Posts by Michael Hutchinson

Raspberry Pi rolls out speed surge Raspbian OS

Re: Daft twats

How is it any different than buying a Xbox and needing to supply a TV (The xbox sits there and flashes lights at you unless you connect it to a tv)? Your argument is invalid.

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

Increased risk of death?

How can being fat or skinny increase the risk of death? The probability of death is 1/1, you can't increase that!

New gov.uk site hits beta, flashes SINGLE typeface to punters

The font looks shockingly bad in Chrome.

Facebook replaces non-Facebook mail addresses on Timeline

And no mention in the article of how to change it back (if you wanted to for whatever reason).

In the email settings there's an option to hide from timeline, which has been set on all non fb email addresses, easy to change back if you're that way inclined.

Still, they shouldn't have blanket changed everyone's settings without notification anyway.

Virgin Media mauls UK.gov for pumping millions into BT

Re: Cables

Virgin Media laid half a mile of cable in York just last month. I know this because I'm now connected to it.

How politicians could end droughts forever But they don't want to

Surely the problem...

...is a combination of over population in the affected areas, much more people than the water systems were designed to ever need to cope with, coupled with the sheer idiocy of having companies, whose only purpose is to make a profit, running vital infrastructure.

And before the pedant-mobile turns up, all private and publicly held companies exist for one sole ultimate purpose, to make a profit. That's the part of capitalism that people fail to understand.

All the previous comments already deal with Lewis, so I needn't add anything more there :-)

iPhone 5 in ICE CREAM SANDWICH photo riddle

Re: Ice Cream?! Ice Cream?!

"Melt in your hand? Mess in your pocket?"

That sounds like you're holding it right (or left depending on personal preference)

Apple: We never said Siri would actually work in the UK

So the ASA have basically said...

...that I can advertise my product as doing everything, just so long as I include the footnote that "This product may not be available in all languages or in all areas, and features may vary by area."

StreetView disappears Dutch office tower

And here's an example of the extreme weather conditions in the North East:

Now you see it

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=dl3+0ph&hl=en&ll=54.550313,-1.588297&spn=0.021381,0.066047&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.598104,135.263672&hnear=Darlington+DL3+0PH,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=54.550259,-1.58811&panoid=1k3TMU29OmkIAfKNuwImfA&cbp=12,108.3,,0,14.5

Now you don't

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=dl3+0ph&hl=en&ll=54.550263,-1.588125&spn=0.021281,0.066047&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.598104,135.263672&hnear=Darlington+DL3+0PH,+United+Kingdom&t=h&layer=c&cbll=54.550253,-1.587893&panoid=tNSD9rMIwrDV-Cu-0xgYwQ&cbp=12,108.3,,0,14.5&z=15

Boffins out earbuds that sound right when inserted wrong

And I bet you end up needing to buy new buds a lot when the left one dies...

Google spews out 'privacy' email to Sky punters too

@Turkish AC. Source, or it didn't happen...

Motorola slices out Razr smartphone bootloader lock

No software warranty I can understand, but no hardware warranty will be a hard sell to the OFT

God particle hunt breakthrough expected TODAY

Come on, even BBC didn't resort to the G word... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16158374

Kindle Fire: An open letter to Jeff Bezos

Anything beginning "I am not a fanboy"...

is inevitably posted by a fanboy

Facebook boss-lady is up the pole on the glass ceiling

Get over yourself

Just another parent making a woe-is-me rant...

Two iPads put a hole through man's wallet stomach

would have been better if the screen on the back wasn't at least a foot higher than the one on the front...

Blighty surrenders to Street View

5%

Is there a prize for being part of the 5% that didnt get streetviewed?

Is Apple plotting a search of its own?

It's all speculation - but wouldn't it be fun if Apple did come up with its own search engine?

No.

Gordon 'to sacky' Wacky Jacqui

Na na na na, Good bye

Good riddance! It's just a shame the next person in the job will be just as "Wacky"