Posts by WillC

'Critical' security bugs dating back to 1987 found in X Window

Re: No worries...

> (*the exception being that people will still be practicing the 7 Deadly Sins)

... and dying, and paying taxes (or trying to avoid them).

NASA stalls $8bn James Webb Space Telescope again – this time to 2020

*Someone call Scotty – he'd know how to fix this thing*

Didn't they remember Mister Scott's secret?

https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Estimates

James T. Kirk: How much refit time before we can take her out again?

Montgomery Scott: Eight weeks, Sir, [Kirk opens his mouth] but ya don't have eight weeks, so I'll do it for ya in two.

James T. Kirk: Mr.Scott. Have you always multiplied your repair estimates by a factor of four?

Montgomery Scott: Certainly, Sir. How else can I keep my reputation as a miracle worker?

James T. Kirk: [over the intercom] Your reputation is secure, Scotty.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).

Sun sets on eight domain names managed by CentralNic

He said: "It is of not of interest to my company to have a hotelkr.xyz domain which does not have the .com extension or any proper marketing recognition for the Korean Market."

Surely that's what the country code tlds are for?

Sick of Java and C++? Google pours a cup o' Kotlin for Android devs

Re: "single Kotlin line could accomplish the same thing as 87 lines of Java"

Sorry to resurrect an old thread (yeah, I know >.<) but I wasn't able so far to find this particular claim / example (I might have missed a talk given there appear to have been so many). Can anyone point me to the particular presentation?

Why the Advocate General got Google AdWords wrong

Erm ...

... if I go into a pub or restaurant and ask for "Coke" and they only serve Pepsi, they're allowed to say, "I'm sorry, we only have Pepsi, is that OK?" ... this isn't that far removed.

Secondly, many trademarks are in fact used as generic terms in the public psyche, and if I am searching for, say, "secure windows" because I want new double glazing with locks, I'd rather not be restricted to adverts for Microsoft products. And the next step is for them to want search results restricted too; this is not a path we want to go down (and especially not regarding terms like "coke").

Never mind

Someone beat me to posting my main point, I see. Please ignore the previous ...