Posts by diodesign

Well..

We do link to the full judgment if you need some bedtime reading.

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Re: Are you sure you got that date right? Was not it 88?

If you watch the original source, they said it was installed 26 years ago (1998) and it was designed to last 20-25 years, which all makes sense, and why it needs upgrading.

I think perhaps some of us think 1998 was 10 years ago. It was 26. In 1998, USB was only 2 years old. Netscape was 4 years old. Arm IPO'd. 1998 is hella history.

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And in 2020...

FWIW in 2020, new leaders in Munich pledged to favor open source after that switch back to Windows. But it's not entirely clear whether that achieved anything significant.

If we find anything concrete, we'll build that into our coverage.

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Correction

I think Doc's Delorean needed 1.21 jiggawatts. Someone give Sam a Mr Fusion and some banana peel.

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URL, schmurl

I wouldn't worry too much about URLs. They're for machines, not us, primarily.

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ICG

Hi -- if you did read about a while back then we'll check it out and reflect that in the piece. But our article is basically reporting the ICG findings.

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Couple complaints

I don't think that extension can address stylistic choices. Sometimes (or most of the time) we skip words in headlines to keep them short and punchy to the point of being almost obnoxiously so.

We are a red-top after all.

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Re: Metis Flag

No - it's an infinite loop, not that flag.

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Re: Western Isles Council

I have a horrible feeling that this just keeps happening so much it's hard to keep up with. We'll make a note of it.

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Re: As Always

Amen! ;-)

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They are problematic

"Certain exceptions" indeed, Elon.

Broadly worded clauses that ban people from discussing working conditions, employer policies and practices, severance terms and wages, conditions of employment, and related matters are likely to fall foul of the NLRB.

NDAs about trade secrets are OK, for example, but that's not what we're talking about here.

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Teams

Ah yeah, they started doing that last year, as we reported.

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"There is no such animal"

Nah, you misunderstand. It's non-commercial in that it cannot be used for commercial purposes (and it's also free of charge to use.)

It's not non-commercial for Google at all. It's not for commercial use by others.

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You might be over-thinking it

Hi -- I think this says more about you than about us and your perception of criticism against Elon.

We're just pointing out that this launch went through the same sort of thing (RUD) SpaceX had to overcome. And Musk's lot figured it out, so good luck to Japan.

If Microsoft had a massive hole in its Windows login system and then Linux had a similar issue a week or year later, we'd probably reference that Microsoft bug in the Linux coverage. Pattern recognition; it's what humans do.

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Tweaked

Hey - yeah, he realized that wasn't well explained. So we went back to him and he gave us a revised explanation. It's in the piece now.

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Different groups

Hi - Fancy and Cozy Bear are two separate Russian intelligence groups. They are not the same.

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Reference

If you're wondering what the AC above is banging on about, it's that TikTok pushed a notification to US users warning them of the bill and urging fans to lobby their reps in Congress.

As such lawmakers got an earful this week, reportedly. It's mentioned in our article.

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Re: Ethnicity required?

It's just a data point, there's no ill-will from us at least. It is what it is.

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Re: Free users cannot send DM's

Free users can send DMs, but it's a bit complicated as it depends on your settings and who you're messaging. We've taken that part out so as not to confuse anyone.

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YMMV

Nah, we stand by what we wrote. This taskbar hover will annoy some.

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Capitals

We capitalize both Black and White when referring to race, yes. It's our style.

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Sizes

Hi -- FWIW I've added an editor's note on this point. Our vulture was told the 9 ft and 3000 lb figures in conversation with the Oxide team. It turns out those numbers were for the systems as shipped, not deployed.

The article has been updated to include the measurements as deployed.

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Clarification

Hi -- yes, we meant that PS/2 support for the key combination was added in Win2K etc. We're not seriously suggesting Win2K was the first Windows to get PS/2 support, and Vista was the first to support USB keyboards.

Give us some credit!

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"sexist in favor of females"

"two men were impacted, compared to 29 women"

Dell is so sexist in favor of women that the majority of the cited group affected by RTO were, er, women. Think you've misunderstood bigly.

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Re: Links to talk?

Both links are in the second paragraph.

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Actually, seeing themselves wearing it

Might have tipped them over the edge.

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Chinese New Year

FWIW I've added the Chinese New Year aspect. The Waymo car was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It drove right into the middle of people setting off fireworks in the street, and if you've ever been in SF during a CNY, you know it's loud, a little chaotic, and non-stop fireworks going off from the street level. And so it's no surprise, sadly, that someone decided to blow up a self-driving car in that moment.

It's delicate because, as someone who has lived in SF for 10 years next to Chinatown, I know the community isn't like this. This was morons taking advantage of the CNY weekend.

Edit: Also wanted to say - full disclosure - I've been in two driverless Waymo rides now, including one in miserable Bay Area February rain, and it felt as safe or safer than a random Lyft or Uber driver.

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Re: G42

They are on our radar and we will cover them more. One story lately we did about them:

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/28/cerebras_g42_china_refile/

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WordPress

Yup, a lot of them, dare I say most of them, are WP that were found by searching the web for unpatched / insecure installations.

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Re: Article raises questions and makes bold statements

It's an opinion. You don't have, nor do we expect you, to agree with it. It's a position. You might support or dislike it. It might help you understand or articulate or form your own position.

That's free speech, friend.

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"Awful reporting"

Steady on, I think that's a bit unfair. We accidentally missed off the hours in megawatt-hours. It's now fixed.

We're a small team that's trying to do a lot, and we're gonna sometimes slip up. We try our best not to, but it happens. And when we do mess up, we try to fix it ASAP. Dropping us a note directly helps us get an update out faster.

I think awful is a bit harsh.

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See the paper for more

Hi - we can't reproduce the entire paper in an article, just take the more interesting bits from. We also always try to link through to papers and original sources so you can see more for yourself.

In this case, the methodology including full prompts etc are in the linked-to paper starting from section A (page 15) in its current version.

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Re: Energy efficiency

FWIW we didn't comment on the energy efficiency of MTIA, we spoke about the low power.

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"Not really news"

Give me a break. It is absolutely news given that it's Arm Neoverse, Intel's latest process nodes, and you're referring to something about 20 years ago. In 2024, this is new.

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You know the saying:

The difference between science and screwing around is writing it down.

But more seriously: anyone can have a hunch, it takes studies to prove/conclude it.

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"Why the dismissive attitude?"

That's kinda how we roll around here. We maintain a healthy skepticism.

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Also on El Reg

Yeah, and also here.

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Oops, sorry

Yeah that should be 6000VA or 6KVA, not 6000KVA. It's now fixed.

Please don't forget to email corrections@theregister.com if you spot anything wrong so we can tackle this sort of thing immediately. Thanks.

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Yeeaaah, it was sarcasm

Ah yeah, it was totally sarcasm. (We've fixed it. Cheers.)

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Comparisons

With Google the supersoaraway search engine still, our article focuses on the Big G. If you want to see how Bing etc fared, it's a mixed bag - some good, some bad - see the linked-to report for the details.

It's why we link to reports and original sources wherever we can - not all publications do that - so that you can dive deeper beyond our take of a situation. Articles are like products: you have to make a decision to ship at some point, and we shipped this story with a focus on Google.

There's still scope for a followup that compares Google with others, and it's on the todo list.

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