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Syren Baran
Joke

It´s not yet finished

so dont bash it yet.

In the final version all the icons will be inside <blink> tags!

Syren Baran
Linux

So many tools

One definately worth looking at is nagios. Know where and when there is a problem.

Need to know more about a command or related commands? Use "man" and "apropos".

Definately learn shell scripting (usually thats bash nowadays). Thats for repeating tasks and cron jobs.

Netcat and openssl are invaluable tools for debugging servers (unencrypted/encrypted respectivly).

Log files, log files, log files. Yes, they are an invaluable tool for finding errors.

While we are at that, grep. Grep is your friend.

Lots more, but those are just the first important things that came to my mind.

Syren Baran
WTF?

The other numbers are even funnier

If 32%=200M then obviously 12% equals 75M and 8% equals 50M.

Or in other words, allegedly there are 75M iPads used at work. That seems very high for a consumer consumption device.

And what the fuck are those 50M non-iPad/Android/Windows tablets used at work? Puleaze, we want to know which trend the whole IT-news sites missed.

Syren Baran
Thumb Down

Re: So...

"Does this mean that any minor changes to the hardware, even more than now, will completely stop your version of windows working?"

Fijutsu-Siemens used to do the same locking down already with Windows XP.

The windows serial key was tied to their mainboards. In other words, if the mainboard broke down you needed a new windows license, also no way to activate the key on any different box. Sounds very similiar, i assume it´s a move to screw the used-license market.

Syren Baran
Devil

Oh, now this is getting interesting

Time for popcorn i guess.

Fruity, totalitarian dictatorship vs communist regime. Be carefull China, Apple might sue away the Great Wall, they have prior art with walled garden systems after all.

Syren Baran
Coat

"no man might buy or sell, save he that had the _mark_"

Gees. He´s interpreting that wrong.

Germany´s gonna leave the Euro-zone and return to their old currency. Shortly thereafter it will be the only currency still worth anything. Then you will obviously need the "Deutsche _Mark_" to buy anything.

Syren Baran
FAIL

What a bloody stupid question

Arguing about the price of the digital distribution is ignoring the most relevant part of the cost.

You need around 500£ to get the reader. Most people have no use for a pad. And getting a pad solely for newspapers is about as dumb as it gets. It weighs more, it requires electricity. You can´t throw it away after reading. You gotta carry it around all day. Newspapers don´t crash or create weird technical problems the average user does´nt understand.

Once you got such a device comparing digital vs. paper makes sense. Getting a pad for the sole reason of reading newspaper makes no sense.

Syren Baran
Mushroom

What does that remind me of?

Ah, now i remember him.

http://bit.ly/p6cMEP

Syren Baran
Coat

"At the end of the day, the customer is in control of their PC"

So this implies ... a couple of hours of hacking to remove the mark of the beast?

Syren Baran
Boffin

Not a good idea

"Eg: malware checks for a plist or a registry setting and wont run if its there. Then just put it there even though it does nothing.

would that work? should i patent that?"

Not a good idea. Quite a few desktop applications, games in special, will also wont run in such a case. Debuggers and VM´ s look a lot alike (nothing to do with registry etc.., this about low level hooks and interrupts), and some people just don´t like their software dissected for different reasons.

Syren Baran
Joke

@RIP

Well, probably he just couldn't resist testing the new Apple devices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRoGhu5I5Cg

Syren Baran
Linux

@bean520

"Syren, whether FAT32 is used on the servers is neither here or there. The fact is the infringing code is still in their version of the kernel."

Last i checked it's not in the Red-Hat kernel (and i seriously doubt it's compiled into IBM's versions). And those FAT32-patents seem to be pretty much the only thing MS has against Linux (bullocks those patents may be, but they havent been invalidated yet).

"Linux-Because im using it as we speak"

That crappy OS (or kernel, depending on definition)?

Gees, only runs on rubbish. Like my computer. Or my servers. DSL-router. Hmm, and the TV. And the tablet as well (no, NOT Android)..

