Posts by Sillyfellow

'Alien spies live among us' says Bulgarian gov space boffin

agreed

and a perceptive post. check this out..

from oldest to newest..

Nicola Tesla : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt8Y93k0pB0

Dr Robert Adams : http://www.rexresearch.com/adamotor/adamotor.htm

Prof. Searle : www.searleffect.com (not too sure about this one though)

George Mitchell : http://keelynet.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/new-self-powering-generator/ & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-MQvzOCNSI

and now myself too : http://www.squidoo.com/alternative-energy-thinkgreen

and these are just the ones based on electromagnetics, there's still the ones extracting energy from water etither using aluminium, water and some chemical, or, using water, salt and sonics..

planting ideas

well, maybe aliens have been planting ideas in peoples heads. say, we have a fantastic idea all of a sudden.. who's to say where that idea came from.

if someone thinks something is their own idea then they'll probably be much more receptive of it, so it seems to me this would be a good way of doing things. removes the complication of the hysteria and kookiness of 'an alien told me'.

;?)

maybe some do.

hehe. funny.

if an advanced race came here from another star system or dimension, it's plausible that for them, creating fake documents and infiltrating the computer systems would be a doddle. so maybe some would have a valid visa or any documents they desire for that matter.

or, maybe they wouldn't need a visa, you know, if they had invisibility cloaks or were master hypnotists "you can't seeeee meeee, i am nooooottttt here". hehe.

sorry,

i don't speak Bulgarian.

outside perspective

crop circles are still a mystery to me, but regardless of who made them and what they mean, they sure are absolutely beautiful to look at. surley that has enough value in itself?

anyhows, try to imagine what a visiting advanced species would think when they see all the crazy shit going on in this world. especially considering how clever and 'civilized' we're supposed to be.

PS. really like the new comments layout. nice work el reg.

:?)

Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too

..and we're expected to know the law? how?

yes, can someone please tell me how we can possibly be expected to know the law, with all these crazy and constant changes taking place? often in secret.

now that mandy is about to get powers to change things about whenever and however he (alone) sees fit...

"so that it, in future, new communications technologies allow creative content to be unlawfully copied in new ways, remedies can be developed and implemented more quickly and flexibly than might otherwise be possible, so that emerging threats can be addressed in a targeted way".

and we're expected, by law, to know at any given time what the law is? how exactly?

does anyone even know how many laws we have, never mind what they all are ??

ridiculous !!

Amazon punters go mad for 'Laptop Steering Wheel Desk'

and another great review. hehe.

By Jamie O'Shaughnessy

...

There is one problem though. In several accidents that I have had whilst using this, the airbag causes the laptop screen to slam shut. I've suffered several broken fingers because of this. I have started to look around for airbag finger protection but have not yet found any...

http://www.amazon.com/review/RGPRDW6DCVCV4/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt/175-1581521-2489356#RGPRDW6DCVCV4

New 'reversible' paralysis-ray turns victims blue, flaccid

can't breathe

have these scientists considered that just maybe the test subjects turned blue because they couldn't breathe?

it's plausible that a paralysis can cause a 'subject' to cease to be able to breathe.

NASA maps Mars with child labor web games

the entire surface?

including the normally omitted 'uninteresting' 2 small polar regions usually (conveniently) not mapped for some reason or another ?

i somehow doubt that and think only certain pre-selected areas will be shown to the public.

Election makes net snooping a pariah policy

maintain capability ?

what is meant by "maintain capability" ?

I thought gvt were 'pushing ahead' to get 'necessary legislation' for new powers which would give the 'authorities' NEW capabilities. which wouldn't be 'maintaining' or 'retaining' anything.

unless of course they have already being doing this illegally without 'necessary legislation', in which case that would explain the use of the terms 'maintain' and 'retain'.

More delays for UK.gov's net snooping programme

retain capability ?

how can the enforcement agencies retain something they don't have yet?

sounds like a bunch of blustering nonsense to me.

they want 'necessary laws' to allow them force, i mean enforce, things to Increase their capabilities, which isn't retaining anything, it's getting something new. dumbasses.

