Posts by Andrew Moore

Correction

It wasn't torture, it was "enhanced interrogation" because remember folks, America does not torture.

GNSS systems

The story here is not that the Russians have GLONASS but they have just added a further 3 satellites to it- we have kit that runs both systems for the past 4 years and my first job in the New Year is to upgrade the local GNSS reference system to receive both GPS and GLONASS (and Gallileo should it ever arrive).

And just a clarification to the article- GLONASS is a GNSS, not THE GNSS (or at least it will be in 2010)- GPS is also a GNSS. GPS just refers to the NavStar system (the american one). Expect to see the acronym GPS being dropped in the near future in favour of GNSS

Another vote here for a "Don't Panic" icon...

and looking forward to my 42nd birthday next year...

Sub head won't work across the water.

The septics will read that as "Sodder of fortune"

From what I see...

..the Tazer has replaced adequate training of law enforcement officers. The police seem to go straight for the Taser rather than trying to access the situation and respond appropriately. There also does not seem to be any form of warning before the Taser is deployed; the BIG difference between Tazer use and use of a firearm in the same circumstances.

A better idea-

An 'open door' policy on the border- if you can prove you are a hardworking person of decent caliber then you get to come in. I mean it's not like illegal immigrants are not working in the states right now is it???

I will remember them with fondness...

I've owned (and played) a lot of Atari kit over then years. It's sad to see that the brand is fading.

And for what it is worth, the soundtrack to Marble Madness, level 1 (the second level) is the ringtone on my phone.

Like for like???

Did the programmer first intercept the signal via radio first like Bletchley Park???

@Duncan Ellis

All the 3d doing the rounds now is polarised rather than anaglyth- see Tim Burtons Nightmare Before Christmas 3d for instance,

@Jamie Davis

"New Zealand anyone?"

OMC and some would include Crowded House/Split Enz

Run...

DESTROY LIGHT BULB! DESTROY LIGHT BULB!

My fading memory...

Couldn't they also change into specific animals too- or was that another series?

@ Chris Morley

It was a SeaQuest DSV episode before that (okay- it was battle droids rather than fighter planes but essentially the same thing).

More nostalgia...

...for Logo

Interesting...

It seems Jon Stewart is going to pay his writers out of his own pocket for the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.

On the plus side, with no writers maybe The Simpsons will start to improve again.

The programmers diet!!!

In my day it was Pot Noodle and Jolt Cola...

May I offer a correction...

The plural of the Norris should be the Norrii.

But...

Vista IS malware. It's rather like saying 'Fight VD by contracting syphilis"

Interesting use of the word 'continue'

"and will continue to work closely with the commission"

surely that should read "and will start to work closely with the commission"...

That's all well and good...

But why does www.sitpub.com redirect to El Reg??? I'm guessing it's something to do with the desire to SIT in PUB.

Sylar as Spock!!!

I can't wait for him to administer a vulcan nerve grip while simultaneously removing the top of someone's skull.

Re: "Linux is only free if your time is worthless".

By that very logic then Windows is hideously expensive and all companies would be able to significantly reduce their IT spend by canning it.

Oh wait, hang on...

Where...

...do I sign up for my Monroebot???

Not again!!!

Yet another "he's Irish, no he's not" debate.

In which case I would like to throw in Sir Arthur Wellesley aka The Duke of Wellington was born in Dublin and once famously said "Just because you are born in a stable, it does not make you a horse."