* Posts by Doug Glass

1445 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Feb 2008

Laptop Hunters snare Microsoft on Linux

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Oh Yeah !

hehehehehehehehehehe

Microsoft cries netbook victory against Linux

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The Power

Oh the power of effective marketing. It's not a matter of which is better, Windows or Linux, it's a matter of which is "marketed" properly to the target population. And MS is very, very good at this.

On the "home turf" of corporate marketing, Linux is at best a distant second and always will be until all the fanboys and hacks get truly organized and learn how to properly "sell" their product.

YouTube yanks music videos from German site

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<yawn>

BFD

LG fu**ed off with swearing

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LG: Peace on You Sheet for Brains

I wont by buying a Frakking LG. Those motherfrakkers go no place in my domain deciding for me what I see, what I smell, when I take a dump, what words I use or anything else. Bustards, must be demogacrates.

Battlestar Galactica eyes 'technology run amok'

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@Ron Christian

Exactly. And took without permission the overall idea from Jack L. Chalker's "The Wonderland Gambit".

BSG was not good Science Fiction, it was plagiarism that took advantage of a dying author and his family.

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Pure Misdirection

Mr. Author. why did you leave out the single most telling line of the entire series?

"So the Number Six adds: "That, too, is in God's plan." "

After that, the Baltar "Angel" says, "You know he doesn't like that name".

A little mind bending of your own there to suit your purposes? Or are you the "he" and of course you're in control and know best.

Newfangled rootkits survive hard disk wiping

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BIOS Update

A BIOS update with embedded malware. That idea is low hanging fruit for a disgruntled employee or dedicated hacker. And we download it and do it ourselves. Neat !!

Microsoft claims IE8 is 'a leap forward in web standards'

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<yawn>

BFD

Zero-G vanishing bone issue solved, says prof

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Not News

The article may be new, but the condition, and cure, have been known for decades.

Must be a slow day huh guys.

PC buyers fail to prove MS deceived in Vista 'Capable' suit

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@ AC; When IT Comes to Gold

I just wish I could buy you for what you're worth, and sell you for what you think you're worth.

Ah, Capitalism !

Lights out, Britons told - we're running out of power

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@Anonymous Coward: Not Simple

As a recent retiree of 32 years in the commercial power industry (USofA), I can assure you it's not that simple. Power plants age rapidly, require enormous amounts of money for maintenance and repair, and environmental legislation is making running them less and less profitable. Yes, the companies are there to generate a profit. If you want only government run plants, not-for-ptofit plants well, then you still have the funding problem and other problems brought about by them being run by the govern-ment.

A power plant is not like a car. They run 24/7 and the idea of just keep running them is foolish, ill conceived, and points to a position of nothing short of gross ignorance.

The problem you blokes have is the same the rest of the world has: everybody wants the power but nobody wants to pay the price and God forbid they be built near me!

The solution is to have had more plants in the pipeline starting 20 years ago. That didn't happen so here we are. But if you believe you have the solution I encourage you to call the power company of your choice and offer your services. I'm sure they'll be very open to you solving all their supply problems.

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Opera chief: Microsoft's IE 8 ‘undermines’ web standards

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Hey Oopera, Moziolla, Goggle ...

... want a little cheese with that whine?

Science-boosting thickie questionnaire backfires

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As A Former Science Teacher

This doesn't surprise me. It also doesn't surprise me the test has never been validated. It's one thing to test subject matter and another to test one's ability to take tests.

Microsoft claims Firefox- and Chrome-whopping IE8 speeds

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So? What's Your Point?

The fastest airliners out there today are the ones that fly straight down. Speed is seldom a good thing in a flawed vehicle of any sort.

Court rules 'ceaseless liability' for net libel fine for free speech

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The Solution

If you say wrongful sheet about somebody you gets in trouble. If you say the same wrongful sheet about somebody again you gets in trouble again.

