Posts by Kurt Meyer

Wondering why 'Devin Nunes herp-face' was trending online? Here's the 411: House rep sues Twitter for all the rude stuff tweeted about him

Re: Beware of unintended consequences

@ jake

"For myself, there aren't enough hours in the day. Life's too short as it is. "

Aye.

Treaty of Roam: No-deal Brexit mobile bill shock

Re: So predictable !

@ AC

"As did Hadrian, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Hitler, and quite a few in-between. It never worked."

Perhaps you could enlighten the commentariat by telling us which of those four names you offered was either Prime Minister (Churchill) of the United Kingdom, or King of England (Henry VIII), as were the two names mentioned in the post(s) that you were so cravenly responding to.

And why limit yourself to just the four names? Surely there are more, aren't there? What about Ghengis Khan, no love for him? Attila? Tamerlane? Suleiman the Magnificent? The list of candidates seems very much longer than your pitiful effort.

Do you know what is predictable? This...

In every thread that even remotely has to do with Brexit, whatever the actual subject under discussion, some cringing, snivelling, pants pissing, anonymous coward will make a fuckwitted reference to either Napoleon or Hitler, comparing them to the European Union.

That's predictable

We did Nazi see this coming... Internet will welcome Earth's newest nation with, sigh, a brand new .SS TLD

Re: Political correctness running amok?

Martin, it is an abbreviation of "Super Sport".

UK space comes to an 'understanding' with Australia as Brexit looms

Re: Inconvenient Truths

@Wellyboot

"The UKs ability to erase any other country at short notice makes it a superpower, surviving retaliation is not a factor."

The UK can erase Russia? China? The US?

Honestly, I laughed out loud.

UK networks have 'no plans' to bring roaming fees back after Brexit

Name calling

@LucreLout

"Yay, name calling. The rest of your post I've ignored on the basis that in doing so, you have stated you have no credible points to make.

Bye."

"Bit hard of thinking are we? Never mind petal, the grown ups have voted to leave, and as usual we'll do the heavy lifting. You just sit in the corner doing your angsty teenager thing."

You were saying?

That advantageous trade position

@LucreLout

"to go back to our historically advantageous position of trading with the rest of the world"

No doubt the rest of the Empire will line up behind that position.

Mozilla-endorsed security plug-in accused of tracking users

Re: I know this is like Canute trying to hold back the tide but

"Please stop using "reach out". Please."

If it will help, think of it as a self-identifying mechanism for clowns.

In much the same way that the use of the word "gifted" is a self-identifier for ass(arse)holes.

Shared, not stirred: GCHQ chief says Europe needs British spies

Re: The EU does not need NOR want anything to do with 5 Eyes

@ Dodgy Geezer

"....who we've beaten twice in a World War already....."

You've beaten the European Union twice in a world war?

Re: Cmon

@ codejunky

"...Germany has very few working fighters nor the capacity to deliver them to Iraq so the economic beast is impotent in defence respects."

Amazingly, their fellow Europeans seem to be completely content with this state of affairs.

No fandango for you: EU boots UK off Galileo satellite project

Re: In perspective, Galileo isn't important

@ YARR

Brevity is your friend.

You had me at - "I remain ignorant... "

Re: Well

@ AC

"The only pity is the spineless and incompetent tossers... "

Posted by an Anonymous Coward.

Well done

Donald, YOU'RE FIRED: Rogue Twitter worker quits, deletes President Trump's account

White Rose

@ CrazyOldCatMan

White Rose

MoD: Sci-tech strategy? Er, here's a bunch of words and diagrams

Harnessing Brit boffinry

A splendid idea.

I'd quite like to harness that boffin on the right hand side of the picture.

Canucks have beef with Soylent as to whether or not it's a real meal deal

Re: substitute?

@ Mark 85

Er, Joke icon?

Family's legal battle over YouTube's role in Paris terror murders is paused

Re: Not Surprised

@ Diogenes

I'm not surprised that dear old dad decided to sue comma here in "The land of the free and the home of the litigious."

Perhaps I should have bolded that comma which you (and others) have apparently overlooked.

Or perhaps, used the "Joke Alert" icon.

Or maybe <sarcasm> </sarcasm> tags.

I haven't actually seen a film clip of dear old dad saying "It's not about the money" but I'll bet there's one out there.

Here in "The land of the free and the home of the litigious", it is standard operating procedure to file a lawsuit in the aftermath of any tragedy, large or small.

