* Posts by IsJustabloke

881 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Dec 2010

The open source community is nasty and that's just the docs

IsJustabloke
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Re: If you can't stand the heat

"In real life I am a total dick head"

I've heard that about you... ;-)

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Meh

Re: If you can't stand the heat

@Gordon Pryra

While I don't generally disagree with what you've written, my personal experience is that people who are dickheads online tend also to be dickheads in real life.

This experience was garnered while running the online community for a club, 75%l of the contributors were personally known to me.

For example, the old saw about all BMW/Mercedes/Audi drivers (delete /insert as you like) are all dicks, I suspect you'll find that said drivers will be dicks regardless of the model of their car.

Lexmark patent racket busted by Supremes

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Re: Recycled cartidges

@LDS but I don't suppose you use a "cheap" inkjet?

I use a Pro100s and the full set of inks (8 cartss) for that is 70 quid which isn't actually that bad and I can often find a deal that will bring the price down to 50 quid.

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Meh

Re: Or just MAYBE some company will get a bit smarter

"Or are consumers too stupid to notice when they're being fleeced, and would go with the "$25 printer that costs you $100 to put ink in" model?"

In fairness this is really only the case at the very cheap end of the market; when you pay more for your printer the ink costs less as a proportion of the printers price

Consumers could make this problem go away by being more prepared to pay the true cost of the actual printer. As long as companies sell their stuff as loss leaders then this practice will continue.

Or do people really believe that the shiny all singing, all dancing MFP they've just bought really does cost 35 quid to make/market/distribute? Truth is I think if Lexmark have all but given you a printer you probably should buy your ink from them after all they need to make a profit in order to make the printer they've just given you!

NB nothing I've said indicates approval of the way the printer companies behave

How the Facebook money funnel is shaping British elections

IsJustabloke
WTF?

I'm a bit surprised that...

no one has pointed out the fact that no matter what flavour of government we get after next week the same shit politicians will still occupy both sides of the house.

Seriously, May and co are horrible but anyone who believes Corbyn would be any better is a deluded idiot.

we need to purge our entire political "class" (as in class of children) and find some adults.

I'll take the sandtrooper in white: Meet the rebel scum making Star Wars armour sets for a living

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Re: probs swimming against the tide but...

"Is the 'A' really that important??!

<ducks>"

grr!

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probs swimming against the tide but...

I'd rather have an x-wing. so if they could just get on that ta!

I'm sorry but I still get a case of the grumps whenever the film I knew as "Star Wars" is referred to as "New Hope" :/

Google wants to track your phone and credit card through meatspace

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FAIL

Re: What Ads... What Shops?

"wait for a sales drone to 'eventually' saunter up and try to sell me something... and blah blah blah "

yeah because the poor schmuck trying to make a living needs to have his/her day improved by twunts like you. That sort of behaviour doesn't make you big or clever or admirable... it makes you a twunt.

I manage to do all that you've described without involving some minimum wage flunky just trying to make their way in the world.

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Meh

Re: We're already being asked for email addresses at the till

"This is preparation for allowing iPlayer access only if you have a TV licence"

Do you have a problem with that?

Whenever I'm asked for an email address that I don't want to give I use [not.today@nothanks.com] weirdly, no one has said anything about it as they write it down but then I doubt the poor till flunky gives a toss one way or the other.

IT firms guilty of blasting customers with soul-numbing canned music

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Re: er - call holding in *2017*

"Oh, I don't know about that..."

I'll give you that but I think that's more of an exception than the rule :)

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Re: er - call holding in *2017*

"What the fuck was the point of getting excited about the future in the 1970s"

because the 1970's were so very very very very shit

Dodge this: Fiat-Chrysler gets diesel-fuelled sueball from DoJ

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Meh

Re: It's not just diesels

I dunno.. doesn't it depend on how they drive it?

