I remember that the public unveiling of the results was something along the lines of "we know that the most probable cause must be an error somewhere, so we are publishing this results in order to get more people to help us find it".
They never made any claims of superluminic, time shifting, theory smasher neutrinos.
"Nevertheless Google has implemented the tweaks and defended the move by saying that halting it at this stage would "confuse" the firm's userbase."
No, not confusing at all. A simple text saying something along the lines of: "We can't implement our new policies on Europe until they adhere to EC law".
Of course, that would make the users think that Google may not be the technological knight-in-shiny-armor they pretend to be, so this is just wishful thinking.
I really believe is not that simple.
Foxconn has a dark history when it comes to the conditions offered to their workers.
Check this article:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/10/foxconn_abuse_report/
So, the possibility of a suicide, massive or otherwise, is more than 0%, based on very recent history.
R
I don't see LibreOffice passing the approbation process necessary to be accepted in Apple's appstore.
Apple will argument that LibreOffice provides functionality already existent, that they use too much battery or something like that in order to avoid people jumping from their own payed apps to free ones.
"and the speed of the raid raised questions about Apple’s relationship with the local police."
Well, if you check the presentation Jobs gave to the Cupertino city council last june, you will see that he was pretty much loved by local authorities.
I agree with that. QNX is not Linux, but QNX made a graphical interface for their OS.
If I remember correctly, QNX runs on a "nanokernel", and it is really good at that.
I have a clear memory of a demo which was downloadable from QNX web site several years ago.
That demo did the following:
- provided a bootable OS
- a graphical interface (I believe it was called "photon")
- some basic programs, like a calculator and a plain text editor
- worked on several and very different kinds of PCs, including a "Virtual PC" emulator on a Mac
- had a usable internet browser (for that time, this was at the end of the 90s)
- it was *fast*
And... all of this was comfortable installed, with space to spare, in a 1.4 Mb floppy disk (remember those).
I believe if RIM can understand the philosophy of QNX, they will be able to come out with great products. On the other hand, if they try to bloat, the will end failing miserably.
In this part of the world (South America), or at least the Spanish speaking part of it, some of the words we use to describe men with "big balls" are not intended to flattering.
In Chile: "huevón" or with another spelling "güevón".
In Argentina, Uruguay: "boludo".
I'm sure there are other countries with some local equivalency.
Both cases have the same meaning: someone stupid, lacking understanding, an imbecile.
I believe the closest word in English slang would be "moron".
So if here someone hanged a plastic set of testicles to a bumper, or any other place, it would be recognized at least as a self derogatory statement... and most possibly, as a clear indication of the mind set of the owner.
Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.
Larry Niven
There was another quote, which I can't remember nor found, it went something like: " the universe is filled with the remains of civilizations that made the logical, economical decision of not going into space... discovered by those who made the insane one."
By Arthur C. Clarke (first published in 1955, according to wikipedia).
In this book, great deposits of valuable minerals are found inside our Moon, but as they are too deep for a mining operation, it is believed that no one can reach them.
Which of course, is wrong.
I can remember the exact quote, but it goes something like "Scientists should have a better imagination".
May be IBM "plays it safe" according to Wall Street creed, but they also have spent greats amounts of money on research, and sometimes that research is well beyond pure business.
This research have allowed IBM to get a lot of patents, that may be what helps them to go through another 100 years.
Apple is defending the ecosystem that developers have created around the "i" things. The very same ecosystem that allows to keep selling more stuff.
Developers are secondary to the real motivations.
If anyone really believes that Apple care for developers, things like the story about the WiFi synch app that was rejected on "security issues" and after that copied (icon included) should make the situation clearer.
So you are saying that London's High Court of Justice, the Information Commissioner's Office, the Solicitors Regulator and several judges are all members of 4chan?
And that all the threats and false/unproven accusations have nothing to do with this?
it seems that WHO standards are getting lower everyday.
And because of this, several supposedly serious, media are reporting about "Cellphones ‘possibly carcinogenic,’ WHO says" (Washington Post); "Cellphones May Cause Cancer, Advisory Panel Says" (NY Times).
