* Posts by Dom

62 publicly visible posts • joined 25 May 2007

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Fasthosts customer? Change your password now

Dom

Forcing password changes.

I've yet to see anybody come up with any good reason why passwords need changing on a regular basis. They're either secure or not. The more often people change them the more likely they are to write it down somewhere or pick a weak one.

Dodgy wet wiring caused ISS computer crash

Dom

Relations on board.

Actually he *doesn't* say that it "left international relations between the US and Russian team on board the ISS at an all-time low"; he does comment about the state of play on the ground, though.

Apple to dial x86 for iPhone?

Dom

Portability is *so* difficult...

Which is why Debian runs on AMD64, Alpha, Arm, HPPA, i386, IA64, m68k, Mips, Mipsel, PPC, S390 and Sparc.

Space station barney kicks off in India

Dom

Why it takes time to go to the moon

This time round they'll be trying to do it cheaply and safely. Last time round they had a saying - "waste anything but time".

Reference kilo shows mysterious weight loss

Dom

The Doink.

The doink is a genuine measure so I suppose that rules it out... however: a (good) few years ago my parents lived in Nigeria, and wanted to buy some manure for the garden. The gardener said "no problem" but when asked "how much?" said it was so many Naira per "doink".

The "doink" is the amount of crap one donkey produces in one day.

Canada develops motorised parachute delivery bot

Dom

What the batteries are for.

Energy weapons? Invisibility cloaks? No, on planet Earth you'll find special ops forces using GPS, night-vision goggles, satcoms etc.

Why oh why do rock stars die young?

Dom

The Stones?

That's not the Rolling Stones you see on stage, it's the Stepford Stones.

Hit the Pano button - desktops go virtual

Dom

So what *does* it work on, thin air?

If it really does have "no CPU, no memory, no operating system, and no software" as they claim, then they *have* rewritten the rule book!

'Portable' CD player puts MP3 into a spin

Dom

Use your noggins

The rpm varies depending which bit of the disc is being played, hence "500rpm (centre) to 200rpm (edge)".

First Airbus seats to be auctioned for charity

Dom

Oh, I thought the first Airbus seats were being auctioned.

I'm sure someone would have wanted a 35 year old seat from an A300 in their living room...

As for the 787 - in what way is it innovative? It's another ETOPS, made with more advanced materials.

So what's in a URL? The Reg URL?

Dom

Not Invented Here syndrome

Joel Spolsky said "that American businesses had NO problem dealing with British providers" did he? Well that's cobblers. In fact a number of British high-tech companies have ended up establishing a "Global Headquarters" somewhere in the US, whilst all the R&D and 90% of everything else goes on in the UK, so that they can overcome NIH syndrome.

Oh, and keep it .co.uk.

G8 ministers call for IT biz help against child porn

Dom

Oh really?

"We simply have to assume that this was done by a gang that passes on these children to be exploited". Why does this sort of crap go unchallenged? No, we don't have to assume anything; if we *do* want to assume something then we can go on the historical record which shows that time and again when a child is abducted it is a lone (and usually opportunistic) nutter.

"Zypries also raised the spectre of children being abducted for adoption rather than sexual abuse." Spectre. As in something that doesn't exist. We've all read about these gangs that abduct children for adoption... but nobody has EVER come up with any proof of their existence.

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