Posts by ItsNotMe

Is your kid ADDICTED to web porn? Twitter? Hint: Don't blame the internet

Hey...I have a novel idea.

"Obsessively following social media is more of a sign that your son or daughter is socially anxious and fear they will not be successful in face-to-face relationships than being unhealthily addicted to something."

Well...how about putting the electronic devices down kids...and actually talking face-to-face with others? You know...opening your mouths and making words come out? You do remember how to do that...don't you?

No...actually...many of you do not. So it's one more generation of Dullards in the works.

Hey, Apple! We can land a probe on a comet, but we can't have a 12.9in iPad 'until mid-2015'?

"Landed on a Comet and pretty much DOA. The iPad wont be though"

You mean the iPad that officially doesn't even exist yet?

How can something be DOA that hasn't been born? Must be a Lemming's dream.

Russians hear Tim Cook is gay, pull dead Steve Jobs' enormous erection

@Chris G

My...my...my...haven't we gotten our Knickers in a tight bunch. Try some de-caf from now on before stopping by here.

Taylor Swift dumps Spotify: It’s not me, it’s you

OMG!!!

My life is over.

I am Police Sergeant L. Torvalds! Stop or I'll shoot

Probable a big hit...

...with those folks living in their Mother's basements.

Oracle users open can of whup-ass on licensing policies

Say it ain't so...

...Uncle Larry not trustworthy? How could that be?

Even a broken watch is right twice a day: Not an un-charged Apple Watch

Re: @ElReg!comments!Pierre

That's wonderful @Charles 9...but I was not replying to you. I was replying to @ElReg!comments!Pierre

@ElReg!comments!Pierre

"...Yes, back in the days you'd have to re-synch your watch once a day...

Strange...but my 45 year old Omega SpeedMaster doesn't "drift significantly" at all...never has...and has kept perfect time since new. Never had to sync it. It just works! :-)

And for those who think that having to wind a watch every day is so tedious...might be a good idea to check yourselves into a hospital for a checkup.

Apple's new iPADS have begun the WAR that will OVERTURN the NETWORK WORLD

"Any device running Android Lollipop wouldn't remain unlicked for long."

Which is precisely why I can't wait for my upgrade.

I have found it a bit difficult to chew on my Android KitKat device. Pieces keep getting stuck between my teeth.

Citrix: Wearables allow conference calls 'while rocking a baby to sleep'

Ahhh...maybe not.

Citrix's last reason for the app being a good idea is “Plus, you’re going to feel like a super-cool spy.”

No...actually...you will still look like an assh*le.

Martha Lane Fox: Yeuch! The Internet is made by men?!?

And we really care what her opinion is becasue why?

Another legend in her own mind spouting drivel that no one really gives a sh*t about what she thinks.

Footie fracas: MYSTERY DRONE waves flag, incites Balkan brawl

Hey...don't "remove kebab"...

...someone may be hungry.

Mine's the one with the Lamb Kebabs in the pocket. Yum...yum.

Julian Assange discovers Google's given MONEY to EFF

Huh?

Who's this Julian Sausage guy? Never heard of him.

'MYSTERIOUS PYRAMID STRUCTURE' found on COMET beyond Mars: Landing planned

Re: Pyramid like?

Ditch the Ferero, it looks like a rock to me.

Yep...and a BFR if I ever saw one. Beer-thirty time now. Cheers!

US astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson: US is losing science race

Re: Craving Attention

"I was never a fan of Neil Tyson. Ever since he decided to take it upon himself to demote Pluto from being a planet,..."

I couldn't agree more. And on, or about, 14 July 2015, when the New Horizons Mission to Pluto flies by, I hope that his "theories" on Pluto are completely debunked...and he is made to look like a complete fool...which he is.

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/august/nasa-s-new-horizons-spacecraft-crosses-neptune-orbit-en-route-to-historic-pluto/

Consumers agree to give up first-born child for free Wi-Fi – survey

@DropBear

My brother had a Professor once, who inserted into the instructions for an exam a line that said "If you have read these instructions to this point, then you may get up, bring the exam paper to the front of the room, and you may leave. You will receive a top mark. Thank you."

He was only one of two or three students who actually read the instructions and left. The rest of the class had no idea why they left the room...until after they finished the exam.

MOM: CHEAP Mars ship got it right first time. Nice one, India

What a country.

"India: 600,000 die annually from 50% open-defecation rate

"India, a nation with one foot in the present and the other in the past, suffers from a certain kind of pollution largely associated with undeveloped nations.

The populations of entire villages in India still defecate in common-area fields that surround their communities, according to a Bloomberg report out Monday.