You never sue the perpetrator, they're dead, broke, or both.

Instead, you find out any product or service he used in planning or committing his act and sue the manufacturer, provider, or operator of that product or service. They'll have money, and maybe, just maybe, a sympathetic court will rule in your favor.

Then you'll have your "Justice".

Re: Not Surprised

I'm not surprised that dear old dad decided to sue, here in "The land of the free and the home of the litigious."

What puzzles me is why he didn't bring his suit against those oil rich terrorists. My goodness sakes, it's not as though Google has any money.

Tories spared fine after being told off by ICO for election telemarketing

Re: How to get downvoted on Al Register?

@ sabroni

"Make a post showing you know like something about Windows 10. Gets way more downvotes than any political bollocks...."

FTFY

UK financial regulator confirms it is probing Equifax mega-breach

Re: What Exactly Was The Breach ???

@ Commswonk

Please accept this upvote for the Reg Perrin reference.

Fake-news-monetizing machine Facebook lectures hacks on how not to write fake news that made it millions

Re: Sounds like el'reg is screwed

@ Yet Another Anonymous coward

Screwed just doesn't seem to fit El Reg properly.

Might I suggest "self abuse"?

You can yacht be serious: Larry might be planning his own version of America’s Cup

Re: Oooh, clever..

@ AC

"Competed is past tense. England will compete this time because unlike the US they qualified..."

Is that supposed to be a shot? A dig? A none too subtle jab?

I'll briefly return to baseball to describe it as:

A swing and a miss.

Now back to football. This may surprise you, but I was, and continue to be, thrilled that the ridiculously styled "USMNT" failed to qualify out of their wretchedly weak group.

The chants of "USA! USA!! US... Oh!" were, and still are, music to my ears.

I despise "soccer" as it is currently, and for the foreseeable future, presented in the US. I have no interest in MLS, and very little in the amateur game over here.

It is the world game, and I resent the American attempts to reshape it into another version, or variety, of the sports already established here.

I follow European football, and have done so since the days of my youth. I think it much more entertaining than the North American sports. The same holds true for motorsport.

So, like England, the side I follow, and support, and cheer for, and have for almost 50 years, did qualify, and will be in Russia next summer.

I understand they're coming to England to play a friendly against the Three Lions at Wembley on the 10th of November.

It should be an exciting match.

Re: Oooh, clever..

@ AC

"For a similar reason that no other countries compete in your "World Series"! "

The Toronto Blue Jays - back-to-back World Series champions in 1992 and 1993.

"It said compete - i.e. in the present tense. I believe since those 2 years it has been US teams only?"

Changing the terms of your argument after it is shown to be incorrect?

Good job.

In fact, prior to the Blue Jays winning the title, it was US teams only. So what?

The Blue Jays have competed for the title of World Series champions every year since they were founded 40 years ago. They have only won the competition twice, as was pointed out to you in my previous post.

They are, in fact, the second Canadian team to compete for that title. The Montreal Expos also competed for 35 years before they moved from Montreal.

That the Blue Jays have only been champions in the two years mentioned, and the Expos never won the title, doesn't change the fact that both teams competed to do so.

Using your "present tense" argument will you also claim that England have not competed for the World Cup since 1966?

As dire as the performance of the Three Lions has been for the last 50 years, they have competed, however brief their participation.

"The point being made which obviously went straight over your head is that it's called the "World Series" for reasons other than where it takes place or who takes part - Just like the Americas Cup!"

I'm not missing any point. I am addressing your earlier claim, which is shown to be wrong.

Are you going to stand by your original contention that "no other countries compete in your "World Series" "?

Rather than accepting the correction, you have since added a further qualifier, and then gone on to a completely separate statement regarding the name of the competition, neither of which is germane to, or supportive of, your original statement.

Re: Oooh, clever..

@ AC

"For a similar reason that no other countries compete in your "World Series"! "

Ah, the wisdom of the anonymous cowards free to post anytime, anywhere, and on any subect they please.

Knowledge of the subject under discussion not required.

The Toronto Blue Jays - back-to-back World Series champions in 1992 and 1993.

'Screaming' man fined $149 for singing 'Everybody Dance Now'

Re: Forbidden Excitement

@ AC

"Dear HEAVENS above - DID YOU NOT SEE THE TROLLING ICON?"

He, and at the time of this post, 23 others!

