Posts by flilotuk

Virgin Media CEO says Brit broadband biz 'performed well' in Q2, which is a weird way to say losses almost tripled

They'd have lots more customers if they didn't put their prices up two sometimes three times a year, by many pounds when you're out of contract. Introductory broadband only offers for new customers are bordering on illegal - £28/month for 18 months then FOURTY FOUR POUNDS A MONTH thereafter for the base 100 package?! Money grabbing Americans - there is absolutely no need for those magnitudes of price increases. To coin a popular American phrase: Screw you!

US hands UK 'dossier' on Huawei: Really! Still using their kit? That's just... one... step... beyond

Ah, the age old:

<whiny voice>We don't like them over thurrr, so we want yewww to not like them over thurrr either. Plus it means yeww can buy ourrrr tech to use instead! Remember we are your fwiends! We haz a vewy speshul relationships!!</whiny voice>

Move along, nothing to see here except the Yew Ess of Ayy trying to look busy and important.

First A380 flown in anger to be broken up for parts

Re: Cramped?

"So Ryanair likely to rely on A321LRs then - with a few extra rows of seats squeezed in for luck? And do they do an A321SRO version (Standing Room Only)?"

Airbus have categorically stated they will never sell aircraft to Ryanair, after O'Leary's comment about "raping" Boeing re: their 737s. The potential loss of revenue from not selling to Ryanair is vastly outweighed by not having to deal with the nasty little leprechaun.

Tesla undecimates its workforce but Elon insists everything's absolutely fine

Undecimates is not a word.

Boeing ships its 10,000th 737

Re: Brand new

Lies. You can't "inadvertently" kick something "into" the floor. By its very nature, to kick something "into" the floor, you have to do so repeatedly with your foot to make sure it goes in. This is why we can't have nice things.

You can however inadvertently kick something on to the floor.

Like it or not, here are ALL your October Microsoft patches

Re: so do these new patch bundles

NT 4.0 got all the way up to Service Pack 6a!

WIN a 6TB Western Digital Black hard drive with El Reg

Sergei, now retired from sponsoring Coronation Street, can no longer afford glasses. He's still looking for the cake lady, and will guard his chocolate log with his life.

Oh, shoppin’ HELL: I’m in the supermarket of the DAMNED

Fun times.

"Unexpected item in bagging area."

Had a girl say this to me once. Not verbally, it was just the look on he face.