* Posts by zb

238 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Nov 2010

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Shock: Council dumps data wad - doesn't break any laws

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FAIL

Named surrey-i?

You mean surreyi.gov.uk

'Apple's iPhone 4S ate our SIM cards'

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I did not know they could make phone calls.

Stallman: Did I say Jobs was evil? I meant really evil

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Non-diet Pepsi

Wow!! The bastard. Thanks El Reg for that brave bit of investigative reporting. I will never think of RMS in the same light again.

Details of all internet traffic should be logged – MEP

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Bureaucrats and politicians

This is typical of their mindset. They want to do anything and everything that is possible to intrude and micromanage out lives. The only reason they want to do this is because they can do it. They would love to record every thought in our minds; after all if we were innocent we would have not thoughts to hide.

Top general warns of cyberspy menace to UK biz

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Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Sun-tzu Chinese general & military strategist (~400 BC)

Google dumps + from Boolean search tool

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Did you mean "ungood"

BOFH: Hordes unleashed... by a RAM upgrade

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Better than last week :)

NSA whistleblower details intelligence cock-ups

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The Land of the Free

And they think the Europeans are all communists :)

Apple 'prepping smaller iPad'

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Is that why you are not allowed porn on an iPad?

Would you let your car insurer snoop on you for a better deal?

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Be careful what you wish for, it may be granted

No, you need not go on. Why not look at what it can do rather than what it cannot. A lot of information is generated which will allow an insurer to assess the risk of covering a driver. So far that is all that it claims to do.

The sad thing is that it will probably be wildly successful, eventually do all things in your list and then be sold to parents, police, employers and we will all have a "spy in the cab" reporting on everything that we do and teams of faceless bureaucrats handing out fines.

Email and compliance: How not to blow the storage budget?

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Delete all email

before it can be used against you.

WikiLeaks memoir races to 537th on bestseller chart

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piratebay.org

It is not on Pirate Bay yet.

Microsoft turns to FBI in hunt for Rustock ringleader

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Deport them

I am sure that a UK would deport the IP addresses to the US without much ceremony.

Acer claims first Core-i7 Ultrabook

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Battery

I wonder if you can swap the battery without taking it to a shop.

Apple girds loins for 'obscene iPad sales surge'

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Joke

'obscene iPad sales surge'

For a moment i thought that Apple had relaxed their anti-porn policy and were going to allow smutty apps.

I might buy one if it really was a a slab to fondle with.

The real reason Google bought Motorola

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hmmm... maybe

But if they pay almost no taxes already how are they going to get the benefit of the tax losses they bought?

HP to 'spinoff PC biz'

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Joke

Sauce

maybe they should stick to making HP Sauce

IT admin cops to crippling ex-employer's network

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Have you TRIED moving a 50" plasma screen?

In that case it will do a pretty good job stopping the front door from slamming.

Who'd buy a fake battery?

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Worth a try

My elderly MBP is on its third battery in 4.5 years. The only one I have had trouble with is the replacement under guarantee of the original that catches fire, it started to expand and the back split. Twice I have bought cheap chinese replacements and have had no trouble.

I don't think I would put one in a newish machine or in a MB Air where it takes too long to remove a battery. In fact I would not buy a MB Air for that reason.

Ashley Highfield quits Microsoft, becomes Scotsman boss

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SOCKS proxy

Nothing that a SOCKS proxy cannot sort at a smaller cost than buying a TV licence. Not that I would ever do such a thing :)

Lexus CT200h hybrid

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Come on!

I put up with the Paris stuff because it can be funny and is the sort of thing that appeals to quite a few geeks. But cars? If I want to read about cars I go to Jeremy Clarkson. Before long you will be reviewing washing machines.

Yes, i know what hardware means.

News of the World TO CLOSE

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The King is dead ....

The NoW is dead, long live the Sunday Sun. Of course they will have to sit on the naughty step for a few weeks before the relaunch.

McAfee to wipe mess off .xxx pr0n sites

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What?

Seamstresses?

Did I miss something?

Ex-PM blocked Steve Jobs knighthood

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Donations?

I bet Apple don't donate to the Labour Party.

Court OK's Assange Sweden extradition, given 7 days to appeal

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Well yes ...

... but they cannot charge him until he is in Sweden. The normal sequence is arrest, caution, formal interview, statement, charge then trial.

German Foreign Office kills desktop Linux, hugs Windows XP

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Porche, Merc or BMW

I wonder which shiny new car is sitting in the drive of whoever took this decision.

Punters 'pooh-pooh video on demand'

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I have no choice

I live in Brazil and get my only english language TV via iPlayer and a SOCKS proxy in London. The internet connection is pretty good and enough to stream video. Strangely, this means that in practice I watch very little TV.

When living in Europe I would turn on the TV and tune into the Beeb or Sky or whatever took my fancy. I would often spend ten minutes zapping through the channels before giving up and leaving it on a news channel. Now I have to find a list of programmes, scroll though them, select a programme etc. Usually I don't bother.

I have marked a few programmes as favourites and when I am in the mood choose one and watch the latest episode. If there is nothing there I browse through the documentaries or music sections to see if there is anything interesting.

There seem to be two factors:

The first is laziness, if it is not there instantly my boredom factor cuts in.

The second is that there is no urgency, if I do not watch it now I can watch it later. Broadcast TV is different. The program starts at 8pm whether I am tuned in or not. maybe I can catch a repeat.

If I am typical (and I am no youngster) this is not good news for the content providers.

BOFH: There's no 'I' in team, but there's a 'u' in suck

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HD

Aah High Dollar TV, I always wondered what the HD stood for.

Julian Assange wins peace prize

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Who cares

It does not matter what the Peace Foundation website says, we read about it in El Reg and that is good enough for us.

Openistas question UK.gov's £300k crime-mapping website

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It is only for the big nobs

Ask parliament.uk how they got theirs.

Man demands police protection from sex-mad missus

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Give the man a job

as an El Reg special correspondent.

Cameroonians cleared in 'surreal' dyed banknote scam

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Of course you can

Lots of honest people fall for scams. They are usually hard luck stories or appeals for fake charities. Look at the wikipedia entry for MFPA or search using keywords like scam hard luck story.

Mellanox itching to close Voltaire, crank up InfiniBand

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Looks a dodgy outfit

The line "Eyal Waldman, the president, chief executive officer, and chairman at Mellanox..." is a sure sign of danger. Giving one man that sort of power is a bad signal for shareholders. (it is listed on NASDAQ)

No court order against PlayStation hackers for now

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I decided ...

... a long time ago. It is ten years since I bought a Sony product and it is likely that I will never buy another. It is a shame as they do (did?) make some nice hardware.

Footie fans in 'cunthorpe Utd' calendar shocker

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Avoidance ploy

I always refer to it as Shorpe to avoid having to type a rude word.

Amazon: 'iPad LCD tablets no threat to Kindle'

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Gates Horns

3G?

If it has wifi and no internet function other than downloading form Amazon what is the point of 3G? Strangely the reverse applies to the iPad, what is the point of having one without 3G?

Or did I miss something?

Skype's mega-FAIL: exec cops to cause

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Happy

Version 5.0.0.152?

Versions 2.1.0.81 on Linux and 2.8.0.851 on a Mac gave me no problems. Maybe I should stop pestering Skype for a newer version

ASA rules 'Bare T*Ts Project' ad offensive

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My favourite title

The Dwarf and the Seven Cinderellas. Not that I ever saw the flick, it would probably have offended me.

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