"What active service do these guys provide?"

www.detica.com

Actually, I think it's supposed to be a joke....

Hardphones FTW

I'm with the others here on this one.... don't use softphones where you have the deskspace to put a VOIP hardphone... cabling is not an issue now as many SIP compatible phones have switches built in... and can also be run off PoE... (Linksys SPA922 is a prime example). If you are a truly 'mobile' worker, get a quality Bluetooth handsfree and pair that with your laptop..., rather than faff with a cabled headset...

and definitely DON'T get a propriety SIP based offering from anyone.... get an expert in to set-up a Asterisk based system , and benefit from choosing hardware and software that suits your needs (rather than something that is almost there, or wildly overspecced, without having to pay the nose and ear for it... if your expert is good enough, and gives you the correct advice, you won't regret it...

Could this new Rover go and blast the dust off the other two and make them useful again? (I know one of them had a failed drive....)

Hear Hear!

@ Stuart Halliday - Yes, I agree... but Ian and David won't be able to agree on the rights for it, so it's never gonna happen... Elite 4 is still in development, apparently... longer than Duke Nukem:Forever maybe?.

Coat, Door, I know!

I hope she logged it with the correct authorities..

WTF?

in line with my original thread

Quote from Tatsky > "He worked out the extra load from new houses hooking up required the signal to be boosted"

Could someone explain why a Fibre Optic connection would suffer signal loss??

(TatSky, I'm not slamming you here, i'm pointing out a further issue with the way Vermin media (and NTL/Telewest advertise their products....)

@ AC 10:36

As Ragarath points out, they imply that you can have fibre to your premises if you want it. (FTTP)

Fibre Optic

When will someone point out to Virgin and the ASA that their network is simply NOT completely fibre optic... the cables into customers houses are Copper Co-Axial!

At least BT are honest about where their fibre goes with FTTC and FTTP.

Really?

Mike 125 > State your sources, or thou art branded a Troll!

Low Orbit High Altitude Navigator

Definitely gets my vote... it's almost plausible!

Why the fuck does it matter? #

Maybe so there is some kind of record of how many people (claim) to belong to a specific religion and when, so the demographic can be charted as changing over time?

my default question always is... If you aren't willing to tell, what are you wanting to hide?

As a WoW Gamer...

As a WoW Gamer myself, I actually have mixed feelings about this.

I applaud Blizzard in cracking down on Botting, and by association Gold Farming. It ruins an already dodgy economy!

Also, I agree that if you feel compelled to 'cheat' your way to higher levels, then you need to take a stern look at why you are playing the game.... levelling is a part of it, and especially following the new patch release (I'm sure you've heard about it!) is actually quite enjoyable!

However, I don't think we should be allowing the use of DCMA here, to prevent the sales of a third party tool that circumvents Blizzard's rules. At first I thought It was a good thing, but I ran past this analogy...

Most cars produced today can exceed the maximum speed limits in our countries, not to mention the lower, intermediary limits in towns and cities.... now imagine the uproar if the ideals from the DCMA were used to prevent the sale of all vehicles that could break a speed limit...

I'm sure there would be people that disagree with my analogy, or whatever... but meh, it's my opinion don't like it... I don't care! :P

No F-22... Sad Face

I can confirm that the F-22 is not scheduled to make a display for the public days @ Farnborough this year...

Source : - http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2074655_farnborough_2010_airshow_flying_display_lineup

However we may get to see a pair as they escort the B-52 on it's flyby which is due (providing they don't overfly Blackbushe instead)

Gay Icon

"So glad am gay! Btw El Reg: can we have the gay equivalent to the Paris Hilton icon?"

I think you found it all on your own...

@ matt 83

"If a machine has Sophos installed then it isn't open source ;)"

This is incorrect.

Sophos provide CID downloads for Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, Netware, FreeBSD, AIX, Mac OSX and Various Windows systems...

While the product may not be open source, the OS can be.

@ BossHog

on the DOS version I was playing, I got to Elite... then on to Archangel... also had an energy sucking 'cloaking device'

saved a planet or two...

What version are you playing?

Of course they did...

"The Swedish judges obviously missed out on Computer Science 101."

Of course they did... they are Judges, not Computer Scientists.

Unfortunately, the judges were probably in training a while back now, and may not have had direction on how this kind of technology works. It will take time to catch up, and I hope it does, as the people who created TPB shouldn't be going to jail.

I agree with the idea that you can't blame the manufacturer for the actions of the user... like with Guns, Knives... or Roads even... (isn't it funny that kids get killed on roads everyday... yet no one takes the people who put the roads there in the first place to court???)

I think the Entertainment industry needs to look at the people doing the sharing in the first place. The people who actually break the law by sharing media. This all seems that it's too hard work to find the real criminals, so we'll go after someone else instead.

I agree that in many cases the media is overpriced, but that doesn't give you the right to steal it... Would you steal a car because you couldn't afford it? (I know at least one person will say 'yes' to that question... but my argument doesn't care about you :P)

If people want the industry to change, vote with your feet and buy media that you feel is worth it. Go see Shows or support independent artists, whatever, just don't buy music at all, listen to the radio... thats free!

The industry is, at the end of the day, only out to make money, so if you don't buy what they are selling, they will have to find new ways to sell to you. Maybe a decent Internet distribution model, or a clever licensing system... who knows, but they will only develop it if they stop making money, and they can't get your money an other way (i.e taking you to court for stealing it)

I for one...

I for one welcome our new silicon based, self altering overlords...

Yes but,

"is something innovative and new, and not just *nix knockoff versions of Windows or Mac apps."

Yes, that's probably a good thing, but in order to draw more attention to various *nix variants, it would be beneficial for these distros to be able to compete in an equal environment, and do what Windows and Mac can do.

EEE?

Neoc - I have a feeling the author means that if the file does not have an assoiciated reader/player installed on the system - PackageKit can find the correct one in it's list of known types and install an applicable app.

He doesn't say you can't find and install one yourself :)

missing the point?

I think what most of the previous comments missed is that you wouldn't own one, you'd simply walk to the nearest charging station, swipe your card, and take the first one in the queue.... and you can return it to any other charging station in the system, presumably... you'd then be charged for the distance/time in use i'd suppose....

I may be wrong however...

and anyway they don't look all that safe to me!

Patent Madness

Personally, I think it's time to get real on patent issues like this...

The idea of patenting an idea seems stupid...

If you think of a great invention or design, and don't do anything with it, it's your bloody fault if someone has the same idea as you... mind reading still isn't possible, so the idea hasn't been stolen from you.

If you make a design for something, and again, don't do anything with it, and someone by chance designs a similar thing, then again, that's your stupid fault for sitting on it..

Only working prototypes of specific things should be patented.

SOCO

"dead scuba diver in the burnt out tree"

Did you just watch a CSI: Las Vegas Episode or something?

GBA Backlight?

If you want a GBA with a Backlight, why not go for an SP?