Posts by Wize

Windows Shortcut Flaw underpins power plant Trojan

Yea because...

...all the SCADA manufacturers have a Linux version.

LPG lake on Titan evaporating in scorchio -180°C heatwave

They have fossil fuel?

Wonder what must have died up there to make it.

UK.gov slams Facebook over Moat fan clubs

There was a story out that...

...he was asking for help before all this started off. I've heard of many people with mental health problems asking for help, failing to get some as they were 'not a danger to anyone' and dying as a result (eg a friend of mine, who was an alcoholic, drank himself to death).

Perhaps if he had not slipped through the net, no one would have died.

LaCie touts tough truck-resistant flash drive for tough guys

Bet its too chunky...

...to fit in a usb port that has 'stuff' round it. Eg, recessed port in the case. Port too close to video connector. A friend had this problem recently when taking his fancy USB drive to site. Had to borrow someone else's usb drive and copy files over via another machine before he could get them one the PC he was fixing.

iPhone 4 developers get software update, but will it fix death grip?

Never mind the software...

...just give everyone a sticker to put over the signal indicator to show full strength.

Then the mobile networks can also claim 100% UK coverage.

Oz privacy boss says Google Wi-Fi slurp breached law

They are sorry but...

...have they at any point said they have securely wiped all copies of the data recorded?

Fanbois end Judas Phone 'Death Grip' with, um, SIM tape

We use either...

...except on a ship.

Actually...

You might be on to something there.

I remember a problem with a few PCs many years back. They died after a few weeks usage.

We had 22inch CRT monitors on top. After a while, the PC case would distort and a screw moved inside to short the motherboard out.

The fix was some rubber washers to insulate this screw, which worked for many a long year.

Could be what is causing the problem.

Or they could have more than one flaw in their phones.

Protecting mobile users against web threats

So, what are my chances...

...of catching something on my mobile? And what makes are most at risk?

Oklahoma granny sues cops over tasering

On Oxygen?

And a nice sparky taser waved around? Lucky she didn't burst into flames too.

Venus home to lost cities left by long-dead aliens, says ESA

Terraform

Some are speculating on the intelligent life from Venus moving over to Earth. What if they were at the same level as the sulphide eating critters level when they were made extinct. We could be their pets sent over to burn up resources not needed by them.

They may not even be extinct. They could be waiting for us to warm up the planet first...

Ten Essential... Travel Speakers

What I look for in travel speakers

I suppose everyone is different.

I want something that takes disposable batteries (no recharge point in the middle of a muddy field).

Small for sticking in a small corner of my rucksack and work off all mp3 players (not everyone has/uses iPods).

Mine is a Nokia similar size to No6 in your line up.

iPhone 4 Day: pre-orders and pregnancy cut no ice with 02

Any excuse to get out of the house

I've known guys that had to move to the spare room when their wife was up the duff and blaming them for everything. It might have been a nice break to stand in the queue.

Google's Android market needs Jobsian strongman

Storing data

In light of the recent street view network snooping stories, I would find it difficult to trust they didn't do anything fishy on their phones.

Twitter on a ZX Spectrum

All they did was put the spectrum+ in a suitcase

http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi-bin/sitewise.pl?act=det&p=7694

Still had the full spectrum+ case inside.

Doubt they would do it to the 128 as the heatsync would melt the box

Toshiba intros dual-screen, keyboard-less netbook

Lets see you touch type on that.

I'm not really a touch typist, but I do use tactile feedback to know where the keys are. I'd start slipping a bit to the side and eventually hit the wrong key using one of these.

'Toothed' condom hits rapists where it hurts

Well...

This is a bit old. Wired covered them in 2007:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/04/rapestoppers_ra/

Whats to stop rapists removing them or drunk girls forgetting they have one in place?

Do they come in schoolboy size to protect them from priests?

How about chastity belts to stop the rapists at an earlier stage in their attack?

Wannabe Jedi drool over potent laser 'lightsabre'

Filter lenses?

How long before we can get "sunglasses" that notch filter out the frequencies of these lasers? Would make flying a plane or driving a car a whole lot safer.

Bullfighter cuffed for lack of cojones

I thought it was about a bull removing someones cojones

Which is the only good thing about bullfighting. When the bull gets its revenge in first.

Its a nasty 'sport' and I have no sympathy with anyone injured when torturing a poor bull.

Balinese lad seduced by bovine temptress

Pictures or...

"other family members shouted at photographers not to take pictures"

Were any taken?

BT staff to down tools tomorrow

Just in England or UK wide?

Mine is the one with the A.B.E logo

http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2010/02/anyone-but-england-world-cup-2010-t.html

Daleks poised to invade tour UK

Its not much better in the north

Rare to get shows in Aberdeen

Even Billy Connelly played one date and he live up here

Microsoft sneak peeks Hotmail makeover

And google will keep your emails...

...for as long as you want them. No forced deletion.

Welsh police come down hard on Octopussy porn

My thoughts exactly

But I guess its what sells stories.