Syren Baran
WTF?

@El Reg

"Kerry's comments imply Google wants rather a lot of cash for the rights to Android Market"

Did you send a mail to Google requesting more information on that topic? If thats true the new slogan for Android should be:

Android, the free and open OS*

*fees and restrictions apply where possible

Syren Baran
Holmes

How could they?

"They don't go after anyone that they think will challenge them: not Red Hat, not IBM, not Google, etc..."

You think people use FAT32 on servers?

Syren Baran
Boffin

I'm no patent laywer ...

"The key to all this is the requirement that patents that are essential to standards like UMTS and WiFi must be offered under FaiR And Reasonable Terms..."

... but i think the keyword in that sentence is "essential".

You know, patent titles such as "Turbo encoding/decoding device ..." or "Apparatus and method .. for reducing Peak-To-Average Power Ratio ..." don't really sound essential, just bloody useful.

So Apple might actually evade those patents by crippling performance and battery life. Not a bad deal, considering they can keep the rounded corners, no?

Syren Baran
Coat

You are holding, aeh, using it wrong

You gotta connect this RJ-45 cable before making a call.

Syren Baran
WTF?

Not only that

"Research that compared Opera 9 on the desktop (from 2006), and didn't even mention Opera Mobile."

The data from from the linked PC-World article also claims Safari is the fastest desktop browser.

I'll take that with a grain of salt. And comparing iPad to Android? How do you compare software with a device? Did they use a cheap China-Tab? Who knows.

Data from AndanTech [1], comparing the Xoom with the iPad, sure paints a different picture ...

[1] http://www.anandtech.com/show/4191/motorola-xoom-review-first-honeycomb-tablet-arrives/6

Syren Baran
Headmaster

Lost in translation

More like "Social technology ratfinks an their like buttons."

Gees, even simple words can have so many meanings.

like (comparision) = wie (as in original title)

(to) like (verb) = mögen

gefallen (past tense) = fell

Gefallen (noun) = liking, favour

gefallen (adj.) = fallen

And thats just scratching the surface, look at

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=gefallen

and

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=like

if you want to get really confused.

Syren Baran
FAIL

Fork?

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

--signed Unix

Syren Baran
Holmes

Err, actually

"It's just Apple isn't after the others yet ..."

they are. Apple also got a temporary injunction against some small, practically unknown, reseller called Jay-Tech. They sold some cheapo 7-inch 2.x Android tablets.

Anyone still arguing that Apple is going after Samsung because the devices look too similar has to be barmy. Or blind. Or whatever. Unless, of course, the typical Apple-customer can't tell the difference between devices of completely different sizes and materials.

Syren Baran
Holmes

Weird as it sounds

There might actually be some kind of master plan behind this foolish behavior.

Given the recent patent craze the Palm patents might actually be worth more than Nortels, maybe something like 4 billion.

Add an installed base of a couple o million devices, enough to attract a fair amount of developers.

Suddenly the the investment of 1.2 billion for Palm, plus a couple of hundred million for market share, could easily quadrouble.

Syren Baran
Thumb Down

Holy FAD, buttman!

Or something close enough.

Claiming a highly dubious theory about the termination clause to be fact.

Calling a couple of unheard chinese manufacturers "most android vendors".

Geez.

Nice as GPL3 might be, its hardly the cure for a problem that doesnt even exist.

Syren Baran
Thumb Down

What exactly?

"H/W wise it may SEEM faster, but you whacked the nail on the head when you mentioned midlets. So it is actually much slower."

What do you mean with "seems faster"? The cpu IS faster. Period.

Android only got a JIT in 2.2 while j2me is hardware-accelerated on whole bunch of ARMS. So yes, pretty fast.

If you want to complain about the device try something like the lack of multi-tasking for 3rd party apps, thats a real bummer, worse than even iOS in this respect.

Syren Baran
WTF?

Less slick?

