* Posts by LarsG

2091 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Oct 2011

Hyperspeed travel looks wrong: Leicester students

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Did someone

Did someone actually explain to these students that Star Wars is a film and that artistic licence has been used?

Why haven't they been working on something more important?

Siri, will Chrome's new speech features kill you?

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Strange

But Siri is the least used program on my iPhone since I asked what the latest Championship League tables were and it gave me the biography of Adolf Hitler.

These voice enables are a pure gimmick with very limited appeal.

Also when in company you look a pr*ck talking at your phone or computer, then getting angry because it just doesn't understand you.

China's Android users warned of giant botnet

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Not more malware on Android phones!

Got to be a Daily Mail news flash, or a troll by a fanbois.

Titsup Windows Phone 8 orders user to cram 'boot disc' in mobe

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The next

The next lot of mobile phones circa 2013, will have even bigger screens so there will be an opportunity to install a disc drive in them. Problem solved.

Zuck on that! Instagram loses HALF its hipsters in a month

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They're not leaving

They're not leaving because of copyright, they are leaving because it is just a short lived fad with some people.

'Hey I've got to join Instagram' they shout and a few months later 'just so boring to keep it up'.

Granted there will be a hardcore but face it, what's the point of it? Especially when it doesn't benefit you.

Bubble baron treats Space Station crew to blowup model

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Carry On Camping

Will it have an integrated toilet, or will they have an attached portaloo?

'Red October' has been spying on WORLD LEADERS for 5 years - researchers

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Spying?

Spying on Governments and politicians? It would be like trying to understand and make sense of the residents in a Californian Asylum for the criminally insane.

Apple 'slashes iPhone 5 screen orders', tight-fisted fanbois blamed

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IPhone screen just not big enough

The problem with the iPhone 5 is that the screen was just not big enough.

It's the phones with the briefcase sized displays that are selling like hot cakes, people no longer want to be understated and sophisticated, instead they want to stand out from the crowd be gaudy and vulgar.

What better way than to pull out a 'massive'' and flash it round a darkened bar. The fashion for men with clothes that have map pockets and combat style trousers where a phone can be secreted halfway down your trouser leg in a pocket meant for ammunition just stokes the sales. Even though the closest they get to the Great Outdoors is crossing the road to get a sandwich. For women the choice is easier, they can carry the 'massive' in a massive handbag (note how little bags are not so 'in') even when wearing skinny jeans they remain connected.

The next generation of 5",6" and probably 7" phones may yet be developed, they probably won't sell well though, you'd look like such a pr*ck getting that out in a bar.

Microsoft flings out emergency patch for Iatest gaping IE hole

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An

A patch to patch the patched patch.

I feel safer now.

Twitter's Tweetdeck must 'file accounts or be struck off'

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I think HMRC will look at this and wonder why they continue with a business that has no value.....

Questions may be asked as to where the profit is?

Biz barons jumpy over EU draft data protection reforms

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Re: Oh dear@ Yes Me

Bearded sandal wearing tree hugging Guardian reading Lib Dem voter?

I assume this because of your vitriolic accusatory, burn them at the stake outburst.

Mind you, you could be Spanish, Portuguese, Irish, Maltese, Greek safe in the knowledge that the Bank of Germany will keep you afloat during your occupation.

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The end

The end of pre-ticked boxes?

What will the Banks think?

Cisco sued by East Carolina University

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Copyright?

Have they not got better things to do with their time?

Sorry for the censorship says Chinese chat service

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If you think that your conversations are not monitored because you live outside China.....

Think again, because that's the stuff they really want to listen to.

Vibrator guru on pleasure tech: 'Of all the places you'd want a quality UI....'

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Never mix tech with sex

The Engineers Song.

Ah-hum, titty-bum, titty-bum, titty-bum,

An engineer told me before he died,

Ah-hum, ah-hum.

An engineer told me before he died,

I have no reason to believe he lied,

Ah-hum, titty-bum, titty-bum, titty-bum,

Ah-hum, titty-bum, titty-bum, titty-bum.

An engineer told me before he died,

And I have no reason to believe that he lied,

(Chorus) That no matter whatever he tried,

His girlfriend was never satisfied!

(Chorus) That girl she had a .... so wide

She could never be satisfied,

(Chorus) The engineer was a designer,

Measured the bore of her v......,

(Chorus) Then he built her a .... of steel,

Powered by a bloody great wheel,

(Chorus) Yes he built a bloody great wheel,

Two brass balls and a .... of steel

(Chorus) Two balls of brass were filled with cream,

And the whole bloody lot was driven by steam.