EU block to Mandelson's filesharing laws removed

re: vote for change

NOT. as others have pointed out, voting will solve nothing, in fact it's our support of this horribly corrupt self-serving governmental (mental) system that has landed in this predicament.

i've never voted and never will, because i refuse to support these corrupt politicians or their system.

this is an open threat

this is an open threat to the people of England from our unelected master overlords.

so, since it's so easy for any innocent person to be framed up and accused of filesharing/downloading, (don't doubt that for a second), the message is clearly:

be warned that if we, the unquestionable gvt, don't like what you are saying then we can easily provide falsified evidence and disconnect you. let's see if you can prove otherwise. and in the meantime you'll still be cut off.

agree with gvt or else...

Messenger beams back colour snap of Mercury

again no polar regions mapped

what's going on here? just like when the earth surface was mapped recently, every inch Excluding 2 small polar regions. the reason given was that these areas were 'uninteresting'. what nonsense.

and just like with the earth mapping incident, i contend that something is being hidden from us by purposefully omitting to map (or show us) these small remaining polar regions.

now i think that mercury is also a hollow planet with holes through it at the poles, just like earth, and this is what is being hidden from us.

Watford council punts parents from playground

what did you expect?

your children R belong to US (the 'state'). let me remind you that you 'registered' (TM) your child to the state when it was born. so the state effectively owns said child, and may do as they wish with their property.

doubt what i say? then do some homework. legally, the act of 'registering' anything whatsoever is is literally handing over ownership.

everything you think you own that is registered (like your car and house) is actually legally owned by the entity to which it is registered (TM).

what did you expect?

Westminster readies 'wave and pay' parking meters

worst idea ever

this idea of contactless debit/credit cards is the worst idea ever, because even though there may be a limit to how much can be taken from your account without your interaction. the point that any money at all can be taken from your account without your interaction is an open invitation to thieves.

consider that fraudsters are often technically savvy and it won't take long before they have similar contactless card readers themselves. all they would need to do is walk around and every person with a contactless card that they walk past will unknowingly pay them £10 (for example).

gah. why do i feel like i'm wasting my time here stating the bloody obvious. sheesh. you figure this one out, it aint rocket science. i for one will NEVER carry around such a card. it's a dumb idea.

Remote IT support 'is harder'

reply to From the other side..

sir from the other side of the fence, yes. i hear you. there will no doubt be may reasons and excuses like economic hardship resulting in much cutting back on things like head count and maint/support for core devices etc. which are indeed an unfortunate harsh reality, however..

seems to me that such negative experience with support, is down to is the individual(s) concerned who are providing you this support.. and their skill, patience (or lack of) and attitude. dealing with an experienced support person who cares about people as well as systems can be an absolute pleasure and often quick and effective. sometimes problems are not straightforward and patience on both sides is required whatever the case.

i'm one of these masochistotards (scuse the twisted humour), who provide support. personally i love the challenge and choose this line of work both because i am good at it and i like helping others. to me it's not just a job, and i'm prepared to be flexable. this makes all the difference to the people on the other side of my support fence. i guess that why i've done well.

doing such support is not for the faint hearted, and demands much skill and constant learning new stuff. and a good capacity for learning/understanding new things really fast. seems to me that finding (or being able to afford) such support people is a tall order. it's not so much the skills that are hard to find, but the attitude.

sorry compadres. don't flame me down. i'm just saying it how i see it. and attitude applies on both sides. it's hard to help someone who just wants to cause trouble or vent because they've had a bad day, or maybe they've decided that they don't like you (you'd be amazed how common this is).

PS. nice work el Reg. very interesting article.

..perhaps we need a similar survey for the peeps on the other side (no, not dead.. the fence, silly! hehe). or pehaps i missed it. oh, and YES WWIII on the other side of the line does hamper remote support more frequently than you may have thought...

reply to Trevor Pott

yeah.. we're looking at citrix XenDesktop 4. very interesting indeed and really does address some of today's hassle very well. (no i don't work for them. hehe). seem like the way forward to me at moment...

NASA moon-bomb probe strikes rich seam of fruitcake

will not be silenced

wolf207- very well said. thank you.

anyone notice the general trend/ratio between the few voices of concern (real sanity), and the many voices of ridicule (smoke screening bullshit).? makes me wonder how many of those full of ridicule and lack of compassion are few pretending to be many.. or work for NASA and their minions.

i for one can not be ridiculed into silence. some may label, categorize and misconstrue me, but they are all mistaken because i am unique. and such people certainly don't know me at all.

