How strange - I have been reading up on the Marconi Beam stations - a fascinating technology that I had no idea existed.
Posts by ukgnome
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The Wight stuff: Marconi and the island, when working remotely on wireless comms meant something very different
NASA’s getting really good at this flying a helicopter on Mars thing
Pentagon confirms footage of three strange craft taken by the Navy are UFOs (no, that doesn't mean they're aliens)
UK on track to miss even its slashed full-fibre gigabit coverage goals, warn MPs
Magic! If you have an entry-level iPad, the Combo Touch could make it your workhorse
Cornish drinkers catch a different kind of buzz as pub installs electric fence at bar
What do you call megabucks Microsoft? No really, it's not a joke. El Reg needs you
India says 'Zoom is a not a safe platform' and bans government users
BOFH: Here he comes, all wide-eyed with the boundless optimism of youth. He is me, 30 years ago... what to do?
Facebook, distributor of deceptive political ads, sues registrar Namecheap over deceptive domain names
Come on baby light me on fire: McDonald's to sell 'Quarter Pounder' scented candles
Life in plastic, with a classic: Polymer £20 notes released into wild sporting Turner art
Google product boss cuffed on suspicion of murder after his Microsoft manager wife goes missing, woman's body found, during Hawaii trip
Re: Sad yes, but is this really pat of El Reg's core mission?
You're maybe haven't been here long.
There is a reason the top of the page is red.
And, yes this is newsworthy, yes it is related to tech companies. It might not be a story about the latest windows vulnerability (bad choice of words, my bad) but that doesn't mean it should be on here. Are you only after the stories that are less human?
Researchers trick Tesla into massively breaking the speed limit by sticking a 2-inch piece of electrical tape on a sign
Assange lawyer: Trump offered WikiLeaker a pardon in exchange for denying Russia hacked Democrats' email
It's a Bing thing: Microsoft drops plans to shove unloved search engine down throats of unsuspecting enterprises
Super-leaker Snowden punts free PDF* of tell-all NSA book with censored parts about China restored, underlined
Amateur
I have this book but became paranoid so scanned the text and then converted it to binary, haven't read it all yet - currently on page 01100101 01110000 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100100 01101001 01100100 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01101011 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01101000 01101001 01101101 01110011 01100101 01101100 01100110
The Foot of Cupid emits final burst of flatulence in honour of fallen Python Terry Jones
Beware the trainee with time on his hands and an Acorn manual on his desk
Royal Navy seeks missile-moving robots for dockyard drudgery
Full of beans? Sadly not as fellow cracks open tin at dinner to find just one
I couldn't possibly tell you the computer's ID over the phone, I've been on A Course™
I wish my users protected data like this efficient PA
If the IT department had a decent asset list this wouldn't happen - I guess Mike feels that admin isn't part of his job.
All he had to say to the PA is - could you call me back on the IT number.
Seriously it's people like Mike that give HellDesks a bad name
Pokémon Red and Blue-era trading cards just made their owner a load of green: Complete set sells at auction for $107k
BOFH: Oh, go on, let's flush all that legacy tech down the toilet
Braking bad? Van with £112m worth of crystal meth in back hits cop car at police station
Bonkers British MPs rant: 5G signals cause cancer
IT pro screwed out of unused vacation pay, bonus by HPE after judge rules: The law is a mess but it's still the law
Gonna be so cool when we finally get into space, float among the stars, work out every day, inject testosterone...
Introducing 'freedom gas' – a bit like the 2003 deep-fried potato variety, only even worse for you
Egg on North Face: Wikipedia furious after glamp-wear giant swaps article pics for sneaky ad shots – and even brags about it in a video
Ofcom to Openreach: Thou shalt prise open thy network for firms targeting biz customers
If poking about Doctor Who's TARDIS in VR sounds like fun to you, better luck next time
Wine? No, posh noshery in high spirits despite giving away £4,500 bottle of Bordeaux
Re: Wine is wine
@M. Poolman
Speaking as an ex-bar manager that has been on extensive courses for this sort of thing, nope. The average person couldn't tell the difference. And some sommeliers would have issues too.
The price on a bottle doesn't reflect the quality of the product (which is wholly subjective anyway)
Veteran vulture Andrew Orlowski is offski after 19 years at The Register
Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks over Ecuador embassy bail-jumping
Huawei, Huawei. Huawei, Huawei. Feeling hot, hot, hot: US threatens to cut UK from intel sharing over Chinese tech giant
BOFH: It's not just an awesome app, it'll look great on my Insta. . a. a. AAAARRRRRGGH
Gather round, friends. Listen close. It's time to list the five biggest lies about 5G
Parents slapped with dress code after turning school grounds into a fashion crime scene
UK watchdog slaps 'misleading' Voda ad: Gigafast... maybe so – but not for £23
iOS 13 leaks suggest Apple is finally about to unleash the iPad as a computer for grownups
Starz, meet the Streisand Effect. Cable telly giant apologizes for demented DMCA Twitter takedown spree
ugh
As a podcaster that pushes out our live stream through youtube I am all to familiar with takedowns.
It's worse when the robots decide I have infringed.
The actual process of getting a design reversed is a proper ball ache.
The way the system works is guilty until proved otherwise.
It is a joke at best and a proper jack booted at worst.