Posts by Mark 85

Re: Fewer Things Better

We will do fewer things and less well than we are now!

As long as the board and stockholders are happy, nothing else matters.

Re: "different [IP] each and every time I reconnect..."

Again, people need to consider what is more important to them, the "ease and popularity" of prostituting themselves to the likes of Google and Facebook, or the "hard work" of living independently in freedom.

Any one want to bet on which will happen? People want "independence" but want someone else to do the hard work or pay for it. They will give away all their data so they can have online friends easily. We, El Reg readers, are not the target audience here. We know too much and are a minority.

Re: send the Orion-ESM combo beyond the Moon to check it out

Some of us prefer the bright side as the cheese is all nicely melted and perfect for dipping.

So, exactly who is this zero information-content drivel actually for?

The C-suite and their minions. They usually don't understand technobabble but fall for it all the time in a "oh... shiny" sort of way..

Re: Experience go bye bye

And that spells savings profit and bonuses for management .

FTFY

Re: This won't end well...

This does have all the sense of randomly knocking on people's doors in the middle of the night. Some might be friendly but most will irritated and some percentage will be armed.

Re: I voted for him.

Judging by what's getting downvoted, I suspect more than few corporate shills are reading El Reg today.

Re: Face facts

You can go to @realdonaldtrump to read his tweet denying that he uses an iPhone to tweet, which says at the bottom “iPhone app”.

But the hype of the myth that "all Apple products are secure" still runs rampant. I guese his Trumpiness believes it.

Re: Eco credentials?

If they dumped the slurpage, storage, and processing of all the data they collect, they could probably shut down a few data centers. Turning off the power would solve the heat dissipation problem and also save some energy generation pollution and the heat being generated by the power plants.

Re: So not, Google

"'googleanalytics' - who needs that again?"

Google and their customers who want to sling ads at users.

Re: words or actions.

Where the fuck did we lose our way here in the US? Because something is badly broken ...

Maybe it's time to revisit the Revolution and the Constitution? The opening "When in the course of human events...." is a good starting point.

Re: The real question

Given the current state of affairs in China, China doesn't recognize US patents or any other countries patents. Only Chinese citizens can file patents in China. However, that's part of the trade war (a small part) goals by the US.

So the answer currently is a resounding "NO!!!".

Update... should have read more comments before responding see Uncle Ron's comments below for more on this.

Re: Deterrant?

The only real deterrent is to take they out behind the shed. Maybe once would be enough. The fines are a "cost of doing business" so they'll either quickly file bankruptcy or just pay the fine and do it again.

Re: Zuck just doesn't give a...

More than likely he doesn't know squat about how FB works or even who is running certain areas. He's the guy in charge making the big bucks, so he has a ton of minions to deal with all that. After reading a few of his pronouncements and listening to him (briefly) in front of Congress, he's either just a front man or the "not knowing" is a act.

Re: Superbly minted and crafted puns oh my.

Also, you owe me a slightly used keyboard.

The article points out where you can find a large pile of keyboards...

Re: Equal opportunity, encouragement and non-discrimination, not quotas please...

I do agree mostly. Quotas are never a good idea unless it's only a "target". The best person for the job should be the criteria. Here in the States, we've had the "quota" thing for decades for various "minorities". Did they work? Not completely. Many times it boiled down to getting the quota rather than the best person for the position.

There has to be a better way but damned if I know what it is. Apparently, companies don't know either.

Re: Austin -- Not just Austin

The problem(s) seem to be many with these things. They're really too small to drive in the street and be seen by motorists especially if they zip in and out of traffic. They're also too fast for sidewalk use where there's heavy foot traffic. Both drivers and pedestrians do dumb things like suddenly stop or vehicles suddenly change lanes.

Do they require the "driver" to have a driver's license? Or a license with a motorcycle validation? If not, they should.

While it's commendable that they think it's good for the environment, there's just too many unanswered questions. The cities are also at fault to some degree as they don't really have dedicated lanes for bicycles much less these things.

Re: Come El Reg we know you want to say it...

In fact, it seems all of Sillycon Valley has been seduced to the wonderful profits of cloud-side.

FTFY

In my experience, whackaloons with a shared interest will happily regale each other with their latest interpretations and newest ideas even when they are mutually contradictory.

I thought those folks were commonly referred to as politicians.

A steel baseball bat? That sounds... excessively heavy.

Heavy? Yes. But once you get it moving in a proper swing, the skull in the path won't stop it. I think there's precedence in some of the weapons of old... broad axe, broad sword.

Re: I swear to Cthulhu, Michael O'Rielly is fekkin' insane.

Not just him, the whole of DC seems to be insane what with no compromise, enforced party lines, etc. Maybe some folks are right, it's time to bulldoze DC and start over. Or just put a large fence around it and label it "The Asylum".

I used to tell myself that we'd seen it all coming out of DC but everyday, I find that we haven't.

Re: The next shoe drops...

Who's next?

Any bets that Apple will be buying something soon?

Re: Mine vs Yours

You, sir, are thinking in a rational manner and not like a corporate type. Have a cold one ---->

Re: !Celebrated !Mac !Malware !Still !Requires !Manual !Installation

But of course, any Windows user would reflexively confirm.

Apparently, Mac owners will also because "can't be malware as there are none for Mac". <sigh> And yes, the myth persists and apparently even the Apple store folks repeat this to customers.

We're talking Pai here who's firmly in the rear pocket of the big providers pants. Even if the Telco's lose, they will win if for no other reason than prices for service have already started going up. So extra profit until the lawsuits are settled in probably 8 years.

Re: 8hrs vs 5mins

The PHB's and higher love billable hours. There was your mistake. Been better if you had gone, took a look at the problem, wandered off, then came back and fixed it.

At one place I worked (in house), all the programmers had "look busy kits" on their desk. Usually a few manuals, a pile of code printout, and for some of them, a stack of blueprints. We could get things done in a couple of hours and then goof off the rest of the day with "off-site meetings" or web browsing.