Posts by Kurt 5

City Police still using Terror Act to bother photographers

Phone Dump

They need his phone to find out who the rest of the members of his terrorist cell are. Then they can properly expand their inquisition.

Apple files 'in your face' iPhone patent

Internal, not External

I'd rather see a patent for a slot in the side of my head so I can have the iPhone BEHIND my eyes. Also means I don't have to wear the silly looking glasses.

Russian Olympic boss walks plank

Winter? Really?

Isn't the weather in Sochi this time of year rather warm for a Winter olympics? It's a resort on the Black Sea. Looking at the weather during the end of Feb timeframe it was in the 40s/50s. Not conducive for snow. Unless they plan to truck it in from Siberia.

Pizza delivery man cops to life in DarkMarket

hands on punishment

You can bet that some of the people who had their cards stolen would like to help with the punishment. After you spend countless hours trying to undo the damage it would be nice to have a way to vent your frustration/rage in a "constructive" manner.

AT&T to choke your iPhone

Those pesky definitions

And yet the contract says "unlimited." And they require it for the iPhone. And charge for it.

If the service isn't "unlimited" then it shouldn't be advertised and sold as that.

Nokia sues Apple over iPhone

Maybe Nokia didn't ask for $$

My thought is that Nokia told Apple "The cost for YOU to license our patents won't be $$. It will be a cross licensing agreement so we can get access to your patent pool."

Burger King cooks up Windows 7 Whopper

Needs a bit more

Maybe modify it a bit -- some cheese and bacon would be good.

http://www.aboutcolonblank.com/2008/04/02/a-whopper-with-cheese-and-bacon-and-bacon-and-bacon-and-bacon-and-bacon-and-bacon-and-bacon-and-etc/

The heart because this would definitely be Heart Healthy.

Man dissects Apple's Magic Mouse

Obligatory reference

I'm still happy with my muggle-mouse.

Hitachi Data Systems fingered in Sidekick disaster

What could go wrong?

Amazing that ALL of your backups are stored in the same set of hardware. And that an upgrade can wipe it ALL out?

Was there no replicated database at a separate location?

NASA iceberg-finder prangs into Moon's south pole

Mutineer's Moon (David Weber)

I was kind of hoping for Dahak to respond.

Secret US spontaneous human combustion beam tested

Demo footage available

This is project Crossbow from the movie Real Genius. Except they used occupied moving vehicles.

KDE 4.3 promises polish, polish, polish

Core functionality

Did they fix any of the core functionality issues? The two I am curious about are:

- ability to start KDE apps like Konsole with a specified geometry and have it be honored

- using multiple X Screens (multiple graphics cards) -- like was possible in 3.5