Posts by Andrew Carpenter

Oh dear...

.. won't somebody PLEASE think of the children!?

P.S. I for one welcome our new photo-taking overlords.

MS generosity?

"I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison [sic] of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them..."

Yeah, right. *Points at article about MS inflating the price of Windows XP in order to push Vista*

Don't worry

They're harmless yet annoying, and quite easy to take out.. just use your crowbar, or the gravity gun..

You don't have to be combine to work here ... but it helps!

Content protection

Another legitimate user scuppered by DRM.

Privacy International

They want to see how effective the face blurring technology is? All they have to do is visit http://maps.google.com and browse some of the existing StreetView images. The new ones of Paris even have the numberplate blurring in place, too.

Helicopter avatar is spying on you from above.

The lesson here is:

That NetWare servers don't crash at random.

Fire icon for obvious reasons.

Wireless monitor?

The fact that his monitor is able to operate with neither electricity or VGA signal cable either proves that he works for a very advanced technology giant, or the video is a fake.

@ Anonymous Coward

"What, like they did with Windows ME?"

They learned to kill off the 95/98 kernel in favour of the NT/2000 kernel. I'd say that was a lesson well learned.

Is nothing safe!?

First bicycles, then vacuum cleaners, and now picnic tables.

Where will it end?

Yes, he's obviously the IT guy..

.. as he's the one with the ponytail.

Mid-March

Microsoft can still release SP1 in mid-March.. they just need to redefine the length of the month to be at least 36 days. A patch for Outlook will be released to reflect this change.

@ Scott

"I wonder what Paris uses for her mailbox?"

She uses a T-Mobile Sidekick, which famously got hacked a few years back.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/21/paris_hacked/

Don't remove the penis..

..just add breasts. Phwoar.

Weekend at Bernies III

At least this sequel sounds more exciting than the first two 'Weekend at Bernies' movies.

It's true I tells ya

As a cog in the public-sector gears, I can assure you that this riduculous situation is unfortunately 100% accurate.

@Law

"Just as I find a peice of m$ software I could actually enjoy, they rip it away from me!"

There's a whole bunch of automated MSN bots just waiting to chat with you.. you can find a list of them at http://windowsliveagents.spaces.live.com/

Digit(al) Dilemma

What's the betting that 211010028257303 is his account number?