* Posts by Oninoshiko

1937 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Oct 2008

That square QR barcode on the poster? Check it's not a sticker

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@Marketing Hack

It's kinda like a steak, "well done" is most assuredly not well done.

Review: Apple Mac Mini 2012

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@spencer

I wanted to say the same thing. Seems odd to me.

The review indicated this was a poor release, but avoided giving the percentage number for comparison.

Take it or break it: the return of the drop test

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Facepalm

Re: Going for the FHM demographic?

Can someone please point me to the semi-naked woman? I seemed to have missed that part. -_-

Or are you referring to the to the woman wearing far more then the holiday photos of their SOs most people put on the desk in professional environments?

Good lord, you're prudish.

Stallman: Ubuntu spyware makes it JUST AS BAD as Windows

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Trollface

Alternate headline

Stallman: Windows is as good a Ubuntu!

Arbitrators side with Foxconn in brain-damaged worker case

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Thumbs up to the hack

who came up with "Fondleslabricator!"

Apple shares take biggest one-day hammering in 4 years

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Re: A n o n y m o u s

AAPL's P/E is a respectable 12.4, 'tis true.

Their market share really IS slipping, and not by a little bit. Admittedly, much of this is because GOOG et. al. have been expanding the market so greatly, but then again, you have to ask yourself, why ISN'T AAPL? Marketshare drives developers. AAPL has been massively successful at driving developers to their platform, and using that as a driver for market share, but GOOG has been getting more successful at driving marketshare lately by way of more models and a wider range of prices. Eventually, the larger user base will make Android the preferred app development platform, which will be devastating for APPL. As much as I don't like Steve "flyin' chair" Ballmer, he was right on three things: "Developers, developers, developers."

In addition, I like yields above 5. It's a personal thing, and YMMV, but AAPL's paltry 1.94 just doesn't do it for me.

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Re: 34.8 B USD loss

Apple hasn't lost a damn thing, the shareholders who bought at the high-point have an unrealized loss (unless they sold, then they really have taken a loss).

Wi-Fi routers able to manage bandwidth by app are offered

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Re: Don't be silly

mostly because of Nachos...

http://xkcd.com/654/

Operation Hunt the Hunter: Anonymous targets 'revenge porn' man

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Joke

Internet Recourse On Nonvigilante Yogurt?

(Hey, Y-words a HARD)

Xboxes stay on sale but may cost Microsoft money in Google case

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Re: Stop!

The GPL is probably one of the more litigated licenses out there, and even with v2, this is all still possible because there is no patent grant in the GPL v2 (v3 does, but is incompatible license). This is one of the reasons I'm not such a fan of the license, favoring the CDDL. BSD doesn't include a patent grant either, but allows more freedoms reducing the need for litigation farther.

Of course, Public Domain (for those regions that honor it) is even less likely to be litigated (in the absence of math^wsoftware patents).

Sex offender wins case against Facebook vigilantism

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Headmaster

Re: what Is Wrong With You People

You mean "you're". It's a contraction meaning "you are." Not to be confused with "your" which is the possessive form of "you."

You're confused over your usage of grammer.

RIM bribes coders: Make BlackBerry 10 apps, GET A FREE SHINY

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Re: Business logic

slight difference, if you have any competence what-so-ever, the port should be fairly easy. So you get free phone, and a hedge that it might take off. for a couple of hours work.

Doesn't seem that unreasonable to me.

Now if you've written a completely importable mess of code, thats your problem.

Belgian finds missus was born a MAN after 19 YEARS of marriage

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@Michelle Knight @11:45Z

I mostly wanted to say, good for you for feeling the world can be damned. I think if more people had that attitude rather then making everyone else's opinion the most important thing in their lives, everyone would be in a better place.

I also wanted to voice my support with you fully about unprofessionalism, uncivility, and outright employment discrimination.

Exec responsible for Apple iOS map fiasco walks the plank

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Re: Wow - Holding folks responsible?

Depends, was he the one who signed off on it without ample time for proper development, or just the person "put in charge" of the project so someone could be blamed when the inevitable failure of the idiotic management "plan" occurred?

Hotel blames burglaries on hacked Onity card locks

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Re: Low tech fix?

epoxy, which cyanoacrylate (or "super glue") is, was specifically mentioned in the article.