Of course, that kind of headline brings more sales that the fact, which appears deep inside some articles:
“The conclusion means that there could be some risk, and therefore we
need to keep a close watch for a link between cellphones and cancer
risk,” said Jonathan Samet, who chaired the panel.
Which is another way to say "we are not sure of anything, so please give us more money".
Anyway, if this lead to less ***holes screaming in their phones in trains or the street, it would not be so bad.
From reading several of the post so far, it seems that several people consider the death of two unnamed persons something laughable.
It really gives me a measure of the contempt and utter ignorance which some people seems to observe the world that is far from the comfortable frontiers of the "civilized west world".
I have been a reader of El Reg since the last century, and beyond the mailinglists that I have specifically subscribed to, I have never received any form of unsolicited email.
As far as I know, El Reg operates in a correct way towards their readers.
And before you ask, no, I don't any relation, of any type (commercial, friendship with someone, anything) at The Register.
But it really bothers me to see that someone who clearly is new here trashes a well know and respectable technology news site.
I am afraid your argument about this will fall apart very quickly in a court of law.
Apple does not sell software, it grants you a license to use it, under several conditions.
Those conditions are displayed to you before you install the software (may be when it begins the installation or in an attached piece of paper). And in those conditions, which you can accept or not, are some limitations about the hardware.
At that point, you can also choose to not accept the conditions and return the disks to the seller for a refund.
Also, your comparison with a book is sadly wrong, for about the same reasons. It is true that you can read the book anywhere you want, but you can not do whatever you want with it. For example: you can't copy it, make a new edition with it or, depending on legislation, make some kinds of derivative works.
If all of this is good or bad... well, that is a contentious issue.
But if you want to run OS X in a not-licensed fashion, you are on the wrong side of the law, that's for sure.
Disclaimer: I'm not an Apple fanboi or anything like that. The only apple product I have is an iphone, which I bought just because my cellphone carrier offered a very good price for it (namely $0, because I have spent several wads of cash with them in the last years).
For the kind of stories that let you wishing for a stiff drink, either to erase the memory by killing those brain cells or because is friday and you realize that the weekend is ad portas and it looks more boring that staying in the office.
The football world cup was transmitted in full by pay TV (in this side of the world). Open TV transmitted only a handful of matches. That may help explain the "explosion".
Everybody was installing satellite dishes or some form of cable to get to see the matches.
But is this growth here to stay?
How many people will ditch their contracts after the first year?
I agree with Pete 2. We are too inclined to believe whatever is posted on the net. Why we give something on the screen such a high grade of trust, is unknown to me and is a very interesting thing to investigate (psychologists, anthropologists, etc.).
Revolutions don't need fancy communications tools to happen.
Lets not forget that this communication tool, in whatever flavor you choose, just transmit what you want it to transmit. And what you post is always a personal interpretation and subject to bias. The same thing applies to what you read.
We have to try to not "deificate"(1) the net and try to present it as something that people can not live without.
R
(1) is that a word? I believe not, but my English is not so good, since it is not my native language.
Maybe we are just too lazy or to spoiled by internet services or mobile phones and tend to think that people will not find a way to express themselves.
But that is obviously a mistake. May be communications will be a bit more cumbersome or slow, but that will not stop people from protesting. And trying to silence media is always a sign that the government does not have very good intentions.
Protests that topple governments will always happen, internet or not.
If Mr. Mubarak is so sure to be in the "right" side of things, this attempt to silence his own people surely probes otherwise.
"Method and system to predict the future: using crowd sourcing and the new iCrystalBall "
I understand why this is so convenient for Apple, they are experts when it comes to make people believe that the next piece of hardware or software they produce will improve their live to a previously nonexistent level, so owning the patent for it is logical from their point of view.
But why does the USA legal system allows someone to even think of something like this?
In this side of the world we have a sunny day and summer vacations coming up, so instead of falling sleep in front of the TV, we can fall sleep in a hammock.
Anyway, a really big thanks for a year of great articles and inspiring events.
Register
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"and has signed a deal with Gree"
Sorry, but read that as "and has signed a deal with Greed"... and I think is more adequate.
