Posts by Rovindi

New Apple move against Galaxy Tab on Euro front

Don´t let facts...

...stand in the way of a good story.

Ron Fidler, the guy at Knight Ridder behind this, actually had prototypes made. Not mock ups. Prototypes.

There is a huge difference.

Gadzooks, what is it with titles?

near enough #

Aaron Forthergill

"Ok, a more accurate picture for the iPad side would have simply have been a blank space before the iPad as there weren't any iPad clones (modern tablet computers as you call them) before the iPad. Just heavy, slow flattened PCs that consumers weren't interested in.

And yes, android was built from day one to use a touchscreen, because it's was built as a copy of iOS. even then, it wasn't designed for tablets and there are still iPad clones out there being released with non tablet versions of Android for unwary consumers to buy thinking they're getting a cheap iPad."

Wow. I mean wow. Like really, wow.

I´ve not read anything as surreal as that in quite a while. The last line is simply breathtaking for its, well, craziness.

"sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1"

You sir, are truly an evil genius.

I doff my cap to you.

Facebook wannabe rioters cop large helpings of porridge

Difficult call...

One of things about this that I find worrying is that it is politicans who demanded Magistrates ramp up penalties, in a fairly quick manner. Justice Clerks in Magistrates Courts have been advising Magistrates to disregard usual sentencing guidelines, resulting in more cases going to Crown Court, as Magistrates have a quite limited arsenal of sentencing powers. So, who specifically advises these Justice Clerks? There needs be absolute transparancy over this, or we´re no better than some of the dodgy regimes we constantly harp on about.

Many Magistrates are already suggesting that quite a few of these sentences could be overturned quite easily upon appeal. Both of these numpties are already planning to appeal.

Personally, I do think these idiots deserve their sentences. But giving looters/rioters six months (guilty plea) by comparison is simply bonkers, by comparison.

As for comments about only liberal lefties being concerned about this, I think many people of all persuasions are slighlty unnerved by this.

The application of the law needs to be consistent and this simply isn´t consistent.

Wikipedia: It's not for girls

Notability Concerns

A friend of mine, a publisher, had his page modified to say he had died. Being upset about this, I rang him to ask him about his death and how it would affect his short-term plans and whether we were still on for a beer on Friday.

Despite not being dead, the numpties at Wikipedia initially refused to change it, citing "notability concerns". After a whole raft of emails, which have been become legendary in our circle, as well as pictures of him with that days Evening Standard etc., they relented.

You can´t make this shit up.

Icebergs measured in Manhattans: Official

ahem...

Gin and Tonic has lime.

Vodka and tonic hs lemon.

Don´t forget the angostura bitters...

RunPee

Taking the piss...

This is on a par with the Android app that helps you "boil that perfect egg".

Incredible

Sony Ericsson toying with tabletphone

snigger

"Sony already revealed the S1 and S2 fondleslabs, promising us a "summer of tablets", an event usually associated with those who rave off to Ibiza."

Cracking line.

Doom dude says violent games lower aggression

Yer a cheater....

...but then, quite a few of use to used to do that too.

Murdoch muscles BBC out of Formula One driving seat

Lucky you....

At least it´s not as bad as the coverage on La Sexta, in Spain. They cut to adverts every 15mins and reduce the main picture to a small subframe. Worst bit, the cycle of ads, is exactly the same on every break. Frikkin´ Groundhog day or whaaaaaaaaaaat.

They typically cut to an ad in the seconds before a race and have actually missed the start of at least three races this season. Even missed the restart of Monaco. Un-fucking-believably piss poor.

Sky isn´t all bad by comparison. With the sound down, naturally.

Still, you´ve got Eddy Jordan, so it all balances out, I guess...

NASA

National Space Centre

...Somewhere near Nottingham, off M1, if memory serves. Big brown sign, with a picture of rocket that looks like it was ripped off from a Tintin comic...

re first post. Stop being a numpty and overinflating your sense of importance. As others have pointed out, a Gmail account can actually be quite beneficial. I´ve been a user since first launch and get no spam. Repeat no spam. Nada. Niente.

My old BT account (since 1998) gets swamped everyday. Practically unusable, because of sheer volume of shite.

