Posts by Darryl

Ten technology FAILS

Re: Hmmmmm

I can answer two of your points... Betamax wasn't 'far better' than VHS - it was a little better, but the tapes were too short to record anything like a movie without switching to slower speeds and negating the benefits. The later extended versions of Betamax were lower quality, while VHS kept improving. If you're talking about Beta, which was used by TV stations, that's a different animal - much higher quality (and much larger tapes)

And the reason 8 track failed was because of its short usable life... I'm old enough to remember trees on the side of the road draped in long gossamer strands of Dark Side of the Moon after someone's 8 track ate yet another tape. While 8 tracks were more convenient, cassettes were a lot more reliable.

Girlfriend 'tried to MURDER ME with her AMPLE BREASTS'

Re: La petite motorboat?

38DD? Nothing petite about that motorboat!

BlackBerry 10: AWESOME. If the hardware matches it, RIM jobs are safe

network providers are the biggest problem period

FIFY

ESO says dwarf planet Makemake lacks atmosphere

Didja hear about the new restaurant on Makemake?

Food's good, but it's got no atmosphere

Badum-tish

Why do Smart TV UIs suck?

Wow, it took a long time for one of these helpful, informative comments this time, didn't it?

Google hires top US traffic fed for driverless cars project

Re: Sweepstake

The world already has vehicles that people do not have to drive themselves...they're called feet.

Nokia HERE today with decent mapping on Apple devices

Re: Obvious choice?

Ah, the old favourite:

"I don't need/like what the author is suggesting so therefore he's a troll"

Glorious silicon globes could hold key to elusive PERFECT kilogram

Re: Leap Seconds

See? DST is the reason we have global warming... All those summer days with the sun heating things up for an extra hour, what do you expect?

(Just figured I'd get in on the crackpot theories too)

Facebook: Give us your credit card and pals' addresses as GIFTS

Re: bit of a non starter

No problem. Just start buying them all cupcakes... Sooner or later someone will talk to you, if only to tell you to stop buying them cupcakes...

Thought you'd escaped Twitter? Think again as Twits get email button

Re: Spam filter

And some method of counting the 'twitter' spam generated from each email address, then permanently blocking the email address of serial twit spammers.

BOFH: Hasta la Vista... luser

Re: Browser bars and Antiviruses

Wow, you just described my father-in-law's PC which is still sitting on my desk at home after a full format-n-reinstall. I think the only thing in your list that he didn't have was a bonzi buddy

Samsung readies bendy smarties for 2013

Queue more iFan rants about 'build quality!', 'metal and glass, not cheap plastic!'

El Reg mulls Forums icon portfolio shake-up

Re: Brain Surgery

This ain't rocket surgery, ya know

Re: Handbags at Dawn

Yeah, like A and B would actually be embarassed and shut up. You new around here?

ROGUE PLANET WITHOUT A SUN spotted in interstellar space

Re: Blue Dwarf

How about 'Smurf' then?

Apple granted patent for ebook page-turning

Re: Patent roulette

What about the special effect where the first and last few pages fall out of the binder because the holes get torn from constantly opening and closing the binder? Then they could add virtual reinforcements (either the pre-pasted or the patented iLick version)

Ah, but did they just append the magic words "on a mobile device" like usual?

Industry in 'denial' as demand for pricey PCs plunges

Re: I upgraded

Yeah, but I bet you'll still be using that thing, unchanged, in 5 or 6 years

Re: Hardcore gamers

I'm the same - Was using an old P4 HT homebuilt up til a few months ago, when my brother-in-law, who's one of those 'gotta have the latest toys' types upgraded his 4 core AMD Phenom to a 6 core. I got the hand-me-down. Otherwise, I'd still be running the P4

'iPhone 5S' said to begin trial production next month

Re: Munster

Oops... Forgot to add the rest of the line...

...just starts ignoring them, like they (hopefully) will with these analysts.

Re: Munster

Well, they don't usually bugger off so much as the media gets tired of them being wrong over and over and just starts ignoring them.

What a clockup! Apple's Swiss clock knock-off clocks up $21m fine

You DID see the reply to a similar comment above that pointed out that Apple patented the rectangle, didn't you?

Acer lowballs on price with Celeron-powered C7 Chromebook

A 1.1 GHz celeron?

Probably still better off waiting for clearance sales and getting last year's 'decent' laptop for the same price or slightly more.

Samsung turns screws on Apple, hikes A6 processor price 20%

Re: ....that actually make things....

What things does Apple make then? Physical things, not software, designs, patents, or lawsuits.

Worried dad invents pepper-spray iPhone case

"Here, look at this cute picture I took of my cat!"

<phoosh>

AHHHHHGGGHHHHH!

