* Posts by Bill Neal

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Seagate pushes HAMR as next big thing

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Magneto Optical Drive

Seems Japan was the only place with a love for this tech. It is durable, but it seems write speed was half that of read. I remember having an MD player. It was cheaper than mp3 players at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magneto-optical_disc

US law to neuter libel tourism

Bill Neal
Megaphone

WOW

This is so amazingly ironic when compared to the news about Wikileaks.

India to place $11bn order for AIP hi-tech submarines

Bill Neal
WTF?

MHD???

What ever happened to Magneto-Hydro-Dynamic propulsion? I know the US navy just spent a boatload on R&D in the subject, and Japan got the Yamamoto (Mitsubishi?) off to the tune of 20 knots without a sound. It needs some work, but seems to have potential still. Is it still like the other "just around the corner" ideas?

First true submarine captured from American drug smugglers

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Yeah, and...

it seems to work for Amsterdam. Actually most of the world believes treatment is more effective than punishment.

Can Larrabee Lazarus stunt Nvidia's Tesla?

Bill Neal
Joke

Yes, but...

can it run Crysis 2?

Snails on crystal meth: The facts

Bill Neal
Joke

lol

i'm sure my ability to come when called would be greatly impaired if my third leg were removed!

Bill Neal
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Missing the point here

Did the speed make them faster?

Galactic pile-ups feed supermassive energy output

Bill Neal
Joke

I'm sure...

the swift bat will solve many problems and answer many questions

Music biz pot calls Apple black

Bill Neal
Linux

HA

"It's fashionable to bash Apple now, but..."

Around my place it's always fashonable to bash apples.

important for making cider too

Second man jailed over Scientology DDoS attacks

Bill Neal
FAIL

LOL

After a few YEARS of taunting and teasing the org, this is the result?

2 people found guilty!?

This is laughable.

Why do they even try to prosecute these kids?

You think 2 will discourage the rest of them?

When 2 gangsters goto jail do the rest change their ways?

This is a playground justice system.

Nothing the org does will make it any easier for them.

This witch-hunt will hurt Adobe more than Apple

Bill Neal

needs Vader icon

I find your lack of faith disturbing

all joke aside, surely you must realize how historically closed apple has been to outsiders.

How any user can defend such a mentality is beyond me.

Mystery fungus smacks Afghan opium poppies

Bill Neal
Black Helicopters

Yes...

"Afghanistan produces 92 per cent of the world's opium" and people still think we're there because of a couple of planes

Another suicide at Apple's Chinese supplier

Bill Neal
Big Brother

Yeah, and...

I don't expect anybody to be startled by this news. It is news, but apple isn't the only company using sweatshops. and you don't see those other big companies going out of business because of it. Quite the opposite is true. outsourcing seems to be the only thing keeping most companies viable & competitive. It may be close to slavery, but hey, what are YOU gonna do about it?

iPhone code ban facing antitrust inquiry?

Bill Neal
Grenade

Think about it

Crapple doesn't want anything showing the age of its hardware. They want their followers to believe that it is all still the best stuff on the market, and they DO believe so. Jobs won't admit that there could have been more performance stuffed in there. Fanbois want to believe that their hadware is perfect and superior, no matter how old it is.

US airmen hornswoggled by Transformers email trick

Bill Neal
FAIL

not impressive

its a shame lower ranks of the chair force haven't much better to do than twitter eachother etc.

Sony sued for dropping Linux from PS3

Bill Neal
Linux

Yep

I'll sign onto that one if given the chance.

I WAS running Fedora on my PoS3

Microsoft wins big in Chinese piracy lawsuit

Bill Neal
Linux

Well...

...I sympathize with both sides, but the anon-coward above is right. Office is crap, Windoze is crap. If everyone could learn to make money from service & support, linux would be perfect for the world. Also i believe the internets would be a slightly safer place to work & play.

