Posts by Velv

The Pirate Code (or perhaps they just be more guidelines)

In the good old ship days, The Pirate Code governed the share of the spoils that went to each member of the pirate crew. One share per crewman, one and a half for "officers" and two shares for the Captain.

Copyright "Piracy" is not (for most "Pirates") about making a profit - its about watching what you want when you want. Yes, there are many websites making huge profits from piracy. But the majority of the crew make no money out of their "piracy".

Making stuff available via on demand is all very well IF you've got the infrastructure and service to support it. Have you got a home media that lets you watch the on demand on your TV, and does your "unlimited" broadband service really give you unlimited "downloads" of streaming media (most don't!).

Will it make any difference? Probably barely measurable.

And there was me thinking that SysAdmins went not just for the free beer, but to find proof that there actual real women in the world. And not just real women, but ones in high heels, smart suits and glasses, with long flowing hair and welcoming smiles. Dang, that stuff on the internet is real.

But in all seriousness, and to reiterate the article, social networking will do you a world of good in career and knowledge progression. Don't just limit it to paid for conferences in far away towns - all those tech forums you read every day - suggest those in your town meet for a beer. IT Contractors do it, why shouldn't the Permies?

If Hams were to embrace powerline kit then they could just Skype their "friends" from their attic like the rest of the geeks

Reducing head count can in some circumstances save a company money. Moving roles to other places in the world can also potentially produce some apparent savings on the annual accounts.

It's worked so well for RBS Group, hasn't it...

Evidence

Evidence is EVIDENCE - its existence does not rely on being filed on time.

One must question the judge's decision to exclude it then expect a jury not to be able to view it. OK, so perhaps a financial penalty should be placed on Samsung for submitting it late, however should the case go in Apple's favour the exclusion of the evidence gives grounds for Samsung to appeal.

And ultimately the winners are the lawyers

THAT'S NOT A PATENT

There is NOTHING new or innovative about what has been described - everything here is already possible, and it is simply applying existing designs and technologies to an Apple platform. There are devices with opening covers that show different screens (Didn't the RAZR have that, what about Nintento consoles with two screens), there are touch screens (I've got a Leather A4 folio that captures writing on one side to display on the screen on another).

So I haven't bothered my arse to go and read the full application, and there may be something "new and unique", however all this is likely to generate is lawyer revenue.

"Sanctions prevent Iran from purchasing Western antivirus technology"

And you really think that a covert government organisation hasn't heard of The Pirate Bay or VPNs?

Holiday in London

So may not be the same problem, but...

Went on a long weekend "holiday" to London with friends (Thursday to Sunday). Two of us on Three stopped getting 3G data over Friday night (had been fine all day Thursday and Friday, even at The Oval), and didn't get it back until we returned to Edinburgh on Sunday afternoon. Those on other networks didn't have a problem.

Anyone else in the UK experience similar problems?

When will office desks be produced with built in power distribution of this type? Why do we still need power bricks for everything? Yes, this standard will allow us to remove some. But I'm betting the laptop charging still requires a brick.

Every office desk has a monitor, mostly now flat panel with a brick. Why not centrally power a bank of desks with one 20v brick?

Let's take it one step further - instead of just "cumputer" stuff with USB being powered, let's set a world standard for low powered devices. Aim to have a new voltage/amperage (power) combination available in every home, office, hotel, etc in the world. How many travellers take something that doesn't require a power brick (the hair straighteners being the obvious exception). Most devices need the power brick and a plug converter. If we can set a universal standard then we all benefit.

This won't happen overnight. And I know some pessimistic commentards will point out flaws. This is a high level suggestion to get us started. They said it wouldn't work trying to get mobile phones onto a standard charger socket, but that's getting there, and over time the obsolete ones disappear..

So...

Are they going to use it to hollow out an extinct volcano?; and then

How are they going to get it to the moon now they've got no space shuttle?

By fusion laser, I assume they actually mean frickin laser

Authorised Leak ...

That's another of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential press briefings; you leak; he's being charged under section 2A of the Official Secrets Act. (Bernard Woolley; Yes, Minister)

Is it just me, or does this device look just like the Nexus and the Kindle. Have Apple stolen the look from Nexus and Kindle. Is there not a 7" Samsung also out there - have Apple stolen the look from that too?

Judge Birss is going to have a field day with Apple if they attempt to appeal the iPad/Galaxy decision...

(and I'm not trolling, just making fun of the fanbois. I like my iPad, but I agree with the judge, its just one of a family of similar looking devices).

Cost?

If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer.

You're the product being sold.

Class action lawsuit in 3,2,1......

"But you sold me a computer that couldn't get viruses and now it turns out it can"

It's not like Apple aren't quick off the mark to launch legal action - watch this space for the disgruntled Fanbois.

I remember when scanners first became popular. A certain type of image was almost always the first thing scanned by most owners, and that included the girls (although girls weren't encouraged into IT in those days) </sarcasm>

At least there's no way of you being exposed to the whole world as a pervert with things like auto-signatures...

Sent from my iPad

(d'oh!)

Simple answer:

UK government gets a written guarantee that Sweden will no extradite Assange to the US before he is allowed to return to the UK. They did it with Jordan for the extradition of Abu Qatada, and it could be equally argued Assange threatened National Security as much as Qatada (one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter).

Anyone who thinks Assange is at more risk from the US Authorities in Sweden than he is in the UK is deeply naive.

If I was accused of rape, I'd be fairly keen to clear my name. Clearly this isn't high on Assange's agenda.

No matter what you think of wikileaks, the man is accused of RAPE.

RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE

If he is innocent, he should be desperate to prove his innocence. Doesn't matter if he is charged, arrested, or simply subjected to media flogging, he should be trying to CLEAR HIS NAME, not sidestep the accusations and divert attention (unless of course he knows he's guilty).

There are MANY people who claim extradition from the UK to the US is far too easy. It's actually easier than from Sweden, so if he's really worried about extradition, he should be desperate to get out of the UK.

I know some people are blind to the true extent of the situation and will support Assange just becasue he founded wikileaks and it's freedom of speech at all cost. But is rape an acceptable cost? For many years "Wanna be in my gang" was hailed as an anthem. Strange you don't hear it much these days since the truth came out about the singer...

Don't bother to down vote if you're an Assange Fanbois. THINK about the whole situation, and consider who you would "let off" with raping your daughter. For the record, I support wikileaks.

Cyber crimes are starting to show a flaw in the concept of extradition.

Where did the crime actually take place - was it in the US or outside the US? And where was dotcom when the crime was committed - inside the US, or outside the US?

The logical conclusion is that any state in the world could request the extradition of anyone anywhere because they have breach a law in that state, even if they did not commit a crime in their own country. Example - Saudi Arabia requesting the extradition of homosexuals from the UK, even though they've never visited Saudi.

OK, so this may be an extreme conclusion, but until we as a planet agree the limits of jurisdiction, these examples remain plausible.

The Greek government is currently asking tourists to bring their own Hummus and Taramasalata since its now a double dip recession.

Mines the one with the bread sticks.