When this crisis is over will Brian Blessed do a news item declaring
"Gordons Alive!"
Posts by ukgnome
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Ferocious fungus imperils future of British gin and tonic
Suck it Vine: Instagram adds 15-second video clips with fancy filters
Offensive, iconoclastic internet trolls will not be prosecuted, says DPP
Chinese hackers launch PRISM scare campaign
Wednesday 19th June 2013 09:54 GMT
Re: "Widespread interest"?
No one expects the spannish inquisition........etc
I can understand the lack of interest as a free thinking libtard Brit :-)
In the UK we are not surprised by this, as we all know about Bletchly Park and the work it carried out in WWII. If it wasn't for the work of the code breakers and spy network then Norwich wouldn't still be on the map (or summink)
It's just that the whole of prism is a bit of a non story for a lot of us, and the media has tried to fuel this by negative reporting. Yes some people have their emails scanned, it has happened for a while. Yes some calls are recorded (and not just for training dolphins or porpoises) And yes some people are outraged as they seeminly had no idea that communications could be intercepted on such a high level. However a lot of people was never under any illusion that facebook, G+ and twitter are public and that sometimes keywords in communications are flagged for investigation.
apologies if you thought I was trying to use surprise, well surprise and fear, and maybe fanatical devotion to the pope as weapons against your post.
Wednesday 19th June 2013 08:25 GMT
Re: "Widespread interest"?
I am both a guardian reader and an El Reg reader and yet I don't care much about it. For every commentard that bangs on about how terrible it is that spy organisations harvest data for their spying needs there are hundreds that don't actually care that much.
Next you will be telling me that the CCTV cameras in the town centre are monitored.
And as for the conspiracy theory nutters, yeah PRISM is a smokescreen for the bilderberg / G8 / Aliens seen over moscow stories.
MEH MEH MEH!
Hey mobile firms: About that Android thing... Did Google add a lockout clause?
Google erases G8 venue from Earth: Microsoft doesn't
Microsoft lures buy-curious vixens, corduroys with a cheap fondle
Internet fraud still stings suckers
NSA: We COULD track you by your phone ... if we WANTED to
NSA PRISM snoop-gate: Won't someone think of the children, wails Apple
Monday 17th June 2013 14:14 GMT
Re: I am not a terrorist
Dear John,
Presumably you walk around with your tin foil hat on and a hoody obscuring your face. You probably have camera resistant number plates and move house every 6 months so that you don't show up on the electoral register. You may of even elected to have some form of surgery so that you can no longer be recognised?
Hmm, probably not. So what are you and all the other posters so afraid of? You have been monitored in some form since your birth. You have been registered on so many systems. Just what kind of activities are you getting up to that are making yourself and a majority of others so paranoid? Yeah I hear all the talk about erosion of privacy and all that. Maybe it's just that your life is more exciting than mine. Maybe you worry about the data that they hold. Me on the other hand am more worried that I'll forget to put the bins out tomorrow. And some how I feel that the "authorities" don't actually care about that soft of thing.
Google launches broadband balloons, radio astronomy frets
EU signs off on eCall emergency-phone-in-every-car plan
Friday 14th June 2013 09:04 GMT
Only a few minor issues to work through
What happens when we leave Europe and use a different nymber?
What happens when the ecall device is cloned \ hacked?
What happens if you can't get a GPS signal?
What happens if you get a flat battery?
What happens if you export a car to Japan, or some other country that drives on the left.
Badger bloodbath brouhaha brings 'bodge' bumpkin bank burgle bluster
Friday 14th June 2013 08:12 GMT 
Well done dickheads
National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society insures more than just farmers. In fact anyone can join and receive the benefits of some of the most incredibly cheap insurance that you will ever encounter.
I am against the cull of badgers and would prefer that farmers sort out their biosecurity. I am not against businesses carrying out legitimate business.
What do you mean WHY is Sony PS4 so pricey in Oz?
Whoever recently showed us the secret documents: Do get in touch
Cold, dead hands of Steve Jobs slip from iPhones: The Cult of Ive is upon us
PM Cameron calls for modern, programmable computers! (We think)
Chrome and Firefox are planet-wreckers, IE cuddles dolphins
Tuesday 11th June 2013 08:37 GMT 
Bigger Picture Please
It may be less power hungry on a client PC but what is the overall cost in terms of power?
How much power does the development office use compared to the others?
How much power do the development servers use compared to the other?
How much power is used in getting the developers to work?
Do the developers take pack up? Or do they use a canteen?
