* Posts by Matt Bryant

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Bradley Manning now in nicer Army prison

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Let's put the "torture" gumph back in the toybox.

Since many of the posters here seem to share in some delusion that Bradley Manning has been "tortured", let's help them out with the research they were incapable of doing for themselves, and look at the people saying as such on the Web. A quick Yahoogle of "Bradley Manning torture" gets 2,200,000 hits! Very impressive! Maybe the handwringers are on to something here? But a quick look through the results soon shows the hollowness of their bleating.

There are quite a few impressive sites in the results, but they don't say Bradly Manning is or was being tortured. Most are opinion pieces asking whether Manning's treatment constitutes torture, and they all agree that it does not meet the legal definition. Even sites like The Guardian, after much hype and froth (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/11/bradley-manning-wikileaks), can only manage to call it "shameful abuse". How about well-known criticisers of the military like the vocal ACLU? Even they pause at "gratuitously harsh treatment" and "cruel and unusual" (http://www.aclu.org/national-security/aclu-calls-military-treatment-accused-wikileaks-supporter-pfc-manning-cruel-and-un). Professional handwringers Amnesty International? You're out of luck. When they wrote their protest letter to Gates, all they went with was more "cruel and unusual" (http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/024/2011/en/6c7dcd74-ccc2-43d3-9644-c538bcd88fcf/amr510242011en.html). What about that famous letter to the Obumbler from 250 "intellectuals", complaining of Manning's treatment? Wrong again - they stop at "degrading and inhumane" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/10/bradley-manning-legal-scholars-letter). Even out-and-out leftie loon hangouts like the World Socialist Web Site (please check your grasp of reality at the door) only go as far as the "cruel and unusual" mantra. A trawl through the remainder of the hits (warning - I suggest the mental equivalent of wellies to save you from the bile) shows that you have to get out to the lunatic fringes before you find anyone willing to say anything more strong than that they think, in their opinion, that Manning's treatment "equates to torture".

Now, the ACLU, AI and Guardian are all famous for saying the word "torture" when they can prove it, so why are they not saying it about Manning? Same reason you have to go out to the lunatic fringes. Because those big sites have lawyers that tell them they have to stick at least close to the truth and facts, and can at best imply - carefully - things that might get them sued for libel. The lunatic fringes are usually too drowned in bile to know the legals (or to care), and too tiny for the US authorities or USMC to bother suing. If the big sites could say Manning was or has been tortured they'd be all over it, but the don't and can't.

So, let's drop the "torture" tag, OK kiddies?

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RE: RE: RE: I can Herp Derp too

"The main reason I don't want Manning to be charged..." Too late, he's been charged already. Please try and keep up!

".....my hands are so tired of all this wringing....." Some might suggest you hands are tired from a more personal activity.

".....Furthermore you have yet to provide any reason not to put him up at the Ritz....." Apart from the fact he's charged with a very serious and treasonable offence, you mean?

".....Go back to the Hilton to collect your wages...." Unlike you, I'm not employed in the services industry. My job actually requires the ability to think for myself, something you have so very obviously failed to do for a long time. Fail, fail, fail! If I were Manning I'd find your "support" quite depressing.

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RE: RE: RE: @every Matt Bryant post ever

I'm amused that Ms Bee continues to allow you to display the emptiness of your rhetoric. At least you didn't simply repeat the other bleaters. So apt that it's currently the sheep-sheering season, and Assnut is happily fleecing the "compassionate".

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RE: @every Matt Bryant post ever

Ooh, big surprise - not! Yet more proof that the handwringers just can't provide any original thought when they've run through all the usual buzzphrases. What, is Indymedia on holiday? If Assnut reads your posts he's going to be rubbing his hands in glee, thinking about how easy it will be to get you to donate to his retirement fund.

Can we have a "Suckers!" icon, please?

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RE: I can Herp Derp too

<Yawn>

I'm assuming you posted anon as even you were embarrassed by the complete lack of value you added to this thread? Please, since I assume you are another handwringer, do entertain us with some insight into why you think Manning should be put up at the Ritz whilst awaiting trial, or why you don't think he should be charged at all? Please do try and make it an original thought, probably one of the few in your life. Please do feel free to go and delete your previous post, as it seems the handwringer that said the whole war on terror was just for the arms companies' benefit seems to have realised how stupid he sounded and done likewise.

