Posts by LarsG

StreetView spots possible roadside nookie down under

The quality of the picture is better here because the Street View driver took his time driving past........

Another 170,000 Freeview homes to be freed from reality TV - possibly

First a filter, then it will be a demand that you buy either satellite or a whole new free view box.

I love the bit about, 'if you didn't get a letter it won't be out fault'.....

Microsoft follows Apple into the dock over warranty terms in China

A great opportunity

For a country, state, county or even a town to enact a national or local law which states an electrical device such as a laptop, tablet or even phone must come with a three year all parts and labour warranty.

Without of course hiding the cost in the purchase price of the item.

EE extends network: Soon, 1 million users will pay us for 4G

Re: Maybe Not, but why do they keep telling me I should switch

As I live in an area where we are barely able to get a 3G signal, why do Orange keep asking me if I was to switch to the 4G tariffs?

I anticipate 4G arriving in this area sometime in 2091.

Maggie Thatcher: The Iron Lady who saved us from drab Post Office mobes

Before anyone moans about her...

The Labour Party first under Blair and then Brown could have, with such a large majority in Parliament over turned everything she and John 'Privatise Everything' Major had done.

They did not and THAT speaks volumes for her policies.

London Boroughs join forces in mighty £1bn IT procurement framework

Doomed to fail right from the start.

USPTO backs down on iPad mini trademark objections

The judge and family have been given a few 'free' samples to examine.

Hold on! Degrees for all doesn't mean great jobs for all, say profs

'Lousy jobs' was this survey run by an American.

I hate these americanisms.

Canadian gov: Have half a million BlackBerrys now, pay later!

I suppose it is the only way to keep them in business, through subsidy.

Leaked memo: Apple's iMessage crypto has DEA outfoxed

I've said it before and I will say it again, US lawmakers are extremely creative in what they decide is criminal activity and even when the activity takes place outside of their jurisdiction. They just change the rules as and where necessary.

Gov report: Actually, evil City traders DIDN'T cause the banking crash

A cover up

Don't be conned by the report, it was the bankers pure and simple, without the bankers, no loans could have been given, no mortgages provided and no PPI sold, and no huge bonuses paid out.

Don't kid yourselves, they'll look for a few scapegoats to pin it on.

They just want to change the lasting image of the bent overpaid bankers, the report not blaming them is the beginning.

Google cofounder Brin sighted in Tesla batmobile

It's obviously

A google safety feature.

Australian Feds charge 17-year-old 'Anon' with four crimes

At least

At least in OZ they admit to arresting him.

The Americans would deny all knowledge of the arrest as he is spirited away into Oblivion.

Android's US market share continues to slip

Like a woman's monthly cycle

There are ups and downs.....

And downs and ups.

Statistics if they are to mean something should not be based on a snap shot.

Ahoy! Google asks US gov't to help sink patent 'privateers'

Re: Here Here!

Here Here again, the patent should remain with the one that files the patent, they should not be able to sell it. If a patent infringement occurs, the patent holder who filed the patent can then instruct someone to act for them. There are enough no win no fee sharks out there..

Swedish judge explains big obstacles to US Assange extradition

Re: Yeh right.

You'd not trust our legal system here in the UK... Why trust anyone else, and the Americans can be very creative when it comes to breaking the Law.

Microsoft's summer update will be called Windows 8.1

Re: Fixed that for you

The New windows 8.1 is.............

Windows 7.

Animal Liberation drone surveillance plan draws fire

Re: "Nothing to hide, nothing to fear"

The Oz answer to the Animal Rights surveillance drone....

A rifle....

Court refuses to block Aereo's personal streaming TV service

Re: $80/year?

I remember a guy had set up an app for what in effect was a BBC newsfeed on Android when there wasn't one, and another who had a free BBC iPlayer on Android that you could even record program's with. This was before the BBC had even developed one... Needless to say the courts stopped it.

Smartphone running 'Facebook OS' said to debut this week

Re: Why would a sane person buy one?

