* Posts by PabloPablovski

20 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Sep 2012

Giffgaff admits to billing faff, actually tells folk to turn it off and on again

PabloPablovski

Re: Oy

Innit tho..

The hippies actually do a pretty good job, IMO. For my basic needs, they're cheap as (4GB/unlimited calls / & texts / £10 at the mo'), reliable and easy to deal with. The top up / goodybag thing is a bit confusing at first, but in practice it works pretty well. This sounds like a programming failure - don't' think it affects me cos I never use the small top up fund I started out with.

ZX Spectrum Vega firm's lawyers targeted by empty-handed backers

PabloPablovski

Re: Does this thing run

HalfLife3 OS

WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins collared by FBI on way home from DEF CON

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The US is effed, the police state loonies are in charge.

It'd be nice to think our beloved PM - or Home Secretary, whose understanding of infosec and hashtags is unparalleled - would be making strong representations to Trump to free him a day get him home stat - tonight, preferably.

'My REPLACEMENT Samsung Galaxy Note 7 blew up on plane'

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Sky News showed an affiliate piece that contained a screen image from a Samsung website that appeared to show the handset in question was not one of those involved in the recall, based on its serial number.

In addition, the owner was interviewed about his experience, and confirmed he'd returned the original device. He seemed non-idiotic.

Latest Androids have 'god mode' hack hole, thanks to Qualcomm

PabloPablovski
Facepalm

I distinctly remember playing [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilKcXIFi-Rc]this[/url] when the last update was downloading. 1995, QED (never mind that Android 1.0 was only released in 2008.)

Whoosh?

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My middle-aged Galaxy S3 is frustratingly not vulnerable to these vulns, even though it was last patched in the mid 90s (I think it was).

Very disappointed - I was looking for a spurious excuse to upgrade. Can't these feckers do anything right?

BT broadband is down: Former state monopoly goes TITSUP UK-wide

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BBC news 24 just reported widespread disruption to BT services so it must be true... No response from BT as yet.

OpenStack's AB/CD naming is all in the name of Liberty for v 12.0

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Angus... Angus... Angus..

Nice AC/DC reference there - Jailbreak '74, if I'm not mistaken. Do I win £5?

What kind of generation doesn't stick it to the Man, but to Taylor Swift instead?

PabloPablovski

So, in summary..

.. and as David Lowery said some years ago, it ain't gonna suck itself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY6WTcJMgMY

YES, iPhones ARE getting slower with each new release of iOS

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"Feuilleton"? Woah, beaucoup de arse de smartness.

Windows 8.1, which you probably haven't upgraded to yet, Already obsolete

PabloPablovski

Re: why in the store

I'm in a similar position. I can't upgrade to 8.1 because my, admittedly elderly, desktop apparently doesn't meet the No eXecute bit BIOS security spec, despite having been able to install 8.0 quite happily and despite a CoreInfo check confirming that it *does* support NX. So, essentially I paid £25 to Microsoft for an O/S that was supported for less than a year after purchase.

Fortunately, the Linux distro world isn't quite so euthanasically-inclined and I've been able to install the lovely and slick kubuntu 14.04, and am happily dual booting.

Since my only real use for Win 8 these days is to manage the g/f's iPod.... well, I'll sure miss her.

That's it, we're all really OLD: Google's Gmail is 10 ALREADY

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Great, but not entirely perfect..

I've loved Gmail since I was invited onto the Beta by a guru mate. Easy to use, loads of storage and, once I figured out how to use IMAP, syncs well across multiple devices.

However, a few years ago, I started getting email that was apparently aimed at me (used my name) but which was of no relevance - usually about jobs in Utica, Michigan or, in one case, travel insurance docs for someone's trip to Florida. It seems that Google has assigned my email addy - which I've had since the Beta - to someone else and both are operational. I get at least some of his email (and, possibly, he gets some of mine). I also get email intended for someone whose address is the same as mine, minus a dot in between 1st and 2nd names.

And, natch, if i try to email either of those people to let them know that I've received confirmation of their order for Cialis, and convince them to give up their (my!) addy, well, it's like peeing into the wind.

I know you can do clever things with email addresses like add a string after the name and before the @ so that you can tell how the addy got into the hands of spammers, but this is different. I presume this came about because early adopters were allowed to use just first name / second name as the address rather than including digits. Wish I'd picked Ivor.Biggun3012@gmail.com.