Apple's former retail boss spills magic beans on store strategy

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I dare say

If apple found out tomorrow that concrete domes made punters buy more tat at a higher premium, their architectural choices would be slightly different.

"shedloads of cash," indeed.

Bradley Manning to speak in public for first time in two years

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WTF?

10pm - 5am. That's 8 hours of sleep, I normally get 6-7 during the week.

I'm not sure why they are complaining about that. It's probably more then he got in basic.

Google parks panzers on Germany's lawn over 'link tax' plan

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Go

Re: What do they need a law for?

yes, google honors robots.txt.

it's mostly less reputable crawlers which are (usually) spamming that don't

Autonomy to HP: bollocks

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Meg's fail

Ahh, but Leo isn't crying about how unfailr it is. Meg is. A stupid deal was made without due diligence. Just admit it, and get to work fixing things. Don't cry "it's unfair, we didn't know it was a bad deal," you say, "this was a fuckup, but I am here to make sure these types of things don't contenue."

Sorry for not spelling that out well enough for you, Matt.

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Re: I remember ...

sorry, that should have been 2/3s

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FAIL

Re: I remember ...

Larry Ellison turned it down at 1/3 the price.

Larry is an asshole, but he isn't stupid.

(http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/oracle-issues-statement-nasdaq-orcl-1566697.htm)

fail, meg, fail

Cambridge boffins fear 'Pandora's Unboxing' and RISE of the MACHINES

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Joke

Re: What's in it for the AIs?

"Yes, yes! I know! And you have lots of them, but at this point the only useful thing to do that I can think of is grind them up and burn them for fuel!"

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120912

.WTF? Governments object to .sucks, .army and .airforce

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Common, common listen to the money talk!

This is about money. Each FILING was 185,000 USD. So, even if they deny EVERY ONE they make out like bandits. Personally, I hope there are objections to every one and they all get denied, it would put a stop on the whole idiotic plan.

Microsoft-Motorola patent row: Google wants $4 BEELLION a year

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FRAND may not apply.

GOOG is not a MPEG-LA licensor, so their patents are not part of the pool.

GOOG IS a licensee of the other MPEG-LA patents, and the contract GOOG has says the rate cannot be increased by more then 10% each renewal (as all MPEG-LA contracts do).

That is all I said, I made no judgment on the "fairness" of it. As to FRAND, it's likely that neither GOOG nor Motorola where part of the any of the 4 working groups that jointly developed the standard, and therefor are not subject to FRAND terms on their patents (without knowing more then this article provides, I can't really check).

That said, I can only assume AAPL already licensed the patents in question, as I cannot imagine GOOG missing the chance to go after them.

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Boffin

Re: H.264?

from MPEG-LA:

"Q: Are all AVC essential patents included?

A: No assurance is or can be made that the License includes every essential patent. The purpose of the License is to offer a convenient licensing alternative to everyone on the same terms and to include as much essential intellectual property as possible for their convenience. Participation in the License is voluntary on the part of essential patent holders, however."

http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/FAQ.aspx

So MPEG-LA covers SOME of the patents required, maybe even most of the patents required, they make no representation that they cover ALL the patents required.

Google, Inc. is an MPEG-LA licensee, but their rate cannot be increased by more then 10% per renewal.

http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensees.aspx

FACTS, aren't they fun?

Ten Linux apps you must install

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Re: Stranger in a Strange land

While I would agree it is an excellent read, I would say it's more about challenging mores then anything else. If it where JUST about alienation, belonging, and understanding across cultural divides, it wouldn't have been required to create a such a stark contrast to the social norms of 1961 (it's worth noting, this was published 6 years before the now infamous "summer of love"), as there are many existing cultures which clash with even modern western culture (in fact some are represented in the novel).

If you do seek this out, do your self a favor, get the 1992 "uncut edition." It is the originally intended manuscript, as Putnam required the 220,000 word volume to be cut down for both space and content.

Greenhouse gases break record again, says top UN weather man

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Unhappy

Re: That isn't a joke

Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from policy.

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A modest proposal to solve the increased levels of greenhouse gasses

Kill the poor.

London gets huge Defecator Enthroned statue for World Toilet Week

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Re: "So would the vast majority of turds."

