Posts by JDX

Troll sues Apple for daring to plug headphones into iPhone

Re: " Apple will reap what they have sown."

It must so hurt people like you when Apple continue to pile in the billions for their well-reviewed 'mediocre products'.

Dell launches Sputnik Linux Ultrabook

Re: Did I Read That Article Right?

Why wouldn't you put Linux on a high-spec system?

Re: 8GB RAM and 256GB memory

It's a fairly poor attempt at a joke when an SSD is memory. It's the word 'disk' which is out of place,

I agree, re-installing Windows instead of that nasty Linux is exactly what I'd do!

Re: Does not compute?

So you're not target market then are you. The fact THEY are just copying an image across is irrelevant, the typical buyer will spend how ever many hours it takes to download/install/configure Linux.

Of course if you want a specific setup it's not for you but if someone wants a Linux dev-box, $50 is a good deal especially if they are not an expert Linux-er...

And as for you charging $300/hr, yeah right.

Re: They are giving the middle finger to microsoft at last!

As mentioned, creating and testing the image will have taken a fixed amount of time. At least as much as Windows, and fact probably more, but split over far fewer units sold.

Re: Does not compute?

It's a niche product they have to put more time into per unit (R&D overhead / number of units). They might also anticipate higher support costs.

You're paying someone $50 to set it up for you, how much do you value your time?

Re: They are giving the middle finger to microsoft at last!

Have you ever heard of economies of scale?

Sony tempts 4K Ultra HD TV buyers with free films

Re: The Bridge on the River Kwai

It's not the film, but the fact they're giving you a 4K version of a film decades old.

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Really?!

Astronomers find biggest black hole, 17 BILLION times the size of Sun

Re: Supposedly

No they don't. As Hawking says in ABHOT, you wouldn't even know you'd crossed the event horizon.

Re: Supposedly

Someone remind me... once you're beyond the event horizon you can never get back but does that also mean you can't escape getting closer and closer, or could you enter into orbit of the singularity inside the EH?

Re: What happens if two black holes collide?

Define 'meet'. Isn't that the same as 'collide'?

Re: "Time for a rethink" suggests Dr. Karl

What happens if two black holes collide?

America planned to NUKE THE MOON

Re: I find it deeply disturbing

But if you're GOING to test the tech can't we agree the moon is a better target than part of our own planet?

Re: mentality of our friends from across the pond.

Wow, so far 7 people think setting a nuke off on the moon is worse than doing it on Earth.

Re: I find it deeply disturbing

But blowing up islands and deserts and populated Japanese cities is?

What exactly is wrong with nuking the moon? It makes more sense than setting it off on Earth, which is what we actually did.

Although, would a nuke work as well with no atmosphere... you need matter to create a shock wave.

'Boson' Higgs: Yes, CERN has seen the coming of the God particle

Re: The standard model?

Yeah you get all the fermionic goodness of the Standard Model but with the special WIMP expansion set for free.

Re: Hardly catastrophic

You're just jealous :)

Hardly catastrophic

Just very disappointing.

Microsoft tightens the scroos in search battle

Re: scroogled is microsoft

Yes but he wanted to show off he knew how to look up a domain registration,

Re: Scroogled?

It is a good pairing for the word trough, MS cast aspersions over how good Google's results are, whereas Scroogle.com just stole them.

Badges for Commentards

Re: Move the badges

The badges are OK, but the ignore button is really intrusive... I'd suggest it is aligned on the opposite side of the page to the badge.

Or that you have to go to a user's profile to ignore them, to a)tidy things up b)make it require a tiny bit of effort

Re: Bug?

Yeah I see my badge on the post above, it seems the badge isn't shown immediately on new posts or something.

edit: oh it worked this time, maybe things were still being rolled out.

Bug?

I see badges against other posters' posts, but not against my own. However if I go to "view your posts" by badge IS shown.

edit: just because I can! Woop.

Re: Where can I check my upvotes?

That's trolling talk Spartacus.

Re: Badges for Commentards

When you say "a few hours"...

Re: Where can I check my upvotes?

