Posts by Khaptain
905 posts • joined Sunday 4th May 2008 07:29 GMT
Badboy question
Is it technically possible to prohibit "Google + Services" from the Interwebs ? and I don't just mean at the local Firewall level.
Google have an emormous monopoly, the money to do as they please and far too much power.... Are any of the goverments really capable of "banning" them in order to punish them for their Badboy attitudes ?
It's actually becoming difficult to imagine the web without Google.
Re: That .sh domain should be good for something
Wow, is that an anagram of Rib.Shit
This christmas I got sweet f*** all
Guess what I survived ¨¨¨¨
I didn't give or receive presents, instead I went on holiday. Best Christmas I have ever had.
Re: My karma just ran over my dogma
<quote>What is your problem, have you been forced to believe in every word in the (will not use that word) Bible by some bully. If so, welcome into the world of those who are cured and not deeply injured.</quote>
Lol, quite the opposite actually, I have been fortunate enough to having lived and worked in several different countries with several different religious groups.
I have no religious beliefs other than that of beleiving in oneself.( not a religion more of a survival thing really - could be a little akin to Budhism though). In each of the countries in which I lived I was the "outsider", and as such I have no more sympathy for those of the Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Orthodox or Mormon faiths. ( I havent had the opportunity to visit India, China or Japan yet so I cant comment on Hindus,Taoist or Maoist) .
I discovered quite quickly the patterns and arguements that each of these faiths shared and hold and realised that none of them held any more truth, reason or validity than any of the others. It always felt as though the people were simply regurgitating someone elses words, there was always a common element though, they did believe in the need to believe that God exists.
The reasons for needing a God ( or religion) always appear to be for the wrong reasons, I have yet to hear a valid argument other than the usual "apologies". I speak/read several languages, English, French, Hebrew and a few words or Arabic, and can therefore eliminate interpretation as a problem in my understanding.
If I appear, to you, to have a problem then I will put that down as a lack of understanding on your behalf.
Re: My karma just ran over my dogma
@AC 19:41
What pisses me of are the lies and deceipt that are employed in order that those in power can remain in power.
Any man that truly needs to believe in something will find no less truth in a single grain of sand than he will in a Bible, he just hasn't been taught to think that way.
Re: My karma just ran over my dogma
Transitioning from Religion to Communism would be extraneous as they share some common points
* It requires faith to beleive that either holds any true advantage.
* Both require the adherence to dogma which have been predesignated by others.
* Personal thought or critiscm is usually punishable.
* You give up your rights for those that are "required" in order that the regime succeed....
* Only the governing bodies can determine the path forward.
I woud rather advocate "critical thinking" where each man is taught how to think for himself rather than be spoonfed the "common ideas".
Ayn Rand was probably closer to the ideal than Lenin or Mao.
To quote one of the worlds grand masters Mr Frank zappa
"Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff"
And another I like about religion ( George Bernard Shaw)
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
Re: My karma just ran over my dogma
<quote>Faith does not have to be taught nor does it need to be indoctrinated.</quote>
If such were the case, the the Bible ( Catholic and protestant), Torah, Mormon book thing and other religious writing would never need to have existed. Churches and church leaders would also have no point in existing.
I do agree with the comment "hijacked, raped and pillaged by individuals and organisations " but I also believe that it was they who created religion in the first place. They are, afterall, the same indivuduals that operate using any means of control.
Modern day religions only date back a few thousand years. ( were the older religions wrong) Before them there were other religions and beliefs and no doubt tommorrow new ones will come to light. Religion is progressive in it's nature because controlling "La Peuple" required constat effort and new ideas upon which they can be "gathered" up and herded.
Can "Faith" exist without indoctrination ( I don't think so - )
Oxford Dictionary - Faith:
1 : Complete trust or confidence in someone or something: this restores one’s faith in politicians
2 : strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof:
Oxford Dictionary - Dogma:
1 : A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true:
Re: My karma just ran over my dogma
@ac 12:15
No, not create another religion but simply to educate people to think for themselves.. We will never completely remove "ignorance" but we can reduce it.
Religion requires people to have "faith". Faith could easilly be considerd as being the opposite of knowledge, it is the blind belief in what the holy "men" teach - "The concept of God " requires that man remains ignorant.
Men that are educated do not need "faith" because they have something much more powerfull, they have knowledge.
