* Posts by diodesign

3493 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Sep 2011

PCIe hard drives? You read that right, says WD

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Re: Stop!

All right, all right - I've fixed the numbers to Gbit/s. We always try to publish as readable copy as possible, but sometimes in the heat of deadlines, things slip through.

If you emailed corrections@thereg this could have been fixed hours ago :-(

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Revealed: GCHQ's beyond top secret Middle Eastern internet spy base

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Re: Bit of explanation please

See above post by Lewis, Reg global editor.

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DevOps is actually a thing – and people are willing to pay for it

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Re: Really?

"Is it?"

Depends on your definition of "frequently", I guess ;-)

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Samsung in a TIZZY: OH PLEASE make apps for our Tizen Z mobe

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Re: App Revenue?

A network operator CEO, speaking at MWC 2014, said he was fed up of Apple and Google getting all the action, suggesting operators want in on the app shop cash. That's our reading of the situation.

Some may say that's a courageous move on the part of the cell networks.

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FORGET OUR PAST, 12,000 Europeans implore Google

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Re: Re: Why is Google in charge of the process?

"The '12,000' figure is part of a PR campaign"

Absolutely, IMHO. Google is presumably filing these complaints in /dev/null. Right now, Google wants as much "poor little Google" coverage as it can get – as its brand (in the public's mind) turns from "don't be evil" to "don't unknowingly miss the opportunity to gobble information on everyone".

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TrueCrypt turmoil latest: Bruce Schneier reveals what he'll use instead

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Re: Bruce Schneier *doesn't* reveal what he'll use

"An article from years back, Bruce Schneier says what he'll use."

You've misread the article :(

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Microsoft Cortana EULA contains the Greatest Disclaimer of ALL TIME

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Re: Re: THANK YOU for the text transcription

> all I see in lieu of the video is the text "YouTube Video"

We do try to put in captions and descriptions for people using terminal browsers and what have you. We'll try harder next time.

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Re: is it just me?

"This was designed by boys"

It was designed for Halo, a Microsoft-owned game. Redmond uses the same name across the two systems, because Cortana is supposed to be some personal assistant thing. The official Cortana logo looks like this.

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Google TOO WHITE and MALE, says HR boss, looking in mirror

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Re: Sensationalist Healine - Whites are actually UNDER-Represented at Google America

Thanks for the feedback.

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100% driverless Wonka-wagon toy cars? Oh Google, you're having a laugh

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Re: Some things over-exaggerated.

"I would think that makes claims even easier to resolve"

And who pays if it's the Google car's fault? Google? Or the passenger for not pressing stop?

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TrueCrypt considered HARMFUL – downloads, website meddled to warn: 'It's not secure'

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"Significantly, TrueCrypt version 7.2 was certified with the official TrueCrypt private signing key"

It appears the signing key changed for v7.2.

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Re: Re: Oh bugger!

"TrueCrypt 7.1a. Released February 7, 2012."

If you've downloaded 7.1a recently and not checked the code signing, I'd be worried. Not spreading FUD, just ... considering the worst-case scenario. How long has this project been compromised?

We're following the situation.

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ICO raps UK Student Loans Co for leaking MEDICAL files and more

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Re: Re: The article keeps changing

"so any comments made don't suddenly look weird"

Better: email corrections@theregister with reports of typos, grammatical errors, inaccuracies and unclear wording - then we can fix the problem immediately rather than read every single comment. We get those emails straight away.

Also: articles are more or less static once published, but in the same way newspapers produced 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions for each daily issue, there may be, if necessary, some tweaking soon after publication – mainly to insert bootnotes, run a better headline, add extra detail, clarify things, etc.

Substantial updates, or new developments, are flagged up as such, and it's policy to leave archived stories as-is. But having left the newsprint world and embraced the web, I cannot fathom why you'd not want to take advantage of instant publishing to make articles as fresh and clean as possible.

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Re: The article keeps changing

Yes, this isn't print.

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Re: Timmay

"Why does the Student Loans company even have or keep medical records?"

See the article bootnote :-) I imagine someone applied for a Disabled Student Allowance (which doesn't have to be paid back) and their files were scanned and added to a complete stranger's account.

