Posts by Tromos

NASA dismisses asteroid apocalypse threat

"why is it always the US in imminent danger anyway."

Wishful thinking?

Camera-carrying DOLPHIN SPY caught off Gaza

Whatever next?

Haddock with howitzers?

WD unleashes bigger, badder, Black and revved, rapido Red Pro

Re: 6TB is lighter than the 5TB product baffles us

Helium?

You CAN'T jail online pirates for 10 years, legal eagles tell UK govt

There is another way

If harmonising the maximum penalties for both the online and offline versions of the crime is necessary and raising the 2 years to 10 is seen as undesirable, why has no-one considered dropping the 10 years to 2. Obvious solution is obvious.

WD storage technology exec defects to rivals Seagate

I was under the impression...

...that the next big thing in data storage was collections of water vapour.

Conference Wi-Fi biz fined $750k for jamming personal hotspots

FCC lines its pockets, but with whose money?

How about some refunds for those who attended the conventions in Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Phoenix, Arizona; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Orlando, Florida? I suspect that would be more significant than the fine imposed.

Choke on it! Brit police squeeze pirate site advertising money trail

Re: Kill two birds with one stone

"That would a pretty severe effect on Google's revenues then."

It might even bring them into line with the amount they declare for tax purposes.

Kill two birds with one stone

Stop piracy - shut down the advertising industry.

Hey, folks. Meet the economics 'genius' behind Jeremy Corbyn

Re: Did anyone else... @johnaaronrose

Disagreeing with the accepted wisdom is one thing. Agreeing with the accepted stupidity is quite another.

Post-pub nosh neckfiller: Spanish summer soother salmorejo

re: I'd never be able to do this after a trip to the pub......

Boiling eggs??? Making toast??? After a PROPER pub outing, even getting the top off a ketchup bottle is far too much effort.

Where's the pink elephant icon when you need one?

Budget UHD TVs arrive – but were the 4Kasts worth listening to?

It's all about the content.

UHD is good for certain types of documentary and for providing a distraction during boring bits of films/sport (e.g. counting the strands in the tennis net). When the content is sufficiently gripping, the resolution can go to hell. Something like Fritz Lang's 'M' is still a great viewing experience on an aged 405-line CRT. 'Big Brother' is shit even in whatever technology can manage in 100 years time.

ANIMALS being CUT UP to make Apple Watch straps

Re: But we are omnivores after all... @ Lost all faith...

'not over keen on Crocodile though bit tough'

I think you're meant to skin it first.

Lettuce in SPAAACE: Captive ISS 'nauts insist orbital veg is 'awesome'

Priorities up the spout

Why start with the least important ingredient of a BLT?

'WOMAN FOUND ON MARS' – now obvious men are from Venus

Right now I could murder a double Jesus

Pizza sauce on toast, that is.

Indian carriers forced to send TXT for every 10 megabyte download

Re: So downloading Ubuntu @ 883 MB evaluates to...

88 sodding text messages AND a copy of Ubuntu that need deleting.

Aussie bloaters gorging on junk food 'each and every day'

I always eat smaller portions.

Loads of them.

Dead Steve Jobs' life and times are being turned into an OPERA

Advance tickets now on sale...

...to get as far away from Santa Fe Opera as possible.

Intel building Xeon into lapwarmers as designers, content creators call the shots

Core i7-6700K

Presumably the 6700K refers to the temperature it reaches without a heatsink.

All hail Ikabai-Sital! Destroyer of worlds and mender of toilets

Ikabai Sital

Another name to go on the antivirus no-download list.

Hey, FBI. Wanna track someone by cellphone? Get a proper warrant, says US appeals court

Want an alibi?

Leave the phone at home.

Windows 10 wipes your child safety settings if you upgrade from 7 or 8

"exposing children on Windows 10 to porn"

Clever of Microsoft. They've added to the demand for Win10 in a similar manner to the supermarkets that put sweets at the checkouts.

Assessing the power of Intel’s SSD 750 … but check your motherboard before buying

Re: Linux??

He was until his foul temper and bad language got him unfriended.

Lottery chief resigns as winning combo numbers appear on screen BEFORE being drawn

Re: Lottery employees who worked during the draw will have to undergo a lie detector test

How about throwing 50 into a pond, then pulling 7 out?

Windows 10 collects colossal 0.375 per cent market share in July

Where can I get a copy?

Having tried most of the others, I would like to give 'Other(dotted)' a go.

Apple chief Cook cooks up rumours after BMW car talks, factory tour

Keep well away.

Be very wary of licensing stuff to Apple. Before you know it, they'll have invented it and be taking you to court for copying it.

Post-pub nosh neckfiller: Bacon and egg sushi

Why are you wasting our time with this?

Undercook the bacon so it doesn't go crispy? To think I'd come across such sacrilege! Limp bacon is an abomination that has no place in post-pub cuisine. Proper post-pub bacon is shoved under the grill and forgotten about until the smoke alarm goes off.

$100m fine? How about, er, $16k? AT&T teabags FCC with its giant balls

Fine seems reasonable

Less than one percent of annual revenue. It seems so reasonable that I suggest the fine is repeatedly applied on a weekly basis until they cease and desist crippling the service for the 'unlimited' customers.