Except there aren't really any MS fanbois here. There are only Linux zealots and people who have jobs.

Annual reviews: It's high time we rid the world of this insanity

You can only game yourself to silver. Gold is hand-picked. Though by an idiot based on the recipients.

Re: Ironic

>>I note you need to get so many upvotes for a gold

No you don't. That's the kind of comprehension failure that would be marked for "needs improvement"

Re: Buy yourself out??

Effectively saying he wanted to pay not to have to go through the process. He was going to pay with the bonus he wouldn't receive for not complying.

Scoop! The inside story of the news website that saved the BBC

That used to be the case, but is less and less true as time goes on.

It's almost like the internet itself is changing over time or something!

It's a tough line to walk between "it was good enough for 1999, why change it" and change for change's sake... it's important to remember old sites weren't static and simple because it was considered better, but because connection speeds and browsers back then couldn't handle anything more!

Re: Great article!

With tablets, aren't we heading back to 4:3 a bit anyway?

Apple sticks finger in dyke, cuts off Dutch flood of Galaxy S, SII, Ace

Re: I love my Mac, iPad, and iPhone....

Chris pray do tell us which company you could switch to which doesn't aggressively use patents? Cos it sure as heck isn't MS or Google.

There's nothing like a balanced view for a good debate, and that was nothing like a balanced view.

Re: ...not again.

And Google are angelic in comparison?

Oh wait, I forgot the site bias where Android is a blowjob and Apple is rimming your dad.

Microsoft Office 2013 heads for the cloud but fails to soar

Re: Are they ever..

Good totally subjective post there Fred. Well, it's not 100% subjective if I'm fair, the objective parts are simply incorrect. "Profoundly unsafe" indeed... because your local hard-drive is statistically safer than a data-centre with RAID-6, etc, etc.

Realistically how long until that all slides into the background and you stop noticing it, exactly the way an newly plastered wall looks ugly and then 2 years later a dinner guest mentions "you're still doing the house up then?" and you realise you never got round to painting it!

Re: ALL CAPITALS

So what, this is a menu not an IM chat.

I just noticed, the titles on the right side of this page are all caps too: FORUMS, YOUR TOPICS, SPOTLIGHT, JOBS.

Skype

I saw no mention, wasn't Skype supposed to be integrated with Office?

Re: So I have these large databases and spreadsheets

Most of those questions are equally valid for ANY cloud-based storage. You'd have to do some proper research off your own bat.

'Microsoft to make its own Surface phones' - mutterings

Why haven't we seen Nokia W8 tablets, it seems the obvious thing to do.

Japan firm offers mums-to-be 3D printed unborn infants

Re: Good value

Yeah that's pretty amazing - I'd love to have an MRI of myself in digital form just to look around!

ViewSonic Pro 9000 laser hybrid LED projector review

Review comment

El Reg were asking about review feedback recently... well can I suggest the price should be very prominantly displayed? Either in the vital stats section or ideally, under the title. Seeing of something is a £200 or £2000 pricepoint could influence not only how I read the review, but whether I bother to read it at all!

Chevrolets to get 'Eyes Free' mode for driving with Apple Siri

Re: Like I would even consider owning one or both?

Damn, they were waiting on your approval for the final go-ahead too.

Re: Oh dear..

They just won't turn it on?

Nowhere to hide for Google users as Play is given Plus treatment

Re: This is what happens when marketing people

Um, that's a pretty silly point. The whole point is that software people are good at making software, not good at making business decisions or doing marketing or customer service or UX design...

Software created only by software people with no input from anyone else is one of the reasons open-source retains a bad reputation... applications which are tremendously powerful but entirely unintuitive!

On the other hand, people leaving fake bad/good reviews for whatever reason is also important. In some cases (say Tripadvisor) it could potentially sink your business if a few people decided you were their target for the week.

A real review of a real product by a real person is not too bad IMO - reviews are not the same as YouTube comments.

Nintendo shrinks Wii for Crimbo

Never tried Netflix on the Wii (we use the PS3), how is it?