* Posts by Eddy Ito

4662 publicly visible posts • joined 27 Apr 2007

Oregon profs plan giant robotic space cockroach warriors

Eddy Ito
Alert

Can't speak of cockroaches

But guinea-fowl are down right delicious! Pass the (muscovy) duck sauce, please. So, how long will it take to roast a robot, or is that the other way round?

Today is not New Year's Eve - or the end of the decade

Eddy Ito
Big Brother

Horsepuckey!

All of this time business is arbitrary claptrap shoved down our throat by "the man" in a grand Pavlovian experiment. The next thing you know he'll be pulling our strings to trick us into getting up an hour earlier to "save daylight" during a time of year when the bloody sun is only down for a few hours! Another tug and we sleep in so our commute both ways is in the dark, phantoms of the night we'll be! Screw this, tomorrow is the 11th of Unember and the decade ended a week ago at 8:64 on the 37th of Decuary.

Tobacco biofuel to solve energy/ environment crisis?

Eddy Ito
Coat

Err...

Stick that in your [tail]pipe and smoke it!

US word czars unfriend shovel-ready toxic assets

Eddy Ito
Grenade

Unpresidented!

While they are at it, can they toss in Obama's favorite... unprecedented. Yeah, we get it Mr. Pres., everything is new to you and therefore unprecedented. Can we talk about how the rest of us lived with it the last few times it has happened?

California cops don defensive headcams

Eddy Ito
Grenade

Subject to FOI?

The next question is, will the footage be archived and available to citizens who wish to police the police as well as those who want to file a complaint? I can see the cops saving reams of "harmless" data that can be used as evidence that cops are just and to defend against a bad claim but what about the potentially damaging evidence? Will that be saved or "misplaced" behind the blue wall as usual?

Nokia jacks up Apple patent complaint

Eddy Ito

The American problem

Lawyers run the country. Need I say more?

High-speed Chinese train kicks French, Japanese butt

Eddy Ito
Headmaster

Actually, no.

Labor for the U.S. rail system came largely from two groups, Irish vets from the Am. Civil War and Chinese immigrants. Remember the timing, late 1800's designed to move soldiers and gold. The main improvement since then has been from coal fired steam engines to diesel-electric... track maintenance? We've heard of it.

Googlephone Nexus One leaks more news

Eddy Ito
Go

invitation only

ogle phone invitations keep the evil people out of the club. Not that I think Bill, his brother Steve or his other brother Steve have goophones on their x-mas lists. I'm pretty sure I'm evil too, even though some of my mutual funds have goog in the portfolio, or just not "cool" enough, needless to say I won't be getting an invite either.

Software fraudster 'fooled CIA' into terror alert

Eddy Ito
Pint

No surprise really

Just consider it the past repeating itself.

Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Pat McCarran, JFK, Nixon, Johnson, etc. Heck, the only half decent administration was probably Jimmy Carter and only for legalizing home brewed beer.

Tiny TV could make billions for FCC

Eddy Ito
Badgers

not getting it

They could simply build a small transmitter into each power transformer along the roadway, but then it might be easier to just finish the job and run the last 5 meters of cable right to the house. I don't think I'll be looking forward to broadcast TV as clear and reliable as mobile coverage currently is. Then again, if CTIA can con the FCC into pushing its infrastructure costs on to TV operators, perhaps mobile coverage would improve. No really, I wrote that with a straight face... mostly.

TV 2-dot-0x7DA is also made of badger's paws.

Apple iPad to launch January 26 (maybe)

Eddy Ito
Jobs Horns

What's the catch?

Oh yeah, we in the U.S. will be stuck with the obligatory 5 (50?) year @T&T notwork lock in, no running of "unapproved" code, and a monthly subscription rate that makes Steve's annual taxes look like chump change. My guess, for those in other parts of the world is that you'll be able to replace "@T&T" with the network operator of Steve's choice in your home country... eventually.

US mum calls 911 over Grand Theft Auto

Eddy Ito
FAIL

Not many choices

She probably did the best thing possible given the sad nanny state of affairs. Just try disciplining a kid these days and see how long it takes to get through the "child abuse" investigation, court proceedings, and god knows what. Regardless of the outcome, try getting a job afterward because once the jury of public opinion weighs in, you're screwed. Remember the court doesn't find someone "innocent" in the U.S. only that there is reasonable doubt of one's guilt.

The fail goes to a system that leaves parents few if any alternatives, not the parent.

Homemade airship prang closes highway in Oklahoma

Eddy Ito
Pint

Perfect

Just what I wanted for the yule holiday. Knowing there are folks like this one gives me hope. Although I can't help but wonder if he recently saw the movie "Up."

Cheers!

Scientist proposes quantum über-battery

Eddy Ito
Joke

To be expected

"provided someone coughs up some cash to fund the research."

A classic, if overused, punchline.

Firefox 3.5 wins top dog browser crown - sort of

Eddy Ito
Jobs Horns

Chrome

Does it endlessly thrash the HDD without purpose like Safari does? If not, that would explain why it has become more popular. It's why I'm using FF right now.

