Posts by ItsNotMe

Whoah! How many Google Play apps want to read your texts?

Re: Yup, that's why I won't use apps.

I use apps...but I have SMS messaging blocked on my phones...both outbound & inbound. No worries here.

Big Blue Apple: IBM to sell iPads, iPhones to enterprises

"Already there. Called IBM Traveler"

Yep...and it works very well, actually. Used it for several years...but I'll bet Dead Steve is none too happy about this collaboration. Oh well Stevie Boy...you're dead, and can't do anything about it.

Nadella: Yes I can put 2 THINGS FIRST. I will say them at the same time – CLOUDOBILE

"'We are building an operating system for human activity'"

As opposed to all the other operating systems that haven't been "for human activity"?

And those would be exactly which ones Sparky?

Delaware pair nabbed for getting saucy atop Mexican eatery

Well...I'm not too busy at the moment.

Let me know if I can help out in any way.

"The question of how this...keeps appearing out of nowhere has been haunting us for over ten years"

So Lester...just exactly who is in charge there...if you don't know how this keeps happening? Hmmm?

Apple: No, China. iPhone is NOT public enemy number 1

"Beijing fears it could beam secrets back to America"

Oh not to worry China...the NSA takes care of that.

Murdoch calls for ISPs to be liable for users' activities

Rebekah...

...is that you out there downvoting everyone who criticizes Rupert here?

FBI: We found US MILITARY AIRCRAFT INTEL during raid on alleged Chinese hacker

This is shocking!

At least there is no chance whatsoever that any Chinese military info is in the hands of the US. That would make the US government hypocritical...and what are the chances of that?

Canuck reader threatens suicide over exact dimensions of SPAAAACE!

So he commits suicide.

Will he be missed? Probably not. Wouldn't worry about it Lester.

'Oh my god – Mark Zuckerberg wants to meet me'

If Marky-Poo is someone these kids look up too...

...God help the future of civilization.

What the world needs now is... a Bluetooth-enabled baby's dummy

Well Kirstin...

...if you ever hope to sell this item in the US...you had better keep in mind HIPAA compliance...because you are in effect sending patient data via your Bluetooth connection, and any HIPAA regulated data such as this has very strict security rules regarding its transmission.

Apple fanbois to talk at the iWatch, INSPECTOR GADGET style – report

How utterly pathetic.

"Porting this capability to the watch makes sense as it is easier to send a voice message from a device already on the wrist than pulling out a phone."

Because it is so difficult to reach all the way into your pocket to pull out your phone.

Facebook pays half a billion dollars for firm that slaps ads on videos

Well, if you don't use Farcebook in the first place...

...then this isn't really a problem. Now is it?

Lindsay Lohan sues Grand Theft Auto V makers for 'using her image'

Re: Looks more like...

Lindsay...have you started drinking again? You know how irrational you get when you do that. Please be a doll and stop...again.

Researchers defend Facebook emoto-furtling experiment

Re: Psych(o) researchers

So if Tal Yarkoni has a family...would he mind if someone told him they had just all been killed in an auto accident...just to test his emotions? Even though they were all safe at home?

After all..."“The manipulation had a negligible real-world impact on users’ behaviour”, Yarkoni writes."

or in his case...

“The manipulation would have a negligible real-world impact on users’ behaviour”, Yarkoni writes."

Isn't that right Tal? No problem is there?

Kickstarter unplugs iFind miracle battery-free locator

Another P.T. Barmun moment

"iFind's creators WeTag had raised a cool $546,852 from 9,771 Lemmings when Kickstarter suspended funding yesterday.

There...fixed it for you.

BOFH: You can take our lives, but you'll never take OUR MACROS

I know this BOFH is only satire...but...

My wife has a brother-in-law who is a Beancounter...and her sister was one for a long while also (before she thought she should go and find God...and that has been a real laugh)...and this Anal Retentive idiot accounts for every penny he and his wife spend on a daily basis.

When they used to come and visit us (fortunately, haven't had them visit in years), he would pour out his wife's wallet...empty his pockets and wallet onto our Den coffee table...arrange every coin and paper bill in neat stacks by denomination...and then make a hand written accounting of their day's expenditures.

It creeped my wife out so much, that she told the both of them to stop doing this in our house.

But they still do it in their own home. Pathetic pair they are.

Drone's drug airdrop mission ends in failure for Irish prisoners

Re: If I may...

Pardon me...forgot one other definition for drone...and that would be what emanates from the mouths of every politician on the planet.

If I may...

drone 1 (drn)

n.

1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.