Solution: take the wrongful sheet off the internet and consider it a lesson in life.

Google plugs your surf history into ad money machine

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@RW (ixquick)

Thanks for your post, after playing with the site for a while I switched all my browsers (FF of course) to ixquick and removed Google as an option. Running ixquick and AdBlock Plus I feel safe. Well, at least I wont be feeding the big "G" Goon squad any more that I can tell.

Have IT vendors been hit harder than IT departments?

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In A Nutshell

IT: what was once lamented as grossly understaffed is now thankful for keeping what it has. Same numbers, just new paradigm.

Damn AC, is the Pope worried about you? I mean, he may be the good right hand of the wrong "person".

Concerted Linux-netbook effort needed to beat Microsoft

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@ J

Most people (read that as ill informed, rampant consumers) are sheep who are easily led to the desired purchasing point by slick marketing techniques. True needs and truth be damned, if it's "new and improved" chances are it gets bought. Witness the enormous amount of money spent on marketing alone. You can get numerous college degrees in the subject ... it's pretty much, now, a branch of behavioral science! What gets bought is not always the best product, it's what the marketing boys can convince people what they need to buy. Do you remember the 1984 Apple ad with the pretty young girl throwing the hammer? If not, here it is:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9126158

This is modern marketing at its very best and it made an awesome impression on untold thousands of consumers. And, it was all about an "also ran" computer company striking out at the big boy. This approach was a stroke of pure business genius.

Here's the point: the Linux world has no appropriate marketing scheme designed (and executed) to reach the masses which whatever truth needs to be told to sell the product. What "marketing" that is done is plain and truthful but that doesn't grab you ... marketing today has to be eye-catching. And therein sits the problem: Linux may be God's gift to the desktop computer world, but its the story is not getting out in any form that appeals to the everyday consumer. Linux will never be sold on it's technical merits out of the mouths of the nerdy techy boys who create and improve it.

Apple knew that and they got an attractive running woman in a tight top and short shorts to strike the blow. And look where Apple is today? Maybe not as big as Microsoft, but look at the fans and the loyalty. And all that was achieved with prices much higher than you might think would sell products. Until such time as the Linux world "gets it" and understands the true nature of the sales challenge they face, Linux will always be a distant follower to those that do "get it".

UK IT should 'fire men first', says Kate Craig-Wood

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Oh No!!

She's using the "F" word and it's directed at men this time! You've come a long way baby.

YouTube blocks music videos in UK

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<yawn>

BFD

Vista to XP 'downgrade' lawsuit revised

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@Anonymous Coward

"To use the motoring analogy, if the driver who bumped your car swerved to avoid a dangerous driver then the dangerous driver would be responsible for your damages. I this case MS are the dangerous driver."

Not in the USofA, you have to prove culpability and intent of the other driver. You, as the driver, are responsible for the operation of your automobile. The imagined, unproven, actions of others do not relieve you of that responsibility or absolve you if you take deadly action.

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Swedish police claim massive anti-piracy bust

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Alright!!

Descent among the righteous! Isn't this what caused the fall of Rome, or was it communism? Oh never mind......

EC retires the Microsoft watchdog

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MS = MicroScorpion

A turtle was happily swimming along a river when a scorpion hailed it from the shore.

"Dear friend turtle!" called the scorpion. "Please let me climb upon your back and swim me to the other side of the river!"

"No," replied the turtle, "for if I do, you shall sting me, and I shall die."

"Nonsense!" replied the scorpion. "If I kill you in the middle of the river, you shall sink, and I shall drown and die with you."

The turtle thought this over, and saw the truth of the scorpion's statement. He let it upon his back and began swimming towards the other side of the river. Halfway across, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck.

"Why have you stung me?!" cried the turtle as his body began to stiffen. "Now you shall die as well!"

As the pair sank to their death, the scorpion replied, "Because it is in my nature".

Study: Girls still not swarming into sci-tech, dammit

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The Truth Will Set You Free

Geeee I wonder why???

