Posts by Steve Renouf

Parody is illegal, say barmy bureaucrats

Dunno. Not allowed to watch it in our country, apparently...

letters...

Adobe kills two actively exploited bugs in Reader

Libre Office?

Writer does PDFs... and comes in x64 flavours

Microsoft to offer dual upgrade path for Windows 8

You're kidding right?!

"Click, download, install. Job done. No silly questions, no fussing about.

House Rules Post your own message"

I have the misfortune to have a friend who switched to MAC and it's been nothing but a headache ever since he let it upgrade to Lion! The most infuriating issue on the list being the inability of the MAC to keep the WiFi connection alive!

I say "I" have the misfortune to have ... because I've moved from support his PC, which I knew inside out, to supporting his MAC which does things in weird illogical ways...

Parallel import argument turns toxic in Oz

Get a mate to download it and email it to you!?! There are always ways to circumvent this manufacturer bullshit (in fact, it's not really the manufacturers - as borne out by the fact that a purchase in Japan gives you a worldwide warranty - it's the regional exclusivity agreements that the distributors have with the manufacturers).

Have I got News For You?

Yes, I have.

It's not just Australia! It's everywhere the governments let them get away with it (which is pretty much everywhere in the "western" world) due to the level of vested interest of the AHs in power.

EU: Apple-Samsung row could be stifling competition

ABOUT FUCKING TIME!!

That is all...

Rumoured iPhone 5 'will have 4in screen' against Jobs' wish

hmmm...... wonder when summer is for countries on/near the equator?!?

Kindle Fire: An open letter to Jeff Bezos

Huh?

I must have missed something over the last 20 years or so... Yet all my email addresses work just fine on all my devices without a GGGLE in sight!

No, I don't have a google email address. Why would I possibly want one? I have enough personalised email addresses for different things to be getting on with thank you very much. All of which are accessible via any email client or webmail in any browser. Duh!

Too rude for the road: DVLA hot list of banned numberplates

Perhaps there are more Yanks than we think in the UK...?

Or is it that the younger brits are getting just as shit at spelling?!?

It's spelled PAEDOphile FFS!

because they can't fu**ing SPELL!!!

spaces

Lost cities found beneath sands of Sahara by satellites

Ah so, US PLICs...

Foreign government emails HACKED says TeamP0ison

one?

Minnow Android slab maker BEATS Apple in court

YIPPEE!!!

Just... YIPPEE!

LibreOffice plans ports to iOS, Android, cloud

TIT le

Or just because it's European (German) one...?!? (as opposed to USA).

Mac security update leaves users open to ugly Flashback

Ha ha ha ha...

In other news - the security by obscurity myth is finally blown out of the water...

Android outsells Apple 2:1

OSes not phones

It's a comparison of Operating Systems not phone models so, in that sense, it is valid. It wasn't attempting to do a comparison of different phones!

Blue Screen of Death gets makeover for Windows 8

Driver mystery

I'm still amazed at how windows can still come up with "unknown" device detected and not give you any sort of clue as to what type of device it's suddenly discovered (when you haven't installed any new hardware recently) that would give you a clue as to exactly which bit of "unknown hardware" has probably just developed corrupted drivers or gone titsup - thereby enabling you to specifically re-install those drivers or order the replacement part.

I also still don't get how linux can tell you exactly what you have just slotted in (usually including the firmware version etc.) when windows quite often doesn't seem to be able to even tell you what type of device has just been inserted!?!

Of course, I still use windows as well, as I have some rather expensive software which only runs on windows :-(

Feds probe naked Scarlett Johansson outrage

My word, don't they have a lot of trackers on there!

Twitter contests ad company's 'tweets' trademark

wotsinatitle

Is that vanilla C or C++ ? Or perhaps FC? I understand your sentiment sir!

...The Paris connection? Dunno. Just talking about twittering twats made me think of her...!?!

Hey Commentards! [This title is optional]

OMG!

For a second there, I thought that said "no titties!"

The title is fine on the article but is unnecessary on replies to the same topic...

so I'm glad this has finally been realised! (About time!) :-)

Deezer launches stunningly original music idea in the UK

Meh? Hmm? I have low expectations...? Originality and innovation?

Sorry, but I still prefer to listen to music on my own independent devices - not rely on having an internet connection...

Lawsuit alleges that Windows Phone 7 tracks users

Yes! Good! Stop the bastards!

That is all... move along...

Google+ bans real name under ‘Real Names’ policy

Not strictly true

Most times, the carriers require a contact number for the recipient in case of delivery/customs issues.

Idiots!

So if your real name is "Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined" but everybody just calls you "Stupid Idiot", what then?

BBC explains 'All your Twitter pics are belong to us' gaffe

Title? Don't need no $%F4974ng title in a reply...

Couldn't agree more! it's either IP for everyone or no-one! it can't be IP in one case and not another - just at the whim of some big media corporations!