(Chorus) He tied his girl to the leg of the bed,

Tied her hands above her head,

(Chorus) There she lay demanding a ....,

He shook her hand and wished her luck,

(Chorus) Round and round went the bloody great wheel,

In and out went the .... of steel,

(Chorus) Up and up went the level of steam,

Down and down went the level of cream.

(Chorus) Till at last the maiden cried,

"Enough! Enough! I am satisfied!"

(Chorus) Now we come to the tragic bit,

There was no way of stopping it,

(Chorus) It went like the piston of a train,

He should have fitted a gearing chain,

(Chorus) Clouds of steam blew out the top,

There wasn't a way to make it stop,

(Chorus) She was split from ... to ...,

And the whole .... thing was covered in ....,

(Chorus) It jumped off her, it jumped on him,

And then it buggered their next of kin,

(Chorus) It jumped on a departing bus,

And the mess it made caused quite a fuss,

(Chorus) The last time, Sir, that .... was seen,

Was in Buckingham Palace .... the Queen,

(Chorus) There's a moral to the story I tell,

If you see it coming better run like hell,

(Chorus) Nine months later a child was born,

With two brass balls and a bloody great horn,

(Chorus) The warning in the story is,

Always fit a safety switch,

(Chorus) The crux of the matter is plain to be seen,

You should never trust a MACHINE!

Oz astronomical observatory survives firestorm

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Pint

Close enough to barbecue the prawns and sausages but not close enough to warm the beer.

Inside the new climate row as Mystic Met Office goes cool on warming

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Fish.........

"Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way; well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't, but having said that, actually, the weather will become very windy, but most of the strong winds, incidentally, will be down over Spain and across into France."

Nothing has changed has it?

Facebook testing $100 fee to mail Mark Zuckerberg

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Is there

Is there nothing they will do to get publicity?

White House rejects Death Star petition: '$850qn too pricey'

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This

Will be a great disappointment to the many gun happy Americans who would consider owning the best weapon in the Galaxy a right to bear arms.

Foxconn calls in the cops over supplier bribes claims

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This is Business Asian Style......

Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is business style

Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

Just what the world needs: Android in the rice cooker

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Takes

Less than 20 minutes to cook rice.

If you need it quicker buy the ready made stuff.

Twitter won't unmask racist Frenchie unless US judge says so

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People have opinions, it's not a crime.

There are so many people who spout nonsense and talk crap that we have to or end up having listened to it in our daily lives. Usually we just roll our eyes and move on.

Publish crap and nonsense on Twitter someone gets offended and then jumps up on to the bandwagon and wants to punish, jail or make an example of the fool.

In real life you'd put your argument against the crap, tell the person they are a prat, move on and have nothing more to do with them. That's the way to deal with it.

Having an opinion is not a crime however idiotic misguided or stupid or offensive your opinion is.

Texas schoolgirl loses case over RFID tag suspension

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2020AD our future

New legislation: section 20/23/1847/329-234/ AW

The Government has declared that the population will be micro chipped, DNA sampled and tattoo'd with an identification number.

This is being implemented to protect your freedoms and your rights and to protect the population against as yet unknown threats and dissent. You do not have the right to appeal. You have nothing to fear from your Government if you have nothing to hide.

Failure to comply will result in you being declared a non-citizen entitled to no state facilities.

You cooperation is appreciated.

OUR FUTURE

US gov blames Iran for cyberattacks on American banks

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Harbinger of Doom

The Iranians should take note in 2014 America will have withdrawn its troops from Afganistan.......

Either keep a low profile and make friends

Develop a nuclear arsenal

Or annoy the Demi God USA and expect swift regime change

The choice as they say, is with you.

After December surge, Apple has sold 40 BEEELLION iOS apps

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Apple

Article posted at 1.30am and by 9.30am no nasty troll or comments?

What the hell is going on?

Intel bets the farm on touch-enabled 'convertible and detachable' Ultrabooks

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Re: Winning the battle...

You cannot be everything to everybody, there is always some compromise in a product.

Light portable, long battery life, work station, power user, desktop, handbag size....

No one product will take over.

Facebook snubs storage barons for cheapo Far East kit - insiders

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Not very patriotic is he...

US nuke lab drops Chinese networking kit

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The McCarthy Era

The McCarthy Era Witch Hunts all over again.

God Bless America!

