Posts by Eddy Ito

No Google Pack?

And still they don't put a simple link to the alternate all users Chrome installer on the download page. No, I don't think many people will click the business link to get the msi. I think most people will load it up on each account on the family pc.

Then again, I suppose the days of the family pc are over as it seems everyone has a set of computing devices from pods and tabs to mobes and lappys. Ah, the good old days when it was one family pc with only one account, "Ma! What happened to my homework? There's only porn and drink recipes on here!"

Just to be sure

Is everyone copying Apple or is everyone saying that everyone is copying Apple even when it's pretty clear that they aren't? I was expecting to read something about a ribbon dock slapped on the desktop and was looking forward to a barrage of pithy "it's called a taskbar" comments.

I'm beginning to think that the phrase "copying Apple" is the new "H3N1 ammonia flu pandemic" type of buzzword to get folks to have a look-see. Hey it worked, here I am... again.

To be honest Tony

It looks more like the Toshiba Satellite P775 you reviewed several weeks back than it does any Apple product. I'm beginning to wonder if some folks don't see the word Samsung on something and automatically compare it to the nearest Apple. We know the Apple lawyers do but it doesn't make it so.

shock and isn't that cute

The little babies are learning. Today's lesson, squeeze jelly tightly and watch as more slips through your fingers. We can only hope they get past the terrible twos.

Whatever is next Steve

I hope you're still that same 100% bulldog you've always been. I gotta say, I disagree, a lot, with the way Apple goes about things but you've always made me money. I'm not sure I'm better off than I would be without all the lawsuits but I am sure it could be worse. Thanks Steve, be well.

Now Tim, we expect more of the same but lighten up a bit. Well, at least until I pass the patent bar.

I can't wait

Angry Birds on a printer! Somehow I think it's going to be a slow game.

B seems perfect

We are talking about last words and being dead after all

"main( ) {

extrn a, b, c;

putchar(a); putchar(b); putchar(c); putchar('!*n');

}

a 'hell';

b 'o, w';

c 'orld';

"Apple is planning to release an entirely new Mac"

Wait, let me guess, the tagline will be "We've changed everything* and beyond!" or equivalent. I'm starting to understand why their address is 1 infinite loop. Whatever, it seems to be working quite well for them.

*The definition of everything shall not include the marketing tagline because marketing is everything else. That is to say that marketing is mostly hyperbole and therefore doesn't get included in the list of everything which was changed because it is the one thing they can't change.

Perfect

Finally a server farm to compile natively on. Now if we can standardize the boot up we'll be going in the right direction. UEFI anyone?

gone in 3 seconds

Pity it's D.O.A. WebOS had such great promise

Oh please lord

Let the hive at HP do the right thing and let Autonomy drive. We're talking about a company that has been on cruise control for far too long. Groping around for a savior to hit one more home run and pulling them after two strikes and three balls. They are about as directionless as a company can be, it boggles the mind how they stayed alive for so long since their printers became doorstops.

Let's do a test. Would everyone who has seen or heard an advertisement for a WebOS device please raise your hand? Ok, put your hand down if it wasn't on TV or radio. Good! Now both of you can put your hands down. Now let's do the same thing for Apple devices, hands if you've seen an ad. Ok and hands down if it wasn't on TV or radio... wait, isn't anyone going to put their hand down?

Well, that confirms it. HP's marketing department is slightly worse than Palm's was and both were too focused on being an iPhone instead of making WebOS the best it could be. Seriously, how many man hours were wasted trying to sync with iTunes in the early days. I just hope all those HP are sure to let go find work quickly.

Just missed

I often thought it just missed the size mark. Just a tweak smaller and it could fit into a standard 5-1/4 drive bay. Couple it with an adapter that would allow it to interface with the PC and a portable housing for independent/mobile use and you would have a rather nice multipurpose unit. Oh well, now I just use dolphin so there isn't much point now.

700 or 1700 MHz

Currently t-mob is using the 1700 MHz bit whereas the 700 MHz was only recently vacated by TV. Granted, @&T gobbled a fair amount in the 700 MHz auction so the t-mob buy shouldn't matter much if at all especially as t-mob, IIRC, didn't get much of anything in the 700 MHz round.

And...

"... the report concludes that the combination of user ignorance and search placements gives brands with spending power the chance to “dominate the Internet"

This would be different from... what exactly? Here's a clue, a colleague's grandmother drove 30+ miles to buy pizza because the ad said, "Best pizza in the world!" and... you can do the math.

Oh come now

This is Facebook and they never intended to share a thing. What they wanted to do was sell all the phone numbers on your phone to all those companies with the annoying ads so they can call you while your in the loo of a handy Charbuck's coffee shop. Clearly the FB programmers aren't quite as skilled as the Zucker thinks they are.

Easy enough

"Google has launched a gaming platform atop its Google+ social networking service..."

So now Android runs on Google+?

Curved launch rail

Once you have all the weights down it should be fairly easy to calculate the shape of a curved launch rail that would carry LOHAN aloft in a horizontal position and utilize the centripetal force generated by rocket against the curved rail to swing the rail to a vertical, or nearly so, angle of launch. The rail itself should be fairly simple. The problem will be calculating what is the optimal angle to built into the rail and what the radius of curvature should be. It would also be a good idea to calculate how big the errors can be and still get a good launch.

Wasps and hornets and bees, oh my!

Just a few questions. With 4G on board wouldn't it be quicker to rent some time on Amazon's servers to crack the WPA encyption? Let's face it, 5 hours is a long time to stay aloft trying to pick a lock. Do they have an estimate on how long it will be before there is a tool to pwn a WASP? Finally, other than following a Google spycar and messing with it from above, I can't think of a single thing I could be bothered to do with one but I still want one... is that wrong?

Come now

Isn't it a bit too obvious? We could fix this problem easily if we only had a way to send enough hemorrhoid creme. At least we now know that politicians do exist on Mars.

Go for it Granny!

You tell that Po-lice chief cum Nutzi nanny wut fer! I'm guessing the prig has been blue ballin' for some time now and that his missus found a battery operated replacement for his "night stick".

Seriously Chief, if you want to start talking about things that are obscene, let's start with your attitude.