Posts by jaduncan

Google wins book scan battle. Again. Can post pages online. Again

Re: I hope they've carefully scanned every page...

Publishers can put whatever they wish. They can't trump fair use, much as they have frequently failed to prevent resale through attempts to gut first sale doctrine via similar legal claims.

Anonymous UK 'leader' fined for revealing ID of rape complainant

Re: Twice?

"I am somewhat saddened by the number of up-votes this comment has received. We don't know all the details - who is to say that she was able to get away from this man, or that he didn't seek her out?

Either way, blaming a rape victim is never the right way to go - just remember, there is only one cause of rape, and that is rapists."

This man, of course, has not been found guilty of rape, making your comment quite impressively defamatory.

Microsoft Edge web browser: A well-presented mea culpa

"The only time I encountered this problem was with Google Docs, which, perhaps unsurprisingly, don’t work well in Edge. It's also surprisingly hard to change the default search engine from Bing to Google, which together with the Google Docs failure feels almost deliberate."

DOS ain't done till Lotus won't run?

What the BLEEP? BitTorrent's secure messaging app arrives

Re: keeps keys on the device....

"But Google and Apple back everything on your phone up to their servers - including all your passwords and encryption keys."

Set against that, no they don't.

Microsoft: It's TRUE, you'll get Android and iOS apps in WINDOWS

90s comeback tours are going too far.

I thought I'd already seen all the Embrace, Extend, Extinguish hits a million times before.

Google unveils Windows 8.1 zero-day vuln – complete with exploit code

Re: If Only Google Paid Better Attention To Android Security

To put it extremely generously, [citation needed] on the malware claim.

Apple's strap-on will set you back just '$5,000' – what a BARGAIN!

Re: Gold-plated?

They make a lot of metal stuff. Not employing material scientists would be insane.

Apple iPhone 6: Looking good, slim. AW... your battery died

Re: Security

You cannot use it with a flat battery, which is rather potentially exciting when one considers that the nominal user might need it to buy their ticket back home or a coffee/charge at a local shop. It just makes the smaller battery look questionable for reasons other than the obviously undesirable camera wobble.

'4chan may be just a sysadmin who knows his way around', claims so-called expert

This should be a hint to you that you're picking passwords that should be anything save the actual data.

Are we there yet, are we there yet? Ballmer 'like a small child' upon buying basketball club

Re: But LA to Redmond?

It doesn't work like that, there's no promotion or demotion. You have to apply to run a franchise.

Piketty thinks the 1% should cough up 80%. Discuss

Re: NHS air ambulances

The coastguards are a government body. You're thinking of the RNLI lifeboats.

Surprise! Google chairman blasts EU's privacy ruling

Re: So the attack has started

"Qui bono is a reasonable way of deciding probabilities."

When you say it that way it sounds much better than 'intellectually lazy ad hom'.

Google's Drive SLASH, secret 'big upgrade': Coincidence? Hardly

Re: I don't understand!

"I had an IMAP server pointing at my home directory instead of just my email directory - everything over email, for free."

Everything about that sentence says end user ready!

Nokia to launch low-cost Android phone this month – report

Now he's decided to ship a Linux distro after all. Good MS times!

EVE Online erects mashed-up memorial to biggest space fight in history

Re: Looks really impressive

"Look up the General Belgrano."

Presenting a very small engagement from two decades ago may not be helping your argument.

Facebook debunks Princeton's STUDY OF DOOM in epic comeback

Attacking the methodology of a paper is very far away indeed from an ad hom.

ICO to focus only on 'serious, repeat' data-protection offenders

Great!

What the ICO needed was a more hands off approach and an increased unwillingness to follow up on complaints. Thanks government, I'm sure no industry lobbying took place there.

Ross Ulbricht: 'Oi! Give me back my $34m in Silk Road Bitcoin booty'

No. They are likely to say that they are investment notes, as indeed the SEC have already said in several cases. A court is unlikely to argue with the SEC regarding this matter.

Parents can hide abortion, contraception advice from kids, thanks to BT's SEX-ED web block

Re: Speechless

Blocking gay and lesbian material but not heterosexual sites is also arguably a breach of the Equalities Act.

Oi, bank manager. Only you've got my email address - where're these TROJANS coming from?

Yes, most companies just lie about their practices or aren't aware of just how casual marketing are with the databases.

Fanbois, prepare to lose your sh*t as BRUSSELS KILLS IPHONE dock

Re: Warranties....

The manufacturer of the charger, assuming the power output is out of spec. I'm glad I could clear that up for you.

Google WILL wriggle away from Euro probe... but THEN what?

Interesting

If Google Maps is not best in class, what is? OSM is the only thing I can think of that comes close.

