Posts by AC Wilson

German lodges todger in 13 steel rings

Re: Pedant Alert

@ Laura Kerr - I dunno, sheep die in the wool all the time, but are rarely dyed in the wool.

Re: I feel sorry for the guy...

The problem being with the gene pool that there is no life guard on duty...

A typo stopped hackers siphoning nearly $1bn out of Bangladesh

Re: Spelling mistake didn't prevent it.

I seed it to.

I beg you, please don't back up that secret directory full of photos!

Re: Unprofessional

Yes, but there are very explicit laws and regulations concerning doctors and patients confidentiality, oath or not.

Dumping chapter and verse on someone's private life online may be outlawed in Utah

Re: Dox

And don't forget the poor delivery boy who could possibly end up being awoke 1000 years in the future.

Firemen free chap's todger from four-ring chokehold

Re: Dear Lester Haines ..

Dear me, I've heard that automatic milking machines stop at a gallon.

The Mad Men's monster is losing the botnet fight: Fewer humans are seeing web ads

Re: No sympathy.....

Unless, of course, the 100 persons you started with contained a sizeable amount of us lesser people to begin with...

Boeing's X-Wing 737 makes first flight

Re: Less drag, not more lift

I thought Burt Rutan was doing this (winglets) many years ago.

Smart toys spring dumb vulns. Again. This time: Cuddly bears, watches

Not origial, but...

I repeat, you can't spell idiot without Iot.

Reg readers battle to claim 'my silicon's older than yours' crown

Old stuff from an old guy..

If any of you are keeping you old stuff and need to install a new (old) MFM or RLL hard drive, remember this (?) Boot from your DOS system floppy, type debug<Enter>

-g=c800:5

then select or enter the proper specs. Yea, I been around these things a long time. Fun to read these stories.Thanks...

The monitor didn't work but the problem was between the user's ears

Re: Office nasty

There was an old one that was fun, a device driver (back when they were loaded via "config.sys, remember? It was called (I believe "Scaredy mouse" You would need two or three minutes at the targets computer, REM out his mouse driver and install and put "Scaredy Mouse driver in appropriate Dir or just C:. When installed the mouse would appear to act normally, but when approaching clickable content would veer off, stall, jump over anything except stop on the content. It was hilarious and harmless(well hilarious to watch I guess.) Fixable by removing or REMing out and unREMing the correct driver "many people wanted it left behind so they could play with it. There was also one that when installed, a kitten would randomly pop up and chase the mouse pointer, which would otherwise work normally. Oh, halcyon days...

Did you know ... Stephen Fry has founded a tech startup?

Re: Who is Steven Fry?

I'm from the states, and I've heard and like him, he's a character in "Futurama".

Police Scotland will have direct access to disabled parking badge database

The e is not needed

Could I hav it thn, I'm somtims short on thm...

Boffins baffled by record-smashing supernova that shouldn't exist

570 billion times brighter than the sun...

I'm glad it happened in the daytime, I live in downtown Waikiki, it's hard enough to sleep at night already.

Re: No H or He?

Thanks for pointing that out. I had trouble with that until I removed velocity from the expansion. I now picture it as a dark room- no universe. Turn on a light switch - Universe! Only faster...

Little bang for the Big C? Nitro in the anti-cancer arsenal

Fight, fight, fight

I dunno, I think I may be immortal also. Anyhow, so far so good. Will keep you posted.

Smartphone hard, dudes, like it’s the end of the world!

Re: "Next week, I shall review the Large Hadron Collider for Gizmodo."

As the LHC ramps up its power and becomes closer to the basic question, the meaning of life, the universe, and everything, we already know the review report to be "42".......

Longing to bin Photoshop? Rock-solid GIMP a major leap forward

Much ado about...

Why all the fuss about photo editing? I would think just take better photos in the first place...

Rap for wrap chaps in crap email trap: Chipotle HR used domain it had no control over

Re: Okay, not particularly relevant to the story, but on the subject of emails...

It Is the "Peter Principle" - the natural order is to rise to the highest level of incompetence.

Drug-smuggling granny's vagina holds Kinder surprise

I'm surprised..,

They would have to think outside the box.

I'm surprised..,

They would have to looked past the box. Or, been thinking outside of same.

The only GOOD DRONE is a DEAD DRONE. Y'hear me, scumbags?!

Re: "The only GOOD DRONE is a DEAD DRONE. Y'hear me, scumbags?!"

A bit of a misstatement , I think, as psychopaths act impulsively despite attempts to "train" them or alter their behaviour.

Re: "The only GOOD DRONE is a DEAD DRONE. Y'hear me, scumbags?!"

bit of a misstatement , I think, as psychopaths act impulsively despite attempts to "train" them or alter their behaviour.

Sennheiser announces €50,000 headphones (we checked, no typos)

Not Mr Sod...

I see what you dood there...

9 cuffed over £60 million banking scam targeting UK businesses

Perhaps the meaning was ALL the towns in Scotland...(G)

Want to slash your phone bill? Go to jail. Go directly to jail

Well, Goll-lee! How damn nice of the Reg to allow us in the US to read its pages. I wasn't aware of how privileged we were, thank you for informing me.

Honor 7 – heir apparent to the mid-range Android crown

On your first message you receive from either, go to the bottom and select "unsubscribe", in the Phone Manager if either is running, one click shuts them down, although you may have to do it after each restart.

Re: I have an Honor 6 -But I know the hoi pollow don't.

Thanks for the interesting edification. I upvoted you for that even if it was a bit of digression.

The S, Huawei’s new best Mate: Compact and premium – but not cheap

Re: Daft

That may only be the mirror-like finish you are seeing.