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Spotify boasts 10 million paying subscribers ... Um, is that all?

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Re: A Million Plays

IIRC, playing a track to a million listeners on Radio 1 these days costs about 250 quid, depending on the time of day. YMMV. Noddy Holder used to joke that "Merry Xmas Everybody" (it's Chrissssstmaaaass fame) was his retirement fund.

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Web firms, DON'T PANIC: The Euro Google 'right to be forgotten' isn't a problem

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Re: obnoxiousGit

" can't help thinking Google should just blacklist all EU news sources"

Cripes, don't give them any ideas :(

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EBay, you keep using the word 'SECURITY'. I do not think it means what you think it means

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Re: "eBay has reset everyone's passwords as a precaution"

I jumped the gun in the edit - eBay actually said: "eBay users will be notified via email, site communications and other marketing channels to change their password."

So you'll have to do it yourself. If you spot something wrong in an article, drop us a line to corrections@thereg so we can fix stuff straight away.

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E-cigarettes help you quit – but may not keep you alive

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Re: Re: e-Cigs are not for quitting

"lgtfy.com".

Ooooh, shots fired!

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Big data? Internet of things? Sport of Kings inches into high tech

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Re: daveyclayton

We didn't say it was new - just interesting.

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Motorola Moto E: Brill budget blower with one bothersome blunder

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Re: Buzzfeed Subheading

Haters gonna hate.

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EMC's DSSD rack flashers snub Fibre Channel for ... PCIe

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Re: ByteMe, Hapkido

"With an all-flash-array you can easily achieve sub-millisecond response times at the host layer using 8 Gbps FC."

Well, FWIW, it's what Burton claimed. I've tweaked the article.

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Surprise! Google chairman blasts EU's privacy ruling

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Re: Where's the fire?

"an individual must first go through the courts"

It's explained here.

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Europe's shock Google privacy ruling: The end of history? Don't be daft

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Re: Ken Hagan

> "It's true" is an absolute defence in libel cases

Not always, I'm afraid: see the UK's Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Republishing minor convictions from years ago dismantles your defence unless other privilege kicks in, or you're confident there's a public interest.

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Tick-tock, Jock: Dock schlock for mock-stock in ad-hoc shop squawk

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Re: "Tick-tock, Jock: Dock schlock for mock-stock in ad-hoc shop squawk"

More of a tribute, really.

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Indian climate boffins: Himalayan glaciers are OK, thanks

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Re: Using area as a measurement???

"quite different from a measurement of 100 meters deep"

Glaciers aren't 100m deep at their edge. Glacial retreat is an understood way to express glacial motion. No need for a correction.

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Re: Nope

You've misread the sentence. It's "important" as in "important to note", not "important for the environment".

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Re: Re not melting vs net loss of glacier area

"I feel this one was rather poorly worded"

We'll have to agree to disagree.

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Re: Is 0.2pc "NOT MELTING?

‘Is 0.2pc "NOT MELTING?"’

You missed the part about the 1,700 stable glaciers. What would you prefer?

Indian climate boffins: Majority of glaciers we looked at are not melting, a few are and so overall, it's a 0.2% decline, or about 2.1m over a vast, vast area.

Cripes, the detail is in the article. The headline is there to get your attention. You know that bit in the Simpsons when Homer makes election posters with the words "SEX - now I've go your attention..."?

Same as it ever was :-)

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Archos ArcBook: An Android netbook for a measly hundred-and-seventy clams

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Re: Anon heckler

"as you might have guessed, that means £169.99"

That's the gag.

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Apple poaches Nokia photo guru Ari Partinen from Microsoft

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Re: Old news

"Errm, do keep up."

Ah, oops. This happens from time to time.

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The ULTIMATE space geek accessory: Apollo 15's joystick up for sale

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Re: Eh?

"how come this joystick still exists?"

It's not implausible he whipped it out if that's the case. Seems legit to us.

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Reg readers wot won it: Five flee reality armed with smart strap-ons

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Re: Grant Mitchell?

Reg London also has a Phil Mitchell on staff. Oh the hilarity.

