30th not 1st
In my haste I said Ballmer was the first employee of Microsoft - he was actually the 30th
Posts by Spudbynight
50 publicly visible posts • joined 14 Nov 2011
Why Teflon Ballmer had to go: He couldn't shift crud from Windows 8, Surface
Sky falling: 119,000 Brits flee O2, Be after Murdoch broadband gobble
FLABBER-JASTED: It's 'jif', NOT '.gif', says man who should know
Doctor Who? 12th incarnation sought after Matt Smith quits
Black-eyed Pies reel from BeagleBoard's $45 Linux micro blow
Dragons' Den badboy's Expansys burns sales, profits up in smoke
Carrie Fisher dusts off THAT bikini for Star Wars VII
Obama says patent trolls 'extort money', pledges reform
Debenhams cafes ban outré terms like 'espresso' and 'cappuccino'
Dr No, Thunderball, Casino Royale? Vote now for the best Bond film
Friday 26th October 2012 09:47 GMT
Re: I really want to like the Daniel Craig films
Quantum of Solace was for me a complete dog of a movie.
Bond villains need to have an evil plan. As you say setting up a utility monopoly in Bolivia doesn't quite cut the mustard. It was the Diet Coke of evil master plans - just one calorie, not evil enough. (With thanks to Dr. Evil)
It wasn't evil enough or big enough. A water monopoly would have been fine - IF it covered the entire world. But Nicaragua*? Please!
Paris would have made a better Bond villain.
*I don't even care what minor country it was.
Friday 26th October 2012 09:43 GMT 
Dalton fan checking in
I am a Dalton fan. I personally feel he was an excellent Bond and his two movies were both better than later Moores and all of Brosnans bar Goldeneye.
He played a Bond that was far closer to Fleming's character.
Was he my favourite Bond - no. Was he in the best Bond film - no.
He certainly wasn't the wurst* though.
*Oktoberfest - everybody drink!
Fans rap Apple's 'crap' Map app
Home Sec to decide Gary McKinnon's fate by 16 October
Apple hoards LTE patents to deflect Samsung attack
3G Google Nexus 7 inbound
Booth babes banned by Chinese gaming expo
Thursday 2nd August 2012 08:32 GMT 
I for one welcome our new dignified Chinese expo overlords....
I don't see any benefit in these "booth babes". I think the Chinese are doing the right thing. Who would have imagined the Chinese teaching us something?
This sort of carry on is demeaning to women. I used to buy PCFormat magazine and that went through a spell of having a model in a swimsuit pouting with a piece of tech on each cover. If I want to find out about tech stuff I don't want a "booth babe" getting in the way. It just insults my intelligence.
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Pirate Bay founders appeal to EC to save them from Swedish justice
O2, Be Broadband axe Pirate Bay access
'Fake Carla Bruni' Twitter account spreads Thatcher death rumour
ARM creators Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber
Ten... Satnavs to suit all budgets
Parents shocked by priestly PowerPoint pr0n
New version of XBMC released!
HP offers contractors a choice: 5 per cent pay cut ... or 100 per cent
Thursday 29th March 2012 14:43 GMT
Contractors moaning - say it isn't so!
Hmm....contractors will often earn twice what the local permies will earn. (Nevermind the guys in India)
Why do they moan at least 3.4* times as much as the permies?
It isn't unusual to see a guy performing a 60k a year perm job and earning 120k a year as a contractor - plus all the nice tax breaks.
*Stats from survey conducted in 2011
Microsoft 'yanked optical drive from Xbox 720'
Anonymous takes down Vatican website
Dotcom bail survives appeal, extradition hearing in August
Apple snags blockbuster multi-touch patent
Cameras roll on 'blockbuster' new Who series
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Tesco offers broadband for LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A PINT
Overclockers UK swallowed by private equity firm Afinum
Brit pair deported from US for 'destroy America' tweet
US entertainment lawyer casts doubt on Megaupload case
Monday 30th January 2012 12:06 GMT
Piracy....on megaupload?
Am I alone in only having used Megaupload for legit purposes? I have never downloaded anything ilegally from it. In fact I have never even seen anything available on there.
What I have done is downloaded lots of apps hosted there by the developers. I have downloaded lots of mods for games like Skyrim that have been hosted there.
In short there seems to be an awful lot of perfectly acceptable uses for megaupload.
Reg Hardware Awards 2011 Winners
GiffGaff boots freetards off mobile network
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Friday 6th January 2012 15:05 GMT
3 types
There are only 3 roles in this and other MMOs. They are often referred to as "the holy trinity"
1)Tank - Damage Soaker who stops big bad guys hitting the DPS and Healer.
2)DPS - Damage Dealers
3)Healer - Who, er, heals.
That is it. There is no ranged type. There is no force lightning type.
In this game you have ranged and melee tanks. I personally play as a healer. My healer is a Sith Sorcer who chucks lightning around*. He is still just a healer.
*If you only knew the POWER of the dark side.
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