Posts by John Stag

I love all these "reviews"...

I love all these "reviews" written by people who've never touched an iPhone but have read the other reviews then added their own predjudice.

(and it's not just el Reg that's doing it)

Fake Rolexes

You might think only morons would buy fake Rolexes and go around flashing them like they were somebody - and you'd be right!

But that doesn't change the fact that the "real thing" is being devalued by the morons.

...thus ensuring the game will be a runaway success!

Brilliant!

This game is now firmly on every kid's "must have" list....

Why Safari for Windows...?

Porting Safari to windows makes no sense as a browser.

Whatever Apple's up to it must revolve around having Safari on Windows.

Rocket powered Reliant Robin

>"I suggest someone look into making a jet powered Reliant Robin!"

How about this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN3JjUUdjWU

Why does "Microsoft" get the credit

Microsoft bought the technology but they're being treated as the innovators...?

"for an extended period of time..."

>"an extended period of time..."

Um... It's a couple of weeks... in a special "celebrity" cell where she won't be bothered by the other inmates.

>"an example of a celebrity being treated more harshly than an average person."

And letting her get away with it would be....what...?

prior art research....

>"it wants to shift much of the prior art research burden

> to the applicant"

Oh, sure, the applicant is defnitely the person with the most interest in ferreting out prior art and making it known....

The problem with the current system is too many conflicting interests (they only get new offices when they accept patents, not when they reject them) and this just introduces more.

> "malicious compliance"

If the system is being worked, why do they think that requiring even more paper from the applicant will make a difference?

Why don't they:

a) Start writing patents in plain English

b) Hire a couple of actual coders to laugh at the software patent applications.

Less spam already?

"I don't know when this guy was picked up, but i've noticed about a 25% drop in the amount of spam I receive over the last week"

Hmmmm....I doubt he sends it personally, one by one. I'm sure his botnet is still alive and well and will be for some weeks/months to come.

Before that it was...

>"When Robin was introduced into the Batman comics there was an

> intimation that there was a homosexual relationship involved.

> Nowadays, it's SpongeBob and Patrick."

And before that it was Sherlock Holmes and Watson....etc.

Re: "I do want one though."

Based only on the number "12"...without seeing the results?

Step this way, I've got a few other electronic items you might be interested in...

Huh?

Article: "The largest proper RSA number yet broken was a 200-digit "non-special" number whose two prime factors were identified in 2005 after 18 months of calculations that used over a half century of computer time. The 1024-bit numbers used in RSA encryption are around 100 orders of magnitude bigger than this."

Huh??

Comment: "Aren't our browsers still doing 128bit RSA?"

Um, no. Browsers have never used 128 bit RSA, and no, you can't compare RSA key sizes to non-RSA key sizes. It's apples and oranges.

Umbrella....

There's this thing called an "umbrella".

They're pretty cheap to make - maybe NASA should investigate them....