Posts by kissingthecarpet

I've just tried it

in the evening (20:30) when its "throttled to buggery" . I'm on Virgin's L package which is supposed to be 10 meg.

Thinkbroadband measured it at 9.5 meg down, 400 k up, which seems OK to me, certainly pretty much what they said it would be. Now, I'm no ntl/Virgin apologist by a long chalk, but people won't take your criticisms seriously if you just seem to hate Virgin & thats it, in the same way as a serious critique of the Labour party probably wouldn't contain references to 'Bliar' or 'NuLabour' etc.

My problem with virgin is that theres an obvious lag between the mouse click & starting a page download, thats probably them doing their packet inspection or the like - its definitely noticable compared to other ISPs, regardless of download speed.

Not really a proper habit

Cocaine is not a proper grown-up addiction anyway, like alcohol, most downers,nicotine & opiates are. Coke addiction is largely in the mind - people think they're addicted because they like doing it - just like many other things they do that they wouldn't want to do without. Plus a little bit of rebound tiredness on withdrawal - big deal.

Lightweights.

Webster Phreaky does it again

Hey Webster, you really are a funny guy! Much funnier than Shelley the republican ever was.

You did notice, didn't you that this was an item about ZDNet's rubbish sub-editing - not an actual critique of Apples inability to supply beef curtains with their Jesus phone.

Troll on, Mr Phreaky, Troll on......

Keyring password issue

What you need is the PAM keyring module(libpam-keyring) that allows you to authenticate to the keyring when you log in - It works seamlessly for me (I've got Debian, but that shouldn't matter).

I think its in the Ubuntu repository anyway.

I think you mean uninterested...

Disinterested (as in disinterested party) refers to someone who has no interest (in the sense of *conflict of interest* or stake) in something - e.g. "Mandelson was not a disinterested party to the aluminium deal". Uninterested is when you are not interested i.e.bored. as in "I'm uninterested in comments by pedants who bang on about subtle differences in words that no-one cares about"

PS How about a "Pedant Alert" icon

PPS I'd give her the thumbs up! (gets dirty old mac)

@James Dunne

Because NT(New Technology) is 1-4, 2k is 5, XP is 5.1, 6 is Fista , so 7 is 7 ( 3,9x & ME were DOS-based - they don't count)

Goes To Show ? Yeah,right

@Neil - Is your comment sarcasm? If it isn't, which previous Tory government used to bar rich 'merkins from the UK? I don't remember one, in fact I distinctly remember them crawling up the US's arse whenever they could, just the same as the current lot do.

Everyone I've ever met who remembered Tory rule with nostalgia, seemed to be confusing their personal relative happiness ('cos they were younger, or had a better job, or a better shag) with the actual affect that Tory policies had upon their own life, which was often in fact negative.

Jolly Roger - because they are all scumbags...

If this is true

then its scares me. Surely this cannot stand - if it does then the Aussies are getting royally screwed by their own people.

Arrgh

@douglas dooley - How much do you care about openSolaris?

I say this because if you *could* care less then you *do* care, especially when you're being so honest about it.

Please don't do it again.

It's all relative

For example, what if it hadn't been Google that became the dominant Internet player?

How about old Rupert Murdoch, say, or Bawling Ballmer's outfit or some rapacious old media company. Imagine Google's position taken by the people who brought you The Sun. On the the other hand, there'd be a lot more tits ...

Thank you ElReg

for telling me about this guy - he's really made me laugh. Google him for serial grins.

One choice quote:

"I got arrested for threatening someone on UseNet last summer"

Hilarious.

@ wouldn't it be good if....

Remember old SuperMac's quote about "selling the family silver" - even old Tories knew it was wrong. That & the unfettered "Right to Buy(then sell to Rachman-alike private landlords)" any & all social housing stock are the roots of any "broken society" that exists now.

We're bang in it now.....

No such old adage

Unfortunately for your article the old adage is "there IS honour among theives" an example of which is the exhortation not to grass up your mates, which IMHO is probably the norm, rather than everybody phoning Crimestoppers as soon as their mates leave the room.