My Mito has a 1.4 turbo @170 BHP and claims >50mpg I often drive it like I stole it and I still average 48/49 MPG

Huawei Honor 8 Pro: Makes iPhone 7 Plus look a bit crap

IsJustabloke
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Yes... it does vanish...

"For the most part use the wifi and 4G data connections and watch the battery vanish."

Cunningly both my sony and my Honor make it vanish very slowly over the course of a couple of days.

Damn that vanishing battery power!!!!

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Re: Mmmm a piece of crap is a bit harsh

And yet my honor 8 . never fails to sync up with my car, always plays the music I want it to for as long I want it to. The apps I use are all pretty good premium apps that I actually paid money for. I don't have to charge it every single night if I don't want to. I've found the bluetooth LE to be considerably more reliable than my old sony, so horse for course and all that.

Just as an aside why did you feel the need to *exactly* detail the model of your iPhone?

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Re: EMUI

"while EMUI is a thing I will steer well clear of Huawei phones"

It was updated to v5 shortly after I got my phone and I have to say that I like it a lot. It's quick, clean and intuitive. It was the one thing I was worried about when selecting a new phone but I'm very happy with it.

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Honor 8

I'd been casting around for a replacement phone form my aging (but still chugging along nicely thank you!) xperia Z1 that didn't cost an arm and a leg. I chose an Honor 8 I'm very pleased with it. It gives excellent performance and battery life. On a recent trip to the states it got a proper hammering (i was doing the full tourist) but I found it easily lasting the full day. It's a good looking phone, I even like the UI which was updated to v5 shortly after I got the phone and I've found it lightweight and intuitive.

wouldn't hesitate to buy another or recommend them.

Bye bye MP3: You sucked the life out of music. But vinyl is just as warped

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Meh

Train?

"Bloody annoying as the songs on the Train CD are quite good"

Is that the bloke that doesn't know / understand the meaning of deja vu?

Bloke charged under UK terror law for refusing to cough up passwords

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Meh

Re: There's 2 sides to stories

""white middle aged man""

I travel on my own a lot. I can be certain that at least once on my (usually) four trips through airport security I will be stopped and searched thoroughly. generally I'm asked to unpack all my camera gear and demonstrate it all working as well.

That said I've never had the rubber glove treatment and I've never been asked for passwords etc.

My last trip I was searched as I was leaving my holiday destination so forgive me if I take all the "profiling" stuff with a pinch of salt although presumably I'm the subject of a different kind of profiling.

Single man, frequent flyer, nearly always alone, carrying large amount of "gear" plus big suitcase in the hold.(which had also been searched this time)

Need the toilet? Wanna watch a video ad about erectile dysfunction?

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Re: Always use the disabled toilets

"In the US they aren't disabled, but they are Accessible, which I always find to be a useful feature in a toilet."

Hmmm.... whereas the American embassy in Hong Kong has a big sign on the door that says "Handicapped Toilet" not to mention a big sign on a gate that says "Handicapped Access"

Apple fanbois are officially sheeple. Yes, you heard. Deal with it

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Re: Top Tip

if only it wasn't compulsory to read it....

TalkTalk HackHack DuoDuo PleadPlead GuiltyGuiltyGuiltyGuilty

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Trollface

Re: admitted stealing

"Is God a corporeal being? Does He have weight and heft? Dimensions?"

Hollywood would have us believe he looks a lot like Morgan Freeman

Fitbit hit on Pebble kit cost just 20 million quid? Oh s**t!

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Re: Sad though

"I look forward to the start of the inaugural Rollerball league"

As long as we get teh original version and not the shitty remake version.

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Re: If they are losing money...

How do you make it through a single day?

(You can't) buy one now! The flying car makes its perennial return

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TOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSS!!!!!!

That is all.

Oh snap! UK Prime Minister Theresa May calls June election

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@wolfetone

How do you make it through a single day?

Startup remotely 'bricks' grumpy bloke's IoT car garage door – then hits reverse gear

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Re: There's a reason some of us call this stuff IoS.

