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JeffyPooh doesn't believe in AGW 'cos "they" aren't capturing CO2 from concrete manufacture.
Can't quite see your logic, old chap.
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"In place of observation, or new scientific thinking, the Met has a new £33m supercomputer. Alas this is used for climate modelling - an area that has proved even less accurate over the past decade than seasonal forecasts."
Got some kind of justification for that out of the blue claim, Andrew?
"Google's MapReduce patent - no threat to stuffed elephants".
The evidence for this is: "the general assumption is that Google wouldn't use its patent against Hadoop". Ah yes, General Assumption, the all powerful.
and:
"I don't speak for Google. But Google has lots of patents, and it has basically has no track record of using those patents offensively, either involving licensing or pursuing people for infringement," Cloudera chief executive Mike Olson tells
A guy who doesn't work for Google admits he doesn't speak for them. Nice to know. A guy who's using software that may infringe Google patents doesn't think this is a problam. Also nice to know. What did you expect him to say?
"pointing out that Google is a member in the Open Invention Network, a patent pool that grants use licenses for patented technology in an effort to promote Linux."
But not claiming that THIS patent is licensed.
Because USB is not symmetric - the hardware and software you need to talk to a USB peripheral (printer, USB stick, keyboard...) aren't the same as what you need to talk to a USB host (computer).
With some hardware (e.g. Nokia N810) it's possible to do funny tricks with crossover cables and software. With others (e.g. Nokia N900) not all the wires are connected and it can't be made to work.
(There is now "USB to go" which allows a device to be both a host and a peripheral, but it's apparently quite hard to get certified).
"But can *any* of these users get hold of it in this open source, build it (in, say, Eclipse IDE with the appropriate compiler)"
Yes
"and then download and install the resultant firmware on their phone"
Depends on the phone, but for existing phones the answer is...
No.
(I suppose it might be possible to install it on an N900).
Also, don't forget, this is symbian the OS. I don't think it actualy comes with a phone app.
And those who could send a pal to schlep down to 5 East 57th Street New York, NY 10022-2556 and get it for about $650 (+tax, bloody americans).
Why do the yanks pat $650 for something made in Finland when we are supposed to pay $811?
Why can they but it now when Expansys say they'll have it "in 5 working days" (right, I'll believe that).
The main problem with the Hallyday clause is that who on earth would want to pirate his work?
That's the insane part.
Justification - if you don't pay your taxes you don't deserve the protection of the institutions paid for by other peoples taxes. That part sounds good to me. Let's extend it. Next time we hear about some rich bastard avoiding his taxes - just mug him.
The headline: :"Hands-free kits make drivers even more dangerous"
The last paragraph of the article: "Driving while talking on the phone is clearly dangerous, and one mitigates the risk by using hands-free equipmen"
Ah. Hands-free kits make drivers even more dangerous and one mitigates the risk by using hands-free equipment.
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@Dodgy Geezer sez:
"However, Iran launched a new 'stealth' submarine last year, so another attack may come sooner than we think..."
Uh, all submarines are "stealth". That's the whole point.
And if you're talking about this http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2005/05/new-iranian-submarine-not-quite.html
Then it may not be time to panic yet.
Funny, no black submarine icon, have to go with the helicopter. (With a sonar buoy?)
Look, I know the fact that France is superior to the UK in all ways embarrasses all right thinking brits, but "This will be the world's largest single fibre deployment" is ignorant even for someone from Bournemouth.
A small town called Paris started installing 100mbps fibre last year. Using the sewers even. With that amazing capitalist invention known as competition to keep the prices down.
I can't imagine how to choose the little icon thingy.