Posts by Rovindi

Incredible...

They paid US$200 million for Draw Something. Two. Hundred. Million. Two.Hundred.Fucking.Million.

I keep staring at that, then pause to consider the product, their only product. Then I stare at the figure again.

I haven`t taken any hallucinogens for a while, so it can be me that`s addled...

These people must be on some seriously fucking grade A coke to believe that this can all turn out well.

Conviction? Pah...

I would be utterly amazed if any of these lot would get jail-time for these offences. There is a two-tier justice system in the UK that will see these people be "strongly rebuked" by some octogenarian judge, whilst mentioning their previous "outstanding character" or something similar. I really do hope that, if they are found guilty, then they get sent down for serious time and not some pissy two-month stretch in that delightful HMP sponsored hotel near Arundel- AKA HMP Ford.

Boils my piss.

Move on, there is nothing to see here.

damn your titles...

" This is handy if you’re studying a web page at length and don’t want to keep touching the screen to keep it on. Again, it’s a small thing but it somehow makes for an intimate relationship with the phone."

Is that a euphemism for knocking one out?

Have you seen...

...Facebook´s "official" app for Android? It really sucks. It is utterly dreadful, which given the size of FB and the resources available, certainly says something about their ability to deliver the goods.

The idea of an FB phone slurping all my data - calls, contacts, browsing history, photos etc - is very, very scary indeed.

Sod the phone aspect and focus on the data aspect. This, potentially, has quite serious implications if this turns out to be true.

You`re shitting me, right?

Daft question, as always, but who the fuck thought the Daily Mail was a representative voice of the "people" and therefore in a position to add balance to this debate? Has the UK changed so much in the couple years I`ve been away, that the Daily Mail is now some kind of national barometer for what the "people" are thinking/feeling?

Have you seen their website? It`s a softporn/grattons catalogue wankfest for pubescent boys and not much more. I showed some colleagues here the DM website and we compared it to El Pais. Talk about chalk and cheese. One contains news and not much else, the other appears to be mainly pictures of women in bikinis or busting out of tight fitting tops and not much else. Guess which one is which?

As for Platell...

I agree with many on here, the term seems unusually severe. Apart from the fact that he`ll only serve at 30% before being turfed out and given tag/home custody, it just seems a tad severe. A mate of mine in the UK got done last year for dealing wadges of mary-jane and despite previous for being a bit vicious/fighty in his youth, he got six months and served only three.

It`s all a bit inconsistent.

Shame

It really is embarrassing to watch these prolonged death-throes of Yahoo! They`ve not been "relevant" for many, many years, in a space where you need to be evolving existing products and introducing new ones on a regular basis- something Yahoo! has been pretty dire with for quite a while. Sure they have email, but as bad as Hotmail for spam etc. Flickr - sure it`s ok, but it doesn`t set the world alight. Social? Mmmm... OK, they make shed loads in ads, but that revenue is in decline (has been for a while) and will, ultimately, not be sustainable in the face of Google, FB etc. Take away that side of the biz and, apart from a few gems AND badly quoting Dorothy Parker: "There`s no there, there"...

I, for one, think it is quite sad, as there are many excellent people working for this floundering beast, but there is a certain inevitability to its demise. Just a question of time.

As someone else posted, chairs:titantic...

Bugger...

...and I was looking forward to an article about bring your own drugs to work. Doh...

Won`t change a thing

Seriously, it won`t change a damn thing. Paying a fine is one thing, admitting responsibility is another. The two do not always go hand in hand, especially in US courts. Oracle seem to believe they are "special" in every way and therefore above the laws that us mere mortals have to observe.

Yeah, but...

CNN and News in the same sentence. Wow.

mmm...

Damn fine article. Well written and well balanced. Good Journalism.

That`s why I like El Reg.

Keep it coming...

Whilst some of the tone of the original article was a bit shit, many salient points were raised.

Over the past ten years alone, I have recruited in the region of 120 people - Tech/Solution Architects, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers of all varieties, Graphic and Web Designers and bucket loads of other IT related bods. Reckon that gives me a sense of perspective on this.

During that time I`ve seen CV`s that shouldn`t have got passed the agency sent to me. Some of them simply terribly written/structured or full of mistakes. I`ve had direct emails and CV´s from technies that would astonish you. I`ve had a candidate arrested for fighting outside the office prior to his interview. Another turned up dressed like the Queen Mother - I shit you not. He was a taller bugger n all!

