for the clerk to re-type them in to her computer, while asking me if each question over again.

Really inspired confidence in their ability to help me.

How chavvy is your town? Find out with the ASBOrometer

A tool for spotting people with ASBOS?

You haven't read Charles Stross's Halting State then?

Windows Phone 7 Series website collapses under weight of traffic

Hmm,

Wonder if it hadn't, there'd be a story about the lack of interest?

I had a poke around there yesterday, but was somewhat surprised that the site couldn't calculate my age accurately from my date of birth.

Fifty Strikes and… we'll tell your Mum

Why I should pay £20?

So when I haven't downloaded anything illegal for a year, will the copyright holders refund my £20?

What about those who download more than £20 worth of illegal data? How do you get the extra from them?

Murdoch puffs Microsoft over Google

Hypocrites.

He claims that Google is stealing his content by linking to his sites, then the Times steals Edgar Wright's tribute to Edward Woodward from his website and edits it to lose the affection and admiration the original had.

All without any contact with the original author.

Amazon punters go mad for 'Laptop Steering Wheel Desk'

Don't forget

To look at the Customer Pictures.

Oxford American Dictionary dubs 'unfriend' Word of the Year

Tramp Stamp

I preferred the Aussies' "Arse-antlers".

Morgan Computers: Your memories

Hope they can continue.

The website is still running (Under News is ElReg's article about them selling the online business!) so maybe there is hope.

I bought my first PC from the New Oxford Street store, then an iPAQ 3630, a Fuji digital camera, an HP all-in-one printer (cheapest way to get a networked scanner!) and lots of odd bits and pieces like USB sticks and network cards.

The only kit I had a problem with was a PVR that was pretty rubbish. Morgan accepted it back without a problem.

One of the few websites that I like to just browse through every now and again, just to see what's available.

Dirty, dirty PCs: The X-rated picture guide

Clearly none of them was running Linux

Or there would've been a Dust Puppy in there.

Murdoch threatens to yank News Corp. from Google News

Simple solution

Google should pull every link to anything Murdoch owned.

See how they like the reduction in traffic / ad revenue.

Toshiba unveils new external 3.5-inch drive

@Man Outraged

Presumably if ElReg had one that they could prise open, then they would have described it themselves, rather than reporting "Toshiba says the product's design has a sleek high gloss finish with a vaporized metallic silver rim and LED activity light with white glow effects."

Average UK broadband just over half advertised speed

As with @Adrian Challinor and @Scott Mckenzie

When I registered with Be (before they upgraded my exchange) they estimated that I'd get 8Mb/s at my address, out of 24Mb/s. Since I was paying more at the time for .5Mb/s I was happy with that.

In fact I get nearer 10Mb/s. If they hadn't been up front, I wouldn't have gone with them.

Perhaps there should be a sliding scale of charges. The closer to the quoted speed you get, the more of the monthly charge you pay.

Electropulse weapon fear spreads to UK politicos

There was a documentary series on this, wasn't there?

Called "Dark Angel"

Mmm. Jessica Alba.

NZ council to scrub Muff Road

Could be problems

Look what happened when they tried to rename Ramsey Street!

Apple iPhone 3GS

Tethering?

Is O2 able to distinguish between tethered internet access and access by the iPhone itself?

It's a little odd that they allow it for other brands of mobile, like the N95, but not an iPhone. It's one of the reasons that I picked the unlimited internet bolt-on.

Don't call me Ishmael

At university...

The computer unit had a Gould mini-computer which was problematic at first. Whenever they brought it up, it went down. After a few repetitions, they called it Zebedee. The next one was slow, so that was Brian. Then came Dougal and Florence. The computer science department called theirs "csgould". No imagination!

When they were replaced with Sun boxen, the servers were given the names of mainline stations in London and the workstations named after the stations along the lines from those stations. I suspect the computer unit staff were train spotters...

I have:

Windows: Kiki (laptop), Zaza (PDA), Hector (Media PC).

Linux: Midge (netbook), Mungo (PC). When I set up a mail server, it'll probably be Pat. (Not Mary, I know too many Marys, who'd probably be annoyed with me!)

Bolivian TV falls for Air France crash hoax

Oh dear.

That was on Snopes just three weeks ago. Does no-one ever check there?

The return of the diskless PC

Colossus?

Does this mean that Bletchley Park will sue them for trademark infringement?

Mole talks up Palm Pré... 2

@Robert Grant

That was my first thought.

My second was; is this an iMole?

Solwise Piggy 6 multi-device powerline network adaptor

Piggy?

Not the best word to be using at the moment...

RFID rag launches radio ID database

Ouch!

"from tracking expenditure of bathing-suited swimmers to administering shock therapy to over-amorous bulls"

I just hope they don't get those two mixed up.

PETA pitches for Pet Shop Animal Shelter Boys

Mmmmm Bacon

Saw this on the Beeb this morning, and also had a BLT for lunch.

I hadn't realised that there was a causal relationship between the two though.

'Nanodiamond' asteroid tracked from space to desert impact

Excellent

Classic boffin hair style there. :)

Canadian cops cry for BlackBerry wiretap

I wonder

Do the Canadian police have a set of keys for Marlene Jennings's houses and cars?

If not, then why hasn't she given them a set? It's an essential tool to allow them to search her property without her knowledge.

Stargazers peer into the 'Eye of God'

Eye of god my arse.

That's where Sauron got to!

MIT boffins fashion working plasma rocket from Coke can

Can't wait to see this

On Blue Peter. :)

Hurlable 360° cam-grenades used by IDF in Gaza

A couple of points

1. Didn't we see this on CSI:New York a while ago?

2. I-Ball? Surely someone has told them it should be iBall. (Or have Apple sewn that one up as well?)

Grifters punt 'get rich quick' scams at Facebook users

I'm getting sick of facebook ads.

They give you an option to mark ads as irrelevant, offensive etc. Yet after marking an advert as offensive, it is invariably replaced with similar one from the same company.

Doesn't seem to make any difference at all.

Samsung Emporio Armani Night Effect designer phone

Style over substance

But that extra illumination will make life easier for muggers.

Wanted: £160k-a-year Twittercrat

Jams?

Is this related to the new M&S sandwich?

Twitter breaks Jam Festival record

"The rest of the world, however, completely ignores it."

Including RegHardware? Oh, no, they've just launched a twitter feed.

UK cops' road accident reporting going paperless

Re: Make the roads safer for all

"...shut down their roadside ATM's and get the traffic cars back on the road."

Whereupon, having been stopped by a traffic car for speeding, he will ask "Why aren't you out catching criminals?"

Humvee with frikkin laser on it takes out killer robot

re: Gunflash

Someone's been watching too many movies.

Everyone knows you have to put on a pair of red glasses before you can see the laser beams.

Or peer through a convenient glass of red wine, of course.

Addonics NASU2 micro USB NAS adaptor

Nice idea...

...but I'll wait for a gigabit version.

Brit loonies adventurers headed to Timbuctoo by 'flying car'

Terrafugia Transition?

Don't know about the car, but the website seems to be parked...

Toaster used to recharge gadgets

Reachable Batteries?

Does it come with an optional extra for batteries which you can't reach?

SkyFire beta goes public

Seems to be working...

On my N95. :-)

Smut email hubby claims iPhone glitch

Nice to see...

...the "Still Sending Naked Email?" article being linked from this one. :)