Re: My karma just ran over my dogma
The problem with eliminating religion:
What do you replace it with ? Religion is inherently all about mind and behavior "control".
Because of "fear" of the unknown man will accept to believe in anything that "promises" to eliminate this fear, hence the rise of religion. BUT religion was what put most of that fear there in the first place.........Thou shall go to hell etc.....
Catch 22 all round , man in general refuses rational thought and prefers the premashed religious offering... pathetic really
Re: Madra
A little bit of Google would have saved a bit of embarrasement.
The Delta between what you think you know and what you actually know is probably much larger than what you might care to believe .
IT is not the solution.
Unless we are are talking about digital business I cant for the life of me see how IT will ever bring solutions. Business itself has to bring the solution to the table, IT should only be one of the technical parts of the solution.
Too many business believe that IT is the silver bullet when in fact it is nothing more than one part of a very large puzzle.
Re: @x
Je suis toujours decu par les gens intelligents qui ne reconaisse plus leur propre ignorance.
Khaptain signing off.
Re: Khaptain
I am not too sure if I understand the question correctly.
But yes I agree tech writers should write about what they know, usually Trevor does exactlly that but it the style in which it is done that I cannot agree with. As an example
Example 1:
I do not offer my clients the same standard white paper solutions that the other consultants offer. My solutions are tailored to the clients needs, I talk to my clients, this is how my company works. I show the clients that my solution is what they need.
Example 2:
One possible solution could entail discussing with the client their particular budget requirements and or conditions that might require the usage of non standard solutions. Where this is necassary solutions exist which although non standard would actually meet the clients needs without overburdening their budget. One such case would bas follows....
Obviously I have exagerated the first example but it is typical of Trevors style, it is all about Trevor and Trevors company and Trevors solution and why Trevor is so much more clever than the other consultants. The second example, again exagerated, would provide the same information but from a neutral view point.
If you run through Trevors longer articles you will understand what I mean. He obviously has a lot of knowledge and experience in his field but always presents it in a very self orientated manner. There is far too much usage of "I", "mine", "me" ..
Good technical writing, in my personal opinion, should not include so much me, me, me. A little is OK but it should never go overboard.
Re: I just cant agree
I do not doubt your capacity nor your competence, I honestly believe that you do find solutions for your clients.
What I do not adhere to though is your style of presentation, it is the opposite of modest.
Each of us can blow our own trumpets about solutions that we have implemented that stray a little from the standard but we are simply doing our job.
I really don't understand your arguements about whitepaper solutions, quite often they are all that the client wants or needs.
By offering your client more "exotic" solutions you are actually putting the into a difficult situation because you then become the SPOF. If you are not available then the client would have difficulty in finding someone else that knows, understands and masters the solution. This in itself presents a large risk most notably for small companies.
When I read your articles they sound as much as a sales pitch as anything else, as I have mentioned they do not sound objective. Try going back and reading some of your longer articles you will understand what I mean. This is objective critiscm not personal insult.
Obviously you will only see what you want to see in your own words but try giving a copy of your articles, name removed, and listen to the feedback.
By critising your own work you can only improve. No one cares how good Trevor is but everyone does enjoy reading interesting articles. If you remove the self glory from your writing it would come across much more professionally and would be become much more palatable.
These are my personal thoughts and critisicms, if you prefer not to be critisized just say the word and I will remove all and any of my posts.
Cheer up Trevor, its only El Reg.
Sorry for the spelling, I only have my Galaxy Note today and navigation on longer articles is a pain.
I just cant agree
Trevor is one of those El Reg writers with whom I personally can seldom concur. As a consultant he is seldomly objective and usually full of himself.
But I still continue to read his articles, go figure.
Merry Christmas to all commentards and also to Trevor ... ...... ......
Dead Steve Jobs
Is there also an "Alive" Steve Jobs.
Posted in Do users have enough power?
What users dont realise
Giving users more power is like Mercedes or BMW supplying you with a spanner, no user guide and telling you to service the car yourself.
Most users wouldn't even be able to get the engine covers open. For those that did they would then say, shit this not quite as easy as it looks. Those that did bravely use the spanner would quickly destroy the engine.
Those same users would then turn round and complain that Mercedes, BMW produce shit cars.
I wonder if those same users also want to manage the accounting themselves, or the security, or to go out and get new contracts whilst explaining to the client that the IT department is in tatters since they are now managing it for themselves.
