Posts by WereWoof

NASA's rock'n'roll shock: ROLLING STONE FOUND ON MARS

Does it have Moss on IT?

Revealed ... GCHQ's incredible hacking tool to sweep net for vulnerabilities: Nmap

I had the U.S. Navy do this to me, from Naples, I was half expecting Gibbs et al to appear at my front door.

Microsoft cries UNINSTALL in the wake of Blue Screens of Death™

3 Windows 7 machines and one Windows 8, 2 of the W7 systems were fine after patches had been installed (Had to install one patch twice on 1 of them as the anti virus threw a fit on 1st install so I had to turn it off for the patch to succeed), Windows 8 system fine but 1 of the W7 systems did the reboot after the patches then failed to configure windows 5 times before it went finally went through.IMO this is not acceptable behaviour. Still i managed to kill one of my linux VMs too doing updates.

Murder accused DIDN'T ask Siri 'how to hide my roommate'

One of the DYAC sites has a screenshot of Siri having been asked where to hide a body and the suggestions it comes up with and this is the link to the shot:

http://whysiriwhy.com/post/18951548831/this-could-come-in-handy

So it is entirely possible a friend sent him a link on Facebook to view. It may even be the same link he viewed.

4K video on terrestrial TV? Not if the WRC shares frequencies to mobiles

DSO

I have to be honest, Since the Digital switch over I have stopped watching T.V. I found the massive increase in advertising unbearable, the increase in landfill programs that I wouldn`t be interested in the 1st time round let alone the 30th have completely put me off. It really is a case of more channels = less choice. I have virgin broadband and T.V, My mother has Freesat (she like cookery programs). I haven`t turned on the T.V to watch it now in years. it is much better for me to download what I want to watch and some kind person has removed the ads. The only time my set is on now is when my nephew comes over with his Xbox. T.V in UK is rapidly becoming like America T.V 90% ads 10% programs of which perhaps 1% interest me.Broadcast T.V. is dead, they just don`t realise it yet as the message is taking so long to get from the brain in the tail to the brain in the head.

Climate: 'An excuse for tax hikes', scientists 'don't know what they're talking about'

Re: People of the world?

Or as The Guardian called it "The Large Hardon Collider"

MYSTERIOUS Siberia CRATER: ALIENS or METEOR not involved, officials insist

The answer is obvious. It was caused by Thunderbird 2`s Mole.

Banning handheld phone use by drivers had NO effect on accident rate - study

Starman: Red means Stop, Green means Go, Yellow means GO LIKE HELL!!

Ham-fisted farmer fear: A peanut-butter-and-iPhone sandwich

So If it was an iPhone does that mean it was Fruit`n`Fibre?

The hoarder's dilemma: 'Why can't I throw anything away?'

Up in loft I have several (more than 4) Spectrums (Spectra?) ranging from 48K+ to +3 via 128K+ and +2A. BBC Master 128k with twin 5.25 floppies, Sam Coupe 512k with twin 3.5" floppies. A 17" Toshiba CRT monitor (needs fettling) that took 2 people to get up there as it weighs more than my 28" CRT TV. Bags full of various cables, some graphics cards, sound cards, hard drives ranging from 100MB up. I am sure all of it will come in useful someday.

Stephen Hawking: The creation of true AI could be the 'greatest event in human history'

The last question says it all really.

http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html

Apple poking at idea of bayonet phone fittings

Then next year they will make a slight change to the fitting so you will need to buy all the lenses etc. yet again.

Forget sledgehammers – crooks can CRACK ATMs with a TEXT

Re: Sheesh

Sorry, I configured loads of machines for a large high street bookies chain, all were using Windows XP, you did need a key to disable the tamper alarm, and another to open the front and another to unlock the cage the actual PC was in. Access to the USB slots and hard drive was not possible without disabling the alarm, opening the case and unlocking the PC cage. hard drives were imaged off the machine, then installed and configured. USB was not disable as the cash reader was connected via USB, You also needed a PS/2 keyboard and mouse to set them up as USB keyboards and mice were not recognised.

Win XP holdouts storm eBay and licence brokers, hiss: Give us all your Windows 7

Confession

When my one of my ancient XP systems died I bought a brand spanking new on that came with Windows 8. I had read all the hate aimed at it, and I did try TIFKAM and no, I did not get on with it. Being prepared, I installed classic shell and was so pleased at the improvement I then installed classic shell on my windows 7 laptop. My other 2 XP systems have just been upgraded to Windows 7 as it seems according to the W8 advisor that they wouldn`t run windows 8. To be honest O try to get the UI as much like Windows 98 as I can as for me that is the perfect UI (except W98 used to crash a lot).

I used to use Xandros Desktop 3 on one of my old systems which oddly is another OS that seems hated by both MS and Linux fanbois. I would still be using it if updates ere available for it. As for MS Office I haven`t used it since office 2000 (I did try office 2010 but waiting minutes for a document to open only to have it then stop responding was just too annoying.

