* Posts by ukgnome

2085 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jun 2011

Amazon granted patent for taking photos against a white background – seriously

ukgnome
Joke

Hahahahahahaha you now owe Amazon a quid ------------------>

Apple pulls iPhone 4 from sale in India after just four months

ukgnome

@ Andy Prough

A) same as everyone.

B) same as everyone.

C) I usually spot sony, and now windows and their stupid surface devices, hardly ever apple.

D) same as everyone

E) That's not actually true, but just like everyone they pay very little.

F) Use green and conflict free materials, leading the way with investment and hopefully turning around the manufacturing companies to a better more sustainable way.

Sorry, have I left anything out?

Ninten-DON'T: Wii U bomb blows Mario Kart giant off track – but new console promised

ukgnome

I think there is a difference between a family entertainment console and a games console.

Nintendo's problem is mainly the press. If you get several sites slagging it off because they are basing the experience on the xbox or ps then it's hardly surprising. I guess they are too honourable as a company to grease the palms of the reviewers.

I realise that makes me sound cynical, but it's the truth.

Spain clamps down on drones

ukgnome

Re: How can it be banned .......

It's a bit like some corporate firewalls that I have worked on.

If it's black listed then you can't access it, and you can only access things that are on the white list.

if it isn't on either list then you still can't access it and have to ask the nice firewall people if you can access it.

Potato in SPAAAAACE: LOHAN chap cooks up stratospud with Heston Blumenthal

ukgnome
Joke

He's quite weird isn't he?

No wonder he's part of SPB

*obvs this is a joke, I would never, NEVER, disrespect anyone in SPB. They can build drones and stuff.

Cold War spy aircraft CRASHED Los Angeles' air traffic control

ukgnome

They have 6 weeks and 1 day.......

.....to sort out that sh1t

or I'm.......actually I want to visit the states, so I had better not finish that sentence

#Spartacus

Tesco to tout its own smartphone – now THAT'S an unexpected item in the bagging area

ukgnome
Gimp

@ MJI - Far too creepy Tesco

So where do you buy your sex toys?

And why are you buying so many?

*enquiring minds want to know

**and so do tesco too

El Reg Quid-A-Day Nosh Posse back on the bacon

ukgnome

Next Year

Please can we have more notice?

As I would happily take part...

Bill Gates: Sell off Bing? Nah. Xbox? Maybe...

ukgnome
Joke

I didn't understand what Bing was

I had to google it.....

Symantec: Antivirus is 'DEAD' – no longer 'a moneymaker'

ukgnome

Re: What Symantec did AV?

have an upvote +1

If I had a pound for every time I had to kill a symantec process then I would have a lot of cake.

Also I would still have my small business and possibly a better car.

Scariest NSA revelation yet: Spooks are RUBBISH at CIPHERS

ukgnome
Big Brother

It was deliberate

El Reg doesn't want to work for the secret squirrels.....

*at least that's what they want you to think!

Ouch... right in the Androids! Google hit by another antitrust sueball

ukgnome

Re: Bing Bong

I'm pretty sure my 5s carries out all it's browser searches using Google.

Not sure about Siri, it's ghastly

Please work for nothing, Mr Dabbs. What can you lose?

ukgnome

F' 'em Dabbsy

I don't work for free, I would even charge my Mum for IT assistance.....granted it's usually a cup of coffee and a nice crisp tenner.

Chinese iWatchers: Apple's WRISTPUTERS ALREADY in production

ukgnome
Trollface

Re: You will need

no, I am pretty sure those magic headphones that he describes are called bluetooth

Teen jailed for ARMED ROBBERY says he and pals had been inspired by Grand Theft Auto

ukgnome
Alien

I think his defence is valid....

I have built a massive gun that can fire projectiles, it runs on rails and for protection I have 3 houses that will happily absorb laser blasts from nefarious aliens.

Stone the crows, Bouncer! BT defends TV recorder upgrade DELETION snafu

ukgnome

Re: I'm no Murdoch fan but...

