Posts by Fred

iPhone users to walk and read at same time

Nice....

need i say more?

Another 15,000 jobs to go at BT

Shame...

Feel sorry for the guys left... i used to work in the alness office and got alot of friends that still do.. this cant be good.

having said that i left openreach last year for fear of a sinking ship...

NASA sticks to 2010 shuttle retirement

@ Dr Patrick J R Harkin

Agreed.... somethings gonna happen...

BT does Italian Job on London traffic lights

actually....

The reason they were not on the plans is that BT dont bother adding new stuff and upgrades to their program called Netword Records.... its updated as far as the mid 90's cos they closed down local drawing offices....

The number of time ive lost due to bad prints is soo frustrating.. so glad i left that company.... grr.

BMW driver follows satnav to edge of cliff

Dumb ass...

title says it all...

IT contractor charged over US oil rig hack

Oops...

Some people never learn....

Euro ion-rocket sat launch success

Good good...

Hope this research goes well!!! :) kudos to the engineers and all involved!

Scientology spokesman confirms Xenu story

@ Sarah Bee

I think youll find that atheism has a belief, and that belief is faith there is nothing, where as agnosticism knows theres nothing... very different.

Thank you!

O2 to axe iPhone prices?

32GB be nice

I will get an iphone when they are 32GB or hopefully more in size.... 16GB just now is far too expensive for the size. Think im gonna end up buying one in europe somewhere, 500 euros is a bit steep for a glorified phone / media player / camera / spirit level oh and that awesome carlsberg pint thing...

Chinese crackers create counterfeit iTunes racket

Why is a title needed anyway?

Thats a shame really. Apple have a good product,

yes im a convert, gave in when i needed a large sized mp3 player ie:ipod for my new adventures, eg: stuck in someshit hole for 48 hours twiddling my thumbs with only my dear ipod for company.

And im a proud convert too :D

BT job cuts start to bite ahead of March deadline

Raw nerve?

Wow... what a reaction.

Interesting...

I did 4 years with manpower (slave drivers for BTGS) and my 4 years as a telephone engineer... Be a shame to see em struggle, they are a decent company but very very very badly managed! and unfortunately customers get abused...

Conficker gets upgraded with defenses

Titles done belong here....

I cant wait to see the total collapse of the internet and the world with it!!! about time something happened.

Of course this has happened before and will happen again..... Its natural evolution,survival of the fittest.... but in a modern context.

Let it happen... itll filter out M$ and the other multitude of crap anti virus companies and other spin offs and vultures... *cough* i mean paracites... praise be to El Reg, for their helpful insights and good guidance!!!

:P

NASA births cliff-hanging yo-yo bot

title not needed!

Lmao... brilliant! Thanks El Reg for my 1st laugh of the day!!!!! Being sat on an oil rig in Italy is very trying! Stallonebot! Brilliant!

I vote this story of the day!

BT offers £15,000 to catch London exchange burglary gang

@ Obass card

Its S5 these days man... come one, get with the times!

2008's top three touchscreen phones

@ the dig @ iphones....

Iphones rock! ive played with a few and am really impressed and fully intend on getting on. Im a convert on the ipod! and this is coming from some one that was always sooo anti-ipod.

Give it a try and dont be so bloody negative, apple have a good product.

Would you know a base station if you saw one?

omg lol

Number 7 is Ardgay telephone exchange in the highlands.. wow cool. i used to work in there, many a bad memories of a veryvery badly planne MDF and those bloody jumpers grr lol.

Brand new Star Trek prequel pics and trailer

A title is NOT required grr....

Awesome! Cant wait to seeit. shame they cancelled enterprise,that was cool.

India plants flag on Moon

Exactly....

I want to see pics of the old US flag and the lander... and the footprints...

and cheese too if pos, cheers.

Hubble snaps planet orbiting distant star

Wow BLoad

You nearly sound like a manfromMars....

Flanders demands its own top-level domain

Hmm... stupid

MY dads from flanders and mum from wallonia... i cant deceide, but the french speakers are alot better crack so ill go with them. Some flemish are getting a bit to big for their boots and the hard liners are just left over failed neo-nazi's ... and yes they did sympathies with the germans too...

Happy days... glad the scots here arnt that militant lol...

BT plots massive Openreach outsourcing deal

ha ha ha....

See... i knew this would happen, even tho its a bit presumtious. I just left openreach a month ago, said i wanted out before they did this. delighted! :P Altho, would suck to be one of the engineers left (which btw the majority are good engineers)

BT shares plummet on margin pressure

BT blow....

And i just sold all my shares... hope that helps.... bring em down!!!!!!

Rebellious BT computers refuse to take orders

lolol... bye bye BT

Im about to hand in my notice!!!!!!!!!!

Cant wait to leave this sinking ship!.....

BT starts threatening music downloaders with internet cut-off

...and then?

would do you guys think about the legality to all of this and does the BPI actually have authority to cut the broadband?

Safari practices self-love, claims code monkey

@ Shell

Good call lol...