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EMC ships '17PB' of biz flash, brags it's NAND numero uno ... That's cute, grins HDS

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Re: 17TB ??

"Should that be 17PB?"

It's from the transcript of the call. I've added a footnote.

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Larry Ellison looks out from his island paradise and thinks: I wanna buy the LA Clippers

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Re: Taylor 1

"very surprised this article is even here"

I'm not, given our red-top heritage and Larry's lavish lifestyle (see second par).

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Granny's Guardian: Acorn BBC Micro hero touts OAP watchdog kit

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Re: Cheap at half the price

"It costs £225 for the goods"

That was ex-VAT. I've put the inc VAT prices in.

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10 PRINT "Happy 50th Birthday, BASIC" : GOTO 10

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Re: Re: C

A friend describes it thus: "C is assembly language with syntactic sugar."

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Google forges a Silver bullet for Android, aims it at Samsung's heart

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Re: JDX

My understanding is that, yes, it's an extension of the Nexus idea - just this time, Google really means it.

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Yes, there is now Bitcoin-mining malware for Android

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Re: So, lets do the math...

Yeah. Anyone using an ARM handset for mining BTC is on some pretty strong mind-altering drugs.

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Reg probe bombshell: How we HACKED mobile voicemail without a PIN

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Re: Almost on sidebar of shame (but not quite)

*updates CV*

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Re: Need help to verify this

Exploiting Orange has patchy results, and I don't know when you tried with EE, but by yesterday evening the mobe network had patched the bug. See a follow-up due to be published this morning.

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Re: how much time did you give them to put their house in order?

I understand we contacted the affected mobile networks last week. EE says it has now fixed the hole - a follow-up will be published shortly.

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UK bank heist-by-KVM gang sent down for 24 years after nicking £1.2m

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Re: @diodesign Re: 24 Years - Nah!

"It's a meaningless piece of Tabloid-esque BS"

It's not. IMHO. It's something I can fit in a headline. I've got limited characters for the head; at least appreciate it wasn't in the intro and you were given as many details as I could spare in the copy without boring everyone.

"we might at least hope for an attempt at accurate reporting from El Reg."

We've accurately reported the sentences. We must do for legal reasons.

As for the figure in the title, no headline writer outside the Guardian backbench is going to agree with you, I'm sorry.

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Re: 24 Years - Nah!

"I hate it when journos give the total of sentences for a convicted gang"

I almost put money on the table this comment would be posted.

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DeSENSORtised: Why the 'Internet of Things' will FAIL without IPv6

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Re: Lol

tl;dr: We don't use IPv6. Blame us for the death of IoT, if you wish.

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Bevy of tech behemoths aim to plug the next Heartbleed with DOLLARS

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Re: Shower?

$1.2 million is a shower for impoverished open-source projects, IMHO.

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Dell charges £5 to switch on power-saving for new PCs (it takes 5 clicks)

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Re: OH NOES THINK OF THE CHILDREN

"Dell charge a fee for doing work, end of."

Don't forget to let your less tech-savvy friends and family know they're paying for a simple setting change. Flick the switch for them and earn yourself a pint. Now that's market economics.

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Patch iOS, OS X now: PDFs, JPEGs, URLs, web pages can pwn your kit

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Re: why the Google team is working on it's main competitors products?

AFAIA, in most cases: the engines at the heart of Apple Safari and Google Chrome share a common ancestry in WebKit. It so happens that if Google finds a bug in WebKit, it may be present in Safari, too. So either Google tells Apple or Apple notices Google's patches, or the upstream change, and applies the patch, too.

There are corner cases, such as Google engineers competing in Pwn2Own contests with Apple kit.

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Apple splats 'new' SSL snooping bug in iOS, OS X - but it's no Heartbleed

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Re: What about this post?

And we've linked to it in the article. This 'ere is a closer look at the Secure Transport fix. But thanks for reading every thing we publish :-)

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EU: Let's cost financial traders $400m a day, because EVIL BANKERS. Right?

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Re: Flash Boys

"it'd probably behoove the author to read it"

Hi new reader - Tim wrote about Flash Boys here, on the Reg, a couple of weeks ago.

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