* Posts by BrentRBrian

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Microsoft unfurls patent lasso, snares Linux servers

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Trollface

Trying to manufacture "evidence"

But, Madam and Mister of the Jury ... if all these people have CONFESSED ... their must have been a CRIME COMMITTED !

IBM lets fly single-socket Power7 Penguin server

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Linux

Re: Not the same as Linux x86

Won't make much difference if you are running open source apps. Most FOSS apps are available across architectures.

But if you insist on running Proprietary x86 apps, you shouldn't be reading this article anyway ... go back to your ball and chain.

Stonehenge WASN'T built by ALIENS - Boffins' shock claim

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Facepalm

Re: So...

You were not supposed to NOTICE THAT.

Foundering Nokia pushes 10,000 bods, 3 veeps overboard

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Mushroom

They need to drop ELOP

Fire the former Microsoftie !

Nokia loses $1.7bn in Q1, sales chief falls overboard

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Re: Sales Chief - poor sod

.... a complete Microsoft Tool

Rabid skunks attack US

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Re: And call me back when it's an actual emergency...

We have those quarantined in WASHINGTON DC

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Re: "Thought this was a story about our elections"

... or anyone in politics for the last 100 years.

Apple said to threaten legal action over Steve Jobs doll

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Devil

Grounds ?

The only grounds here are in the lawyer's coffee mug.

Apple’s Siri gets sweary with British child

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Megaphone

... even more curious ...

what the missus would say BACK.

Year of the Penguin - el Reg's 2011 Linux-land roundup

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Linux

History Check

I believe it was Apple that borrowed from KDE.

Mythbusters cannonball ‘myth-fires’

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Mushroom

Oops, I mythed

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Leaked Nokia WinMobes ready for midrange scrum

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Linux

re: LOL, nobody is interested in WinMo..

... yes ... plenty of people ... I'm sure most of them have Microsoft Employee Badges (except the contract folks, of course).

RIM lifts skirt, flashes 'new' OS at devs

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Lawyer fodder already

Basis International has the Trademark on BBx for their Business Basic eXtended ... it has been on the market for 20 years or better.

Bletchley Park lands £4.6m restoration bonanza

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Linux

Tech Companies

It would be nice to see IBM, Oracle, Microsoft or Apple step up to the plate and help out this effort.

Hey Larry, I hear IBM's check is BIGGER THAN YOURS.

October 14 declared 'Steve Jobs Day'

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Mushroom

Devil's Night

I thought Devil's Night was the 30th of OCT ?

Ellison: 'There'll be nothing left of IBM once I'm done'

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Facepalm

Legend

Truly, a legend in his own MIND.

Intel goes virtual to root out rootkits

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... Here we go again

They don't get it ... unless they get "lower than the BIOS" and STAY THAT WAY they are just wasting time.

Ballmer reprises 'developers, developers, developers' chant

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re-imaging

New paint, same old barn full of shit

Why Android houses should give Google the 'fork you'

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Why is it ...

People feel like Google advice.

In less than a year Android has skyrocketed to the top ... passing Apple, RIM, Microsoft and the rest ... forking Android must be a Microsoft idea.

The only thing that needs FORKING is Microsoft and RIM ... they are DONE ... pass the potatoes.

HTC mulls mobile OS buy – but won’t be rushed

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Thumb Down

HTC looking for OS

Yep, WebOS certainly put HP products over the top.

Who in Redmon Washington wrote this article>

Patent wars: Apple attacks Samsung in Japan

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Mushroom

Can APPLE EARN faster than a LAWYER can SPEND ?

Now that HTC has access to GOOGLE PATENTS ... Samsung will probably be next.

Apple has pissed off the wrong crowd.

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Battered Sony hires cyber-security chief

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Alert

Crony cheaper than lobbyist ?

So, is hiring a White House Crony cheaper than hiring a lobbyist ?

It's official: Journos are dumb as a bag of IE users

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Thumb Up

you forgot ...

"Marginally educated basement dwelling pseudo-journalist opinion pushing bloggers" that USE IE

'There's too much climate change denial on the BBC'

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Bad science followed by bad journalism

No reason for journalists to hype bad science ....

Besides ... if the CO2 gets too deep, the problem will be solved ... I'm tall enough to survive it ...

Booze for wrinklies: Good or bad?

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Anti-aging cure

We YANKS have an ANTI-AGING pill, the pill and the handy dispenser is manufactured by SMITH & WESSON.

Dear Ubuntu: The netbook is toast

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Happy

great little web servers

Great little web servers ... and as opposed to tablets, they have their own back support.

Steve Jobs vindicated: Google Android is not open

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Go

Compare contributions

So, lets compare REAL contributions of production code by MS, APPLE and GOOGLE.

APPLE - zero

MS - zero

GOOGLE - well, you get the idea

Why you can't move a mainframe with a cloud

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Troll

New stuff

Even though main street is just now seeing the use of Virtual Machines / partitioning - these tools have been on mainframes since the 1970's.

Trust me, Intel and the likes have a LONG way to go before they get their products to compete.

Bruce Willis relaxes as asteroid skims Singapore

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Thumb Up

Buck up, it is cause for celebration

Hoist a pint and celebrate ... should be an earth wide event !

(any excuse for a pint)

Steve Jobs in iPhone bitchslap to creationists, Tea Party

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Dead Vulture

Darwin

You know, I was talking to God about Darwin the other day ... the reply was odd ... "Charles WHO?"

SCO rises from the dead (again)

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Best Job Ever

If you take CREDIT

Google chief: Nexus One was 'so successful, we killed it'

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Troll

BUSH-ism

Did he room with G W Bush in college ?

NVIDIA blog bitchslaps Intel

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Intel needs to be slapped

Their support (or glaring lack thereof) of GMA500 or Poulsbo support for Linux AND Windows is SHAMEFUL.

Obama open sources custom White House code

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Linux

Dubya supporters

I doubt that Dubya supporters would care what the website ran on

Obama using open source and contributing back means no more to me than Microsoft doing the same.

Official: Apple iPhone is a chick magnet

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Bad girls

My mom taught me not to talk to girls that chase iPhone guys ...

Adobe predicted as top 2010 hacker target

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Gates Horns

McAfee spawning Microsoft FUD

Well, it probably pays better than being #4 in the Antivirus market, behind several FREE competitors ....

Theoretical Conversation at Microsoft between an unknown person and someone who likes to throw chairs ....

Gee, now, how do we promote SILVERLIGHT ... man, that's a TOUGH ONE, maybe we could get a "SECURITY FIRM" to declare that ADOBE FLASH (our only real competitor) is going to be a real pain in the butt soon because it is SO EASY TO HACK ... I mean our BING frontal attack on GOOGLE failed miserably ... we need something to sell before LINUX and OPEN OFFICE eat our lunch ... yeah, if we can't be a search company and serve up content, let's be a pipeline provider .... YEAH ... I feel like celebrating ... where's a chair ...

Ten years of .NET - Did Microsoft deliver?

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Happy

Bad COBOL

I have yet to see any GOOD COBOL .....

Early adopters bloodied by Ubuntu's Karmic Koala

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Unhappy

All smooth here

On my 4 machines it went well ... poor bloke behind me must have taken it hard ...

IBM halves mainframe Linux engine prices

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Did you forget to mention ...

The mainframe "virtual ethernet" gets rid of wiring and routers (more cost + maint).

Battery backup (more cost)

Floor space (more cost)

Hardware (more probability of failure)

Noise, Heat and power consumption.

Disposal Fees when replaced ....

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