Posts by Mark 65

Maybe

Maybe the Reg could start a section URL'ed /MacRumours for all of these stories. Or, to save time, just point at that site.

LED backlighting

I'd be interested to know how many models are backlit as opposed to edge lit LED models. I'm led to believe there is a big difference in the potential picture quality (rivaling Plasma for blacks) with a much lower power consumption.

@Ken Hagan

But that advice to parents could be along the lines of telling them how to setup OpenDNS couldn't it?

Nobody is saying you have to tell them how to maintain a blocklist. You seem to have missed the point of the original post entirely.

@AC

"Also there is a very good change it will infringe on a shit load of patents (compression and encryption of RTP streams for example)."

IANAL but I don't think that would matter in the EU as software isn't covered and as your examples are effectively mathematical algorithms I'm not entirely sure they can be patented either.

Maybe

Perhaps it was the initial work of the newly established HMSK regiment (Her Majesty's Script Kiddies)? Can never keep those little buggers under control.

Re:Price

Indeed it's too expensive, probably not quite by £100, but far too close to the iPad price. Like it or not it is the market leader and to get your sales you need to offer a lot more for the same price (more than microsSD and mpx in the camera) or the same for a chunk less. I've also used it and found it to be not quite as snappy in use as the iDevice which was far smoother and snappier.

I'm getting splinters on the fence at present because I really want to be able to get something other than an iPad as I already have enough iDevices but I'm not quite feeling compelled just yet when all the Apad devices hit the same price point.

@Captain Underpants and other screen resolution pedants

"I can't help but notice you don't mention the way that, for all your (incorrect) claims about the 13" MBP having an IPS panel, it still has a fairly crappy screen resolution."

So the Mac has 1280x800 vs 1366x768 i.e. it is 32 pixels deeper but 86 narrower. Big f*cking deal.

There could be plenty of things to complain about (Intel graphics vs the old nvidia etc) but that really isn't worth it.

@Brian 6

Not if Alex Salmond as his way

@Dazzza

But isn't this happening at the same time as fibre to the cabinet? In which case the network will be improving.

Unfortunate

It is unfortunate, but the massive expanse of the Public sector and the benefits under Labour were and are unsustainable. The ferryman now wants paying and so, as usual, those at the bottom of society will get screwed. The best choices are not necessarily being made but you can't keep borrowing on new sovereign credit cards to pay your current bill.

@Charles Manning

You're confusing "prepared to pay the price" with "not having a choice". Until very recently it was near impossible to get many items due to lockups with regional distributors and the fact you forgo a warranty on so many items. You still suffer the latter. Now more sites have sprung up to cater for the fact they know there's a country out there full of shoppers who'd happily buy from them to save money. Global recessions can sometimes have good outcomes as companies have to diversify their income sources.

@Joe Blogs

In this case maybe, but there surely would have been bedlam if it were an upstanding member of the community.

1 in 3

"One in three mobile workers wake regularly during the night to check their email"

Sad, sad, sad bastards. Switch it on silent and check in the morning (unless you're on an overnight rota)

@Peter Gathercole

My thoughts exactly. The rules aren't there just to piss you off they are there to secure the data and to provide a standardised hardware platform for support purposes - something that costs enterprises a bloody fortune. You therefore can't have Jonny Fanboi rocking up with his homebuild gaming rig, laptop, tablet etc and expecting to connect it to your network.

As for the previous responder not having come across rules that stipulate that you cannot attach your own hardware to the corporate network and that it is a disciplinary offense that may result in dismissal, I would suggest that he cannot have worked in many true enterprises because that rule has been present in every one I've worked at over the course of the last 15 years. How would M Gale like their financial records, medical records etc sprayed all over the internet because some numpty was allowed to connect their kit to the network?

Re:Denmark

Location of the hosting is what defines the law the site should operate under in my opinion. There are other factors such as who owns the site and where they reside i.e. your site hosted in Hong Kong or US with .co.uk domain may not break local law which should render it ok but it doesn't mean it pans out that way.

However the TLD for the country can pull your name resolution as they control that and their Government can control them. You can host your site wherever but Nominet can still pull your .co.uk registration if told to.

Step forward

Improved file copying speed would be much appreciated. I have no idea what it's doing whilst copying files (looking for copyright infringements?) but it takes so much longer than either Linux or OSX that it's embarrassing.

@Goat Jam

I think the problem is that we're now past the point where the bundling matters. It served it's purpose to the point that if you ship a machine to the general public (not the Reg readership) that has linux installed they will likely come back asking for windows. Not because it's better, not because they cannot do what they want to, but because it's bloody everywhere. This means that finding someone to demonstrate how to do things is easy, getting add-ons that work is easy (plug in, insert disk). Familiarity is there. Oh, and the apps for those that need them. The fact that for years you've had to run performance crippling AV software on Windows, or reinstall the OS every 18 months (XP), or constantly update the bastard really hasn't dented the desire for the OS. That should give an indication of what any other OS is up against. I have to use it at work and don't in general at home, but respect the stranglehold that it has.

Think Stockholm Syndrome for operating systems. People are using it by choice in a kind of fucked up way.

Educational benefits

It is but one of life's various locations to find out what a "gullible fuckwit" is with the side benefit of being able to see what other countries have to offer in terms of village idiot.

@M Gale

"Also, plugging a wifi adapter in without fucking about with drivers.

Also, connecting to a wireless network without having to right-click "troubleshoot problems" to kick the thing into life every other time you try to get online."

I'd leave Linux and wireless internet out of the argument if I were you - Ubuntu is renowned for working as a LiveCD then not working with the wireless connection once installed. Normally fixed by downloading a .fw file but it's not an area I'd be boasting about.

Starting to become clearer

If it is doable in a secure way I'm guessing the real benefit is in the mobile arena where you can (thank you Oz providers) get ping times of the order of 1.5s so a 30% saving then becomes more obvious.

Re:"Write"

Oh yes, pick holes in a point based merely on a spelling mistake. Do you also believe louder is right-er?

Re:Football?

Thugby League.