Posts by Les Matthew

@Sarah Bee

"I've got to say - none of you would have the level of Paris-awareness that you do if she didn't have excellent business instincts."

I kid you not.

El Reg taught me everything I know. I really didn't see what was such a big deal about a hotel in Paris, France.

Now where is the "penny dropped" icon. ;)

How many games

make full use of multiple cores?

@Test Man

"Evil team, evil website

;)"

You a Spurs supporter then? ;)

Re: Maybe your mother is lying to you...

"By Cade Metz in San Francisco"

and

"But just minutes later, I received an email my mother. "It is 7:30 pm in Raleigh, North Carolina."

There's brace of clues for you. ;)

@Robert Cunningham

"Why should people who make no commitment on a contract get the same level of discount as those who do commit."

I've had a BT phone line for 33 years. Is that not commitment enough?

Re: counterfeit what?

I reckon it's things like usb flash drives and the like.

@Marvin the Martian

Just a gas bill?

Last year I applied for a library ticket and I needed 3 separate forms of ID to get it.

Re: Easily sorted

"To be honest this is only a serious concern if you've registered your printer & serial number"

Of course it could never be traced back to the credit/debit card that was used when purchasing it.

Barcodes do make for an easy life.

@crashIO

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=98741&in_page_id=34

My my, isn't jumping to conclusions a wonderful thing. ;)

@Alex Read

From the Mozilla page:

"Please note: We do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download the Firefox 3 Beta 3 milestone release. It is intended for testing purposes only."

Since when does the above mean "RE: Not available to casual users" ?

"never really caught on"

This is a surprise?

They are over-priced, look naff and the broadcast quality is piss poor.

Plus, my Sony ICF 5500 that I bought in 1973 is still going strong.

Are any of you here old enough to remember

the old Suss Law and how that was abused?

I'm sure this has nothing to do

with HMRC's recent interest in eBay traders.

"Face it SCO -- your time has come and gone"

"bet their lawyers get paid either way."

Maybe not. Didn't their lawyers get some sort of stake in SCO as payment?

"Dead people don't contribute anything in tax"

You want to bet?

Never heard of "Death Duties"?

The BOFH

would have some serious fun with this.

"fly as nature intended"

So they will be covered in feathers and not naked at all? ;)

@Dave Ross

"another one is kicking off between the UK and Russia atm..."

Especially if they turn the gas off. ;)

@Mr Chris

"And I bet he hasn't even watched the films, either."

He's not that daft then. ;)

RE: mp3 input?

The "vibro knob" sounds like a buzzword to me.

RE: WTF...

"It warns staff that the first step is that no unencrypted laptops or drives containing personal data should be taken outside secured office premises."

Maybe reading the article might help you see the point. ;)

@ Nev

"'cause it now seems to be full of twats."

It's always been full of them, but now they have the internet. ;)

Re: "wipe out oil"

"As you point out, where are they going to get the electricity from to recharge the cars?"

Well, as they have had nuclear weapons for quite some time I would imagine that power stations of that ilk would not be a problem.

@ Tom Chiverton

"Seriously- pre-emptive nuclear strikes went down with the Wall, didn't they ?"

Apparently not.

@Mountford D

"I've met Paul Burrell and he is a really nice chap"

You've met him once?

And you now know him well enough do you?

@matt

From what I've seen about Phenom, the 9600 is the better option if you want to overclock.

Correction

You get a copy of an autograph. ;)