Posts by thomas k

Endorses torture, too!

She announced the use of water-boarding is fine and dandy by her.

"What, never?"

"No, never!"

"What, never?"

"Hardly ever!"

*with thanks to G&S

bad company?

Given the way the Graun has been un-distinguishing itself recently, I'd be loathe for their proximity to tarnish the reputation of El Reg.

So, if no data plan ...

then it would only work when you're connected to a wifi hotspot (or on home network)?

My ISP gave me an email address

Email is a "communication" service, just like a telephone.

Oops.

the WaPo has an on-line site?

I did not know that.

“specialized surveillance and crime prevention tools”

Funny how they conflate those two, as if the one somehow justifies the other.

Zu may be a dog on the internet

So, good-looking and well-endowed as well?

while enabling ... the Windows Store

People are sick to death of being marketing fodder, especially when the effort to fleece them is so transparent. And now the Windows 10 'taste' is 'free', that's pretty transparent, too. I've always been a big MS fan but I'm starting to think Linux may be the way forward for me..

no longer synonomous with security then?

Unless they're planning to fix all the vulnerabilities in Android themselves, I'm not sure how this benefits them unless they're just going with "Secure? Not our job, ask Google."

It's always the workers

Yeah, it's always the workers who get the shove, instead of the management who got the company into the pickle because, well, who better to turn things around than the ones who fucked it up.

missed opportunity to identify him?

Since it had to be sent by someone within Bluetooth range, she could have jumped up waving the phone around and called out, "Who just Airdropped me this dick pic?" The man with a startled expression who dropped his iPhone would most likely have been the miscreant.

Co-incidience?

We just got our triennial hardware upgrades at work and, instead of Lenovos like last refresh, we got HPs.

name change in order?

OneStopCreditCardInfoShop.com

wrong conclusion

Equating 'predatory' to 'evil' only works for humans, elsewhere in the animal kingdom it's merely the Circle of Life.

Or ...

You could just have a couple of Boosts or Ensures.

near real-time warnings in real time

Which is it?

The City of Brotherly Love? Not so much.

WTF is wrong with people?

BMW was careful not to show off too much

They probably heard about that tour of Xerox Parc Place.

What'd James do to piss this Abe guy off so bad, hog all the coke at a party?

Not persuaded

My only regret is that when I bought an extra copy of 7 for eventually building an newer desktop, I didn't get a 64-bit copy.

... discovered gleaming turds

He takes the time to polish them? This is no fly by night amateur.

mmm, biscuits and gravy

Makes me want to stop by Bit o' Country on my way home from work one day this week to have some.

Second those peeps who say cheese and onions are not normally included, this was the first I'd heard of that.

Rocketry

Harder than it looks, eh?

Wow!

I can see my house from there.

sounds nice

still no reason to upgrade to 10, tho, speaking for myself

"It's not good enough to sell or rent."

Oh, he's pfaffing on about the sound quality.

asking users to police themselves

Yeah, what could go wrong with that, eh?

Thanks, Alun

On the strength of your review, I'll go ahead and upgrade, I think.

I'm a little curious about the Wi-Fi feature for those of us with watches that don't support it (LG G Watch here). Does the watch, or your phone, keep saying 'can't connect to wi-fi' or does that just get ignored? Or is there and on/off selector for it?

Time to begin stockpiling

some long johns, I suppose.

Nice wallpaper

Wow, I really like that desktop wallpaper in the 1st screenshot.

Will it star Harrison Ford?

Youth-anized through the magic of CGI, a la Jeff Bridges in Tron: Legacy?

"I really am not a maniac (or at least my family says so)."

That would suggest he's asked them point blank and they all said, "No."

If that's the case, it's possible they lied to avoid the awkward silence which would follow a "Yes".

countries with patchy human rights records

"countries with patchy human rights records... including Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan." and "Western government agencies including ..."

Sorry, not quite seeing the distinction there.

Saw this on The Nightly Show

Larry's advice to potential African American buyers - "No, uh-uh, no!"

Well, yes, but ...

Other than his not asking the price of the Sprint plan, I really don't see what's wrong - the other plans *are* confusing, Dave is cognizant of that and continues shopping until he finds one he likes.

my VPN wasn't on the list

I'm wondering if that's due to a client upgrade they pushed out a few weeks back or if they were secure before that. (Invisible Browsing VPN, in case you're wondering.)