Posts by adnim

Thanks Richard 12

As an incompetent musician I like the idea of surface acoustic waves, Could I play Zappa in the presence of one? And who is the more likely to start a nuclear war, proper musicians or the Sugarbabes?

How

will they crush the skulls of Palestinians with these things?

I am not surprised...

"Lancs Police said Horton's behaviour was unacceptable and he had been given a written warning"

.,.that honesty and integrity has been deemed unacceptable behaviour for a police officer.

All very scary, this just cannot be allowed for where will it all end? These renegade policemen will be wanting to protect and serve the public interest instead of the state next.

The lad

deserves to keep this space rock. I guess the meteorite could have passed straight through his body if its angle of incidence was less obtuse. I resist the urge to say he's a lucky boy, he has a 3" gash on his hand.

Pointlessium

Wasteofeffortium, Nouseium, Nowyouseeitnowyoudontium.

If the smallest unit of time that could be measured was Planck time, around 5.3912 x 10^-44 seconds then I would hazard a guess that every element in the periodic table could be collided with any other to create a new element and it's existence noted. Not to mention colliding all those newly created elements to create yet more, providing of course they could be impacted with sufficient energy to overcome electrostatic repulsion to the point where the nuclear force takes over.

You must be mistaken

There are no viruses or Trojans that affect Mac systems. And if there were, Mac users would be far too smart to fall for them.

Where's the sarcasm Icon

I must be a sexual deviant

"At Mediamarch, we are hearing from a growing number of couples whose entire relationship is being put under enormous pressure through what can only be described as an addiction by one partner to internet porn."

Well I don't expect any couples to contact Mediamarch expressing how much pornography has enhanced their sex lives.

"Porn addiction is a serious issue, which neither government nor computer suppliers are currently taking seriously enough," she said."

Of course it is, and I would be seriously aggrieved if some entity tried to interfere with my access to it.

"exposure to pornographic material puts one at an increased risk for developing sexually deviant tendencies, committing sexual offences, experiencing difficulties in one's intimate relationships, and accepting the rape myth".

Absolutely, without my daily quota of rape, sexual assault and child molestation I think I would go insane. And who determines what is sexually deviant? It is likely that some people view anything other than engaging in the missionary position for reproductive purposes only as sexually deviant.

Who the fuck do these people think they are. I'm all for restricting the access of children to examples of extreme pornography, but this is a job for parents. However, I do object to having some narrow minded puritanical determine what myself and my partner expose ourselves to in the privacy of our own home.

Meanwhile children will continue to watch and possibly be influenced by the ultra violence found in TV shows, films and other media.

Highest value for 9 months

The current share price is the highest it has been in 9 months after rumours of deployment in S. Korea raised the price from an all time low. Perhaps now is the time to take advantage before the rumours fade into obscurity or they are disproved. With no commitment as yet from any UK ISP this is all they have going for them at this time. All it would take to cause the share price to plummet once more would be KT, the S. Korean broadband provider associated with rolling out Phorm to publicly refute the Phorm claim of potential deployment there.

I am willing this to happen but unfortunately KT have not yet succumbed to my will. Mind you neither does my missus so I am not very hopeful of having any influence on the S. Koreans.

What about

mental trauma caused by bug ridden, poorly coded and exploitable software, is this not considered an injury?

The early days of Windows pre XP SP3 have caused me far more injury than the physical hardware. I started in IT as a hardware tech. I have grazed my knuckles a few times and pulled a muscle shifting a PowerEdge 2400 but this pales in comparison to the mental stress suffered as a result of the MS domination of the desktop OS market.

@Ben

Sorry no cookie, pun intended ;-)

Like Zerofool2005 my hostname changes with IP. The IP address itself forms part of the hostname.

Who will survive and what will be left of them?

Too many and too much.

All well and good,

especially if employed/deployed to benefit humanity as a whole (yes, I know I'm dreaming) but please, please do not let these machines ever program themselves.

Rights

"The code also explains the rights of individuals in respect to their data - what you have the right to see, to correct and how you can opt-out of some databases."