Btw, I heartily endorse your entirely appropriate use of caps.

Have one on me.

@ ridley

"Some things just make you go "mmmmm"

I will freely confess that Zelma Davis made me go "mmmmm!"

In fact she could have made me do just about anything at all.

Mmmmm!

Ubuntu 17.10: We're coming GNOME! Plenty that's Artful in Aardvark, with a few Wayland wails

Re: Ch-Ch-Changes

@bombastic bob

Good choice of icon.

For a lightweight text editor pluma is fine. i wouldn't mind a few more plugins though.

Caja, on the other hand, is terrible. There may be a worse file manager out there, but I thank my lucky stars that I haven't encountered it.

Yes, British F-35 engines must be sent to Turkey for overhaul

Re: "The Starfighter to Germany, "

@ John Smith 19

"In fact LM (and it's predecessors) has something of a record where (whoever won the contract) they ended up building the aircraft that flew (starting with the F104 and the SR71)."

John, I'm not sure I follow your reasoning, the F-104 and the SR-71 were each designed and built by Lockheed.

Home Sec Amber Rudd: Yeah, I don't understand encryption. So what?

Re: I'm going to keep sneering, Amber

@ AC

AC, while I agree with your assessment of the current crop of Conservative Party clowns, (from an across the Atlantic perspective), I am somewhat sceptical with regard to your focus on the type of degree possessed any given individual.

Talent will out, it is said, and while these people all seem to have a degree of some sort, they do not seem to have any talent beyond that required to gain, and perhaps retain, high office.

I say a degree (of any sort) is immaterial, or as near as dammit. What England, or any other country for that matter, needs from it's leadership is talent above all else. A degree may be useful, but in the opinion of many, it is not necessary.

I have no doubt that some of the readership will disagree with this contention, in defense of which I offer this example.

A hard act to follow, by all accounts.

ISIS and Jack Daniel's: One of these things is not like the other

Re: Ignorance knows no borders

@ Slap

"Also it’s not like the JD brand is unknown here - it’s one of the most popular american whiskeys with most bars and supermarkets having stock."

I am genuinely sorry to hear that.

JD is the "Budweiser", or the "MacDonalds" of American whiskeys. It is frequently mixed with Coca-Cola, many times with Diet Coke!

"Gimme a Jack 'n Coke" is a common cry heard in saloons across the land.

With so many fine whiskeys, not to mention whiskys, available to the American consumer, it's popularity is a testament to mass marketing techniques.

Nadella says senior management pay now linked to improving gender diversity

Re: Now the search for the ultimate diversity employee starts.

@ bombastic bob

Bob, there seems to be precious little room in the multi-culti, gender-bender crowd for any recognition of, much less any discussion of, age discrimination. As you are well aware, it is out there in the workplace, and it is growing, not shrinking.

Re: Now the search for the ultimate diversity employee starts.

@ Trevor Pott

"Um...Jesus is an important prophet in Islam...

Um...Islam, not exactly "a religion based on Jesus"...

Microsoft's fix for web graphics going AWOL? Disable your antivirus

Disable your antivirus, or stop using Internet Explorer 11

That IS good advice.

I'm glad I took it.

Wisconsin badgers Apple to cough up half a billion dollars for ripping off chip designs

Re: Do not mess with badgers

I am surprised that no loyal son or daughter of Wisconsin has posted this. The sentiments expressed seem entirely appropriate.

Badgers.

Blighty's first aircraft carrier in six years is set to take to the seas

Re: Bit stunned to find it's not nuclear

@ Andus McCoatover

"Nuclear would've meant never refuel for 20 years or so. But, it could never visit Japan, as I understand."

Andus, the nuclear powered and armed USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is based in Yokosuka, Japan.

The USN will neither confirm or deny that it's ships are armed with nuclear weapons. The plain truth is that every USN warship of frigate or larger size is nuclear armed, whether with depth charges, missiles, or bombs.

Re: Admiral Beatty's Battle Cruiser Fleet

@ Smooth Newt

"... imaginary risk of the Germans landing a small force to bring the bridge down and preventing this, the fast reconnaissance wing of the Grand Fleet, from being able to get to sea during a critical moment."

Given their stellar performance at Jutland, that might have been the best thing to happen to Beatty and his battlecruisers.

Queen's speech announces laws to protect personal data

Re: Ex-queen

@ Dan 55

"Er, no. It's a job for life."

Er, no. Not always.

