Posts by sabroni

Review: Sony Vaio Duo 11 Ultrabook

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: eh?

mmeier doth protest too much, methinks.....

Astroturf much?

So to add to "you're holding it wrong" we now have "you booked the wrong seat"?

It's not that no-one loses ballpoints, it's that no one cares when they lose a 20p ballpoint. A 50 quid stylus is, unsurprisingly, a little different.

And yes, people do lounge around and watch stuff on tablets. In my experience it's the main things they're used for.

Elon Musk: 'Fudged' NYT article cost Tesla $100m

Re: There's no such thing as bad publicity

You need a joke in the post as well, the icon and a <snigger> aren't really enough....

Re: kudos on the code

You're easily impressed.

(but you don't actually speak for everyone on this board. I for one have no fucking idea what you're on about.)

Re: The solution is to fix the problem, not the observers.

But if the observers are falsifying the problem, for example claiming they've run out of fuel when they haven't, how do you address that? The problem has to be real to be fixable. I'm not saying the Tesla doesn't have problems, just that your "it must be the device, customer is always right" approach is simplistic and inappropriate.

Or did you just come on here to boast about shipping some code?

iPad? Pah. Behold the EYEPAD, patented by Sony for the 'PS4'

Re: "You are literally the first person to not be impressed

so your opinion doesn't mean anything."

I'm just following the flock.

Like Sony following after Nintendo...

@ Obviously!, re: I hate stubbornly arrogant people.

Are you taking the piss?

Re: FFS...

Yeah, all those original ideas that Apple has.... They invented the icon you know! And the touchscreen. And the mobile phone! And the tablet computer! And the walkman!

Climate scientists link global warming to extreme weather

Re: Idiot in Clown in Chief at the Guardian

Knowing their crappy typesetting I bet that is actually how the job was advertised!

US woman cuffed for 'booking strippers for 16th birthday bash'

if you've not seen a bit of porn, you'll make a right mess of your first time

Basing your sexual technique on porn is like taking tips on driving from James Bond. IMHO good sex is nothing like you see in the vast majority of porn, I'm certainly not interested in having a load of other men involved.

And the first time is supposed to be a bit of a mess!

Re: They were male strippers.

and....?

Ad-titan Google blocks Adblock Plus in Android security tweak

Less than 8 steps to root an android phone

Those are fucking massive steps then, my phone took 4 just to get the boot loader unlocked....

Re: err.

That changes the entire complexion of it really, to my mind. If this app enables people to run the ad funded versions of apps without the developer getting the ad revenue then fair play to Google. If you don't want ads on apps pay up for the full version, find an alternative or write one yourself.

Samsung under fire over copy-paste bricking

Re: Looks like I will have to go back to an Iphone

Yeah, that's the choice with mobile phones, the Android Galaxy Siii or the iPhone. Why don't other manufacturers try to break into this lucrative market?

Clarkson: 'I WILL find and KILL the spammers who hacked me'

Baffoon!

Classic, though not as good as "irrelephant", which I read here yesterday!

Apple updates iOS, does not fix passcode-bypass hack

Re: I don't understand

It's quite straightforward. There's a bug on iPhones that bypasses the lock screen, Apple announced they were working on a fix, the Register thought that this update might include the fix, it doesn't.

Apple are notoriously tight lipped about what's in their updates so the fact the fix isn't mentioned in the press release doesn't mean they haven't fixed it. Bugs that Apple don't like to talk about tend to get silently fixed without mention in the release notes, which is why you need to try the update to find out what's changed.

Baby-boulder bowling burglar breaks Boulder Apple Store's $100k glass door

Re: irrelephant

Awesome! Unnecessary pachyderm!

Re: Moron thieves

Not if they needed the 20 quid for a fix. Fuck sight easier to sell a stereo than a car. Why the fuck should they care how expensive your step dad's car is? I don't.

Read into that comment what you will.

Fanbois will do anything to try and deflect criticism from Apple onto MS? Even when the criticism is as ridiculous as "their glass doors are breakable" and MS has no relation to the story whatsoever?

Twitter row goes to court, beak says man must cough £17,500

Re: I still don't get the point of Twitter

As a general blogging service I agree, pointless. As a way for people in the public eye to communicate with their "fans" it's excellent. Some independent wrestling promotions in the UK make good use of it to drum up interest for upcoming events, for example.

Tesla's Elon Musk v The New York Times, Round 2

I know! Weird! It's like the charging infrastructure doesn't exist.

I wonder how it worked with petrol... Presumably all the petrol stations were losing money hand over fist before the petrol car was invented.

Re: The vehicle was being test driven.

According to the article they were testing the charging infrastructure, not the car.

Microsoft Surface Pro launch: It's easy to sell out of sod all stock

Re: Wow you're witty

Didn't even bother to read the bit under the headline? Just had to come straight in here and spread your wisdom?