BONK! BONK! Windows 10 whack-a-mole – Microsoft still fixing bugs

There are no service packs for Win10

An excellent reason to wait for SP1

Post-pub nosh neckfiller: Southern biscuits and gravy

The cat vomit comment gives me an idea

Easy way to make the gravy: Feed ingredients to cat. Wait.

How British spies really spy: Information that didn't come from Snowden

Re: OK, let me get this straight..

And there was me, thinking that my Google searches were private and secret.

Acer Revo One RL85: A pint-sized PC for the snug

Re: Fugly

Agreed. It would stand out like a sore thumb in my living room. I'll bear it in mind should I ever need a PC for the toilet.

Dough! Dominos didn't register dominos.pizza – and now it's pizz'd off

Fair enough that it is their trading name exactly and the domain should be handed over. Unfair if it is just transferred without reasonable compensation. Somewhere of the order of a few thousand dollars would IMHO be adequate and wouldn't seriously hurt the bottom line. They had their chance to register it and failed to do so, and deserve to pay all over again if they fail to renew and someone else nabs it.

Ideal solar system for SECOND EARTH found – and it's just 186 light-years away

What's not to like?

The commute.

Good for some: Greek meltdown swells Dixons Carphone's coffers

Re: It's a pity and travesty

"Show me a Greek which has paid council tax in the last 30 years..."

Show me one who hasn't and I will show you a person without electricity. The council tax, TV licence and anything else the government might care to decree are collected on the electricity bill. Avoid these taxes and you will be cut off.

Neil Young yanks music from streaming services: 'Worst audio in history'

Does his player...

...have a ponographic equaliser?

New Horizons: We've got a pretty pic of Pluto. Now let's get our SCIENCE on

NH has phoned home

And now for some great pictures to start coming back. This is science at its best and together with reams of LHC data we can look forward to new and interesting insights into what makes things tick.

Do you pay your Office 365 cloud rent in Euros, or Aus/Can/NZ bucks? It's going UP

Re: Yes, rejoice . . until it's your turn

Prices dropping when the dollar fluctuates the other way? I see you have no business acumen. It's the signal to put the dollar prices up to bring them in to line with the rest of the world.

Pluto revealed as KING of the Kuiper belt

For me, Pluto is a planet, and any dwarf scientists who disagree can just bugger off.

Blighty's BONKERS BANKING BONKING BONANZA: Apple Pay arrives

With a £20 limit...

...is there anything in the Apple stores you can buy with this?

Cool-headed boffins overcome sticky issue: Graphene-based film could turn heat down

If the LEDs were highly efficient...

...they wouldn't be in need of cooling!

Brit teen who unleashed 'biggest ever distributed denial-of-service blast' walks free from court

I would have thought the illegal child images on top of everything else should have resulted in a custodial sentence in some sort of institution at least.

Google says its AI will jetwash all traces of malodorous spam from your box

Gmail is OK, triple play is better.

I must admit Google do a pretty good job on spam, but appear to have some pretty general rules that sometimes come up with false positives. One example appears to be mail from an AOL domain to multiple recipients (I've now got somebody with better taste in ISPs organizing the beer evenings).

The gmail address is handed out for most cases, the private address is known to just a handful of people who know better than to add it to a contact list. Finally, a mailinator address for those sites that will definitely spam or sell on, but have something I want and have to register for.

Been working well for me for years.

Trebles all round: The BBC's won this licence fee showdown

Re: Not doing 55% more?

Bear in mind that the TV licence in 1961 was £3 (plus £1 duty), so one could reasonably expect more channels and all the rest before the 55% is factored in. A good start would be cutting out the endless repeats and putting more of the back catalogue on iplayer.

Does this mean they can afford to get back the rest of Formula 1 that they allowed Sky to plunder?

Microsoft starts switching on paid Wi-Fi service with latest Windows 10 preview

It would stand a better chance if it was available in all countries except the one you paid in. When in your own country, you get free Wi-Fi at home and at work and generally know of several other places to find it. When abroad it can be tricky to get connected without rip-off charges from hotels, airports and touristy internet cafes.

Decision time: Uninstall Adobe Flash or install yet another critical patch

A new term is needed

Patch is defined in a dictionary as "A small piece of material affixed to another, larger piece to conceal, reinforce, or repair...". In the case of Flash, there is no longer a larger piece, it is all patchwork. They ought to call it 'Quilt'.

'Real' vampires reluctant to 'come out of the coffin' to social workers – barmy prof

Is the Prof...

...willing to stake his reputation on this, or will he just get cross?

TfL to splash £400m on networking deal, despite GDS opposition

This is a great idea

If the contracted supplier fails to come up with the goods, they get locked in the tower.

Dutch MEP whacks Hacking Team over embargo-busting

That'll be nice

"An unfavourable finding would open up a new world of pain for the Italian surveillanceware outfit."

Samsung stuffs 2 TERABYTES into flash drive for ordinary folk

Price

It may be aimed at the consumer market but, at $999, it misses.