The government of India, a world nuclear power, is trying to control disease by potty training rural populations who return to nature when nature calls, even after the government has installed toilets at their homes."

http://www.digitaljournal.com/life/health/india-600-000-die-annually-from-50-open-defecation-rate/article/394639#ixzz3EF4ptJWf

London slaps down Salesforce's bid to rename Heron Tower

Re: The naming rights of an edifice.........

"Why do politicians feel they have any right to insert themselves in a private contract?"

Because a company like Salesforce...who is only renting 1/8 of the building...feels like they have "the right" to rename the building after themselves...which they don't.

As stated above. Want a building with your name on it? Then pony up the money...and pay for the whole fucking thing yourself!

Apple iPhone 6 Plus: GORGEOUS FAT pixel density - but it's WASTED

Looks like Dead Steve may have been wrong. But how could that be?

"When Steve Jobs introduced the very first iPhone, he said, “We’ve designed something wonderful for your hand, just wonderful.” That was a phone with a 3.5-inch screen, a small enough to be held and operated with the fingers on one hand. He insisted that the company had designed the perfectly proportioned gadget, even as rivals running Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system began rolling out bigger phones. “You can’t get your hand around it,” Jobs harrumphed over the inferior products. “No one’s going to buy that.”

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-08/apple-seems-to-think-steve-jobs-wonderful-iphone-was-too-small

And now...meeelions of the faithful are doing just that. Could it be as simple as "pent up demand"?

Nah...must be shrewd marketing. Yea...that's it...shrewd marketing.

And yes...it is some amazing coincidence how this new iPhone6 Plus looks eerily just like my Samsung Galaxy S5.

Reg bloke zips through an iPHONE 6 queue from ZERO to 60 SECONDS

Re: retards

Agreed...and all for a stupid...fucking...telephone.

What a pathetic bunch of losers...and for a telephone that looks just like a Samsung Galaxy S5.

Wanna keep your data for 1,000 YEARS? No? Hard luck, HDS wants you to anyway

Re: What, they're not ?

Sure they are. Everyone loves a little Pussy...don't they?

Re: In 3014, future historians open the archive to discover...

Rick Astley?

Or Farcebook files...or even worse...all of the narcissistic tripe from Twatter? Oh goody.

Apple CEO Tim Cook: TV is TERRIBLE and stuck in the 1970s

@ Tim 69

"Speaking as one who recently had US family to stay in London, who had never experienced Sky+ (or the freeview equivalent) and the plethora of OnDemand TV via the box in the corner and Tablet/Phone on-demand apps complete with Chromecast, they were blown away at what we could do in the UK compared with what they had available via Cable in the US."

Don't know where your friends from the US were/are from, but my cable operator here in the US has dozens of On Demand channels offered free, and hundreds of other channels...including a plethora of Pay-per-View channels...both included with your monthly fee, and many more for additional fees. Well over 600 channels to choose from.

Also, anyone who chooses to pay for the Google dongle can use it here. It's not an exclusive thing to the UK.

Besides, connecting any Internet connected device to an HDMI capable tele is not exactly rocket science these days.

So I'm afraid that the UK isn't alone in its available content. There is plenty to choose from on this side of The Pond as well.

Boffins say they've got Lithium batteries the wrong way around

@ Def

...the sun's output is pretty reliable...

Maybe...maybe not. Nothing lasts forever you know.

"The sun has used up about half of its hydrogen fuel in the last 4.6 billion years, since its birth. It still has enough hydrogen to last about another 5 billion years."

http://www.space.com/14732-sun-burns-star-death.html

Nearly half used up kids. Better start planning now for a major move to another galaxy. Can't start too early after all.

Mine's the one with the SpaceX tickets in the pocket.

Apple iPhone 6: Missing sapphire glass screen FAIL explained

What? No sapphire glass screens?

Guess there is only one solution.

People will just have to kill themselves. What other choice do they now have?

Apple's big bang: iPhone 6, ANOTHER iPhone 6 Plus and WATCH OUT

Yawn...

Whoopty dooo............

And to all of those Lemmings camping out in front of Apple's stores right now...you've got another TEN DAYS to wait you losers before you can buy anything.

BONEHEAD FANBOIS encamp outside Apple Stores

Re: The next Apple product I own

Yes Chris...he is referring to you, and your redemption had better be quick.

Intelligent, level-headed, commenting will not be tolerated around here mister.

Nevada to host Tesla gigafactory: reports

"Gamechanger!"...or maybe not.

Tesla Motors: Too Many Batteries, Not Enough Demand?

