Posts by DT

Irreducto ad absurdium

"This sticking point appears to be whether water alone, and how much, will cure dehydration."

Er... that's not what the Brussels judgement said; it ruled that some the claimed associated benefits of hydration being made were too vague. There's no question of whether water "cures" dehydration!

A prof on the radio made the point that almost everything edible aides against dehydration, as almost all drinks and foodstuffs contain water - technically if this ruling went the other way, even beer manufacturers could sell their product as health giving based on its water content.

Do those praying consider, even momentarily, that they might be able to influence the will of a God?

What new information are they going to impart to an omnipotent being?

Do they think God requires advice or encouragement?

Trivial requests epitomize the concept of taking the Lord's name in vain.

as long as it doesn't change my "reccomends" list....

normally users don't get anything in return from having their clicks mined, at least in this case they're supposedly getting a improved browser experience

the worst generation game ever

poopy bag of coke, poopy bag of coke, lemmywinks, poopy bag of coke, cuddly toy, poopy bag of coke...

Confusing gubbmint website; not in this case

The EHIC government website is perfectly fine; and the staff were brilliant; at very short notice were able to add my son to my wife's card - even exercising discretion and able to find my wife's card under a previous address, and transfer her and my details to a new address (without prompting or transferring to another dept). One phone call, job done.

If we'd make the mistake of picking any of the top 10 google results; we'd have paid up to twenty quid, and they wouldn't have been able to get the job done.

This isn't a gubbment failing, quite simply it's unscrupulous organisations gaming search engines and conning the public.

As well as attempting to regulate the internets or get google to act in a responsible manner, it might be more effective to ban 3rd party applications (and black list the numbers/addresses they use)

kettle meet pot

One is like the Mafia; demanding protection from every shop in the street.

The other is like a "friend of the family" who takes obscene liberties after being left the keys to your house.

It doesn't take the bastard child of Malcolm Tucker to come up with far better, accurate descriptors than the "smears" in the papers.

How about this for a solution....

force ISPs to advertise and charge based upon the minimum speed, rather than the current BS of "UP TO ...."

unrecoverable?

If the saboteur didn't bit format the drive (just deleting the index with a standard format), then surely a commercial data recovery outfit could recover the majority of the lost data?

Reminds me of when...

Homer Simpson bought Marge a bowling ball as a present

(engraved with his name and with finger holes to fit).

Given the longevity of toasters (and of electronic parts like capacitors when heated)... the toaster radio has to be the silliest idea I've seen this week.

Just how minted do you think the average reader is to be dropping that kind of cash on a holiday invented by greetings card manufacturers?

Defense budget = attack budget?

Defence ain't what this is about.

This isn't about the UK's ability to defend itself (which with nukes and eurofighters it's quite capable of doing already)...this is about the ability to "project power" or rather; to cut the BS- wage war on multiple fronts.

Given recent history, I'd say the UK hasn't a mandate for any action without the UN or NATO involvement, so where's the problem?

Isn't the problem that "our boys" aren't getting enough action to keep some journo's stiffy up?

*bootnote

So our boys are brave patriots for fighting countries with tech two generations out of date, yet the enemy are "suicidal" for attempting to repel them? I'd hasten that many of those under a dictatorship have less choice than our soldiers did in WW1.

poor choices of company name...

Millennium... as in "millennium bug"?

Quick, someone bring in an expert from "Divide by zero consulting"

You're ashamed, you're in pain, but you're not to blame...

Oi, Powers ...go take yer spirit dog for a good long walk.

tell me it aint so

someone got bribed to include those ear-buds?

Surely their **amazing** quality would merit the contract without any brown envelopes changing hand?

</splutter>

"Wikileaks - the bomb the failed to go off"?

If it's insignificant... why continue to report on Assange - in any other circumstances he'd look parnoid, but given what the Pentagon has said before and the other allegations he's faced... Arrgh, now I'm being distracted; whether you think the guy is a nut or not, the documents weren't authored by him and their veracity isn't disputed. The whole incident conflicts with a large of the media who appear to have a very particular notion of what it is to be patriotic. Nothing disenfranchises a readership better than telling them unpleasant truthes about the things they hold dear.

Shooting the messenger or passing the moral buck is for the most part; moot. Are the Afghani's themselves somehow aware of these incidents, and not already cogniscent of the situation in their own country? The Pentagon and media commentators have declared on occasion that it contains nothing new and is of no consequence, then have made conflicting claims that it poses a massive security risk. Well, which is it?!!! Secrets are always deemed essential, and their release detrimental, by those who hold them.

This is about accountability at home, and saving face internationally. Governments don't want their own citizens to consider the unpleasant aspects of war... and don't even give the enemy civilians (who supposedly they're trying to save) the courtsey of a body count. For a few of us; its patriotic to hold one's country accountable to the highest possible standards, despite El Reg attempt to emulate Officer Barbrady "Nothing to see here children".