Facebook password reset coming to phone near you

Aha, yet another security breach vector...

So, someone can now steal my mobile phone, get my password reset and steal my FB identity...

Just thought of something else!

How long before we start being swamped by advertising texts via FB??

Adobe releases lengthy list of Apple Lion woes

WRONG!!!

Rob you blind is what accountants do!

Microsoft becoming Apple with Windows 8 control freakery?

Missing the point?

I think maybe, you're missing the point - it's been about being able to build a PC to your own specification from the widely available components available in any combination/flavour you like - not about what the "assembly companies" want to supply you with as a finished product. It's THAT freedom that's in danger...

Qualcomm confirms Windows 8 on ARM

Why?

Probably, if it's half the price of Apple's offering and is "open"...

MPs criticise banks on online fraud despite declining losses

??12234??

What does this have to do with online banking? Or secure transactions for that matter?

Don't forget the small merchants!

They lose money to fraudulent use of cards too! The whole system needs revamping to protect "EVERYONE"!!! Not just the banks!

Halifax cuts investment accounts off from the web until April 2012

?12?

Never had any problems with Maestro in the countries I've visited. Like the other guy said - they either work in the machine or they don't.

Works fine here...

and it's the only available guarantee for the merchant that he won't get a chargeback a month down the line because the customer claims he never made the transaction...

UK, Oz won't get latest AMD ThinkPad

Ermmm... They can't actually stop you from buying one

"ThinkPad buffs can take a look at the ThinkPad X120e's specifications here, and dream whistfully about what they'd do with the machine if Lenovo would only let them buy one... ®"

Ermmm... They can't actually stop you from buying one, they can only stop it getting to you through the normal channels. If you happen to be in a country where they are sold and you buy one there, it is yours - it belongs to you - to do with whatever you wish - including taking it back home with you. Oh look! See! You can buy one!

State of the Internet Down Under?

Apples/Oranges?

The connection between your PC and your ISP's server may well be 20Mbs but was the throughput 20Mbs - I very much doubt it. By the time ISPs have finished traffic shaping, throttling this service and that service, what you often end up with is an actual data throughput figure which is way below the connection speed.

Forget Flash – content is king

Yay!

Brother. I'm with you!

Passenger cleared after TSA checkpoint stare-down

Not Quite..

The UK doesn't include the IOM and the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands have never been part of the United Kingdom (which comprises: Scotland, England, Wales & Northern Ireland). They are, however, part of the "British Islands". That's why our passports do not mention the UK anywhere. It is: "British Islands: Bailiwick of Jersey" (or Guernsey, as the case may be).

[url="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dca.gov.uk/constitution/crown/govguide.htm#part4 "]Constitutional Relationship[/url]

title

It probably wouldn't but they would already know who it was by virtue of having checked the ID before you boarded!?!

Italy sues Microsoft for box-bundling bungling

Hooray! Elbow! Power to!

Fantastic! At last! Perhaps in future we WILL be able to buy a computer without being forced to accept all the crud they insist on pre-installing (including the OS).

Why should we have to pay for Windows when we actually use Linux - or, even if we do want windows, why should they decide which version???

'London black cabs to go electric in 2 weeks' – Boris Guardian

Or..... Joe's cells... anyone?

Or they could just generate the hydrogen as they need it - a la "Joe's cells"

or just Google "Joe's cell"

[url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6871958947684246583#]Joe's cell[/url]

Air Force blocks access to sites that covered WikiLeaks

Splorf!!!

You owe me a new keyboard!

Cinema iPhone pirate escapes jail in test case appeal

I see they're redifining the meaning of fraud now as well!?!

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/fraud

Visa tightens rules for small sellers

PayPal?!?

Personally, I wouldn't touch PayPal with a barge-pole.There are much better and cheaper payment providers available.

Don't process card payments

The easy answer is not to process card payments yourself but to use a third-party payment provider. That way you are not handling the card details at all. Problem solved!

Neuroscientist: iPhone 4's 'Retina display' not bullsh*t

Marketing

But ALL marketing pr**ks are lying scumbags!!!!

Microsoft legal foes withdraw EU complaint

Browser selection

is all very well but it doesn't install your browser of preference INSTEAD OF Infernal Exploder - it installs it AS WELL AS!

Adobe euthanizes Flash 10.1 for 64-bit Linux

DITTO!

It's the bane of that net thingy - slows everything down and introduces security holes!

Jobsian drones shackle gamer with 'lifetime' iPad ban

"Invitation to Treat"

Just because a store has items for sale does NOT mean they HAVE TO sell it to you. The contract of sale only takes place once the AGREEMENT of both parties has been reached - i.e. the purchaser agrees to buy the goods and the seller agrees to sell the goods at an agreed price and including any other conditions attached to the contract (by either party) have likewise been agreed by both parties.