Users wanting more power is nothing but ignorance on their own behalf. Many users appear to be in the belief that running an IT department/servcie is the equivalant of installing their own home computer. How f****ing wrong they are..
Posted in Take a number, says new social network
What's most surprising
Where do these users pop up from.. Is there really an endless number of park benches under which hide these people until such times as "another" social media website opens up ?
Why is there such a large percentage of people with this same requirement. What the fuck went wrong with society....????
Is this the beginning of new Religion ? It's even scarier than the old ones.......
10,000 Indian government and military emails hacked .
10,000 Indian government and military emails were not HACKED. This is just shitty journalism.
There was probably ONE server hacked and that server contains "maybe" the possibilty to change the passwords or read email accounts.
Hacking ONE server really is not the same thing as hacking 10000 email accounts.
Ans no this is not a question of symantics.......
Big Bang
The world in fact did end and we went through the equivalant of a Big Bang this morning at 07:00 ( GMT +1).
It was a rather non exciting event and the Univeral Counsel has advised us to continue as normal. Apparently he also sent out a PPT which list intructions on how to behave during the next Big Bang.
The Phrase "The End of the World is Nigh" was actually a misconception. What the origianl auther really meant to say was "The End of the World is a NightClub in Thornsbury" but apparetly he had had one too many Mai Tais and didn't actually manage to finish his phrase.
Existential question
Is anything every truly constant ?
Nature has an infinite number of these spectaular creations that never fail to amaze.
Astronomy and deep space research are difficult to grasp or to understand because they are a little "abstract" but here we have something tangible, in your very own back yard if you like,which can be marvelled upon for a lifetime...
The quantity of information held within atoms/molecules/proteins/genes is just unbelievable.
Re: Argh..
That might actually prove to be very popular with the S/M crowd.....
Carefull
Bring on Candid Camera when they have a secondary controller.
Consumer payback
When found guilty of price fixing what does the law provide in order to ensure that the consumer can recover his losses ?
Very thin line
I wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of a court case where the definition of "Satire" or "Sarcasm" was what held the decision between Guilty and Innocent.
What I perceive as Satire or Sarcasm might be perceived as others as a downright attack. We don't all share a common base in respects to abstract ideas.
Ok, the obvious solution is not to write anything Satirical or Sarcastic but then that would remove a lot of the interest. Can you imagine El Reg without either.....
Posted in McDonalds fried for serving spam
Re: Bad Parenting and Corporate Greed
The coffee is the one element that they don't produce themselves.
In France and in Switzerland, the coffee is usually supplied/provided/sponsored by one the larger brands, Jacques Favres etc....... So it at least should remain "potable".
Posted in Ten... tech stocking stuffers
I thought it was going to be serious
Ha ha ha ,
Bob Dormon picked 10 completely random tech items, which probably have a decent kickback, threw them onto a webpage and gave the page a title.
A Spyder4 screen calibration tool for photographers........had me rolling about the office floor
A Dlink routeur .................... had the rest of the office rolling about the floor
An Aston Martin mouse ......... we had people coming in from the street to see why everyone had tears in their eyes whilst flailing about wildly on the office floor and they too joined in....
It's wednesday and Bob must have some serious problems coming up with anything original, so we got this............
ha ha ha.
I'm still wiping away the tears as I write
Posted in McDonalds fried for serving spam
Bad Parenting and Corporate Greed
Why is MacDonalds advertising legal in the first place. Cigarettes and Alcohol are already banned why is MacDo not in the same categorie.
Obesity is already high up on the "Die young through heart disease", " Diabetes nightmare", "*Colestoral croaking" list .
The trap : Macdonalds is eaten as a snack but it contains as many, or more , calories than a full meal. It doesn't satisfy the appettite for more than an hour and the quantities of sugar create a buzz / withdrawal
symptom ( addiction).
Bad Parenting - some parents are lazy and employ the MacDo method. It avoids them from having to face the responsability of being a parent. Parenting is as much about "teaching" as it is about anything else.
Corporate Greed - MacDonalds have always geared their corporate strategy towards the easilly manipulated - the children.. ( same principals as religion)
PS : Most fast foods can fit into the same category - although not all.
Posted in AFACT wants ushers to confront pirates
Corporate greed
Why is there no law against "Corporate Greed" which is probably 99% of the real problem.