'Stop NASA bombing the Moon!'

nice one !!

at least you now know something new about the shady plans, behavior and attitudes of NASA et al.

:?)

Star-watchers: Famous moon left half-smeared by dirty ring

@paul25

why do you find this planned bombing of our moon so funny? do you know something i don't? if so, please share...

either way, we'll see what happens tomorrow, innit !

our moon will be dusty tomorrow too..

just wait till NASA bomb our moon tomorrow. then you'll see obscuring dust clouds...

NASA's LRCROSS plan to bomb the dark side of the moon at the South pole scheduled for October 8, 2009. The excuse given is that this is an effort to find water deep under lunar surface.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/stop-nasa-from-bombing-the-moon

Flying car & roboplane-worthy air traffic digi-net go for 2025

idiocracy

.. yes, you heard me correctly.. hehe.

Nation's parents prepare to be vetted

so helping anyone is illegal..

unless you have the correct 'papers' citizen !!

god forbid that we actually help one another, without express state permission (and of course the appropriate payment and signing away more of your rights)....

or is that gordo forbid ?

it's all part of the 'big plan', which is to divide and conquer. these ridiculous regulations (are they actually LAW?) seek to isolate, punish and divide people. and are trying to make us all into criminals... all the better to control you with, my dear. (said the wolf to little red riding hood).

does our country and everything in it (including us), belong to 'the state' to do as they please with? is it right or acceptable?

refuse to be divided from your friends, and whimsically criminalised. say NO. get these clowns out of gvt.

Met steps up stop and search with mobile phone scanner

re: Mosh Jahan

.. Josh has a point.

"The cops are hardly going to stop everyone. They will likely use some profile to target individuals so it's not going to be any real inconvenience to the general public.

If it helps to reduce theft crimes, it's a good thing."

thing is that what ever kind of 'profiling' they use is bound to be discriminatory, and the fact is that anybody at all *might* have bad intentions. how someone looks, walks or dresses (or how ugly or tall, hehe), can never determine their intentions. the mere idea is simply ridiculous.

verify ID ?

for this to work the 'suspect' (lol), would have to verify who they are. i'm a bit confused here since i understand that law says i don't have to identify myself (and indeed can remain completely silent), nor is it mandatory (yet) to carry ID... oh, i forget, that is 'suspicious' behaviour. bzzzzzzt march march clink.

as previously pointed out, wouldn't it be so much simpler for any reported stolen or lost phone to just be blocked from the networks. i know that this can be done, but isn't. why?

anyhows, my point is that state harassment on your 'person' will escalate, pushing you towards the ultimate goal of just implanting a chip in each and every 'registered person TM'. that way everything is logged and all 'good citizen' monitoring (and control) is easy.

PS. fact: when you 'register' something you are literally and legally giving over ownership. you, your children and everything you (think you) own is registered to, and therefore owned by the state. legalese anyone? wake up and smell the coffee people.

North Wales Police institute new happiness law

homeoffice circular

that posted circular is interesting reading.. thanks for that.

- this sentence: "It is a statutory defence for a person to prove that they had a reasonable excuse for eliciting, publishing or communicating the relevant information." suggests what? guilty until proven innocent? that's what it looks like to me.

- "A police officer can only stop and search a person they reasonably suspect to be a terrorist under this power.".. i need to ask, what exactly constitutes 'reasonable suspicion' that someone 'may be' a terrorist? shifty eyes? too tall or perhaps too ugly? (yes, it's happened before) looks at police officers? what exactly? please do clarify this if you can.

- "Officers do not have the power to delete images or destroy film.".. so how come i've heard and read of so many incidences where police officers have instructed people to delete images? is this not illegal?

Home Office shifts feet as vetting database looms

cannot include unsubstantiated allegations

ahem.. 'unsubstantiated allegations' cannot be included. say someone falsely accuses another just because he/she's bitter about something unrelated. this is never 'substantiated'. and now you tell me that false accusation is not only recorded permanently, but then used 'as part of' determining 'suitability', resulting in 'unsuitability' to be near any child? ridiculous. would never hold up in court.. oh, i forgot, gvt will make some new 'retrospective' (cough cough) law or other to cover that no doubt.

who will be 'exempt' from these checks? MPs? politicians? police?

what kind of law is it when it doesn't apply to the ones who made it? what gives them this right? are they somehow better, more deserving, and more trustworthy (cough cHoKE) than the rest of us? BOGUS !!!

thank you for listening.

