Re: Beijing Intellectual Property Court
My cousin experienced the same thing. They made unique collector dolls, and found out copies were being sold from China as China did the same thing to him.
He closed his company as the end result :(
Posts by Captain Obvious
153 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Jan 2011
Chinese smartphone cable-maker chucks sueball at Apple
If at first you don't succeed, you're Microsoft trying to fix broken Excel 2016
Friday 25th August 2017 00:21 GMT
Been having troubles with Excel
Sucking up memory like a Bill Clinton intern and constant crashing. Worse, it is a crap shoot copying from SQL Server output to Excel and maybe or maybe not the columns will line up. (Same data and NO commas tabs etc in output to cause this). Reboot and it works again until the next screw up. All I see is worse products pretty much across the entire 2016 suite. Constant locking up and crashing of Excel on wired connection.. Office 365 should be renamed office 312 (or less). Maybe the outages are because Office 366 is not out there to handle leap years.
I do wish corporations would just throw in the towel and go for alternatives as they certainly do exist. Not to mention the POS called Windows 10, that if I want to install a printer, and I remote into the machine as an admin, and the printer I wand it not listed (print server), it gives me a security error. Have to log on as user, can do this, but to install - you guessed it - needs admin login and password. WTF that an ADMIN cannot install a printer??????
Rant over - what was once a relatively decent company is declining (same with IBM too)
Uh oh, scientists know how those diamonds got in Uranus, and they're telling everyone!
Ubuntu sends trash to its desktop's desktop
Why do you cry when chopping onions? No, it's not crippling anxiety, it's this weird chemical
Jesus walks away after 7,000lb pipe van incident
PC sales still slumping, but more slowly than feared
Thursday 13th July 2017 16:08 GMT
Let us look at what the latest is in PC's
In the budget price range, have I7 with 4 cored/8 HT? Check
Have USB 3 ports? Check - new standard can be added with expansion card
Have multiple PCI-E 3.0 slots where video card gets at least X16? Check
Sata 3 ports? Check - although I do agree the newest PCIE NVME are great, even a Samsung 850 will be fast enough
Sound? Most motherboards are fine, but furthermore, many wear USB headsets so not an issue.
Gigabit ethernet? Check
I used to upgrade all the time as there WAS a compelling reason to go 8088 - 286 - 386 - 486DX - Pentium - Pentium II - Pentium III, etc. Also, AGP - PCIe, etc also were major improvements. The truth is we have stagnated. I no longer upgrade my machines (I build my own), and for server, I buy 2-3 year old servers (used to build my own, but better value used) at rock bottom prices with 32 cores and 192 GB RAM as new performance again is not that exponentially great (unless you spend $20-$30K.
You will NOT see a major bump until something that really increases the need comes out (NOT VR) such as PCIE 4 (even 5 may come out shortly after 4), or new storage methods, etc. Whatever happened to Hologram storage, fiber CPU's, or quantum computing that was just around the "corner" as those would also be compelling reasons. Heck even a I7-2600 still performs well. This article comes out quite a bit, but the answer remains the same: a saturated market will need a compelling reason to upgrade.
Now since laptops are not easy to upgrade (with a few exceptions), I can see those being purchased more frequently than a desktop - ie you need to go to faster GPU, 4K touch screen, etc., you need to buy a new laptop,
Thursday 13th July 2017 15:52 GMT
Re: "Even gamers are getting off the endless upgrade cycle."
They keep trying with VR - tried it in the past and it flopped - JUST like 3D TV's flopped. Until they take care of motion sickness and bring the price down AND have excellent game support, this will flop as well. Besides, most people have PCIE3 slots and a quick upgrade on the video card will do just fine for VR - so you are talking MAYBE a $200-300 investment and it does NOT sell a PC.
Hot news! Combustible Galaxy Note 7 to return as 'Galaxy Note FE'
Uncle Sam █████████ cloud so much, AWS █████████ it another kinda-secret data center
Hackers uncork experimental Linux-targeting malware
When Pornhub meets the Internet of Fridges
Windows 10 grabs 22 per cent desktop market share in a year
Tuesday 2nd August 2016 17:35 GMT
Re: hey I'm a "0.0015%"-er
What is even MORE obvious is that roughly 40 percent comes from phones/tablets. Different uses so this is not really a good comparison. For instance, you are waiting at the bus stop/train station and start surfing on the phone. It is not like someone is going to whip out a surface tablet (or probably even an iPad/Droid tablet) so stats are not reliable.
