Posts by Andy B 1

Russian probe engines crap out on way to Mars

'Space Engineers'

Surely that should be Rocket Scientists - it's not that difficult.

Rev. Andy

Watchdog mauls Euro database of 'pirates'

Who can 'peak'?

New heights of subeditorlessness. A spell check is not enough.

Rev. Andy

OpenSUSE 12.1 delivers Fedora punch with GNOME 3

Pardon my incredulity but...

'openSUSE boasts "many of the top open source GUI designers in the world".'

There are open source GUI designers? Really?

Rev. Andy

Gibson revisits Firebird range with robotic refresh

Wrong way round

Why oh why did they use the reverse body style! Admittedly it's fairly ugly with all the gubbins anyway but at least the original shape had some style. Bleurgh.

Your mom, girlf, boyf: Spying on your phone and email

Danger! Danger!

Actually I think you'll find that the world in general (at least the developed world) is a vastly safer place for children (& everybody else) than it used to be. The fears have become big & scary but by almost any measure the actual incidence of incidents has declined. Smile, things are much better than you think.

Rev. Andy

Euro space truck prepares for fiery death

Why load it up?

I can't see why it needs to be loaded up with the 'waste and unwanted hardware' - surely anything to be thrown out could be gently lobbed at the big blue globe where it would burn up on its own.

Rev. Andy

Living, biological raygun produced in lab

Animated adverts

Aargh! Having an animated advert beside an article guarantees I won't read it. And it even shows up in Safari's Reader mode.

Death is too good, etc. etc.

Rev. Andy

Council fined for randomly emailing personal data

And the net result is?

I wonder how much effect fining a public body has? In this case it will mean that some other council service is cut or curtailed or that the future council tax will be increased, hard to see how this acts as any sort of deterrent or punishment.

Chinese mapping hotline stays cold

Measuring officialdom gone mad?

I suspect you meant Ordnance Survey, maps for explosive chuckers.

Rev. Andy

Apple iPad 2

Smooth...

...with a capital "Smoo" surely?

Rev. Andy

What sealed Nokia's fate?

Here I go...

The reference is from Brainstorm by Hawkwind and I claim my prize. I'm near Elgin - I can call & collect.

Rev. Andy