An individual should have the right to see EVERYTHING, that's ALL data regarding themselves which maybe stored on ANY database regardless of who owns that database. Not only that, but the cost of providing the individual concerned with that data should be borne by the database holder.

If the database holder "loses" any data regardless of whom it concerns, an individual should have the right to be removed from that database and any other databases held by that party for the holder has shown themselves unfit for the handling of that data.

With the exception of some official government databases an individual should also have the right to have his/her data removed from any and every database they so desire. Even if the data holder has proved themselves competent in the handling of such data. Yes I am aware it would be impractical to have user data removed from some commercial databases such as banks.

Human rights

It is a woman/mans right to sell their body for sex should they so wish.

Puritanical interference in the conduct of consenting adults is disgusting, prostitution isn't.

No I don't use whores. I just go into a bar, lick my eyebrows, and the girls just queue up ;-)

I don't like Microsoft...

and I would like Bing to fail miserably whilst costing MS millions of dollars but wait a minute.

Why is this news? And why single out the MS search site.

Type XXX into the top three or four search engines and press return. Guess what, one is now not two but one click away from hardcore pornography.

Singling out MS in this way is just ridiculous.

Apologies

"This has never happened to me before and I can only apologise."

An MP apologising for the misdeeds of another, apologising for something which is not his fault, apologising for something he had no control over.

This seems pretty common, but what is as rare as rocking horse shit?

MP's apologising for things that are their fault and that they are responsible for.

Not quite so

"Why? Well, as the site proudly proclaims, Windows is trusted, familiar, and compatible. And, by implication, Linux isn't."

Windows is familiar and compatible no doubt there, but trusted? Windows in my opinion is no more a trusted computing platform than it is secure.

I do trust Windows to contact Microsoft at every opportunity to inform MS of the websites I visit, the search terms I enter into IE, the media I play in WMP and no doubt a list of other activities that I perform on my PC. As a result, I use Windows as an operating system only. All applications for web browsing, messaging, email and media play are from third parties I actually do trust.

The only place windows is trusted and secure, yes secure, is when it is left on installation media far away from any PC hardware.

I do prefer OSS but it is still quite a way from being ready as a desktop OS for the average "I'm not technically minded, what's a command line? I just want it to work" user.

Plain text anyone?

What's is the problem with using plain text? Yes, I know ascii art does not convey images very well, so there is a place for rich text/pdf documentation. However, the majority of PDFs I have viewed are text only.

The more functionality that is embedded in RTF/PDF documentation the greater the chance of an exploitable bug. Obvious I know, but some documenters need to have this bashed into their form over function mentality.

If the documentation contains plain text only then why fugg around with a buggy and exploitable platform such as PDF?

Looking good and actually being good are not the same thing.

A lack of we

They make the laws

They enforce the laws.

They judge those they deem to have broken their laws,

They sentence those they say are guilty of breaking their laws.

There is no "we" in any of the above, we are not involved, we have no say, we do as we are told.

There is no "I" in any of the above, I am not involved, I have no say, I mostly do as I am told.

Right then we know who we are and I know who I am but who are they?

Hasn't it always been the case that the alpha male eats first?

Yeah but killing is OK

"The video site has a zero-tolerance to nudity on the site - footage of doctors demonstrating breast examinations have famously been removed in the past, while footage of Saddam Hussein's death by hanging is still available."

Would one expect anything else of a culture that thinks torture, mutilation, murder and gore in movies and on TV is perfectly acceptable but a hint of pubic hair, a flash of nipple(female) or a glimpse of penis is the work of Satan which corrupts the mind of the watcher and encourages masturbation or sex. And we all know what huge sins masturbation and sex are, especially when compared to murder.

I need a device that thinks for me.

"Android devices might start working out what we're doing based on how we're moving, and make decisions as to what we'd like them to do based on that information"

Personally I would like devices to do exactly what I want when I click a button or touch some control interface. I do not want devices to make decisions for me based on what that device thinks I may want. Yes, I can see potential benefits from this technology providing it can be turned off.

"Improving user experience" seems to a coverall term for resting even more control from the user and passing that control to the device or manufacturer of that device.