Google's Nexus 5: Best smartphone bang for your buck. There, we said it

Re: Undecided as yet

If you actually care then install a custom rom without gapps.

Google's secret search offer to EU antitrust chief LEAKED by rivals

So to be clear, the complainants broke their own legal commitments and were presented without any criticism of that or their views? Good to know where you stand.

Another 5 years on Nokia's patent CHAIN GANG for Samsung

Actively managing their patent portfolio.

How the mighty are fallen.

'It seems that the OSes and devices are based on the Devil'

Re: change the world and toss off the devil.

"Now, you've had a lot of offers of souls. Just wait a moment and listen to this option..."

Murdoch: I'm a Jawbone fanboi - and it's going to help me live to 100!

"Murdoch admits snooping on OWN FAMILY in spy shock" ...*blinks*...Sorry, I thought I was a Sun sub for a second.

Microsoft: Oh PLEASE, HTC. Who says Windows Phone can't go on an Android mobe? – report

Re: Hey Microsoft - here's an idea

There is no commercial use (or, indeed, any form of use) restriction in GPL at all.

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 region-locking saga CLEAR AS MUD

Re: KitKat, grey areas and clear English

On existing devices? Well, I'm glad that won't result in an extremely predictable class action lawsuit.

Re: Thanks El Reg

Sony, oddly enough, are now becoming one of the most FOSS friendly phone manufacturers.

F-16 fighter converted to drone

Re: And the first step towards Skynet has been taken...

Why involve a pilot at all?

Re: By the time kids today are old enough to be pilots

> Situational awareness can never be inputted in code.

...you're already implementing the logic routines in neurons, there's no inherent barrier to doing it in silicon.

Never is a long time.

Tokyo Apple Store staff rescue iPhone-queueing fanbois from typhoon

They've got something rotten in their very core.

Ofcom's head Ed may yet run the Beeb: UK gov 'mulls axing BBC Trust'

Re: Do I hear the sound...

No, by this point there's merely a suspiciously large pile of hot metal filings on the workshop floor.

Amazon to offer FREE smartphone?

Re: Seems pretty hard to make back the price of a $100 phone

How stupid of them to value a stock that increases in value instead. Idiots!

Wrist SLAP: Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch hands-on

Re: Is it water proof?

I'd like to think they are smart enough to have a membrane (waterproof) speaker. They aren't expensive these days.

Xbox One launch date REVEALED - and it's on the 360's birthday

It was very, very good for video processing. I'm actually surprised that people aren't doing bitcoins on them, but I guess Moore's law comes to us all.

Qualcomm reveals 'Toq' smartwatch

Re: Great display tech, not so sure about the watch.

It's pretty clear that this is a proof of concept product; Qualcomm don't do channel conflict so they'll be trying to licence it out.

Tencent offers 10TB of free cloud storage for all

Re: All your phone are belong to us

Or just a sandboxed VM.

Re: All your phone are belong to us

I downloaded the apk out of curiosity. Requested permissions include network and GPS location, identifying other running apps, changing connectivity, connecting and disconnecting WiFi, changing WiFi settings, full network access and sticky broadcasts.

Good thing there's no attack surface for 0-days.

Bradley Manning is no more. 'Call me Chelsea,' she says

She.

Probation officer gets TINY fine for spilling domestic violence victim's ADDRESS

Re: No perp???

"a nice bit of double jeopardy"

That is not what double jeopardy is.

Open Rights Group revives 'unavailable for legal reasons' HTTP error code plan

Yes, of course. Stating the reason for blocking is not a moral commentary on the reson for the block.

Doom guy teleports into VR startup Oculus Rift

Wow

Serious technical chops. Serious weight with the OEMs and publishers, too.

Sony and Panasonic plan 300GB Blu-Ray replacement for 2015

Re: Seems Irrelevant

I believe Google Fiber is a gigabit. Other ISPs will also be that fast before 4K gets big.

Ubuntu 13.10 to ship with Mir instead of X

"I don't think my Chrome book uses X11 (though I don't actually know)."

It does.

Sony unveils latest attempt at an Android SmartWatch

"heavy-handed hints"

In the very best tradition of Reg puns, I thought.

Wake up, Uncle Fester! Huawei’s nattering about BUYING Nokia

Re: "the Winfanboi niche"?

There are also wide-eyed idiots with MSCEs who incorrectly think they know everything and MS is best.

Freed LulzSec hacker banned from contacting Anons, wiping data

Re: New Job

Sure. Lulzsec demonstrated an unusual amount of skill at penetration. I'm sure he'd be popular as a pen tester.

Galaxy S4 way faster than iPhone 5: Which?

Re: iSheeple are easily fooled.

In fairness to Apple, the non-VM iOS does seem a bit less cycle-happy than Android.