Posts by adrian lynch

What's that smell? Oh, it's Newegg cracked open by card slurpers

Re: How did they get the code on the page?

Is it bad admins? Both this and BA look like inside jobs - or they were in the network undetected.

Causes of software development woes

The user is not your enemy

Fake Newspaper steals Reg design to spruik storage upstart

I'm puzzled

Why didn't they copy a site that had a responsive design?

Are they also copying the fnur fnur story headines?

It's Friday and I really ought to be in a better mood.

Eric S. Raymond says you probably fit one of eight tech archetypes

Brilliant. Three cheers for the manager-by-accident.

Dead cockroaches make excellent magnets – now what are we supposed to do with this info?

A pedant writes

I think it's a few kinds of wasp that can survive extreme radiation. Not sure this is adding anything to the debate though.

Massively leaked iFail 5S POUNDS pundits, EXCITES chavs

hatstand

Did Someone release a new phone?

It was good to be reminded of Roger Irrelevant. 'He's completely hatstand'. Still in use as an adjective in my house.

Terror cops swoop on couple who Googled 'backpacks' and 'pressure cooker'

You should check the Gawker article on this story. It is not as clear-cut as you suggest.

PARIS joins the 17-mile-high club

brilliant work

But I almost lost my lunch while looking at the descent vid. I'm glad it all worked out so well.

Search begins on seized Gizmodo journo kit

Hugh Laurie

He's gaunt and looks good in black. Also they both (Hugh and Steve) have Stephen Fry in common as butler/fanboi. I accept I may be stretching this a bit.

Hollywood prepares to battle Asteroids

More great film ideas

It's about time hollywood took a look at making a big budget film based on draughts. Or possibly Ludo.

Will Oracle kill MySQL? Who cares?

@Evil Graham - Welcome back Ted

Apparently he was having a baby. Can I be the second to say what a pleasure it is to have Ted back on the Reg.

Curve/ball phone-cam tech 'to match professional kit'

missing the point

This assumes that the poor quality of phone cameras is due to a technical limitation. Actually the problem is size (as Colin Mountford says) and component quality.

Try comparing a £300 SLR lens with a £10 phone lens. Which one is going to give better results?

Which is why even a dirt-cheap, 3 year old 2megapixel holiday camera will knock the nuts off the best phone camera.

I'm interested in Colin's invisibility cloak though.