R
Re: Your MS Social Network Data Lives in ... Chile?
Yes, the law is enforced (I live in Chile and work in IT).
But it just the domain that is registered here.
A quick visit to the site shows that the server is in USA.
And if you read the "Tern of Services" (https://www.so.cl/app/terms), you will note a paragraph that says:
"Unless otherwise specified in the service, the service is intended for use within the United States only. "
R
What I really liked...
about this camera (or whatever this is) are the status lights .
I suppose they will work as well as a pedal powered wheelchair
R
https://xkcd.com/743/
Re: I'm with the above (2) posters
Just to add a "me too".
I remember that the public unveiling of the results was something along the lines of "we know that the most probable cause must be an error somewhere, so we are publishing this results in order to get more people to help us find it".
They never made any claims of superluminic, time shifting, theory smasher neutrinos.
So why punish him?
R
It looks like and XB-70, just need a canard ...
"Apple told El Reg"??
That would be the second time in the last year that Apple spoke to El Reg, if my memory serves me well.
You must be doing something wrong.
R
Re: Cool
And don't forget Neil deGrasse Tyson
R
"Nevertheless Google has implemented the tweaks and defended the move by saying that halting it at this stage would "confuse" the firm's userbase."
No, not confusing at all. A simple text saying something along the lines of: "We can't implement our new policies on Europe until they adhere to EC law".
Of course, that would make the users think that Google may not be the technological knight-in-shiny-armor they pretend to be, so this is just wishful thinking.
R
Re: EASY TO BLAME THE PARENTS...
Not blaming.
Making them responsible, which is very different.
Of course our kids will run circles around us, as we did with our parents.
But you have to show interest, give them time.
Easy? Nope, not at all. Rising children is getting harder everyday.
R
"There is no need to worry"
Those are quite foreboding words...
R
> 0%
I really believe is not that simple. Foxconn has a dark history when it comes to the conditions offered to their workers. Check this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/10/foxconn_abuse_report/ So, the possibility of a suicide, massive or otherwise, is more than 0%, based on very recent history. RLike a cold beer on a warm summer day
This kind of news is one of the reasons I read El Reg.
R
tax free phone?
(see title)
I don't see LibreOffice passing the approbation process necessary to be accepted in Apple's appstore.
Apple will argument that LibreOffice provides functionality already existent, that they use too much battery or something like that in order to avoid people jumping from their own payed apps to free ones.
R
"and the speed of the raid raised questions about Apple’s relationship with the local police."
Well, if you check the presentation Jobs gave to the Cupertino city council last june, you will see that he was pretty much loved by local authorities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuz5OmOh_M
R
I'm very glad...
that you love your mime
R
"Filling punters' pockets before Apple can"??
May be this should be written as: "Emptying punters' pockets before Apple can"
R
Excellent!
If a lot of people take this seriously, then all of us, Lester included, will have more people to make fun of.
Beer icon, because is friday night and I really need one
R
Hey!
The man is not dead yet!
R
Right
I agree with that. QNX is not Linux, but QNX made a graphical interface for their OS.
If I remember correctly, QNX runs on a "nanokernel", and it is really good at that.
I have a clear memory of a demo which was downloadable from QNX web site several years ago.
That demo did the following:
- provided a bootable OS
- a graphical interface (I believe it was called "photon")
- some basic programs, like a calculator and a plain text editor
- worked on several and very different kinds of PCs, including a "Virtual PC" emulator on a Mac
- had a usable internet browser (for that time, this was at the end of the 90s)
- it was *fast*
And... all of this was comfortable installed, with space to spare, in a 1.4 Mb floppy disk (remember those).
I believe if RIM can understand the philosophy of QNX, they will be able to come out with great products. On the other hand, if they try to bloat, the will end failing miserably.
R
cultural differences
In this part of the world (South America), or at least the Spanish speaking part of it, some of the words we use to describe men with "big balls" are not intended to flattering.
In Chile: "huevón" or with another spelling "güevón".
In Argentina, Uruguay: "boludo".
I'm sure there are other countries with some local equivalency.