Another example of the "could care less" or "begs the question" syndrome, I'm afraid

@Here's a radical idea

Exactly - whether they do their job properly is far more important than any other consideration. I don't care what they look at, and filtering(especially non-UK in origin) always seems to result in the Scunthorpe effect, eg the Virgin Atlantic fiasco quoted by AC earlier, or worse, words like 'clbuttic'

making an appearance.

Black helicopter - because filtering is another word for censorship - how'd you like your mail 'filtered' eh?

@Wonderkid

Yes, I'd like you know what data you've based your hypothesis on - It IS based on actual data isn't it?

The reasons you give are probably also why the murder rate is the lowest in the world & the prison population is so low (due to the deterrent factor no doubt)

Of course, I see you've included the obligatory "NuLabour" comment(note spelling for future reference).

Well done.

@AC "given etc...

Three cheers to you sir, for stating what should be bleedin' obvious to anyone with the power of rational thought. The papers & TV have huge self-fulfilling prophecy power - house prices rising/falling, panic buying, knife crime, you name it, they hype it to fuck, then away we go. When did people start believing TV was more real than their own experience? I think that for many people the television has become their main experience of life....

Mines the one with the handbasket with the "To Hell" address label

Frightening, isn't it?

I don't know if they frighten the enemy, but by god they frighten me....

(Mines the one with the silly hat & big boots)

@ John Angelico

They wouldn't have to "reverse engineer" Firefox, just copy chunks of source code(heh) - I'm sure they checked out the likes of NoScript when designing the XSS protection for example

Remember Smiths 'Savoury Vinegar' flavour

- it was vicious, left your mouth feeling like it'd been chewing razor-blades while drinking sea water....

The only thing that comes close now is Nice'n'Spicy NikNaks, but they lack the chemical burn that only the 1970's flavours could supply.

RAS syndrome (RC Candiate)

or Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome as it is known - a common affliction, like PIN numbers & HIV virus etc etc

Its still there...

and my comment (& no doubt many others that have been posted) pointing out their mistake has yet to be shown. IMHO The Daily Mail's ideology is the reflection of all the mean-spirited, curtain-twitching, conclusion-jumping, scaremongering neurotics out there that represent their core readership. Anyone else who reads it should bear in mind that it will inevitably have a malign influence on your opinions, so beware!

I have chosen an icon depicting the sort of fluff they should stick to reporting upon

What a lot of old cock

Some of the comments here, particularly "Back to IE" & anything by Webster

"I want Bill's babies" Phreaky smack of astroturfing at its finest - I'm nobody's fanboy, but Firefox plus extensions beats the crap out of IE. Its the extensions that make the big difference - its obvious that many commenters have no idea of the huge choice of plugins, extensions and themes available, including "greasemonkey" for example, which allows you to run scripts(there are hundreds of them) that run on specified pages to modify them.

I couldn't stand having to use IE & I think its only fear of the unknown thats stops most changing from it.

New Laws! New Laws!

@David Webb

I thought "Love thy neighbour as thyself" was the Christian way...

Only an insane legislature would make a new law based upon one incident, & a very weird one at that. To hold someone responsible for such an insane act as suicide by another is impossible - no matter how rude someone is.

<Self-righteous brothers>

If that woman came round here....

</Self righteous brothers>

I blame Rupert Murdoch and the evil MySpace site he invented

Brave New World

As I've commented here before - has no-one read Brave New World?

Because that's far more likely than "a boot stamping on a human face forever" being implemented in the UK anytime soon.

Of course, there's a good film version of 1984 but not Brave New World, because I bet most people who say things like "Orwell was right" haven't read any of his books either, just seen the film

Paris, because she's probably never read a book either....

More Hot Air

It is slightly amusing to see many commenters trying to agree with DEFRA that personal carbon trading is a bad idea, when they obviously would much rather DISagree with them, so much so that it appears that they are pretending that personal carbon trading IS going ahead for most of the comment.

Also (@AC), why would any non-Stalinist, economically neo-liberal government want everyone to feel guilty about buying things & spending their (taxed) money on more (taxed) things. Surely a "Brave New World" style society fits the bill far better, but then Orwellian seems to be the only literary dystopia that the media at large has heard of (or perhaps feels comfortable discussing).