2. An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.

3. A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge: "undervalued drones who labored in obscurity" (Caroline Bates).

4. A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.

[Middle English, from Old English drn.]

drone 2 (drn)

v. droned, dron·ing, drones

v.intr.

1. To make a continuous low dull humming sound: "Somewhere an electric fan droned without end" (William Styron).

2. To speak in a monotonous tone: The lecturer droned on for hours.

3. To pass or act in a monotonous way.

v.tr.

To utter in a monotonous low tone: "The mosquitoes droned their angry chant" (W. Somerset Maugham).

n.

1. A continuous low humming or buzzing sound.

2. Music

a. Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.

b. A long sustained tone.

c. Any of various instruments that produce only a constant pitch.

[From drone (from the bee's humming sound).]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

DOH! Google’s internet of things vision is powered by… Mac OS

NFW Google...and every other IT firm.

There isn't a snow-ball's chance in Hell I will EVER have my home, appliances...and especially my car...connected to any Internet organization. Not Apple...not Google...not Microsoft...not anyone.

The only items that are...and will still be...connected to the Internet are my computer and Smartphone. Everything else is off limits to all of these creeps.

Own goal as World Cup Wi-Fi passwords spilled in newspaper snap

Re: How many users over the years...

One of my brothers, who recently passed away, went on step better than Post-it Notes on ALL of his computers...he took the time and trouble to use a label maker to neatly create labels with every username and password he used online...and then affixed them to his computers.

When my other brother, a Sys Admin like myself, found this and showed me what he had done, we both were speechless.

Fearful of the drone-filled skies? Get some protection

"Detection is apparently within 50ft of any node."

Seriously? Seems to me that if one of these Drones comes within 50ft. of me...then I probably would, at the very least hear it, and most likely also see it.

Sounds like just one more P.T. Barnum moment to me. The complete dumbing-down of society continues.

iFind: Critics slam Kickstarter campaign for miraculous battery-free phone finder

Re: Re: depressing lack of common sense/base scientific knowledge

"Just a couple of critical questions... what colour are the beans and what magic do they posses?"

Well @Rob...depends on what type of magic you need.

Red beans do one thing. Blue ones do something different. The white ones are "magic specific", meaning that each bean will only respond to one wish. Have two white beans? You get two different wishes.

Now the Pinto Beans are really special. Being that they are multi-coloured, each bean can grant more than one wish at a time...but the wishes must be similar.

As for the green beans? Ask Jack what they do. He's in control of those.

Hope this helps.

It's a Doddle: Amazon inks train station parcel deal with Network Rail

"If I could pick up my packages from the station when almost home that would be excellent."

As opposed to picking them up from your front doorstep? You know...the one attached to your house.

Sounds brilliant.

OK...maybe not.

So I pay a delivery fee to Amazon...for shipping company X to deliver a package to a train station...so I can therefore take time out of my commute home at the end of the day...to stop and pick up said package...and then carry it home myself...along with my briefcase...and laptop bag...and top coat...etc...etc...

So just how do I sign up for this convenience?

DON'T PANIC: Facebook returns after 30-minute outage terror

What a pathetic world we live in.

"The world blazed with anger and indignation after Facebook collapsed, causing its stock to fall by nearly 0.8 per cent in pre-market trading.

Internet of Things fridges? Pfft. So how does my milk carton know when it's empty?

Re: The internet of fridges

There isn't a snowball's chance in Hell I would ever connect anything in my home, other than a computer, to the Internet.

How practical is an electric car in London?

"That said, electric cars will be the dominant car within the next 20 years."

Right...just like computers would bring about the "paperless office". Still waiting for that to happen.

That fantasy was first coined around 1975...slightly more that 20 years ago.

http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1975-06-30/the-office-of-the-futurebusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice

Gunmaker finds KILLER APP for Google Glass

Re: Hunting?

"The dear are shooting back now? More sporting I guess."

Don't know about whose dear you know that may be shooting back...those kind of women I try to avoid at all costs...but it would be very cumbersome for any deer to pull a trigger...what with having a cloven hoof and all.

Mine's the one with the Venison steaks in the pockets.

Glassholes beware: This guy's got your number

Re: Instead of flipping images upside-down, just tilt them by a few degrees

No...the "evilest thing I can imagine" would be to intercept and replace the image with a very bright, rapidly flashing, strobe light. Now that would be evil...and a whole lot of fun. :-)

Myspace: Where are you going? We still have all your HUMILIATING PICS

@mrobaer

"Is it possible to stop others from posting pictures of you on the internet?"