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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Lucky Man

"He faces the death penalty" - "the prosecutors say they "won't seek the death penalty"" - so, who's having a problem admitting they were at least hyping a non-issue? Or just being plain wrong. Or maybe deliberately incorrect in the hope of misleading other readers into sympathy for Manning? So, were you just wrong or lying?

No moving of goalposts required, just go look at the charges, each specifies the Article and Section of the Article under which Manning is charged. It's just like civil law, the prosecutor has to say EXACTLY what the accused is charged of so a defence can be mounted. Should the prosecution not be accurate enough then the individual charge can be dismissed.

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RE: stiil wrong.

"What part of "innocent until proven guilty" is your troll-mind unable to cope with?" None. What bit of "charged with a serious offence", remanded in custody awaiting trial" or "subject to USMC regulations" are proving to be such a stretch to your over-emotional understanding? Want me to just use small words, or maybe draw you a picture in crayon?

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RE: @Matt Bryant: Who Terrorized Mossadeq Out Of Office ?

Blimey, are you taking the Kool Aid intravenously? What has the alledged CIA removal of Mossadeq got to do with manning? Please go read the article.

".....The iraq war was most useful to Boeing and Lockmart...." So, all those Iraqis now enjoying democratic elections, they haven't benefited at all then?

".....Being in Crackistan indefinitely...." So you missed the news that we plan to withdraw all forces, it was announced quite a while ago? Oh, or didn't that penetrate your little world of hate?

"....Clinton was the worst that could happen to Boeing, Lockmart and GD...." That would be the Clinton that sent troops in to Somalia, and cruise missiles into AQ's Afghan training camps and a Sudanese factory. He also went to war with Serbia, which helped protect the Muslims in the former Yugoslavia. How quickly that was forgotten.

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RE: Yawn

I feel truly humbled by your reply, both its eloquence and overwhelmingly detailed and accurate reasoning of the Bradley Manning affair. Thank you for bringing your amazing intellect to bear on the matter, and having the understanding to be able to explain it to us lesser mortals. I hop eyou move on to solving that whole World peace abnd famine thing.

/sarc mode off.

Yeah, all considered, it's probably best you do go have another beer, maybe you can find some wisdom at the bottom of the glass, as there was SFA in your post.

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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Lucky Man

".....Well, Matt Bryant, I have done exactly that....." Nope, you yourself admitted the authoritie are not going for the death penalty. He is not facing the death penalty because they are not charging him under Section 2 of Article 104. You have to specifically charged as violating Section 2 of Article 104 to face the death penalty, which Manning is not. To summarise, there is zero chance of him getting sentenced to death. None, nada, nil. You are so determined to whine you just can't even accept what your yourself admitted.

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RE: Okay. Just for you.

"....Should I also assume that you're okay with treating an innocent man like that?...." You're still dragging your own preconceptions into this. Firstly, Manning is not necessarily innocent, going by the info available even to us in the wider World, it looks like he is guilty of the crimes, even if your political views mean you don't consider his acts criminal. Secondly, neither you nor I have a complete view of the conditions or the background, we are all reliant on secondhand (at best) info. Looking at that info, especially that Manning had already been judged suicidal before the leaks, I'm not surprised they put him on suicide watch. Thirdly, I'm betting you just assume that all the guards and officers are doing it for kicks, no?

You are assuming that it was all just a way to punish him, but for the officers making decisions there is a lot more at play. Apart from anything else, they have a duty to protect Manning's wellbeing, as in keep him alive and healthy, so by putting him on suicide watch they are actually acting in his best interest. An officer or soldier can face an investigation and court martial if a soldier under their command commits suicide, let alone a media beacon like Manning. Those officers and grunts are doing their job, they are of value to their country, whereas Manning is accused of committing a crime against that country. To my mind, those soldiers still have value in the service they will continue to give to their country and so should be allowed to protect themsleves by doing what they are ordered to do. Just imagine what would happen to your career if you were in charge of guarding Manning, left him unattended, and he committed suicide. The political ramifications would be enormous with the conspiracy nutters immediately calling it murder. The brown stuff rolls downhill, and it would start at the top and gather a lot of speed before it got to the brig officer and guards selected to be the scapegoats, they'd probably be lucky to get a posting peeling spuds in Alaska! I suspect a lot of the guards probably don't want to have to enforce the suicide watch but also don't want either Manning killing himself or their careers being ended if he does, so they will follow orders.