"Oh, sorry. Forgot to tell you not to hold it that way."

A bitter spill to swallow, or 'how to smeg up your keyboard'

Re: Anyone else..?

I remember back at school, they used to regularly round up all of the KBs in each lab and load them into the industrial dishwasher in the cafeteria. Since then, I've run probably dozens of different ones, expensive and cheap through a cycle and it's always worked. Don't bother taking them all apart first though - just a waste of time. To dry, stand them on end for a day or two or prop them face-down over a forced air heating vent.

Edible iPhone case goes on sale in Japan

So is this like edible underwear to those who REALLY love their iPhone?

Office for Android, Apple iOS: 'REALLY REAL this time' - report

that Works

President Obama declares VICTORY over JUSTIN BIEBER

Don't get the idea of retweeting something like that... Somebody didn't know?

Apple rejects NAKED HIPPIE ebook, despite apple coverup

THERE's yer problem

Those apples aren't McIntosh... Looks more like Delicious or maybe Royal Gala

Solar eclipse due November 14th

Re: If I can just hang on for eighty more years

I only have to wait 32 more years(!)

Google expects Apple to block its not crap iOS maps app

Re: No, not exactly

The quote says 'smartphone users'. While the iPhone options may be more expensive than a standalone unit, Google Maps is included with Android phones.

Mexico to Apple: You WILL NOT use the name 'iPhone' here

Re: awesome

Only if you're not in the US

How arrogant

"Yes, you've had the name iFone registered for four years longer than we've had the name iPhone registered, but we're Apple, so we're going to force you to change your name, because, well, we're Apple, and we can do no wrong."

Reminds me of the NHL's Minnesota Wild. One of the first things they did when the team was named was to send a cease-and-desist letter to a nature group in Manitoba, Canada, who'd had the nerve to publish a magazine named 'Wild' for years before the team existed.

Love to see this kind of arrogance beaten down.

or iTV

We don’t talk any more... on the commute

Re: Nicely put

Sorry, if I'm on a train and some joker I've never seen before is whispering to sleeping people and jumping up and down waving at me, I'm going to think he/she's off his/her rocker, not just weird, and I'm going to do everything in my power to avoid him/her.

Hmm, I think I'll order an iPad Mini on Amazon ... Oh no I won't

I agree with AC @ 17:26. The inability of the Kindle to sync with iTunes and log into iCloud should be listed as selling features.

Paintballs proposed as defense against ASTEROID ATTACK

Re: A brilliant idea

Don't you remember the lessons you learned playing Asteroids? If you blast a giant asteroid, you end up with a whole bunch of smaller, but still deadly ones. And we don't have a hyperspace button...

Dr No, Thunderball, Casino Royale? Vote now for the best Bond film

Re: Dalton fan checking in

Worst part about Dalton was his single facial expression - angry guy.

Re: Live and let die

McCartney!

Never liked GnR

Kick your computer... before it kicks you

Re: it was enormously satisfying to thump it and have it spring back to life, everytime.

The correct term for that is "percussive maintenance" and it was one of the first things I was taught back in Electronic Engineering classes.

Microsoft has no plans for a second Windows 7 Service Pack

Try this on your Win7 PC... Right-click on the desktop and choose 'Gadgets'. Then click on 'Get more gadgets online'...

"Because we want to focus on the exciting possibilities of the newest version of Windows, the Windows website no longer hosts the gadget gallery. "

Re: It's egg-on-face time again! - not

Actually, most of the people I've asked that question in the past respond with "Google." And they're not talking about the Chrome browser, either.

Re: Of course there will be no SP2.....

I think I recall MS being guilted into releasing XP SP3 after never planning to as well.

Re: You mean nothing to me know I have you.

No, they're not supposed to go away, they're supposed to come back and buy more of our stuff. The manufacturing world's business practice of Planned Obsolescence is finally making it into the software world.

Re: LOL...

Plus, they call it a 'zee' instead of a proper 'zed'

It's official: Apple will reveal 'a little more' on October 23

Re: How about...

And besides, isn't the correct noun 'a gaggle of helpful live bloggers'?

Microsoft Surface: Designed to win, priced to fail

Re: SSD?

So take your $100 NewEgg gift card and buy an SSD

Windows 8 ads hit US screens: Death Metal, exploding laptops

Re: good showcase

Yup, all those years and all that money spent on ergonomic-ifying (whatever) the workstation, all thrown out the window when workers start getting RSIs from reaching out to touch their monitors every few seconds.

13-inch 'Retina Display' MacBook Pro to uncloak next Tuesday?

Re: Nope, nuh-huh, not a chance

"dilute the message" = "get only half the free advertising from media coverage of fans lining up outside Apple stores"