Posts by Captain TickTock
567 posts • joined Tuesday 15th September 2009 12:17 GMT
Re: mothers day
"was obviously in March (for the country that El Reg is registered in) so the mothers day context to this story is weak"
Not if you actually read Torvalds' release statement...
Re: this is why I use a *proper* email program...
"How does the email get to your email client?"
the usual way, when the server is up. OP said "see" your email. Obviously can't check for new mail, but at least can refer to already received mail on a local client.
Regrets, I've had a few...
"I'm not a real techie which is one of my regrets in life because technology is fascinating."
You can't really regret what you are, only what you chose to do.
So remind me again why Alma Whitten resigned?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/02/alma_whitten_quits_google/
ogooglebar is no longer ungoogleable
that didn't take long
https://www.google.com/search?q=ogooglebar
ostreisandbar
in next year's list
Re: Same old same old....
You can buy NZ butter - Anchor isn't it?
Quick!
Get the sharks with frikken laser beams
Posted in Twenty classic arcade games
Tempest and Space Wars
Space Wars was like 2 player Asteroids. Much more fun.
transparency?
Where are wikileaks when you need them? ;-)
Re: Sweeney
And an emergent truth wouldn't need years of study.
It would just... emerge.
How many olympic-sized swimming pools...
would you need to hold all those baked beans
Un bon exemple est mieux..
qu'un long discours...
Re: Go Gecko Go!
Gecko is a layout engine, too, and is also used to render the UI in FF.
Bad Hersfeld! Bad Hersfeld!
Go to your box!
Re: Go Gecko Go!
Thanks for explaining the title, but I knew that already. The comment body remains a mystery.
Re: Go Gecko Go!
pardon my ignorance, but the best I can come up with is dark gecko-shaped clouds found in the Sagittarius constellation last week.
I'm very cross and want to express my-
-oooh free wi-fi!
Re: ddosed?
nothing wrong with being curious about how long it takes them to get their site running again?
Are they nearly there yet.....? no
Are they nearly there yet.....? no
Are they nearly there yet.....? no
Are they nearly there yet.....? no
Are they nearly there yet.....? no
Are they nearly there yet.....? no
Re: Bad idea
No reply as yet.
Looks like they're having technical difficulties...
I did mention Gilbraltar once,
but I think I got away with it.
Re: How Pythonesque
Asking all and sundry to.....
Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam...
Loverly spam, wonderful spam!
...
Herquelingue...
is near Boulogne, not Dunkerque
Re: Retirement!
not if you read the BBC coverage.
Blackcomb?
With a silent 'l'?
As cool as ;-)
50 Shades of Bernard Gray
byee!
Re: Why the love for all the US aircraft?
Plus you really don't need anything too cutting edge when your main adversary is roaming around on a donkey or in a toyota pickup truck.
Anyone who watches Top Gear knows how hard it is to destroy a Toyota pickup truck.
Parents Of Kids As Young As 5 Need Lessons in Online Safety
There, FIFY.
My vote for..
"most obvious statement of the year, which dodges the issue" award.
Spoken like a politician, Professor
Boot on the other foot
EU Laws that the US would have to abide by...
That word - I don't think it means what you think it means...
Since when does "encourage" mean "mandate"? Who said mandate?
again from http://treitter.livejournal.com/14871.html :
We will continue to distribute other bindings and documentation as we do now and compatibility for the other languages will continue to be developed as they are today by the developers involved with those modules.
Read what the guys themselves are saying they're going to do, read the discussions they're having, then you can comment.
But I guess that's not the Commentards' Way ;-)
Re: @Captain TickTock
It's not the choice of language, it's the choosing of one specific programming language that allows them to focus their resources, so they have a better chance of producing good docs and tools, rather than if they dispersed their effort on several languages at once.
Agreed, the language alone doesn't bring in better tools, but again, focussed effort does. Now he says that no language is perfect, and clearly JavaScript is controversial here, so it remains to be seen how this will pan out.
Going to the source...
From http://treitter.livejournal.com/14871.html
...
It's critical that everyone understands this decision as a plan to elevate the language, bindings, tools, and documentation to a level of quality we have not yet achieved. It is not a decision to abandon any other language bindings. We will continue to distribute other bindings and documentation as we do now and compatibility for the other languages will continue to be developed as they are today by the developers involved with those modules.
...
(emphasis mine)
Looks a lot more rational than it's being made out to be.
Re: Another doo-doo ?
If you want to use Microsoft as an example; then why not use their .NET framework model as well? You know: a common runtime combined with a specific language specification and then stack several languages on top of that so that the programmers can choose what they like best while still complying to whatever standards you want to use, no matter what language they prefer ?
Erm, isn't that what they had been doing for the last 10 years with Mono?
(And that model could also describe the Java ecosystem)
Re: How did they make the downward pointing dragon teeth
Temporary printed supports, probably, which need to be cut away by hand afterward.
Re: Reg Article Title...
"Agreed, they've set the bar pretty high. Trying to beat it shouldn't be taken lightly (sorry)."
So we're LED to believe.
Thank you, goodnight.
Re: Anyone else thinking...
how does "any size imaginable" become necessarily "whacking great"?
especially when it follows "miniscule"
Kft?
WTF?
Nice attempt to make attentuation look over 3 times better than it is...
How small is small?
Micro-sized? How small is that? In standard Reg units, please.
Re: Unlimited until...
downvoters, IANA network engineer, but I do understand that I'm sharing a network...
Didn't realise it was such a contentious issue... I hear the steak is good, don't forget to tip your waitresses...
Re: Unlimited until...
"streaming HD doesn't even make my 73 meg connection blink"
Enjoy it while it lasts...
Re: When they build a 400 seater bus...
I think even these people understand the concept of per passenger...
Unlimited until...
People start maxxing out the bandwidth with streaming HD film services.
I give it a year.
Bad troll, bad troll!
Go to your box!
Re: Does this mean
You can also say:
"Back off, man. I'm a scientist"
Re: Oh Yeah, DUMB IT DOWN !
Scratch was suggested for 11 year olds, and as such it's a great start, just as turtle logo was once upon a time.
Those interested in going further can move onto coding in text once they've exhausted the possibilities of Scratch. They'll have had a great head start.