So, yes, I am "okey" with keeping Manning alive and with career soldiers protecting themselves from the political impact of handwringers like you. As for Manning, it seems he is simply a victim of his own issues. I do feel sorry for him, but not enough to excuse him his crimes or enough to want to victimise the soldiers that have been charged with holding him before or after his trial. He is accused of commiting a crime, military or civillian is no difference, and there is zero doubt he knew it was a serious crime when he was doing it. I suggest his best defence is to plead diminished responsibility. As for you, I suggest you try putting yourself in his guards' shoes before making anymore snap judgements.

As to my wordcount, I have just bedded in a project and we're in the monitoring phase priot to sing-off, so there's plenty of time to correct you lot.

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RE: Re: RE: Lucky Man

Nice try, but it was never an automatic death penalty, and the authorities have already stated - as you admit - they "won't seek the death penalty", so you know you are just hyping a truckload of male bovine manure. Manning does not face the death penalty in any form. Even if they were considering the death penalty, I'm not sure they could make a good enough case as the accused has to knowingly supply something (weapons, ammo, intelligence, etc) to the "enemy", with the definition of the "enemy" being as follows:

"(b) Enemy. “Enemy” includes organized forces of the enemy in time of war, any hostile body that our forces may be opposing, such as a rebellious mob or a band of renegades, and includes civilians as well as members of military organizations. “Enemy” is not restricted to the enemy government or its armed forces. All the citizens of one belligerent are enemies of the government and all the citizens of the other."

Whilst Assnut is definately belligerant in attitude towards the US, the US is not at war with Australia nor is he a member of a "rebellious mob or a band of renegades". In short, I'm not sure that charging Manning under Article 104 has any mileage anyway, I suspect it's something they'll wave at him before going for a plea bargain. The Obumbler will not want a long trial that might drag on until election time, he will want a nice and neat "I did it, guv, and I'm sorry" from Manning in return for only locking him up for thirty-odd years instead of fifty.

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RE: That "assnut" thing is so funny

"....it makes me horribly embarrassed that we share a surname..." Sorry for the pain, you can rest easy as it's a nom de plume. I take great relief from knowing that I am definately not related to you.

"....."innocent until proven guilty" is the main pillar of the law...." Not the point at issue, this is about Manning's terms of confinement between arrest and trial, it has nothing to do with an assumption of guilt. Locking up those charged with a serious crime so they can't abscond or destroy evidence is also a standard practice.

".....You can't return a verdict and neither can I...." Nope, but I can make a prediction based on information already out there. So, Manning has confessed, we have the documents out in the wild, and it looks like the US authorities have the materials Manning used for the act - doesn't take Columbo to guess that a panel of military officers will see him as guilty. Please do supply your alternate-reality arguments that see him skipping off into the sunset.

"......I can express distaste for the conditions in which he has been held...." You can express your distaste all you like, that's your right (as long as you don't upset Ms Bee). But that doesn't mean I have to agree with you. Firstly, seeing as you haven't actually visited the prison or spoken to Manning, you cannot accurately and comprehensively state the conditions he was kept in. Secondly, I'm betting you can't actually provide anything more than regurgitated headlines and froth about Manning's "treatment". Thirdly, you ignore the fact that those "conditions" were standard for a prisoner likley to self-harm, of which Manning was judged likley to even BEFORE the leaks (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090107204.html). Now, if he hadn't been put on suicide watch, and he had topped himself, I'm pretty sure you're distorted view of reality would lead to you immediately claiming he'd been killed by the CIA/Marines/Bushitler.

".....You hypocrite." LMAO! I can't begin to express how sadly tragic, and yet funny, your post is. It is simply upsetting to find someone capable of such misguided passion that can't find something more constructive to do with their time. It's tragic that someone so obviously incapable of digesting any of the facts clearly avaiable on the Internet should be allowed to waste electricty by using a PC. But it's so funny I'm really hoping you post again. You are not a hypocrite, just a monumental fail.