How many years/generations before devices make all our decisions based solely on the motives of the manufacturer/supplier/provider?

I don't want my phone asking me if I am wearing a condom when having sex, but it would be fine if it directed my wifes call to voice mail ;-)

Cheaper by the dozen

Well what can one expect when UK workers demand a living wage. UK workers should be much more flexible when it comes to salaries. If they were willing to accept 50p per hour for their efforts there is a good chance that this support would not be outsourced. Greedy UK workers, wanting to eat and have a roof over their heads.

"This internal change will have no impact on our customers except to improve their experience thanks to enhanced round-the-clock support and expertise."

If this statement is true I would expect the support team in Bangalore to have absolute command of the English language and be completely familiar with the UK client base and the systems that they now have to support.

Of course Telstra are doing this for the benefit of UK customers. I can't imagine for one minute that cost cutting and director salaries/bonuses have anything to do with it.

This government have a habit of creating new laws, how about a law that forbids outsourcing to a location that is outside the territory of the customer base that is being supported? What? Not fair you say, they will not be able to compete.... Like I care, and no I haven't thought through this statement, I haven't the time at the moment, so rip it to pieces by all means.

Perhaps

Microsoft should jump on this for an ad campaign. After all Windows is perfect.

@ James O', giving the average Windows user a choice of keys for boot up options would only confuse them.

No I don't use OSX or any Apple products. XP for games & Cubase. Ubuntu, Debian, OpenBSD for everything else. If Apple products were around half of their current retail prices I might consider taking them seriously, even if they do break every time the OS is updated. ;-)

Takes two to tango

I think those companies that bent over for Intel and took the backhanders should also be punished.

And where does the 1.06 billion Euro fine end up? I would guess it doesn't end up in the hands of those who suffered as a result of this anti-competitive behaviour.

@AC:@adnim

You have a point, stubbing out a smoke into the image of Jesus could be offensive to some, especially those who have learned nothing about cheek turning from the book. Being offensive wasn't the main purpose of my comment, it was to illustrate the lengths some go to in order to commercialise religion and prey upon such beliefs for their own selfish gain. How respectful is it to create such an item as an ashtray with an image of Jesus? Personally I find it hilarious.

If you are offended I would like to apologise, although to me it is like apologising for defacing an image of Mickey Mouse or any other fantasy based character.

Truth is irrefutable it does not need any defending, where as religion, god and Apple would have all fallen by the wayside if it wasn't for the ignorant defending and supporting them.

If your faith is not strong enough to defend your sensibilities from what you perceive as an attack perhaps your faith should be questioned?

Not a new Idea

LN2 cooling has been around for many years. No Nitrogen is not explosive at least not as an element. However a rapid expansion of any compressed gas in a container of insufficient strength to contain that expansion will result in an explosion, this is even true of noble gases that have very low levels of reactivity with other elements.

For those wanting to find out how the experts and world record overclockers use LN2 and other methods of extreme cooling check out :

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=10

To close for comfort

My not so sleepy market town home is too close to Manchester for comfort.

As a native of Salford, I was born a quick joyride away from the Utd. training ground and although I haven't lived in Salford for many, many years, I am still very familiar with Manchester. And as such I can confidently say that if these cards were free, take up would be less than 30-35%. At a price of £30 I am hoping the take up is less than 10%.

What a silly place to roll out such a liberty infringing service that has the potential to track a persons life. Why did she not choose the town or city with the lowest crime figures in the UK? That's I rhetorical question, the reason she choose Manchester becomes obvious when one examines her political career... She hasn't got a clue.

As Mike:Next Step stated, there will be mission creep with this card.. Want a beer/fags from the off licence? Want to get into the pub? Want to view an 18 movie, Want to enter a nightclub? Need to see a doctor? Need a prescription filled? Need Car Tax/MOT? Want to buy a car? Anywhere there is some form of age restriction in place, eventually, an ID card will be the only accepted ID. The majority of Mancunians are not going to fall for this.

@AC:Burn!

Nope.. I would wait until she is dead then piss on her.