Angels can't fly: Official

Eddy Ito
Pint

Fairies and Angels and Putti! Oh my!

Yes, yes Professor. I'm sure the wings, while not able to give flight, are there as a symbol of virility to members of the opposite sex. Exactly, it's a peacock thing. It's like saying, "come breed with me, I have big... wings! And while angels may or may not have a pea-cock it's immaterial since their sexual organs are located between the third and fourth tier of intercoursal feathers on the back of each wing.

And he claims to be a biologist even without the most basic knowledge of puttine anatomy, bah! Now on to more serious matters like "the transport and fate of faecal matter impacting an axial flow cooling turbine."

Chinese villager jailed for eating tiger

Eddy Ito
Coat

Oh really?

"there was no need to carry a gun for catching mussels."

Have they never heard of tiger mussels?

Obama banks on NASA's big launcher

Eddy Ito
Alert

I expected better

The whole "my rocket is bigger than yours" thing is so JFK. What? Did you really think the whole Cuba thing was really about "missiles?"

US politico calls for cancer warning on cell phones

Eddy Ito
Terminator

typical

This is what happens to a perfectly normal megalomaniacal brain after prolonged exposure to politics.

Google: Do no evil, pay no tax

Eddy Ito
Grenade

It's settled

"Do no evil, pay no tax"

This is only one more bit of proof of what every taxpayer already knows. Taxes are evil. Those who make their living coming up with new and ingenious ways to raise, levy and spend taxes (pols and the like) are evil. Those who vote for pols are either ignorant, receiving the tax money spent or trying to make the best of a bad situation, while not necessarily evil, aren't helping.

I already know I'm evil, but joke 'em if they can't take a fsck.

Privacy group sues DoJ over 'digital strip search' data

Eddy Ito
Alien

No comment

"The DoJ could not immediately be reached for comment at time of writing."

Of course not, they're too busy tossing one off to pictures of, 'what is that? a vagenis, penina? Damn, we need better pix, somebody call darpa! We don't know if this is an inny, an outie or a roast beef on rye.'

Vatican awards self 'unique copyright' on Pope

Eddy Ito
Coat

Just to be clear

We can still pontificate about the merits of the reverse cowgirl over the missionary position when it follows the pagan feast of the corpus cavernosum right?

Thai firm flies in early-80s style keyboard PC

Eddy Ito

Sigh

Where is the built in projector? Close, sooo close.

File-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet

Eddy Ito
Unhappy

Interesting

It seems there is a consensus among the posters that this is something other than a minor slip in wording. I prefer to give the beneficent overlords some modicum of credit and in invoking Hanlon's razor I shall "never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Of course this raises another issue in that it doesn't matter if they are incompetent or evil inasmuch as they still have the keys and are in the driving seat.

Iraqi insurgents hack US drones with $26 software

Eddy Ito
FAIL

Minor problem

Wouldn't having the video feed mean the "bad guys" could track it backward to find the source of the little plane? Having a nice video layout of the base and its guard positions would be an added benefit prior to tossing in a few IEDs. See any troop positions along the way?

Florida judges banned from 'friending' lawyers on Facebook

Eddy Ito

Exactly

It isn't the impropriety itself that matters only the appearance of impropriety.

Congressmen steam over Wikileaks TSA breach

Eddy Ito

Must...not...eat...own...dog...food!

In the words of everyone's new best friend Eric Schmidt; "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place"

This case of cranio-rectal disease is coming full circle quite nicely, thanks.

'Friends with Benefits' sex does no psych harm - profs

Eddy Ito

Once more

It becomes obvious that federal [insert topic here] policy is arse backward and reflects only the silly opinions of a few megalomaniacal busybodies and lacks real information and hard data. What next, will we learn that "gateway drugs" aren't real but "gateway suppliers" are? Stay tuned for the next episode of "No shit, Sherlock."

Google chief: Only miscreants worry about net privacy

Eddy Ito
Thumb Up

Got a bug up your...

He won't mind when there are recording devices everywhere he goes then. Including a few in the board room, his car and, just for good measure, one shoved so far up his arse his voice will be clear as crystal to capture all he says. Not that anyone is really interested in hearing anything he has to say.

So Eric, can we look forward to transcripts of all internal Google workings? Especially those juicy bits from around the kool-ade cooler.

Thumbs up for installing Eric's bug and there isn't a Goog Goon with horns icon.

Accused phone thief snared after phone sends pic to victim

Eddy Ito
Big Brother

Really?

It seems you haven't been paying any attention to what and who has been running the US for the past 50 odd years. If nothing else, government is good for instilling fear and distrust in about half the population.

FCC eyes 'over' 150MHz of TV airwaves for broadband

Eddy Ito

No, don't be silly

It was done to line the pockets of the usual suspects. It's the same with this taxpayer funded boondoggle really.

Apple snuffs iPhone app for too much Appleness

Eddy Ito

Nucking

Futs... what else is there to say?

