Posts by NotBob

Mock cop bot swats tot

I, for one, welcome our new robot mall-cop overlords...

Smartphones aren't tiny PCs, but that's how we use them in the West

Re: Advantage of QR over NFC

I read that as the store scanned something on the phone. Either way, I see potential issues. My camera is broken, my buddy busted his screen. One of us is going to have problems.

Tupperware vehemently denies any link to storage containerisation

The attempt is likely to avoid going the kleenex route, a brand name used to refer to generics, too

Re: Tsk

Have fun with that. Around here, if it's not tupperware, you're better off with a reclosable bag. Off brands deform in the dishwasher, melt in the microwave, or have lids that look interchangeable but aren't.

Kotkin on who made Trump and Brexit: Look in the mirror, it's you

Re: Really?

So there weren't worker's rights or human rights in the UK pre-EU? Free trade sounds great until your job freely goes to a cheaper country (as mine did). Free travel sounds great until it undermines national security (as has happened elsewhere). Not sure about your intangibles, but it looks like you're buying a bill of goods to lower your cell phone bill...

Use Brexit to save smokers' lives and plug vaping, say peers

Because no one makes for the Merkins, right?

If the regs are reasonable, products will be available.

Linus Torvalds in sweary rant about punctuation in kernel comments

Linus Torvalds in pointless sweary rant about something that doesn't matter

FTFY

Hacker bites Datadog, finds hard-to-chew bcrypt passwords

Wait

A company got hacked and actually owned up to it without credentials dumped to the wild, and they were doing things properly (instead of storing plaintext) so most of the lifted credentials will be useless?

Tell me this isn't a dream...

Teen thugs lure, rob Pokemon Go gamers

Re: It's all changed since my fly fishing days.

Back when we could only play one game at a time on our "portable" systems. Then again, AA batteries were easy to come by.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go yell at those kids on my lawn..

Teen faces trial for telling suicidal boyfriend to kill himself via text

Re: If nothing else

It's more like she also told him that if he put the amputated leg in a low position it would stop the bleeding...

As we were taught in medicine: all bleeding eventually stops, and all patients eventually die. Technically, that would stop the bleeding faster than holding it up if nothing else is being done. That femoral artery is a big one.

Philando Castile death-by-cop vid mysteriously vanishes from Facebook

Re: America

In this case, bubba is the cop who went apesh*t and shot someone trying to comply with police orders...

CityFibre takes on Ofcom over pledge to open BT ducts and poles

"We will defend our decisions after we decide what decision we want to make and stick with..."

FTFY

'Double speak' squawk users as Silent Circle kills warrant canary

One assumes putting it back would defeat the purpose...

fMRI bugs could upend years of research

Re: Good science

All these people asking for proof of climate data manipulation is great, but has everyone forgotten climategate? It happened, we knew it happened, and no one got in trouble because it supported the official line that was to be toed...

Judge gives Zuck a US$6 million Brazilian

Perhaps, but believing they would say they will do what's best for the users is not so far fetched. That's just marketing.

Man sues YET AGAIN for chance to marry his computer

Here legally married means income taxes are assessed differently. The government doesn't want taxes to go down every time some sad wanker watches grumble flicks.

UN council: Seriously, nations, stop switching off the damn internet

Against UN policies

That'll stop 'em

Alleged Brit hacker Lauri Love bailed amid US extradition battle lull

Re: Looking for a scapegoat

Then again, he claimed to have done it. Maybe he should #OpManUp

Lauri Love at risk of suicide if extradited to US, Brit court hears

Re: Love's father

Not sure what you want out of Seveso, two upheld convictions of people who seem to have been there. Bhopal had several convictions, I assume your issue is with Warren, who was charged and convicted of manslaughter even though he didn't do anything at the site. Seems reasonable to take exception to such charges, but you can have your opinion, too.

The cable car incident should have been prosecuted differently. Of course, calling it a massacre is quite a stretch in these parts, but mistakes were made and all that...

Re: After Gary McKinnon...

Yep. His mental state wasn't an issue until it could stand between him and the punishment for what he knew was wrong.

Now? Ohmygoodness nooo!

Suck it up, cupcake

This local council paid HOW MUCH for an SD card?!

This was a one off. It says as much in the article.

Shouldn't have to worry about theft...

Europe's UK-backed Unified Patent Court 'could be derailed'

Buisness as usual

So keep spending the money even when we know it's doomed to fail?

Quick note: Brexit consequences for IT

Let me be the first to welcome our 51st state.

The surveillance agencies should get along nicely.

Technology shares slide with Brexit vote, except ARM

Indeed, a safe assumption. White Lightning almost always refers to moonshine over here.

The best White Lightning only comes in a Mason jar, never a bottle. Might have to barter with a mountain man to get it.

Y'all got some funny ideas...