So chill out, learn how to actually use your device in a manner most suitable to your overt paranoia (disable sync, turn off location sharing etc.) and enjoy the app.

Python orgy menaces Yorkeys Knob canoes

er, re-read

...It is the Yorkeys Knob Canoe Club, hence title.

Leica X1 APS-C compact camera

Lynton and Lynmouth

The black and white of the funnicular - was that Lynton in Devon? Bloody nice shot, I have to say. Holidayed there as a nipper. Good memories.

Cheers for that

HP TouchSmart 610 touchscreen all-in-one PC

mmm Boats...

The boat on the screen appears to be a Fisher 23. Mate of mine in Newcastle is restoring one.

Mines the anorak...

Netflix Europe debut set for January 2012

Thank fuck...

...it will make a change from some of the utter shit that passes for content on the majority of Spanish channels.

Grrr...

Dinner Spinner

Odd interface

I installed it and decided to click on Bread. Rather than show me recipes for bread, I had to select Grain as a second option. Finally selected Any for cooking time and got a wadge of recipes. OKish, but clumsy.

So, rather than select bread and get a list or next level of filters, I have to tell it that I want bread recipes made with grain and not beef or pork or legumes (FFS!), although steak sandwich with onions on ciabatta is the dogs and a good bacon sarnie is, well simply, orgasmic.

The Spinny interface doofer, whilst having its merits, doesn´t work for all occassions and makes the app a little infuriating after a short period. Why would you want to search for a beverage made with chicken or a dessert made with pork?

Odd UI and American-centric recipes. Force Close twice on Galaxy S in 5 mins. Uninstalled.

Shame, as I love to cook and like to try different things out.

@AC whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com - most excellent!

Microsoft squeaks on Google Nortel sale

subtle difference

They are not buying the company per se, but buying its portfolio of patents in a fire sale. There is a big difference between the two. Buy the company and acquire all the debt/obligations etc. Buy their junk and well, you´ve got a pile of junk, not the legal entity that was previously Nortel.

Except it´s not junk, hence Microsoft and everyone up in arms because, er, Google have got there first. There will be some seriously hardcore patents in there, which is why all the others are miffed...

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Android tablet

Fondleslab loveliness...

mmm... It sounds a very impressive machine, but there is definitely something retro about it´s look. Casio sums it up. Guess I´m shallow like that...

Whilst I really like the idea of large form slabs, the convergence with keyboard and mouse isn´t quite there yet and begs the question, why not just get a wee lappy/tabby instead. I use a Galaxy S and a HP Tablet and think there is merit in both, but neither device has enough of the magic stuff that makes me want to completely ditch one of the other. Tis a reet bugger sometimes.

I really want this sort of tech to work and get a foothold, but with manufacturers vomitting products at us with alarming speed, it´s all feels like landgrab/goldrush and needs to settle down.

Nice review, BTW...

Mines the coat, overly stuffed and bulging with doubled up tech...

Video vigilantes in trouble again

Title? Mmmm, always fancied a peerage...

Let me get something straight - you watch 60 hours of intensley dull material and are paid ONE POUND FIFTY? 8 days work, 7.5 hours p/d, for 1.50

Fuck a blue pig. That is insane. People actually pay to register and then get "rewarded" in this way.

Wow

Bitcoin slump follows senators’ threats

investment opportunity....

I have two Towers of London available, both in good nick. Yours for 40K...

London Ambulance Service downed by upgrade cockup

Incredible

"There is a risk that the working processes in the dispatch or call taking functions of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) do not align with those required by Command Point, causing a delay to the date of Go Live, causing a cost and time overrun."

In other words, "it might not frikkin work and it´ll all go titsup".

I now remember why I quit working for big consultancies. It´s all about Wank Word Bingo (Google it . nice little PDF - used to make meetings fun).

Grrr

Citibank hack lifted 200,000 names, emails, acct numbers

Think we need a template here..

As a suggestion and given the almost daily reporting of this sort of tomfoolery, why not simply create a boilerplate doc for this...

