Posts by Spearbox

Meh

Microsoft needs a new design department. Either that or they should think about hiring apple's design team.

Live.com is the epitome of what is wrong with the world.

Just to point out...

Apple is as volatile as Steve Jobs.

As soon as he goes (which he will do sooner or later), their value will hurtle downwards. Microsoft however do not rely on Bill Gates nor do their share value.

@Mark

I think you are unaware that OS X actually detects the hardware you are using. If it finds that you are using non-apple approved (emphasis on approved) hardware, it sends OS X into what is called a Kernal Panic and shuts your system down.

You can't bypass it unless you modify their intellectual property. It will not function without end user intervention, which is wholly against their questionable EULA.

"A kernel panic is a type of error that occurs when the core (kernel) of an operating system receives an instruction in an unexpected format, or that it fails to handle properly. A kernel panic may also follow when the operating system is not able to recover from a different type of error. A kernel panic can be caused by damaged or incompatible software or, more rarely, damaged or incompatible hardware." - "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1392

They actually induce this behaviour even if the license of Leopard itself is legitimate. It's what made Apple initially belief and say in their first legal doc that in order to run Leopard, they believed and therefore alleged that Psystar therefore had to modify the installation of Leopard prior to pre-installing it or providing it with their normal run of the mill PCs - which as they now know was an untrue allegation.

Compete?

Why do Microsoft constantly want to compete against things that have been done, a little waaaaaay too late?

Why not be innovative? Why not be the ones that lead? They've lost their way and are trying too much at once.

They're having enough problems with what they have, nevermind taking on anything more.

Guess Apple get my 2c's for fulfilling the criteria of innovation, creativity (excluding the porsche like UI design), and being able to be market leaders.

@N1AK

Unfortunately, with an increase of market share and further public awareness, regardless of how minor, the direct result is people rip into for everything that they possibly can.

The world is in recession but apple are booming. Expect jealousy, and expect people to slate them for more. This is just the beginning.

mmmm

For the first time in some time now, I can drool.

What on earth are you lot doing?

You complain about browser crashes, instability, unreliability, usability issues, and customisation problems.

I use my browser to browse the net, and I happily can do it safely with a vanilla version of Opera, Internet Explorer and Firefox without it ever crashing. Without it ever lagging. Without it ever doing something I do not ask it to do. I've even had around 30 tabs open just cos I could. No problems.

Eight years it's been with no viruses. No trojans. No adware. No spyware. I've got Antivirus and it sits there laughing at me because it has nothing to do. I pay for it to be renewed every year. My firewall sits there and laughs at me for paying and renewing the license to run it and that has nothing to do. Adaware laughs at me for paying and renewing the license for that and it never has to do anything.

What on earth are you lot doing to warrant all this need for addons, these complaints about the browser crashing? Come on, and I'm not a techy whizz!!! If I can use the net, build sites, and all that malarky, so surely you can too?!

If you're so insecure use a virtual OS and browse in just that if you've so many issues and can't do something as simple as browse the net without getting bent over by the software you so apparently love. At least when it crashes and breaks everything it'd be isolated...

Paris, cos she knows how to get screwed by doing something she shouldn't be.

@J

Hehe, well not really, I paid for it all through anniversaries, birthday presents, parties, valentines eve's, general gifts and so forth. Oh and joint bank/ISA/savings accounts.... /shudder

That costs a lot more than a hooker. Takes more effort and time too!

/me gets suitcases ready and looks at the door... :P

@Nordrick

Yes, but it'd be a bit more interesting to see how many people, like you downloaded it multiple times for no apparent reason other than to donate to a meaningless stat. Toodles.

I done a little digging around - apparently as of March 2008, adobe estimate 864,000,000 users have flash player. That's about 9.6 million downloads a day?

I can't find many more stats though about it, and Adobe seem near impossible to get in touch when you have a non-software related query.

Jumping on the bandwagon....

"Join us in our mission to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours!" - from the firefox site...

Is it me or is there something wrong with that?

Quite frankly, it's over-hyped, over-marketed, and it's starting to become pretty annoying like Harry Pothead, err Potter: a big fuss about something that really doesn't have much to it, something not much more than bug ridden with too many security flaws being patched much too often, making it have more holes than a close up view than the Moon on Google (www.google.com/moon).