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=6yc&q=it+nerd+pic&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=_qitSbnoFuHAtge56s2JBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

Pirate Bay rejects law-breaking claims

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What's in a Name

Maybe they should have chosen a name that taunts just a bit less. Maybe those that call themselves pirates deserve to be treated as such. Maybe discretion is the better part of valor; not to mention simply keeping a low profile and staying off certain people's RADAR.

Que Sera, Sera

Bootleggers jump on 'complete' Windows 7

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Max $1.44 ??? ....

Dang, I'll take a six pack, resell them for $2.88 and make a killing!

Obama wants to wring fat dollar from mobile operators

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When IT Come to Cows....

... it ain't spelt s-a-c-r-IT guys.

Hollywood to totally recall Total Recall

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The Book Was Better

"I Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick was a much better book than the govenator's flick. Maybe the new version will turn out to be OK. The book deserves a better screen presentation than what currently runs through people's mind concerning this story.

Microsoft temps get shorter hours

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It's Gotta Be El Reg News Too

How many times do they get to pee during the day and is The Register monitoring their fat intake?

You guys are really hurting to fill print space huh?

Teen sacked for 'boring' job Facebook comment

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If You're Going To Be Dumb ...

... you better be tough.

Their job, their money, their decision. Would somebody please punch this cretin's TS card.

Nokia calls for Voluntary Resignations

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No News Here

Standard corporate practice for years. Nothing new here to either report on or comment about other than to say it must be a slow day at El Reg.

'No Office 14 this year,' says Ballmer

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<yawn>

BFD

Jobs to skip Apple shareholders meeting

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Well Just Damn!

The man apparently can't take a crap it seems without some numbskull thinking something is wrong. Hell, did it ever occur to any of you twitterpated fanboy pukes the dude just may be frelling tired??

He's spent his time in the pit, get off his back for a change.

Microsoft asks laid-off staff to refund overpaid redundo cash

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Nothing New

This is common among "American" corporations. An error is an error, if you got the money by accident, it's not yours. If a bank errs and deposits $1,000,000 in your checking account, you'd best not spend it. Many have and many have regretted it.

Spooks and techies to be vetted for their online networks

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BFD

As a worker in the USofA commercial nuclear industry, this is nothing. The fact is if you want to play their game and take their money you follow their rules. Period. And that's the way it should be.

Like it or leave it, no whining allowed.

Shuttleworth gets cloudy with Ubuntu 9.10

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Keeping Up With The Gates

No surprise here. But 9.10 is really going to be named after a bug, not mosquito though, just as soon as a "K" species can be identified....or created.

Microsoft should get serious on Moonlight

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Do You Suppose ....

... the authors of all these articles feel the need to use worthless slang because they feel so inferior and have such a strong need to liked.

I was just wondering.

Windows 7 fast track alarms technical testers

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You Have The Whine ....

...here's the cheese to go along with it.

http://www.whomovedmycheese.com/

Behind IE 8's big incompatibility list

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<yawn>

BFD; use FF.

Paris because one fox always sniffs out another.

Barcelona pickpocket swipes Microsoft secrets?

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Pickpocket?

Nawwww. Procurement specialist for thepiratebay.org.

UK 'bad' pics ban to stretch?

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What Does it Matter???

Could you even be tried since any jury viewing the evidence is immediately guilty? Same for da judge. Same for the prosecutor.

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Damn!!

Glad I live in the former colonies.

Btw.... I'm selling fashion eye filters for just $19.95 each (with lifetime warranty) soon to be seen on the British tele. Got the patent on these babies and they'll be sold alongside our earlier x-ray glasses.

20 per cent of laptop buyers opted for netbooks in Q4 08

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I use Windows ...

.. but I'm NOT a Microsoft fan. The problem I had with Linux (Ubuntu, and give me a break for the next comment) was it just didn't do what I wanted it to do with the ease of XP on a fully functional multimedia/Home Office/Surfing/Email box, i.e. an "over spec'ed system". But I need to think again.

