Posts by Tom 35

Re: 6m gap?

and what happens when a non-roadtrain car enters the highway, will the roadtrain split to let the driver merge?

Re: three things

2. wtf is swipe

Swiper, no swiping!

Re: Another nail in the coffin

That's only for music. Video is still DRMed and locked to your iTunes account (and any iThings linked to it). Stuff still gets posted online with the DRM stripped 30 seconds after it is released so only the people who pay are affected as usual.

Re: Easy fix.

Here we have a hybrid system. You vote on paper, but they scan the votes (with the ballets then dropping into a sealed box). So you get the fast results of an e-voting system, but if the vote is close, or there is a dispute they open up the boxes and count them by hand.

Still have to watch for the old games like stuffing the ballet box, gaming the voters list and such but it beats e-voting hands down when it comes to trust.

Re: Accelerating mobile revenuization

That's too fast, better to dip them in honey and stake them to an ant hill.

Re: "Paramount promises [...] a few new surprises."

No, they have fixed the Crystal Skull by adding Jar Jar.

Re: Expensive

Before you bought extras from Microsoft Partners, now you buy it all from Microsoft.

Stuff the partners... again.

Re: Sample Images and Nokia White Paper

And having a big number to print on the box.

Re: "They even think differently"

The plan...

- We save money buy making everyone buy their own laptop/phone.

- We outsource IT to India

- We get some of that cloud stuff that everyone is talking about, it must be good.

Big money saved! IPads for all the exec!

What could go wrong?

Marketing ...

Just like my old job, I went to the marketing manager and told him one of his staff was sending spam... No it's not spam, it's an email blast.

He was very upset when we were blacklisted (as I warned him) for spamming...

But tell them it's not spam! they can't block us.

Re: It's a trap!

They have been trying to say that content providers are free-loading and should pay for some time, this is just another attempt to charge both ends. I would not be surprised if that "800" fee includes a percent of the contents cost and not just a fee for the data.

Re: Not evil just incompetent

Unless the test is to see if people install the app anyway...

Re: Eh?

The gas cylinder is user replaceable.

Re: Right then.

Is it plugged in?

And did they try rebooting?

Re: Re: Re: Simple solution...

My bank in Canada used to require 4 digit but just over a year ago switched to 4-6 digits. You can still have 4 if you want, or use 5 or 6 for better security.

No I expect something like...

The crap didn't work / could not handle high volume but they pushed it out anyway.

People in the field had the choice of turn it off, or have line-ups backup onto the runways.

MP cries that it's not their fault, they never gave permission for the crap to not work.

Re: Short translation

I think someone though Vic was to stupid to notice. They got him to introduce this bill so he could be the lightning rod. Maybe distract people from the bogus copyright bill that Hollywood paid good money for.

"This is the first time that I'm hearing this somehow extends ordinary police emergency powers"

He has no clue, did he even read it?

Re: Waste of money

My first thought was it looks like an over exposed black and white negative.

Like Windows 1.x

It has a CGA colour monitor look.

Re: mmm

"the costs they would have to incur to meet the requirements."

Here come some RIAA style math (millions and millions of dollars and thousands of jobs lost).

Re: Pass the SWR Grease

So what happens if you spray this stuff on a snake?

ps - Kraft also own Cadbury's now.

They are quite well liked in Canada too. When Kraft bought them the response I ran into most was along the lines of "oh crap". I expect Kraft is already looking for corners to cut and before long Cadbury will be just as crap as their "processed cheese food".

presumably they don't become opaque after the battery runs out

No, they only do that when peril is detected.

Go all the way

Get a pink Hello Kitty drive.

added benefits of CGI

I don't think the lack of CGI was the real problem. CGI makes a poor substitute for story.

Carrier's Problem

The big guy (or sometimes two that pretend to compete) grab up all the exclusive deals and exclude any upstarts from entering the market. No need to compete on price or service if your the only game in town.

Exclusive deals suck for the public, they are only good for the big carriers.

Best for the 2 divisions to agree an amicable split

Yes, they are not going to go anywhere they way they are.

Apple's walled garden has worked because they were able to get their walls around most of the other gardens. Most of the big things people want can be found inside itunes.

A Sony only garden can't compete, other labels are not going to be in a hurry to give their stuff to Sony.

Even if they split it's not a sure thing (MS is on their third attempt with Windows Phone after "plays for sure" and Zune failed) but they have no chance as they are.

You can't make content work better on Sony devices, you can only make it work worse on other devices by crippling it. That just ends up with the bootleg being better then the official copy.

Sony Music is Schizophrenic enough all on it's own. I was creating a webpage for a Japanese band's visit to Canada so I had to deal with their label Sony. One group giving me pictures and video clips another telling me to remove them, and another telling me that they had to be impossible to download from our site (told them our security was equal or better then their site... right click, save as) and required that I post iTunes links... for US iTunes as they were not available from iTunes.ca.

Warm air does not leak out. Cold air leaks in

Then after a while your house explodes?

Logic?

The phone I had last had a wonky 7 key. Half the time it didn't work, the rest I got 4 or 5 of them.

So by your logic I should look for a phone without a 7.

While that would make sure I don't have any problems with 7s, I don't think that would be a better phone.

"I find real Player to be a better player than Windows Media Player"

So is an Etch A Sketch.

A Bank?

No they would give them (another) bag of money.

That's just MS / Nokia ...

Sucking up to the Telcos.

Look we are better then Apple because we will let you screw up the phones all you want.

Compared to so called "reality TV"

Nyan Cat, Carameldancen and all the rest are works of art. Even Badgers, Badgers, Badgers is more entertaining then what ever "blanking with the stars" show is on this week.

You forgot

The nudge, nudge, wink, wink part.