Florida cops cage 'Dracula'

shame on all those involved

if you think this is funny, then shame on you. how would you like being ridiculed publicly all over the web if this were you? he probably only got into trouble because of not putting up with peoples cruelty towards him in the first place.

British troops get nifty techno-gunsights

@Marcus

many times, it is true that those without weapons have been dispossessed by those with weapons. also many with weapons have been dispossessed by others with weapons.

it's not the weapons that are the problem, it's people's lack of personal ethics regarding life who are the problem.

that's exactly why i said what i did.

we need an end to all this senseless killing. regardless of any rhyme or reason.

if someone threatened or attacked me or my family i would surley defend myself, but never so far as to take life. if it comes down to kill or be killed, then i choose to rather die.

if we all had that approach and ethics, there could be no war. let me be clear that this attitude does not make me a victim or potential victim. because i refuse to be a victim. ever. you'd have to kill me first. and i would forgive you if you did.

thank you all.

Thank you Sarah. i'm not new in here as you probably know from many previous contentious comments. it wasn't my intention to equate you (and the other wonderful reg mods) to the 'authorities'. i put that in my comment to try not to be ignored. sorry about that. i hope you understand. (many many previous and similar comments never got posted). so, again. thank you. you know i don't usually behave that way or make such accusations, and indeed have the utmost respect for you and the way you conduct yourself. so again i apologise.

it's not my intention to be a troll and stir up flaming sessions for amusement. i only want to say how i feel about such things so you all know. it's about respecting life in all it's forms.

oh, and no, i'm not french. hehe. i'm a citizen of earth who presently resides in England. i'm actually an african originally from Zimbabwe.

common sense ???

all the better to kill our fellow humans with...

and this is common sense?

I THINK NOT.

throw down your weapons. refuse to perpetrate harm and death. and go home.

chances of this comment actually being put up by the reg mods? nil to very slim. why? because our unwise leaders require opinions like mine to be silenced and/or ridiculed as this doesn't support their foolish self-serving agendas..

and before you flame me down telling me how much great stuff we have a result of war-tec, first think about how much better off we would be if we had dedicated all those resources specifically to help and benefit all people and inhabitants of our frail little planet. instead of trying to find better ways to extinguish it. and think about how many people killed in wars would still be alive .

thank you for listening.

UK cops eye shotgun cartridge Taser

i wonder..

- if this will be another 'pilot' scheme that lasts forever..

- how many more deaths will result. as if we havn't had enough..

- now cops will all carry shotguns? how very friendly.

- what happens when a live cartrige is 'accidentally' mixed up with a zapper? kapow.

NOTE: these won't be used as a 'replacement' for buckshot. being so-called 'non-lethal' they'll be fired off with little thought, unlike live rounds

try it first !!

yeah. i agree with others here. every single officer planning to use one should have to be shot with it themselves first so they know exactly what they're 'administering' to others.. if they're so safe then there should be no problem with that... is it really ok otherwise? i think not.

Riot police raid birthday barbecue for 'all-night' Facebook tag

actions speak

yes indeed. despite the prolific police 'we're good' PR campaigns, actions speak louder than words.

besides behaving very badly (stazi style), they also just don't do their job, for which we pay high taxes. i find this unacceptable.

has anyone out there in UK had any decent response or resolution to a burglary in recent years?

NASA orbiter returns first shots of Apollo moon sites

big PR

my my, what a big pr camapign this is turning out to be.. better than a movie.. hehe.

i still don't believe nasa, but so what if they did or didn't go to the moon back then. the 'authorities' have lied to us about much bigger things than that, like...

extraterrestrial contact and technology. free energy. hollow earth.

these things are much closer to home than the moon i think.

IT admin sentenced for sabotaging employer's network

do no harm

intentionally doing harm, or even trying to, is always stupid. we all get treated badly from time to time but seeking revenge is just plain idiotic and will ultimately cause nothing but trouble and heartache.

these stories are quite common, but even more common are the many unreported cases of ex staff doing damage to say just one system in a very brief and often untraced attack. so it's not such a serious cost in case they do get caught.

it's so sad how a person can spend years building a career and good reputation, only to flush it all away in a single moment of misguided anger. which is clearly not very clever.

in my eyes this type of behavior is disgusting and we should all know better, be honest, and try to do good only. thank you.