Is Windows 10 ignoring sysadmins' network QoS settings?
FBI director claims that videoing police is causing crime uptick
Sunday 15th May 2016 16:57 GMT
Re: Nothing to hide : Nothing to fear
I have no idea why so many downvotes on your post. It is VERY true that even the news deliberately edits out parts to make sensational news headlines. Just look at what they cut out of the Rodney King videos! I actually consider the news more criminal than any other organization.
What the world needs now is... not disk drives
Tuesday 26th April 2016 00:54 GMT
I agree with the other poster
4 TB SSD drive model you suggested is us $2K for the cheapest. I can almost get 20 4 tb Seagate drives for a total of 80 GB with PLENTY of backup. SSD's will NEVER take over spinning rust UNTIL the price is truly MAYBE a 10% differential. I would buy them if they were say $150 - not $2K.
Microsoft Surface Book: Shiny slab with a Rottweiler grip on itself
Seagate’s triple whammy: Disk numbers, costs, and flash
Monday 1st February 2016 19:37 GMT
Re: Switcharoo
Except look at reviews and SSD drives still have high failure rates. Also, a 4 TB SSD will run 3K, and even a 2 TB is $550. I can pick up 4 TB drives for under $140 all day long. That is 20 hard drives vs 1 SSD so 4 TB vs 80 TB.
Until SSD's can match the storage and price of spinning metal, they are still out of reach.
Gaming souk Steam spews credit card, personal info in Xmas Day security meltdown
Monday 28th December 2015 02:51 GMT
Re: Fickle idiot gamers
Ummm....you SHOULD be worried. Ever see a credit check? It contains YOUR credit card numbers EXCEPT for the last 4. Now the if the hacker gets the credit report (which is super easy to do), it won't take them long to figure out the whole number, Since a lot of places to not verify the CV code, or someone makes a credit card up, then this will affect you!
You should change the card. I deleted mine after the first time mine was stolen - I do not recall checking to save the data but apparently, Valve still had it,
I also recently discovered that Facebook keeps ALL of your old passwords. Try logging in with an old password and they let you know it is an old one and to please enter the current password.
PC sales will rise again, predicts Intel, but tablets are toast
Wednesday 4th November 2015 00:51 GMT
Really....who cares anymore????
I used to be one of those people on the constant upgrade cycle. However, most of my systems are 2-5 years old. All have SATA 3/USB3/other advanced technology. What do I need with incremental speeds, new motherboards, DDR4, and new USB? The only thing worth upgrading is possibly the video card, and I am quite satisfied with their performance. All of the CPU's are already low wattage - in fact, some of their newer chips consume more power with no discernible benefits than my existing CPUs. Unless they come out with cheap 32 core chips at 3 GHz, maybe then we will talk.
WIN a 6TB Western Digital Black hard drive with El Reg
That man told me to stuff a ROLE up my USER ENTRY!
Unpatched 18-year-old Windows man-in-the-middle diddle revived
Tuesday 14th April 2015 14:16 GMT
To be honest
I USED to be pro-Microsoft - not any more. The fact they are going to the cloud and forcing people to use this model and basically abandoning their on-premise customers is stupid. Once they are fully in the cloud, why is there any need to choose them over Amazon, Google, etc?
Furthermore, the number of bugs just keeps increasing as their crappy software gets patched to fix prior bugs. These supposed CU patches do not even fix the items they claim to fix. I have just had it with the hours wasted troubleshooting problems that are bugs.
While they have SOME good products, it is not enough to justify MS anymore. With Amazon desktop
coming out, those office users can used virtual desktops for Office, so there will be very little need soon to use Windows. Even those apps the require IE6 are doomed as the browser is no longer supported.
With Linux and Unix, things just work. Especially with Linux, if I find a bug, I can typically fix it. Now with Steam OS, and Office on the iPad, I expect one day we will see Office on Linux. This security item is just one more nail in the coffin.
Sorry for the rant…
ISIS: You bomb us, we’ll interrupt your TV transmissions
Google Chrome on Windows 'completely unusable', gripe users
Saturday 29th November 2014 02:06 GMT
Re: How Widespread?
Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 8.1, Fedora, Ubuntu - ALL crash since about version 35 and it is getting much worse. All my machines have at least 16 to 64 GB ram and NVIDIA 760 or higher cards.