Why? There are enough self-important Facebook users out there who think the unimportant, boring, uninteresting minutiae of their sad lives must be shared with the world. To them the pinnacle of smartphones would be a Facebook phone, in their minds this phone gives them affirmation, that they are important to the rest the Universe. Their circle of friends will of course coo and fawn over them and aspire and covet such a phone, thus increasing their own self-importance.

An Amazon phone on the other hand would probably be cheap to buy, cheap to run, cheap to replace Nd come with free delivery on all purchases. Not something you'd want to get out at the pub though.

Patent shark‘s copyright claim could bite all Unix

Re: April Fools!

Tut tut...

Dell directors foresee unremitting brutality in PC market

Re: The Tree is Dead

The industry tries to kid us that we need expensive Ultrabooks, then it tries to kid us we need a new operating system, then it tries to kid us that laptops and desktops need touch screens, then it tries to kid us we need to upgrade to ensure we have the fastest experience possible.

The consumer on the other hand has got wise to this crap..........

Second International Cat Video Festival coming to Oakland CA

Re: Detest the evil things

You could try orange peel on the garden, failing that, collect the sh*t and then throw it back late at night.

My neighbour who had the cat (they've left now) asked me if I had seen any cats climbing over the fence into his garden. He couldn't understand why he had so much sh*t in his, as his cat never made a mess in the garden!

Jobs' first boss Nolan Bushnell: 'Steve was difficult but valuable'

Strange how

The comments about Steve Jobs come into the fore when the book is actually about hiring and firing talent.

Forget about Steve Jobs, he's just an example, a foot note to describe a character in the book. Actually read what he has said an you will see that some of it makes sense.

Not many big businesses will like his ideas, the ones that do tend to do this stuff anyway. Just like in politics, you'll never convert the unconverted.

Wisconsin man cuffed over Koch-blocking DDoS attack

Not to worry

This guy had his computer hacked and has been set up as the fall guy.

Luckily the authorities will only sentence him to a maximum of 50 years imprisonment (it is after all the USA) and he will probably win his appeal in 20 years when they discover witheld evidence, he will only be 67 so he can continue with his life.

Google Shopping Express dips toe in same-day home delivery

They might be able to do it 20 miles from home on a limited customer base with Google Vans. It's a different matter on a national basis.

Congress plans to make computer crime law much, much worse

Three strikes and you are out rule... Life Sentences for downloading Justin Beiber songs....

Still it will help the economy by helping to populate the US prisons, therefore increasing demand for spaces, leading to increases in building new prisons, which will lead directly to more employment in the prison sector..

It's comparable to a Ponzi scheme, when the US runs out of prisoners they can export the laws and make them applicable to other countries and import prisoners to help fill prisons, to increase prison building programs, to employ more people in the prison sector......

Either that or the death penalty, but where the profit in that?

Living in the middle of a big city? Your broadband may still be crap

This is a way ISP's encourage you to go on to more expensive tariffs, the promises rarely match reality.

IT Pro confession: How I helped in the BIGGEST DDoS OF ALL TIME

Re: You are right.. and wrong

The Biggest DDOS attack...... Until the next time

BlackBerry results not as bad as they possibly could have been

not as bad as they could have been

That's like saying the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagazaki was not as bad as it could have been ( because of the hills ).

That doesn't mean that it's not bad!

Statistically, shops in the US have stocks of the Z10 simply because no one wants them. By the way has anyone here actually bought one yet and been too embarrassed to tell anyone about it?

No one I know has them and I know a lot of people.

ASA says 'unlimited' broadband can have 'moderate' limits on it

Re: Funny@AC11:21

Totally different context.

If I sell you a car and it has a 12 year paint warranty and after 3 years the paint begins to peel the manufacturer can't say 'ah we cannot fix this under the warranty because you left the car out in the rain'.

There is a reasonable expectation that the car will get wet at some stage. Just as there is an expectation that unlimited broadband does actually mean unlimited. The terms and conditions should reflect this and leave the purchaser in no doubt whatsoever. If I were to buy a car that comes with a disclaimer, 'getting this vehicle wet will invalidate the warranty' I would look elsewhere. The same goes with broadband that says 'unlimited except for...' And lists 20 or so disclaimers. I would go elsewhere.

Re: Funny

Then the service should be called 'Moderated Unlimited' Broadband and not Unlimited alone.

