Posts by Jan

Google in mass 404 land grab

Clearly inform and provide option to disable

I haven't seen the "land grabbing" message yet, but I think Google should clearly inform the user that they are being redirected, and provide them with a link in the redirected message to disable this "feature", and include the original 404 message.

Toyota ponders plug-in hybrids

Regenerative braking

I am surprised no one has mentioned regenerative braking on the hybrids so far. Prius uses regenerative braking to charge the batteries when you brake. This is energy that would otherwise be completely wasted as heat. For a 'laws of physics' argument, this alone would give hybrids an edge over regular gasoline cars, won't it ?

Chemistry Nobel awarded to semiconductor boffin

Re: Good gracious

I don't think the article implies that Dr. Gerhard Ertl invented the Haber-Bosch process. It merely says that his work helped understand how the process exactly works.

Desirider.

Indian dealers are squealers over Microsoft piracy raids

Copying IS Stealing

particularly if you are making money from the copy and I am losing revenue.

biswas: If I copy your sculpture and sell 100 copies of it, you lose 100 sales. Think about it - if you spent 2 years making your sculpture, and I copy it in 2 days, and sell 100 of those you lose a lot.

Jan.