Dunno, the Wave 2 sure beats the shit out the 3GS, and costs less than half the amount. Even with a 32GB MicroSD.

The closed store sucks, but at least J2ME-midlets can installed from every store.

Syren Baran
Boffin

Re: Hmmm

"but we now have a pure software patent running wild in Europe - sad times."

Hmm, you got a good point there. Then how come the patent was'nt invalidated?

As a developer, i could write an application (e.g. for a web-site in Javascript) that behaves identically, and have no possibility of knowing wether a mouse (with pressed button) or a touchscreen was used to generate the motion.

That got to be joke, just the possibility of getting sued, if, and only if, someone visits a site with a touch thingy (unless that person uses a BT-mouse).

Syren Baran
Mushroom

Dont jest about the germans too much

The "Einstweilige Verfügung" (temporary injunction) is an unbeurocratic tool to preserve ones rights, e.g. if someone would import something like the "hiPhone5" Apple could have gotten a quick legal injunction.

Misusing this measure can have more than trivial consequences.

If the court declares this this evidence faked the Steve himself could face 1-10 years in prision according to §269 StGB (faking evidence).

Syren Baran
Devil

Google spells Apple doom?

Nah, Apples lawyers seem to be doing that nicely.

Faking evidence in court is'nt a trivial accusation, and that seems to be the case.

http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107599/apple-levert-onjuist-bewijs-in-zaak-tegen-samsung.html

Syren Baran
FAIL

It gets even funnier

Apple filed the case in the wrong court.

Landesgericht Düsseldorf is not allowed to pass an EU-wide sales ban, only Handelsgericht Alicante is within its rights to do so.

Translate http://www.smartdroid.de/2011/08/apple-reichte-klage-am-falschen-gericht-ein-lg-dusseldorf-ist-nicht-befugt-ein-eu-verkaufsstop-anzuordnen/ for more information.

Syren Baran
Boffin

Changing time

equals leet haxor nowadays?

How times have changed.

Convert HP to hex. Search for offsets. Drink HP Portion. Convert to hex again. Look for value at previous offset. Must be arcane magic by those standards. And probably the only way to find Excalibur in Bane of the Cosmic Forge.

Syren Baran
Go

Let's hope

this is more lucrative than sending spam.

With a bit of luck spam will cease the internet will live happily ever after.

Syren Baran
Devil

30% cut for owning the plattform?

So i'll assume MS is looking for ways to monetize iTunes on Windows anytime now ...

Syren Baran
Coat

"Likewise, graphics-heavy gaming is out of the question"

Angry Birds is graphics heavy?

A 500+Mhz CPU with 256MB cant handle a puny 2D-game@320x240?

Time fire fire up that 'ol 33Mhz 486 with 4MB RAM and play some lowly-graphics DOOM ...

Syren Baran
Linux

Done already

> They are powerful enough to run compilers and development environments. (which is what I do..)

NetBeans, Qt SDK, gcc good enough?

> You can develop apps for them in c++.

Qt, GTK (ok, thats C, not C++), SDL ...

>You can work with the onscreen keyboard, but plug in a usb keyboard for when you want to do some real work.

Yupp, or a mouse, or pretty much anything supported by Linux.

>Probably you can do one or more of those already.

While it does have some minor quirks, the Atom-N450 Meego based WeTab does all that.

Bloody cheap as well, less than 250€ for 16GB model, less than 350€ for the 32GB 3G model.

Syren Baran
Thumb Down

Not again

Sure, modern smartphones have high end CPUs and GPUs, and will have more powerfull chips than current gen consoles in the near future, just as they have more crunch than last gen consoles now.

One slight problem, though. The mouse might fit in my pocket, but neither the keyboard nor a 30" screen will. Ego shooter on a smartphone or tablet? Come on, even joypads are sub par.

Syren Baran
Joke

I can see the future

"So, Apple is not just cutting prices. It's offering advertisers perks that even developers can't get."

