Well, according to the first sentence of this article, which says "Apple’s iCloud service crashed for ninety minutes on Monday, US time" it seems that Overpuddlian time may indeed differ from hours - though how by much isn't made clear.
In my defence for being such a sad git that I looked it up, I was hoping I could legitimately identify the font and then suitably pun its real name. I was wrong.
I'm not aware of a RISC OS 1, and the first version of RISC OS released was RISC OS 2 - not too long after the Archimedes was brought out with Arthur.
I've always assumed, therefore, that (although it's never been said anywhere, AFAIK) Arthur was, in effect, RISC OS 1, but just wasn't called that at the time.
And having said that, even if my assumption was correct, it still might not have been the first: Wasn't there a ARM processor for the BBC using the tube interface? If so, what ran on that? (Or was it just an internal thing, when they were developing the ARM?)
The Lost City of Holby (Head for Atlantis, but turn right at the traffic lights).
I'm confused about where Holby City even is.
Casualty used to be filmed in Bristol, but set in the fictional Holby. As a result, Holby just happened to share a number of landmarks with Bristol, even having its very own Clifton Suspension Bridge. (My, Brunel was busy that week!). Now it's moved to Cardiff, and suddenly all of Holby's familiar landmarks have vanished, to be replaced by others.
Holby City, on the other hand, as far as I know isn't even filmed in Bristol to start with, except exterior shots, which are - or were. If they're still using Bristol, are the two shows not somewhat inconsistent now?
What's worse is a combination of inconsistency and lack of labelling.
If the site doesn't say "Keep your filthy spaces off me, you damned dirty serf" I instinctively enter the spaces. And if I'm able to enter the full number with spaces (ie the field isn't limited to 16 characters), I'll carry on... and only find out they didn't want them when the transaction fails.
Because programming the system to automatically remove them is such a difficult task.
Or maybe some twat's gone and patented doing that, so everyone else has stopped doing it.
" As usual, this type of scam best benefits small indy computer repair shops and IT savvy friends who can get a decent income in removing these types of malware."
In the case of my friends (and family) that IT savvy guy is me - except there's no decent income from doing it, becauseI don't usually charge them.
However, I have decided to change that - if they have to pay for my time then maybe, just maybe, they'll learn to be more careful in future.
One exception: I was offered payment once: an ex colleage rang me when his laprop had an infection. He said he was near my place, and could drop it in to fix it, and said he'd give me a tenner for my time, describing it as 'a nice cash in the hand job' - what a crying shame I was out, then, because I'm always looking to undervalue my time by such a ridiculous amount (not charging at all notwithstanding)
When I exhibit my wares in person, I like to have a little joke or two in the flyers etc, and I think that will fit the bill nicely for a new one. Using it on the web might be fun as well.
Re: Bode's law is really the result of gravity and time
Way back in the mists of time <cue strange swirly effect> I used Bode's Law for the coursework in a maths GCSE I took (for fun - already had an o level). I aimed to prove it by applying it to Jupiter's moons. There were a few anomalies (just as in the solar system itself), but it broadly fit.
(I think I then took the coursework in the direction of using Bode's Law to fill in some of the numbers in the Drake equation...)
I ought to try searching for the original document. I must have it still, somewhere.
" I'm always puzzled when people come out with this sort of thing. What exactly has Jessica Alba got that thousands of other women don't have?"
Nothing. He was probably just naming an attractive woman that a large umber of readers would recognise to illustrate the humourously intended point that bagging a gorgeous, but out of reach woman should be a higher priority to a teenage boy than getting a couple of shiny new toys. That if you're going to put your life at risk, there are better things to aim for as a reward.
Personally, I'd rather keep my organs - I'm rather attached to them. Badumtish!
" The number of porn sites on the internet is one of the closes approximations to infinity known to mathematics. Their rate of expansion is also astronomical."
"Yes, I'd like to register as over 18, please, so I can access pornographic websites. I'm an astronomer, you see, and I'm attempting to make a comparative study of the number of stars with the number of pornographic websites, as well as the rate of growth in terms of that number and the size of the Universe..."
" If you can mangle the spelling and grammar as well, that adds reasonable doubt over what you actually said, or meant. Some might argue that a large proportion of internet users have been doing this for years."
And there was me thinking the vast majority of internet users were just thick. The reality is that they're all clever bastards who saw this coming, and it was me being thick all along.
The village idiot - I think I might know him. And him. And him.
> After an hour of banal gibbering, he said: "What's your favourite car?"
> I replied: "I don't like cars."