Lenovo, EA, Intel unite to DESTROY our childhood memories

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Danger of damage

My mum used to throw the board and contents on the board at my dad, usually when she found him helping himself to the pile of money like a banker.

She refused to play after one such episode where my Gran was giving my dad unauthorised loans to keep him in the game. It is so much more tactile when you can throw objects at other players.....

I miss those days..

But if it were my iPad/Tablet flying through the air I might not see the funny side.

Adobe offers free trip to PowerPC era

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Lets be honest

It's like buying into a reasonably good condition classic car, but it won't have seatbelts, heated screens, central locking, fuel injection, alloy wheels, MP3 player, air con etc

What you get is a piece of history in all it's idiosyncratic glory.

New gov rules stick pin into bloated ICT frameworks

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Talking through their backsides again.

Letting smaller firms have a slice of the action?

It never ever happens, it's always the bigger suppliers who get the whole cake and make a mess of it, usually because a Polititian or two have a part time job and sit on the board as an advisor. How many times do we hear of politicians retiring or losing their seat only to become directors of the companies they favoured while in power.

Politicians are bent, this is pure sound bite media.

Segway daddy unveils DIY weight-loss stomach pump

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Re: Bulimics have been doing this for years....

Yes but this machine will prevent the stomach acids from ruining their teeth.

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No no no

A stomach contents sucking up machine!

Though I do see a market for it in Celebrity circles........

Soon there will be Celebs signing themselves into the Betty Ford Clinic for their addiction to the thing.

Intel uncloaks 'no excuses' smartphone for emerging markets

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Emerging markets

Where the average pay in these emerging markets would be classed as slave labour anywhere else in the developed world unless the product is being sold for peanuts, less that £20 say, it is doubtful that they will sell at all.

In fact I think £20 to the average Bangladeshi, Indian, Peruvian, Angolan, Anfgani, Mongolian,Malian etc etc etc will make the phone out of reach for most. They would have limited sales for those with better paid jobs in the emerging market because the phone would be competing with other brands.

Chinese go online to protest censorship

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Great, the protest will really have an effect on the Authorities, I'm sure they will change their minds once they feel the power of the protest.

Chinese man pleads guilty to $100m piracy scam

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They appear to be amateurs at it, such little profit for so much work.

Bob Dylan's new album is 'Copyright Extension Collection'

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Well

Opportunistic fleecing by a record company, I bet Dylan only gets pennies from it anyway. As to the 'new material' there is usually a reason why it was never included in the original albums.

Usually the artist thought it was crap and didn't want to publish it.

'New material' albums are a record company scam to fleece the idiots who don't see it for what it is.

Google turns off Chinese censorship alert service

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Google will tow the line, it is after all one of the biggest markets in the world and Google is after all, ALL about money.

John McAfee the Belize spymaster uncovers 'ricin, terrorist plots'

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As nutty as a nut cake on nut tablets......

As paranoid as a paranoid thing on paranoid tablets....

What! you mean it's all TRUE!

Microsoft burgled, only the APPLE iPADS stolen - cops confirm

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Apparently

Apparently according to the news broadcast they found a significant number of additional surface tablets that were unclaimed by staff but linked by serial number to a theft from a Microsoft Store two weeks ago. Police speculate they were left behind by the burglars.

Canadian astronaut warns William Shatner of life on Earth

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Shatners ashes will probably go into space.....

US Patent Office seeks public input on software patents' future

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They are so fed up with all the patent shenanigans that they want to find a way out.

Minicam movie pirate gets record-breaking five years in prison

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The length of the sentence depends on the strength of the lobby group and how much it is prepared to donate to political causes.

Ubisoft probes sudden rash of hijack attacks on gamers' accounts

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What a clever ruse to get people to join Facebook.....

El Reg's 'Chuck Norris' faces down charging elephant

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Yes but

I am confused,

Will this be based on the average weight of

African Elephants or Indian Elephants

Male or Female

Fractions in Baby Elephants (Indian or African)

Or can some one come up with a conversion formula?

US court ungags Yelp reviewer who dissed builder

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Yes

But one persons Truth is another persons Lie

The grey area in between is for lawyers.

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Ban all online reviews

Problem solved, but how will I then get my trolling fix?

Victory on mobile belongs to Google in 2013

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An article by an Arsenal fan should be taken with a pinch do salt.

Google wriggles out of FTC search smackdown. Now to Europe!

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How much

How much did they donate to Obama's presidential campaign?