I hear the iPhone fits in your pocket...

HDMI hitch hounds Mac Mini holders

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Trollface

Apple's replacement policies

Do they replace it if "you're holding it wrong?"

DoCoMo tests blackout-proof hydrogen cell base station in Japan

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Boffin

Re: Lack of maintenance??

or a well (assuming a reasonably available aquifer).

Apple said to have let the name of the next OS X cat out of the bag

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So are they going to go after my favorite web browser?

http://lynx.isc.org/

or maybe an OS

http://www.lynuxworks.com/rtos/

how about a programming language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(programming_language)

Boffins biff over ‘twisted radio’

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Boffin

The second dissenting paper can be easily answered: run the test multiplexing three spins rather then two. Either it won't work (and these guys are right) or it will work, and there is some new things to explore in physics.

TBH: I hope they can and do get it to work with three. It will likely lead to exciting advancements in quantum mechanics!

Bong Broadcasting Corporation. Let ME replace Entwistle

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WTF?

can ¡Bong! get it's own section

rather then just being a byline in bootnotes? I generally like bootnotes, but I also like things to make some sense.

Hold it! Don't back up to a cloud until you've eyed up these figures

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Joke

Like a sewer

full of mostly similar content, too!

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Re: As my old syshack used to say...

young'un 'eh?

I always heard it said "never underestimate the bandwidth of a volkswagon full of DATs"

Forklift fondleslab 'fellas flee with vast haul of iPad Minis at JFK

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FAIL

Re: Dumb and Dumber

not long at all, which is why they will probably be never turned on before resold.

that and "new in box" fetches more on ebay.

Lawyer sues Microsoft rather than slot an SD card into his Surface

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WTF?

Re: What a load of crap.

uhhh... no

If someone says they will give me £100, and they instead give me £50, claiming the rest is an admin fee, I still got £50 for nothing. I would shake his/her/it's hand and be happily on my way!

God, some of you people are ungrateful pricks.

Obama signs off on secret national cybersecurity plan

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Alien

Re: A Current Wwworldly Problem for Wiser Sage Solution

not AMFM, AMFM1

BRING BACK AMFM!

El Reg mulls Forums icon portfolio shake-up

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Re: Asiren

I kinda like the thought here, but it needs to be fairly small. I dont think the mob would work. OTOH just a pitchfork and torch would be good!

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Re: If animated gifs are allowed...

ugh animated gifs.

Just kill me now.

Brits swallow Google Nexus 4 supply 'in 30 minutes'

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Paris Hilton

what did you shave?

inquiring minds what to know!

McAfee founder claims police framing him for murder

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which leads me to the conclusion that they will "kill him if found" may be a teeniest bit of exaggeration...

Microsoft v Google judge could shape the world in new patent punchup

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Stop

Simple solution

No patent holders would participate in the standardization process.

Sorority girls gone wild: '1 to 3' casual sex 'hookups' every month

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Childcatcher

Re: pfft Americans

yes! all that casual KISSING! won't someone think of the CHILDREN!!

Seriously though, that is the loosest definition of "hooking up" I"ve ever seen. And if you think there is ANY merit to this "study" then you are more prudish then any american I've ever met.

Coders grill Herb Sutter on future of C++ at Microsoft

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Joke

Re: Usage FAIL

I don't know about a patent, but I'm fairly sure Robert A. Heinlein had a copyright...

Microsoft to biz: Just so you get off XP, we don't mind if you go Win 7

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Headmaster

Re: virii

You got neged, not because of any problem with the content of your post, but because you wrote "twenty 5."

Look, it's "25" or "twenty-five," pick one. Do not mix them.

Prime Minister on Twitter: Me and Obama, we're like THAT

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Joke

I don't know. I'm pretty sure pop stars are more intelligent.

Apple is granted a patent on the rectangle. No, really

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Joke

Re: Lasers...

no, that's obvious from the cat patent, now if we change that to execute...

I do have to neg the article in one respect, there are actually SIX different patents on playing with cats with a laser pointer!

Researcher names world's favourite smartphone

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Re: Returns

The BBs they give me at work always last a couple of years, and I am downright abusive to phones. (although, I will admit I'm not looking forward to replacing my current one)

Maybe you just need to demand build-quality rather then shiny if you want a phone to last.