Posts by SYNTAX__ERROR

US shuts down Canadian gambling site with Verisign's help

@ James

It's = IT IS or IT HAS

Powerful, wallet-sized Raspberry Pi computer sells out in SECONDS

When I am holding one...

THEN I will get excited.

At the moment it is just vapourware. As far as anyone can tell there is a nice round number of units in the country at the moment (zero).

TBH The continual missed deadlines and misleading statements are really eroding their credibility.

Microsoft demos 3D desktop with transparent OLED

Re: Apostrophe S "Should... be used where it's esthetically pleasing"

Incorrect. Apostrophes should be used according to the defined protocols which are there to ensure the use of said punctuation conveys the meaning that the author intended.

Microsoft's Azure cloud down and out for 8 hours

Re: MS Calculations @ BristolBachelor

Hi, welcome to the discussion. Did you read the comment you replied to?

We're talking about leap years, not Daylight Savings Time.

Nepal asks for a leg-up to nail Everest's height

Re: GPS

No. GPS is pretty awful at doing altitude. Check out the fact that there is a separate vertical accuracy figure in GPS data.

You must be trolling. Do you not think that there are quite a few people who have experimented with this in the 18 years GPS has been operational? Including millions who have such a function embedded in their mobile phones?

This is also the reason that aircraft rely on other mechanisms for collision avoidance.

Younger generation taking 'sledgehammer' to security

Re: Re: Choices

Agreed. The human brain seems much more similar to a mesh network than to a multitasking single core.

Not to mention multi-tasking is just a clever way of saying 'time-sharing'. If you try to do too much of it then you end up thrashing about doing endless task switching and paging (whether you are human or digital).

Linux PC-in-a-stick to cost coders £139

"Self-referential" curiosity

I wonder if you can power it from a USB hub which is also used to connect peripherals...?

Telefonica zaps 100Mbps 4G masts with shrink ray

Basic units fail

100Mbps = MegaBITS per second

10GB = GigaBYTES

You are out by a factor of (roughly) 2^3.

Data transfer also involves error-correction and retransmissions.

Drew's Cookie Jar - psst. want a forum upgrade

Re: Garibaldi's rule!

Give it back. I'm sure he's missing it.

Death to Office or to Windows - choose wisely, Microsoft

The author fails to see the big picture

"the utility of carrying around a laptop... is gone. Forever."

That is just one opinion, and the way it looks to me cannot translate successfully into a general observation. There are just too many reasons for different people why a laptop or a desktop is still, and will always be, significantly superior.

Ford intros tech'd-up B-Max mini-MPV

"litres per 100km"?

What's that in English, please?

Telcos, mobile pushers muck in to trial 'clever' Wi-Fi

Skeenkin'...

What'sthatnow?

Brits guard Facebook passwords more than work logins – survey

One of five...needed to remember more than eight different passwords

Good job they are Borg, then.

Councils spunk £515m in 4 years on CCTV

I'm sure I read this exact thing

a couple of months or so ago.

Not news.

Scroogle unplugged for good this time

"Different as"?

Back to school for you.

BOFH: Moon landings, Pong and the case of the smoking server

I sympathise with the BOFH...

it sounds like he is in a similar mood to me today.

Why can't a prominent company like APC make a web page that you can download software from by clicking on a link to the software you want to download? How do they make such a basic function into so difficult a problem?

Come to think of it, it seems this is an endemic issue. The web is so laden down with all this Web2.0 'you bum me and I'll bum you back' rubbish that no-one can make a web site that actually works for simple things like a discussion forum or downloading files any more.

VMWare's web site doesn't work either.

"Sorry, you are not authorised to download that software because you don't have a key for it in your account"

"Here is your key for ESXi 4.1"

"Sorry you can't add that key to your account because that key already exists in your account"

o.O

Feds to carmakers: 'Rein in high-tech dashboards'

Re: 2 seconds? TWO SECONDS?

Yes, I thought that too. What does one need to do while driving that would require you to take your eyes off the road for such a long time?

Canadians revolt over draconian internet privacy bill

"giving ... authorities access to internet user’s online history"

Whoa, hang on, hang on

Which internet user are we talking about here?

Or are you suggesting there is only one person in Canada who uses the Internet?

Cupertino to ban permissionless address book copying

Re: Re: It cannot be! @ AC 00:44

Apple most certainly do see the source code for every app submitted.

Re: Re: I wonder...

Yes, it's possible on Windows too, but Oulook will prompt the user for permission and also asks how long permission should be granted for.

