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Hoist with their own petard....argggh.
Posts by Sir Runcible Spoon
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Irony alert: Pirate Bay accuses anti-piracy group of illegal copying
Canada cans net surveillance law
Curiosity photographs mysterious metal object on Martian rock
Tennessee bloke quits job over satanic wage slip
Review: Living with Microsoft's new Surface Pro
Boffins find 17,425,170-digit prime number
UK web snoop charter: Just how much extra info do spooks need?
Wednesday 6th February 2013 13:42 GMT
@Psyx
I get where you are coming from, but there are a lot of ways they can determine my innocence even if I am encrypting everything I do on the net, so I'm afraid that doesn't wash with me.
It almost seems inevitable that this kind of DPI will get in at some point, given the brainwashing that the sheeple are subjected to (and their willful ignorance) so I think the best way to deal with it is to hit them in the pockets.
I have a 10Gb limit on my connection, but I hardly ever use it all. Perhaps someone could design a little proggy that uses up all the rest of my bandwidth to create a huge amount of noise. If lots of people did it (i.e. you made it simple to do) then the costs of their storage and processing capacity will go through the roof. Comments?
BANG and the server's gone: Man gets 8 months for destroying work computers
Monday 4th February 2013 18:55 GMT
Re: Hmm, 8 months for that, really?
I've just watched a programme about Fred and Rosemary West.
Their first victim (who did get away to tell the police) was kidnapped, tortured and raped. They admitted guilt.
They got fined £25 quid each.
Still, a server's a server, and worth a lot more than life eh?
Web is turning us into kid-ults with no 'private identities' - report
Monday 21st January 2013 12:50 GMT
Re: Agreed.
Being in network security, I've had a few issues with potential employers not being able to find me on the web - at least until I point out that considering what I do for a living it makes sense not to have all my personal details online. Most of them realise the issues once they are pointed out to them, but it kinda scares me that they have to have it pointed out to them (a lot of the time I work for banks!)
Engineers are cold and dead inside, research shows
NRA: Video games kill people, not guns. And here's our video game
Thursday 17th January 2013 22:36 GMT
Re: Sir Runcible Spoon @Matt
"Still waiting for you to post an actual argument"
Argument about what exactly? I have opinions, but they're generally poorly informed so I tend not to gob-off all over the place. I usually just make comments, just chit-chat on my favourite tech-site you know?
I wasn't aware I had signed up to the net's version of Plato's philosophical debate class on current affairs.
Thanks be to <$X> for AC - I had not spotted that.
Thursday 17th January 2013 10:04 GMT
Re: Sir Runcible Spoon @Matt
The only reason I have for disliking you Matt is because you constantly use personal insults to reduce other people's points, even when they haven't made any (such as asking a question).
There has even been the odd occasion where I actually agree with you, I just don't like the way you do it - it's demeaning (to yourself). That you don't find it so only reveals your love for the sound of your own keyboard. No-one else seems to give a shit but you keep sending it out anyway.
Are you actually trying to convince people of your point of view?
Your constant use of straw-man arguments and diatribe just makes me wish for an ignore button. You could be spouting the wisdom of Buddha for all I know, but your never going to get any kind of message across other than 'I'm a self important tit".
You are the El Reg troll and you make less sense than amanfrommars, the original.
Wednesday 16th January 2013 13:28 GMT
Re: Fatal flaw in argument
Matt, are you suggesting then that all the other road fatalities are deliberate in order to be counted? Or that all gun killings were deliberate? Perhaps you like building straw men in your spare time.
"I'm guessing there's a lot of pretence going on in your life"
Seriously, just fuck off with the personal diatribe, admittedly you are a first class troll but you are also just plain boring, you have no style.
"Please think more before tryping."
FFS :)
Wednesday 16th January 2013 13:08 GMT
Re: What if?
"Okay. Knives and screwdrivers, just like cars, have uses other than killing things. Fuck."
Agreed, but can you not also pistol-whip someone into submission without killing them?
On a more serious note, I tried to buy some plastic cutlery a few weeks back at one of the self-service tills and it flagged up an alert for someone to come over and authorise it.
PLASTIC KNIVES - they don't even cut sausages, how the fuck am I going to kill someone with it? I'd be better off letting my fingernails grow, sharpening them to a point and dipping them in poison....hmmmm...
Wednesday 16th January 2013 12:57 GMT
@Matt
You seem to be implying that because most of us are questioning the details that we have lost sight of the larger picture.
I wouldn't hesitate to suggest that you are being artificially superior and a touch condescending.
Heaven knows what insightful posts you have made to reach silver badge level when I consider that most of the posts I see with your name on attract a large portion of downvotes.
