Posts by stanimir

i actually sent 'em correction a bit after the article was published. el reg seems extra slow to act

Re: Great HR mistakes of our time - Aviva fires 1300 by email

totally agree and signed!

Re: More unimpressed with NZ

I doubt MU can ever start grinding again - the customers would be terrified the US gov. goes after then.

Re: Of course....if its 10, 15, or 20 years in the US, before a killer might be executed...

but I'm willing to bet the US has the most comfortable prisons on the planet.

This must be a joke. The majority of US prisons are private owned and the inmates are virtual slaves.

Re: asking price was too low!

fetching 1b off his pocket would make you think so, no?

Re: Pay-to-Play is nothing new, it's now just less obvious

Apple should be responsible. Any application has age restriction and allowing kids (effectively) to purchase is definitely a big no. They've created the rules and operate the garden, and the rules are just benefiting them.

Re: solutions people - please!

You'd be vandalized via some tagging (graffiti)

Re: Weak argument

Well, said. I still wonder how google didn't open the checkbook for Sun. Back in the day

Oracle's acquisition of Sun left some bad taste in the Java developers.

Re: It's not just about the wages/hours

Ermm, I am straight but well ok.

Re: FTL?

As far as I remember the greatest obstacle of the FTL communications is the uncertainty principle.

Re: time to learn a new language?

java doesn't do much w/ the gui. it's not swing.

having java on the client side is immensely better than objective c (and its horrid syntax).

Re: In the UK we have another solution...

feels so trivial - it just takes a password for wipe and grant access.

Re: Dümmer Als Die Polizei Erlaubt

I suppose the issue w/ criminal geeks is that we don't read about the competent ones.

Mr. Pani just lacked any sensible planning. There are many ways to steal data and remain unnoticed, with most prominent - do not use a standard storage for the data (i.e. no disks - either hard or optical, usb sticks or blatant upload)

Re: Control panel applets

the class in java is java.applet.Applet and exists since version java1.0 (or 0.9) i.e. '95-96.

Re: Article link FAIL

install a VPN/Proxy at home and connect through. Or just use 3G.

I dream of EU parliament actually address that: no software (un)installation should touch the warranty applicability.

Re: Oh the humanity!

The definition is correct, why the downvoting? Generally, "trojan" refers to a malicious program that requires a user consent. It just pretends to be something else while performing rogue tasks.

Re: MS's Big Mistake

>>90% of the stuff they do so the UI makes feck-all difference to them.

Yet, the UI still does annoy the shizz out of them

"Having been forced to sit through it by an ex-girlfriend...."

you must be young or you just like teen girls.

Re: not in beta but in R&D

20% is beyond optimistic.

Re: Security reset?

yes, but i bet they can also had their own password in their mail box... so it can be restored.

either way - that should be a major fail of the mail service provider for asking so dumb questions - but it's true: questions like "my first car" popular enough.

The energy burst is equivalent of keeping your home stove on for about 10minutes, (3.5kW*600 = 2.1MJ) the electricity bill is trivial on "that" consumption level.

Keep in mind the energy is released in just several billionths of a second.

Re: who will be the first with the egg cooking app

65C will be no issue in hot Texas.... or India

Re: @ Facebook is not relevant to work

I've personally blocked any social crap sites on my computer/router. So yeah, blocking is fine.

Re: MRI + metal tattoos

The medicine on House is worse than the science on Mythbusters.

Re: Cell phones and "social networking" will be the death of Humanity as we know it

Franklin, your expectations seems way too high.

>>I'd be surprised if a car kit could even charge the battery whilst using it.

>>I bet it might still drain albeit slightly slower.

There is no technical issue w/ the dynamo producing enough to charge the tablet. The consumption is less than a tail light bulb.

Re: It's like with DVDs...

watch DVD on your computer (connected to the big telly) and you can skip anything you please.

Re: As an app developer

totally agree - most of 3rd party libs (esp. close source) are total trash and often dangerous