Seriously, the most software downloaded within 24 hours? Are they gonna check it and fiilter it for bot-downloads?

No? Then how about comparing it to stats by other major software releases? Who cares about which software was downloaded the most? Quite frankly, I'd say Adobe Flash Player therefore will win every time with firefox a little smidgeon far behind.

Paris because I'm sure if her video was software, it'll trash all records.

Mmmmmm

I had no idea about these sites. With the onset of uncontrolled inflation and rocketing fuel prices, I must do like the banks and go overseas to find goods and services cheaper than the mainland.

/me grins somewhat with an uncanny resemblence to that green character in Home Alone 2 - the one that is compared to that Hotel Clerk's smile noting the savings to be made... and the fact that it is as legal as Itunes.

And even Paris can see a bargain!

A good question for el reg and the masses?

How many of you legitimate music buyers here have too turned into avid fans of the Pirate Bay?

Hurrah

Firefox users unite once more to bash Opera. Grats, you just sunk to a new low.

Personally whether you all like it or not, Firefox knew about this a significant while back - as linked before. They chose only now to notify Opera. Fair enough they notified Opera when they didn't have to but why notify them 24 hours in advance and not when they had it first reported?

Opera have 24 hours to roll out a huge number of the versions they have available to the candidate, after fixing and documenting the bug. Mozilla has taken 3 months to fix it.

24 hours? Imagine how huge their email inbox will be and here you are jumping on your bandwagon spitting out your flamed responses like kids who've been deprived of a lollipop. You spit on microsoft, scorn at Bill Gates, and waggle your behinds like adolescent teenagers at Opera.

You lot should be ashamed of yourselves.

Size matters?

@Matt/Joel: When I'm downloading at 1.4mb/s, something or anything that is 10mb in size generally has finished downloading by the time I have selected a path to save it. Go figure when I say size, in this case, really doesn't matter.

@Opera Fans: Wierldy they do sound like sales reps, but the brower is remarkably good. Fair play. I've used it and paid for it. Still do and stand by it. Still it's nothing to do with this article so trap.

@Internet Explorer Bashers: Nice. Keep it up. Expect a Yahoo! Toolbar readily installed with v8.

@FFX Bashers: Ease up guys, it's a beta. At close inspection, expect it to look like the moon does on the moon equivalent of google maps, full of holes, and if you look at it during the night, wierdly with a large chunk of it missing..

@My icon: She's just pretty and gets so underused.

Sheer entertainment

I'd like to publicly thank all of you for entertaining me over this last hour or so with your comments and insightful views. I've never spent so long reading about one article.

On a quick side-note, I wonder what will happen with the likes of rapidshare, megaupload, yousendit, speedyshare, and the likes who host hundreds of thousands, if not millions of copyrighted materials zipped into .rar/.zip files.

/salute, viva el reg

/tear

"The International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) has slammed The Pirate Bay, saying that it was not motivated by "idealism" and a love of music but was only interested in making bundles of cash."

I've not laughed that much in a LONG time. Jesus.

/waves at RIAA, MPAA and IFPI

Miracle on 34th Street anyone?

This whole debacle reminds me of that movie... where Kris Kringle tells people to go elsewhere to find better/cheaper products that provide more value for money to accomodate their purse strings.

In the film, the store "Santa" worked at used it as a marketing ploy and used it to their advantage. Realistically it wouldn't happen... but hey, this guy was the Digital Santa.

So, to conclude, Santa does exist and he works at Dell!!!

Hurrah!

Hmmm... breakdown pending

If this thing works, it'll bring down offices, schools, houses and signal the breakdown of society as we know it. No doubt apple will register something almost like it and actually use PR to make everyone want one in their homes...

Anyhow, picture it. The below will probably send all the sensors haywire....

- Clinton: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!"

- Chua Soi Lek (Malaysian PM): "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!"

- George Bush: "Iraq are building and harbouring WMDs!"

- Copyboy: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!"

- World of Warcraft Player: "I did have sexual relations with that woman!"

- Husband: "I was over at Fred's havin a beer"