Posts by O RLY

Re: I think the hackers have got at the article

Aren't typos just l33t speak? I mean, not in command syntax of course...

Re: What I want is an iOS blocker extension, not a browser

Wow, iCab! Thanks AC! This brings some nostalgia as I used the browser on my Macs back in late '90s and didn't realise they had resumed releasing browsers. The download page indicates I am 8 years late in learning that, but that makes my day!

Re: Republicans

AC who commented about epithets.

Yeah, I agree there are several others that are available and appropriate for the Shinners. I wanted to strike a narrow focus on whether republican was one of them and try to avoid the deeper, still present issues of Irish politics which create fluid and contradictory definitions of things like "Ireland" (see the 26+6 comment above as an example), "Sinn Féin", "IRA" and variants (this is a tech blog. "*IRA" a la "*NIX"?). And yes, I realise "republican" is one of those words that has a range of definitions as well. I probably should have just left it alone, haha.

Re: University of Austin

Found a decent picture of the school's mascot species, but couldn't get the name right... At least he didn't conflate Texas A&M and UT. Them's fightin' words!

Why not jail everyone? You still need to produce; someone's gotta pay for all this oppression.

Mike,

While I agree, how does that apply to iOS? The article's not about the Mac.

Re: Probable Cause

A real M16, as in an actual automatic weapon, has to have been manufactured before the modification of the National Firearms Act in order for a non-military, non-police US person to buy one. NFA-compliant M16s are at least $15k these days. New ones are much cheaper, yes, but illegal to own unless the owner is the military or a police organisation.

And "superpower" isn't synonymous with "benevolent". Standing up to a bully can look an awful lot like burning a bridge depending on what side one's on.

Re: Bah!

I imagine you'd get several phases (of matter) as the banana is changed ;)

Re: By that standard, in other legal actions...

"An American court ruling for an American company"

quel surprise

Since both the plaintiff and defendant were American companies, the real trick would have been for the American court to rule for a non-participating Congolese firm. Now THAT would have been 'quel surprise'.

Re: Why ?

I find that most of the "exclusive content" that providers describe as "exclusive content" tends to be shit. Either the content itself is inane or it's delivered in the most obnoxious means necessary (i.e. a fifty-slide clickthrough with ads occupying 75% of the page, or a video recorded by shrill, vapid people).

Regarding mobile browsing, the experience has become much worse over the last year or two with ad services that redirect to App Store or Google Play, ads that cover the whole page with a four pixel close button, delayed-launch ads, and the sheer amount of noise (ads and related traffic) compared to signal (the stuff I actually wanted to see). It's enough to make me unplug. Especially as nearly everyone on mobile pays for data in terms of X currency for Y data quantity, adblocking is a great way to reclaim a useful mobile web. And get one's money's worth.

Re: I'm voting Libertarian

"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." - P.J O'Rourke.

"You might be a tad out of date. And or out of touch.

I don't pay for incoming calls – I have an unlimited plan – as, I suspect many of us do."

No, not out of date or out of touch. US mobile carriers charge for incoming calls. That you pay a flat rate for your voice service doesn't change that fact; it's merely obfuscated in your bill.

Re: R&D Spending Up?

Regarding the "vulture investors" (sorry el Reg), the Zuck controls more than half of the voting rights thanks to the irrevocable proxy agreements he made. Until that changes, Elliot and Icahn would be tilting at windmills.

Re: No Joke

Are you sure he didn't mean Las Vegas, New Mexico? A lot shorter trip and more reasonable place to evacuate Los Alamos. And more likely to have heard it from there.

Re: FU UK?

Typical of IT pricing, I'm afraid. Although the UK price includes VAT where the US price does not. Still doesn't overcome the exchange rate...

Re: "...simply called Watch..."

I suspect they'll fail on the trademark based on Microsoft's history. Microsoft Excel is trademarked; Microsoft Word is not.

Re: Strange assumption

President Clinton did not lie to Congress under oath. He lied under oath to a grand jury investigating sexual harassment in the Clinton administration of Arkansas. Congress impeached him for perjury before a grand jury and obstruction of justice. If he HAD admitted his "sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinksy", then his Republican opponents wouldn't have had criminal grounds to impeach. Mr Clinton lied under oath about a blowjob. He was impeached for lying under oath, not the blowjob.

On a different topic, but related to secrets and perjury by high government officials, where is the indictment of James Clapper for perjury for his "least untruthful" answers to Congress while under oath?

Nixie Watch

The privacy policy of the Nixie Watch company is a thing of beauty. If I were looking for a $500 watch, I would consider this one just to do business with the company.

"Cathode Corner does not ever see your credit card information, much less store it. We retain your shipping information for warranty purposes only. Your information is never divulged to anyone except the letter carrier."

Re: Who do you fear most ?

Exactly right. And Pooty Poot was FSB's second director...

When a disease that had been all-but-eliminated in the developed world pops back up in a major metropolis with a large tech presence, it makes sense for a tech paper with an office in that city to write an article. Especially since there were several large tech events in San Francisco last week including Developer Week and VMware PEX with global attendees who might have used the BART, it's a relevant article.

Re: Kinda small

They are unenforceable as a legal document, but they are easy to enforce when a company simply refuses to hire from a list of companies who have colluded to suppress employee wages and flexibility. Thus the lawsuit.

He's had several games in his cartoons. Which was yours? Just curious :)