Posts by Captain Save-a-ho

Doubtful

It's probably just resting, beautiful plumage.

And about me coat...

Just wait...this is only the early stages of the Idiocracy...

At least it's not more vegan, teenage vampire pussies...i threw up in my mouth just a little typing that.

Most ironic post of the week candidate

"...but I think you are missing the point."

You might be right

but I remain skeptical because many of the loudest blowhards in the ACC camp also happen to be profiting mightly from the new "Carbon Credits" scheme. At this point, here's what we all know for sure:

1. Climate science sure seems synonymous with political science.

2. We don't really have a clear grasp of the immense complexities of our planet's climate.

I'm certainly doing everything I can to stop using fossil fuels and other forms of energy in general, but I would be happier about this whole debacle if it hadn't turned into such a slimy, political cudgel.

Alternate reality

While Apple may believe it doesn't need anyone else, they cannot sustain their current selling just by tying everything to phones and music players. That will pull some consumers into buying Macs, but I would think the channel accounts for a huge portion of Mac HW/SW sales, especially in education.

If anything, this tells me that Apple eventually wants out of the desktop/laptop business, as I'm sure they think most consumers will eventually use a tablet instead.

Oh really?

That simply because your government has spent enough money yet to fix stupid. If you aren't careful, they'll double the taxes levied to find a stupid cure.

Well, not a cure, but a nice drug you can take for the rest of your life that makes you seem less stupid because you lose the ability to speak for long stretches.

But more importantly

there's two other reasons why not to draw conclusions:

1. Staying away from the political fracus should prevent the desire for CERN funding reviews by those holding the purse strings.

2. Scientists still don't have nearly enough information to draw any significant conclusion on the causality of climate change, which seems like if they don't want to "jump the gun" on the current results fearing a) that the current situation with human influence has been overstated; b) that additional research may come along to contradict or further shift the current climate change theories.

Setting aside any argument for or against human climate impact, I think the latter is just as scary from a scientific standpoint. The whole debate seems to be more like research performed using a Magic 8-ball, where every time they look into the situation then they get a different result. Certainly makes things seem less scientific, though the general populous doesn't see all the details (nor would most of us want to).

Remember, remember

the 5th of November...

Taking bets on when we can check Youtube

"The day the Mac is closed is the day I burn my Mac, and post it on Youtube."

What was that about never say never? I know some folks who held similar sentiments about Token Ring back in the day...just sayin'.

Shouty, shouty, shouty

No DOUBT! By far, the BIGGEST travesty in all the special editions. Why didn't he just map Hayden Christenshite over David Prowse when they removed Vader's helmet?

Shame on all you sheeple that will purchase this rereremake shite.

Phase 3

Profit?

@ AC 12:44 GMT

First, don't be such a pussy and gladly show your face next time.

Second, in what way does Watson actually "figure out the meaning of an ambiguous and convoluted natural language sentence, then come up with a context-relevant answer" better than Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings? I understand that Watson was able to defeat them, but your nonsense about being better at listening and speaking than two human beings is off the idiotic scale. You're such a grammar nazi that you should try reading your own drivel next time.

Third, the limits of any system are defined by the very people that create the system. That's not an opinion I happen to find nice and believable. It's a fact. And while I understand that programmers have options available to account for unknowns, that doesn't change the fact that imperfect people create imperfect systems.

BTW, bravo on the welding example. That actually makes sense, though you fail to understand why. The ability of the programmer to weld is not in question, but their ability to translate welding techniques into code would be questionable. Reasoning is required for the translation and there's nothing absurd about the reasoning required.

If you aren't familiar with the SciFi versions of AI that permeate books and movies, that's what real AI would be in my mind. A system that can reason for itself. That's not programming, that's learning and there's a difference.

@M man

I think the question wasn't on what is a "capacitor", but the likely confusion over the newly coined "capacitator" (whatever that is).

A few more words

Good luck finding, measuring, and explaining all the variables involved. While I love the idea of removing the politics from the debate, there's no way we'll ever account for every single influence on the climate of our planet.

