Posts by mhoneywell
45 posts • joined Saturday 10th November 2012 00:44 GMT
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I've got 10 of my team watching this, I hope it's good!
Re: 4.6 hours for heavy users
Comments like this are fine if you explain your creds for making them. Otherwise they're just noise.
Re: Race to the crappiest GUI
I too will second the salesforce comments, I'm told Dynamics is lovely but haven't got the time to explore.
Posted in Attention large Linux workloads
Re: Shouldn't this be.......
You should watch it before criticising, I tend to find The Registers webcasts very useful, for either me or my staff.
Excellent
I hope this is the first of many.
What is Rackspace going to look like....
In just 3yrs? They're clearly gunning to be some sort of supercharged service provider. But I'll be fascinated to see if they make it, where its aspirations take it and who might speculate a buy-out en route.
Re: what's swedish for bollocks ?
I don't think it's acceptable under any circumstances to thank Hale and Pace for anything.
Oracle
Might I ask why Oracle declined to comment?
Nice piece
Typically bad headline. What is 'Virty'?
I'm pretty sure The Register used to do this years ago, top 5 comments as a headline. Then they moved them all off the page.
Nice to have them back in my view. A blast from the past, and a welcome one.
They all stink, but...
....it's good that Kaspersky actually responded to the article, in a timely fashion and, said sorry.
So many companies, and their miserable PR outfits, still think they live in the analogue world. Digital moves faster than most PRs can think, let alone respond.
The best headline...
I've ever read.
Jay-Z should do a guest appearance at your office to pat you on the back for that. Seriously.
Libre / Google
I know we're all techies of some level here, give or take, but I think it does a dis-service to our skill set, knowledge and experience to suggest Google and Libre are viable alternatives.
I know there are cases where they can be great and very useful, but they are edge cases - bubbles, islands, intra-company tools. And just not viable for supporting business and commerce on any scale.
Very good indeed
That was very interesting. It's nice to find out if and how Win 8 is being used.
I have reservations, like most people. It certainly looks and feels like a jumbled effort. But still, nice to get the word from the street - instead of the usual straight up trashing.
Re: Another day, another win 8 hater story on the reg
It hardly seems like a Win 8 'hater' story, as you incorrectly label it.
It seems to be a fairly serious opportunity to get some information on Windows 8 licensing. If it needs labeling beyond it's headline, as you seem to insist, that would be closer to a Win 8 'lover' story, surely.
yawn
Is this The Register?
Splendid
Excellent work indeed. I shall continue to educate my, and other people's, staff with the wisdom you publish. I shan't rest till you 1Billion readers. Then the world may be a better place at last.
Re: Reg hack uses site to raise beef with BT?
You miserable ass.
It's clearly not attempting to escalate anything, it's relaying a story. That, in case you were unaware, is what the media does for its audiences. Try some TV later, you might spot some.
Do the right thing
Spike Lee
BYOD
Good to see Microsoft supporting the principles it touts.
Back off
Trevor, you write some nice stuff sometimes. But your comment handling is sometimes off target. This is one of those occasions. When you re-visit this page in a month or two, I feel sure you'll agree.
Posted in Prepare to greet the data centre of 2023
Re: 5/10
I think it might just be you, although I don't disagree with you as it happens. Mind, it starts getting clunky in that language when you're talking about Oracle or SAP implementations.
AltaVista Desktop search
I'm fairly sure they were the first to deliver a desktop search that was usable too. I relied on it for years, till it sank with the rest of its efforts.
Yahoo had it's moment of glory too. You could probably argue, well maybe, that it was ahead of its time with its API's. Shame it forgot about sharing it's innovations, like Amazon do nowadays, it could have been ahead of the pack.
Excellent Naughty by Nature reference
Well done Andrew. Not quite where I expected such a reference. But i for one was jolly pleased.
Re: @Mike Hock
You expect the highest standard from a commentor. Yet you, an apparently regular contributor, throws name calling into the mix. High standards indeed.
I fear you require a mirror Mr Pott.
Posted in WTF
WTF is the etiquette for a dropped phone call
I'm talking about when the network/phone lets you down, rather than your greasy palms.
The etiquette in my view is that the original caller calls back.
But so so so so often, both parties get caught in a loop - of vmail and engaged tones - as they both frantically attempt to redo the call.
How do we get some agreed etiquette and then have it adopted?
Posted in WTF
Re: Its "Application" not "App.", ETC
Sage words ranting man. But maybe a few too many to tackle. I'm gonna try another one...
STOP
Surely, if we step back, we can see that the problem here is really quite simple:
- Regulation globally is ill equipped to contend with modern business practices. That was as true ten years ago when, I think, Soros said the world needed to get on top of this problem, as it is today.
So we're just getting caught up in the Government, and its media mouth pieces, posturing and distracting the public from the real economic problems by pointing at these 'unethical' firms, raping and pillaging their land.
I don't approve, but I think it's a sorry effort to complain since we opted into capitalism when we last voted.
In case you'd forgotten, capitalism isn't big on ethics. Look around.
Go Balmer
It irks me to say it, but Balmer's right. iPhone is too expensive and Android is like the wlld west. The Surface is too expensive too. And I'm as yet unqualified to talk about Kludgeyness.
That said, if I were Bradley I wouldn't be criticising MS, or anyone else. HP more than any tech firm out there needs all of the allies it can get at the moment.
Re: What a load of crap.
Well, yawn, the example you give is not relevant. But if it was it would be perfect.
It does, "...mention(s) somewhere how much is free...2 , both in the article on Microsoft's site.
Posted in WTF
Thanks
Thanks Nelbert, that was both interesting and helpful.
I'm not a complainer of the fact that I have to point my remotes, incidentally, I was just amazed that it was still necessary.
Thanks again for your help, it's appreciated.
I'd appreciate the help
Looking forward to it
Re: Had a little giggle at our US reporters perspective.
Paul Kunert is British and based in the UK
Posted in Why doesn't Apple buy Dyson
Why doesn't Apple buy Dyson
They both make consumer goods very well.
Re: Amazing! Thank you very much.
Excellent sentiment Alan. Good to have you here.
Go Larry. Go Larry.
A request for Tim
I find this stuff fascinating and can happily bore my wife rigid with stories on the fantastical powers of chips nowadays. But I always feel slightly uncomfortable claiming to understand how NVidia got into the HPC game, and now seems to be working as a rocket up its rear end. I obviously wasn't paying attention when the transition took place. And to be honest, I'm not sure I understand the technologies that make it all fit - i've not been so close to tech for the last ten years.
So the question, Tim, any chance you could do a history, in laymans terms, and just explain what's going on here. I feel like I need to know more about HPC and these strains of chips that are pushing their way into the market?
Posted in WTF
How come....
I have everything wireless in my home, i stream music and films through walls, up stairs and round corners.
So how come I still have to point my damned remote control at the TV?
Is this seemingly archaic practice ever going to change and if so what technology will be used?
Do the right thing
It's the right thing to do, nice to see someone do it.....to paraphrase Spike Lee.
Very good
Yes, interesting appraisal of the situation, and certainly reminded me of reports that it was the magic 500 number that was the key driver, some time ago. I think you have rather skipped greed mind, but still.
Give them a chance
Nice bit of gadgetry I think, but as ever, wait for SP2 - hardware and software natch.
Oh dear
Calamitous decision. But looks fun.
Excellent stuff
But I'm just more confused now.
Interresting study
Where and when can I see the results of this? I'm happy to take part, but show me the money first?
