Posts by Darryl

Sleek new Macs violate fanbois' Retinas with display garbage

To me, those screencaps look like actual visual representations of the RDF in action... Wonder if maybe it's just a bit of RDF debugging code left in by accident.

Symantec update killed biz PCs in three-way software prang

Re: In my experience...

Nah, that just shows laziness on Symantec's part... Their software now requires other software working in concert to perform the one task that Symantec's software used to be relied on to be able to do by itself.

Reg hack bumps into Cockfighter

Don't call him Shirley

Tablets, copycats and Weird Al Yankovic

Re: Erk! I've just read the Daily Heil!

I remember being in a Best Buy in Chicago and laughing at the iMac styled microwave ovens, toasters, and irons

'Extreme' solar storm speeding straight towards Earth

Re: This is all we need.

AC/DC falling off a bridge

Does that mean we're on the Highway to Hell?

Apple MacBook Pro 13in

Re: 16:10 vs 16:9

I'd prefer someone go back to good ol' 4:3 on a laptop

Retina MacBook Pro nukes Apple's green credentials

Re: tell us what you think Apple's 4,700 US staff actually do

Hey, Flying Dutchman... I think you made an error there:

Department of Truth: 390

Patent Lawyers: 4,000

You're welcome

RIM: Maybe we can't flog BlackBerrys, but would you like a jet?

Cartoon in today's papers in many Canadian cities:

http://www.dolighan.com/image-view.php?image=dolighan_cartoon_jul1012.jpg

Finnish boffins don tinfoil hats, admit Northern Lights are noisy

Re: Deniers

Ah, but the thing is, the scientists said that that the mere mortals who claimed that there were noises ('noisers') were nutters and that the 'settled science' proved them wrong. Now they've had to admit that there might be some validity to the 'noisers's claims and the settled science ain't so settled after all.

UK judge hands Samsung win for being 'not as cool' as iPad

Re: So

In the immortal words of Zaphod Beeblebrox the iPad is so cool you could keep a side of beef in it for a week, but the Galaxy Tab is so unhip it's a wonder it's bum doesn't fall off.

Burnt Samsung Galaxy S III singed by external source, probe reveals

Re: 'Dave 126 Rule 2

The trade school that I attended used to load all of the labs' keyboards in the industrial dishwasher in the cafeteria for cleaning. I'll admit I was a little leery when I first saw that, but I've had 100% success doing the same. Just have to make sure they dry out completely before use. My favourite drying method is propping them upside-down over a forced-air heat vent.

'Amazon plans iPhone-killing Android mobe' – report

Pretty sad when part of your business plan has to be building up a patent portfolio that you can use as ammo in the inevitable ridiculous patent war with Apple & MS

Trekkie pays £45,000 for rusty shuttle

Re: Big mistake

Thanks Steven... I looked at my post again and decided it made me look a little 'nerdy' but in comparison to someone who has the Star Fleet Technical Manual.... !

Big mistake

The warp nacelles are missing... You have any idea how much those are going to cost to replace?

Wait... Did the shuttlecraft in TOS have warp capability? If they didn't, then those are obviously just floats for water landings and I retract my earlier complaint.

Did your iPhone 'just stop working' - or did you drop it in your BEER?

Re: They've done this for ages, haven't they?

I don't think I can recall ever seeing a mobile phone WITHOUT these little white spots that turn red when they get wet. So if I'm reading this correctly, Apple's patenting it because they stuck it in a different spot on the phone?

Web stat WTF: iOS beats Android 3 to 1, iOS and Android tied

Thanks for clearing that up, David. I'd often wondered how these numbers were arrived at.

Re: Disabling data....

Yep.

WARNING Anecdotal Statistics Alert!

I have a few friends who use Androids and iPhones with no data plans. They use wifi exclusively for their data needs. Hell, the only reason I use 3G is because the company's paying for it.

iPhone spontaneously combusts on CCTV

Re: US Patent 9087094: babecue...