PM resigns as Britain votes to leave EU

The markets were bound to do some funny things no matter the result. Hold on to your nuts when you look at your portfolio for a while, and the markets will rebound.

Not the first time the markets got spooked...

Mobile phone app replaces Congressional TV as Democrats stage sit-in

We're still hoping for the south park reenactment...

Re: I find this embarrasing to see these guys in their suits, sitting on the floor.

Look at what the CDC does in areas that are clearly within their purview, though. Do a quick google on that and you'll find fun tings like:

USA Today - CDC inflated number of obesity deaths

American Nutrition Association - CDC inflated flu numbers

Re: The difference between guns and cars

In the words of Benjamin Franklin, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

The well regulated militia explains the reason for the amendment, but is not written as a litmus test for its application.

How's your driving, Elon? Musk tweets that Tesla Model S 'floats'

Re: I would like to know

Also, if it works for a short time, how long do I really have?

Swede who spent 28 years vacuuming in the nude to be evicted

Re: Poor Germaphobe!

It sounds from the article like the landlord has been trying for an eviction for nearly 30 years.

Sophos U-turns on lack of .bat file blocking after El Reg intervenes

Don't forget the spin, too...

"We didn't screw up, and it works as it should, but we're going to fix it anyway because you asked so nicely."

Post-Safe Harbor: Adobe fined for shipping personal info to the US 'without any legal basis'

Don't get your hopes up. Constitutional protection only goes as far as they want them to go. I have yet to hear that an intelligence agency stopped and went "we can't do that, it's unconstitutional!" That phrase is probably a firing offense.

FBI tries again to get warrantless access to your browser history

This bill would mean more government surveillance of Americans, less due process, and less independent oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies

So they're trying for more of the same? At least it's true to form...

Kraftwerk versus a cheesy copycat: How did the copycat win?

I love how the article prtrays copyright as protecting the little guy and all.

Of course, copyright law in America always gets extended just before Steamboat Willie comes out from under protection...

CERT warns of hardcoded creds in medical app

Re: Passwordless Medical app designed for handling perioperative surgery.

More accurately, why is this accessible? It's fine on its own segregated network segment. It isn't designed for world+dog access.

Poor choice in design, perhaps, but terrible implementation is the kicker here.

Euro Patent Office prez's brake line cut – aka how to tell you're not popular

Re: He's no Einstein...

Quite a few people "working" there could claim prior art there. Give them a real job, maybe even a physical job or a customer service job, and they'll be begging to go back to what they have...

As the BOFH put it, "get hard, ya big jessie."

Mine's the worn out Carhartt

One ad-free day: Three UK to block adverts across network in June

Re: move will "revolutionise" mobile advertising

Surely they wouldn't mean the "revolutionise" as "kill", would they?

Few revolutions in society are without bloodshed...

Microsoft bans common passwords that appear in breach lists

Re: @codysydney: Because, Dear Commentard.

I'm not that seasoned yet, but I put my made up answers in the little black book with the passwords.

It's the only way to keep track...

Pepper robot acts like real teenager, gets job at Pizza Hut

So

Am I still expected to tip? Inquiring minds need to know.

French authorities raid Google's Paris HQ over tax allegations

Re: Huh??

Hence the 5am raid, dodge the traffic

Re: SOP

Help me understand here. Is it normal in European countries not to fill out a tax return? We have to fill out returns even if we don't owe any taxes. There's even a check box (IIRC) for if the person filing the return is dead...

Google to kill passwords on Android, replace 'em with 'trust scores'

Re: Sooo...

Still wondering how that will work since I generally don't use bluetooth, have the camera off or obscured (or broken, but that was an accident), and often turn the wifi off when not using it. The GPS isn't on either, and I don't type that much that often to allow for sampling that.

Perhaps my phone will decide I don't exist.

Three UK: Our MMS prices are up. Get around us with WhatsApp or Skype

Re: Wow, first Canada has worse internet now the UK has worse cellular

I get charged for incoming, but only when it's not from another cell phone. I haven't been over my minutes in a coon's age.

Re: This is tragic

Most of our plans have unlimited messages, SMS and MMS both.

Bold stance: Microsoft says terrorism is bad

The United Nations, per the text...

'Acts of war in a combat zone are not covered by your laptop warranty'

Re: Was the war zone not interesting enough?

Ah yes, the old maxim 4: Close air support covereth a multitude of sins...

Of course, maxim 25 also seems to be in play. If a manufacturer's warranty covers the damage you do, you didn't do enough damage

Inside Project Loon – Google's megaplan to build a global internet

Re: "Doesn't give Google much of a payback"?

Bets on whether or not they eventually try adding ads to requested sites like others have tried before

Kids these days can't even write a decent virus

Trophy?

What does the trophy look like for writing the biggest hole in the internet?

Maybe just get a beer and drink the memories down...