> Undeterred, he insisted: "Yes, but if you did like cars, what would be your favourite?"
This does remind me of the sort of question I get from time to time, when asking about something where the answer depends on oh so many different factors. Probably the worst one was when I upgraded someone's hard drive, and they asked how many files the new drive would hold. Answer: "It depends what you put on it." Response: "But you're an expert, you must have some idea."
Re: The big problem is the "can't be cheaper elsewhere" clause
Yes, most of those titles are cheaper on Apple's store, but that's the point - the allegation is that Apple are mandating the same book* can't be cheaper elsewhere, not that it can't be more expensive elsewhere.
* I'd guess that means the same edition, which might (or might not) explain the one that's cheaper on Amazon in your list. Or there might be another explanation.
If they ever put any kind of covering on that one or a future version (wether it's skin like or just plastic) they really HAVE to make sure it looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
And give it his voice.
And get it knocking on people's doors and saying "Sarah Connor?" when they open it.
No, a custard is a customer or client who is... none too bright. One who asks for advice, then ignores it, then comes back to you to solve the problems they have as a result of ignoring your advice.
" I found it impossible to actually "contact" anyone at facebook."
That's useful, then - because I realised the other day that it's possible to work out someone's date of birth if they have timeline, even if it's set as private. The right thing for me to do would be to contact them to point it out and explain how.
Probably not, as such. I suspect by 'spam' they mean the bulk mails that people get as a result of buying online and not ticking the "shove your legal-spam up your shitty arse" box.
The real problem with mind control of PCs is that it'll bring us one step closer to mind control *by* PCs. Or by PCs controlled by someone else's mind. Tin foil hats will never have been so popular.
In that case, we hand Bieber over and say "You probably have the technology to clone him. Make as many copies as you like, provided you keep them. And the original."
Your fears are unfounded, I'd say - in fact, it looks like a win-win to me.
It is in fact the direct result of a nuclear exchange - with an unforseen side effect: it is moving back through time, because the exchange has yet to happen.
Refining it with 'Very' should do the job. The beauty of that is that it scales well: make it bigger again? Prefix the (new) name with 'Very' again. And again. And again...
It almost sounds like a feature that was obviously invented by Apple has been used in a competitor's device before Apple invented it. How can this possibly be? It's astounding!
Zuck & co know perfectly well that they can ignore the deafening screams of "WE HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK" because there are deafening screams of "WE HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK" every time the layout changes, and after a little while the users just forget everything's changed and carry on with it as usual - at least, until the next time things are moved around and there's a new round of deafening screams of "WE HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK".
The screams are about nothing more than resistance to change.
This, though, is different - and the chances are most of the plebs won't understand the implications and will just accept it as usual.
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Well, according to the first sentence of this article, which says "Apple’s iCloud service crashed for ninety minutes on Monday, US time" it seems that Overpuddlian time may indeed differ from hours - though how by much isn't made clear.
Perhaps you've worked it out. :)
I welcome our new Roman ove... oh wait, that already happened, didn't it?
Re: 10,000 000
" +1 "
So that's ten million and one, then. :p
Re: Sir
I think it's FF Enzo Black
In my defence for being such a sad git that I looked it up, I was hoping I could legitimately identify the font and then suitably pun its real name. I was wrong.
Re: Prince
Not until now, no - but now you've put the connection in my head!
"She wore a raspberry pi-i, and if it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more..."
I demand a PlayMobil mock up of what that might look like as an advertising campaign! ;)
Yet.
" Apple’s iCloud service crashed for ninety minutes on Monday, US time "
Do they have different length minutes in Overpuddle now, as well, then? :p
Re: Totally Honest
You get paid?
Re: As we used to say to suspected porkies when I were a lad.
"Itchy chin" hereabouts.
Sometimes scientists have personal axes to grind
I think you might have just invented a new euphemism.
Re: RISC OS wasn't first
I'm not aware of a RISC OS 1, and the first version of RISC OS released was RISC OS 2 - not too long after the Archimedes was brought out with Arthur.
I've always assumed, therefore, that (although it's never been said anywhere, AFAIK) Arthur was, in effect, RISC OS 1, but just wasn't called that at the time.
And having said that, even if my assumption was correct, it still might not have been the first: Wasn't there a ARM processor for the BBC using the tube interface? If so, what ran on that? (Or was it just an internal thing, when they were developing the ARM?)
See the term "super heated junk" in my head... ;)
You could always use the "Rate this article ..." gadget underneath the link for the comments.
(Disclaimer: The only time I ever do that is by accident, when reading on my tablet.)
