* Posts by sandholme

20 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Nov 2007

Tesla's Model S autonomous mode may have saved a life

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Re: PR stunt

No matter how slow you are going it is possible for someone to step out close enough so that you cannot avoid them. The only safe speed is stopped.

Hi Facebook, Google, we think we might tax your ads instead – lots of love, Europe x

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Even a transaction tax would be difficult if they had no presence in your country; unless they block companies that don't pay with a Great Firewall Mk II. Otherwise they simply wouldn't pay.

Sorry, but those huge walls of terms and conditions you never read are legally binding

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Not installed

So can I sue them if I've never installed the app?

Virgin 'spaceship' pilot 'unlocked tailbooms' going through sound barrier

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Re: Why...

Two stage processes are normally used to avoid a single point failure. Arming a control brings you back to a single failure condition (Unless there were still more safety devices.

However you also have to remember that the more interlocks the greater the chance of one of them failing and the resulting complexity actually increasing the risk of failure.

Europe's shock Google privacy ruling: The end of history? Don't be daft

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Re: I Googled Jon Snow

Why did you put an irrelevant spoiler in the middle of article which had nothing to do with GOT. Was this just an attempt to annoy people and make them dislike you?

It's spade sellers who REALLY make a killing in a gold rush: It's OVER for graphics card mining

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Re: I may be wrong but...

Aerospace still uses lead based solder, in fact it's normally a requirement that it has to as lead free solder doesn't work in that environment.

Apple granted patent for two-faced iPhone with wraparound touchscreen

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So what's the inventive step here, using 2 screens has been done before, putting a flexible screen on a curved surface is the whole point of them.

In fact I would have expected a system using flexible screens to use only one and wrap it all around the object, displaying only on the parts that were needed at the time. Hardly rocket science and pretty obvious even to someone not in the industry.

Living in the middle of a big city? Your broadband may still be crap

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Unhappy

What are these things called megabits, according to my system it only needs to be measured in kilobits, and not many of those. I think our volume knob doesn't go up to 1 let alone 11.

Adobe thinks outside box, nixes retail Creative Suite packaging

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Three DVDs for the master suite, that's probably 10GB+ even if they're only single sided or possibly 25GB+. Those of us with 500kb/s lines would still be downloading this weeks later, not to mention busting our data limits. Looks like CS6 is my last version.

Apple ordered to surrender coveted docs in iOS privacy lawsuit

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Fine them enough so they have to bring back money from overseas to pay it.. That way the treasury gets the fine and the tax.

Schmidt 'very proud' of Google's tiny tax bill: 'It's called capitalism'

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Tax differential

Would it be against international rules to let companies pay the lower tax in Bermuda or wherever but then claim the difference between their tax rate and ours.

No Apple TV this year: Media moguls still won't cough up content

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Joke

Perhaps CBS should set up an online shop which is the only place Apple are allowed to sell their tvs that support CBS and then charge them 30% for the privilege.

Bruce Willis didn't Buy Hard: His girls can't inherit his iTunes

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Re: Is it any different for vinyl and CDs?

IANAL

I thought that in the UK licences have to be written and have to have the ability to be modified by both sides, anything else is illegal so the contract is null and void. Hence the still dubious nature of click through licences which I don't believe have been tested in court. If it is void do they give your money back?

Also recently a the European court said that licences can be sold regardless of the wishes of the vendor ( http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-03/oracle-can-t-stop-software-license-resales-eu-court-says-1-.html ) so if you have a licence to the Itunes software you can sell it / give it away. Of course you have to be European so Bruce may still have a problem.

AT&T defends FaceTime price gouge

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Controlling the bandwidth

Why don't they control bandwidth instead? They could drop your bandwidth to 128kbps (or whatever) every 3rd second to nobble video applications without affecting voice. As long as the low speed was fast enough so that buffering of Youtube... smoothed out problems it would only affect people needing a high QoS. That way they can claim neutrality whilst hitting badly written apps.

Apple changed shape of Galaxy Tab in court filing

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No Demonstration!

Did the judge rule on something without actually looking at the devices in question. Why didn't they simply place both items on the judges desk and turn them on.

US patent reform jumps through second hoop

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Prior art

It won't stop prior art invalidating a patent that's a completely separate issue. Prior art has to be published so if only you kept your invention a secret (which pretty much means you can't use it) would you lose out. if someone else also invented it. If you don't want someone else to patent it then print it in some oscure publication (though there may be rules around how obsure)

Wireless HD video sticks demoed

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HDCP supported

Does it support HDCP, if not then it's not as much use as it could be.

Of Kuwait and DSLR cameras

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Good for micro four thirds

The new breed of micro four thirds act similar to DSLRs but aren't as they have no mirror so they'll be exempt as well.

What a pointless law.

First official HTML5 tests topped by...Microsoft

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Opera 11 ?

So how come they didn't test Opera 11 if they were using other betas

IBM to shove ads onto DVDs

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There goes my DVD purchases.

Don't they realise that a lot of the popularity of DVDs, especially of tv shows is that they don't have adverts. tv shows with adverts simply won't be bought.