Just finished reading 'Star', the biography of Warren Beatty. The stories about how his films were made are fantastic. Ishtar was indeed a turkey but apparently a worse one was his 'Town and Country'...
ANYTHING with that fuckwit Adam Sandler.... And STILL he turfs them out.... He should be taken outside and pelted with his own shit. He is quite without doubt the unfunniest man in the universe. 'Jack and Jill' ffs...
Hey hey hey! I've just realised - no one's mentioned Steven Seagal yet! Taught at the Plank School of Acting. Actually that's probably a good thing, otherwise these comments will get drowned.... His films seem to be on continuous rotation on UK Channel Five (I think) at the moment, rendering it even more unwatchable.
So saying 'how could anyone get confused between Windows on ARM and Windows 8' is simply that MOST people when asked for a preference will simply say 'Windows'. This is why the stickers didn't work - too much information.
A Mac is a Mac is a Mac and Penguins, well, they know what (mostly) they're on about, so they don't count in this test.
Anyone who thinks or expects SMS or iMessage to be 'instant' is, frankly, delusional. As anyone who has tried to send texts around any big event like, say, New Year, they find that messages can take 24 hours to arrive.
This year I had several messages in advance of midnight, the sender doing so expressly to avoid the delay.
So all the major cities are complaining about traffic congestion and the need to reduce car use.
But public transport infrastructure is groaning at the increase in the numbers of commuters, so much so that rail and bus companies are raising their fares to 'regulate' users.
So increased connectedness is going to put UK.PLC at the forefront of the interweb revolution.
But rural areas, where a lot of people live (or would like to because it's way cheaper and a better way of life), are still going to be cut off from this revolution because of a lack of investment in broadband infrastructure.
Have I missed something?
Of course I haven't mentioned the dirty word - 'profits'...
Been using them for years, many many times and never had a problem. Dealing with a couple of returns their customer service was pretty good, hassle free. Their prices are amongst the keenest and you often get free delivery.
John Lewis is the nicest mainstream online and definitely in-store (free extra 12 months warranty on Apple goods anyone?). Amazon - easy online, keen pricing, returns system excellent, sometimes sending out the replacement before returning the original.
Dixons group? ... nasty, English bed-wetting types...
"To demonstrate the threat, they developed a proof-of-concept that runs on a Mac connected to a local area network. "
So you have to have a Mac equipped with this tool attached to the network. This is assuming the admin has been so lax as to allow users attach devices from which to copy the tool. Or. Allow someone to bring an unauthorised Mac in and connect it to the network without it showing up in the network admins screens.
"It waits to be contacted by a machine running OS X server and then quickly copies all its authentication credentials."
Huh? Since when do you wait for a server to contact your Mac? Or does it mean you need the credentials to log into the server first.?
Several here have pointed out that it would be pretty lax admin to even get this far. And it assumes that the enterprise uses the now defunct OS X server to admin update. If a company uses, say, Casper, then it ain't gonna happen.
Where I am there are 300 Macs (plus a few PC's) and these are locked down with regard to what they can and cannot run.
More FUD from a 'security' company looking for work.
Tinnitus - no it's not when a 'filter stops working', which implies it's not blocking an external sound. It's sounds that are generated in your head that aren't 'filtered'. No one really knows what causes these sounds to be generated let alone how to stop them, although there has been some success with feeding the sound (at very low levels) into the ear from an external device, in order for the brain to learn how to ignore it.
I live in a very 'upmarket' part of London. There are several charity shops in the area that had good to excellent quality goods. One, The Red Cross, was particularly good. However, about a year ago it had a very expensive makeover, it now looks like a bit like a 'designer' shop. Obviously thinking of appealing to a more upmarket clientele.
It still has all the same sort of stuff going through it but prices have risen, in some cases by a factor of ten. Result? Hardly anybody goes there...
Bit off topic... sorry. I'll collect my shabby Prada coat...
CIX... That brings back some memories... Wonderful easy to use service and the world at your fingertips (sort of) on a Tandy 100 laptop and later a Mac IIcx...
I just don't get the fuss over Blueray. Or more precisely, why not having it on a Mac is a Bad Thing. I've been IT'ing (sorry) with Macs for 20 years and folks I've worked with have seen floppy drives dropped (nary a whisper) CD drives introduced (yes please!), and then DVD drives (ditto, plus write capability).
But no one, and I mean no one, has yet asked me about when is Blueray coming to the Mac. Outside of that I haven't seen much sign either. Maybe I should get out more?
The next time I see the Direct Line Insurance ad in which the red telephone flies through the air and lands on the ground skidding to a halt, I can complain that it's inciting people to drive irresponsibly?