The Lost City of Holby (Head for Atlantis, but turn right at the traffic lights).
I'm confused about where Holby City even is.
Casualty used to be filmed in Bristol, but set in the fictional Holby. As a result, Holby just happened to share a number of landmarks with Bristol, even having its very own Clifton Suspension Bridge. (My, Brunel was busy that week!). Now it's moved to Cardiff, and suddenly all of Holby's familiar landmarks have vanished, to be replaced by others.
Holby City, on the other hand, as far as I know isn't even filmed in Bristol to start with, except exterior shots, which are - or were. If they're still using Bristol, are the two shows not somewhat inconsistent now?
Re: A minor irritation with the numbers
I couldn't agree more.
What's worse is a combination of inconsistency and lack of labelling.
If the site doesn't say "Keep your filthy spaces off me, you damned dirty serf" I instinctively enter the spaces. And if I'm able to enter the full number with spaces (ie the field isn't limited to 16 characters), I'll carry on... and only find out they didn't want them when the transaction fails.
Because programming the system to automatically remove them is such a difficult task.
Or maybe some twat's gone and patented doing that, so everyone else has stopped doing it.
Re: Your phone, your tablet ...
> ... My PC.
Two on my desk. One sitting in a little box behind me somewhere. A few in the loft.
big beats
Am I the only one who did a double take at that, initially reading it as 'big breasts'?
Re: " ... the use of Dropbox as a delivery mechanism ..."
I wondered that. Perhaps it specifically looks for shated drop box folders and attaches itself to stuff in there?
Re: Hmm
" As usual, this type of scam best benefits small indy computer repair shops and IT savvy friends who can get a decent income in removing these types of malware."
In the case of my friends (and family) that IT savvy guy is me - except there's no decent income from doing it, becauseI don't usually charge them.
However, I have decided to change that - if they have to pay for my time then maybe, just maybe, they'll learn to be more careful in future.
One exception: I was offered payment once: an ex colleage rang me when his laprop had an infection. He said he was near my place, and could drop it in to fix it, and said he'd give me a tenner for my time, describing it as 'a nice cash in the hand job' - what a crying shame I was out, then, because I'm always looking to undervalue my time by such a ridiculous amount (not charging at all notwithstanding)
Re: Observations
Aren't those comments hostile to publishers (and Apple) rather than authors?
Re: "As seen on the Internet!"
You're right - me!
When I exhibit my wares in person, I like to have a little joke or two in the flyers etc, and I think that will fit the bill nicely for a new one. Using it on the web might be fun as well.
Re: Bode's law is really the result of gravity and time
Way back in the mists of time <cue strange swirly effect> I used Bode's Law for the coursework in a maths GCSE I took (for fun - already had an o level). I aimed to prove it by applying it to Jupiter's moons. There were a few anomalies (just as in the solar system itself), but it broadly fit.
(I think I then took the coursework in the direction of using Bode's Law to fill in some of the numbers in the Drake equation...)
I ought to try searching for the original document. I must have it still, somewhere.
Re: Anonymous
Wow, that's an almost spooky coincidence, because for me it's: my friend always looks the same.
Re: I don't get it
" I'm always puzzled when people come out with this sort of thing. What exactly has Jessica Alba got that thousands of other women don't have?"
Nothing. He was probably just naming an attractive woman that a large umber of readers would recognise to illustrate the humourously intended point that bagging a gorgeous, but out of reach woman should be a higher priority to a teenage boy than getting a couple of shiny new toys. That if you're going to put your life at risk, there are better things to aim for as a reward.
Personally, I'd rather keep my organs - I'm rather attached to them. Badumtish!
Re: So hows this going to work then?
" The number of porn sites on the internet is one of the closes approximations to infinity known to mathematics. Their rate of expansion is also astronomical."
"Yes, I'd like to register as over 18, please, so I can access pornographic websites. I'm an astronomer, you see, and I'm attempting to make a comparative study of the number of stars with the number of pornographic websites, as well as the rate of growth in terms of that number and the size of the Universe..."
Re: Yeah, I know...
" Seriously, does no one remember that old chestnut about stick and stones, or am I just showing my age?"
Do you mean the one that goes, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can cut much deeper," by any chance? :p
Re: Loophole
" If you can mangle the spelling and grammar as well, that adds reasonable doubt over what you actually said, or meant. Some might argue that a large proportion of internet users have been doing this for years."
And there was me thinking the vast majority of internet users were just thick. The reality is that they're all clever bastards who saw this coming, and it was me being thick all along.