Tesla Motors’ plan to build a new 35 GWh lithium-ion cell production facility – dubbed the Gigafactory – for electric vehicles that will bring about only a modest reduction in battery costs, and create significant overcapacity, given likely sales of less than half the targeted 500,000, according to Lux Research.

An analysis by Lux Research projects sales of only 240,000 cars in 2020, leading to razor-thin margins to Panasonic and 57% overcapacity…

This 57% overcapacity is unlikely to be filled either by rival carmakers or Tesla’s own plans to sell some stationary battery packs to developers like SolarCity (SCTY) for residential photovoltaic integration and other uses.

http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2014/09/03/tesla-motors-too-many-batteries-not-enough-demand/

NUDE SELFIE CLOUD PERV menace: Apple 2FA? Sweet FA, more like

Re: Ah but they didn't used Password

Or any good sense.

Seriously? Storing nude photos of yourself on a server/computer...for which you have absolutely NO CONTROL...is probably the dumbest thing anyone could do.

Why on earth should anyone feel sorry for them. Stupid is as stupid does folks.

iOS phone phlaw can UNMASK anonymous users on social media

Re: Apple - The Toxic Hellstew Of Vunerabilities

Yesterday iCloud, today Facetime & Find My Phone.

There...fixed it for you.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2739764/Did-iClouds-Find-My-iPhone-function-help-hackers-steal-celebrities-nude-photos-Flaw-exposed-hundreds-images.html

Think Google Glass is creepy? Wait until it READS YOUR MIND

Re: The other worry ...

... is when it reads your mind and finds nothing there.

As it will for anyone using these asinine things.

Too slow with that iPhone refresh, Apple: Android is GOBBLING up US mobile market

@R 11

"Popularity can change quickly - just ask anyone over at RIM/Blackberry."

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/05/broken-blackberry/

It can happen to anyone...even Apple. Will it? Who knows, but BB was riding very high in 2007...they were THE hottest item in the cell phone market...and in just a few short years, they were running a distant 3rd and dropping.

History does repeat itself all too often, especially when companies get smug, and think they have all the answers.

Tim Cook: I'm NOT worried about CRAP iPad sales. It's just a 'speedbump'

Re: Couple of tips Tim

"... its not just the money its the perception you think we are too stupid to notice a total ripoff."

Well...apparently...many people are "too stupid to notice"...because they keep buying every time some new iThingy is released.

Time Warner Cable customers SQUEAL as US network goes offline

So tell me...

...if their system was tits-up...how were their customers getting their apologetic messages from Twatter?

Banking apps: Handy, can grab all your money... and RIDDLED with coding flaws

Very simple kids...

...G-I-G-O.

Brit Sci-Fi author Alastair Reynolds says MS Word 'drives me to distraction'

And we should care what this clown thinks because why?

WGAF?

So, Apple won't sell cheap kit? Prepare the iOS garden wall WRECKING BALL

"Playbooks (which, hilarious, required a RIM handset for email)..."

Actually, they did not require a BB handset, but the first PlayBooks did not have any e-mail client whatsoever...or calendar application. Wasn't until the first major upgrade that both these items were added. And being that RIM made its reputation on messaging & calendars...what ever were they thinking? Obviously...not much.

That was the first of many huge mistakes RIM made with the thing. Along with virtually no advertising of the product...EVER.

I was able to connect my LG 3g & Motorola 4g phones to it either through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Worked just fine, but the e-mail program was poorly written.

The PlayBook had/has a fantastic screen, and great sound as well. Far superior to any other tablet on the market...even now. But...and this is one huge "but"...RIM simply promised the world to owners in regards to the new OS... for nearly TWO YEARS...then hung them out to dry.

I know...I own one...and it now sits quietly on a shelf next to my copies of Microsoft Bob.

Power of iPhone 6 hype-gasm: Apple a sniff away from record stock high

And when it becomes apparent that there is nothing new...

...down the stock goes.

Chances are fairly good that there won't be anything revolutionary...simply the same devices warmed over...once again.

Wall Street woes: Oh noes, tech titans aren't using bankers

Well there are two words that can get these CEOs in trouble...

...and those would be Fiduciary Responsibility. The clowns running these large tech corporations are bound by this rule.

If someday, some large shareholder(s) realized that one of these buying sprees by the CEOs of one of these companies had devalued their multi-million/billion investment, the CEO just might find themself in deep doo-doo.

It is legally possible. Whether it ever happens or not is another thing.

Steve Jobs had BETTER BALLS than Atari, says Apple mouse designer

Seriously?

“Suddenly we realized, you don’t care if it’s accurate!” Yurchenco added. It’s like driving a car. You don’t look at where you’re turning the steering wheel, you turn the steering wheel until the car goes where you want.”