Scottish gov may miss IT budget cut target

PabloPablovski
FAIL

baubies?

It's "bawbees", Jeez - 10 of them to a "Sturgeon" and 100 Sturgeons to the "Salmond". The "Connery", being 1000 Salmonds, was released by the McMint in 1999, but no one in Scotland has enough money to own one - they're all buried in a nuke-proof vault in the bowels of Sean's fortified, lagoon-based hideout in the Maldives.

Samsung hauls in chiefs for 'CRISIS awareness' confab – report

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Pulled upgrades...

... are great. I upgraded my S3 to Android 4.3 three weeks ago, since when it's been near useless - laggy and crashy when waking (it, not me), 10hr battery life (it was near 30hrs on ave), can't play music without glitches. No response from Samsung other than "bear with us".

As a result, I won't be buying an S4. Or an S5, come to that. Gits.

BT Mobile inks network deal with EE, dumps Vodafone

PabloPablovski
FAIL

10%...

Here's hoping they manage to do something a bit more clever on pricing than what was offered when they were partnered with Vodafone.

At least in terms of public sector customers, they simply added 10%+ to the prevaling Voda tariffs, thereby assuring that they did zero business, other than with customers already tied to BT for fixed lines, who preferred to have one throat to choke, and were prepared to pay royally for the privilege.

And when asked, the UK coverage map the offered was a single sheet of A4, coloured blue. Sold!

Fingers crossed! Half a trillion quid in public cash entrusted to ageing gov IT

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PSN Code of Connection compliance?

Given the pain that the Cabinet Office is imposing on other aspects of Gubmint, especially local authorities, to be compliant with its "zero tolerance" stance on compliance with the ever-developing Code of Connection that requires Public Sector bodies attached to the Public Services Network (PSN) infrastructure to be scrupulous about addressing new and not so new vulnerabilities on their systems <long breath> - how come central Gubmint depts. get away with retaining what sounds like very old IT, presumably containing vulnerabilities for which patches will never now be produced, to deliver what must be considered critical and sensitive services? Eh? Well?

Gov: Smart TV bods must protect users from smut-riddled badness

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Err, Babestation...?

So, given that the above mentioned late-night, all-night-for-a-fiver booty-fest is apparently regulated content - it's transmitted, on purpose, over the Govt. sanctioned network, right? - does that indicate the (current) boundary, smut strength-wise, between bad porn and wholesome adult entertainment? Or what?

I'm ^H^H^H My mate is quite fond of the booby-baring, booty-shaking, adjust-the-crotch-of-yer-panties-quick-before-OFCOM-gets-a-woody bait 'n switch, tie 'n tease antics of those pneumatic ladies (especially Lori, he tells me) and I'd^H^H he'd be gutted if it somehow got, umm, watered down to fit some new puritan's idea of where the red pen goes. Or can we expect full-on FTA hardcore, unencrypted grip content in 2017? Some people worry about this stuff, you know.

Living in the middle of a big city? Your broadband may still be crap

PabloPablovski
Happy

Re: NODNOL

Soz, dude. I'm in the outskirts of Glasgow and I reliably get ~22Mb/s on WBC - I love it when my Eth monitor showsa lofty 2,300kB/s on the d/l. Mind you, I live about a quarter mile from the exchange.

Let me know what type of pr0n / MP3 / US TV series you like and I'll burn you some DVDs and pop them in the.. what was it called again?... yeah, the "post".

OpenSUSE 12.3: Proof not all Linux PCs are Um Bongo-grade bonkers

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Thumb Up

I'm liking KDE more and more again - I'm triple booting Mint 14, kubuntu and W8 and I'm spending most of my time in KDE now - I like the speed and stability it offers over Cinnamon, for example.

And, if you're a part-time masochist, you can install the rather lovely "homerun" plamsa widget that provides a Unity Dashboard-alike application and file launcher that can be easily switched on and off from the taskbar.

Only used it for a brief moment - I'm a part-time, part-time masochist - but it's light, fast, pretty and intelligently designed, unlike, err, the alternative.

Ten digital radios to suit all budgets

PabloPablovski
Megaphone

Android?

Anyone able to make a recommendation for a good DAB radio which I can connect to my Samsung Galaxy S3? Bluetooth or USB audio.