"Who has a garage with space in it for a car?"

I do... and not only that I actually keep a car in it.

I've never understood why people fill their garages with junk and then leave their next most expensive purchase sitting on the drive.

Try as I might I simply cannot see why so many people have bought into this connected to a distant server model of IoT. I *really* don't understand

Aviation regulator flies in face of UK.gov ban, says electronics should be stowed in cabin. Duh

IsJustabloke
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Re: re: re: I'm confused now,

"Thanks for clarifying it for me."

you're welcome.

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Meh

re: I'm confused now,

Yes.

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Meh

Re: That was not unexpected...

good luck explaining that to the security monkey.

Put down your coffee and admire the sheer amount of data Windows 10 Creators Update will slurp from your PC

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Re: Solution

it might be a solution for *you* but your use case <> to my use case

I *really* wish people would stop simply screaming "UNIXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!" as the solution to every problem because it isn't and it probably never will be.

SpaceX wows world with a ho-hum launch of a reused rocket, landing it on a tiny boring barge

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Meh

Re: The first reusable?

They didn't turn it around in 4 months though and as I understand it they pretty much replaced every component on the shuttle before each "reuse".

BDSM sex rocks Drupal world: Top dev banished for sci-fi hanky-panky

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Re: Idiots!

@alferdpacker

cool story bro' but I'm not sure how that relates to this...

I need an ISP that offers IPv6. Virgin Media: Whatevs, nerd

IsJustabloke
Coat

Re: need

"He posted about a technical forum in a technical forum without mentioning the name of the technical forum."

El Reg commentards are the noobs he wants to keep out

Miss Misery on hacking Mr Robot and the Missing Sense of Fun

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Re: It's good but not great

"I'm really enjoying The Expanse right now"

I enjoyed that too although it only seems to cover the first half of the first book and I'm not sure they're making anymore :(

Dishwasher has directory traversal bug

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Re: Bewildered. (That's grown-up speak for "wtf")

"but I'm a fan of the principle."

I'm a big fan of the principle where I pop out to my cabinet every couple of weeks and let my supplier know the readings and thus I avail myself of the same no "guesstimate" billing.

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Re: Bewildered. (That's grown-up speak for "wtf")

"The next dishwasher that I buy will certainly be connected to the Internet of Things ... because I won't have any choice."

Or rather would like to be....

And while I'm sure there will come a time when it being connected is required by the T&C's I doubt we're quite there yet.

Bloke whose drone was blasted out of sky by angry dad loses another court battle for compo

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Re: It's too bad

I think a fisherman's bait catapult would do just as nicely and is considerably cheaper.

Ofcom wants automatic compensation for the people when ISPs fail

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Re: Go, charge 'em high

I decided to give Sky Fibre ago when I was looking for a new BB supplier. I had slower, less reliable connections from their "Superfast Fibre" than I ever had under ADSL, they made the mistake of making a change such that it gave me an early out of my year long contract and I kicked them so far into touch I'm not sure they've landed yet. I went back ADSL via Plusnet and my BB has been rock solid ever since.

Spotted: Bizarre SpaceX rocket-snatching machine that looks like it belongs on Robot Wars

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*I'm rolling eyes at you*

I'd just like to say that commentards that use words like "meatbags" and "fleshies" are not nearly as cool as they think they are... quite the opposite in fact.... and if they don't think they're cool they must realise they're not in the slightest bit original either.

unlike Space X who are very cool indeed.

Why do GUIs jump around like a demented terrier while starting up? Am I on my own?

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ATM's

MY local branch of santander installed new touch screen machines recently... (putting aside the fact that you can apparently use NFC to withdraw cash I dunno, I've never tried)

when you put your card in, it almost immediately says "You normally withdraw this amount xx do you want to do that?" The text carries a label that says "Quick cash" so you'd think it would be quick...

ho ho ho ... how very naive of you......