So he just turns the steering when when the mood strikes him...not really caring where he ends up?

Please let me know where this clown lives. Because I never want to be on the same roads as him.

Apple analyst: fruity firm set to shift 75 million iPhones

Re: Sheep of the world, flock to your Apple store

"Makes you worried for the state of modern civilization."

Too late for that. What with Farcebook...and the rest of the similar social networking crap..."civilization" is on an irreversible downward spiral.

Tim Cook on pale, male Apple: 'As CEO, I'm NOT satisfied'

Not really @David 138

"So if your a black female lesbian, and you get a position at Apple then you can rest assured its because it's ticking boxes not that you are right for the position?"

Ahhh...I'm afraid not quite. You'll need to be a non-white...non-US citizen...military veteran...of undetermined sexual orientation...with a permanent disability.

""Our definition of diversity goes far beyond the traditional categories of race, gender, and ethnicity. It includes personal qualities that usually go unmeasured, like sexual orientation, veteran status, and disabilities," the Apple chief said."

For anyone who fits all of those criteria...then feel free to give Tim a call. He's got a job for you.

Anonymous threatens to name cop who shot dead unarmed Michael Brown

Has anyone given thought to the fact that...

...maybe...just maybe...the kid shot and killed was the one at fault? Hmmm?

It was reported that the kid pushed the officer back into his police car, then grabbed for his gun, then things went terribly bad.

Yea...yea...I know...that's the police version...and the "eye witness" versions are different. They always are. But why are most people assuming that the kid was innocent? How about the possibility that his friends aren't telling the truth, and may be lying? It does happen.

And as a lot of kids his age do carry concealed weapons...maybe the cop was afraid for his/her own life, and reacted accordingly.

Because that is exactly what happened earlier today (Wednesday) when a "protester" drew a gun on an officer...and the officer shot back and seriously wounded the little charmer.

"Early on Wednesday, a police officer shot and critically wounded a man who drew a handgun near the site of protests over the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, a St. Louis County Police Department officer said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/13/us-usa-missouri-shooting-idUSKBN0GA0Q420140813

And before anyone gets their collective knickers in a bunch over what I am saying...believe me...police in general are not on my list of respected persons. They are right there at the very bottom...right alongside politicians.

But the reality of the situation is that there are only two people who know the real answer...and very sadly...one of them is dead.

POW! Apple smites Macbook Air EFI firmware update borkage

Re: Hi Apple

"Isn't it time that your machines have this feature with the EFI?"

No...because "they just work". You gotta problem wif dat?

Thirteen Astonishing True Facts You Never Knew About SCREWS

Is it Friday already?

Must have missed a few days. Could have sworn it was Wednesday when I got up this morning. Hmmm.

Just TWO climate committee MPs contradict IPCC: The two with SCIENCE degrees

"One of the major problems with "climate science" is that there's no such thing."

@plrndl...another "expert" heard from...NOT.

Really? So my brother and sister-in-law...who both have PhDs in Climatology...and my sister-in-law runs a world renown University laboratory that analyzes ice cores to study climate change...aren't in "climate science". Right.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/climatology

US Social Security 'wasted $300 million on an IT BOONDOGGLE'

Sorry chris...I'm a bit confused.

You state "Having worked with many government and IT entities..." yet you make a perfectly logical statement like " If you want to be successful, then you make a road map of where you want to be and lay down the foundation for getting there: one piece at a time. Where each piece is bid on (fixed), and achievable within 6 to 9 months. Any project that takes longer than that is just too much.

Don't you realize that there is absolutely no logic in government? If there were, everything would go smoothly.

Politicians would put the country's needs ahead of their own personal agendas...bills would get passed...government spending would be carefully monitored...government appointments would precede in a timely manner through Congress...there would be no need for Lobbyists...and everyone would be happy with...and have implicit trust in...their elected officials.

Not sure if there is any country on the planet like that.

That is a world which only exists in one's mind...not one that will ever exist in reality.

Just kidding mate. Have a cold one...but reconsider your comments. ;-)

Apple fanbois SCREAM as update BRICKS their Macbook Airs

Appe computers...

..."they just work"...maybe.

Apple said to be prepping public beta for OS X Yosemite

"Apple said to be readying OS X Yosemite public beta "

I thought every release of Apple's operating systems were public betas.

Report: American tech firms charge Britons a thumping nationality tax

Re: Tax????

"Nurse, my medicine!"

Funny you mention medicine...because in the U.S....the cost of many medicines is much higher for U.S. citizens...than the exact same medicines...made by the exact same companies...in many other countries...such as Canada.

So don't feel so bad...or alone...because there are plenty of U.S. & international drug companies screwing U.S. consumers.