Both cases have the same meaning: someone stupid, lacking understanding, an imbecile.
I believe the closest word in English slang would be "moron".
So if here someone hanged a plastic set of testicles to a bumper, or any other place, it would be recognized at least as a self derogatory statement... and most possibly, as a clear indication of the mind set of the owner.
R
as Larry Niven said..
Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.
Larry Niven
There was another quote, which I can't remember nor found, it went something like: " the universe is filled with the remains of civilizations that made the logical, economical decision of not going into space... discovered by those who made the insane one."
But as I said, can't remember who said it.
R
(untitled)
"The Wall Street Journal has joined the Great iPhone 5 Rumour Fest"
... and you want to say that El Reg was first on that bandwagon?
R
earthlight
By Arthur C. Clarke (first published in 1955, according to wikipedia).
In this book, great deposits of valuable minerals are found inside our Moon, but as they are too deep for a mining operation, it is believed that no one can reach them.
Which of course, is wrong.
I can remember the exact quote, but it goes something like "Scientists should have a better imagination".
R
this reminds me the following article
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/27/how_to_copyright_michelangelo/
R
R&D
May be IBM "plays it safe" according to Wall Street creed, but they also have spent greats amounts of money on research, and sometimes that research is well beyond pure business.
This research have allowed IBM to get a lot of patents, that may be what helps them to go through another 100 years.
R
Apple defending developers?
I respectfully disagree with that interpretation.
Apple is defending the ecosystem that developers have created around the "i" things. The very same ecosystem that allows to keep selling more stuff.
Developers are secondary to the real motivations.
If anyone really believes that Apple care for developers, things like the story about the WiFi synch app that was rejected on "security issues" and after that copied (icon included) should make the situation clearer.
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/08/apple_copies_rejected_app/)
R
4chan?
So you are saying that London's High Court of Justice, the Information Commissioner's Office, the Solicitors Regulator and several judges are all members of 4chan?
And that all the threats and false/unproven accusations have nothing to do with this?
R
mmm
May be this is news for the professor?
R
A title
it seems that WHO standards are getting lower everyday.
And because of this, several supposedly serious, media are reporting about "Cellphones ‘possibly carcinogenic,’ WHO says" (Washington Post); "Cellphones May Cause Cancer, Advisory Panel Says" (NY Times).
Of course, that kind of headline brings more sales that the fact, which appears deep inside some articles:
“The conclusion means that there could be some risk, and therefore we
need to keep a close watch for a link between cellphones and cancer
risk,” said Jonathan Samet, who chaired the panel.
Which is another way to say "we are not sure of anything, so please give us more money".
Anyway, if this lead to less ***holes screaming in their phones in trains or the street, it would not be so bad.
R
R
Too many hours...
playing Starcraft?
R
Cheers
To everyone who is a history, science or computer geek, this is great news.
Great job, congratulations to all people who contributed.
Prosit!
R
no tittle
From reading several of the post so far, it seems that several people consider the death of two unnamed persons something laughable.
It really gives me a measure of the contempt and utter ignorance which some people seems to observe the world that is far from the comfortable frontiers of the "civilized west world".
R
What?
I have been a reader of El Reg since the last century, and beyond the mailinglists that I have specifically subscribed to, I have never received any form of unsolicited email.
As far as I know, El Reg operates in a correct way towards their readers.
And before you ask, no, I don't any relation, of any type (commercial, friendship with someone, anything) at The Register.
But it really bothers me to see that someone who clearly is new here trashes a well know and respectable technology news site.
R
I hope
the touchpad comes with a full keyboard
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/05/special_youtube_keyboard/
Anyway, congratulations to the winner.
R
"bought"?
I am afraid your argument about this will fall apart very quickly in a court of law.
Apple does not sell software, it grants you a license to use it, under several conditions.
Those conditions are displayed to you before you install the software (may be when it begins the installation or in an attached piece of paper). And in those conditions, which you can accept or not, are some limitations about the hardware.
At that point, you can also choose to not accept the conditions and return the disks to the seller for a refund.