America.com auction fails to hit cash target

be cool if...

some one bought it and redirected all traffic it to aljazeera or one al queda's front businesses!!!! or irans main gov website! or a porn site...

Boeing starts leak tests on nuke-nobbler raygun jumbo

lol....

Yip, iran is next.. what a shame. mabey they will invade lybster (up in caithness) cos they are gonna be drilling for oil there... well have yanks here yet lol...

Mozilla guns for Guinness world record with Firefox 3.0

come on guys...

Lets do something to give firefox some publicity... its a good browser. ill take part ... altho, not that many ppl have registered on the website...

BT industrial action is off - for now

@MarmiteToast

agreed.. same here... only had good experiences with Bt, even before i started working for them... nice of the engineer to come back tho,oh and the free shift of the nte.

however... 1 comment... think some one was talking out of their backsides... cos i do exchange work for openreach and cant imagine a scenario where something unplugged would cause adsl to slow down??

BitTorrent tracker Mininova faces legal action

:) sweet...

Just been informed that demonoid is back up!!!!!

delighted!

Union gears up for BT strike action this month

@ pctechxp

Dude,

trust me, u really dont wanna do that... read the posts, same thing for us poor openreach guys, and theres romours our new bean counter (generic word for bastards) CEO is planning on selling us? omg...

the thought of working for fujitsu / seimens / etc... sounds better the more i tihnk about it lol....

@ Solomon Grundy

Thanks man... :-D

Thats another reason why america sucks so bad.... (y)

Ill just add that to my VERY long list!

right.... read this...

BT manager's salaries are less than us front line guys... but, they get hefty bonus's depending on how well their staff, their stats etc perform...

And they get medical-aid paid for too... Now... the guys who are out working on the roads, up poles, down manholes taking risks (albeit assesed risks lol) etc dont...

Doesnt add up. trust me, i know...

and our union (CWU) are crap, we recently lost a vote to change our working hours (startin/finishing later) and the union didnt bugger all (again, big surprise) and to add insult to injury, people who wernt going to be effected by the change were allowed to vote too,and they voted in favour... ... ... ... now rumour has it, that the union has no real power anyway; and they cant afford to fall out with Big BT, cos then who would pay their expenses, their hotels, milage and bacon rolls ??????

Courts slam Blair's 'abject surrender' to Saudi prince

@ amfm

Dude...

WTF?

Minister: Waste wood is 'huge potential resource'

hmm...

burn coal or wood... whats the difference? both produce CO2... am i missing something?

Sales slide at PC World, Currys

uh-huh..

I used to do contract IT work for DSG in a past life... and i tell ya (in agreement with AC..) There managers and project managers dontknow a damn thing and seem to care even less... no wonder ppl are finally wising up to it and i hope their share price falls beyond anything ever seen...

Msg to employee's... quick, get a job at maplins!! oh, and i doubt DSG would even honour redundancy payouts.

Mr. and Mrs. Boring sue Google over Street View pics

lol... Boring...

Mr Men characters...

Dead wife contacts Lancs man via SMS

Only 1..

Girl on here.. gosh :(

Sarahs getting alot of attention... glad the wive goes to sleep when i read her stuff from El Reg!!!

Cuba unrestricts mobile phone use

Ha...

Just wait til they start arguing about ADSL and the state of their copper network!

Boffins battle over oldest European woman

No no no!

Every body knows that tha Ancients came here thru the Stargate, from Atlantis..

Come on people!

Land Warrior 15lb soldier-smartphone kit lives on

Idea!

Pretty cool stuff!

Why dont they incorporate the HUD idea from Aliens? built into the B Grade M3 Tactial Helmet from Starship Troopers? Armchair generals and chicken shit captains!

See, these SiFi films are all before their time!

The Alien, cos they are just so clever... unlike paris!

China unbans the Beeb

@ AC

Ah right cool... thanks.

have it set up like u said. cheers.

@ AC

How do u get TOR to work properly? far to slow to use...

Telco firm, Coke sponsor Filipino crucifixion festival

Idea...

I recon we should crucify all the MP's and certain seniour managers from around the country...

Arthur C. Clarke dead at 90

No title required thanks....

Hats off to you sir!!!

RIP.

... Should have the headline spot on El Reg for a week or more.. /hint /hint /hint

Net think tank: Phorm is illegal

well...

I hope BT get their sorry asses sued to buggery over this! and then once they are done that, they can pay for a replacement 9081!!!!!!

Patricia Hewitt joins BT as non-exec director

waste...

That expenses thing better start a riot or somthing, im getting pissed off having to moan and hear ppl moaning all day! time to stand up and do something.

/mines the one with the red star on the hoody.

blooming hell...

There go me GPO shares... sorry BT... no i mean openreach!!!

Space Shuttle Endeavour on its way

wow...

Nobody actually commented on the actual launch...

Cuba lifts ban on computer sales

Really?

2008 and they can now only finally get on line legally?

Wow....