"It has been reported today that [Insert Corporation] recently sufferred a serious hack that allowed miscreants to make off with [Insert scarily large number] of customers account details. A spokesperson for [Corporation] said "Whilst customers data has been compromised, it poses no real threat to their [Select from Bank Account/Email Account/Credit Card/Gaming Account] and this in no way diminishes our [loveliness/credibility/share price]...."

Failing that, why bother with all that guff. Simply provide us with a simple RSS feed that lists the company names and nothing further...

Citibank

Sony

Gawker

etc.

Would save you guys have to come up with a bunch of clart everytime.

Do I win a pint for saving you oodles of time?

Apple bars WinXP users from iCloud

eh?

Installed in last night OH´s 64bit Win 7 PC and used MusicRescue to recover all tunes from iPod as my lappy had died. All went swimmingly.

¿PEBKAC perhaps?

Greek police nab Pentagon hacking carding suspect

lives with this mother...

...say´s it all

Win8: A beginner's guide to FondleWindows

Totally agree

To get to the Comments on dearest El Reg, I have to zoom in, and click on the link. On the standard view, it simply can´t handle/thumb it.

I was an early adopter of both Palm´s and IPAQ´s and had quite a few tablet PC´s, which were OK to a point.

Whilst I like my Galaxy-S, it is not a replacement for my PC or lappy. It´s just another tool in my collection and not a replacement for all the other tools.

Talking of tools, it´s time this one went for a beer.

pip pip

Apple iOS 5 and iCloud examined

There´s local and local

...As someone who does a lot of sailing as well as climbing geet big hills (the one I can see out the window is 11,400ft), it is pretty damn important to understand what the weather is doing now and what it is forecasted to do at various stages throughout the day. It might be sunny where you are, a few kilometers might be quite different. Local can mean a big difference where I live, especially when you throw verticality into the mix.

For example, the weather here today (3,000ft where I live) is stormy and very wet. Above 5,000ft this means snow and pretty nasty conditions. Down on the coast, the wind will be mild, two miles of the coast it will be a different kettle of bananas altogether.

My weather apps, with radar images/animations etc are extremely useful and something I use frequently for planning my misadventures, alongside the usual cockerel blood and unicorn tears...

Texas cinema texter becomes foul-mouthed movie star

Good for them

Glad to see people getting their just rewards for texting in inappropriate locations. Drives me frikkin´mad.

Tesco pricing cock-up provokes beer stampede

But...

...if it was Tescos in Reading, would attract the ballyhoo?

Beer, cos I'm sipping as we speak. Weegie and proud. Bar in Spain, not bench in Cambuslang, ya

Personal jetpacks and solar-powered ships

Mmmm...

Quite a few boaties are moving over to diesel-Electric, with solar backup, with small diesel charging battery bank and electric motor driving propeller. However, current deployed panels are about 26% efficient, which is a bit shit. I' ve installed solar panels and wind turbine on my boat, with wind being far more efficient. Wind works a treat, but solar can barely charge handheld vhf, unless I'm very, very patient.

Still, boat is in Newcastle and I'm in Spain, so would get better results if I grow some and have a go at Biscay...

Ps, me and a mate are building a solar cooker and are planning a solar kiln are some stage. Google Scheffler + solar. Guy is a genius in all things solar.

Pirate, obviously...

El Reg pays by phone – mmmm, free cookies!

You stalking me?

Jesus, I've worked in those sorts of places for nearly thirty years. Fucking crazy or what?

Nokia betas some DLNA love

Funnily enough...

Unlike a lot of Samsung software, Allshare isn't as shit as you'd think. I use it on Galaxy S to stream/access media clart, without the usual associated nosebleed-moments.

Scary isn't it.....

Ps why are there no cursors on the keyboard of G S? Frikkin' pain the arse, even if you're not fat-fingered... Grr

Engineering student cracks major riddle of the universe

Practically gobbed a mouthfull...

...of wine over the little ún, when I read line about "Neutrinos, Wimps, Wino´s..."

As ever, titteringly good writing about complex subjects, albeit with a certain gonzo-Vulture Central twist.

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My Tracks travel tracker

Neat little app

Like many others, I´ve been using this for a while now on Galaxy S.