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RE: @Really? I'm still waiting for you bleedinghearts to post something worth responding to.

That's because it pains me to see so many supposedly intelligent people talking such complete cobblers. OK, I admit, there's also the fun in pointing out their stupidity!

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RE: Tortured

"Yes, he was tortured, because I say so, having no legal training or direct access to Manning or the prison, but I know he was tortured because my friend Kim said so, the one that works in McDonalds. You know, the one that runs that website "I Know The Truth". Yeah, she did drop out of highschool and she doesn't have any legal trainig either, and she does get all her info from other people that also don't have any legal training, but we're all sure he was tortured! TORTURED!"

It's often the empty receptical that makes the most noise. You are merely the ongoing proof of the Internet echo-chamber, where any nonsense can gain widespread and vocal support.

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RE: special god-godwin case...

Best Sheen has done for years. Still not enough to make me want to watch the series religeously though. (Badoomboom-ting!)

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RE: Lucky Man

"The crime he is accused of carries the death penalty...." Puh-lease, that particular bit of doggeral was soundly exposed as bunk many weeks ago, just quit with it or we'll have to assume you're "so far behind the curve" as to make Graham Marsden look informed. Manning has not been charged with any section of military law that includes a death sentence, the worst case is an extended stay in military jail and a dishonourable discharge. If you can prove otherwise, please supply a link or other evidence of a charge or warrant issues against Manning that does include the death sentence.

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RE: Well, well...

".....as their OWN judiciary system has finally decided that his treatment was WRONG...." Nope, wrong, go straight to jail and don't even collect the Idiot Of The year award you deserve, you merely didn't look for those little things called FACTS. Manning's lawyer lost his appeal, it had already been judged that Manning's conditions of confinement were fine. This was a political decision as the Obumbler doesn't want to go into the election race with half his frothing supporters bitching on about Manning. If you had bothered to do a little background reading before whining you would know that Manning's lawyer lost his appeal, it's been on many websites for ages. I guess that's what happens when you wait for others to spoonfeed yo ideas rather than doing any research of your own.

Interestingly, it looks like Manning was judged suicidal long BEFORE the leaks, his senior officer having ordered that Manning's weapon be made inoperative (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/09/manning-mental-health/). If he was judged suicidal then, is it at all surprising that the Marines didn't want to take any chances? Oh, sorry, I meant surprsing to anyone with the ability to reason.....

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RE: Do you mean the war

"...for the benefit of Arms Companies ?" Oh, silly me, I forgot it was Boeing/Colt/BAe execs that flew those jets into the Towers on 9/11, took those bombs on the Madrid trains and the London Underground, tried to blow up trains in Cologne, do use car-bombs and suicide-bombers against civillians in Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan on an almost daily basis, etc, etc. You have obviously been hyperventillating for so long your brain is completely starved of oxygen, please calm down and try a little original thought based on facts for a change.

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RE: Re: @ foo_bar_baz ... You just don't get it....

Oooh, another "specialist" with nothing more than a movie quote to go on! Please try and supply some form of argument that others, that do not share your self-delusions, can poke holes in. Because all the arguments you guys have posted so far, for both justifying Manning's actions and for giving him an easy ride, have been laughable.

Don't worry, Assnut's patsy will get his day in court. The only delay is because the authorities are trying to make definitive links between Manning, Assnut and Wikileaks, they already seem to have enough material on Manning to make their charges against him stick. The race is not to the bottom, it's a race as to whether Assnut gets sentenced to jail in Sweden or Manning in the States first! Please, no jokes about Manning, his bottom, or any post-trial "races to" in the jail showers. Manning's probably looking at fifty years of those jokes, whereas Assnut is highly likely to get away with only a few years at most, followed by years of living of the profits of selling Manning's guilibility.

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RE: Prove he did it.

