AMD fans?
I'm not an AMD fan. I won't get this update though because I do have an AMD computer. What's with the hyperbole?
Posts by nigel 15
284 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jun 2009
AMD fans forced to sit out latest Windows 10 Insiders build due to 'bug impacting overall usability of these PCs'
Two's company, Three's unbowed: You Brits will pay more for MMS snaps
Friday 20th April 2018 12:30 GMT
Maximizing profits
I expect this is still the way the network can extract the most money from the market.
There's clearly a hardcore of people, who can't or won't switch to the likes of WhatsApp. Your parents basically. And they'll pay whatever.
The alternative would be to reduce the cost an increase the volume.
Nvidia: Using cheap GeForce, Titan GPUs in servers? Haha, nope!
Ofcom proposes ways to stop BT undercutting broadband rivals
Longing to bin Photoshop? Rock-solid GIMP a major leap forward
Wednesday 6th January 2016 13:16 GMT
The gimp sucks
I'm sorry but it does. It feels like it's been designed one feature at a time and each feature just dropped anywhere there was space. The fact that I would have to compile it myself does nothing to reassure me this is over. It needs taking apart and putting back together from the ground up.
I like PSP more than PS. If you want to go free then Paint.net is so much better than gimp it's not even close.
EU mobile roaming rules to save customers billions in bills
TalkTalk shares drop 10.7% despite research that breaches don't cause drops
Friday 23rd October 2015 13:33 GMT
What kind of idiot? the people that did the actual research?
Your post is conjecture. we don't need conjecture because there is actual research. you know people have looked at data breaches that have happened previously and looked at the impact on revenue. and found it to be negligible.
Nobody is saying it will add value.
Chaos at TalkTalk: Data was 'secure', not all encrypted, we took site down, were DDoSed
Friday 23rd October 2015 12:07 GMT
Sustained???
They are saying this attack was sustained. In which case how was the data stolen?
It looks to me like they were distracted by a DDoS, that is the sustained bit. Instead of pulling the servers, they were focused on that and missed the penetration. They handled it badly.
On another note. How do you DDoS a frikin ISP.
Snapdragon 810 chip doesn't overheat, jilted Qualcomm sniffs at LG
Superfish: Lenovo ditches adware, but that doesn't fix SSL megavuln – researcher
Thursday 19th February 2015 16:45 GMT
Re: @Halverflake
@Halvarflake can go **** himself.
He's providing mitigation if not full excusing. Together with being incredibly patronising to those of us that are surprised by this.
Margins are thin in many industries. Oil prices are suppressed at the moment, margins are thin. I'd still be surprised if next time i go to fill up the car with petrol i got a 50/50 mixture of that and bath water. Presumably @Halverflake does expect this, or else he doesn't understand the economics of the oil industry.
what an arse.
Windows 10: One for the suits, right Microsoft? Or so one THOUGHT
BENDY iPhone 6, you say? Pah, warp claims are bent out of shape: Consumer Reports
Sunday 28th September 2014 15:33 GMT 
Force x Distance.....
It's not as simple as looking at the center point load. you need to consider the size of the device too.
the bending force is likely to be higher with the greater leverage from a bigger device.
for example a 1 penny piece may well have a deformation stress of less than 150lbs but it not going to bend in your pocket. a metal ruler more so.
BT claims almost-gigabit connections over COPPER WIRE
Leak of '5 MEELLLION Gmail passwords' creates security flap
UK mobile coverage is BETTER than EVER, networks tell Ofcom
German NSA probe chief mulls spy-busting typewriters
Google's Nexus 5: Best smartphone bang for your buck. There, we said it
Wednesday 6th November 2013 11:15 GMT
Hangouts for SMS
I love the phone. But there are a couple of things.
Using hangouts as the default SMS client is absurd. It lists your Google+ contacts ahead of your real ones. and if you are like me these are people you've never met. if you try to SMS one of your actual contacts that you have a GMail address for it basically wont.
