Posts by Dark Hippo

Being a skinny is much more unhealthy than being fat – new study

Re: Well, as a fatty...

There are certain recognised body types, you sound like an endomorph or mesomorph (http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html)

The whole BMI thing is crap. at 6' 6" and about 16.5 stone, I'm overweight. Not badly, but still overweight. I work as a web developer so I'm generally not that active during the day, but I also train in powerlifting, go climbing regularly and have a 30" waist, so not a lot of it is excess fat. Still, doctors recommend that I lose weight.

It should be based on a combination of height, body weight, body fat percentage and body type, as well as various blood markers.

Microsoft seeks to woo developers with Windows 8 store

Microsoft is also running a competition...

"Microsoft also is running a competition among developers for the best apps for the launch"

Maybe an app to make the damn thing useable on a desktop? Currently, the 64 bit dev version is unusable, not to mention it looks shite.

Adidas pulls down sites hit in 'sophisticated' hack

Sophisticated hack?

So, something like an SQL injection attack which exposed a persistant XSS flaw?

Lets face it, it ain't gonna be that sophisticated, if it was, it would've hit something worth while.

Experts: Firms need to come clean about cyber attacks

Define "cyber attack"

What is a cyber attack?

Some of the websites we host get hit almost daily by attempted SQL injection attacks.

Does that mean each and every instance of an injection attack should be reported to the government?

I suppose it is a new way to create jobs, lots of paperwork for people to deal with...

Tabloid girl's jubs freeze at -130°C

I believe

that in Siberia when it hits -60, it's cold enough to freeze your eyeballs in your head. Guess it'll make New Years a little more exciting than usual though :)

STEC director 'creative' with CV

So, let me get this straight

He can do his job, and do it well by all accounts. He's been doing it for a while and has the experience, but they're sacking him because he doesn't have the correct letters after his name?

Rigged e-voting machine snacks on Homer Simpson

I don't get it...

Machines are effectively infallible, they cannot make mistakes by themselves, they have to be helped by us humans. Surely if the e-voting is all screwed up, then it's down to the programmers to fix it?

I may very well be simplifying things, but if it's broken, fix it.

Home Office guides plods on photography

So...

"This makes it an offence to "elicit or attempt to elicit information about" members of the armed forces, intelligence services, or policemen"

Assuming this means members of the police force, then if I unknowingly chat up an off duty police woman or member of the forces on leave and as her for her phone number, I can be arrested. F**king great.

McCain begs for YouTube DMCA takedown immunity

Fantastic

So they passed a law that came back to bite them in the arse. Brilliant. I hope the don't make exceptions for scum... er... I mean politicians, or if they do, then they just pull the whole damn DMCA thing.

Storm botnet blows itself out

They utilised every social engineering trick in the book and invented quite a few of their own...

"They utilised every social engineering trick in the book and invented quite a few of their own"

So you're saying Facebook is actually one massive botnet? Damn, that's a lot of computers infected.

Space tourist docks with ISS

Is that...

Richard "Lord British" Garriott?

If so, look out for Ultima XII - Space Avatar hitting the shelves soon (actually, didn't he do a MMO First person shooter?)

Royal Navy won't fight pirates 'in case they claim asylum'

Am I missing something?

Or is this a case of the French actually doing the right thing while everyone else acts like a pussy and pulls the human rights excuse for doing fuck all?

Hey, you know all those guys that took out the World Trade Centre? I'm fairly sure they impinged the human rights of everyone in the building at the time, think they cared?

UK launches major road signage review

Prize for

the first picture of a road sign with the BSoD displayed on it.

Now Hollywood is chasing UK downloaders

Tempting

If I were the accused, I'd be very tempted to let them take me to court, then in my defense, produce a single sheet of paper confirming my account termination. Bet that would embarass them.

@Wokstation - Didn't someone do that to Tesco's a while ago? I remember reading in the paper that the baliffs cordoned off the alcohol isle and started working out how much they'd have to take to settle the debt

US judge says University can ignore Christian course credits

At last...

someone over there sees some sense!

Russian cybercrooks turn on Georgia

@AC x 2

Yeah, fair enough, I did get it completely backwards. That's what I get for casting my eye over the Daily Mail.

So they way I now understand it is the media over here is manipulating the stories to portray either the Georgians or the Russians as the 'bad guys' whereas neither of them are particularly angelic.

Going back to the topic of the article (which someone mentioned above), it is interesting that Russia is supporting the land war with cyberspace attacks as well.

If the Georgians did start this (I'm not saying they didn't I'm just covering my bases) then surely the message to take away from this is don't piss off the Russians

World gone mad

(I haven't really been following this, so may be wrong, but...)

Let me get this straight, Russia marches into Georgian territory with tanks and sh*t, then a Russian hacker takes down a Georgian website and gets arrested for it? So Russia can invade and shoot people, but they can't break a website? Is it just me, or does that not make sense to anyone else?

Nike pulls Air Stab trainers

I want to know

When the media calls for a ban on hands. They can be used to strangle people you know.

Baptist church in assault rifle giveaway

hmm... a friend of mine foresaw the future...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3xtd-yKE8k