LibreOffice 4.0 ships with new features, better looks

Re: The more MS pushes people to rent their software

No, I can come up with plenty of counter arguments thanks. I was merely pointing out that while car leasing is successful that doesn't really bear any relevance on the discussion. If the fact cheese gets eaten negates this argument please feel free to substitute any of the other things that aren't normally leased for the cheese. There are plenty to pick from. Everything except cars really.....

Re: The more MS pushes people to rent their software

No, like how unpopular cheese leasing is.

Eyes in the sky: UK.gov's CCTV code to IGNORE MILLIONS of cameras

We despise you too, if it helps....

Why you need a home lab to keep your job

Re: I'm going to laugh at all of you....

COMMUNIST!!!!!!

Re: it is, to them, a hobby

Alternatively they could just be sad losers with no friends and nothing better to do than "start their own company". Such poor social skills they're unemployable more like.....

Icon just for buffoons who can't spot a piss take...

Re: it is, to them, a hobby

Well then they obviously weren't bullied enough at school.

I am so lucky.

My boss regularly expects me to use new technology, and only supplies books not training courses to get me up to speed. But then, being given something to actually do with new tech. is massively more useful than a course.

3 Brits banged up for £300k VAT scam

Re: We're all in it together

You are so wrong! Starbuck's have said they will pay 20 million quid in tax over the next 2 years. This "pay what you think is reasonable" approach will then be rolled out to all of us, presumably....

GNOME project picks JavaScript as sole app dev language

Re: basic elementary knowledge of how assembly > compiled > interpreted > script performance wise

Ah, the true Scotsman argument. If you're a GOOD engineer you'll agree with me. If you disagree with me you must be a poor engineer.

prick.

Re: one of the very worse languages ever invested

By that logic, and given the way you slaughter English, then English must be a shit language as well..

Re: Being closed-minded when it comes to tools is not a feature; it's a bug.

This!!!

Re: @sabroni: You probably can't afford me anyway.

Wow. You are so cool!

I take it all back, my years in the industry are obviously less relevant than yours and I work 9 to 5 so I can't be very good at my job. My experience with Javascript is obviously trumped by the fact you know it's beneath you. I am so, so sorry that I had the temerity to question your post and, worse, to have a different opinion.

Please forgive me jake.

please....

Re: I love programmer snobbery.

It's sounds like snobbery, it looks down it's nose like snobbery. My guess is it's snobbery. Or maybe just bad interpersonal skills and arrogance...

Re: For goodness' sake

It is telling. It tells that with an open mind there are a fair few excellent features in javascript. Read "JavaScript: The Good Parts". It doesn't sugar the pill, there's quite a bit about the downright stupid features as well, but it makes it clear that with a little discipline it's possible to write things in javascript that are concise, readable and very powerful.

There are a lot of bad programmers. Currently a lot of them are working in javascript. That says nothing about the quality of the language, it just says where the money is.

Re: not just ".localstorage"

If you think that's the only way to get at the file system in javascript you should do some research before posting.

Bring out your dead: Reg readers reveal filthy, filthy PCs...

Re: That picture of the black keyboard.....

I think that says more about you than it does about the keyboard...

How to destroy a brand-new Samsung laptop: Boot Linux on it

Re: how many Windows users with no intention of changing ask Linux users what hardware to buy

is it 3 or 4?

Re: There is a simple fix

Bet Samsung're shitting it! The thought of losing 3 or 4 purchases....

Re: Schadenfreude

Downvoter humour fail!

Wii-U boat torpedoes Nintendo's '¥20bn profit' into ¥20bn loss

arse paddled when Kinect came out!

How out of touch with reality are you? Kinect is a massive failure and compared to the Wii has made absolutely no impression on the general public. Everyone knows what wii tennis is, most people have no idea what Kinect is. The idea that Kinect paddled anyone's arse is ludicrous, it's no more popular than that PS3 lollipop thing. Spend some time on planet earth, xyz....

Re: Nintendo's problem has always been poor 3rd party games

Shovelware, indicating which platform is the most successful since the PSone.

If Wii U ends up with a catalogue full of shovelware it'll be because it has the largest installed base. The thing you say will be it's downfall will actually be an indicator of it's success.

Is your Surface Pro a bit full? Slot in an SD card, it's not from Apple

Re: must cough a minimum £639, maybe £739.

@Mystic Megabyte: It's called a rhetorical question.

@Steve: it's not easier to back up a device, sell it, buy a new one and restore than it is to slot in a bigger SD card. This discussion isn't really about what's possible, it's about what's convenient. Isn't convenience supposed to be the great thing about Apple devices?

Re: Are you for real

I am seriously for real!

Re: well, err

Dealing with removable media isn't a new problem. If android isn't robust enough to deal with an sd card popping out then it needs fixing. And i don't mean by removing the card slot!

Re: Just buy a new one!

Or, if you've got an sd card slot just get a bigger card. But we're defending Apple here, no need to contemplate the possibility that a feature missing from iDevices could be useful.

Re: must cough a minimum £639, maybe £739.

Sell the old one, buy a new one, copy all your stuff over. Easy! Or is there a tiny flaw in this plan...