Google sets sights on the dashboard

Sometimes they make them too smart

I have driven the odd car where the old style switches (like an indicator that clicks into position) is replaced by a self centring stick that momentary contacts a button to turn a function.

One example, I was trying to flash my indicator for a second to show I was changing lane but not turning right. I'd normally hold it up for a flash or two. This Ford wanted to hold them on longer and pushing the stick in the other direction only turned them off to indicate in the other direction.

I hated borrowing that car, but have driven a new Astra with a better implementation of it.

When they start messing about with things, they stop them from working the way users like to use them. EG, there was talk of disabling the controls on a satnav while the car is in motion. My other half sets mine sometimes while I'm driving and I like to have the thing off near home as I know how to get to the motorway thankyouverymuch.

This one?

http://www.microbizz.nl/generalmotors.htm

LimeWire induces infringement, Judge rules

This should apply to Google too

I'm not saying that to try and get Google shut down, I'm saying it because they have bigger lawyers. They return search results for anyone looking for pirate material too.

Now that Limewire is being dragged up before the beak, can anyone else suggest a good bit of software for downloading linux distributions and copyright expired material?

Alleged Jobsian email promises iPad printing

"It will come"?

Will the app be called Zalgo?

A new wave in data center cooling?

Can I fill up my desktop's case with any engine oil...

...or should I use that magnatec stuff that sticks to my electrical engine before I turn(press) a key?

Will need some gaffer tape to cover the holes in my case first.

iPad users are young, rich geeks

Just because they have an iPad, it doesn't make them a geek

A true geek buys his tech on functionality, not labels.

Many are buying it because its a popular name and want to be cool.

Microsoft defends death of free video in IE 9

not the iPad/iPhone

It was a very backward step by Apple when many other phones support mobile flash in their browsers.

Brazilians ordered to have more sex

At least 20 minuites?

You saying you don't last that long?

But too much sex

will build up the muscles in just one arm for most round here.

Paris - As thats whos video will be on

Gene that allows growing a new head identified

How about

Abbey Someone...

If someone blew their brains out...

...you could grow it back, but their memories wont be intact. You would have a functioning brain in a functioning body, but it would be like a baby's mind again.

Jobsian drones shackle gamer with 'lifetime' iPad ban

Lifetime limit...

...sounds very Logan's Run

Did he find sanctuary?

Official airport iPhone app prompts privacy fears

Maybe its of use to someone who travels a lot...

...but the casual traveller isn't going to cough up the cash for something they may only use once in the next few years.

And what about the rest of us with non-apple smart phones. You'd think there was only one device out there. Grrrrrrrr

Vodafone launches snooping service

When you say record calls...

...do you mean log the call or record the conversation?

And what do they mean by recording the 'relevant communications'. What defines relevant?

The iPad will doom humanity to painful bog-roll horror

If we don't have any paper...

... I'd be very careful where you hang your flag.

Paris... well, its almost the right country.

iPhone users suffer summer appointment chaos

But GMT is derrived from the UK

They should be using UK conventions...

Apple sued over iPhone aqua sensors

Can you remove batteries from iphones?

I remember the only way to take the battery out an ipod was with the aid of a screwdriver.

Removing the battery as soon as possible will reduce the risk of damage to the device.

Commodore 64 may come back as Warren Beatty

Does this mean when we get 128 bit processors...

...we'll have Spectrum 128's relaunched?

Anyone remember the nonsense that was the Sinclair PC?

Wii Fit fall woman turns into nympho

Could be

"I imagine something like that would become quite debilitating after a while."

Yep, she'd be walking like a cowboy...

Paper cuts?

You are supposed to put the magazine down, or at least hold it in the other hand.

Ticket site sorry for pisspoor password wrong

If you are going to use test data

At least keep it clean. You don't know when its going to spring out of an old backup.

eBay trumps Tiffany in trade mark ruling

How are e-bay supposed to know whats real and whats fake

Some fakes are obvious, but others need to be examined in person by an expert to determine if its real or not.

Do we have to post everything to ebay for inspection before making the item live?

Matrix actor site stages defacement spat

@ the 'only one matrix' posts

http://xkcd.com/566/

Obligatory XKCD post

Austrian takes pickaxe to Street View spymobile

They will be good shots

The view from the camera speeding away from a pickaxe wielding nutter before the neighbours bundle on top of him.

German group urges boycott over Facebook privacy shake-up

@John 186

"I mean, what the hell is Facebook all about? So that a lot of sad people can exchange chat with other sad people?"

Just like on here? Is this your coat?

iPad anti-virus shield guards against phantom threat

@AC 20:44

"Hundreds of malware strains are capable of affecting Macs are they? lol

Yeah RIGHT! Maybe in the Intego labs. Not in the wild."

Ah, so they do exist. It is possible that code might either be 'borrowed' from there or someone else finds the same security holes and exploits them.

I don't like virus writers. They are scum. But part of me is willing them on in this exception. Pride coming before a fall and all that. It will help lower the smugness level round here.