Re: They may struggle with that one

Have none of you been watching Apple vs Samsung? Why would prior art be an issue?

Re: I may be dead wrong

You are. The idea that political activism is tied to a particular operating system is genuinely pathetic. Real activism requires you to get out there and do something, no OS required.

Good use of, commas though.

re: People with responsibilities

Responsibility? I think the word you're looking for is greed.

Re: I am actually humbled at just how accurate my predictions were

Humbled? Really? You sure you know what that word means?

Re: don't let me stop you, feel free.

You're the one claiming that it's fine on a modern browser. Do you now concede that you have no idea whether the site works in Chrome?

Re: I realise that's not the disaster we'd been banking on.

Disaster, Banking. On a story about benefits! Ha ha, like it, very droll.

Of course, a form appearing is all it needs to do....

Bloody lefty propaganda, eh? Even the logos red! It's like the fucking bbc round here!!!!!!!

Re: isn't what I call music. Not even remotely.

So what. You don't call it music but millions of people do. And Vlad's attempt to somehow separate "tribal drums" from other forms of music just shows the ludicrous snobbery going on here.

What both of you seem to be saying is that you think about music, and when you think about hip hop it doesn't make sense to you (plus you only seem to have heard ganster rap, a popular genre but by no means all that hip hop has to offer). Try feeling your music instead of thinking about it. Maybe these other forms will start to make more sense to you then.

Re: "No. Because I'm not an idiot."

You are a bit up yourself though.

Re: Did you really need the political commentary?

I find it's valuable to read things written by people who's politics I disagree with. You certainly can't engage with them in any meangingful way if you don't at least try to understand where they're coming from.

Re: Footballers

Random Rant of the thread! Take an upvote!

Re: old enough to remember the 70s.

I remember. If only Dave could buy the prole's votes by giving them houses, eh?

Re: @Vladimir Plouzhnikov

Yes, understand.

Though obviously you've proved your thorough understanding of hip hop with that extract from De La Soul's "3 feet high and rising"....

Re: balanced reporting

El Reg is perfectly balanced. Read more comments on more articles, you'll find people who think it's biased against MS, biased against Google and biased against Samsung. It's biased against all of them, if you find that too difficult to grasp then go and read some pro-apple site.

Re: "Music" is the problem

The term "audio quality" just isn't applicable to music I don't listen to or understand. That crap would sound the same coming out of anything as I'm just not listening.

Other people liking different things, which in reality are the wrong things, is the problem.

Re: I assume you are in UK

because reading the whole article, where the author states he's in Spain, would be too tricky?

The problem is that streaming doesn't suit my needs

Me Neither! No one ever thinks about us!

Re: What's with all the bad language?

It's not a big deal. I personally like a bit of cussing if it adds emphasis, and it's only the last paragraph for fuck's sake....

Re: golf clap

Eww, nasty swelling around the head of your club?

Re: Simply posting verbatim what some idiot is saying online

So you don't want comments enabled on this article?

Re: Not really anything to do with Linux....?

Hmm, and by extending that argument a lot of windows malware is nothing to do with windows. Hey, it's not my fault you run as admin all the time....

It sounds like what you really meant was "la la la, can't hear you!!!"

Re: Non story disguised as ad-magnet?

Your post isn't funny so doesn't need a joke icon. My satire was bleeding obvious so I didn't add one either.

Re: Non story disguised as ad-magnet?

Yeah, and they just use it to drive idiots to post comments, again upping the ad revenue.

Do they think we're stupid?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Gateway to Google Products

Oh, like windows used to be to other microsoft products...

Re: Read by people who like tech and hate thieves.

Where's the thieve hating bit of the site? I seem to be stuck in the tech. half....

Re: Try that in the private sector (The REAL world)

So the banking sector isn't part of the public sector? Or are you just not aware of the massive rewards for failure in that industry? A good example in the news today about the public money that bailed out HBOS and was then given in bonuses to the men who fucked it up....

What you mean is that in the private sector (The REAL world) some poor pleb would've been forced to take the rap and fired while his manager got another bonus.

(alternatively, my grossly simplified version of the REAL world is better than your grossly simplified version of the REAL world...)

Re:Gamers are mostly fickle children

whereas internet trolls are super mature....

@ObnoxiousGit

>>If you come up with the best online maping service ever created, then lots of people will use it<<

And how do they find out about it? Every time they search for a map they see a massive Google ad at the top of their page for the familiar product they're used to using, why would they look further down? You seem to be unwittingly highlighting the whole point of this story. You shouldn't put a fox in charge of the hen house....

just as cheap on contract

hmm, I feel there may be a hidden extra cost here, can't quite put my finger on it....

Re: Nice £100 phone

Or is it because you've tried one and the back button behaviour was too mental for you?

Re: weren't Google forced to hilight their own search results?

It's ok, when the last competitor has been ground into the dust there will be no more "whining".

#nonsense

#hashtagsarefortwitter #painfullytrendy #tiresome

It's Google's business, within the law they can do what they like. No one has a right to appear on a page of Google search results. The OFT's guidelines may be more important in the UK but Google are a global company.

If you don't like it then advertise on one of the competing search engines (though in the EU claiming that other search engines are "competing" is a bit of a stretch...)

Re: meanwhile, outside the USPTO...

Hey! I was cleaning it in the bath and slipped!

Re: you just remove & dump the additional stuff you don't want.

I know Disney aren't a charity, I'm not suggesting they are. I'm suggesting that if you buy a company then make people redundant shortly after there should be recompense for those made redundant. You seem to be disagreeing with that, can you explain why you think that's wrong? Do you agree that Disney shouldn't have bought the games company if they were just going to shut it?

Re: you just remove & dump the additional stuff you don't want.

And you don't have a problem equating fluffy dice and vile seat covers with people? I see them as quite different and would say people's livelihoods are a little more important.

I stand by my point, this is asset stripping and at the very least those who lose their jobs should be entitled to a generous redundancy. No doubt those who engineered the deal are getting a healthy bonus.

Re: No no no no no no.

One of the best ways to stop forces personnel being exposed to danger is to stop invading other people's countries....

But maybe you could explain how covering up US war crimes helps promote peace? Presumably you mean the sort of uneasy peace that an occupying force brings...

Re: Shame...

I disagree. There is tons of variety and imagination in the current games market, it's bizarre that you're claiming it isn't so. From the 70p time wasters on iOS and android to full price console games there is more choice than there's ever been, with lots of titles that involve neither split second timing or loud irritating "music". Stop moaning and take a look around, there's loads to play whatever your taste!

Re: Let's be honest here....

... you may be right, but the fact that Disney just bought it and then shut it down reeks of asset stripping. If you don't have plans for a business then don't buy it. This sort of shit should be illegal, at the very least there should be mandatory massive redundancy payouts when a new owner decides to shut a company they've just bought...