On the other hand, I`ve had the pleasure to view many excellent CV`s and interview and subsequently hire, a lot of outstanding people.

It is the same in any trade - there are some people that are excellent at what they do, communicate well, work well with their peers and progress steadily through their respective careers. There are also many who simply aren`t as good as some of their contemporaries and will flounder or flop about through their careers.

Why should IT be different from any other job sector?

Personally, I`ve always found myself to be lucky to work in a industry that pays far more than many other sectors, with work that can be exciting, challenging, sometimes downright fun! Obviously, there can be a lot of tedium, wank-word consultancy speak, stress, shitty politics etc. But sometimes the large salary compensates for that.

Sometimes.

They obviously should have read the article by Dominic, the recruiter...

Eh?

"A supply of tea with milk and sugar would be nice. If it is tea I really like, I like it without milk and sugar. With milk and sugar, any kind of tea is fine. I always bring tea bags with me, so if we use my tea bags, I will certainly like that tea without milk or sugar."

Can someone decompile that for me?

He was an immensly talented guy who will be sorely missed. Damn shame, is all I can say.

RIP

@Dirk

There are a variety of reasons people choose Android over iPhone and vice versa. A majority of us choose Android due to it´s far more open approach and ability to tweak our phones to how we (not Apple) want them to be. Whilst I can readily understand Apple`s approach, their "one size fits all" strategy is not appealing to everyone.

Unlike yourself, many of us are technology agnostic and choose platforms, products and technology that fit our requirements, as opposed to purchasing something that GQ or shortlist.com tells us we must have.

There is quite a difference

Wow

Clever bugger or what? Got to admire the thinking behind this one.

I think it is mint! Stuck it on my android. I´m sure the novelty will wear off in a day or two, but fuck it, why not.

ooooh...

Nice little app. Beats the arse of the Samsung Allshare app and Gmote. One negative is the lack of support for 3G. With Gmote, I can play a tune on the PC at home when I´m away - the missus is a sucker for The Cure´s "Friday I´m in love" and being a soppy fecker, I play it on the PC (connected to HIFI) - freaks the shit out of her, naturally, but it´s good for a giggle.

Mine´s the remote-distance stalky looking one...

User generated threads - Opinions are like arseholes. Everyone´s got one.

Nice one dearest El Reg.

Re User Generated threads. I´m quite divided on this, as there are some reet clever buggers on here, who can provide wisdom and enlightenment on a myriad of technical (and other escoteric subjects). But there are also the usual bunch of numpties that just want to pick fights.

For example, I was thinking the other day "wouldn´t it be nice if I could go to El Reg and post a question about purchasing a new laptop" as I´m looking to do that at the mo. The downside is I would be told repeatedly that I should go for a Mac, HP or whatever bunch of overpriced wanking-spanners that Tosh are selling this week. The post would then be diverted when the Mac crew tool-up and take on the PC Crew (cue Sharks and Jets from West Side Story - interesting image </digress>) and it all goes horribly wrong and pisses everyone else off.

How do you get around that? Start making some of us Mods? Mmmm, tricky one. Otherwise it means a fuck-load more work for your moderatrix (moderatrices? moderatrixes? moderati? Moderators is, well, to normal).

Genuinely curious to know...

Excellent

Rugger buggers' buggy buggerup - you guys really know how to knock ´em out!

Good stuff

a title is required and mustn´t contain rabid fanboi/anti-fanboi gibberish

I´m not a huge fan of Apple products, but each to their own. I have an iPod and iTunes drives me frikkin´ potty. Grrr...

Anyway, what Jobs has done since his return to Apple is incredible. Turning Apple into what it is today has to be one of the legends within IT (or any) industry. I´m sure it´s is or going to be required teaching on MBA´s or business studies courses all over the globe.

They have one of the best Marketing teams ever. I think their early iPod ads, with silhouetted people bopping around, were incredible and iconic. I can´t think of another brand that has such amazing advertising.

There is no denying their product design either. I mean they make really sleek and cute, bright shiny things. People love their Apple kit. Look at all the postings on this and many thousands of forums. Their customers are fanaticly loyal. Why? Because they make stuff that these people want. Failing that, they create new products (iPhone/iPad) that people didn´t know they wanted, but absolutely have to have. Smart. Very smart.

Not many companies can have such a massive, global and passionate customer base.

Whether you think the guy is a cock or God, there is no denying the man is a genius.