Agreed - Sky has just totally overhauled the EPG and front screen - the whole shebang...not a single bit out of place.

Heck, hiding behind DP annoys me somewhat.

I'm glad I am not a TV customer, and only receive my slightly shoddy broadband from them.

NASA's Curiosity rover set to give Mars its third hard drilling

ukgnome

Re: Suspicious

Space gypsies?

The Reg Quid-a-Day Nosh challenge: What's the point, exactly?

ukgnome

Shit the bed!

That sounds particularly nasty......

It's not going to stop me moaning about the hayfever I am currently battling, but it will get me chucking another quid or two in the hat.

FCC seeks $48K fine from mobile phone-jamming driver

ukgnome

entitlement perception

On my way to work today I had to point out that the light had turned green, but the women on her phone didn't seem to notice, and then she acted all butt hurt when I yelled get off the phone!

*I was a smug pedestrian at this point in my journey.

Marauding quid-a-day nosh hack menaces teepee hippie villages

ukgnome

Is it foraging still if......

you re-purpose little salts and peppers in there sachets from popular fast food places?

whilst foraging for salt and pepper you eat fries from the floor?

A real pot-boiler kicks off Reg man's quid-a-day nosh challenge

ukgnome

Re: fecking labels that you are meant to remove

Top Tip - mayonnaise......yes the white slippery stuff

Coat the sticker in large blobs of the stuff and leave for a couple of days - et voilà...

ukgnome

Fry me a river

those eggs look near damn perfect!

Chap builds mobe based on Raspberry Pi

ukgnome
Trollface

Re: @ daniel

Dude - this isn't XDA, maybe they will help you with your projects of awesome androidness.

Now bog off!

ukgnome
Trollface

Re: @ daniel

I only come on here to ready the daily mail readers comments....

Seriously dude, all that anger isn't worth it. And as for your droid tablet....That's not going to cure world hunger is it? But pie on the other hand....What, oh Pi....nope that won't either. And Resistive? Seriously dude! shaking my head....

Now pass me the popcorn - its the food of trolls y'know

Reg hack hacked off by iPhone 5 repair notice

ukgnome
Coat

So.....

you didn't upgrade to a 5S - who feels stupid now? Maybe you would like to phone me and complain.....Best of luck waking your phone up loser

*the one with the 5S in the pocket....

El Reg posse prepares for quid-a-day nosh challenge

ukgnome

A meagre amount added in the jar from me - now dance monkeys dance!

LOHAN and the amazing technicolor spaceplane

ukgnome

You see, that's what I like about El Reg - it may be an embittered meany at times, but Lester's comment shows that underneath the vultures feathers beats a heart of fluffy loveliness.

David Cameron defends BT's taxpayer-funded broadband 'monopoly': It's a 'success story'

ukgnome

Maybe I am the only one......but

Other companies had a chance to bid.

Other companies decided not to.

BT became pretty much sole supplier.

Therefore it must be BT's fault.

Hmm - dammed if they do, dammed if they don't.

Brit game devs WILL get tax relief for, er, EastEnders Game and Legend of Slough

ukgnome

Grand Theft Tesco

see title

Original iPhone dev team was 'shockingly small' - Apple engineer

ukgnome
Pint

mirrors the endless discussion of Max Clifford's penis

I salute you, I raise a glass to you, and I will even buy you a pint.

I don't know if it adds to the story, but every time I see that man I laugh and laugh and laugh

Terminator-maker 'Cyberdyne Inc' lists on Tokyo stock exchange

ukgnome
Alien

Re: We want Manga.

If they go down that route, then what is to stop the Cronos corporation starts pumping out hyper-zoanoids?

As WinXP death looms, Microsoft releases its operating system SOURCE CODE for free

ukgnome
Coat

Pen and paper - word processing for blondes

Three's money man reveals UK mobe firms' dark pricing dealings

ukgnome

Seems to me that Three are just doing some willy waving for free headlines....oh look it has worked.