As I understand it (and as also mentioned in Register articles), Manning has made a confession and there is also considerable physical and log evidence of his crimes. The delay in bringing him to trial is becuase they want to link him to Assnut so they can lock Assnut up and break up Wikileaks, not because they don't already have enough on Manning. Manning is at the mercy of the US military justice system, and that looks to be around the fifty year mark for such treason. Whilst you handwringers may think he's a saint, it is unlikely a court martial will think similarly. Face it, Manning is toast, the best he can hope for is a cell with a view until he gets released as an old man. Plenty of time to reflect on the naivete of trusting Assnut.

What treasures will the US really find on bin Laden's hard disk?

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RE: Getting Nikah's in a twist

Maybe Ed Milliband has come up with a crafty plan:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13343050

"Hello, is that CIA Langley?...... Yeah, I - uh - hear there's a nikah going on at the Palace of Westminster. I hear the reception is being held at number 10, SW1A 2AA....... My name? Smith, John Smith."

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RE: apart from one thing

Unfortunately, I think you'll find sarcasm is wasted on many of the posters here. That and facts seem to bounce right off 'em.

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RE: @Matt

I suggest you need to do more than read Chomsky - a lot more!

"......all of his once massive personal wealth went into rebuilding Afghanistan post the Russian occupation....." Bin Liner spent millions on arming the Taleban and building extremist madrasas, not helping "rebuild" Afghanistan. He refused to help anyone that did not follow his extremist views. His whole drive was to cement the Taleban in power, including funding the transfer of 35,000-odd foreign jihadists to Afghanistan to fight for the Taleban. This was a man that thought chilled water was unislamic, do you seriously think he was helping Afghanistan develop a plural and developed society?

As for Chomsky, he just makes whatever wild and whacky comment he thinks will get him the more attention. I suddenly see the appeal that Assnut would have for you.

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RE: The difference between us and them

"......I do think it would have been better to put him on trial for his crimes as we did with Hussein...." We didn't put Saddam on trial, the Iraqis did because he committed crimes against Iraqis whilst ruling over them. The US handed him over to the Iraqis because he was caught in Iraq and they had the means to try him. In consequence, the Iraqis had to endure a number of terrorist actions in the run up to his trial from Saddam's followers. We could support the Iraqis in their action as the vast majority of them wanted Saddam tried and punished. Quite a few Pakistanis would not want Bin Liner tried.

Putting Bin Liner on trial would just put more innocents at risk as his fruitcake followers would just try and set him free by killing and/or kidnapping anyone within reach, Muslim or not. Do you think the Pakistanis would want the US to hand over Bin Liner for a trial in Pakistan? It would be a bloodbath, a civil war. He wanted to play at "soldier of Allah", he should have known that in war you don't pause to let the enemy soldier pick up a weapon, if he's not surrendering you can shoot him dead. I think there were orders to shoot to kill, not arrest, and I think it was a smart idea.

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RE: The operative word was "celebrate"

Upon hearing the news I didn't reach for the champers, but that's because I can't stand champagne. I did pour myself a nice glass of Smirnoff Red to toast the SEAL team, though. And some lads I know that did tours in Afghanistan are lining up a celebratory BBQ, but I suspect that you simply wouldn't know anyone in that involved.

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RE: @AC 11:35

".....See: "Crusades"......" As the Pakistanis are pointing out, the Taleban and AQ have killed approximately 35,000 Pakistanis - mainly civillians and almost all Muslims - since the start of the war on terror. I don't suggest you go tell the families of those 35,000 that terrorism doesn't exist, they might be a bit unimpressed. Referring back to the Crusades just demonstrates your lack of reading on the subject.

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RE: On a lighter note......

I'm told someone has already been up and scoped the floorplan so they can make a Counter Strike map.....

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RE: Apparently AQ have confirmed his death now..

".....You wouldn't celebrate the death of a rabid dog would you?...." I'm guessing you've never seen someone suffering from rabies, or a poor animal suffering from it either. If the rabid dog was trying to kill me or my family I'd be most happy to see it dead. The difference is a dog get's rabies accidentally, it doesn't become a threat to those around it by choice. Bin Liner chose his path, as do those that accept his idiocy and follow his orders. Bin Liner was rich and had plenty of opportunity to help those he deemed "oppressed Muslims" by charitable or political means, but instead he chose violence. To compare him to a rabid dog is to excuse his own violent nature and ideology, and an insult to the dog. Personally, I'm quite happy to hear he's rotting on the seabed.