Next:

An injunction banning the import of Samsung devices based on their sale causing irreparable harm to Apple's business based on this patent.

Apple's UK smartphone lead shrinks

Re: Still Not as Smart as Apple ..

Other thing I noticed - in print ads (flyers specifically), it looks like Apple stipulates that their products can't be on the same page as the competition's. This must also increase the cost of advertising.

Well, either make more money or not have to pay Apple for the privilege of selling their phone.

CANNIBAL! Apple's 7.85in iPad will EAT 9.7in iPad sales

Re: On the other hand

That's almost as good as the BBC reporter (don't remember who) who claimed that most cars on UK roads only have one occupant, usually the driver.

Dimming the lights on smart(arse) TV

Re: Remote controls

Our cable company has a 'free replacement' policy on remotes for cable boxes and DVRs, whether leased or owned, which it pretty nice of them. Problem is, the company who makes the remotes decided that on their latest version, they should shuffle a bunch of the buttons around (seemingly randomly) and then paint a large number of the clear plastic buttons black, leaving the function reverse typed in about 3.5 point type on the face. Took a long time to get used to the previous remote, and it's extremely hard to retrain your finger memory for differently placed buttons. Add to that having to remove glasses/put on reading glasses to be able to read the annoying black ones, and it's making me seriously consider going out to purchase a couple Logitech Harmonys.

Bonking for money to be built into the next iPhone

Re: Everyone will love it !

Sadly, even if it's totally useless, it'll STILL be the talk of the town

Acer big cheese: Microsoft Surface sales will be 'superficial'

Re: Business Users and Corporates

OK, I'll bite...

I'd love to try an Air, but I don't have that kind of cash

Huawei Ascend G300 budget Android

C'est dommage

Apple's iPhone 5 connector said to be a control freak

No matter

If they do change the connector, there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth, but people will still buy them because they're iPhones.

As an aside, I can't see a magsafe connector making the phone more secure in a car mounting scenario. I thought the idea of magsafe was to make them quick-breakaway so that you didn't pull your Macbook off the desk when you tripped over the cord. Or at least that's what the "I'm a Mac" guy told us.

Kodak's using bankruptcy to rob us of our rights – Apple

Re: Apple demonstrated ideas without patenting them first?

I found the idea of Apple not having patented something the moment they found out somebody else had thought of it before Apple did as rather odd.

Why I love Microsoft’s vapourware tablet

Re: I'm intruiged by it...

@AC - I admit, I'm not sold on Win 8 for the desktop, but it IS an OS designed for a touch interface. Should be pretty OK on a Surface.

And all ARM tablets are stuck with the OS that they shipped with. iPad only runs iOS, Transformer only runs Android. (Well, without hacking anyways)

Worst ones are AC's who moan just for the sake of something to say in the comments

Samsung to probe Galaxy S III blaze claim

Re: Who cares

I thought only MS and Google did widgets, not Apple

Chick-lit naughty girl MP Mensch starts own web-jabber service

Re: Ban politicans on twitter

Or better yet, ban Twitter!

Mad Apple patent: Cloneware to convince trackers you don't like porn

Re: Not a new idea, why in the hell was this patent granted?

Yes, but now Apple can sue them into oblivion.

Re: Would use of such a service be seen as an attempt to pervert the course of justice?

...as opposed to El Reg where there's a torrent of human generated drivel directed at the forums?

Samsung S3 finally catches up with the Palm Pre - if modified

Re: wireless misnomer

Other difference I can see is efficiency loss introduced by adding another link to the chain. A very inefficient link at that.

'Jogobot' lures lonely lardies

Fun and games

I'm thinking that this might be one of the more fun new inventions that one could hack remotely. Imagine being able to chase/harass joggers with their own drone!

iOS was SO much more valuable to Google than Android - until Maps

Re: thoughts on search...

