Posts by Danny 14

Olympians threaten ICANN with lawsuit

McD's always has a hand

I mean, FFS coke and burgers are hardly the food of choice for serious athletes now.

Becta agrees £400m ICT framework

except

It has never worked! I caould still find cheaper alternatives from the likes of europc etc. It was still jobs for the boys and contracts that probably were worth the money but not what you wanted. The hardest part was convincing the head but he trusted me so that was ok.

Windows Phone 7 gets unlocked

not really

noone forced you to buy a win7 phone. It was obvious from the outset that it wouldnt run previous stuff.

Yes! It's the Reg Top 5 FUTURISTIC GUNS Thanksgiving Roundup!

kuffs

"I'm looking for a really big gun that holds a lot of bullets"

God bless you young man.

(I love that film).

All this computer controlled kit is great when it works and becomes a club if its battery runs out.

WP7 vs Android: a struggle for supremacy

not really surprising

Samsung has always had close ties with MS regarding WM phones. They had some of the best WM phones around (omnia/pro/2 et al). Their android phones have been ok but nothing ground breaking - HTC is where the masses go for android.

That being said, MS will only sell big volumes to unlocked markets - why should orange or vodaphone sell a subsidised phone that will self update for years? General joe public wont pay £300 for a phone AND a £20 contract when a shiney HTC can be had for £30 for free* (*over 24 months of course)

I'm sure there are 1.6 android phones still being sold right now.

WikiLeaked US cables link China to Google hack

of course

but it is fine to deny all knowledge, shoot down people who disagree and sabre rattle those who would say otherwise when this proved they not only knew about it all along but helped? At least keep quiet (ala the Israelis) and say nothing about events whether involved or not. But keeping quiet isnt the merkin way is it?

Although I did like the german leak that confirmed Merkal isnt a risk taker or has any personality, surely a shocker!

Sarah Palin calls for US to stand by North Korea

well

She's still better than reagan and bush. And clinton for that matter.

She'll do well as a puppet president.

Woman admits she helped sell bogus chips for military gear

The title is required, and must contain letters and/or digits.

yeah but its cheap and I have a decent enough liver.

aye

thats what looked fishy.

Xbox modder can't claim fair use, says judge

except

the whole point is that DMCA makes (c) irrelevent hence people cannot use "fair use" to combat it.

Apple accused of iPhone ban on 'all single-station radio apps'

yup, I mean NO! (i think)

you post here for inciteful logical posts?

you're new arent you.

AV Receivers

ouch

I'm still using a positively ancient 10 year old kenwood NV701 5.1 coupled to my linux XBMC via digital coax and PS3 via optical the setup is magic. Havnt found a need to upgrade yet.

Get out the bar, your plane's leaving

indeed

it wasnt crashing, it was showing debug information. There is a difference

aye

and when 20 people are stood around the departure screen with mr yakamoto and his schoolgirl fetish, that should be fun.

Twitter 'martyr' takes airport joke case to High Court

indeed

but it depends how he approaches the high court. If he has compelling cases where "jokes" have had cases dismissed then he will be ok. If he simply says "it was a joke guvnor" then it will stand.

sort of

whilst I agree that he should have been fined or slapped on the wrist, the sentence was grossly disproportionate. I wouldnt dream of making such a joke inside an airport, so why do it outside? Stupid joke and yes he should be punished for being a muppet but not to the degree he has been.

Anti-piracy lawyers 'knowingly targeted the innocent', says law body

but

it could become the focus of a small claims suit based on the evidence of the SRA findings - especially if someone just paid up.

yes

and the burden of proof on civil recovery cases is much lower than a criminal one.

Tech firms warn Ireland on bailout

hah!

"But HP, Intel, Microsoft and Google have warned that the country's low company tax levels are key to OUR LARGE PROFITS."

There, fixed that for you. And as if the government didnt know this already. Still 10% of a few billion is better than 20% of sweet FA.

Top Ten Arcade Classics

nah

"elf shot the food" followed by "gary you prick I needed that."

aye

like jailbreak

nah

Missile command

Afterburner

Gauntlet

Operation wolf

3 count bout

I can still whistle the theme tunes for outrun, and the operation wolf cutscenes. The real trick was learning how to open the circular key lock with a bic pen (yellow bic heated up slightly with a lighter). We never stole the money, it went back in (plus a chunk of our own) it merely lasted longer....

26,000km 'leccy joy ride crosses finish line

hmm

supergreen my arse. I assume they only used electricity garnered from 100% renewable means? Would have been better on a hydrogen powered car (with icelandic hydrogen) transported on a hydrogen powered tanker of course. Did the batteries survive 26000km? Cant be arsed reading. Might wiki it.

<sigh>

I'll stick with my 224gmCO2 (and its unholy 25mpg) car thanks.

Sling Media Slingbox Pro-HD network TV tuner

well

not quite the same but tvcatchup and XBMC does a cracking job for me.

Burglar cuffed after crime scene MySpace blunder

screwdrivers?

Im surprised he isnt up on a terrorism charge. Here in the UK he'd have been spotted on CCTV looking suspicious. Certainly enough to hold him without charge for a month. And screwdrivers are used by terrorists therefore a terrorist tool.