HP unveils biz laptops with pay-as-you-go 3G

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RE: Thin screen but....

Nah, that's because your bosses will buy such thinner, "small footprint" kit so they can make your cubicle smaller! Dilbert has covered this many times before.

Shhh! HP's cloud is called, er, Scalene

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RE: 'Scalene'

Yeah, they probably fed half-a-dozen buzzwords into the marketting computer and it trumped out some Euro-acceptable word that is supposed to inspire all types of fuzzy, warm feelings in us customers. With any luck, it will mean something abusive in some esoteric rain-forest tribe language, they'll sue for millions, and it will be changed to something like "hp Cloud Services" (far too obvious and recognisable for marketting people to come up with).

IBM preps Power7+ server chip rev

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RE: re: Matt Math

Because for a lot of migration/consolidation projects there is value in being able to manage the whole even if it's two seperate hardware partitions. I'm not sure you'd want to talk blades, not from an IBM viewpoint (have to cripple the Power blades to keep within the poor power and coolling capabilites of their chassis) or Oracle's (what, after three or four complete failures, do they even do blades anymore?). And the scale is coming, which is why Allipoos is knocking it now whilst she still can.

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RE: Matt is getting testy

Actually, Matt was laughing! Something I also often do in response to your posts, Allipoos.

As I understand it, the 32-socket Starter Package allows you to have 32-sockets in one bundle, managed and deployable as one lump, but not able to use the whole 32-sockets in one hardware partition as of yet. So you have to split it into two 16-socket hardware partitions but have control of both partitions as though they were one server. For consolidation, where you usually lumping lots of smaller (IBM or SPARC) servers onto hp hardware partitions or Integrity Virtual Machines instances, that's not a problem. So it is a 32-socket system, despite what you want to pretend.

Las Vegas EMC Confidential

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So....

You went and asked some drunk EMC staffers how Donatelli works with Apothiker? Don't tell me, next week you'll be going down to the local Spearmint Rhinos to get some info from Ponytail on how Ellison is working with Hurd?

Tales from the storage frontier: What's next for flash, disk and tape

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RE: Not quite so

"Any self-respecting disk enclosure does not spin-up the disks until they are accessed....." Really? So all that disk-levelling that goes on in RAID sets, that just happens by magic? How about background cloning/mirroring? Or, if they are filesystem disks, what about integrity checking? Don't even try and think about what happens if your array does dedupe. Quite a lot happens on modern arrays in between host access calls.

"......Most SATA 3" drives are rated at least 10000 start/stops...." Yeah, you keep on reading the manual, I'd rather go by real experience. Any admin with half a clue will tell you that the MTBF goes out the window with the stress of starting and stopping systems. Just go look at this article, it explains the shock a company got relying on a cold failover solution:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/25/hp_proliant_power_supply_problem/

Whilst TPM (predictably) tries to spin it as an hp-only problem, I've seen all types of kit fail during start-up (yes, TPM, even IBM's!), and well short of the advertised MTBF.

".....Linux spins them up sequentially, so does windows...." I think you'll find that's to stop current spikes, not some uber-clever OS mechanism. EMC used to tell us it saw a 2A current draw for each disk in a shelf that spun up from a stop. In an array that could have hundreds of disks, you really don't want all the disks kicking off or you will overload the PSUs or the circuit breaker. When we power up arrays in our datacenters we do a shelf at a time, we don't switch on a whole rack/cabinet at once.

"......A couple of linux servers sleeping in ACPI S3 waiting for WOL can easily do that...." Well, if you want a response time in the minutes that's fine, but even archive systems are expected to work a but faster nowadays.

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RE: Power down those disk archives

"....why not just power down those drives that you've copied your archive to?...." Because powering drives on and off is more likley to cause them to fail than if they're spinning idly. You also have a nasty current surge when you power up a disk, and the more disks you have to power up means a bigger surge, which stresses other parts of the array such as PSUs and UPSs. A compromise would be to slow the disks, so they are drawing less current and generating less heat, and then ramp them up to opearting speed only when needed.