Re: can somebody please explain to me what is worth a billion dollars about this
Because someone told the sheep that the grass was sweet in the adjoining field.
The hidden agenda
Datamining works on employees as much as on anything else.
Re: Entrusting your photos to Instagram
No it's worse than that.
It's like GIVING the familly jewels to someone you hardly know, that lives somewhere else and considers that the jewels now belong to them.
Impunity - Complete Impunity
We are supposed to live in a democratic and freeworld, well I say bollocks.
These bastards move about their business with almost complete impunity. This is a company that deals in Billions of dollars ( Yes I know that this is not their benefit), $5 Million won't make a ripple in what they are capable of earning.
They manipulate people, figures, business in order to ensure their gains and the money they play with is not theirs to begin with so they can't even lose.
And yet the continue to steal, contrive and cheat whomever they please with complete impunity.. Is this the freeworld that we are supposed to enjoy. No, it's not capitilism either, making money is different from stealing money.
Posted in Shh! Proxima Centauri can hear us!
Re: @Ledswinger
Shit , I though you were talking about "Woody"....
Re: Context please
Here is a quite interesting, in context, article from the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/weekinreview/12vinciguerra.html?_r=0
Re: Leading the way
That all depends on who you have been/are sleeping with.
There is also another thing known as "soap", you would be surprised how efficient it is....
Re: Leading the way
The Iphone's farting apps would definately be replaced by "boobie" apps for the Men or "Truck Nuts" if thats your thing.
Posted in Shh! Proxima Centauri can hear us!
Re: Take me to your ... Pope.
Apparently they broadcast an hourly annoncement looking for "lost orphans" that would like to become choirboys ( complete discretion required ).
There is also an annoncement for any extra stellar beings named as "Jesus" or "Mary". It is important that they contact the Vatican immediately as their presence is requested for future fund raising galas. ( The existing ones are running a little low on appeal).
Re: I'm not an early adopter...
Is that the release that allows for Rounded Corners in dialog boxes and controls ?
Re: Alternative uses
Except that most development requries a lot more Screen Real Estate than this.
it's Ok for Notepad++ but not for any of the major dev suites...
Re: And the moral of this story?
@AC 13:21
That's the first time I have heard an honest comment from someone with experience of Aspergers.
I just wish that more people had the same courage. Well done, Sir, well done.
Re: Synonymous
If you read the rest of the comments you will quickly realise that "no-one" actually gives a toss about 1 Led or 2. It really isn't that interesting except to the "exceptional" geek.
Even the author didn't manage to write one sentence with having a cheap stab at themselves.
I notice that you yourself haven't added anything to the comments other than to complain about someone else, and you call me a troll......pot, kettle, black
????
WTF, do you really believe that Google have a problem paying their staff ?
I actually do pay the labour, indirectly through my usage of Google, multiple Android devices and also through Google Adwords.....
<--Tux because you probably don't agree with Linux being free either.....
Google obviously don't make money from Calendar Sync, they have not found a method to "inject "the usual publicity..
This will piss me off as I have never found an alternative. There must be a busload full of people that use this, it's the only way to sync the calendar between Outlook and Android.....for free......
Google Apps has to be paid for......thumbs down to google for behaving like twunts....
1894
Either that was that written by his grandfather or George did a historical period novel that was not very popular, lol?
Re: Synonymous
Let's see:
From the text I doubt you would understand my age. ( There is one clue but I doubt your intelligence would stretch that far)
You are posting as AC, that stands for itself.
I don't really see too much "anger" in what was written, it was more of a cheap "stab".
I don't think that "Everyone else" owns an Apple product and if they would have been addresed correspondingly.
And I guess that you do care, otherwise you would not have taken the time to respond.
You must be one of them little tiny trolls, the insignificant kind, that's an oxymoron really, the ones that haven't learned how to troll on their own yet.... Let me guess you've just learned to hit the keys on your keyboard and amazingly you managed to spawn some drivel....... Well done I felicitate your prowess...
Synonymous
This article really does sum up the Apple attitude.( remove the sarcastic subtetly of the article first)....
The Nancy Boys just can't bear it, they haven't had a rumour for almost a week.
How twee.......
PS: Before the PC Brigade get all upset, the expression "Nancy Boys" was first coined by George Orwells' Down and out in London and Paris......
