Posts by Oz

For PITY'S SAKE, DON'T BUY an iPHONE 5S, begs FSF

Re: Fingerprint scanner Yawn

"How many of the people who are whingeing about the iPhone's fingerprint scanner use a telephone or a tablet via a TOUCHSCREEN?"

Most of them probably, but we know for sure that the iPhone's touchscreen is just that - there is no scanning mechanism built into the earlier iPhone. There may be fingerprints all over my tablet, but I can be confident that they are not going to GCHQ or NSA. With fingerprints being scanned by the 5S we don't know for definite what happens with them, or even if the full image is scanned or just a hash of it. The Apple assertion that the scan (whatever form it is in) doesn't get uploaded to their servers doesn't mean a lot. If they an unequivocal statement saying that it is not uploaded to ANY servers, anywhere in the world, then people like the FSF should be pacified.

'Peeping while you're sleeping' NSA parody T-shirt ban BACKFIRES

Re: " which infringes upon the intellectual property rights of National Security Agency,"

It's very ironic, therefore, the logo that appears to be at centre of this report, is in fact "borrowed" from somewhere else

Does the RSPCA have your gun licence or car registration? NOBODY knows

Re: WTF

Did she rat them out? I'm sure the Charities Commission would be interested in that

Galaxy S4 FIREBALL ATE MY HOUSE, claims Hong Kong man

Re: Could end in tears...

Mythbusters have proven that current won't flow up a urine stream - because it's not a stream, but loads of droplets

PHWOAR! Huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, Prime Minister

I was watching the News last night, about this very subject. They interviewed the mother of April Jones, in tears, saying that this filter could have kept her daughter safe. Whilst she is understandably upset, I see that comment as scare mongering and of no real relevance. Extreme porn is already blocked and, as Mark Bridger is an adult, he could easily unbolck the fiter and then carry on browsing naughty sites (within reason) unhindered.

Unreal: Epic’s would-be Doom... er... Quake killer

Re: One thing I do remember from Unreal..

3fdx and Voodoo - a trip down memory lane. I had an ATI 2D/3D card, with a pair of Voodoo2 12Mb 3D only cards. It was the first device to feature SLI. Now we think nothing of it....

'Clippy' coup felled by Microsoft twitterati

That was version that had the dog that barked and did tricks? I wasted many an hour playing with that dog... happy days!

Bottomless, unsatisfied Xbox widow cuffed after boyf flees nookie

Google the lady involved and you might change your mind - unless you're a feeder

Amazon's new Kindle Fire stripped naked

Exactly what I was going to say - word for word. Have a beer on me!

Ten reasons why you shouldn't buy an iPhone 5

iPhones are standard kit at local schools

Certainly not in my area. Blackberries are the phones of choice. iPhones are too common and passée.

iPhone 4 prototype journo off the hook

At a guess...

"Feed him to the pigs, Errol.... "

Phone-hack backlash BBC in embarrassing headline gaffes

Oh sweet irony (part 2)

... or full stops?

Get your kit off for Putin, win an iPad 2, Russian ladies told

Indeed....

... I only watched the video for the titillation and didn't see any!

News of the World TO CLOSE

"nativity"?

And then perform a religious play?

Desktop virtualisation: Yes, it's cheaper

Re: What a load of B$ !!

I think the article refers to the cost of a whole office of devices, not a single unit. It's pretty obvious that a single device won't use 14K electricity a year...

Apple bags iCloud.com domain for $4.5m, says report

starts

iShag?

Vote now for the best sci-fi film never made

Kidding?

Sadly, no - it appears not. Some people really can't read!

The new killer app is … MMS

Sex?

I assume that for the 10% they used the word "sex" as an alternative for the actual act of having a *cough* "hand shandy"!

Euro court slaps down insurers over gender risks

Re: Boy racers

Bodykits, spoilers, speakers, paint and decals are already used to assess risk. It's because of the perceived increased theft/vandalism likelihood, plus the fact that the industry assumes those who have these kinds of modifications are more likely to "drive it like they stole it".

Vodafone's network knackered by thieves

Secret location (not any more)

... and the Daily Fail's article on the break-in has a picture of the site, and more details of the equipment stolen.

Air Force blocks access to sites that covered WikiLeaks

Re: Oh my

They are also threatening action if they access the offending documents from their own computers, so it's not quite as clear cut as you suggest, and does suggest a level of state imposed censorship!

Re: RE:Lots of ammunition here

But the documents are now in the public domain and therefore can't really be labelled as "Classified" any more. That's the point that the US military/government are missing - pretending they are aren't out in the open (and subsequently banning your staff from reading them) doesn't make it so

China-inspired charity aims to sex-down society

Mikado

'In this respect, one speaker cited an ad for Mikado chocolate biscuits, which was described as a "pre-pubescent girl having her fanny photographed".'

That speaker is clearly a complete bell-end. Even the half sighted could surely see that the "girl" is clearly in her twenties, and has the accompanying "tattybojangles" (to quote Russell Howard) - definitely not items of pre-pubescence.

iOS 4.2: An 'ace' for iPad, a 'meh' for iPhone

Re: crap on a 3g

You've found one bug and now you can't "trust iphone for anything other than media an occasional sms or voice call"? Seriously? Get a grip! Although the OS is supposedly cross-compatible, why not stick with the IOS designed for your phone, or get an iPhone 4, instead of trying to make your phone something it's not, and then complaining about it!

US may disable all in-car mobile phones

Re: Re: Excercise!

Doh - epic fail on my part!