NASA, Japan (nearly) finish topographic map of Earth

not boring parts

oh, how convenient that they don't map just 2 tiny polar regions.

at least we all know now that the big holes into the hollow inner earth, are in those small unmapped regions. that narrows things down i would think.. hehe.

i'm sure that those unmapped areas would be interesting. not boring.

ok, ok, i'm going....

UK.gov to create central cybersecurity agency

goodbye freedom

will the last one.....

click.

Tory who claimed brother's tech gear on expenses quits

@ AC 14:38

hello mr/mrs/ms government employee.

for the record, actually, NO. i would not because i have personal ethics that do not permit stealing. just because there are some vague words written somewhere saying it's ok to do something that is unethical, does not vindicate these dishonest actions. these 'rules' that have 'not been broken' are clearly dishonest ones.

i say that fraud is fraud, and simply stepping down will not suffice.

DARPA at work on 'Transformer TX', a proper flying car

ring motors?

...well they would have no need for hover-fans and all that other rubbish if they had a proper ring motor like this one:

http://www.searlsolution.com/technology3.html

someone's not being honest here, and my money would be on our 'authorities' being the dishonest ones regarding this type of technology.

More doubts on ID card readers

temperature and sound

is this inept government (and their advisers) not aware of the fact that:

a plasic object will sound different when 'flicked' (har har), when it is at different temperatures?

this will be a problem, especially in england during the winter when it's freezing outdoors and hot indoors..

IDIOTS. the lot of them !

Charges against London tube tourist snapper thrown out

CCTV ?

and did this complainant consider that not only was his daughter photographed by this tourist, but indeed she, and everyone else, was being filmed and watched by other unknown persons. and said footage retained for future viewing pleasure. it's called cctv.

so it's ok for our untrustworthy 'authorities' to photograph and film as they please, but not ok for anyone else? hmmm. no surprises there then!

VeriChip shaves 3mm off human RFID chips

@ mark

LOL. now i gotta clean the spit off my keyboard. thanks for the wholesome laugh that provoked. :?)

brilliant!

all very well but...

how much charge can they deliver when the remote tazer functionality is used?

would be much more useful to our oppressors.. um.. i mean.. leaders. with leccy, drugs and/or other 'person control' payload, on top of the usual tracking and recording capabilities..

Gov 'smart meter' plans: Sky box in charge of your house

could it be...

this article has spookily reminded of a recent article about the military seeking 'local building scanning tech'. perhaps like imaging technology using the power wires routed all around your house... could this 'smart meter' be related to that by any chance at all?.. oh, of course not. pure random speculation.

is this really safe?

i think not. consider:

connectivity: 'they' intend equipment fully under their control to use your comms, at your expense (and probably designed to connect to your home network also, to monitor you closely. for your own safety of course. i mean, think of the children. ffs).

hackers: will have a field day with systems like these. fire sale anyone? hehe.

disputes: as said previously, any minor dispute or misunderstanding (read human error) will result in immediate disconnection. we will more and more be at the mercy of corporate/politicals.

Fetish club forces ID scanner climbdown

useful purpose?

it was said in the article that there appears to be no useful purpose for this IDing of club goers...

of course, this statement is nonsense. there are very clear useful purposes to those that oppress the masses:

1. YOU are the enemy that must be kept under compliant control. your activities being monitored are useful to this end.

2. Intimidation: you will be more likley to not 'pose a threat' to these so-called filthy rotten leaders, if you know you're being watched and thereby constantly feel intimidated.

3. Acclimatization: you will need to get used to being monitored at all times, and being asked for 'your papers' at any time by any idiot for any purpose.

papers please citizen... you have no rights if 'the law' decides... thank you for listening....

Ireland bucks trend with anti-blasphemy law

income generating

this is probably just a way for the irish gvt to make some extra cash..

they'll have under cover officials staking out every pub, with their fine book at the ready.. ka-ching!$!

Taser use still plateau'd among firearms cops

who's statistics ?

and where did these statistics come from? the police authority? the government?

.. and we're really supposed to believe those numbers?