Posts by Bob Vistakin

Re: What really happened

The gift that keeps on giving.

Re: Microsoft/Akamai?

"thrice-cursed upgrades"

Have an upvote.

Re: Missed one

5 Get a high court super injunction

The problem with that though is it's just like a candle in the wind - it's no sacrifice on todays internet where sorry seems to be the hardest word.

Re: Direct decendant of Marie A?

Pointless, unless the Streisand Effect is actually what they want. All the employees have smartphones, so they can just access the site through their carrier, using the three fingers they are not using to send a message to their employers, of course.

Re: auditors SEC, mere formalities

You might be right, after all its only 5 minutes ago this ellison asshole was doing a Blamer on the whole idea of the cloud. This accounting fiddle just sounds like part of their desperate scramble to catch up, and we all know how that's gonna play out.

Re: And mobile vendors continue to ignore updates

Even the name and shame approach can't catch 0-days like these.

I'm flabbergasted

It's 2016 and there are people *really* using windows as a server? Wow. Does Clippy set up the accounts for them?

Perhaps a petition might help.

Re: PC upgrades were compelling...

Well surely Office in the car will save them? What could possibly go wrong with that? After the mandatory multiyear microsoft delay its once again something they've just begun their usual comedy catch up act with.

The spam from microsoft is terrible

My Dearest Kind Friend,

I am contacting you today regarding a substantial asset available which must be disposed of with the utmost sensitivity. Today, the asset is seen as extremely valuable but a select few insiders know it is set to become worthless in the very near future, when it will be replaced with a system going by the codename "Penguin". Before this information becomes widely known, it will be possible to sell off via my associates if I can secure the assistance of a neutral unknown party such as your kind self. The assets full name cannot be disclosed yet - it has the codename WX - in case this information leaks and the value deteriorates even further. I assure you with great trust there are many people with the misguided belief this will actually increase in value, so time is of the essence.

Please kindly reply kindly with your kind agreement, you kind person you

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Re: What date is good for you?

Would a spare $90k fix it?

Re: Microsoft needs to realise...

Well, now they have no mobile platform of their own they have to turn to others to find users to piss off.

Can I just say

How much I've enjoyed all El Regs stories on the beast this week?

It's been epic, thanks a million..

Re: Congratulations Google

I think there were some smart moves from Google here. For example, how on earth do you get the idea of what this is about over to the common man? It's very difficult to explain without getting into coding details. So, they brought up the idea of a food menu. Say it has burgers, fries and drinks on it. That's a generic menu - the kind of thing you see outside burger joints. Then you consider actual food using this and you have McDonalds version of a burger called a "Big Mac", whereas Burger Kings are called "Whoppers" - and the same variation for the other foods, and other burger joints. Clearly the "Big Mac" is an actual specific burger that McDonalds has invested billions in the branding and development of, and they quite rightly own every detail of it, and so do Burger King for theirs. It is, however, merely a burger.

So this is trying to claim you own this generic food menu, the result being every vendor from these global conglomerates to the hot dog cart outside your local football ground must then pay you to use. When put like that...

Even the BBC thinks microsoft are assholes

Sigh.

Re: What do you use a phone for if not to make voice calls?

Oh dear, looks like the worlds first smartphone, released in 2000 was capable of making ... phone calls. Let's hope Apple quote this in their defence, after all, prior art is so useful when it suits them.

Re: And for their next trick...

The new DOOM contains a working piano and a drum machine.

Re: Here's the Windows 10 future I see ... it will be used to download Android desktop

Right on cue.

As more and more pieces are put in place here, shuffled around there, the end goal becomes clearer every day.

What else do you expect when your entire business model consists of jumping on the latest tech bandwagon, lying to your customers and hoping they won't talk to each other so you can keep on conning the next set of mugs you deal with.

Outsourcery aren't much better, either.

Re: "Google is not a closed eco-system kind of company"

All the big name IoT players are in that article - it covers things well and the upcoming battles will be very interesting.

Just to reinforce the state of the industry, when viewing it press Ctrl-F and type "microsoft".

Serious question

All things considered, is Windows 10 worse than Vista?

Gosh, Microsoft screws up an existing installation they found to be not running Windows 10.

Re: re: Spartacus, the truth revealed

The user friendly version.

You're saving it wrong

Thought your private files were safe? Think Different, iSuckers.

Re: Still prefer Firefox

For those who want to try a lightning fast browser that's exactly the opposite of the dumbing down trend, check out Viivaldi.

Re: Because they are dying and know it.

It's a slow motion car crash.

Re: It's the simple things

Oh dear.

Sure it's not part of the real forecast?

"And today as you can see, we expect a huge pile of shite to descend down on the good folks of Iowa from which there is no escape. Reports indicate this will happen more and more frequently as the desperation of those behind it increases. Citizens are advised to stay indoors and close their Windows. For good."