Also, your comparison with a book is sadly wrong, for about the same reasons. It is true that you can read the book anywhere you want, but you can not do whatever you want with it. For example: you can't copy it, make a new edition with it or, depending on legislation, make some kinds of derivative works.
If all of this is good or bad... well, that is a contentious issue.
But if you want to run OS X in a not-licensed fashion, you are on the wrong side of the law, that's for sure.
Disclaimer: I'm not an Apple fanboi or anything like that. The only apple product I have is an iphone, which I bought just because my cellphone carrier offered a very good price for it (namely $0, because I have spent several wads of cash with them in the last years).
R
Hard liquour
For the kind of stories that let you wishing for a stiff drink, either to erase the memory by killing those brain cells or because is friday and you realize that the weekend is ad portas and it looks more boring that staying in the office.
R
Another vote for...
Ringworld, by Larry Niven.
And the sequel, The Ringworld Engineers... but that's it, no ringworld throne or ringworld children
R
TMA
Every time I see "TMA" I automatically translate it to "Tycho Magnetic Anomaly"
R
"Just goes to show politicians are the same everywhere"
Agreed.
Anyway, the problem already manifested itself.
The "official" daylight saving time switch day was the second saturday of march.
At least, that was the date until last year, when the earthquake pushed forward the switching date.
So, last year there was some problems.
This year, already has been some problems.
Microsoft already issued a hotfix for the last change, but not for this one.
I have a lot of users and most of them has become used to check the system time when they turn on their windows PCs.
Not a good solution, mind you, but until our ruling class agree to a definitive solution to this matter, will have to cope with it.
R
Beer icon, just because I feel like having a beer.
no tittle
'if you don't drink, this is not a reason to start'
That may be, but it is also one reason less to stop.
last year...
The football world cup was transmitted in full by pay TV (in this side of the world). Open TV transmitted only a handful of matches. That may help explain the "explosion".
Everybody was installing satellite dishes or some form of cable to get to see the matches.
But is this growth here to stay?
How many people will ditch their contracts after the first year?
R
and read this...
article from el reg:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/28/running_with_the_also_rans/
R
been there
Personally, I do no use nor intend to use FB, twitter or other social networks.
To answer code monkey, I use firefox with "noscript" add on. In noscript just marked FB as "not trusted" and that's it.
Of course, if you use FB, you have to look for another solution.
R
Indeed...
I agree with Pete 2. We are too inclined to believe whatever is posted on the net. Why we give something on the screen such a high grade of trust, is unknown to me and is a very interesting thing to investigate (psychologists, anthropologists, etc.).
Revolutions don't need fancy communications tools to happen.
Lets not forget that this communication tool, in whatever flavor you choose, just transmit what you want it to transmit. And what you post is always a personal interpretation and subject to bias. The same thing applies to what you read.
We have to try to not "deificate"(1) the net and try to present it as something that people can not live without.
R
(1) is that a word? I believe not, but my English is not so good, since it is not my native language.
Not the only way
Maybe we are just too lazy or to spoiled by internet services or mobile phones and tend to think that people will not find a way to express themselves.
But that is obviously a mistake. May be communications will be a bit more cumbersome or slow, but that will not stop people from protesting. And trying to silence media is always a sign that the government does not have very good intentions.
Protests that topple governments will always happen, internet or not.
If Mr. Mubarak is so sure to be in the "right" side of things, this attempt to silence his own people surely probes otherwise.
R
next from Apple
"Method and system to predict the future: using crowd sourcing and the new iCrystalBall "
I understand why this is so convenient for Apple, they are experts when it comes to make people believe that the next piece of hardware or software they produce will improve their live to a previously nonexistent level, so owning the patent for it is logical from their point of view.
But why does the USA legal system allows someone to even think of something like this?
Enjoy your snowy holidays
In this side of the world we have a sunny day and summer vacations coming up, so instead of falling sleep in front of the TV, we can fall sleep in a hammock.
Anyway, a really big thanks for a year of great articles and inspiring events.
Looking forward to a 2011 PARIS.
R
(that is a COLD beer)
Hmmm
That has to be something hard to swallow...
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