* Posts by Sarah Bee

2823 publicly visible posts • joined 31 Jan 2008

PARIS unveils impressive box

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Sorry

Er, that link there may be a bit NSFW depending on your W.

Apple patent pic revives touchscreen Mac buzz

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: NSFW

It's not any less SFW than the comments which often contain swearing, though.

Yahoo! pulls! on! Dapper! suit! to! chase! Google! display! ad! tail!

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Exclamation!

Yes! that's! the! point!

Kiss frontman gives file-sharers tongue-lashing

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Ironic

I KNOW RIGHT?

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Grade A morron

I had to let that one through once I had wiped the tears of laughter from my face. Enjoy.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Sounds like someone's having a breakdown!

Where does it say he beats them?

He just sounds like your averagely strict American parent to me. He's probably overly aware of the whole ultra-liberal musician thing and has reacted against it, not wanting to be the crappy parent of wild kids. It's totally understandable.

I mean, I'm no huge fan of his and don't care much either way about any of this, but an awful lot of you seem to be condemning him as a parent just because you find his views on file-sharing abhorrent. Which is... lame.

Little Chef in 'I ♥ Charlie' t-shirt outrage

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Protecting the 'children'

It suppresses appetite too. So you probably wouldn't want any food from Little Chef or anywhere else.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Sarah Bee

It was a girl.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: It gets worse! I had a Jack Daniels T-shirt!

I saw a ten-year-old wearing a JD t-shirt. It made me feel a bit ill.

These, though, are most amusing.

Youth jailed for not handing over encryption password

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Pedant alert

I think it's probably an old-English hangover. 'Until' should be taken as indefinite in this context, not as in 'until death' (a given) or 'until hell freezes over' (an impossibility) but er, somewhere inbetween.

I don't think 'unless' is necessary if you take 'until' as more neutral.

Foursquare falls down, lurches back up

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Catastrophe

Ironic usage.

Sigh.

ToryDems nearly swallow Labour blueprint of equality for all

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: "Equality for all"

No indeed. But when certain people are being discriminated against, and are identifiable as such, this needs correcting and cancelling out. Which can seem like favouritism (and in the worst cases this is what it becomes). But... in and of itself, it isn't. Of course you have to keep in mind that anyone can be a victim of inequality, but you have to start with groups and then get to individuals.

Google open sources JPEG assassin

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Sic???

I don't know how I lived without this place when I was on holiday. I really don't. It enriches me.

Baby Boomers committing suicide at unprecedented rates

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Big effing yawn

Well, that's that then.

HABITABLE ALIEN WORLD discovered 20 light-years away!

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Lucky for us

Thanks everyone who pointed this out - article's now been amended.

Steve Jobs chops student hack down to size

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Tsk?

I write 'tsk', as you can plainly see. Tsk. It's an expression of exasperation or mild admonishment, much as 'pfft' is an expression of dismissal or incredulity or nonplussedness.

I know you could have figured that out if you wanted to.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: iHate

Don't you know by now? We're for and against everyone. Why would we have one single agenda shared by all? We're autonomous individuals, you know.

Tsk.

I bet you'd like to know what I'm typing this on. As if it matters one single jot of an iota. You know most 'sane' people - those who don't work in IT - don't give a rat's ass who made their gear so long as it works, and they can be reasonably assured that it wasn't built from the shattered dreams of orphans.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Sure glad.

Get a refurbished second-hand one then. That's how you circumvent!

Twitter airport bomb joker loses second job

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Where'd it go?

Your incisive and thoughtful comment is up. There's always a large backlog to deal with after a weekend.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: This is a public information broadcast from the real Grammar Police...

Please be aware I am armed.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: not to worry

Lewis has an old hand grenade on his desk. We don't know if it's still active or not. True story.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: minor misconception there fella

'misconception' tee hee etc.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Overrun by what?

Oh, it's just too perfect.

Webmin for users: Usermin

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: (untitled)

If you're going to fight then I must insist you do it naked in lime jelly, for my amusement. Why lime? Because you don't get to ask questions, that's why.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Hypocrite much?

Easy now boys.

Undiplomatic tweet from French diplomats

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Another Reg Attempt at Disguising Political News as IT News

It's not disguised as IT news.

Please sit down.

Lord Prescott calls for phone hack review

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: He was hacked, i read about it...

That has the *form* of a joke, but...

Spandau Ballet get the Tourette's karaoke treatment

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Circle jerk

Hey, we satirical types respect each other, that's all.

Lester won't appreciate that. I would hide if I were you. Hide somewhere far away.

BT feathers ruffled over pigeon-based file transfer caper

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Been done before

I'm glad you pointed that out or I would never have thought to include a link to our story on it at the end of the first paragraph a couple of hours before you mentioned it.

Oh yes, it is Friday and I've had a Crunchie and you had all better watch yourselves.

Facebook follows papal line on censorship

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: With greatest respect...

She's nude, and being depicted. But I take your slightly pretentious point.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: "Ceci n'est pas une pipe"

You can put those "quote marks" down right now. I'd introduce you to my friend but I fear you'd have some sort of coronary.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: WTF ?

Well, strictly speaking it's still nudity, even if it's just a depiction thereof. It's a daft policy though regardless. And it's a wonderful sculpture.

A friend of mine had a photo of a much, much, much ruder sculpture made from... parts of herself up on her Facebook a couple of years ago. It took them a surprisingly long time to tell her to take it down.

Brits unleash world's hottest chilli pepper

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @AC 23:49 YHBT, HAND :-)

Er, that's nice.

Reasons to be cheerful

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @Thad

Yes, I trust you'll be sending flowers.

ID fraudsters sell stolen Aus house

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Cloudy outlook

"Ha."

Chinese cybercrooks offer DDoS-for-hire

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: the chinese government loosened the rules

I don't think that was racist, just misinformed. But hey, if you really want to get upset and start an argument, feel free to do it here where I have to mop up after you!

Except that it's just gone five and I'm off. My apologies to my US counterparts who will be taking over.

(Be nice. Ta.)

Harry Potter theme park magically swallows big visitors

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Chill

'Eat your cake and keep it' might be better. But it's too late to change now.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Not always

*awaits inevitable*

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Harry Potter

I'll give you that one.

Voice of America chap ejaculates over Paris Hilton

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Where's Ms Bee?

Sorry! Here I am! Using the word 'ejaculate' to describe an effusive verbal outpouring is funny because 'ejaculate' also means 'to spunk everywhere', do you see?

Ha! I'm glad we all understand. Wordplay is fun.

Do the Webminimum

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Argh!

It's IRONIC, ffs. I'm tired of people bitching about 'could care less'. But then again, I could care less what you think.

School worker jailed for abuse images

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: So let me get this right

Er, he's a school worker who has been jailed for abuse images. I don't see how that's sensationalist.

Playboy centrefold freaks out at 10,000 feet

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Ahhhh.....

All women are mentally ill though, amirite?

*elbow in ribs, goofy grin*

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: If she placed her fellow passengers..

'No excuses'? I guess you've never suffered a panic attack. People don't have them to get attention, you know.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Sorry?

Haha! It's funny because 'a stiff one' can also mean an erection! Ha.

Well done everyone.

Ranting Ohio Republican scares interwebs

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Cocaine

Generally the people who act the most like they're on drugs are on no drugs at all. They're just genuinely demented. Bless 'em.

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Huffington Post........

Yeah, but come on.

Clegg's taking away Your Freedom

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Density

*whooosh*

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: @scorchio

"I hate your whimper."

Rioting lags demand women's tennis

Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

Re: Criminals...

Well that's cleared that one up.