Posts by Thomas_Kent

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

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

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

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

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

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

Better let the "Sanitation Engineers" know!

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

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

Confirmed: TSA bans gear bigger than phones from airplane cabins

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

TOR hell,

just run TAILS on a thumb drive!

Blu-ray region locks popped by hardware hacker

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

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

Re: 16GB, really?

Belts and braces?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chrome turns five, gains new 'desktop apps'

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

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

Well,

I just now updated to Version 28.0.1500.72 m

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

Well,

Form follows function.

US mayor and son charged with hacking into opposition site

...an "independent conservative democrat"

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

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

My personal opinion...

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

Bandwidth restrictions can affect the memory

The Little Ol' Lady

Does she live in Pasadena?

Microsoft pops Hadoop into SQL Server and Azure

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

Art of War

Looks like someone has read Sun Tzu's treatise.

Google TV box flop costs Logitech $34m

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

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

Obvious

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

Antimatter hangs around at CERN

Who is this Noone* fellow,

and what exactly does he know?

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

Osama malware scams spread to Facebook

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

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

Or...

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

Big (Corporate) Brother is watching you.