Apple seeks permission to kick Kodak's corpse

Re: Another patent.

You can't patent a method or process.

The toilet itself, however is a different matter - but I think you have missed the boat on that one.

Re: Reply: Reply: You're missing the point

The number of "Re"s is not important. You can edit the title if you like.

What would be good is if the replies appeared below the post to which they relate and not at the end of the chain...

Child abuse files stolen from council worker in PUB - £100k fine

Re: Re: Once again..

If someone proposed a "fines for loosing stuff" budget I would expect them to be summarily dismissed for being grossly incompetent in a required language skill.

SPRAY-ON antennas waved about at Google's techfest

Re: Category

No, it wouldn't be in that category, because that's not how you spell 'definitely'.

Mars, Europe losers in Obama's 2013 NASA budget

Who is "sky-watcher"?

I think I'd like to meet him.

Tech! Tech! Teeeeech! Women want gadgets for Valentine's

"This last group of women is ten per cent larger than it was a year ago, showing girls"...

are steadily putting on weight.

Ancient cave girl genome could crack Man's genetic puzzle

I haven't changed to anything

As far as I can tell I'm pretty much the same as yesterday.

Life-size Portal gun to shoot onto shelves soon

Rubbish

"...it could be used to startle any burglars into leaving a rather smelly DNA depositary behind as they dash for the window in which they entered."

Not only is this a horribly-formed sentence, but 'depositary' is an incorrect spelling of the wrong word.

It's also worth mentioning that faeces do not reliably contain DNA, as such comprises waste products from food, and not necessarily cells that have been made in the body.

Google limits Android support for CDMA phones

Also

Although el Reg comprises journalists and not systems administrators, I am sure they can successfully set up a new box for corrections on their existing, working messaging system.

Which means that someone has received the messages, and that person has decided to ignore them and not carry out their job properly.

I am reading the news

because I want to be informed of the news.

I have submitted a number of corrections over the last week. They are all obvious and easy to correct. However, none of the corrections have been made and no kind of feedback has been received.

Of course I waited a reasonable time to confirm that my observations were correct before making a statement as such.

"Send Corrections"

I call shenanigans on this new 'feature'. It is a total joke.

Loyal Reg readers, do not bother to kindly notify el Reg of any corrections you may notice are required in the articles. Your submissions will not be taken notice of.

This 'feature' has been created specifically to completely ignore and turn a blind eye to the lack of quality, rampant technical inaccuracy and complete absence of an editorial process evident from typical Reg articles.

"Samsuing Galaxy Nexus"

Not sure if that was an intentional munging of the Korean tech giant's name, but quite apt nonetheless and it tickled me!

Apple FileVault cracked in under an hour by forensics biz

"Mac users, generally, can spell"

I disagree. Those that use equipment from the church of the fruit are just as appalling as everyone else when it comes to spelling and grammar. They just make it look prettier.

A comment on your sentence, though: it is poorly-formed and contains too many commas. Maybe you should leave picking fault with others' English (overlooking the fact that in the OP it was deliberate) to more intelligent individuals?

Contents of memory....

can indeed persist for a short time after power-off, especially if low temperatures are involved.

However, this is easily mitigated by selecting one of the following options:

* Dismount Truecrypt volume

* Hit reset button

* Force power cycle

You don't have to remove the battery silly

Just cold-reboot.

Demand for safety kitemark on software stepped up

Very good spelling checkers...

are available for popular browsers such as Firefox.

That is all.

Modeling-clay iPads foisted on unwary Canucks

Also @AC 16:28

Your assumptions are inaccurate.

I generally disagree with the ethos of Apple Computer. However, I do own a MacBook Pro (on which I mainly run Windows) as it is a superior quality piece of equipment.

I would not choose to part with my own money in return for either an iPhone or iPad.

So I probably don't fit into your definition of "iTard", sorry.

Regardless, wilful ignorance (not necessarily misuse by itself) of the English language is reprehensible and should always be countered with stern vituperation.

Because...

people who learn English as an additional language usually pay attention to its proper use.

Retarded nonsense such as the title of the original comment only comes from ignorant, backward morons who couldn't be bothered to learn even one language properly.

Ah, I see there are downvotes

from three more illiterate cretins who can't be bothered to learn to read and write their mother tongue.

T-Mobile hails first 'truly unlimited' smartphone tariff

Moan

I'm pretty sure this will mean I will see the reliability and speed of my T-mobile connection fall in the coming months.