I can't be the only one bothered by people peering over one's shoulder while I'm watching Gorilla Action... Wouldn't it be possible to simply hook up some LCD spectacles? If you can touch-type this would seem to be an answer (other than watching movies of course).
Oh, and err, the 'Cone of Privacy™' - nice one. I assume someone at El Reg was a fan of Get Smart and the infamous 'Cone of Silence'. Still, to me, one of the funniest things I've seen...
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Just finished reading 'Star', the biography of Warren Beatty. The stories about how his films were made are fantastic. Ishtar was indeed a turkey but apparently a worse one was his 'Town and Country'...
OK
ANYTHING with that fuckwit Adam Sandler.... And STILL he turfs them out.... He should be taken outside and pelted with his own shit. He is quite without doubt the unfunniest man in the universe. 'Jack and Jill' ffs...
Hey hey hey! I've just realised - no one's mentioned Steven Seagal yet! Taught at the Plank School of Acting. Actually that's probably a good thing, otherwise these comments will get drowned.... His films seem to be on continuous rotation on UK Channel Five (I think) at the moment, rendering it even more unwatchable.
Hmmm
Strangely beautiful... the light, the light, turn toward the light...
As I see it...
...there are four types of users:
1. PC users
2. Windows users
3. Mac users
4. Penguins.
So saying 'how could anyone get confused between Windows on ARM and Windows 8' is simply that MOST people when asked for a preference will simply say 'Windows'. This is why the stickers didn't work - too much information.
A Mac is a Mac is a Mac and Penguins, well, they know what (mostly) they're on about, so they don't count in this test.
"Do you want Windows with that device?'
"Yes please"
"Windows On ARM or Windows 8?"
"Errrrrrr...."
/
to use apostrophe's incorrectly
I see what you did there...
snigger.
/
Point B
You sir, are absolutely spot on.
Well done.
Point A was good too
Ain't that the truth
I was at someone's house recently who has that set up... I insisted he fire it up.
Glorious.
And he's a musician. And has thousands of vinyls and CD's...
Just sayin...
Life....
....imitating art.
/
New keyboard required
"Plucky robot rests before sniffing Endeavour's rim"
Really....
:-))
I, for one....
...welcome our C elegans worm overlords...
/hic
Ha!
Anyone who thinks or expects SMS or iMessage to be 'instant' is, frankly, delusional. As anyone who has tried to send texts around any big event like, say, New Year, they find that messages can take 24 hours to arrive.
This year I had several messages in advance of midnight, the sender doing so expressly to avoid the delay.
More worryingly
It'll only be a matter of time before scrap metal thieves figure out a way of nicking it...
Maybe it's time
For Fahrenheit 1981
Oh dear...
I think I see an upside
If means the world is no longer subjected to the Kardashians...
Errmm...
I'm from the UK but I thought Pennsylvania was the Oil State (also the Quaker State...)
Joined up thinking
So all the major cities are complaining about traffic congestion and the need to reduce car use.
But public transport infrastructure is groaning at the increase in the numbers of commuters, so much so that rail and bus companies are raising their fares to 'regulate' users.
So increased connectedness is going to put UK.PLC at the forefront of the interweb revolution.
But rural areas, where a lot of people live (or would like to because it's way cheaper and a better way of life), are still going to be cut off from this revolution because of a lack of investment in broadband infrastructure.
Have I missed something?
Of course I haven't mentioned the dirty word - 'profits'...
There's a lot of it about
Now there's at least two people in the world with massive cohones.
Not really a comparison other than a form of flight that could otherwise be called 'falling with style', as mentioned earlier:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k
"... strips to look for her chiuahua."
Is that a euphemism?
Does she need help to find... oh never mind..
/
Oh
This'll be Fujitsu of 'fuck the NHS' fame to the tune of £billions...
ffs
God of Hellfire
Almost certainly better off bring in Arthur Brown and his hat...
What about....
Lemmy?
He never takes prisoners....
/coat
Surprised too about no buyer.com
Been using them for years, many many times and never had a problem. Dealing with a couple of returns their customer service was pretty good, hassle free. Their prices are amongst the keenest and you often get free delivery.
John Lewis is the nicest mainstream online and definitely in-store (free extra 12 months warranty on Apple goods anyone?). Amazon - easy online, keen pricing, returns system excellent, sometimes sending out the replacement before returning the original.
Dixons group? ... nasty, English bed-wetting types...
@Don(n) Adams...
Damn you sir, you beat me to it!!
HA HA HA!!!
" We have a Ford Capri, Wimpy and a roundabout."
So sums it up!
Well for an extra letter 'e' you might find more there....
"i'm Spartacus!"
Is all.
