Posts by DarkOrb

Snapchat coding error nearly destroys all of time for the internet

Re: I have a suggestion...

They were standing servers up the other day to help, so your assumptions are incorrect.

The speed they can get added is limited by the pools health checking functions.

This is what it looks like when your website is hit by nasty ransomware

This isn't anything new, there's been various attempts at doing this directly to Linux servers.

https://news.drweb.com/show/?i=9686&lng=en&c=14

TalkTalk: Hackers may have nicked personal, banking info on 4 million Brits

Re: Date of birth

Credit checking.

Amazon crimps free Kindle 3G surfing

Vodafone I think, at least mine had their name on the box.

Pandemonium as Microsoft AV nukes Chrome browser

Then that's your friends fault for not reading the ToS and agreeing to them blindly. Not Google.

Google waggles free* Android phones at Americans

Really?

Wonder why I got mine free then (with a mobile contract of course)....?

It's no diffrerent from o2/Orange/Vodafone et al. doing a "FREE PHONE* (*for £25/month)" aside from the fact Google's is more noticeable - for Apple it's buried deep inside their pages (I guess they would rather get the full £/$ value themselves).

LulzSec hacks EVE Online as rampage goes on

Agreed...

I agree, it's one of the many things that's starting to make me visit here less and less.

A DDoS is not a hack - and it isn't even apparent that the DDoS was the reason why it went offline. Looking at BGP stats from last night they pulled all their routes at the same time - not something that would have happened without CCP doing it.

Maybe you should research your stories before you post them.

P.S. For those that aren't aware here's a link to the post mentioned by ledmil: http://www.eveonline.com/news.asp?a=single&nid=4616&tid=1

Dynamic ninjas kill off free DNS service

You do have to pay, but...

Only for the custom DNS Service. Their subdomain one is free for anyone to use but if you want to use mygreatdomain.com with their DynDNS then you need to pay a yearly fee.

(I haven't read the info on their site but I'd assume this is what they are referring to)

Ubuntu 10.04 triumphs over GRUB bug

Don't even need to reboot for kernel updates now...

Look into kSplice if you really don't want to have to reboot at all. It's free for 9.x & 10.x Desktop versions and will remove the need for Kernel Update reboots.

Try doing that with Windows ;)

Transport for London gobbles up Oyster

Uhhh

You can use Oyster on overground services in the London Metro area (any zone covered by the travel cards). Both season tickets and pre-pay work.

Blu-ray capacity to increase by a third

no geeks with PS3's then?

> I don't know a single geek with blueray!

What about all the one's that own PS3's? Indecently it's also not spelt with the e.

Yes, the Googlephone works in Blighty

@GeorgeTuk

Did you even look at the Google page to buy one?

https://www.google.com/phone/choose?locale=en_US&s7e=

"The Nexus One Phone with Vodafone wireless service. Coming soon to Europe."