Tim Cook: Android version fragmentation is 'terrible for developers'
Author Iain (M) Banks falls to cancer at 59
Gourmet chemists sniff out ultimate cheese on toast
Thursday 6th June 2013 14:28 GMT
Take 2 slices of bread, toast on one side until dark brown. Any bread will do, except bread with seed toppings. Bread with seed toppings have no place in my house. Grate the extra mature cheese whilst the grill is doing it's job. Next lightly toast the other side, but only lightly. Don't take your eyes off it for one moment. Grills know when you are not looking at them and will incinerate bread within seconds. Once it is lightly toasted it is permissible to spead the light side with butter. No other spread is an option, so no comments on how you prefer soya is utterly stork. Heap the cheese on the lightly toasted and buttered side, and then gently pat down with your palm. You will then be required to dash a little Worcester sauce and a tadge of chilli sauce on it. Of course these are optional if you are in your own kitchen, but in my kitchen they are not. You now need to grill them, I find the best thing to do is place that at the back of the grill pan and push it all the way back. Of course this has many issues, namely poor visibility. As you want it to toast and melt. At no point should you take your eyes off the melting glory. Once the surface of the cheese is starting to brown over remove from grill pan, remembering to burn your hands and eat it whilst it's hot. For those worrying about grease running down their chin simply man up and grow a beard.
Culture Sec: You - Google. Where's the off switch for all this filth?
Raspberry Pi DUMBS DOWN to target world+dog
Thursday 6th June 2013 08:10 GMT
I don't think that this is a bad idea at all. You have to start somewhere.
The Pi recently featured on the BBC springwatch program as a board that can record metrics for bird boxes. The average user with an interest in nature may be put off if it's too complicated to set up.
By simplifying the process you open the board up to users that have little interest in programming but do have an interest in other fields. Not everyone wants to program or do some HAB.
Amazon yoinks Dora and SpongeBob from Netflix for MEELLLIONS
Who should play the next Doctor? Nominations needed!
Thirty-five years ago today: Space Invaders conquer the Earth
Wednesday 5th June 2013 09:06 GMT 
Ahh happy happy place
I think the true testament to this game and others of this ilk is the test of time. If you walk up any seafront you will soon stumble upon a true gem like space invaders. I understand what PaulyV means though, as it does seem that a lot of arcades have replaced machines with the quid a go brigade. My advice is to go deeper into the arcades.
Strangely travelling fairs seem to have a great collection of old games, and council run leisure centres also seem to have them.
Even now, I hear Gorf calling to me.
Fairphone hits sales target for 'PC' phone
Wednesday 5th June 2013 08:57 GMT
I have been looking at this phone with interest, although spec wise it's a bit mishmash
Android 4.2
Chipset - MTK6589 (quad-core) 1.2 Ghz
System Memory - 16GB + 1GB (RAM)
Primary Screen- 4.3 qHD (960x540 pixels)
Glass - Dragontrail Glass
Primary Camera - 8MP AF (stabilization + image sensor)
Secondary Camera - 1.3 megapixels
Battery 2000mAh (Replaceable battery)
Weight 165 g
LOHAN team regroups for second pop at SPEARS
Review: Philips Hue network enabled multicolour lightbulbs
PayPal denies stiffing bug-hunting teen on bounty
Thursday 30th May 2013 12:45 GMT 
Good old Paypal - Did you know?
There site and service is terrible.
Did you know that you can link your bank account and make a couple of transactions? You did, I thought so.
Did you know that you can then close your bank account and continue to pay for things using Paypal? You didn't, oh well you can.
Did you know it takes a couple of days (at least) for Paypal to notice? Great system isn't it.
I had actually paid for some items, had them delivered before they even noticed.
Sacred islet Rockall defeats Brit adventurer
Sacred islet Rockall repels Brit adventurer's first assault
Asus boasts of Haswell fondleslab threesome to get Acer hot under collar
Motorola shows off tattoo and swallowable password hardware
Microsoft offers free keyboard covers for Surface RT
A Bluetooth door lock that puts the kettle on? NOW we're in the future
NASA: Trip to Mars would exceed 'fatal cancer' radiation risk
Kettle 'which looks like HITLER' brews up sturm in a teacup
World's richest hobo (Apple) has worked 'tax-free' in Ireland since '80s
Vodafone revenues hit as customers in Europe hang onto their cash
Space dogs and Dragons: A brief history of reentry tech
MYSTERY Nokia Lumia with gazillion-pixel camera 'spotted'
Tuesday 21st May 2013 08:38 GMT
Re: With 20Mp sensor - NOW will you try Windows Phone 8?
no amount of hardware can make up for a crap operating system.
You have probably never seen a lumia, let alone used one. If you had then you would understand why it deserves to be the No1 smartphone on the market.
Android is a mixed bag, too many handsets and too many versions of OS
iPhone has stagnated and failed to innovate
Win 8 \ Lumia is a robust, fast, almost sexy phone that has power (sadly lacking in some apps)
I'm an android user, but as soon as my old phone gives up the ghost I will invest in a mid-range lumia!
Nintendo throws flaming legal barrel at YouTubing fans
Monday 20th May 2013 16:07 GMT
Re: Legal opinion needed
Surely there is a difference between a review (good or bad) compared to profiting from someone else's IP. Sadly the chap had adverts before his clips which generated profit for himself. If I had had "x" and someone was using it in a video without my permission then I would be miffed. Especially as the terms and conditions of "X" state that i cannot copy\ distribute\ use images of etc
Yes Nintendo are miffed that they are not profiting from this, but is it right? NOPE! (IMHO)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
