Posts by Chris 3

Re: Not just universities

Yup, any schools using London Grid for Learning for connectivity are having a bad time right now.

I seem to remember with the Apple IIs, you had to also open them up and push all the RAM chips back in with a satisfying crunching noise as they tended to walk out of their sockets after a while due to thermal expansion.

Re: bugger

It really is possible to set up an iPhone so that it doesn't Hoover up your details.

Re: Read the story in the Telegraph today

It's nice that you trust your VPN provider so fully.

Re: limited support

I would *hope* that Apple would check and pull any apps from the Store that use this exploit.

> I have no idea why commercial camera solutions can't record to a NAS and you just log onto your NAS to see the pictures taken.

I think the issue is simply that there are advantages in having off-site storage for security images. Your NAS system is fine until someone walks off with the NAS or burns the house down.

Re: ...you're out of luck.

Hang on? I've got 10.10.3 running on a 2007 iMac with 3Gigs of RAM. I agree about the stupidity of the new 21" iMacs not having accessible RAM slots, but if you've got one of those, it wouldn;t have shipped with less than 8Gigs.

Re: 2008?

> not sure how "startup" became a synonym for "new"

They aren't synonyms - as can be seen from the way that the article applies startup to a 2008 company.

Hence startup is a state of mind. You're the one confusing yourself.

Re: Does it matter if the beeb were late?

Personally, I think Newsnight did it on purpose to see if they could give the reg staffer some kind of smugness-embolism.

Did Kelly survive? That's what I want to know.

Re: Really?!

> No. What caused their downfall was being forced to do what Microsoft wanted.

No. Their downfall was already well underway by then.

Alternatively, Capaldi's been the best doctor for while and the writing has been imaginative, with a good mix of scares and laughs and a nice bit of nuanced character writing. In addition the plots have gone back to comparatively simple but entertaining story, compared with the overly baroque 'the doctor save the entire universe again this week, with some time-whimey paradox which is never fully explained'.

Re: I'm just glad it's over

Not really. She started as magic-pixie-impossible-girl and ended up as a character with a bit of emotional depth and complexity.

Re: Value for money?

> The idea that anyone is editing 4K images at 1:1 and needs the extra space for toolbars etc. is classic Apple iWank. If you're editing those images, you're zoomed in

How do you figure that? Why would I want to zoom in when editing?

Re: Why proud, confident or assured maybe?

> I'm not "Proud to be hetro" it's just what is.

Yes, but that's because you're not part of a minority who until recently were classified as criminal and who (for example) have to think twice before holding hands in the streets.

You don't have to think long and hard about the effect announcing your sexuality would have on family, friends, stockholders and customers.

Re: Not compatible

See also Virgin Media, where their passwords have to be something like more than 6 and less than 10 and don't allow spaces etc. Sigh.

Re: Server Preview Fopah!

Its almost as if it's a really early preview and some boiler plate text and code has been left in there. Astonishing.

Re: "operator-led NFC payments system"

Why, what's Apple done 'of late'?

Re: Glostermeteor If they say yes...

I was pondering the fact that England might be able to stick with BST all year around, perhaps with double summertime?

Re: Camera

Why? Because they have them with them, that's why - and don't feel the need to carry another piece of equipment.

Re: An old friend

I seem to remember that it started out as an e-mail newsletter didn't it - pre-Web. Or am I wrong?

Re: The 512 BGP Routes problem, presumably?

Oops - quite so, thanks.

Re: Strong password to protect pictures of kittens.... WHY??!

Try Virginmedia's borked e-mail set-up - e-mail passwords, must be between 8 and 10 characters long, must start with a letter, cannot contain spaces. And apparently some word combinations are forbidden. Trying to generate something secure is horrendous.

Re: Oh come on

> Virgin leads a fine example of why this is not always the answer.

As does ITV Player.

Re: AV for Mac

I suppose the first question that I should ask is - what are the symptoms and what makes you think it's malware? I've seen a few occasions when people have suspected malware and it turned out to be something else - so what is the machine doing?

Re: So fork it

The most recent version also changes the license terms.

Re: What's wrong with it?

> 1. You have to pay for the content. There is a ton of free content on the Internet, I have never seen any need to go to pay per view sites.

Therefore you don't have to pay for content - no-one is forcing you to watch DRM'd content

> 2. You can only watch it on one computer. But I downloaded it on this computer and now I want to watch it on another one - not happening. Get your credit card out and pay for it again.

That depends entirely on the content owner and the way the content is licensed. You may be able to run it on multiple computers, but not simultaneously, or any number of computers on the same subnet, or.... the permutations are many. It's up to you to decide whether you like it or not. I don't like the DRM on iTunes movies, so never purchase from there. I'm fine with the DRM on Steam.

> 3. I downloaded this before my computer crashed. I rebuilt it, but now I can't play it. That's because the secret key is gone. Easily fixed, pay for it again.

Again, you're making assumptions about the way that DRM is implemented.

> 4. I saved it when I watched it last week and now it won't play. That's because it is time-bombed. Pay for it again.

Again, you're making assumptions about the way that DRM is implemented. This one is likely, but seriously - you have the choice not to buy it.

Re: Inventory

Actually, I think you've hit upon the most plausible reason, there.

Yes of course...

... the reason Apple products sell is because anyone who buys them are idiots. That must be the reason, obviously.

Re: Hell hath no fury

The issue, as far as I was concerned was that I have 6 days to get an alternative installed on my 90 year old father's Mac. The notice was rather short.

Re: 65 million users, but all of them already have a PC with Steam installed

Some of us have Macs. (ducks)

To be honest, while I enjoy gaming in the office, if I could play TF2 or Left for Dead 2 or whatever on the big screen downstairs, I'd be tempted. Particularly as (for Valve titles at least) I wouldn't need to rebuy the software