Not impossible...but I make it very difficult by not allowing anyone to take my picture...with my knowledge, of course. But then again, I rarely associate with the narcissistic types who would use any of these asinine social networking sites in the first place.

Google to plonk tentacles on 'unwired' world with $1bn launch of 180-satellite fleet

Re: What I want to know

Easy...LEGOS.

http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Satellite-Launch-Pad-3366

Oi, ebook price fixer. Yes, you, Apple – stop whinging and get your chequebook out

Re: bring them to book!!

But Apple said they did nothing wrong. Doesn't anyone believe them? Why on earth would they lie about a thing like that?

WORLD HISTORY in SELFIES: So AMAZEBALLS your EYES will EXPLODE

The dumbing down of society continues.

What a complete bunch of narcissistic crap.

SpaceX 'Dragon V2' rocket podule can hover-land on Earth - or MARS

"... with an improved heat shield..."

"... with an improved heat shield capable of withstanding large metal objects it may run over in its path."

That's better. :-)

Cyber crims smash through Windows into the great beyond

"When, it's been around for years now, on the desktop and on the server .."

@cyberelf...Linux is still just a blip on the RADAR screen, as far as desktop OSes go.

With 1.58% of use...it's hardly a big target.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems

Still using e-mail? Marketers say you're part of DARK SOCIAL

Very pleased to be a part of "Dark Social."

I communicate via e-mail and telephone calls. Oh, and also by that rapidly disappearing ability to talk to someone face to face.

My feeling is that if someone can't call me on the phone...send me an e-mail...or see me in person...then I really don't need to hear from them...ever.

Am not...and never will be a part of any social networking sites.

Don't text either.

Re: Push-driven advertising and extreme greed?

"This push-driven model of advertising is increasingly reminding me of the cancer-style business rules of The World.

There...fixed it for you.

Did NASA probe detect a KILLER GAMMA-RAY burst in Andromeda?

Fixed it for you.

"Did NASA probe detect a KILLER GAMMA-RAY burst in Andromeda?...OK...not really."

Facebook exec: I HATE the INTERNET and I REALLY hate journalism

"These are simply click-bait generators, devoid of depth or original reporting."

Sort of like Farcebook itself...now isn't it.

Unions mull appetite for HP strike action over 16k job cull

Sounds about right.

Sales are up...profits are up...time for more redundancies.

Facebook wants to LISTEN IN on the songs and vids playing in YOUR living room

Once more with feeling...

...If anyone is stupid enough to use any of these lame social networking sites...and put your pathetic life's details on them...then please zip your lips...and deal with the consequences.

Expulsion from Garden of Steven: Apple staffers tossed out of Fruit Loop

Re: "Google has also expanded into Sunnyvale ..."

"Has anyone figured out what will happen if Googlematter and Applematter meet and interact?"

Yep...more lawsuits.

Fanbois Apple-gasm as iPhone giant finally reveals WWDC lineup

"And life will be different as a result."

Firstly...one needs to really give a rat's arse about the WWDC for any of this to matter.

Secondly...as many folks don't give a rat's arse about it...our lives will not be different at all.

Tennessee bloke cuffed for attempting to shag ATM – police

Well it is completely understandable...

...his first cousin must have been out of town for the weekend.

US authorities name five Chinese military hackers wanted for espionage

Pot...meet Kettle.

Kettle...meet pot.

Users folder vanished after OS X 10.9.3 update? Here's a fix

@ 45RPM

"But, on the other hand, there've been a whole string of problems with Linux, Android, Windows and <insert name of any OS here>. Even VMS hasn't been immune - ..."

OK Mister...that will be just enough of your logical thinking. One more outburst like this, and I am afraid you will need to turn in your official ElReg Commentard membership card.

This is no place for sensible thought or comments.

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

Re: Absolutely

But the carriers have little financial incentive to continually push out updates/upgrades to the Android OS.

Why? Because they would much rather sell you a new phone every year or two, as opposed to you keeping your current phone, and having the OS updated for many years.

US Supreme Court to decide if cops can search mobes without a warrant

Well considering that laptops/tablets/computers are fair game at the borders...

by the customs folks...I suspect that cell phones will be next for the local plods.

Sure am enjoying all that "Change" that our dear president spoke so eloquently about back all those years ago in his first campaign.

The only "change" that has taken place since the two Bush's reign has been the monograms on the Tea Towels at the White House.

Elon Musk wants SpaceX to launch spy sats – and will sue US gov to do so

Re: Anyway we can put Elon IN one of his rockets...

Oh I do so much enjoy pulling peoples' chains. Such great sport.

Kind of disappointed with only 13 downvotes, however.

Surely you all can do better than that.