Posts by Message From A Self-Destructing Turnip

So you reckon Nokia-wielding Microsoft can't beat off Apple?

Re: It's got similarities to the desktop market, but huge differences too.

No one said anything about there being restrictive terms and conditions of use. Oh.. no.. wait a minute.. sorry.

Re: It's got similarities to the desktop market, but huge differences too.

Yes, but that depends on what it is you are trying to achieve. Wipe your defiled anus, or paddle your way out of the sh1t creek MS left you in?

Giant pop can FOUND ON MOON

Re: They might want to rethink this effort

While I do agree with the points you make, the sad reality is that twenty or so commentards (and counting) on this site alone, had never heard of this product until this morning, but are all now talking about it. The effort has already paid of.

Re: The first branded litter on the moon

I wouldn't worry too much about this being a little problem. I am sure "Sputnik Stan" will have this lot cleared up in no time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e44fNbLSk28

Its in the name

I am fairly sure a "Pocari" is a chindogu invention to facilitate easy transportation of feaces. When in use it is recommended that its kept cold so that it does not begin to sweat.

Oh look a cold one.

Latest IE flaw being actively exploited

Re: Tell me it ain't true!

Please Rick show mercy, I have suffered enough already, let me explain. Sorry if it is a little off topic but I feel the need to share my experience.

As an open minded individual, I recently decided to heed the much proffered advice of a certain AC and give myself "a shake and start using MS products!"

Following the instructions to the letter, with a little trepidation, and a faithful old sock to hand, I slid the installation media into the drive. For anyone else considering a similar path, I would not recommend the sock method, get a family pack of your preferred brand of tissues and use plenty of lube! I had sought counsel from AC on this matter, alas its seems there was no willing to offer a guiding hand to an eager fresh newbie like myself.

Well, the installation process was straight forward enough, though it was quite some time before a login screen finally appeared, then there were all the updates to download and install....

By the final reboot the poor little soldier was looking in a very sorry state indeed. Fortunately in the time it took to work out how to navigate to the desktop the bleeding had more or less stopped. There is still a little bit of puss but I am hopeful that this will clear up in a day or two.

Overall its been worth the sacrifice to now be able to take comfort safe in the knowledge that I now run the most secure OS there is (only one vulnerability apparently!). Best of of all I can now post with pride using the the illustrious logo!

What? more updates? oh balls...

</onehanded> ng.. ng.. ng.. ow.. ng.. ouch. ng.. noooo! it burns.. ng..........

Re: Tell me it ain't true!

Well this is all very disappointing. After giving my self a rather vigorous shake, I saw the light and decided to start using MS products, and now this happens! Unfortunately one hole is all it takes, that's how some of us came to be on this planet.

Apple, Beats and fools with money who trust celeb endorsements

Re: A fool and his money are easily parted.

I had never heard of confimation bias until now. Is a high confimation bias value better or worse, and what are the correct units of measurement ?

I need to know this as I am heading to my local HiFi shop this weekend to upgrade my system, and do not want to look a complete clueless fool when I ask the sales person about it.

Droid malware cloak outwits Google Bouncer and friends

Re: Simples...

Hey AC can you help me out with some advice. I have got hold of a copy of that Windows OS you keep going on about and I am ready to install it and give it a go. Unfortunately I've only got an old sock to hand. Will this do, or should I nip out and get a box of Kleenex to do the job properly?

Re: Surprise! (mmmmm juicy worm)

The word "exploit" or the phrase "security problems/issues" is not actually used anywhere in the article?

Why do people need to "give themselves a shake" before using MS products, that's a euphemism for something else isn't it? Is this optional or a mandatory requirement? People need to know.

McAfee accused of McSlurping Open Source Vulnerability Database

Get orf my land!

If the sheepdog turns wolf; then it is time to grab the twelve bore.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Ancient Fear of, er, a cheese-tastic title?

Caption correction

....(clockwise from right) R2-D2, Harrison Ford,....... there FTFY

PARTY TIME! MIT slips $100 to each student ... in Bitcoin

Tidbit

A parasitic JavaScript Bitcoin miner, coming to a device near you soon!

Google's self-driving car breakthrough: Stop sign no longer a problem

Re: Um, yes.

But where are the Ludites going to find a grand piano? Clearly to you Alister, ACs comment was like some of the other comments here ... aeroplane talk.

Top tip, power users – upgrading Ubuntu may knacker your Linux PC

borked

I believe the correct terminology in this case is "borked". Knackered would imply damage or wear through over use, which is not the case here.

Apple patent LOCKS drivers out of their OWN PHONES

Re: Good!

Or Google Glass?

Is it a feature Apple want to use in their own products, or just one they want to stop others using in theirs? Its a shame really, it would have been great fun disabling glasshole devices by showing them pictures of steering wheels.

Slip your finger in this ring and unlock your backdoor, phone, etc

Re: But it's still pointless.

Yes those immobiliser RFID chips car manufacturers have been using in ignition keys for the last fifteen years have been an unmitigated security disaster, and the level of credit theft from the millions of oyster cards in use in London's transport system is an absolute scandal!

MIT boffins moot tsunami-proof floating nuke power plants

Re: Security risks

That IFR referred to will be the PRISM reactor design then. Using liquid sodium as a coolant, it may well be less prone to blow its top or melt down, just be careful you don't let any air or water in! Well I suppose every engineering solution has its advantages and disadvantages. Interestingly this reactor is one of the new generation designs referred to as a small modular reactor (SMR). Being much smaller with lower output (10-300MW) its is likely to be a SMR that the MIT Boffins are considering to put to sea, rather than the current land based 1000MW behemoths suggested by some comments.

Ancient telly, check. Sonos sound system, check. OMG WOAH

Wasps

"my ears thought they were being bathed in sonic syrup"

Arrgh...OK ... release the wasps!

Plusnet goes titsup for spectacular hour-long wobble

Re: Was this a Plusnet security problem??

On closer Inspection this evening I discovered my everyday router DNS settings were 199.233.212.99 and 199.233.215.157. I needed to set the DNS back to PlusNet addresses before things worked again. The spare router DNS seems to be automatically allocated to point to PlusNet. Hmmm... cant help but suspect routers were being owned last night.

Was this a Plusnet security problem??

I am a PlusNet subscriber. Last night all attempts to access any Google servers resulted in redirects to a fake flash update page. This affected all my devices (Ubuntu PC, android tablet & android phone). Based on this I suspected that my router had been hacked. Swapping to a different spare router made no difference. Both routers being hacked does not seem that likely so could the problem have been with PlusNet's DNS being compromised?

The problem disappeared after about midnight last night. When I checked again this morning Google.co.uk failed to load the page with a warning that a secure connection could not be made. This was without me changing any of my network or device settings?

Fukushima radioactivity a complete non-issue on West Coast: Also for Fukushima locals, in fact

Ooooh, look at the pretty FUD art.

Samsung and Apple BEWARE: Huawei is coming to eat your lunch

Re: Just wondering ...

We have been making the chickens (or are they eggs?) for quite some time already.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfabrication

Samsung brandishes quad-core Galaxy S5, hopes nobody wants high specs

Oh FFS, what a load of territorial urination.

Facebook will LOSE 80% of its users by 2017 – epidemiological study

So its a good news day then.