@AC:Google are evil

That may well be true, but I think the best way of dealing with Google is to use Scroogle and:

Block all everything from the Google revenue generating machine: Analytics, Syndication. Block Google cookies, don't use any of their services, Gmail, Google docs etc. and block the doubleclick ad network.

In other words take but give nothing in return, one should treat MS in the same vain and any other money before customer commercial concerns.

Despite the evil they do provide the best search service, why not take advantage and fuck them over at the same time?

Budget savings...

"These include finding £15bn in savings from government budgets."

So are they are going to limit MP expense claims, or are they going to privatise yet more of the NHS?

Only Blockbuster?

According to Judge Lynn, Blockbuster's online terms and conditions are "illusory" and "unenforceable" because the company reserves the right to change them at any time.

I have yet to read a T&C where the company DOES NOT reserve the right to change them without notice.

So I am curious, if this case against Blockbuster is sucessful, would the ruling mean that any company that reserves the right to change T&C's without notice renders those T&C's unenforceable?

Interesting

The lad understands enough about html, Java and the Internet to write a script that spammed his website across Twitter... Clever, I bet he felt smug after that.

Yet he is not smart enough to secure his own systems. Not so clever, and rather humbling I suspect.

I wouldn't employ him, I don't need a tea boy anyway.

So it has

nothing to do with oppressive and restrictive DRM. The price of games, the fact that most game releases these days are all eye candy and no content. And last but not least, 10 hours or less of game play for £29.99 is taking the piss? The poor console owners pay even more.

"Guess we'll see next month if the Easter Bunny laid the missing cash in the games industry's basket for April."

I know what I would like to lay in the basket of the games industry.

Yeuk

jellyfish and kiev, not the kind of thing one would like to see on a menu. Bound to leave an awful taste in ones mouth.

Is

the government classed as a company with respect to this law?

If so it could explain governments reticence in this matter.

petard own hoist avoid must

Lloyd-Webber?

Why is this man getting his panties in a bunch? Surely he isn't suffering financially from illegal file sharing.

I can only assume he has taken this stance to draw attention to himself and his fatuous, inane and sometimes puerile music in the vain hope of getting someone to actually listen to it.

Catching a cold

My XP honeypot is still free of conficker, I have had to remove several other trojans or revert to an earlier snapshot because of system compromise but still no conficker.

For those interested there is a wealth of information regarding Conficker here: http://www.honeynet.org on the honeynet blog.

KYE whitepaper: http://www.honeynet.org/files/KYE-Conficker.pdf (Warning PDF)

All good reading and helpful.

The letter or the spirit?

Now most corporations will adhere to the letter of the law, at least publicly. Do you know any that adhere to the spirit of the law?

Humans feel things, corporations don't.

Working now

At least for me. It was down until around 4:00pm.

I have been with ClaraNet for over 8, yes eight years. This is the first time I have had a problem accessing email. And during that 8+ years the number of times I have been without Internet access must be in single figures.

Expensive they maybe, but they are reliable and when they quote 8Mb bandwidth/download speeds they actually mean it, and it does not depend on the time of day either, in addition there does not appear to be any port blocking or throttling, at least I haven't noticed.

Yes taking several hours to get a pop3 server back up and running does seem a long time. Despite this they are way ahead of other ISP's in so many ways.

It would take more than a few hours of email sever down time for me to class ClaraNet's service as anything other than excellent. I wouldn't give an ISP 8 years of loyalty if they were anything less.

How about

A TV that replaces the mutterings of politicians with the truth.

@ Dave W:What is there to label on street view?

Buildings.

Some buildings are shops/stores and sell product.

Some buildings are manufacturers and make product.

Some buildings are venues and show product.

Some buildings are resturants, coffee shops and also sell product.

So the scope for advertising on street view is rather large.

But don't fret I am sure all the ad data they want to inject into your browsing session can be blocked.

And yes we need something show our appreciation of advertisers and marketeers. Now seeing that the Golgafrincham B-Ark was fiction are there any other suggestions? After all they have insufficient respect for others to cause them enough guilt to kill themselves.