Re: Who's better, Who's best
You appear to have made a typo. Clearly V1 should read V2.
Re: The village idiot - I think I might know him. And him. And him.
"One, if it's big enough."
Ha, yeah, I like that. I'll give it as an answer if I'm ever asked that again. :)
Re: Correction
"Where's the iPad killer?"
I have a good, solid sledge hammer here, if you have an iPad that needs to be killed.
I'll even waive my usual fee.
The village idiot - I think I might know him. And him. And him.
> After an hour of banal gibbering, he said: "What's your favourite car?"
> I replied: "I don't like cars."
> Undeterred, he insisted: "Yes, but if you did like cars, what would be your favourite?"
This does remind me of the sort of question I get from time to time, when asking about something where the answer depends on oh so many different factors. Probably the worst one was when I upgraded someone's hard drive, and they asked how many files the new drive would hold. Answer: "It depends what you put on it." Response: "But you're an expert, you must have some idea."
Re: The big problem is the "can't be cheaper elsewhere" clause
Yes, most of those titles are cheaper on Apple's store, but that's the point - the allegation is that Apple are mandating the same book* can't be cheaper elsewhere, not that it can't be more expensive elsewhere.
* I'd guess that means the same edition, which might (or might not) explain the one that's cheaper on Amazon in your list. Or there might be another explanation.
Re: You think that was bad? It gets worse...
If they ever put any kind of covering on that one or a future version (wether it's skin like or just plastic) they really HAVE to make sure it looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
And give it his voice.
And get it knocking on people's doors and saying "Sarah Connor?" when they open it.
Re: You think that was bad?
Umm... I actually felt a bit sorry for it when the guy kicked it.
Re: If ICANN are so concerned...
A GUN licence? "You will use our libraries or we will shoot you in the head." :p
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No, a custard is a customer or client who is... none too bright. One who asks for advice, then ignores it, then comes back to you to solve the problems they have as a result of ignoring your advice.
Re: Re: "a Reg reader contacted us via our Twitter account to complain"
I like "Fatter+" as a generic term for social media sites - derived from Facebook, Twitter & Google+
Optional
'Looking for a personal injury lawyer?'
*crash*
Well I wasn't until your advert distracted me...
Optional
" I found it impossible to actually "contact" anyone at facebook."
That's useful, then - because I realised the other day that it's possible to work out someone's date of birth if they have timeline, even if it's set as private. The right thing for me to do would be to contact them to point it out and explain how.
Optional
Probably not, as such. I suspect by 'spam' they mean the bulk mails that people get as a result of buying online and not ticking the "shove your legal-spam up your shitty arse" box.
Optional
The real problem with mind control of PCs is that it'll bring us one step closer to mind control *by* PCs. Or by PCs controlled by someone else's mind. Tin foil hats will never have been so popular.
Optional
In that case, we hand Bieber over and say "You probably have the technology to clone him. Make as many copies as you like, provided you keep them. And the original."
Your fears are unfounded, I'd say - in fact, it looks like a win-win to me.
"There should be a proper standard for blood alcohol levels (suggestions anyone?)"
There's a suggestion in the article: Shots of whiskey per litre of blood. That looks like a perfectly reasonable measurement standard.
Optional
It is in fact the direct result of a nuclear exchange - with an unforseen side effect: it is moving back through time, because the exchange has yet to happen.
Optional
Refining it with 'Very' should do the job. The beauty of that is that it scales well: make it bigger again? Prefix the (new) name with 'Very' again. And again. And again...
Optional
It almost sounds like a feature that was obviously invented by Apple has been used in a competitor's device before Apple invented it. How can this possibly be? It's astounding!
Optional
"Want to make a purchase? Get a lawyer to check that what you're buying doesn't infringe some patent somewhere"
Sorry, no, you can't do that. I've patented it.
Letters, digits.
Zuck & co know perfectly well that they can ignore the deafening screams of "WE HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK" because there are deafening screams of "WE HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK" every time the layout changes, and after a little while the users just forget everything's changed and carry on with it as usual - at least, until the next time things are moved around and there's a new round of deafening screams of "WE HATE THE NEW FACEBOOK".
The screams are about nothing more than resistance to change.
This, though, is different - and the chances are most of the plebs won't understand the implications and will just accept it as usual.
Letters, digits.
Quite.
And if only people I know would heed my warnings about such things, rather than come begging to me afterwards to fix their computers.
Letters, digits.
"Can we expect to see Mr Geesung Choi wearing a mock turtleneck sweater for his next keynote speech?"
He should, just for the urine extracting entertainment value.
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