I loathe many big companies like m$, but it is easy to hate the evil big guy when you're smaller. Lately it seems m$ is starting to turn towards people who believe in this philosophy. They aren't about to change their business model overnight, but they must realize the Jobsian cult is isolating themselves. There is an advantage to be had here.

'Beauty with antimatter bottom' created out of pure energy

Bill Neal
WTF?

CP violation?

People goto prison for that sort of thing.

Managing UC – you need to be in control

Bill Neal

UC?

Oh, I thought it would be an article on ulcerative colitis.

Virus floors Russian-Chinese automated border

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isn't it obvious?

Who would set up a border of mac equipment?

If it were mac, people would be rejected for no good reason, or just for having taste.

...and if it were linux, well, they must have done it to themselves.

I don't see that happening either.

Adobe bakes secure P2P into Flash

Bill Neal
Joke

RTMFP?

Read The Manual F'ing Please?

Toshiba tips hat into tablet ring

Bill Neal
Go

YES!

I wasn't the least bit intrested in tablets until i read this. Toshiba has always the best portable brand for me. While their netbooks have been uninteresting, this could be different. Now lets see a price.

Toshiba announces world's biggest 2-platter drive

Bill Neal
Go

PS3

And the race continues! We shall soon see, who can cram the most into Sony's little black box!

Too bad xbox was proprietarily build with square wheels and will not take any part in this competition.

Red Hat previews Terabyte-bustin' next virtual machine

Bill Neal
Grenade

YES

THIS is why I love Redhat so much. Is there another distro shop committing so much effort to professional tools as this example? Is there a reason to go backwards with Debian? Really, give me an advantage? The more flavors of linux I try, the more I appreciate Redhat. Go ahead, call me fanboy, polesmoker, etc. Still can't say yours is bigger.

Oops: Chief Climategate investigator failed to declare eco directorship

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Monty Python & Holy grail

"O, there you go bringing class into it again."

"but that's wot its all about!"

etc.

Register.com argues it can't be sued for negligence

Bill Neal
WTF?

WAIT

El Reg has ties to the iranian cyber army?

i thought iranians preferred ak-47's to keyboards anyway. oh nevermind...

Branson's SpaceShipTwo rocketplane gets off ground

Bill Neal

familiar...

This reminds me of when Pan-Am was taking reservations to the moon. Who would have known at the time, that those tickets were certainly non-refundable.

Pirate Party UK launches manifesto

Bill Neal
WTF?

What?

"...Microsoft could take Linux, GNOME and GIMP and sell it as proprietary software"

How could they sell that which is already dristributed freely?

That would be such a wasted effort, even if it worked in 1 country.

Nerd alert: First Lucid Lynx Ubuntu beta fun

Bill Neal
Joke

just wait...

Mortified Megalonyx!

...and what makes debian so great anyway?

Intel Labs unveils PC power plans

Bill Neal
Terminator

RoTM

I'm certain this belongs in RoTM

El Reg insults 'millions of Irish Catholics'

Bill Neal
WTF?

Miller?

What does south african beer have to do with this?

Bill Neal
WTF?

yeah

There was a .com mirror. Whenever I try it now, I'm redirected to .co.uk

what happened to the US mirror?

Mafia don suspect tracked down via Facebook

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Apparently...

he must have been a shooter fan as well

Cybercrime's bulletproof hosting exposed

Bill Neal
Unhappy

hmm...

I remember a meeting in 2003 in which a US gov agent told us that as far as viruses were concerned, the quality had gone down while the quantity had gone up. For some reason, I just now realize why this happened. Creating these botnets is a much more profitable business than a "traditional" virus write & sell operation. While it may seem obvious now, at the time I wondered where all the skill had gone. Each day the tubes become a more corrupt place.

Bill Neal
Unhappy

Well...

What happened to confidence in products from names like Norton & McAffee? There is too much diversity to create an effective defense. When the cure is almost as bad as the disease, what is the answer?