3rd party sms app writers must be laughing themselves silly.
the camera is slow. it's adequate. but can't hold a candle to my old nokia N8.
Acorn’s would-be ZX Spectrum killer, the Electron, is 30
Bradley Manning* sentenced to 35 years in prison
Brits: We can stop trolling if we know where they live - poll
Samsung Mega 6.3: Enter the PHONDLESLAB
ZTE to flog Firefox OS mobe worldwide via eBay
Cameron demands Brits BOYCOTT angry-troll-infested websites
Infosec analysts back away from 'Feds attacked Tor' theory
Jimbo Wales: ISP smut blocking systems simply 'ridiculous'
Tumblr's iOS fix for clear-text password login howler was WEEKS LATE
Wikimedia edges closer to banishing Wikitext
MYSTERY Nokia image-mangling mobe spotted in public
BSkyB-owned BE slams into traffic pile-up over 'unlimited' broadband lie
Sky News Google Play page defaced
Jailed Romanian hacker repents, invents ATM security scheme
Murdoch hate sparks mass bitchin', rapid evacuation from O2, BE
France weighing 'culture tax' on phones, slabs, PCs, TVs
Vodafone slurps MEELLLIONS for redirecting police hotline calls
Star Trek: The original computer game
Review: Corsair Voyager Air 1TB wireless hard drive
Wednesday 24th April 2013 12:26 GMT
Re: Warranty
@MAPINGUARI
Indeed you can.
It depends on the item. For RAM, memory sticks all sorts of things when you keep in mind that you are going to be without the item for 6 to 12 weeks anyway so you might well have to buy a replacement for that time anyway, and that in say 2 years time these things will generally be cheaper and better, that you allow them access to your data, it's rarely cost effective. Before i stopped buying corsair products. and i used to buy a lot of them, i'd buy another and fleabay the warranty replacement.
Wednesday 24th April 2013 12:18 GMT
Re: Warranty
Corsair do not cover the postage cost. no.
If you send it back a second time they will cover the cost then. As in they will send you a cheque, (in euros,) after the replacement has been sent out and accepted. Literally 3 months later. you are correct other manufacturers do normally cover the postage, and do not generally require you to post it to holland.
You can try RMA'ing an item that's two years old but you wont get very far. I have done this, with amazon, ebuyer, they just refer you to the manufacturer. My issue is not just the cost, it's that it takes so long that you have to buy a replacement anyway. the corsair warranty is essentially useless.
As for the expected life time of a product. you are correct that the sale of goods act establishes a contract that lasts for 6 years and the retailer has obligations in this time. But without a team of lawyers to argue how long the expected lifetime of a wireless media drive is you are not going to get a retailer to change their policy which is generally that for consumer electronics that they will only act within 12 months and after that refer you to the manufacturer, which certainly if within the warranty period, they regard as meeting their obligations.
Wednesday 24th April 2013 11:30 GMT
Re: Warranty
The manufacturer warranty and retailer warranty are different.
The retailer will generally retailer will generally replace something within the first year. but they are unaffected by the terms of the manufacturer warranty which could be 3 or 5 years, that is a separate contract and does not involve the retailer at all.
Like i say if you try to claim under the manufacturer warranty in europe you will have to send it registered to holland. it will cost a fortune and you wont get a replacement for 6 to 12 weeks.
whereas, for example logitech will ask you to email a photo of the old one and courier you out a new one the next day. all companies are not the same.
It's really funny that my comment about corsair warranties is being voted down. seems you get fanbois for everything.
Wednesday 24th April 2013 10:08 GMT 
Warranty
It's worth mentioning with Corsair products if they fail whilst under manufacturer warranty you will have to post it recorded delivery to holland. which will cost more than the item.
And it will take up to three months to process. so you'll have to buy a new one anyway.
Corsair warranties, in europe at least, are worth nothing.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
