Posts by nijam

> That would appeal to what, 2% of the iPad's audience?

Exactly werdsmith's point - it's still not computer-like.

Re: "It may be the only game in town that people actually care to use"

> Nobody hindered you to use Mac OS, OS/2, Solaris, BSD, or the early version of Linux, or any other OS

Nobody's stopping you using Bing, etc., either.

> and without the EU ruling, Chrome would have gone nowhere.

Given that Microsoft delaying implementing the ruling, then applied it (but only in the EU, not the rest of the world, you'll be astounded to hear), then "forgot" and stopped implementing it... I don't believe Chrome would have been affected, although Firefox got a little benefit, it's true.

> PPE

"Politics, Philosophy, and Economics". Or, as the rest of us say, "unsubstantiated opinions".

Re: Seen in the wild!

> Was it her browser of choice?

It was her browser of Microsoft's choice.

Re: Personal experience

> I swear like a pig when I exercise

It's part of the workout, I think...

Re: It depends on what you mean

> I use the East-Asian format (YYYY-MM-DD)

Nothing to do with East Asia. It's an ISO standard, (the 'I' standing for International).

Re: iPhone IX

> What is the advantage of a glass back supposed to be?

So they can claim the Google Pixel copied it.

Re: Sound

> I can tell the difference up to 48Khz, 20bit

It's far more likely that you're hearing the differences between the quality of different DACs than the underlying sample rate or depth.

Re: equal taxation

> I would claim that's exactly what they aim to do.

however, all they will end up doing is finding a new problem.

Re: The ad hominems in the comments are unworthy of commentards,

> but I thought we could all get behind changing the law so that actual cases of forced child prostitution and trafficking

It's already illegal. So a new law will achieve?

Thought not.

Re: Proof of correctness proves what, exactly?

> the source matches the formal specification?

If the formal specification *isn't* the source code, it's a waste of ink.

Re: Homework on phones

> I used to do maths homework on the bus

Sounds even worse than doing it on an iPhone.

No, no, they found morons in bars.

Re: Fining public bodies.

> The taxpayers of Nottinghamshire will be, collectively, £70,000 out of pocket.

Peanuts. They've just been lined up to fork out over half a billion for a tram system that is not noticeably better than the bus services it didn't replace. (But at least it obstructs other road users, which I presume is the point.)

Re: What's interesting about this...

... so it's absolutely vital that Qualcomm must never ever find out what, specifically, the documents allege they have done. They must be found guilty!

Or have I misunderstood what commentards are saying here?

Re: Special cases

> ... such as 3:4:5, that have integer ratios in base 10

It's nothing to do with the base (either in your post or the main article).

They're integer ratios in every base. (Excepting the deranged case of non-integer bases, but you don't use those, I hope.)

Re: Windows 10 Updates? What's that?

> Got a third-party AV package installed?

Got a third-party AV package installed? It will identify the update as malware.

FTFY

Re: People aren't terrible drivers.

> ... while doing lots of repetitive tasks

Actually, with a little experience, those repetitive tasks are mapped into "muscle memory" (i.e. our own internal automation system) - you can complete a long journey without recollecting ever having changed gear, for example. So the "repetitive task" part of your assertion (at least) is largely irrelevant.

Re: Why Do People Expose Themselves With HTML E-Mail

> Immune to smart-arses with nefarious style sheets?

yes, that's what "old-school" means, in this context.

Re: The outrage might be justified...

> ... something is offered in exchange of a service with a sexual connotation

You mean like marriage used to be?

> all the best white hats learn their craft by having been black hats

... in exactly the same way that all the best people in the FBI used to be terrorists, etc, etc. Don't talk such nonsense.

Re: Wrong comparison

>... ISIS has an Air Force that can down drones...

An Air Force is not required for that task.

Re: Client support, we've heard about it

> But if your job suddenly requires you to do something, and you don't want to learn how to do it, ...

If your job requires you to do something, and you already know how to do it, and you have been doing it successfully for years, then I change the system so that you can no longer do it, ...

Re: all it needs now

> ... fast becoming a huge liability to the USA

Becoming? Always has been, I think you'll find.

> Seems purposefully vague or overly broad in its reach

Bear in mind that most laws are designed (upto a point) to have sections which are vague and/or obscure, simply to provide long-term future employment to others in the legal profession.

Re: which will post their own updates in time, hopefully.

> Just had yet another security update for my Galaxy S7 Edge

Same with my Nokia 3.

Re: asshe but

> And the vast majority of them ...

The vast majority of the tiny minority who bothered to respond?

Re: What?

> it directly intercepts syscalls and translates them into Windows kernel terms

The next improvement would be to bypass (then strip out as unnecessary) the Windows kernel stuff.

Re: Fingers crossed he rots somewhere horrible for it...

> Obviously the 100% certain way, though, is not to be an exploitative scumbag in the first place.

Recent events elsewhere suggest that might be an overly optimistic point of view.