Super Micro to launch AMD render cloud

Bill Neal
Pint

AT LAST!

This is what so many have been waiting for. Even if it requires further development, this kind of technology being created by companies too large to comfortably consume (like AMD) creates a new battleground for those who love a more proprietary world. I for one welcome any challenge to the traditional gaming business. Keep 'em working hard to compete!

Netflix cancels recommendation contest over privacy

Bill Neal
FAIL

Well, yes...

Any anonymous voting system is inherently and obviously flawed on the internets. Anything else is a violation of privacy. This is a classic case of "you can't have your cake and eat it too".

Ford preps anti-hacking tech for in-car WiFi

Bill Neal
Flame

Sad...

...that such a great company continues to invite failure in this manner. Ford is the only US car maker pulling in a profit, and they think people don't deserve an open source solution? The only thing in the US that's WORSE than Sync is OnStar! talk about big brother, have you heard what they can do with it? and it only comes with GM brands. (government motors)

Bill Neal
Thumb Up

well...

at least they're keeping the children out. I'm still amazed they partnered with m$ after the crap that is the original sync.

Ubuntu Lucid Lynx changes its spots

Bill Neal
Linux

So...

what's next, Drunk Dragon? Dreaming Dog? Anemic Anteater? Fried Frog? Bumming Baboon? ubuntu still feels like a mac to me, but it is a great thing to see linux (in any flavor) get more attention from younger crowds.

'Electronic fags' are useless - US prof's startling claim

Bill Neal
Stop

Think about it

independent unbiased scientist ... exactly the sort of person Phillip Morris should have on their payroll. He probably already is, to attack another business which is quickly taking more market share.

Microsoft erases Windows 8 optimism

Bill Neal
Joke

John Mangelaars!?

So, it seems the infamous "cock mongler" or "grin man" of chan fandom actually works for micro$oft. Amazing

City supe slaps bank for account compromise

Bill Neal
Pint

re: the perfect victim

Right on target!

When big businesses like M$ try to make technical life easier for the unenlightened, they are only setting them up for failure. No system will ever be able to secure the weakest part: the end user. We all know this, but somehow nobody does anything about it, because sales are more important. Even open software like Firefox isn't immune to inept users. So sad, but is there a cure?

MS probes bug that turns PCs into 'public file servers'

Bill Neal
Coat

Safety in openness

obviously one more reason to use Firefox.

SGI biz still kinda lumpy

Bill Neal
WTF?

$1,001 million in revenues?

31 per cent more red ink than the combined SGI-Rackable posted (a $17.6m loss) in the first fiscal quarter ended in September, when the company had $1001.m in revenues.

Disk capacity growth rate slowing

Bill Neal
Stop

Speed

You all seem to forget the other problem, and that is the physical limitations of HDDs in speed. No matter how much you cram onto a single platter, it doesn't really matter if there is a faster option to handle so much data. Just look at tape drives, because everybody uses those, and they never fail. Right?

Tor software updated after hackers crack into systems

Bill Neal
Joke

Really?

Roger Dingledine, really?

Swedish necrophiliacs in fake Facebook fundraiser

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Megaphone

Moar!?

Read more:

* Facebook

* Sweden

* Haiti

* Necrophiliacs

never would 'ave guessed i'd see that on El Reg!

AT&T snuffs mobile Facebook security glitch

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Go

Limited???

I have seen it happen on a few phones just last month. Most people don't have a reason to complain to AT&T since it isn't their profile being defaced.

GM plumps for long-distance hybrid Cadillac

Bill Neal
Megaphone

V6 Petrol!!

That engine is actually quite small for a caddy, and as the story said, its about performance as much as economy. Americans should be making more euro style direct injected, turbo V6 engines like the one in the Ford Tarus SHO. ...also diesel fuel is more costly now in the states, and maintenance costs are higher as well.

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