There are two solutions which prevent an enemy from being empowered and motivated by news of how you've accidentally killed civilians and not so accidentally tortured folk...one is to discredit discenting journalists.... the other is to stop doing it!

It's the fault of the usb port

...unless it happens to be a USB port of a mac

Customers who bought this item also bought: Mutated sea bass

If I could get a shark for 80 bucks, I wouldn't need the frikkin' laser.

/evil

bad boys bad boys, whatcha gonna do...

Whilst I'd reasonably expect a cop to be able to deal with pensioner threatening them... how about the "Take a step closer and I'll slit MY throat/wrists" scenario?

Even a friggin ninja would have a hard job of getting to someone before they cut themselves (if that was the scenario)! ...and since cops don't have friggin throwing stars, a taser would be the logical option. Besides, we know steven segal would have punched her sq'a' in the chops.

As for what actually happened... I'd neither take the word of the cops, nor that of a sue-happy American (which is why I'd go further- the police should carry audited sound/video recording devices at all times - for protection of both themselves and the public).

To have this tech available and not use it....

in a culture of litigation...

I'm amazed the confederated chicken and turkey producers association haven't sued: Pork is white meat, in the same way Bill Bailey is a vegetarian.

"I'm a vegetarian. I'm not strict; I eat fish, and duck. Well, they're nearly fish, aren't they? They're semi-submerged a lot of the time, they spend a lot of time in the water, they're virtually fish, really. And pigs, cows, sheep, anything that lives near water, I'm not strict."

So Bacon is ironic white meat and Chops are post modern drumsticks.

Why are the pork board trying to sell their product as something that it isn't, rather than focusing on it's strengths?

Pigs: they're porkilicious!

Job done. Yet, no doubt some marketeer got paid a bundle to lie to the public (which is what they're expert at; whilst not ripping off each other's ideas). Mafia polar bear pushing birdseye... not in any way related to the Mafia panda recommending fox's biscuits? Although in the later case an actual fox would be more imposing: "buy these biscuits or your kids might have a nasty accident; capische?

Is that a banana in your pocket?

If she thought they were harmless, why was she scared? Can't have it both ways.

If she knew chimps could be "evil"* couldn't she extrapolate to monkeys being vicious?

*presumably it resided in her brother's wardrobe as is diaffected simians' wont.

Also, is it just me, or does Danni Minogue look like the navigator skull whenever she smiles?

Re: I smell BS

@Klaus

If M$ or any other company lied to shareholders about sales then it would become rather apparent at the end of the financial year with massive legal implications.

@a/c Took me all of 30 seconds to find a company selling laptops without an o/s. And does a mac not count as an alterative? Or are you going to tell me it's a separate market (In which case is there not an illegal OSX install monopoly on them!)? Er, no, so I suggest you refresh your definition of "monopoly".

Where's the EU investigation into this? In the same place as the EU investigation into sales figures being falsely inflated to boost shareprice - it's going on right now in cloud cuckoo land.

contrast effect

if you don't like, nor see the point of touchscreen monitors... then, quelle surprise, you're not going to like this touchscreen monitor.

As for the vga issue; it's not going to suit those who need a long cable run, but if the degregation isn't noticable without having seen a DVI equipped model... then what's the issue?

"contrast effect" and the "distinction bias" (wiki them) are the salesmen's best friends when persuading buyers (especially ones who consider themselves to be discerning connesuiers) to choose the more expensive model, when the product is likely going to be used in isolation without any percievable difference.

Is it a top line product? No. Is it adequate for some? Sure.

elfinsafty

The ergonomics of the screen on the desk idea (and its mac equivalent) are rubbish. It's the classic problem faced by laptop users, either face neck/back hunch or sit the thing higher, which resolves that issue, but puts wrists/hands in a bad position.

that alone makes it unsuitable as a serious productivity tool, as a leisure tool, it doesn't cut it either, out the box obsolete gaming capability, and a bluray of limited use without a larger screen

I can't think of many scenarios where either an upgradable concealed desktop, or a laptop and an extra monitor wouldn't do a better job.

Style/substance != 90%

RPS

If I was the Sonim presenter, the fish tank wouldn't have remained unbroken for long.

'phone irradiates head

Fish tank breaks 'phone

Head smashes fish tank.

It's like a painful, expensive version of rock, paper, scissors

smart move

Enforcing the law is so passe and unpopular these days, so this is the smart move by the libertarian conservatives.

Some people might say that if you fail to spot one of those massive roadside cameras and the lines on the road, you weren't paying attention enough, but I say, that I'm a law abiding citizen, driving at 50 in a 30 zone is clearly a victimless crime, despite what the "statistics" on road traffic accidents show.

I hope they relax the rules on drink driving and giving the wife a slap whilst they're at it.... the current mob are such a bunch of killjoys and things were so much more civilised back in the 70s.

What's the difference between Egyptian wedding night encounters and the game of rugby?

In Egypt, you get substituted if you don't bleed.