This government has been a huge let down from day one, but that's what you get when the tabloid press are in power - the lowest common denominator.

GTA story appears to be wishful thinking

According to various sources & several eye-witness reports e.g.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/30421/Croydon-stabbing-had-nothing-to-do-with-GTA

http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/04/29/dont-believe-the-press/

the stabbing happened quarter of a mile down the road after a local pub chucked out. It sounds like some drunken lunatic attacked another & got stabbed, and at some point said drunks were jeering at the people queueing.

The story has almost no connection to GTA IV, except a very tangential one.

It was just wishful thinking by the usual suspects, Telegraph,Mail & other "News" papers.

Two Points

@Slaine:

I think this probably refers to the LD50 dosage which, I believe is about how much of something it takes to kill 50% of a population of RATS(not humans).

Point 2: I do hope we aren't going back to the days of my youth when I'd be taken back to the bleedin' pigsty for having a Rizla packet with a tear in it in my pocket, but its going to be worse than that. I should have emigrated to the Netherlands in the 80's - this country is turning to shit....

Webster Phreaky A.K.A Shelley the Republican

Have a look at http://www.shelleytherepublican.com/ & you'll see what I mean - just another troll.....

Only way to tolerate Windows

I have to develop in Windows at work - believe me, its the only thing that stops me losing the plot.....

@ Chris Curtis , @Captain DaFt

a) Visiting a dodgy site is unlikely to "bork" any GNU/Linux install unless they are trying to infect Linux boxes specifically, which is uncommon & difficult.Also why would "Joe Six-Pack" want Outlook particularly - he'd probably get his Email online anyway - in these days of broadband most newbies don't know what an Email client is anyway.

b) Debian, which Ubuntu is based upon, can contain up to 18733 software packages,including every type of application you can think of (per their website). Ubuntu is, I think based upon "testing" or "unstable" Debian packages & therefore will be updated very frequently.

MS's updates are just the OS and a handful of apps.

@ AC 18/02/08 1452

1) Surely they are just migrating from an older version of Exchange

2) re:LINX I didn't know the London Internet Exchange had any "fanboys"

DIY

What a breakthrough! - Why risk a 3rd party virus when you can cut out the middleman & infect your machine with Microsoft's own certified malware...

I thought it took two to spit roast - doesn't it?

i.e one at each end...

bit of a cliche

I don't read any paper regularly and The Guardian is a long way from perfect, but the Grauniad thing belongs to the days of hot metal typesetting - they're more likely to make the same mistake many others with spellcheckers do - use "roll" when they mean "role". And its still more intelligent than the Mail,Sun etc.

Defence Insecurity

Defence Information Security Agency - not very well defended or secure - maybe they should change their name to "Information Agency"

@ AC (blah blah )

Whilst its fair enough to complain about prudishness,the nanny state,puritanism,etc etc where did you get the idea that men are being prosecuted for rape unfairly or excessively if the victim has "had a drink" ?

Most rapist get off scot free,or are never even charged. Why don't you try asking any woman who lives in say, London how often they are hassled by weirdoes (mainly "normal" types in suits) on public transport ? I bet you're a "no means yes" merchant aren't you?

@GettinSadda

Funny you should pick that picture - see http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/t/7593.aspx

He's well on his way to meme-hood...

@Tim Lake

I for one, wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments - and perhaps some practical jokes involving body parts/corpses as well

They're all the same(almost)

The problem with the main alternative (the Tories) is that I seem to remember they knew just as little as the current bunch, and they didn't manage the economy very well either. Also whilst I find that Labour incompetence is wearisome, they don't induce the same gut-churning hatred that some Tories did - remember Nick Ridley, Aitken, Archole, and the Maggon herself - God they were awful!

MP3 Players illegal now then?

Is this story really true? I hope so 'cos the RIAA will become more of a joke, the more this story is disseminated.

This says it all

When the Nazis came for the communists,

I remained silent;

I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,

I remained silent;

I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,

I did not speak out;

I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,

I remained silent;

I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,

there was no one left to speak out

How many Farads?

Surely in a story about huge capacitors the actual capacitance of said capacitors could be mentioned, unless you're all too incapacitated to say?

(and what is Paris Hilton's capacity?)