I live/work in the Sierra Nevada and do lots of trekking/climbing/falling in the mountains. What´s useful is that you can load the GPX files onto Garmin´s Basecamp or Mapsource software (both free) and do funky stuff with them (annotate, add pikkies etc.). I use a proper GPS when in the mountains and can transfer the data to Mapsource, Googlemaps/Earth as well as my minature fondleslab. The latest version of Android Googlemap gives a terrain-view, so you can sit in the bar and review/plan your misadventures in 3D.

Additionally, you can, if you´re a nerdy-outdoorsy type, go to Wikiloc (www.wikiloc.com) and download other tracks/routes or upload your own. This site is a goldmine for all that sort of stuff.

Glass aeroplanes and iPads on the way, say boffins

Pronounced as it probably should be...

"(Humphrey) Davy settled on aluminum by the time he published his 1812 book Chemical Philosophy: "This substance appears to contain a peculiar metal, but as yet Aluminum has not been obtained in a perfectly free state, though alloys of it with other metalline substances have been procured sufficiently distinct to indicate the probable nature of alumina."

(source - wikimadeupstuff.com)

Last time I checked, he was British...

People watch movies on stuff

Cheers for that

hadn´t come across vodo before. Some good stuff on there. Good to see "The Yes Men..." getting distributed all over the place.

Beyoncé sued over aborted videogame deal

nice one centurion...

Another nose-bubble moment...

Farewell, Novell

shame

Do you remeber when Netware was a networking client that shipped (5.25´ disc) with Microdyne(?) 10 base-T network card? My memory is about cloudy on the detail, but think it was some kind of peer to peer doofer, but did the job efficiently. Less tears than IBM´s Token Ring (shudder)...

Or running Compsurf on 200Mb drive on Netware 2.x - could take 20 hours to do its biz....

Aaah, the joys of Netware. Still, as many here have said, it was, if done right, a proper "fire and forget" server install.

RIP Novell

Minotron: 2112 on iOS 4

Jesus

attack of the mutant camels. That makes me fell well old.

Calling all readers: Want some new icons?

FryCon

How about some kind of StephenFryCon?

FFS as well WTF

About time you had LarryE as well. He´s always up to shennanigans.

Definitely some Assangeness required as well. Second that one.

Microsoft imposes security disclosure policy on all workers

hehe

mmmm, was wondering about that one as well...

Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy look-and-feel

mmmmm

Let us not forget that Jobs and Wozniak toured Xerox´s Palo Alto research institute back in the day, when Xerox had the whole WIMP (Windows, Icons, Mouse and Pointers) malarkey nailed down. Sadly Xerox didn´t realise what they had (just like Postscript) and by some strange *fluke* they "came up" with the Mac...

Typical Jobsian hypocrisy.

Rip off other peoples ideas, make them your own and do some Stalinesque rewriting of history...

Flame on Fanbois....

Assange™ says Guardian claims 'completely fabricated'

For fuck sake...

Will you numpties stop whining like a couple of schoolgirls arguing over Justin Trousersnake vs. Justin Bieber.

I´m trying to enjoy a beer, work on my tan and plan tomorrows trekking here in the Sierra Nevada and the pair of you are simply spoiling what WAS a fun afternoon, reading some of the canny banter on dearest El Reg.

Shame on you both. Go stand in the corner and woe betide you if I hear another peep out of either of you...

grrr

The Osborne 1: 30 years old this month

jeez - forgot about that one...

My first job (week before 16th birthday, Top Man tie etc) was converting an Aussie accounting program (basic) into being UK compliant. The Osborne was my putah! It was an absolute joy to use. Used to use Wordstar as editor - remember that beauty?

There was also another similar box, might have been a Hyperion? PC AT compatible with ´orrible orange screen. Felt like it was made out of spare bits of the Forth Railway bridge...

God, makes me feel like a wrinkly

RadioShack gun giveaway: A clarification

Handles

Anonymous Bosch. Gave me a nose bubble moment

Very good

Apple store kneecaps rival browser

Jesus

How can you agree 300% ? Strictly speaking you either agree or disagree. Percentages don´t come into it. Is that 115% clear?

What would give congress the right to shut down these businesses? Microsoft has never been "broken up" in the same way the baby Bells where, so all in all, what a strange post.