@ Ru: You so sure?

Several points:

1. VRRP is NOT Cisco proprietary (originally RFC 2338). You can lump HSRP and GLBP into that category instead.

2. L2 trunking (ISL) and L3 Routing/Gateway (EIGRP/HSRP) are about as Core as it gets in any network, large or small. What would you define as core otherwise?

3. The "failings" of standard protocols are subjectively debatable, since the network design in use has to account for the behavior of the L2/L3 protocols selected. There's plenty of good and bad designs using standards and vendor-proprietary options.

Not that far off

Just waiting until his iMinence decides to create the iKepler and sue all these egghead planetmongers out of existence.

Sigh...

Do yourself and others a favor and read about thermohaline circulation. You'll quickly understand why the particular latitude mentioned is significant (or you'll give up, hopefully).

Don't be an idiot

Murdoch, just like every other media puke, thinks that the best way to make money is over sensationalize the news. They might choose to put a Conversative spin on things, but don't believe for one second that Murdoch even remotely cares about that, any more than CNN cares about the Liberal spin they put on their stories.

In general, media outlets are for entertainment, not reporting facts. El Reg is bonafide proof of that. That's certainly the chief reason I don't follow major news outlets.

If anything, Wikileaks is really doing the job that used to be done by the news outlets, only they take the one extra step of publishing the actual documents.

Somewhere...

I'm sure someone is saying "I'm being repressed"...

Small distinction?

Can't be too small, since all typical "Netboot" scenarios require specific BOOTP and/or DHCP options to function. Apple has to be thinking of a different protocol or method to accomplish this and that certainly should be patentable.

I'm more concerned with how far reaching this patent is. Sounds like an amalgamation of prioprietary and open standards, which shouldn't be patentable as a whole. Thankful that my tax dollars are hard at work supporting the glue sniffers at the US PTO.

/sarcasm

Algore will be furious, but not because he's an environmentalist

The problem he'll have is explaining why companies should continue to buy "carbon credits" from his own private eco-venture. This whole thing has not-surprisingly turned into a money-making scheme that has the guise of science without the substance and the smoke of righteous indignation without the fire.

Why are people such sheep to continue to fall for this political rhetoric? I hate to sound like a conspiracy wacko, but there's little doubt in my mind that the politics involved are really just to secure Federal money and garner free publicity.

I agree with your sentiment, but

it's far too broad an over-generalization to say that NAT has more issues that IPv6. Every ISP network has varying, installed bases of hardware, which may or may not be prepared to route IPv6. The same is true for implementing CGN. In the end, both are a mess and the shift is going to be very painful.

Is it possible this is the actual disaster that was originally anticipated for Y2K? Consultants, V6-up!

Paris, who loves the point of exhaustion.

Additionally...

Don't forget the massive invasion caused by the phrase, "I wouldn't want to go anywhere without my wonderful towel".

Actually...

I'm sure the bastards that were running their own LHC-type atom smasher in another universe were thinking that very thing when they created our universe. And don't they all regret it now, as of of course the creation of the universe has been generally regarded as a very bad idea.

Now, stick out your thumb and let's get off this planet already!

Did you even read the article?

They're going to release items that are candid commentary, which means US representatives talking privately behind the backs of their worldwide counterparts. That's not a matter of hiding something you're afraid of. It's about foreign relations, you idiot. Same reason none of us tell you to your face that we enjoyed your mom.

Re: Alternatively

Hmm...I was wondering where the anti-butter came into play. That sounds like a better reason for the butter side to land down.

Short memories, eh?

I remember being fairly happy with 3.3 and later 4.01, but 5.x was complete shit in terms of stability with the introduction of EMM, Himem.sys, et al. Went straight from 4 -> 6.2 when it came out without really missing a beat. Who could afford a hard drive over 100MB anyway?

Mine's the one the <strike>floppies</strike> drink coasters in the pocket...

Was noted in the press release

Flash 10.1 is supported on a limited basis as "beta". Not the worst of offenses, but given the worries about Flash usage in general, I'll be staying away.