Obama calls for study into games ‘n’ guns link
Thursday 17th January 2013 10:53 GMT
Re: White House Accused of Lateral Thinking
If only they would add films and TV into the mix, because it's all media right?
In a gun game, you usually bring your own morals (up to a point obviously - the game kind of forces you to shoot people).
In films and TV the morals of the characters are also pushed down your brain-stem - far more influential I would have thought
Playboy fined £100k by Blighty watchdog for FLASHING SMUT at kids
Ex-Doctor Who babe Karen Gillan touts dodgy diet pills in twit gaffe
Scientists spin carbon nanotube threads on industrial scale
'Red October' has been spying on WORLD LEADERS for 5 years - researchers
'SHUT THE F**K UP!' The moment Linus Torvalds ruined a dev's year
Brit boffins build projectile-vomiting robot to kill norovirus
Bringing Iron Man to life: Exoskeletons, armour and jet packs
The 'Digital Economy' in 2012: A big noisy hole where money should be
Sunday 30th December 2012 11:59 GMT
Sir
The sad truth is that this is just too complicated an issue for the average person in the street. The only people in this situation with power are those who can bring money to bear - because there just aren't enough informed individuals who care.
It's just human nature writ large on an internet tapestry - poor people get poorer, rich people get richer.
It's a shame that the upcoming generations, whilst technically savvy, have no interest in politics - they just aren't taught to think critically. I mean, tell your average 20 year old that signing up to the likes of facebook or google is effectively handing over control of their content on the internet. I predict a response along the lines of..
Meh.
Divorce lawyer spots increase in Christmas 'text message bustings'
Tuesday 25th December 2012 19:48 GMT
Re: Makes
"If you are having a divorce yourself"
My wife and I have been splitting up since we got married 10 years ago (been together 17 of the bloody things).
It's nice to dream.
Honesty and sincerity are all very well, but it can be cruel in certain circumstances and I believe we have a little lee-way in such cases - they are called 'white lies'.
Monochrome is good, there's plenty of shades to go around.
Tuesday 25th December 2012 11:18 GMT
Re: Sad?
It's sad for the person who 'finds out' about their partner betraying them, at Christmas, probably with family all around.
I'd like to raise a glass to everyone who gets shafted this Christmas - not everyone's a bastard - just most :)
PS I'm sparing a few thoughts for the poor sods who are flooded out.
Tuesday 25th December 2012 11:14 GMT
Re: Makes
'Saw you waiting, didn't like the look of you so have gone to meet someone else'
There's only one way to view this - she dodged a bullet. I mean, what an arsehole!
My wife and I have decided to have a Christmas divorce (as of Christmas Eve). We seem to be getting on really well today :D
Merry Crimbo one and all.
Baby got .BAT: Old-school malware terrifies Iran with del *.*
Vatican shrugs off apocalypse, fiddles with accounts dept
Samsung: Smart TV security hole is so minor we'll fix it immediately
Wednesday 19th December 2012 17:34 GMT
Re: Insecure Wireless on 2011 Samsung Smart TV's
Where in the mess that is the menu system does it contain the option to turn this off?
" but it looks like UPnP or DLNA [Digital Living Network Alliance] issue to us"
More like a back-door wi-fi issue to me. If they can't access your network how can they slurp the data off an attached USB (unless this is a web page based malware attack?). After all, everyone NAT's to a private local network these days don't they? The only way* to connect to a device on your network is either to connect to the network itself, or hijack an outbound connection (from the TV in this instance).
*I'm assuming no-one has put any holes in their FW to allow inbound connections to the telly.
Naked Scarlett Johansson pic snatch bloke gets 10 YEARS
NASA reveals secrets of Curiosity’s selfies
Friday 14th December 2012 10:41 GMT
Sir
Speaking of the bearded wonder I was watching Expendables 2 the other night, I hadn't looked at the cast list so was very surprised to see him walking down the street after saving Sly and his buddies.
It really did elicit a loud "No, Fucking, WAY!" :D Awesome.
Is it me or does his beard look like a spray tan applied through a stencil?
Schmidt 'very proud' of Google's tiny tax bill: 'It's called capitalism'
Thursday 13th December 2012 15:25 GMT
Re: Talk about stating the obvious... @SugarBear
"are easier to hire/fire"
You sent that little tidbit off a bit lightly if you ask me. There are advantages to being a contractor (otherwise people wouldn't do it) but it isn't all tax avoidance and expenses you know.
Personally I like to take a month off between contracts, try that in a full-time job and see how popular you are. I became a contractor to avoid office politics - everyone has their own reasons.
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