* Posts by Scary

36 publicly visible posts • joined 14 Aug 2007

APB: All Points Bulletin goes titsup

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Shame

This game was a Crash Smash (the Speccy conversion anyway).

http://www.crashonline.org.uk/68/apb.htm

iPhone users get more sex than Android fans

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That's funny

I'd associate iPhone users with increased sexual activity, just not the type involving a partner...

NHS loses massive Microsoft licensing rebate

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MS dealers innit

Ah, the old get 'em hooked then jack up the price business model...

IT recruiters warn over migration caps

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Joke

How can you tell if an IT recruiter is lying?

(rhetorical)

Cops back in on BT/Phorm case

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Go on

Do something useful, instead of just harassing photographers all day.

Perv scanner todger quips provoke Miami airport assault

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Perv Scanners?

I think they scan everyone with them, not just the perverts.

Apple Magic Mouse

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RSI

My RSI flares up just looking at that thing...

West Midlands cops to roll out Mitsubishi EVs

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Ooops!

Looks like some idiot missed out an 'o' on the order form:

http://photocarsonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/mitsubishi-lancer-evo-x-police-car-1.jpg

Who does the helpdesk really help?

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"Hello IT

have you tried turning it off and on again?"

Hotmail phish exposes most common passwords

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Skewed

Of course the analysis results will be skewed because these are the people who fell for a phishing scam (I would suggest that such people probably tend to have weaker passwords).

New antimatter atomsmashers 'may destroy themselves'

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Doom

If you've played the Doom games, you know what happens next.

Met steps up stop and search with mobile phone scanner

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data loss

So you have to take the battery out and lose all your volatile data...

Samsung S8000 Jet

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Disappointed

That's not a jet, it's a phone.

Texan judge outlaws Word

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Can't import or sell

No problem, they only license the product and distribute the software that users can license (not buy) on discs written in the US.

Two convicted for refusal to decrypt data

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Forgotten password

I'd love to tell the authorities the password for my encrypted data, but it's suddenly completely slipped my mind...

IT recruiter dodges downturn

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When the upturn begins?

Won't they need it for the next leg of the depression?

Microsoft! and! Yahoo! finally! sign! search! deal!

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Yahoo!

What's the big deal with Yahoo!? They have a WWW directory thing that went out of fashion when Altavista came along, a quite popular mailing list manager they bought, the weather and financial charts for people who don't need anything better than "free". I wouldn't give $1 million for them.

Nissan ponders Pré-like cordless charging for e-cars

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Tesla Coil

A giant Tesla coil in every garage. And an even bigger one in every car park. Please.

Microsoft strikes back at Outlook 2010 rendering grumbles

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Don't fix outlook (dot org)

Stop sending bloody HTML emails!

EU plans giant IT network for 'freedom, security and justice'

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For Great Justice?

Take off every Zig.

Bristol crim caught with mobile up jacksie

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Coat

talking out of

Wow, you could call it up and talk out of somebody else's arse.

PETA pronounces on Obama fly-swat

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RE: AC "flies aren't animals"

Yes, they are.

Apollo 11 - The Owners' Workshop Manual

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Rocket science

So the 5 spanner jobs really are rocket science...

Site news: Unique commenter handles coming

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tracking

Can we track comment threads we've posted to for new activity on the site?

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Really?

"Back in 2005, the EOS 5D digital SLR marked the only way into full frame (24x36mm) shooting for Canon owners"

Canon had the full frame 1Ds as early as 2002...

HMRC goes underground to find new tech boss

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Can't be all bad

Well anyone who puts EDS' nose out of joint can't be all bad.

Gordon Ramsay breaches f**king broadcasting code

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proceeded?

'proceeded by a “strong language from the start and throughout” warning ' - does that mean the warning came after the programme?

RM sees interim revenues, profit jump

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They're still going?

Wow, people are still buying Nimbuses! (Nimbii?) Are they still based on the 80186 embedded washing machine controller.

Boeing: Raygun dreadnoughts will rule the oceans by 2019

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reflect it back at them

Is there a patent out yet for chrome plated missiles?

Westminster forced to switch off digital CCTV cameras

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Scale image

Just run it through Imagemagick, problem solved.

Jacqui Smith pulls in another TV psych in violence probe

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Wacky

Please replace "Jacqui" with "Wacky Jacqui" throughout this article in accordance with editorial policy.

Still more Tasers for plods - but still not in London

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non-deadly force?

Try telling that to the Polish guy murdered by Canadian policemen at Vancouver airport.

Asus' angular laptop-of-the-future designs spied

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SAM Coupe

Looks a bit like an MGT SAM Coupe (to my eyes).

Tri-corders, alpine oxy-pills: Acropocalypse at DARPA

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Coca?

In the Andean countries of South America they chew coca leaves to cope with the altitude, I wonder if the new pills are based on anything like this. The US army bulk buying coca leaves could provide a nice boost to Bolivia's ailing economy.

Bikini-clad pin-ups cover old school jailbreak

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IT Angle

Manslaughter?

How do you manslaughter somebody in a drive-by shooting?

iPlayer Politics: Behind the ISPs vs BBC row

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Double Charged?

So if the BBC have to pay for the bandwidth, would the ISPs give away free subscriptions to end users? Or do they want to charge twice for the same bandwidth (seems a little unfair to say the least).