No, i don't really want to play this lousy game, i'm waiting for the terrific ads!

Syren Baran
Boffin

Re: Looks like

> So it looks like a ProofPoint MLX, plugged into F-Secure for AV, and doing its own antispam. The guy had a reject message with "spamscore=11".

Well, how do you even get to that high a spam score?

I just send myself the following mail to check SpamAssasin:

"Watch new videos, showing Osama bin Laden under the influence of viagra commiting terroristic acts with Lady Gaga.

Watch the video and win millions of $$$$ by replying to whatthefuck@some-impossible-mail-adresZsss.biz !"

It was marked as _possible_ spam for the following reason (and still delivered, mind you):

" pts rule name description

2.2 DRUGS_ERECTILE Refers to an erectile drug"

Syren Baran
Joke

Re: Sp?

> "routed" (subhead), "censor", "practised" (but only if you're British)

Thats deliberate.

It was the only way to avoid Apple's web sensoring technology.

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Syren Baran
Stop

Call me old-fashioned

but i prefer a simple ftp-server, thank you very much.

Still, any non-US based cloud-services out there?

Only thing that comes to mind is Ubuntu One, any others?

Syren Baran
Boffin

Ah, the OS/2 comparision

Was wondering when someone would bring that up.

Died of lack of support, lack of apps.

Well, there is a major difference, two actually.

1.) Distribution of software.

Back in the 'ol days you swapped disks. Only kid on the block with a weird system? Yeah, pretty screwed.

Nowadays you download apps, a dime a dozen. Samsung doesnt seem to have any plans to ditch Bada. Niche systems have a better chance of survival in a connected world.

2.) Developers.

No one in their right mind would invest time to learn to develop for a phone which may well be last of its kind. What do they use? Something weird called Qt, not worth learning.

Not worth being to compile for Symbian, another dying plattform, no promise to support that beyond 2016 from Nokia.

WebOS? Hmm, come on, just a couple of devices as well and the Android port of Qt is far from finished.

Ubuntu or other Linux systems? Come on, those freetards wouldnt spend any money on software anyway.

Windows or OSX? Seriously, you havent noticed we're in the "post-PC"-era yet?

Syren Baran
Go

Burning plattform?

If MeeGo is on par with the hardware, this might be pretty awesome.

Will we get a review any time soon?

Syren Baran
Joke

Wonder how the recruits will be drilled...

"Mueller! You are late. Az punishment you shall compile the linux kernel twenty times!"

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Syren Baran
Linux

Boot loader locked?

Or is it possible to install a proper Linux on that thingie?

Sure looks like a nice piece of kit.

Syren Baran
WTF?

Android handsets?

Thought Apple was the only one without cross-licensing agreements ...

Syren Baran
Devil

Too late to file a patent?

For "method and apparatus for syncing an iOS device with an iTunes library without user interaction"?

The guy obviously has the prior art. No idea about the maximum time between invention and patent filing. Might make for a neat lil' gold mine ...

Syren Baran
Headmaster

Mizintepretation of data

Germany iz nummero uno on ze list.

For ze list of most funny nations we would have zent FunnyBot and been nummero uno AGAIN.

Harr, harr, take zat!

Syren Baran
Holmes

@Micky, Let me rephrase that for you

Whilst I don't agree at all that the EU can block devices purely on the grounds that they want to enforce laws on competitive behavior, it's their jurisdiction, for their people. It's not as if people outside the EU can be affected, by this device not being available, so the only jurisdiction that the EU has is within their borders ...surely that's pretty fair?

Syren Baran
WTF?

Bloody stupid patent

So, if the browser in an "app", every browser vendor and web-shop owes those twits money?

Nuke em from orbit, only way to be sure.

Syren Baran
Go

Push netbooks?

Or tablets instead?

Strangely enough Atom-based tablets, e.g. WeTab, are actually cheaper than all but the flimsiest ARM-tablets.

And Googles changing interpretation of "open source" just makes MeeGo look increasingly better.

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