I tried Zorin OS on another old XP machine I had which I liked, but it was a PITA refusing to see shared drives, my NAS and crashing while installing the printer. Put windows 7 on it and *shock horror* it just worked. Upgraded my last XP machine to Windows 7 last week with no problems apart from the lack of Outlook Express Thankfully Thunderbird works well and could import all my files and settings. Mozbackup works a treat for backing up and restoring bookmarks etc for Firefox too.

Yes I like Windows 8, it`s fast, stable quick to boot, No I don`t like Metro. *rant over*

Police pen shortage threatens Irish public order

It sounds utter *cough* pendomonium . . . . I`ll get my coat

Twitter may sue US government over right to disclose snooping orders

When they scrape the Data anyway why are they using subpoenas for data they already have? To add a thin veneer of legitimacy? It used to be that "evidence" collected illegally (i.e. breaking and entering or an illegal wiretap) was inadmissible in court and could not be used as a basis to get a warrant to get said (or other) evidence, Now it seems that they get the evidence anyway they can then get a subpoena to make it legal . .

Angry anti-NSA hackers pwn Angry Birds site after GCHQ data slurp

Re: Keep on popping those NSA piggies

Step1 Collect Data

Step 2 Identify Targets from said data

Step 3 Off to the death camps

Which is what the NAZIs did with the able assistance of IBM.

Apple's nonexistent iWatch to bag $17.5 BEEELION in first year alone – analyst

Re: what about the pebble

Wasn`t there an App or hack to make your iPhone waterproof? (smirks)

Big goolies-grabbing black snake nips unlucky bloke's trouser snake

He got a cheap piercing for a PA out of it anyway

'Weird' OBJECT, PROPELLED by its OWN JETS, spotted beyond Mars orbit by Hubble

It is Steve Zodiac in Fireball XL5!

Here comes Windows 8.1! Microsoft grits teeth, pushes upgrade to world

I remenber windows 95 gave you the choice of progman or explorer :)

Asus NV550JV 15.6in full HD notebook - the one we didn't have to send back

No token ring?

Cold-blooded, INHUMAN visitor hitches ride on NASA moon rocket

I, for one, Welcome our new amphibian overlords.

German guardsmen growing mono-boobs from drilling with Nazi-era rifles

Re: SA80

"..humping both weapons . ." Now there`s a kink I have not come across before

Worldwide tax crackdown planned against tech globocorps

The companies will just elect to pay taxes in the counties they would be least taxed in, so that is UK well and truly fuxxored.

UK discovers Huawei UK staff auditing Huawei kit: Govt orders probe

I seem to recall from a few years back about UK selling radio equipment to the Iraqi armed forces,with bugs built in so that during the 1st action against Iraq the Allies knew EXACTLY what the Iraqis were up to and credited it with saving many lives. Everyone is guilty these days, until proven innocent.

'Clippy' coup felled by Microsoft twitterati

What was wrong with Bob? <innocent face>

Sony sucker-punches Xbox on price, specs, DRM-free gaming

BANG!!!! That is the sound of Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot . . .AGAIN!!!!

So, who ought to be the next Doctor Who? It's up to YOU...

What no Tom Daley?

US spyboss: Yes, we ARE snooping on you, but think of the TERRORISTS

How is NSA/CIA/GCHQ et al watching me watching videos of foxes playing on a trampoline or with golf balls going to help with "The War on Terrorism"? (very cute videos btw)

NSA Prism: Why I'm boycotting US cloud tech - and you should too

Perhaps we should all sign up for multiple email addresses from various providers then use them to sign up to every spam site around, log in once a week or so to delete them messages and maybe overload the system :) Substitute trigger words with innocuous ones such as cupcake (a very old trick) encrypt everything just to be annoying. Hopefully it will work like "Window" and cause so much noise as to make their efforts useless. After all the powers they have are more than adequate. I lie on my census as this is information gathering on a par with IBM in NAZI Germany, and we know how that went for certain groups,

Snappers binned, mobe-armed hacks drafted at Chicago paper

Re: Real photos in line with the text...

You forgot the 70% totally inaccurate bollox that appears in the Daily Fail such as this article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333626/What-WILL-Google-block-child-porn-Jailed-life-yesterday-April-Joness-murderer-latest-child-killer-use-internet-fuel-perversion.html?offset=300&max=100#comment-32009308

Graphene QUILT: A good trampoline for elephants in stiletto heels

bouncing giant pachyderms?

I am trying, and failing miserably to envisage bouncing giant pachyderms in stilettos on trampolines. It may help if I knew whether or not they were also wearing a tutu?

The Tomorrow People jaunt back to the airwaves

Tomorrow People it could be argued was a reboot of The Champions . . . . .

'Catastrophic failure' of 3D-printed gun in Oz Police test

When did?

When did things change from government requiring everyone to practice archery, to government being terrified of private arms ownership? Or is it just that in UK government wishes to control (and tax) EVERYTHING? (For once I actually agree with Eadon *Faints*).

Suspected Chinese NASA spy smuggled smut not state secrets

Sauce code?

It does contain sauce code - for making man mayonnaise.