I like simplicity and I like ease of use. Linux (Ubuntu maybe) on a platform such as a netbook, just might be exactly what I'm looking for in a very portable box. Mostly I use it as a portable storage system for photographs since my wife and I are rather proficient amateur photographers and we have post retirement travel in the near future. Specifically, travel with a Windows laptop for use as an email station and as a storage depot for pic files. But the idea of a smaller, simplier netbook with Linux is beginning to make great sense.

I'm really very familiar with the capabilities of Ubuntu and, quite frankly, a netbook with Linux and a BIG external hard drive has all of a sudden become very appealing.

We'll always use Windows, its just too embedded to dump (tried it) but the idea of moving away from a Windows laptop is an idea I need to really consider. Maybe eventually other platforms too. One success usually breeds others and I like that idea.

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Amazing, ...

... simply amazing. People actually seem to want to make their lives less complicated. Who'd a thunk it?

And they even want the less flashy OS. Wow, now that's what I call progress.

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As Soon As They Had The Option ...

... the buying public chose smaller, less expensive and less complex. Can you imagine that.

Rail workers get shirty with see-through blouses

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New Law???

If looking is illegal for you guys, or soon to be maybe, wont the blouses make all those who look at [through] them criminals?

Paris because she did her best to cover Britney's nethers and can help here too

Feuding iPhone fart-makers raise legal stink

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AH

And here I was thinking that was plain air in the heads of Apple fanboys.

Paris, because she knows an AH when she smells one.

'Lenny': Debian for the masses?

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They'll Just Never Learn

To the vast majority of automobile drivers, fluid flow and thermodynamics is not only uninteresting, it's hard to master, takes a dedicated effort to learn, and then once it is learned its uses are relatively few. I learned a bit of it as a nuc boat mechanic in 1969; been no good to me since. And yet I drive a truck daily that takes advantage of the principles of fluid flow and thermodynamics... among others admittedly. But do I care how heat is generated and how it's used? Do I care how pressures are created and put to use? Do I care about how energy is extracted form a fuel? Do I really care about all the engineering that has to go into the creation of a usable engine to meet my transportation needs? No, and neither do 99.99% of the other drivers on the road all over the world. And it's always been that way; all they want to do it get from point A to point B in their version of style and comfort.

The same applies to the OS. It's a frakkin' tool to simply get a job done for 99.99% of the world's home computer users and 99.99% of them don't give a tinker's damn which one it is or what it's called or named. If the tool works they're satisfied.

The IT world simply can't come to grips that when it comes to the OS on the platter the non-tecky types (the buyers of home computers) just don't give a damn...they want it to work and they expect those of you who revel in the OS and its nuances to install it when needed, fix it when needed, and then silently take the money and slink away back to where ever it is you come from until needed again.

Guys, nobody but you cares about the OS and the fact that this type conversation keeps happening is proof that you're just not getting your story out and into the heads of your intended audience. On this site, and other arenas like it, your preaching to the choir; everywhere else you may as well be speaking Martian 'cause ain't nobody caring or listening. You enable nice toys, but after that nobody gives a damn what you think or want. You're their fix-it man when it breaks and invisible the rest of the time.

Now you have to understand, I love it. I love a good clown act and I love to see people beat themselves up over stuff only they understand. Kind of like watching a fireworks factory explode. Oh wow! Man that was awesome! The fireball was magnificent and the sound was deafening! Huh? There was somebody in those buildings? Damn, that's gotta hurt! Wow did you see that green fireball!!!

We need more green explosions guys, so keep the fires going.

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2008 a top year for UK games sales

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Seaworthy

Got one for sub drivers?

Apple fights iPhone unlocking (again)

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PCs Forever

<yawn> BFD

Paris, because she knows a BFD when she sees one.