* Posts by Richard Jennings

8 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Oct 2007

Mega spam-spewing Grum botnet finally KO'd

Richard Jennings

Re: Holy CRAP I didn't know Dubya had a TARDIS...

No TARDIS needed

http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/defense/a/Us-Foreign-Policy-After-9-11.htm

The speech is perhaps best remembered for this remark. "[W]e will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism," said Bush. "Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists."

Richard Jennings
FAIL

Ever since Dubya, we've had to put up with this ...

"that's been something of a safe haven"

Is that as opposed to an unsafe haven ?

Atari turns 40: Pong, Pac-Man and a $500 gamble

Richard Jennings

No noun that can't be verbised ...

"and went on to architect the Apple I and II"

How about "and went on to DESIGN the Apple 1 and 11" ?

Philips 46PFL9706T 46in 3D smart TV

Richard Jennings

Re: Really ?

it was the "stalk insect prey" bit I was querying ...

Richard Jennings

Really ?

"non-reflective properties of a moth’s peeper. In nature this helps said insect stalk prey"

You sure about this ? Doesn't sound like the moths down my way ...

So, what IS the worst film ever made?

Richard Jennings

Artemis 81 is the worst film I've ever had the misfortune to watch, and that's 2 hours of my life I deeply regret losing

Hundreds for chop as Tiscali launches Pipex jobs purge

Richard Jennings

Yep, Nildram are excellent

Not the cheapest, but don't need to call support very often (once a year, max)

and performance is very good. Reasonable bandwidth limts (50 Gb per month between 8AM and midnight, unrestricted outside those hours) and good data rates (4 - 5 mbits, 2 miles from the exchange)

Hopefully, Tiscali don't screw Nildram up

BSkyB sues EDS for £709m

Richard Jennings
Happy

A friend of mine who works for them

says that EDS is widely held - among the poor sods who work there - to stand for "Every Day's Shit"