GIANT FLESH-EATING DEVIL CHICKENS roamed North Dakota

ukgnome

Massive Cock

is presumably what the male chickenosaurus is called.

Crap flap-app flap chap yaps: Yes, FLAPPY BIRD is comin' back

ukgnome

@shades

There is this thing right that most call the internet but the part we use is called the world wide web. Its incredibly useful as its full of all kinds of stuff and things. Lets call some of the stuff and things information. Are you following me so far Shades?

Good, now one of the useful things about this is the ability to search for facts. And one of these facts that you can search is how Nintendo feel about some of the similarity of the flappy birds backgrounds.

Thank you xx

Kent Police fined £100k for leaving interview vids of informants in old cop shop

ukgnome

is it criminal watching criminals?

The business owner confirmed that he had found the tapes in the basement of the old police station, after purchasing the site two months before, and was planning on watching them for entertainment.

Xenon: Bitmap Brothers' (mega)blast from the past

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Thumb Up

I'm all warm and fuzzy

Thanks El Reg, antique code show always makes me feel all chipper and squidgy inside.

Is Apple about unleash a cheaper 8GB iPhone 5C? O2 'leak' suggests: Yes

ukgnome

8GB

That won't cut the mustard I'm afraid. once the OS is loaded on you won't have much wiggle room for apps.

Wackadoo DIYers scissor-kick beatboxer

ukgnome

Regarding shock invective beginning with "cu-"

Ok I was curious, and now one of them CU types wants to expel me from the building. Of well, the pubs open so I might as well get cu*ted.

Amazon wants me to WEAR NAPPIES?! But I'm a 40-something MAN

ukgnome

I find that nappies

soak up the blood incredibly well.....anyone? Nope? just me then!

Bill Gates-backed SOLAR POO RAYGUN COMMODE unveiled

ukgnome

Can these be installed in volcano lairs?

Actually, there is an Arapaho word for 'pliers'

ukgnome
Coat

@Lester

You don't believe in magic?

Then how do you explain the mystical properties of Psychic Sally?

*the one with ....i'm seeing an old man beginning with S or it might be P and he's in my pocket!

Fanbois SQUEAL as DNS snafu knocks out iTunes website

ukgnome

Suggested title

Fanbois squeal at apple crumble

Five unbelievable headlines that claim Tim Berners-Lee 'INVENTED the INTERNET'

ukgnome

and for the yoof

UK's TBL 25YO WWW 2DAY

Apple iOS 8 'will put end' to crap map app rap flap misery

ukgnome
Facepalm

Re: Will it understand buses?

except that Google includes buses and underground and tram. So what was that you was saying *

*just check routes options

We all owe our EXISTENCE to lovely VOLCANOES, say boffins

ukgnome
Coat

Wow

Decepticon island.....that's gonna be so sweet with it's robots and stuff.

*the one with the ripped dictionary in the pocket

Heroic Playmonaut wowed by LOHAN's bulging package

ukgnome

And as a Brit...

I'm glad he's not riding in the shotgun seat.

Why can’t I walk past Maplin without buying stuff I don’t need?

ukgnome

Maplins is crack to tech whores

I want to call you Mr Dabbs, by every expletive I know! And what should prompt such a reaction, well duh!

You see it's Friday, and on Fridays I am more open to suggestion. So before even commenting I found myself browsing on the maplins website and immediately thinking about this....L68BH

Apple to grieving sons: NO, you cannot have access to your dead mum's iPad

ukgnome

OK lets remove the emotion from the argument and take another look, but this time factoring the data protection act.

In that instance Apple are in the right, they have a process in place that is protecting the date at their reputation.

However, I am not a cold hard logic machine (that's my wife) and therefore they are been bastards on this occasion.

Roll up, roll up for the Reg Readers' Ball

ukgnome

Well done El Reg

but your user base isn't just within the ring of doom. So if you could just email me the pint instead please.