If you use the legal reasonable man test, a reasonable man would assume that if the word unlimited, in unlimited glasses of cola with your meal, would mean just that. Drink as much as you like.

The same goes wit broadband, but if it is moderated then it should be up front in capital letters and not hidden in section 309/7834/783 of the small print.

Pyongyang Photoshop tomfoolery shows wet Norks, skirts blown up

Utterly, totally, absolutely

BONKERS.

US bill prohibits state use of tech linked to Chinese government

All of it?

But almost tech has parts made in China, assembled in China supplied by china, raw materials from China!

If this isn't Protectionism then I will eat my sock.

BIGGEST DDoS ATTACK IN HISTORY hammers Spamhaus

Re: Spamhous must really be hurting those parasites

Parasites hey, and you know this for sure because Spamhous has told you this?

It's raining gold coins outside, you know this for sure because I told you?

Two sides to every story my friend.

GCHQ attempts to downplay amazing plaintext password blunder

Re: The sound you hear

Is the smile appearing on my face and the subdued background noise of laughter.

Rodney you......Plonker!

Experts agree: Your next car will be smarter than you

Re: Do not want, and in fact this kind of thing is a fucking 'orrible idea.

Where will I get my adrenaline rush from when I look up and realise the traffic has stopped, forcing me into emergency braking manoeuvres?

The relief I feel afterwards, having missed rear ending the car in front by millimetres is such a rush its close to sex.

India’s outsourcers battle for customers in a cloudy universe

If only

At least Indian call centre staff remain friendly when under intense pressure from not too happy callers.

They always remain polite even under adverse conditions and abuse.

Unlike one particular Irish lady I spoke to who sounded so despondent (BT call centre I think) and miserable I asked her if she was Ok if she wanted to call me back later.

'What do you mean by that?' She asked.

'Well, you really sound so down and miserable, have you had a bad morning?'. I replied.

'Why don't you go and fcuk yourself!'

She put the phone down.

God, did she have a sexy Irish accent! If only I'd managed to get her name.

Rubbish IT means DEATH for UK Border Agency, announces May

Ok here we go again

Not a surprise here, another waste of tax payers money from a poorly thought out and poorly executed idea.

Then again it's not the first time and it won't be the last.

Foundry Networks CIO charged in $29m insider trading scam

Shows how bent the whole system is even with the checks and balances those that make lots of money from what is in effect a betting scam are fiddling it every time.

Mobile location data identifies individuals

If you don't know this already you must be from another planet.

Sony joins iWear face-off

Eye strain

Has anyone actually done a study on how wearing these things may cause eye strain and headaches?

Will they come with a disclaimer, 'do not wear continually for more,than 15 minutes at a time' or 'may cause seizures if worn continually' or better still 'do not wear if driving, danger of death'.

Wireless charging on the Galaxy S4: Samsung goes VHS not Betamax

Hedging

Hedging their bets on a technology that will only increase the cost of ownership.

At a time when there was a push to make standard chargers for all mobile phones they go ahead with a bespoke system.

It will just add to the number of discarded chargers.

Furious Stephen Fry blasts 'evil' Reg and 'TW*T' Orlowski

Watch out guys

This man may be part of the group that wants to censor newspapers and publications.

Is he part of the lobby group 'hacked off' funded by some unsavoury luvvies?

It would be the end of El Reg.

Florida fisherman bags two-headed MUTANT SHARK

No

Can't you see the stitches where they've been sown together?

Apple buys indoor mapper WiFiSLAM

Re: They've bought mappers before ...

Thought they might have wanted to develop this IN HOUSE.

No, really: Austrians develop hi-tech jewellery made out of concrete

Not surprising

The Austrians were experts at the manufacture of concrete, look how many bunkers they manufactured during WW2.

Japan's rare earth discovery bad news for China's monopoly plans

Re: All hinges on the cost of extraction.

Could use a similar system to the South African sea diamond mining, a really really really long vacuum cleaner extention to suck it up. Though this is a little deeper.....

T-Mobile patches Wi-Fi eavesdrop vuln

Fixed

Until the next vulnerability is found.