Posts by Darth_RayDar

Facebook's request to the flash industry: 'Make the worst flash possible'

Re: So what he's asking for is...

I'll bet that WORF joke's been in cold storage a while. Maybe in the transporter buffer? Beam ... up Scotty!

Philips' smart lights left in the dark by dumb security

Re: Dosche's Law?

That would be "Morphy's Law".

Mobe-slurping Wi-Fi SPY BINS banned from London's streets

> How does this contravene the DPA? You can't give informed consent because there's no way the data that has been collected could be used to identify an individual.

Well it ought to contravene Data Protection legislation because public targeted advertising could get very personal and damaging to reputation, fairly or unfairly. Consider this scenario - Extracts from log file in hypothetical trial:

07:05, Bin 001 (M junction at Town-on-Sea), Read 55.5A.B1.00.A5.55, speed 65, south.

07:05, Bin 001 (M junction at Town-on-Sea), Display "Lunch at Lenny's", 5 seconds.

13:00, Bin 007 (Lenny's), Read 55.5A.B1.00.A5.55, speed 4, west.

13:00, Bin 007 (Lenny's), Read 55.5A.B1.00.A5.55, speed 15, east.

22:51, Bin 013 (Parliament), Read 55.5A.B1.00.A5.55, speed 2, south.

22:51, Bin 013 (Parliament), Display "Before driving to Town-on-Sea, relax at The Kinkdom (2 doors down from Lenny's). Parties welcome. Bring your own Whip", 60 seconds.

22:51, Bin 013 (Parliament), Error 90023 - display jammed.

22:53, Bin 013 (Parliament), Read 55.5A.B1.00.A5.55, speed 15, south.

A reputation ruined in a day despite best efforts. Worse if your browsing history was ever tied in. Worse even if you try to ignore the ads but passers-by draw conclusions about you. What do you do if an undesirable ad is displayed for someone else but you're afraid passers-by are associating it with you? This could make cities and towns no-go areas. Could this commence the decline of cities?

Bill Gates's barbed comments pop Google's broadband balloons

Re: Intelligence!

No problem. Every Tuesday is 'Stitch Tuesday'.

Judge nixes Microsoft SkyDrive name in BSkyB court ruling

Re: I can see the issue.

My local branch of major retailer M&S is offering free Wi-Fi through The Cloud, a BSkyB company. No doubt that will be related somewhere as BSkyB offering cloud through MS. Grounds for MS to sue?

Facebook: Our phone app DID seize your email

Re: The bug

"The bug // was that people noticed what they had done."

"Noticing" is a feature which will be deprecated and removed in the next release, delivering an improved user experience. Yes, they have our interests at heart.

SF iPad launch subdued as Apple fans wise up

Re: Apple wont like that

I can't agree with the "queuing like id..."/media hype/"...ordinary" comment.

There's been too much excitement about queues, especially since - as I've said since the original iPhone - many Apple aficionados are "too cool to queue" :-) ; I've often gone out of my way to see launch-day queues, but bought mine later the same day when all was relaxed. Really enjoyed party atmosphere while queuing for iPad 2, but - when sold out after 2 hours - I walked calmly to pre-determined fall-back vendor (back where I came from) and got it there.

Queues are like paper books - I want to buy a few that are very presentable, nice to handle, peruse and see on my shelves, but the majority will be on my iOS devices. I'll watch the next 4 launch-day queues until it's my turn again :-)

Deadline for Germans to hide from Street View

6 Degrees of 360 Degrees

Removing the image of the address opposite means your address doesn't show up reflected in their windows. But what if a neighbour down the street has bay windows? Or curved glass? Or a station wagon parked at an angle? Will they remove those images too?

Mobiles protect against Alzheimer's

Didn't you call me?

What was I going to say.. ? I always forget by the time I've got my password reminder. I'll probably remember if I phone it in.

Paris, because I left something there ... I think.