Posts by Basic

Anyone else smell...

Anyone else smell lobbyists at work?

Light blue touch paper and retire

Now where's my beer and troll-watching hat?

What annoys me...

What annoys me is that what they were doing was illegal and they knew it was illegal - And yet not only do they get off with some flimsy promises they can break tomorrow, the don't even have to admit wrongdoing - compare that with some guy who pickpockets £50 or similar - The punishment in no way reflects the crime

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When I did an ICT A-Level, the exam paper included the following question:

Explain how computers have helped in any 2 of the following areas: Home life, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, <some others>

Frankly, the ICT course had sweet F-A to do with using a computer - It was all the boring stuff associated with it (and no, the DPA 1998 ISN'T interesting enough to study for 2 weeks when you're 17)

The beginning of the end

or at least the end of the beginning.

Most of the ppl I know with an iPhone 4 are now embarrassed to admit it. if anything goes wrong, all they hear is "You're holding it wrong" or Death Grip jokes.

For the first time, Apple's customers have actually started to realise that it's just a good UI on a mediocre product ("lipstick on a pig" springs to mind)

From now on, I suspect Apple will have to compete on how their products work - They've lost the ability to trade on "It's Apple ergo it's the best" - Which should be interesting. Hopefully they'll be pushed to a new range of products worth owning.

There will of course be a few die-hard fans who will buy anything from them but everyone has those.

Fail

Personally, I really dislike apple but even I can't get behind this lawsuit - overheating tech needs to shut down. If you leave something in direct sunlight, it can get hot.

2 + 2 = 4

Woohoo

iMac owners can now use processors that have only been out for a few years :D Congratulations.

Cue Denial

I'm going to settle back and watch for the "It's only because Apple is so good that everyone wants to pick on them" comments.

Nothing like a little entertainment while working late. Now if only I had a beer

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When I got to google.cn, I get served an image which looks like the search page but on clicking, it redirects to .hk

LMFAO

He bemoaned: "This is a personal matter. It has nothing to do with the public, and it is becoming politicised."

And of course, it wasn't intended to boost his political standing at all. What a moron.

What really irritates me...

What really irritates me is that at present, I'm not paying to use the internet for any particular service, I'm paying for an internet connection with a certain speed/quality (50MB, low contention). What I choose to do with it should be up to me - Note I have no objection to paying a bit more for a good connection but once I've paid for it, that should be it - if I want to watch videos, play games, multicast video of my pet gerbil [not sure where that came from], Then I should be able to do so.

If the company can't support the product it has sold me then it should either have not sold me it in the first place or charged more.

Perhaps I'm missing something here but isn't this like saying you can pay for a dishwasher but we may decide not to let you wash cutlery only plates? And this is good for competition as those who want to wash cutlery too can pay more for a machine that does both? Of course, if you want to wash glasses as well....

Frankly, I can't see this as anything other than a major win for the ISPs - sell the same thing twice or more. Pay for "the internet" and then pay again to use it.

Hmmm

It's an interesting one - I'm certainly very strongly against Google scooping up all that data but conversely, ppl have been wardriving for years - It's hardly secret information. On top of that, if you're broadcasting it from your house in an unprotected, unencrypted way - Well, wht do you expect?

LMFAO

Highly Unusual - That would be SQL injection then?

Anyone remember

Anyone remember how Keith Entegrul lost the plot towards the end, with more and more outlandish claims that Phorm was being mis-represented in the press and nobody "got it".

Jobs' words remind me of that - So I may just sit back and grab some popcorn, this could be interesting :)

FFS

I can't wait until the whole patent system collapses - It does nothing to inspire new development / invention - It simply means that nobody dare use anything nowadays -even if it's widely used elsewhere - As a patent troll might appear and target you specifically.

I'd prefer a complete overhaul of patenting (especially in the US - WTF you patent the concept not the idea?). Failing that, some sort of use it or lose it system - If you don't assert patent rights within 2 years of learning about an infringement, tough shite.

RIP

Amazing quality audio stuff - I've used it religiously for years. Always worth the extra price

Don't believe it

I can accept that some software may have been put into place by accident - But lets be realistic, if you captured (say) 10,000 SSID/MACs and the data file is much more than 10,000 x the average row length then SOMEONE should've noticed.

Also, assuming the data was captured in error on the computer in the car - It either had to be transmitted / copied to central servers. Are they telling us they accidentally copied the data too?

So...

Just say "Yep, I'm guilty" and get >25% off your fine?

Where's the catch

I'm only hearing good news at the moment - I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop

Novatech

Novatech got this right - You can order online and then just turn up at the shop and wave your card for verification - the hardware is already waiting for you. At least the Novatech approach comes in handy when you need something in a hurry - Te Debenhams version just seems inane

Fantastic

So the trend hasn't gone the way we expected - In fact it looks like Piracy isn't quite as bad as we've been telling you all, so we'll just say this is all due to "sustained momentum from years of anti-piracy programmes and for the jump in netbook shipments to nearly 20 percent of the market".

So... Prove it.

How to waste a lot of energy saying nothing

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