Posts by andy rock

Dublin designer branches out with 'tree' PC

WHAAATTT!?!

"upgrade parts of the computer separately when required"???

what kind of sorcery is this!?! where's my witch-dunking stool?

FFS

Living brain in powerful robot body tech goes live

'enhanced'?

f***er can't fly anymore, can it? hardly 'enhanced' then?

Canadian hi-tech gentleman jewel thief finally nabbed

proof...

...that it pays to be nice!

Surge in encrypted torrents blindsides record biz

RE: Good Article

i have to say i'm in agreement about the 'comments' point; even though i enjoy reading AO's articles, it points towards a reluctancy to debate.

Mac OS X Leopard - Time Machine

RIGHT CLICK!?!???

heresy!! burn him!!

har.

Bugs targets Linux devices

i swear...

...where on earth do you guys learn to write headlines? The Daily Mail?

Extend your phone's camera - with a telescope

hmmmm...

...looks like a complete chunk of shite to me. i could achieve something similar with a milk bottle bottom and some blu-tack.

Leopard on a PC?

RE: Why would you?

two words: expensive hardware?

Woman murdered after answering Craigslist ad

RE: so what?

i'll ignore, as a few on here have, your completely f**king heartless tone and just skip straight to the chase:

you tool. it's an IT story. she was killed using the intrawebnet as a method of lure. THAT makes it worth covering. no Paris here, so move along.

Carmack's X-Prize rocket explodes on pad

RE: Doomed.

heh heh, nice one.

RM readies Linux sub-laptop... for £169

RE: Shame About The OS.....

i hear you but i'm pretty sure we could bodge something into it! the difficult bit's already done; it runs linux. just rip its guts out, juggle 'em around and slap 'em back in again. hey presto, distro of choice! how hard could that be?

BOFH: Skip diplomacy

@ PC Paul

how on earth did you find _that_ out!?

please tell me you got that from Anthea Turner's 'Perfect Housewife' TV show and not trial and error! :-)

Boy beats Reaper at 20,000 feet

nearly as jammy as this...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21236358-1702,00.html

Apple slashes iPhone prices

RE: Early adopters

"Always best to wait for the next version with better spec and lower price."

or, even better, wait for the old model at an even dafter price! :-)

on a serious level, though, the first thing i thought when i saw the launch price was 'wow, that's insane. but the Apple masses will buy it regardless'.

Channel 4 cans Celebrity Big Brother

thank f***

now we just need them to ditch the main version as well. in my opinion, it is even worse because it's responsible for the fact that millions of idiots think 'being a celebrity' is a plausible career option.

Dolphins abandon Bay of Biscay

Pascal

Hear hear! Ban 'em all!

Oracle's got a giant Red Hat fork coming, says spaceman

i dunno about the sauce, maybe something a bit stronger...

joe_bruin: i'm with you there. what was the deal with animal abuse? moreover, what the hell does this mean:

"Is that what you tell the penguins, Mark? Is that what you tell them when their eyes swell with tears made of blood?"

AT&T sued by poor man's Formula 1

lesson learned, El Reg...

...don't tell Americans they have the 'poor man's' anything. EVER! ;-)

Cable and Wireless asks Bulldog data theft victims to get in touch

wow...

...how proactive of them. so, now i have to keep checking my card statements for fraud regarding the TK Maxx debacle AND this?? and how do i know which one's which if i do find out?

friendly note to companies: can you spend the required amount of money setting up PROPER, SECURE systems and keep my f****** details safe?!?

Hold your breath, save the planet

i think i've got it!!

am i being completely off-the-wall stupid in suggesting that a massive (and i mean bloody HUGE) tree-planting bender that lasts decades is about the only thing that can remove the excess CO2?

Simply find the highest consuming species and plant them like it's going out of style. considering no-one wants to cut down energy consumption, it seems crazy that loads of money is being spent in research for wonerous ideas like pumping sulphur into the sky when we already have the tools to hand. madness!

do i win my $25m now? :-)

Nintendo Wii

'Gimmicky'?!?

not quite sure Blah Blah Blah thinks is gimmicky about the Wii controller. i was thinking more along the lines of 'maybe changing the way we play videogames'? i don't think Nintendo's purchase of un 'undisclosed' amount of stock of a company specialising in gyros and motion sensors was a gimmick. that sounds like a plan to me.

more importantly, a product isn't about the spec of the box you play it on, it's about the whole experience. Nintendo seem to think differently about the way we experience games. as a DS owner, i can vouch for that.