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RE: But

Agreed, I think that "slow-but-good-enough-and-cheaper" will win in 90% of cases. As an example of this, just look at the arrays available today - you have top-end arrays with massive controllers, loads of cache and bandwidth, but they are also very expensive. Then you have medium tier arrays, which have less cache and bandwidth, but still sell very well. If all we wanted was speed we'd all be buying the top-end controllers. In reality, we buy a mix, right down to NAS and DAS, to suit requirements and budgets. Whilst many arrays may get banks of SSDs to act as caching areas for peak demand, I suspect they will still be mainly disk.

Sony’s sorry saga snowballs

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Not just Sony.

Many, many years back, before the Anonyputzs had even graduated from Firewalls 101, I had a friend that "ran" a four-page website for her clan. One day she called me, completely bewildered, because someone had defaced her site. Security wasn't brilliant, but she'd never assumed that someone would actually want to attack a website which didn't even hold credit card details. A lot of gamers groups and sites grew up with the same idea, Sony amongst them by the look of it, and you have to wonder how many of the other big boys, like Steam, are actually relying on old code that may not be that secure. Steam is a worry as users often not only buy stuff, meaning Steam has their credit card details, but it also holds copious details on users systems, addresses, and gaming preferences. And it has a distribution system with hooks into the OS that could allow a hacker to install a botnet overnight to a massive number of powerful PCs, PCs with guaranteed broadband connections and probably limited security - a DDOSer's wetdream.

I bet Sony are now doing the long-overdue security review, and are realising they have a lot of tightening up and probably re-coding to get to the point where they can go back to business with a solution fit for the current level of capable if mindless vandalism as espoused by the Anonyputzs. I only hope companies like Steam and Blizzard are doing the same.

Duke Nukem taken to the shrink

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RE: RE: Yes, imperfect

I'm assuming your idea of a "perfect game" is one where you just get to brag about the framerates your "uber-rig" gets you? Some of us actually enjoy a game for more than just correct physics, some of us even turn down graphic detail or other effects even if we don't need to, just in the hope of getting a few more frags in multiplayer mode. I'd much rather have a humourous and enjoyable game than a perfectly boring game. The old DN3D used 2D sprites when other competing titles used proper 3D, but DN3D was so much more fun to play and wiped the floor with the competition in sales. Hence the following and hence the reason so many of us are waiting for DNF. It would seem you probably just aren't sick enough for the Duke. Probably best you go back to Tetris.

White House warns El Reg over kitten-killing content

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OMFG!

Just had to explain sendmail spoofing! What are the kids of today coming to?

Brocade shindig sees the fabric king stretching out

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Brocade and hp's Matrix

I thought the Matrix setup included hp-badged Brocade switches, so Brocade actually does make money when hp sell a Matrix setup (or even on a lot of the blades chassis)?

New top-secret stealth choppers used on bin Laden raid

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RE: @ Bryant - Correction

It seems the CIA did rent a house for initial observation in the area, and did use it as a base for "drive-by" scanning and electronic surveillance. It was observations from that house which seem to have jumped the interest up a notch and led to full-on electronic surveillance.

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RE: Paul135

"To be fair had it been a British chopper...." If it had of been a British designed and built chopper, it would be like the Lynx - a World-record holder, a battle-proven and valued system with good inernational sales, and yet still rubbished at every opportunity by Fishhead Page (even though one area the Lynx has proven itself so well has been in Naval service).

Intel keeps heat on AMD with Tri-Gate transistors

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Pricing vs Technology

AMD isn't "dead in the water" just because their next gen may be a step behind Intel's, the market works on more than just raw CPU performance. All these Intel advantages may be a bit diluted by the time they get into systems as overall system performance and power useage is across all the components. Remember the first generation Atoms - low power but stuck with a sucky mobo chipset? And then there's the fact that we don't always buy the top performance option, we usually compromise on price vs performance. Especially the consumer market, where AMD first made its big impression, where "good-enough-but-cheaper" often wins. Most consumers won't know or care if the Intel-chipped PC, laptop or notebook is 10% faster or 10% more power efficient if the AMD-chipped option is 10% cheaper. Most consumers aren't informed enough to know what Intel or AMD even are, they just look at the pricetag.

