* Posts by easyk

161 publicly visible posts • joined 13 Feb 2008

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Independent dubs El Reg lesbian

easyk

Can you blame them

With all the crap you cover can you blame them for mistaking a supposed IT publication for something else?

Microsoft EULA lands it with $175m Indian tax headache

easyk
Happy

accent

I coundn't help reading the quoted parts with a thick indian accent. Reminded me of my days in engineering school.

American tech spy gets 24 years in cooler

easyk

unclassified can be sensitive

There is a vast amount of information that is not commonly disseminated, unclassifed, and could provide an advantage to a foreign government.

To classify something is a very serious matter with tremendous restrictions on the information. For the most part it is sufficent to make it export controlled and need to know only. It is very much a crime to violate export control laws.

Plastic bag campaign falls apart at the seams

easyk
Dead Vulture

ninnies

A choice between paper and plastic is a false choice. Most shopping centres near me only offer plastic and the staff are (un)trained to put even to most trivial item in a bag. The choice here is between sitting idle and letting nitiwits use plastic one time use bags or giving them an econimic penalty to remember to bring a cloth bag with em.

Will the US 700 MHz auction be remembered for dismembering wireless?

easyk

grades

content: A

organization of thoughts: C-

notes: just put it one or two long pages please, not 5

El Reg decimates English language

easyk

@ By Richard Porter

>"Battery" is a collective noun and should never be applied to a single cell<

When exactly was the last time you bought a single cell battery?

Terrorist robots dissected - anatomy of a scare

easyk

@ chris

Failure of imagination maybe? It could be really difficult, to tell the truth I've never tried myself.

easyk
Dead Vulture

you're a git

Sorry about the title, I do respect your reporting but... Your hand waved analysis has neglected some options that a determined inventive fellow could employ.

1) Anti-personnel grenades, the sort you might find in a MLRS or ATACMS (steel rain) rocket, are light, easily deployed when the target area is reached, and very very very nasty to flesh. I'm sure there are some you can pick up from the former USSR.

2) Rocket launched guided gliders can lift significantly heavier payloads than your model aircraft example. Rocket motors are available to the hobby market (would need a lot though, maybe not feasible) and failing that even the stone age inhabitants of Gaza have figured out the chemistry.

I’m not saying that such an avenue of attack would be very effective (more than once at least) but it is not nearly as silly as you suggest.

< lesson >

Just because you can’t think of a way to make it work does not mean it’s not realistic.

</ lesson >

Vote now for your fave sci-fi movie quote

easyk

some goodies

Ash - Army of Darkness

- Its a trick; get an axe.

- This is my BOOM! stick.

- Clatu! Verata! Negemmem...

- Name's Ash... house-wares.

- Lady I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave the store.

Bill and Teds Excelent Adventure

- Iron Maiden? Excelelnt!

- You killed Ted you midevil dickweed!

- Sounds good Mr. The Kid

Ghost Busters

- Yes its true, this man has no dick.

US scientists puncture the ethanol biofuel bubble

easyk
Go

Launch The Solar Shade

Energy turns to heat (or light but mostly heat).

Energy production emits gasses that trap more heat.

Well if we have enough heat lets just reject some from the main source.

Its not too difficut: volcanos do it all the time.

Best of luck.

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