Posts by EddieD

Heh, they should do an apple..

And have IE appear as "software that needs to be updated"...

Sauce for the goose etc

I'm not a fan of IE, I use Firefox as standard, but I think that Opera need to have market forces explained to them. I have to wonder when Opera are going to have a go at Firefox saying that it's unfair that they get funding from Google - though with any luck they'll try and go after google saying that they are exploiting an unfair monopoly. As other folk have said the Google logo is becoming more synonymous with the internet than the big blue E - folk will click on that logo thinking it will take them to the site.

Of course, MS could be very sneaky and slipstream a quiet install from the site, so that there's none of this download an executable, then run it with all those pesky dialogs...

Way to miss the point...

Renewable energy is not over priced.

Currently our energy is underpriced - shaving margins continuously, and reaping vast bonuses for shareholders has meant that the companies haven't invested in research and development of alternative energy sources over the years, even though it has been known for decades that fossil fuels were a finite quantity, and now we're all going to have to pay for the lack of foresight.

Epic Fail

There's been no conflict between the Horde and the Alliance since the first expansion and Shattrath was made a sanctuary zone for both factions.

Shit, I was taking it seriously for a second.

It's going to be wonderful - halfway through the film everyone on the losing team is going to say "only 15euro to change factions, then we'll win..."

And besides, it's just going to be deathknights pwning (sic) all the other classes...and you aren't going to be able to tell who is on which side because all the armour is the same. And then halfway through, just as the champion is walking over the battlefield to wrest the still beating heart from the chest of Thrall the sound of an arcane mantra will be heard thusly...

"Timmy, it's time for tea"

"But Mum, we''ve just got the boss to kill"

"I don't care Timmy, you are not prepared for tomorrow's test yet"

"Sorry guys, got to AFK for a wh..."

and the great wailing shall go up - "Ah feck - Who's going to MT now???" "No DKP for him"

Making a game from a film can work. Goldeneye was a good game. Making a film from a video game. No. Just no.

Still it's more money that ActiBlizz can wring from their unbelievably lucrative franchise, so more power to them

Not only web interfaces

I remember an incident in the 90s that an insurance company -which I worked for - got hacked because the IT dept hadn't disabled the telnet interface in an HP jetdirect box. It may have just been a corporate myth to try and get us to take security seriously, but the guy seemed to be serious.

Can I remember all Dara O'Briain's comments

Let's see - they're going to dress up a copper as a cyclist - the girls will be surprised when they see the policeman's helmet, and even more surprised by the police chopper circling around. Of course, calling the station for advice and back up will be met with the comment "Roger and out", and of course everyone will want to examine the entire body of evidence.

Alas, I've been a keen cyclist for over a decade, with many thousands of molestation free miles under my belt

Mines the one with "Banned" on the back...

Be careful what you wish for

It's widely acknowledged that public support for scrapping ID card plans is a very populist stance, and considering to vote Tory on this basis is quite common.

Be careful though, many times have parties got into power promising to dismantle X piece of legislation only on arrival to say that it's too far advanced, and would cost more now to abandon than complete.

Golly.

O2 and Orange acting positively on behalf of their customers' privacy. I have to say I'm chuffed.

If O2 are being honest about this, I don't think I need to worry as I have never, ever, ever given my mobile number to anyone except personal friends - no businesses, no facebooks, no online sales sites - I give my land-line number and I can ring in to my answer phone from my mobile to check any messages - and then ring on my office phone.

What, me, paranoid?

Who said that?

All the best,