Apple passes Nokia, scares Nintendo

Eddy Ito

$1.6B

Crikey, I knew it was overpriced!

US unemployment rate breaks ten per cent

Eddy Ito
Terminator

Shock, Sarcasm

Billions to keep CIT Group, GM and Chrysler out of bankruptcy. Now unemployment breaks over 10%. Yeah, this is going well. Then again, what did we expect when 2009 problems are met with 1929-1939 solutions that didn't work then. Hey, the civil engineers and ditch diggers are working overtime so it must be... something.

Fifth of iPhone users watching porn

Eddy Ito

Explanation

The reason for the low porn number? @&T's dodgy 3G, of course!

Eddy Ito

No surprises then

"... iPhone users consider themselves to be extrovert intellectuals who know a lot about the media but find a lack of high-tech gadgets to be a turn off."

The Jobsian Reality Distortion Field™ has been turned to 11. Longing to be the "cool kid" on the block and playing, by yourself, with electronic toys while among a group of people is not exactly the standard textbook definition of extrovert. I suppose if "the media" is limited to Apple press releases then they can probably be qualified as experts. Yes, yes, iFolks, you are all very special and unique, just like everybody else.

Pocket protector out of style? There's an iPhone for that.

IBM gives big discounts on Power engines

Eddy Ito
Coffee/keyboard

Famous last words

"according to the economists who work for Uncle Sam"

Good one!

US sees 'hot-tub related injuries' increase triplefold

Eddy Ito
FAIL

In other shocking suck news!

Agencies reporting gross numbers show demonstrable lack of understanding in statistics. The question of any increase in the number of hot tubs in private hands remains unanswered as it would likely show the _rate_ of injury attributable to hot tubs has actually decreased. Also amazing, yet unlikely to garner attention grabbing headlines, is the staggering increase in the number of injuries related to half witted studies on injuries.

P2P snafu blows lid on secret Congress probes

Eddy Ito
Pint

Bravo!! Encore!!

Finally!! A start toward an open and transparent government.

US plan would reclaim TV airwaves for iPhone

Eddy Ito
FAIL

It's about time!

Actually, it's been time for a while. Time to ditch the FCC for something more useful and efficient, like chaos.

Apple Magic Mouse

Eddy Ito
FAIL

Bat-rees not included

If it's anything like their last wireless mouse, there won't be enough batteries in any given building to feed it for more than a few weeks. I was running NiMH batteries with a backup pair in a charger on my desktop just to keep up with it. That said, I'm actually surprised Apple didn't include some sort of a "mouse hole" charger and an irreplaceable battery for a cool [£,$,€]159.

Fail because it just feels right.

Neanderthal woman could whup Schwarzenegger

Eddy Ito
Pint

Just getting in line

Perhaps our ancient cousins would have done better against malaria and other assorted ills had they been able to mix a proper gin and tonic. Here's a pint to our work harder not smarter brethren.

Nissan demos leaning e-car

Eddy Ito
Alien

Don't like it

Its smile looks forced and you can see the evil in its eyes.

Packing heat gets you shot, say profs

Eddy Ito
Pirate

Arrgh, fine example!

Of how to lie with statistics, matey!

Techies suffer as US unemployment inches up

Eddy Ito

Buy multinational!

It's the only option you have. I caught this a while back, pretty much sums it up...

http://reason.tv/video/show/is-your-ipod-unpatriotic

Apple admits third of iPhone calls in New York are dropped

Eddy Ito
Grenade

Alternate view

I'd wager an alternative to more spectrum would be providers who actually give a shit about service. A little mobility between mobile service providers would go a long way to fixing the problem. Screw that must use provider "A" to have phone "B" shit.

Still waiting for the commodification of wireless spectrum. I know, it's going to be a long wait but I really don't see anything compelling coming down the pike.

iPhone app grabs your mobile number

Eddy Ito
Thumb Up

New #1?

On a long list of reasons to _not_ get an iPhone.

Only giving Apple a "thumbs up" because the proper digit wasn't available.

Human brain 'works like US presidential elections'

Eddy Ito
FAIL

The real question

Does it matter? Here in the U.S. you decide who to give your money to but the gubbermint decides you are wrong and takes your money to give to their own friends. It doesn't matter who wins the election unless your name is Halliburton, AIG or UAW, then it determines how much of other people's money you get.

If you fail to be too big to fail, it doesn't make any difference what your brain does. You lose either way.

Naked iPod touch dangles its FM radio

Eddy Ito
Headmaster

@Clint Sharp

"Paris, she's got a cult all of her own."

I think you've got the spelling a bit off there.

Eddy Ito
Badgers

iPod Nanny

Just a guess but I'd wager the iPods all use common chips for the best pricing. Now, seeing that the nano has FM with time shifting, it only makes sense that other models would have the same part inside, if it's currently used is another matter. I'm certain if we wait long enough and if cult members cry for it, we'll see the iPods getting all the same features bit by bit.

The only question left begging is did they ask RIAA when they put in the time-shift bit?