That said, I believe there was an element of sarcasm in the original post that you may have overlooked.

Look who's joined the anti-encryption posse: Germany, come on down

Re: Aren't we living in the 'free' west?

@ AC

Thank you for posting that, Bloodlands was indeed "both horrific and compelling".

Far too often people make comparisions between some nation of today and Stalin's Soviet Union and/or Hitler's Germany.

While the actions, or the intentions, of many of today's nations are both repellent and ultimately ineffective, they do not begin to approach the levels of oppression that existed under those two leaders/governments.

North Korea being an exception.

Re: It isn't a difficult topic

@ Tomato42

Bucky2 said "This is a false presumption. Even for so-called "enlightened" governments."

Note the quotation marks implying an opposite meaning to the word.

I'm afraid the fail is all yours.

Donald Trumped: Comey says Prez is a liar – and admits he's a leaker

Re: Impeachment?

@ Eddy Ito

"As the chief executive, if he says to drop the investigation then it gets dropped and sorry kids but there is nothing illegal about it."

Your grasp of these issues rivals that of the Venus de Milo.

Venezuela increases internet censorship and surveillance in crisis

Save your breath

@ AC

"The US, with the help of the financial elite, has been trying to destabilize Venezuela since Chavez was first elected..."

You are Delcy Rodriguez, and I claim my $5.00.

What happened when 300 DevOps experts took over the QE II?

What happened when 300 DevOps experts took over the QE II?

Iceberg? U-boat? Terrrorist hijackers?

One can only hope.

Blighty's buying another 17 F-35s, confirms the American government

Re: How many changes

@ Phil O'Sophical

Phil, a common expression used over here in answer to LDS' question is: a shit load.

A popular alternative is: a butt load.

Some times written as one word, sometimes written as two words.

Mi casa es su casa: Ubuntu bug makes 'guests' anything but

Re: "We can only imagine the pointing and laughing"

@ Ben Trabetere

Thanks Ben, you are correct, I plead guilty to skimming the article. I should have read it more carefully.

Re: "We can only imagine the pointing and laughing"

@ LDS

"after all only those using Ubuntu among the 2.4% of Linux desktop users are impacted ..."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall that there is a distribution derived from Ubuntu, or perhaps I misremember.

Bye bye MP3: You sucked the life out of music. But vinyl is just as warped

Curmudgeon

@ FuzzyWuzzys

"As a trainee curmudgeon of 46 ..."

My God Fuzzy, that appears to be an inordinately long training course.

Personally, I went for the "Seems like overnight" version.

Bloke charged under UK terror law for refusing to cough up passwords

Re: no, no, you got it all wrong

@ johndoe9000

I believe your sarcasm meter is broken.

Re: "used only in extreme terrorism cases"

@ Patrician

"Terr'sm is just EVUHL"

"It is, no matter how it came about; or do you think otherwise?"

Terrorism seems to be a matter of perspective. After all; "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."

Linux homes for Ubuntu Unity orphans: Minty Cinnamon, GNOME or Ubuntu, mate?

Re: Oh!

@ nematoad

"And all of them with the added goodness of systemd."

Have an upvote for mentioning what the article would not. I've switched most of my household, and my recommendation, to PCLinuxOS with the Mate desktop.

I've tried Devuan, and it seems to be very promising, but I cannot stand the Xfce environment, and I have grown lazy extremely lazy with regard to tweaking my distro.

Apple's zippy silicon leaves Android rivals choking on dust

Re: The ol' PC performance race has shifted to mobile phones

@ Pascal Monett

"Personally, I prefer watching YouTube or general surfing on a platform that has at least a 19" screen and a keyboard/mouse combo, along with a comfy chair to enjoy the experience in - but apparently I'm a rabid old curmudgeon. And I'm perfectly fine with that."

Well said that man.

Oh, and my choice of either speakers or headphones, as the situation warrants.

'Nobody's got to use the internet,' argues idiot congressman in row over ISP privacy rules

Re: term linits

@ Swarthy

"Running for office is not speech."

Thanks for the laugh.

"Saying that term limits impinges on free speech is akin to saying that having to file honest and complete tax forms is a violation of free speech."

Thanks for the even bigger laugh.

Re: term linits

@ lone_wolf

"another argument for term limits"

There are many arguments for term limits, here is the argument against:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Please don't think that you, or anyone else, can tell me who I may, or may not, vote for.