Recent content by Mr Milquetoast

Urg, no thanks. I bought an LG a while back and found their "enhancement features" couldn't be turned off, even though they completely butchered the image. LG's customer service were useless and in the end I threw the thing to the dump. It was completely worthless. I'm hoping somebody else...

I play Quakeworld dm4 duels almost every day, though it's only against the bots because you can't find people to play against. The game is still unmatched and nothing has come close to the experience it delivers. I've been considering playing the new Doom when it comes out, so recently I've...

There really is very little point in most applications being 64bit. People think 64bit is better because it's more than 32bit, but the only significant difference is that 64bit applications can address more memory. For most applications that makes no difference since most applications don't...

The western world is rapidly becoming like a fascist state, with controls on what we can think and what we can say, with mass surveillance programmes to make sure we're not thinking or saying the wrong things, and with social engineering programmes to manipulate the make-up of society. What's...

Remember with QTest and Q3Test anyone could download it and play it and anyone could run a server. Now you have to pre-order Wolfenstein just for a chance of playing the alpha. Oh well, Doom will probably be crap anyway.

You should rename yourself to CreepyBigBrother. I suppose you think all houses should have cameras and microphones fitted, which (to take your phrase) "should be globally visible to governments and law enforcement agencies for taxation purposes and for investigation of various criminal acts"...

Transgender-inclusive health care benefits? What... No wait, I don't want to know.

I'd take a six hour day even if it meant a 20% pay cut. I've been looking around for jobs that offer shorter hours, but all programming jobs are full-time (8+ hours per day). The only jobs that offer part-time work tend to be the lower paid jobs (admin, shop work, etc), and that would be one...

Important facts: - The "fan" throwing the party is actually a commercial event organiser. - He was charging $2 for entry. - He intended to have a bar in the party selling Pokemon themed shots. This sounds like a for profit venture with his intention being to cover his costs with the entry fee...

Windows Update has become completely untrustworthy. It used to be for security updates, but now they're sending all sorts of spyware and adware. For example, the Windows 10 spyware (keylogging etc) was rolled out to Windows 7 and 8 in the form of these updates: KB3068708 KB3022345...

You're comparing 24, 27 and 32inch monitors. You've thrown a third factor into the debate, which is size. To say that a 27inch monitor gives more real estate than a 24inch monitor is a statement of the bleedin' obvious, and entirely misses the point. Firstly, buying a much larger monitor...

It seems that Intel would rather spend their money on social engineering than on science. I wouldn't considering buying an Intel product these days. I'm waiting for AMD's Zen and will buy one even if it's inferior to Intel's offerings.

Aspect ration is still important regardless of resolution. For example, if you have a 24inch 1080p monitor and you upgrade to a 24inch 4K monitor you're not going to be able to view any extra information on the 4K monitor even though you have double the vertical resolution. If you displayed...

Whether they were looking to cheat on their parter is irrelevant. They should be treated the exact same way as anyone else who has had their information leaked. Putting aside whose data has been leaked, the fact still remains that hosting firms should not be held responsible for the data...

I think the new logo is representative of where computing is headed these days. Everything is being dumbed down for the lowest common denominator, and software is being stripped of power and customisability. Windows, MS Office, iOS, Android, Firefox, Chrome, Sparten and everything else is...