Excercise!

I love it when people criticise other's use of language and then screw up themselves. It's exercise not excercise!

/pedant

Microsoft: IE9 will never run on Windows XP

Dog

Yes, I miss that stupid dog - making him bark in meetings, and seeing how long you could do it for before someone complained, certainly killed some time!

Twitter airport bomb joker loses second job

Re: Menacing

Expect your door to be kicked down in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Cyber-jihadists deface home of teddy bears' picnic

Re: Big or small

I'm not normally one to respond to comments in this way but, Mectron, sir... you are a cretin! Do you happen to read the Daily Mail (assuming you can read, that is)?

Apple bars radiation nanny from App Store

Crock

Sounds like an utter crock of s**t to me. Why doesn't the app sample the, albeit dodgy, reported antenna output as well rather than just rely on the direction the phone is held in....

UK.gov scraps stop'n'search terror power

Attitude

Wow - the apparent arrogance and contempt shown by some uniformed posters there is breathtaking. I'm sure they are fed up of people tarring them all with the same brush, but even so - that's no excuse for the aggressive nature of the posts. It's hardly going to endear people to them further, or maybe they don't give shit any more?

Nine Inch Nails guy scores Facebook movie... bitch!

And you need....

a spell-checker!

Jobs tells iPhone users to get a grip

Re: So if

No, the two parts of the antenna will be isolated from the moisture from your hand, and will work fine. Hence the demand for Bumpers! http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC668ZM/A

UK told to strengthen data protection, again

Re: Our Laws are not strong!!

And I, for one, would welcome the EU Commissions input in the rather dubious practice of the Police keeping DNA records of people for X number of years.... even if they are innocent

Naked Cowboy wrestles Naked Cowgirl

Picture

Dear god! My eyes have been soiled.... I can only hope the people paid $2 a photo are doing it out of pity

Speed cameras slide out of LibCon budget

Yes but...

Yes, but with cameras costing up to £40K, and budgets being cut, there won't be the capital seen previously to pay for loads more of them.

(Go - well, need I say more?)

Canadians form adulterers' privacy campaign

Re: Bang on

My partner knows about my porn-buying so it's all good. Thanks for the concern though!

Microsoft rejects porn, iPad protesters fake it

Porn on Betamax

There was p0rn on Betamax.

The big problem was the size of film that could contained on a physical media item. Longer movies required 2 Betamax tapes, but only 1 VHS - hence VHS was the preferred medium for film distributors and home buyers alike.

Apple bans competing ads from the iPhone

Compare to IE

But MS didn't have a monopoly in the browser market either but it didn't stop the EU forcing them to bundle other browsers within their OS.Surely removing the ability for people to use (other) ad software is a restrictive practice?

Council staff helping selves to data

Re: Not so

But there is clearly some debate about the quality of those stats, as picked up on by the various commenters to the articles

Stephen Fry's truly terrible mistake

Re Internet Radio

The problem is that your experience is not everyone's. My FM reception is brilliant, but my DAB is flaky at best. I listen to music on the radio, and I just can't stand the bubbling effect as the signal goes in and out. For me, unlike, you, DAB is not the panacea - much as I would like to be.

Blunkett threatens to sue for £30 ID card refund

Re: Mini passport

And that was the basic problem with the ID card as it was. Large numbers of places both inside and outside the UK were refusing to take it as a legitimate source of proof of identity. You couldn't even guarantee who would or would not take it, so you have to carry your passport as well - a waste of £30, and a whole lot more cash wasted by the government. I'm not sure that a photo Passport would fare much better?

Regent Street blocked by iPad fanboi swarm

Re: or just go to a shop.

Er, it wasn't a slow hand-clap, was it?

No refunds for ID card pioneers

Re: HIPS

Ditto - I don't expect to see a refund, but it will make your property a little more saleable, as it saves the buyers coughing up for searches....

6Music in numbers

Re: Hearth

I can't say I'm a huge fan of Heart, but to give them their due, they aim to play active/current chart music. Therefore they will have a smaller track base, and play them more often.

Google Street View whacked by German prosecutors, Czech data watchdog

Analogy

Eric Schmidt is supposed to have also said "show me one person who has been harmed by this".

Oh, that's OK then. Making an (mildly flippant) analogy, if I run around the street with a shotgun shooting at people, but missing them all, is that OK as well?

The interception of private data is illegal across a number of countries, so also no-one has been harmed, according to Mr Schimdt, there is no doubt that the company's action were illegal.

UK border security ring-o-steel flagged 48,000 travellers

Re: DPA

There may a specific exclusion for criminal investigations, but these guys are investigated first, based on what they eat and who they know, then it's decided if there's anything to prosecute for.

Google: Street View spycars did slurp your Wi-Fi

Router SID and MAC = location?

I'm about to move house, so if Google are reliant on this information to "locate" me, then will be locating me wrongly ad infinitum (or until I change my router). You would hope there is some method of over-riding this location information at Google's end, which would then prove that harvesting all this was unnecessary, as they could get location information by other means!

EA imposes used games tax

EULA

Is that the EULA that is inside the box, so you can't read it until you've opened the packaging? I think the European Courts may have a thing or two to say on the validity of them...

(hand grenade, cos this is gaming after all!)

Man uses meat cleaver to fashion UK-ready iPad

A proper meat cleaver

Agreed, it's a cook's knife. This is a meat cleaver - http://www.richmondcookshop.co.uk/product_info.php?currency=GBP&products_id=1042. A totally different beast altogether