In servers, it will be a more complex battle. AMD looks like it will be more core-dense, which will be more of an appeal for certain applications, and if they can survive pricing their chips lower than Intels then they may still mop up a large chunk of the market. Then there are the die-hard "I-won't-buy-Intel" buyers, who will still buy AMD even if the Intel option is better, just because they don't like Intel. As long as AMD can keep the main vendors shipping systems with their chips they should survive quite well, and easily long enough to get their own 3D chips to market.

HP's beloved 12c calculator turns 30

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Erm, swapped mine for a Casio.

In 1983 or so, a mate was going off to do nasty Maths stuff at Uni, so I gave her mine and she bought me a Casio fx-100 as a present. I still have the Casio, it still works faultlessly. She admitted to me a while back she sold my 12c to a colleague for a tidy profit! The Casio saw me through years of service and one of my kids used it through school, and now it still sits on my desk and gets the occassional use. Whilst I probably won't get any geek-points for saying it, in my view the Casio has proved just as good as the 12c.

WikiLeaks releases classified files on Guantánamo Bay

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RE: @Matt Bryant

"MB is clearly sick in the head. If not, then he is clearly a perfect example of why people like killing Americans. I hope he's next....." Jokes on you - I'm not an American. So, I'm "sick in the head", but you advocate killing me simply because you don't like my point of view!?! Was that meant to be irony, or are you really that silly? Truly a monumental fail.

"....If I or my family and friends were treated the way the US likes to treat people then *I* would be picking up a gun too...." Bernie, you are very unlikely to receive any attention from the Yanks as, despite being a seriously stupid in-duh-vidual, you have done nothing to cause the Americans any alarm. At most, your blather has simply caused amusement.

"....Later, I will be burning some US flags and a coupla bibles for good measure...." I'm amused that you think this will cause offence to the majority of Americans. Most just shrug and think flag-burners are not worth the worry, and I think you'll find it's extremist Muslims that get murderous when you denigrate their holy book.

"......Now, get out of here you retarded, morally bankrupt, self-inflated troll....." Nice temper tantrum. I wasn't expecting any form of reasoned debate, but your childish rage is very amusing. Now, be a good kiddie and go take your meds. Don't worry, I'm sure someone else with your sympathies may be able to post a reasoned argument. Best if you leave the rest of the debate to the adults.

"....what if we organise a mass burning of US flags....." I'm quite confident there are already concerned people that keep you and matches well away from each other. Sure you don't want to burn poppies? Anyway, please do organise a protest if it makes you feel better, the funny thing is I would defend your right to do so, provided you don't break the law. Please be understanding if others turn up just to laugh at you, please don't scream and whine that they are "sick in the head" and should be killed. After all, that might be taken as incitement, and it looks like the prison system is not the place for the treatment you probably require.

/Can we have an "Epic FAIL but it really made me laugh" icon, please?

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RE: Death of Bin Laden

Or is it that you simply don't want to believe it happened?

In the case of Bin Liner getting taken out - America, fuck yeah!

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RE: @Matt Bryant

All you have done is highlight the facts that the IRA tried to sieze control of Ireland by an "armed struggle"/terrorism and it failed. I can't put it any more simply than that, you simply don't want to see the facts. Where's the military victory of the IRA, when did they drive British forces out of the North? The didn't because they couldn't.

"....Wrong. The Sein Fein still want a united Ireland....." I'm sure they do, the difference is they have had to accept that they cannot force the British to leave or force the general population of Northern Ireland to accept their view alone. So you are wrong.

"....Read what I wrote, not what you think I wrote." That part was in answer to another poster's point. Try reading something other than just your own posts and replies. Like a little Irish history for starters.

Intel debuts '3D transistors' with 22nm chip recipe

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RE: Marketing

Next recycling of previous buzzwords in attempt to sell unwanted tat?

"3D Turbo!"

"3D Plus!"

"Extreme 3D!"

/Yes, I do have an axe to grind with the Crayola Department.

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RE: WTF?

"....Could it be because Apple are probably Intel's single biggest client?...." I think you'll find companies with breadth in IT, like Dell or hp, are Intel's biggest companies, not Apple. Apple's share of the server market is non-existant, their desktop and laptop share is still tiny, and even in phones it's just the "smartphone" segment that Apple can claim to lead.