/Sword + sandals
Look again
It's actually evidence of conspiracy of the gubberment to hide alien spacecraft, as depicted by an 'elder' pointing to one... Really....
@clanger9
Thanks for those mate, worked perfectly first time.
"hackocalypse"
Simply brilliant. A perfect description in one word (even if a bit tricky tongue-wise).
@All of them need their own seperate power-supply?
Then why did you bother looking at an article that clearly stated they were desktop drives that 'might' be considered portable?
Strange comment....
So
"To demonstrate the threat, they developed a proof-of-concept that runs on a Mac connected to a local area network. "
So you have to have a Mac equipped with this tool attached to the network. This is assuming the admin has been so lax as to allow users attach devices from which to copy the tool. Or. Allow someone to bring an unauthorised Mac in and connect it to the network without it showing up in the network admins screens.
"It waits to be contacted by a machine running OS X server and then quickly copies all its authentication credentials."
Huh? Since when do you wait for a server to contact your Mac? Or does it mean you need the credentials to log into the server first.?
Several here have pointed out that it would be pretty lax admin to even get this far. And it assumes that the enterprise uses the now defunct OS X server to admin update. If a company uses, say, Casper, then it ain't gonna happen.
Where I am there are 300 Macs (plus a few PC's) and these are locked down with regard to what they can and cannot run.
More FUD from a 'security' company looking for work.
Disclaimer
Ha Ha! on Shagbook's front page disclaimer:
"Shag Book ® is not affiliated with Facebook, Facebook of Sex, Fuckbook, or any other site with "Book" in its name."
@Interstingly, though -slightly OT
Tinnitus - no it's not when a 'filter stops working', which implies it's not blocking an external sound. It's sounds that are generated in your head that aren't 'filtered'. No one really knows what causes these sounds to be generated let alone how to stop them, although there has been some success with feeding the sound (at very low levels) into the ear from an external device, in order for the brain to learn how to ignore it.
@reselling broadband access
RTFA - broadband is from Zen via the dish... <tch>
I'm Spartacus!
Next!
Photoshop!!
That is all.
@Nobody expects the spanish inquisition...
Well done, i choked on my crisps! Excellent sketch quote...
Upstairs, Downstairs
I live in a very 'upmarket' part of London. There are several charity shops in the area that had good to excellent quality goods. One, The Red Cross, was particularly good. However, about a year ago it had a very expensive makeover, it now looks like a bit like a 'designer' shop. Obviously thinking of appealing to a more upmarket clientele.
It still has all the same sort of stuff going through it but prices have risen, in some cases by a factor of ten. Result? Hardly anybody goes there...
Bit off topic... sorry. I'll collect my shabby Prada coat...
@12 seconds?
Keyboard!!
Oooh
CIX... That brings back some memories... Wonderful easy to use service and the world at your fingertips (sort of) on a Tandy 100 laptop and later a Mac IIcx...
@Keeping my head down now
Sense of humour failure.
That is all.
Oh and that the Danes have a fantastic welfare state, allegedly.
laptopPCI don't want to start a fight or anything, but...
I just don't get the fuss over Blueray. Or more precisely, why not having it on a Mac is a Bad Thing. I've been IT'ing (sorry) with Macs for 20 years and folks I've worked with have seen floppy drives dropped (nary a whisper) CD drives introduced (yes please!), and then DVD drives (ditto, plus write capability).
But no one, and I mean no one, has yet asked me about when is Blueray coming to the Mac. Outside of that I haven't seen much sign either. Maybe I should get out more?
@It's extremely sad that this is a surprise
I know so many people who feel the same way.
So let me get this straight
The next time I see the Direct Line Insurance ad in which the red telephone flies through the air and lands on the ground skidding to a halt, I can complain that it's inciting people to drive irresponsibly?
FFS.
Good if it works.
I can't be the only one bothered by people peering over one's shoulder while I'm watching Gorilla Action... Wouldn't it be possible to simply hook up some LCD spectacles? If you can touch-type this would seem to be an answer (other than watching movies of course).
Oh, and err, the 'Cone of Privacy™' - nice one. I assume someone at El Reg was a fan of Get Smart and the infamous 'Cone of Silence'. Still, to me, one of the funniest things I've seen...
@A clear example of government's looting of deep pockets.
And there you have it.
Well done sir.
Hold the front page!
And in other news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13411006
Just for a little perspective on ordinary folks tribualtions.
I wonder why?
"Considering that I have only a little more than 100 friends ..."
That is all.
@The Alpha Klutz
Just in case anyone missed the troll alert.
Well done!
I had a great result at work today and this article topped it off!
Have a great weekend everyone, especially at Vulture Towers!
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