Re: So what was the interest again?

That's your fault for not taking care of your own finances and living beyond your means.

Re: @Nick Thompson

So in your world, it counts as taxpayers' money when it goes out, but not when it comes in.

Think it through before spewing it onto the page, there's a good chap.

Re: Too many models, with too confusing a line up.

Perhaps they were simply downvoting your blatant homophobia.

Re: Their only chance of a future...

That's what they used to say about Internet Explorer.

Re: oh! NO!!!

Oh, NOW I see how they've ruined it. What a mess.

Of course, all baths have that extra drain thing at the top to prevent that happening, but nice story all the same.

Re: It's not a Gerald Ratner moment

Well done, only the tenth commenter to point that out.

Re: !Sex

The fact that some people are male and some female is an "oppressive human rule"?

Re: Gay Patch

> " it wouldnt have made it passed peer review anyway. lol"

It would have got further than your English, however.

Re: Lame! Yahoo! Headlines!

They've been doing it for at least a decade. Nope, I haven't yet been amused by it even once.

Re: oh! NO!!!

Can you actually quantify "ruined"? Flickr is largely identical to how it was prior to the deal.

^that's a nice TNETENNBA

Re: Hedge funds and Long Term

Wouldn't that be what's known as insider trading?

Re: In it for the kill

@Getriebe

Whilst I agree with your general thrust, if you're talking about Warren Buffett, I can assure you that Berkshire Hathaway is in no way a hedge fund.

Re: Free from human error eh?

That's not really the same thing, is it? That's you're own stupid fault. The case cited is equivalent to your bank misplacing your money for you.

Re: Yes, it is

That could be absolutely anyone claiming to be them. Are you new to the internet by any chance?

Re: Duped by the clueless and the media

Taking pride in making sure that your mentally ill can be armed to the teeth is perhaps the more pressing issue.

Quite.

But I think the original mistake is you or I expecting any kind of rational, fact-based approach from a Lewis Page article. Some days I think he's just trolling us.

Re: No contract?

I don't know about wherever you guys live, but certainly in the UK a verbal contract is exactly as legally binding as anything on paper. Proving it ever happened is another matter, of course.

Seemingly that applies in the Netherlands too, otherwise that boat wouldn't have been seized.

Re: If i upload something that i don't own

Banning the kids is a brilliant way to make them overbearingly interested in getting on Facebook at the first opportunity.

Re: URL

Ta.

I note the obligatory Web 2.1 "stuff scrolling sideways on the homepage" so beloved of, among others, the BBC and EVERY BLOODY WEBSITE DESIGNED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS STOP IT ALREADY.

Re: WTF?

and no mention of his sterling work promoting the right-wing nutjobs over at UKIP?

.

It was more like "they're all worth considering", but which one is right for you will depend on your individual needs".

Which seems fair.

Re: .

Thanks for the downvote, Lewis.

Re: Pointless

Seconded, which is probably why you never, ever see anyone who's obviously using it. And for crying out loud, the last thing you want to do is encourage people to hang around the station tunnels and platforms even longer clogging the place up.

Well

He may be looking forward to, y'know, "grown-up" picture books.

Re: olives

The clue was in the troll icon.

You're confusing innovation and implementation.

For example, I've just innovated a 13" Ultrabook with a 1600*1200 screen. It cooks me breakfast and walks the dog. I haven't implemented it yet.

See how it works?

Oh, he does.

Re: He ought to STFU

Almost, not quite.

Still, top marks to Gabon for politician names, as you say.

Re: oh.fuck.it?

Many years ago you used to be able to hire a @fuck.it email address for a few quid a month. The site had a little animated alien that swore at you. Fun times.

Re: "Silly quick"?

>> "Pretty common colloquialism among car enthusiasts."

All the less reason to reproduce it here.

Re: Must admit

Are you confusing recruiters with HR? Very different thing, although their "not sucking at their job" ratios tend to be similarly disappointing, sadly.

Hardly.

We get a vacuous little rant like this from Mr. Page every time anyone suggests, y'know, not raping the planet senseless. For me, it greatly undermines the validity of the Register as a worthwhile new outlet.

Re: "virtually no explanation other than climate change"

>> "IMHO it isn't."

Great, that's that cleared up then. I'll let science know you have the answers already.

Seconded

I was on the verge of being won over to the Kindle world, but I don't see how I can continue with my Paperwhite pre-order until Amazon resolves this.

Re: Is it only me........

Yup.

Re: Not consequential

The sentence you quote does not claim that one "automatically means" the other. What's your point?

Re: Resolution

Aren't these actually out in the States already? If so, perhaps a passing Septic could clue us in?

Re: oh dear........

*definitely

Re: Being a rampant coffee addict

Hardly classy to criticise the English skills of a non-native speaker.

Heh heh he

"Horn"

Re: One word.

You clearly don't understand science, Lee.

Science progresses through conjecture and refutation. You imply that simply because some conjectures have been refuted, we should stop coming up with ideas.

Have a little read up on Karl Popper's work: it's quite important.

Re: but, but.....

Doesn't really work in the context of a UK copper.