I just can't see people accepting anything other than Google for search. The 'average' smartphone user (and no, I'm not slagging iPhone users) is the user who takes a few photos, sends texts, updates their Facebook status, and maybe makes a call once in a while. You know, the type who really don't need that expensive smartphone and could probably get along with a much cheaper one. To people like these, Google is the internet (or at least the homepage of the internet) These are the people who 'Google' things, and they'd be very confused if they tried to Google something on Bing or some new Apple search engine.

Can't watch Flash vids in Firefox? It's not just you

I think any help article that suggests the user uninstall Realplayer is extremely helpful.

Mystery buyer scoops working Apple 1 at auction

<Obligatory ridiculously expensive Apple product comment>

Apple adds gay and lesbian icons to iOS 6 messaging

Not much in the way of non-caucasians either, regardless of sexual orientation, orally challenged or otherwise

Tim Cook reveals 'great' update for Mac Pro

Jeez, JDX. Do you have a death wish??

NEVER use the term "PC" as a description of an Apple product. People have been killed for less.

Over 40 Magnifier

Re: What's wrong with just taking a picture?

and a magnifying glass would not only save you the £1.49 for the app, but also the £500 for the iPhone

Updated MacBook Air sports tweaked SSD tech

Old drive by Samsung, new drive by Toshiba

Wonder if there's an ulterior motive there.....

Apple silences mute kids' speech app in patent blowup

Re: big surorise...

Actually, Prentke Romich doesn't just make an app. They sell a device that does basically what the iPad app does, and charge extortionate prices for it. For all that money, you get a touchscreen that does what Speak For Yourself does and nothing else. You can buy an iPad and Speak For Yourself for a fraction of the cost of the device and then you have all of the other functionality of the iPad too.

Now that their product has been shown to be limited and overpriced, they have to resort to litigation.

HTC handsets hit by grip of death

Re: Really?

My old Nexus S has been chugging along flawlessly since the day I received it. It crashed once, forcing a battery pull after I installed a flaky VPN app. Other than that, I think it's only even been turned off once or twice and rebooted once after the ICS upgrade.

I still think that most of the problems you hear about (or experience) with smartphones, whether Android, iPhone, WinPhone, Blackberry, etc. are actually caused by apps.

Samsung 'to launch Galaxy S III in US', snubs Apple's ban bid

Re: It's a good job the USPTO wasn't this stupid 100 years ago...

...then Apple could patent "Using electricity to power a device on a mobile device".

"Samsung was also peeved that Apple waited until just days before the hearing to try to get the S III onto the injunction request, saying that it had announced the product a month ago and Cupertino hadn't said a word about it until now."

Well, of course. Apple wasn't concerned about the new Galaxy until they saw the pre-order numbers and realized that the S3 was REALLY making the iPhone look like an antique and consumers were ordering the new, exciting phone in huge numbers. They then fell back on their usual business method - If it works better than ours, litigate and hope to get it banned.

Windows 8: Not even Microsoft thinks businesses will use it

Re: At the time of Windows 3.x ...

"In a couple of years when business is forced to upgrade from XP or Win 7 the transition won't be as bad.'

I don't think so. Considering business is mostly in the process of upgrading from XP to Win 7 right now, I think Andrew is right - we'll just skip over Win 8 in the business world, like we did with Vista. Also, when we were busy skipping over Vista, users were buying Vista computers at home, and there weren't any issues with them learning the two different interfaces.

Touchscreens to get finger friendly

Re: Blackberry Storm

Yeah, but the whole screen 'clicked' and all it really managed to do was give users sore fingers from pressing the screen down instead of just tapping.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 'a harmful drug', says Apple in ban bid fail

Re: "Design dilution"?

Well, actually, Samsung and all of the other Android and Windows tablet makers are costing Apple sales. If no-one else was allowed to make tablets, then if you wanted one, you'd have no choice but to buy an iPad.

*shudder*

Milky Way DOOMED to high-speed smash with Andromeda galaxy

Re: The simulations look impressive

"If you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe."