Posts by Captain Scarlet

You're doing WHAT with friends? Zynga sues Bang With Friends maker

Odd

Although I am aware Zynga is in a death spiral so will look to sue to get money I can't understand how "with friends" can be trademarked?

Oh well at least the other company gets more coverage of its wares (Other Dodgey meet people apps also available)

You're 30 years old and your PIN is '1983'. DAMMIT, biz mobe user

Re: Oh for goodness sake

Recently gave up and started using a bit of password software, although actually I don't like the thought of it having a file with all my important passwords.

D-Link patches vid storage units

Re: I would steer clear of D-LInk and Belkin

Until someone finds some vulnerabilities in them I assume?

CommVault gives Simpana the share 'n' sync treatment

Re: BOFH

*new software option

Dammit gimme an edit button!

BOFH

I wonder how the BOFH and PFY would respond to this new software, I imagine some members of staff will just backup their folder of hilarious cat photos.

Egad! Could Samsung be cheating in Galaxy benchmark tests?

But this depends on the links your ISP has, how utilised they are, quality of the exchange etc...

BOFH: Don't be afraid - we won't hurt your delicate, flimsy inkjet printer

... less than a million?

Pah, we used to have a laserjet 5si (A Laserjet 4M+ as well that just worked forever), it was massive properly needed to take apart to service and I can't remember it every needing anything but rollers for the paper trays.

Only reason its gone is because we moved office and the new office didnt have anywhere for it :( along with the lexmark c750 (Although that broke everytime someone slammed the lid down).

Although these days everyone wants those stupid little colour laserjets because they can't be bothered to go to a printer room that cost 10x as much to run.

Not sure how much our remaining dot matrix printer used, had to get rid of it because no Windows 7 driver. Took me 1 day to get my hand trapped in it (The front panel was broken, I pressed a button the panel went in and I stupidly went to prop it back without turning off, when I hit a button and then phwack I was part of the dot matrix printer. As its common sence I deserved it.)

Right I should shutup about printers now, as I look weird

Man who pulled gun during chess game surrenders to robot cop

Spat out tea

Read "celebratory round of doughnuts and battery charging took" at the wrong moment

Apache OpenOffice 4.0 debuts with IBM code side and centre

Re: Sidebar

I have to stick my hand up and also admit I never saw or used the sidebar in the recent IBM Symphony :S (Ex Lotus Notes 8 user)

How do you drive a supercomputer round a Formula 1 track?

Re: Oooh, you lucky bugger

Well you can't simulate cornering in a wind tunnel, where g force makes materials react in a different way.

Backup software bods tempt users with hot new (pricing) model

Looks like it

Although it looks to be cheaper its a nasty charge when having to get files from the backup.

Well still its safer than my portable HD which I used for backups, fell down the stairs :(

BlackBerry's retro-look QWERTY Q5 mobe: Resentment by design

Re: Missed Opportunity

You could just wait a few weeks when the Q10 will likely drop in price (Much to the dismay of users such as myself, although surprised it hasnt dropped in price yet).

Sky asks Ofcom to unlock BT cabinets

Re: Crowded streets

Your Virgin boxes have Doors! My god we still have those plastic covers here!

Ubisoft admits major hacking breach, advises password change

Used to it now

Been used to it now, anything I don't really need to use day to day gets an auto generated password.

Reset all my shop passwords as well as I doubt any shops would announce we've been hacked as no one will ever purchase anything from them ever again.

Radio hams tell Ofcom: Put that Wi-Fi mob back in their place

Re: Unix

*Fashioned

A bad thing is I am also to used to spell checkers correcting everything for me.

Re: Unix

Its ok, we do old fasioned things to like drinking tea with your favourites biscuits (I won't mention my favourite as that will start a war)

How City IT is under attack from politicians, diesel bugs, HR

Free Heating!

But they might be using it for free heating!

Hugs all round as Google relaunches Groups service

Re: Organisation by email?

...

Suddenly I like old school, now its IM, voip, email, support ticket, phone calls all at once

Mint 15 freshens Ubuntu's bad bits

Re: Alternative to Windows?

I use both Windows and Mint if I am honest.

I did use CentOS but recently Mint has suited me much better,

Hey Britain, want to link your mobile to your BANK ACCOUNT?

Re: The days of Sort Codes and Numbers

"The days of sort codes and account numbers are already ending"

I am confused, I need both to sign up for a contract phone, how can mobiles replace them????!!!!

Samsung quits desktop PC biz, will stick to all-in-ones and portables

Re: Wrong apparently...

Ah so they want to announce it rather than having it leaked.

Cloud company avoids the cloud

Re: You have to reboot your own server now?

Yeah, wish physical servers booted as fast as they did in the more recent Mission impossible Film

**Slap**

**INSTANT ON**

**The world is saved**

That enough, folks? Starbucks tosses £5m into UK taxman's coffers

Not making money

I've seen hundreds of them, why expand if you arent making money >_<

Hey fanboi, is that an EXPLODING BATTERY in your MacBook Pro?

So annoyed

I was so hoping to rib Apple users with this, but the headline lied.

Its a damn 3rd party battery. Inserts SouthPark Style "RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE"

RBS Mainframe Meltdown: A year on, the fallout is still coming

Heh yeah right, everywhere I have ever worked has treated IT as a thing that can just be upgraded and replaced. Its odd to see peoples reactions when they realise something isnt as simple as plugging someone in

"financial IT where the technology is treated as black box – meaning it can be installed and operated, without much thought to who runs it"

Not even Comet crashing into Earth can keep Dixons out of the red

Re: Sit back and let the comments roll in

Where is option e?

e) Look at a shelf of something you want which is low value, to find none of the prices in the right place. Walk out as you know none of the staff care unless its high value.

Julian Assange: I'm quite happy to sleep on Ecuador's sofa FOREVER

Re: This would be an Assange view of the law..... @Titus

I agree, slam him in a UK prison already!

Sneaky Seagate slips 'world's fastest' enterprise disk mutant into the wild

Hangon

The article mentions SSD space of 16GB (Although it doesnt say how the seperate Read/Write is portioned out, as the article mentions two different types are used).

Spear phish your boss to win more security cash

Re: no thanks

Agreed, the person in charge could react in a way which limits your career within the company.

Seagate reveals a NASty side, tears wraps off WD Red copycat disk

SSD Cache

Agree sucks you have to repurchase an ssd cache with the software as its limit to only specific devices for consumers :(

Ecuador: All right, Julian, you CAN stay on our sofa - it's your human right

Ah so thats why they let him stay there, he has something on them

<--- LAWYERS SEE THE JOKE ICON

I told you I'd be back: Arnie set for another career revival

Re: Getting on a bit

TAKE MY MONEY DAMN YOU

btw plz make Commando 2 as blowing stuff up is cool!

Microsoft to open Windows Stores inside 600 Best Buy locations

Hmm

My first thought on the picture was they have just copied the Apple Store (With those stupid big tables and lack of devices).

I really think they should get their own ideas for how to layout their stores.

Users rage as Fasthosts virtual servers go titsup... again

correction

This is what happens when you use a computer, systems designed by humans programmed by humans mean errors can occur on anything.

Nothing is perfect (Apart from a mug of tea and biscuits)

MySpace zaps millions of teens' tearful rants, causes wave of angst

Hmm good for me

Means I don't have to go through and delete my rubbish from my old account.

Gourmet chemists sniff out ultimate cheese on toast

Re: Bacon

... YOU EVIL PERSON

I now require a bacon sarnie stat with some rounds of cheese on toast.

Smart TVs riddled with DUMB security holes

Re: And more importantly...

I connected my Samsung Blu Ray once and was about to watch a film, an hour later it finished updating the os and all the apps that I wasn't bothered about.

Sometimes the smart functions are just overkill when you just want to you know play a movie (Same with pc games I play maybe once a month)

Q10 India: Another last-chance saloon guzzle for BlackBerry

Corps

Anyone high up will want an Apple i-thing, so pricing for this kit makes any Blackberry Q10 out of reach as operators don't think we will buy them and even we dont think there will be interest so little or no discount.

Its a shame I like my Q10, which I better as doesnt look like many peps are developing anything for it (Who can blame them).

Microsoft waves white flag: We'll put Outlook on Windows RT slabs

people want the power of Outlook on all their Windows PCs and tablets

Hangon everyone was saying they wanted this before hand, what the point only listening after you release a product?

Why SoftLayer can't lift IBM into the clouds

Re: IBM bought ..

Yeah and it can start pushing IBM servers into Softlayer whether they are the plane old 1u servers to anything specialised such as mainframes which they can now co-locate in more locations than IBM could before.

Dell crams baby small-biz data center into a tower chassis

Hmm

Actually I am interested now, even for a large company its much better than getting a massive blade centre and only populating three or four servers for remote sites.

Looks perfect for a mini vm server cluster for a test lab.

Now to try and get someone to allocate some budget to one (I'll replace the Dell sticker with an IBM one to please the overlords)

Intel: Haswell is biggest 'generational leap' we have EVER DONE

Re: Double the power of existing Intel graphics

"Will it have double the driver quality too? That'd be... hmm... that'd be still a pretty crappy driver actually"

Oh god no, last time they gave it a new GUI and managed to double its size.

NASA: Trip to Mars would exceed 'fatal cancer' radiation risk

Food Walls

So to get less radition they also need to eat less from their wall of food stuffs.

BOFH: Go on, beancounter, type DROP TABLE asset;

Two in a fortnight

Is it christmas?

'Extremely sophisticated' Apple settles watery iDevice lawsuit

Re: Moisture sensors tripped by humidity

To much "Death Grip"

Google gives vendors seven-day bug disclosure deadline

Re: Protect users

"Give users the opportunity to uninstall the software until a fix is found"

Most users don't even know how to uninstall software and the majority of security warnings will end up in the spam bin.

Hey, O2 punters: Kiss goodbye to 4 MEELLION* Openzone hotspots

Re: Change of terms???

Thumbs up for having so much free time to read the TOS.

Opera debuts Chromium-luvvin' desktop browser Next 15

Re: Windows only for now?

"Opera's never been open, has it"

Nope was shareware then freeware so the source has never been available.

Re: Impressions so far.

@ScissorHands

Agree with most of it, one thing I must have is the option to save what tabs I have open when I close the browser (Used to love the option on Lotus Notes before it was taken off me). Unless I have been completly blind its required the use of third party apps (OR in IE's case crash it and it'll reload the tabs whilst moaning something crashed the browser).

Stop the Microsoft, Skype wedding, screams enraged Cisco in court

They still do

But they have customers such as us going "We want to use this <product> and link it to this <Cisco product>".