and also

It makes for a handy birthday or Christmas present at that price.

Did they

hire Rufus by any chance?

tut tut ... that is all!

I really don't want to comment here (actually I lie) but I feel I must.

Daylight lights: personally, I find technology increasingly replacing common sense, to the point where the chavs (and their relations from all continents) will undoubtably take over the world as the rest of us with common sense will have left or will be found on some seriously remote (ex-)deserted islands. Its not that hard, if you can't see the sun, or clear blue sky, then its time to turn on your lights so other people can see you clearly. Most new cars either have the lights come on automatically when its darker or have permanent LED daylight lights on, so I think that whether we want it or not it will become the norm.

Secondly, I really though Africa was the only place with idiots in Government. Recently, one of the South African Ministers (government, not religious) told the people that the best way for South Africans to help with the Electricity Shortages was to "sleep more". She suggested that everyone go to bed an hour earlier at night a) to use less electricity and b) because sleep stimulates brain activity, ergo, South Africans will become smarter. I will not mention the other things that other South African Ministers have done and said over the past 14 years or so, but they are there on the internet for those willing to look them up.

Stupidity it seems is not limited to class, race, religion or background, but broadly distributed everywhere.

(/rant)

Reminds me

Of 2 roadside billboards in town here where I work.

The first was for the Lottery, and was of a REALLY HUGE BIG FAT MASSIVE (get the picture) person, with some tiny writing about winning the lotto.

RIGHT next to it (almost impossible to differentiate) was a sign for Macdonalds, next turn the left.

I don't have a photo of it, but it was up for a few months.

Unlucky, mostly.

When I was a youngster ...

... studying, a girlfriend of a friend of an acquaintance, she set her password to chocolate, and didn't change it for the rest of her studies (4 years later).

Always good for getting access to the network and downloading things ...

I for one

welcome our CCTV spying controlling lying Orwellian overlords.

(Thankfully I don't live there)

Re: It doesn't matter by IR

Well done that (wo)man, well done indeed.

and so

Rise of the Machines this is not why?

@Fluffykins: you need a lie down after that, maybe a bit of a life even.

Re: Q: What do you give to the girl who has everything?

The correct answer is "Duplicates" actually, but in this case I will agree that a smack is appropriate.

@ Graham Marsden

You have obviously never been to South Africa. 2" (5cm) is a VERY shallow pothole. A decent one is about 10" (25cm) deep, and those are the general ones. We have some that you can drive through, and both the front and rear wheels will be in the "pothole" at the same time.

@ Darkside

Also works when you start a new job or join a new team and you take turns to make coffee. Always be the first to volunteer, then make the WORST cup of coffee you possibly can. Normally gets you off duty for the rest of the project.

I remember

My dad and some colleagues went on a fishing trip to a slightly rural area. One of the colleagues was from Korea. The first day they got their, said Korean said: "I'll make supper tonight, there are quite a few stray dogs around here."

Needless to say, he NEVER got asked to make supper.

@Sarah Bee

So it was you then?

and so

You know Lester, writing articles like this is a easy as clubbing baby seals (arf arf arf sound in the background).

I love reading these comments, although at 120 I was getting a bit tired, so I hope someone gets to read my comments :)

I knew a few people who were vegetarians. The first one I met, was a Veggie (Not a vegetable mind you) because of his parents preferences. He used to spend his pocket money buying Hamburgers at school. His parents never found out.

The second one I knew became a Veggie for some other obscure reason. One day I was going into the supermarket and was almost knocked over by this person FLYING past me. It was said lady, on her way to the meat counter. She subsequently bought 1 Kilo of Biltong (Dried raw meat from South Africa) and went and sat in her car and ate half of it in one go.

Personally, I love my meat, and if I go a week without it I start feeling physically ill. Same goes for vegetables though, so I know I am pretty well balanced (most of the time :))

Where I come from (South Africa)

When I was a lot younger (and naive) I worked as a freelance programmer, taking on the programming jobs that larger firms wouldn't take on due to the cost or whatever.

One of my clients was in the local shooting club, so often had his firearm with him when I was working with him. One day, after an endless amount of trouble with a particular program, he pulled out his gun, pointed it at the computer and said he could end all his problems right there and then.

Twas a little frightening at the time, but we had a good laugh about it afterwards.

This is the country where you have to have a licence to carry a firearm, but "traditional" weapons are freely allowed to be carried, displayed etc.

My question was always this: Define a traditional weapon?

@Sarah Bee: Why do you get to use The Reg Vulture as your icon, unless you work there. And if you do, why are you making such arb comments on the articles?

Re: Lewis Page

Lewis, you made me splurt beer all over my computer, twice.

Once for Revolutionary and once for Groundbreaking.

Well done that man.

Although

good sub-title though Lester, keeping up the Reg standards I see.

Well done that man.

Re: Mat @J

Great, Mat, just great. I now have coffee all over my keyboard.

I for one ...

welcome our taser wielding bzzzzzzzzzzzttttttttttt.......

All your rights are belong to us!

That is all.

FS

Thats all good and well, but my Fujitsu-Siemens has a spot under the battery pack where you plug your data-access simcard in, and hey presto! roaming access to the internet. Of course, the costs are high for out-of-country but thats package related not technology related.

I thought it was pretty clever myself.

and you call yourselves experts ...

Really now people, there are soem things which should CLEARLY not be forgotten.

"Run Forrest! RUN!"

"There's a glitch in the Matrix" (ok, I know its not a direct quote but close enough)

"I'm a doctor, not an engineer"

"I jus' can't do it captain, she's got no more power" (insert cheesy Scottish accent here)

Paris Hilton bows to Japan Universe conquest

Rwanda left in Africa

Picture

Lewis Page

Without that picture, I would be at a complete loss. I am so glad you inserted it as without it I would never have been able to imagine how this technology works.

Regards

Mark

P.S. I think it goes very well with that disappearing beer you have there.

Is this meat fresh?

Lady: Is this meat fresh?

Butcher: Why yes ma'am, I ran it over on my way to work this morning.