* Posts by Thomas_Kent

33 publicly visible posts • joined 6 May 2011

In case you need more proof the world's gone mad: Behold, Apple's $699 Mac Pro wheels

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Have you ever

Get the feeling that Apple is taking the piss?

SELECT code_execution FROM * USING SQLite: Eggheads lift the lid on DB security hijinks

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Coat

This reminds me of that xkcd classic: https://xkcd.com/327/

Canadian security boss ain't afraid of no Huawei, sees no reason for ban

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Well,

Here in Montana, we use moose drool to make beer: https://bigskybrew.com/beers/moose-drool/

In defence of online ads: The 'net ain't free and you ain't paying

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Re: World Gin Day

I'll have to partake in a gin & tonic again one of these days. The last time I had one was at the China Fleet Club in Hong Kong in the 60's.

Did you test that? No, I thought you tested it. Now customers have it and it doesn't work

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Re: Indeed on the pork ...

I'm a retired US Air Force radar technician. Number one rule of working around electronics: "No watches, rings, or wire-rim glasses!"

Also, we were advised to take off our dog tags and put them in our pocket.

There is no perceived IT generation gap: Young people really are thick

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Coat

Better let the "Sanitation Engineers" know!

Car-crash television: 'Excuse me ma'am, do you speak English?' 'Yes I do,' replies AMD's CEO

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Facepalm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWynJkN5HbQ

Confirmed: TSA bans gear bigger than phones from airplane cabins

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Big Brother

Re: I'm sorry for my country.

The problem with replacing trump is that we'll be stuck with pence, who his hell-bent (snicker) on creating a theocracy!

Is your child a hacker? Liverpudlian parents get warning signs checklist

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TOR hell,

just run TAILS on a thumb drive!

Blu-ray region locks popped by hardware hacker

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Re: Discs?

I agree. WinX DVD Ripper Platinum works wonders! I've ripped all my DVDs to my computer.

Prefer watching vids on my computer rather than my DVD player anyway. On my computer, if I have to stop the vid, (like if I have to go somewhere) when I come back and restart the vid, my computer remembers where I was in the vid.

The player, on the other hand, forgets and starts again from the beginning, so I have to go to the chapters section in the menu and try to get at least close to where I left off.

Teen girl arrested with 70-year-old man's four inch weapon inside her

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Slinky?

Does she have her hair wrapped around a Slinky?

http://poof-slinky.com/product-category/slinky/

Asus unveils dirt-cheap Chromebox desktops with Haswell chips

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Coat

Re: 16GB, really?

Belts and braces?

Foxconn boss: We're CROSSING Mexican border ... to bring TV-making jobs into US

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Re: It is the crime in Mexico

Hopefully factory safety standards will be higher than in Mexico:

http://www.alternet.org/labor/after-20-years-nafta-thanks-nafta-what-happened-mexican-factory-workers-rosa-moreno

I'm not holding my breath though, since the T-publicans are so hell bent on eliminating "Gummint interference in the free market".

Thai man reportedly dies clutching his scorched iPhone 4S

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Well,

This story may be apocryphal, but I remember reading some 30 years ago about goods marked "Made in USA" actually meant that they were made in a city named Usa.

Reg man inhales the smooth, non-cancerous, taste of USB nicotine

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FAIL

Re: One point that is often conveniently forgotten ...

"No matter how you you look at it, these narcotic drug delivery systems are evil."

Nicotine is not a narcotic. Addictive yes, but not a narcotic.

Boffins demo new holo storage using graphene oxide

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Unhappy

Re: retro vinyl rebirth

Rather pricy though: http://www.elpj.com/order/

I'd like to see the prices come down by an order of magnatude. I've quite a few old vinyl LPs that I'd like to play/convert to audio files.

Oh well, I guess I'll have to use my old Pioneer turntable and use Audacity to filter out the scratches!

Atomic clocks come to your wrist

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I think I'll stick with my Casio Waveceptor. Paid abgout $45.00 for it.

Chrome turns five, gains new 'desktop apps'

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Big Brother

if one doesn't like Chrome, one could use Iron instead:

http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

Yahoo! starts $1.99 'watch list' to recycle old usernames

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Re: UK Mobile phone companies

Two years? Here in the States it's as soon as 30 days!

Google brings Blink-powered Chrome to Windows and Mac OS X

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Well,

I just now updated to Version 28.0.1500.72 m

UK judge hands Samsung win for being 'not as cool' as iPad

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Holmes

Well,

Form follows function.

US mayor and son charged with hacking into opposition site

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...an "independent conservative democrat"

In other words, a DINO (Democrat In Name Only).

Microsoft: Keep Moto vid codec patent fight in US, not Germany

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Holmes

My personal opinion...

...is that software should be copyrighted; not patented.

Bandwidth restrictions can affect the memory

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The Little Ol' Lady

Does she live in Pasadena?

Microsoft pops Hadoop into SQL Server and Azure

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Joke

Am I the only one...

...who read that as: "MICROSOFT POOPS HADOOP INTO SQL SERVER AND AZURE"?

Security by obscurity not so bad after all, argues prof

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Holmes

Art of War

Looks like someone has read Sun Tzu's treatise.

Google TV box flop costs Logitech $34m

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Happy

They also have...

excellent speaker systems. I have their X-530 5.1 surround sound system. 4 speakers and a sub-woofer. Paid $74.88 for it at Wal-Mart.

It is a really GREAT system!

Angry Birds, other iPhone games shotgunned by Lodsys

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Facepalm

Re: Patent System

Am I the only one who thinks software should be copyrighted, not patented? (After all, it is *written*, right?)

Windows security begins at the desktop

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Coat

Obvious

One good way to lock down USB ports is with a dab of 5 minute epoxy!

Antimatter hangs around at CERN

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Headmaster

Who is this Noone* fellow,

and what exactly does he know?

(*Oh, you meant NO ONE. Carry on).

Osama malware scams spread to Facebook

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Big Brother

My wife...

has already received a link to "Osama Death Photos" from her niece on her Facebook account.

We deleted it without clicking on it, of course. (And sent a message to her niece to be more careful in future!).

Woz snubs Paul Allen, praises pea soup

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Joke

Re: Split Pea Soup

"Don't forget to eat the split pea soup before it eats you!"

PC rental store hid secret spy hardware in laptop, suit says

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Big Brother

Or...

it could be the lawyer just throwing everything+the kitchen sink at it to see what sticks.

Big (Corporate) Brother is watching you.