Do you want a receipt "No",

Do you want to email a receipt? "Nope"

Do you want a text message receipt? "FFS! Nope"

Do you want any other service? "FFS! Just give me the money you stupid machine!!!"

Which account would you like to use? " ARGHHHH!!!!"

"Sorry, this machine can no longer dispense money"

Seriously, four ferkin times this has happened.. on one memorable occassion it then asked me how much I wanted even though I'd clikced the "quick cash button" before telling me it had no cash to dispense.

I no longer try to use it. I go use another banks machine nowadays

Airplane bomb fears spark America's laptop, tablet carry-on ban

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Re: No need for actual bombs

"My gosh you people, how long is your flight?"

My last trip comprised of 12 hours to Hong kong and then 13 hours to Auckland....(the same again on the way back) I'll take my Kobo if you don't mind.

It's got nothing to do with customs and border agents and everything to do with luggage that you wave goodbye to down the conveyor for it to disappear not just from your sight but from your life forever that I'm concerned about. My holidays are mostly for the purposes of taking photgraphs the fact that my gear is insured is neither here nor there. have you ever tried to hire a high end DLSR in the arse end of no where?

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Mushroom

Hmmm.....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/21/exclusive-britain-poised-follow-us-ban-laptops-ipads-flights/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/21/uk-set-to-ban-laptops-on-flights-from-middle-east-countries

Seems we're likely to follow suit....

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Meh

Exactly...

"or anyone foolish enough to check-in their DSLR."

I generally have around 2.5k to 3.5k quids worth of DSLR and related bits and bobs when I travel... it never leaves my side. I'd go in the hold before I'd let it go as hold luggage.

Not that I'm affected by this but it makes you wonder how long before it spreads.

I'm going to the states in May to visit some Brit friends who are currently seconded there by their jobs.

No other reason would induce me to go which is a shame because on the whole the Americans I'v interacted with on past visits have been friendly and welcoming hosts.

Plusnet slapped with £880k fine for billing ex customers

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Re: Oh well ....

"Conversely I've been trying to get PlusNet.... "

Well I'm not saying they're perfect but I can only speak as I find, as can you :)

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Meh

Re: Oh well ....

Because one is shit and the other not so much?

I've got no complaints about plusnet. full stop. Their service has been rock solid, I get the speeds they told me I would, they responded quickly and reasonably to the single compliant about speed I had and they bill me exactly as much as they said they would plus any phone calls I make using my landline (very few!)

Android O my god! It's finally here (for devs)

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Re: Sony phones...

My point is that I don't "just use it as a phone, texting and occasional email/IM/browsing device". I do all the other (presumably less adult) things as well and still get well over a full days use.

No other phone seems to be capable of that.

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Paris Hilton

Sony phones...

I've never quite understood why Sony can make a phone that will last the thick end of 1.5 days and yet no one else seems to be able to.

I don't limit my use, I don't limit what apps are doing.. I send texts, read web pages, use "social media" I make phone calls, I play games and I get 1.5 days if use. out of the Box... no shenanigans at all and further more I'm talking about an Xperia Z1 here so they've been able to do it for quite some time.

why can't other manufacturers do it?

Plans to force ISPs to filter content branded 'disproportionate'

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Re: yes blocks because those work

"kids were seeing boob's using magazine's"

hedgerow porn .... there was nothing as exciting as finding some hedge porn.

There's no skill to finding porn these days, as a kid I had to seek it out! We all had our favourite spots for finding it.

I remember the thrill I got from buying my first ever jazz mag... I was about 16 and it was Men Only since you ask. They're missing out these days... looking at porn is a right of passage, just because MP's all look at goat shagger weekly, doesn't mean that everyone will.

Confirmed: TSA bans gear bigger than phones from airplane cabins

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Holmes

I wouldn't be surprised to find...

that the list of Airlines affected by this "security measure" closely resembles the list of airlines that fly out of countries that Trump has been trying to get banned from flying....