Posts by Bob The Dog

Dawkins' atheist ad campaign hits fundraising target

@ 'Atheism is not a religion'

Atheism is not a religion, but it is a position of faith.

As the ad itself says, there's "probably" not a god, so to state *definitively* that there is no god is, ipso facto, a statement of faith which in many ways is comparable with religion.

Frankly, Dawkins gets right up my nose with his dogmatic atheism. If people want to believe in a big beard in the sky, that's fine with me - heck, they can even believe that I and my ilk will burn in the fiery pits of Hell for all eternity, just as long as they don't force me to sit/kneel/genuflect before some freakishly vindictive ghost.

Nice ad, though - and a useful and cheerful antidote to the god-bothering on buses at the moment.

Paris, because sometimes she's not sure either.

Time to move on from Chinook to the real MoD cock-ups

@ Will

Chinook CH-47 - Max speed: 170 knots

Merlin ASW - Max speed: 167 knots

Yeah, I see where you're going with that one.

El Reg celebrates 10th birthday

Penblwydd hapus!

Happy Birthday El Reg!

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Uh... any jobs going there?

Ofcom tempts bidders for 2.6GHz auction

Balance

20 years is probably too long, but two is definitely too short - there's no incentive for providers to invest in expensive equipment, marketing, &c &c.

Something like five to ten years would offer a decent compromise, but would probably mean less wonga for the government. But then, the 3G rollout and adoption was SUCH a success, why should they try anything different...?

Caught on camera: the Downfall of HD DVD

@Kevin Peacock

"It appears that the early adopters of BluRay have got themselves a boat anchor. In the rush to get the format to market the specification was left incomplete and it appears that even players bought recently cannot be upgraded." - Martin's comments.

That kind of suggests older Blu-Ray players won't work and will be wholly incompatible with future releases - although it does not explicitly state this or anything else. A wonderful example of propaganda.

For my side, I think anyone who bought BD or HD-DVD to date is frankly a sucker, or burdened with sufficient money not to care if their purchase makes sense. As I'd like to think I'm neither, I'll be waiting some time yet before venturing down the cowpat-strewn path of HD content. Catch me being an early adopter.

Now I'm going to listen to my Creative Nomad DAP 4GB and watch TV on my 1998-vintage Fujitsu plasma screen...