Posts by Stephen 11

To turn this up to 11...

Have it playing twice, staggered by, say, 30 seconds. That makes it many times more grating to listen to!

Not just Gmail

They have not only blocked pop/imap access Gmail, but also Google chat (xmpp). Up until early Friday morning, this worked reliably in China.

Happy Boxing Day to the sysadmins who have to support Google Apps.

Over 2000 1 star ratings on Amazon now!

I smile at EA's clusterf*ck!

Today's Engrish?

While the Inquiry has in the passed expressed very keen interest...

Passed? Really?

Another Missed Apil Fools - SkyCMD

Microsoft thought they would have a go by adding a retro command-line interface for their skydrive service, named skycmd. It has its own website and yes it actually works.

Ci$co and IPv6

I have to call FAIL on the Ci$co's IPv6 support. Recently bought a RV220w which Ci$co claims supports IPv6, when the implementation does not actually support prefix delegation. This makes it impossible to obtain a native IPv6 address from our ISP.

If enterprise hardware companies like Cisco still don't fully support IPv6 properly, what hope do home and small/medium business users have?

/frustrated customer

//purchased Cisco router specifically for its (claimed) IPv6 support.

The U.S. does not have a legitimate claim against O'Dwyer.

It is not as if he went to the U.S., murdered someone while he was there and then returned back to the U.K. In a situation like that, extradition would be justified.

In this case, a student sets up and operates website in the U.K., where he lives. He is not an American citizen, has not been to the U.S. Therefore American laws don't apply. British law and only British law should apply.

On what basis does the U.S.gov think it should be able to enforce its laws on U.K. citizens living in the U.K? Surely, if O'Dwyer broke the law, he should be prosecuted in Britain, by a British court according to BRITISH law.

It is disgusting that this government is happy to ship British citizens to foreign countries that have no legitimate claim against the individual, and that individual has never set foot in that country.

"An instant message sent by your iBuddy will ping on your iPhone, your Mac and your iPad, if you have left those devices on. What's more, it will keep pinging away until you have explicitly opened and received the notes on each device individually."

Erm, No. At least that's not been my experience. When I read the iMessage on the mac, it (almost) immediately shows as read on the iphone and clears itself from the notification screen.

Daytime running lights, not foglights.

"To remind you that the car is in drive mode, the Leaf’s front fog-cum-running lights stay lit continuously when the car is switched on. Which is exactly what I told Greater Manchester plod when I was pulled over at a road check aimed at stopping people using their fog lamps for aesthetic reasons in times of good visibility."

All new cars type-approved in the E.U. from 2011 are required to have daytime running lights (DRLs). The police should know this and should not be stopping anyone for these lights being on. These lights must be functionally specific, and can not be piggybacked with other funcitons. (e.g. using the DRL light as a fog light)

Average speed in London

Those cameras will be a waste of time/space, as it is nearly impossibly to drive fast enough to get an average speed that is actually over the limit in London. I'd love to be able to have an average speed somewhere near the limit in central London. Saying that, if they remove those silly traffic calmings, then by all means, knock yourselves out TFL.

RIPA

"Finally, RIPA's sanctions against interception only cover "intentional" snooping. The Directive does not allow for such a distinction."

Surely what Phorm does qualifies as "intentional snooping"