Good job this dangerous criminal has been locked up. (Plus anyone who uses their real name on the internet MUST be a terrorist).

Don't let China hold rare-earths to ransom again

not such a great idea though

yes but technology advances. Look at the same issue with mercury and lead in the 70% when CRTs were in demand. Same again in years to come, a different mineral will be needed.

Hacker unshackles Kinect from Xbox

riiiight

so give enough stick and script kiddies will flock to the challenge. Then when it is in the open domain what will M$ do? Why bother in the first place?

Google punts free in-flight Wi-Fi for holiday travelers

aye

perhaps they can google the anarchists cookbook.

The 99p mobile phone: What's the catch?

thats ok then

at least you'll have your phone to call a taxi in when you've had your face kicked in and your trainers nicked.

Caravan-swiping suspect spotted on Street View

easy

pay the £5 an hour security guards £1k each to give a decent report.

Google snips Facebook's Gmail line

neat

good job I have neither gmail or facebook accounts then. Oh an a very long muddy driveway to the farm that google cars cant get down.

Virgin Media begins 100Mb upgrades

not really

cable internet is a tad bit different to ADSL. If you can buy 100mb then you will get 100mb (pretty much) the same as the current 50mb. There is still contention but not the same disadvantages as ASDL distance to exchange.

Google slips $3.1bn through 'Double Irish' tax loophole

no

its just a number pulled out of thin air. Thats how journalism works, pick a number. Although it rarely has "7's" in it. People get scared of numbers with 7's in it.

nope

I would start designing new loopholes to attract big companies moving their money through our systems. Make it so they need a few offices with minimum workers. That way 2% of $lots is better than nothing.

Spanish fascist decries Franco Eurovision slur

aye

I, for one, welcome our undead facist overlord.

Manchester cops hit Twitter - spoof feeds fall down stairs

aye

but if they stopped the chavs then they might have been underage so identifying them is hard, proving burglary is hard enough so probably a hit to the detection rate and lots of paperwork. 33 in a 30 is statutory so an instant plus on the detection rate and the paperwork is a lot lower.

The custody sargeant is also a prick so he never likes underage chavs being brought in.

Microsoft confirms Russian pill-pusher attack on its network

but

more fool MS for having an unrestriced non firewalled access to an outward facing testing machine. Even I dont do that and we are only small fry. Squid is free afterall.

Hands on with Windows Phone 7

not really

I personally think people are mad paying £35 a month for an iphone. Sure you can probably pick up older ones from the web etc but for the majority it will be from the stores on the high street.

Android phones with decent spec can be had for much, much less. Unless winpho7 is very cheap I cant see it being an alternative.

Windows Phone 7 leaves operators on the hook

but

at least with w7 you can remove the apps from the system restore disk, it isnt a "snapshot in time" like the old sysprepped XP with bloatware already installed.

not only that

TMobile were planning on shipping phones with 2 firmwares so you cant even flash your way out of their bloated crap. Even worse, at least I can flash with a singapore rom to remove the shit put on my UK phone.

Their smartphones are on your network

not just MAC

we dont only use MAC we also use MAC -> DHCP assigned too. We only have 250 devices on our network so after the initial hoohar its just routine remove and add once a new or replacement arrives.

There are local DHCP allowed by 2 access points (with a range of 2 devices each) there are in the presentations areas for guests. Outside that the whole network is domain based so they wont have domain resources anyway. They can only get the maximum filtered internet (default squid pass through) people on the domain get their own WPAD supplied proxy that is filtered depending on their OU.

Fairly locked down here.

Scosche Solbat2 solar charger

indeed

There are quite a few cycle dynamos, some with USB sockets, some with car cigar sockets. Not such a silly idea for people who commute into work (or go on cycle holidays)

Ballerina canned for flashing her assets

indeed

but it worried me more that you still clicked it.

Humax HDR-Fox T2 Freeview HD DVR

err

you must have better eyes than me. Cheapest I can find it on amazon is 273. Still too expensive for what it does. Since iplayer will transmit HD BBC then i'll stick with xbmc (with iplayer plugin)

Tesla says 40% of its Roadsters may catch fire

<sigh>

Maybe it is illegal in the UK. I remember hooning it back from Gutersloh to catch a ferry on my ZZR1100. That wouldnt do more than 160 on the autobahn and I was still getting overtaken.

This was perfectly legal and a routine trip every few months.

hydrogen

I cannot believe countries such as iceland arent pioneering hydrogen production. Electricity is almost free in iceland and it is surrounded by water. Crack the water with mega cheap electricity - plus its "green"!

hmm

I would say it was more likely to be the hydraulic sub system going up in smoke with the carbon being used as a wick. Oil is natier than petrol when it goes up.

Ministry of Sound floored by Anonymous

indeed

but they same could be said pre emmeline pankhurst. Just because you cant see it, doesnt mean the model works and it takes activists to show people.

eh?

wut?

F1 2010

nope

How long did you play this game for? Its fecking awful. Riddled with bugs and madness AI. The whole track follows like a procession and dont get started on the pointlessness of qualifying. Pitting is a nightmare.

Codemasters has promised to patch out the bugs but in reality this game looks great but wasnt playtested.