It crashes when I try to grade on eCollege
It crashes on plenty of other websites
I suspect major coding changes under the hood are causing this. I am using the default 32 bit versions. I also see Chrome sucking up plenty of CPU and RAM as well. In the process of going back to Firefox. I do see them update all the time - now on version 39 and it takes forever to apply updates.
On Nov 12, a human-made space lab will try to HARPOON a COMET and land on it
Blimey! ANOTHER Bitcoin bleed brouhaha
IT'S ALIVE! China's Jade Rabbit rover RETURNS from the DEAD
China confirms Jade Rabbit lunar rover has conked out
Android, Chromebooks storm channel as Windows PC sales go flat
Wednesday 25th December 2013 21:40 GMT
Sigh
No one sees the obvious here? Android tablets will outsell everything as you can pick them up for around $50 USD. These are throwaway devices as they perform poorly but are given to kids to use instead of an expensive iPad, laptop, etc. All I see is more stupid junk devices going to the landfill.
Inside Steve Ballmer’s fondleslab rear-guard action
Saturday 7th December 2013 15:31 GMT
Re: No, Liam, I won't be using a fondleslab as my primary computer.
No one has mentioned what I am using right now - the Dell XPS 12 with 4th core I7 CPU. This thing is a full blown netbook AND tablet. Much better than the surface pro I used at work. I can be very productive, and then fold the screen and do my consumption with the netbook in tablet mode all for around 3 pounds. No need for an extra keyboard, just a mouse or touch. Mouse for productivity and touch for consuming. iPad no longer gets used here except by the kids for some games. This blows the kindle away as I can have more reading area or view two pages like a real book. Backlit keyboard, instant on, etc all works fantastic. Can even boot up faster than the iPad from complete shutdown.
For US people, Costco has the FULLY decked out version for $1199 with all options and max memory. Only thing it lacks is good video as it uses the Intel 4400 for video. PC's will also never die as they make great game machines with more flexibility than the XBOX/PS4/whatever. Will be interesting to see how well the steam machines fair this Christmas. Let us be honest: with the exception of the Dell XPS 12, laptops/PC's for productivity and tablets for consuming.
Tim
MacBook Airs in Black Screen of DEATH terror: Apple responds
YES, Xbox One DOES need internet, DOES restrict game trading
eBay: Our paid Google advertising was a total waste of money
Acer's Wang: Size of PC shipments to shrink month after month
Antivirus update broke our interwebs, howl Win XP users
Microsoft notices Xbox gamers actually slack-jawed TV fans, adds 43 new apps
1 MILLION accounts leaked in megahack on banks, websites
Nvidia: What would you do with a petaflops super?
Micro Focus accuses NSW Police of software piracy
Supercomputer and superboffins spot rare baby supernova
MS to WinXP diehards: Just under 3 more years' support
Duke Nukem Forever
Wednesday 15th June 2011 18:01 GMT
I am just curious
Quite honestly, I loved the original - in multi-player only. It is way more fun to play against people (or with people) so I never played the single player version.
I cannot find a GOOD review on the multi-player version - it LOOKS like it is a blast (pun intended) but it could also be garbage. Can ANYONE please advise me if the multi-player option is as fun as the original? My point for buying games is multi-player and not stand alone...
'Dodgy Android apps are breaking our phones' - Motorola
Monday 6th June 2011 12:22 GMT 
Maybe another reason?
I would think if 70% of these are being returned, then they are doing a poor job of educating the users - unless they are being returned for other reasons and Motorola is blaming the apps and not their engineering design....
Either way, IF you identify the cause, then you should fix the root cause through education, have an app verification system, make it easier to see all apps consuming the phone, etc - or you really should not be in business. Well, with a 70% return rate, that may not be too far off!
How I learned to stop worrying and love SSDs
Tuesday 26th April 2011 07:03 GMT
RIGHT.........
I have had two new SSD drives fail on me from Crucial and another brand in under two months and on one of them - NOTHING was recoverable.
While I do use SSD drive in all the laptops, and have had good luck with Kingston, they are still VERY unreliable so you had BETTER have good backups.
Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed
Assange traveled in drag to evade gov spooks
Tuesday 1st February 2011 14:28 GMT
Clueless
Back in those days, most systems were accessed through terminals and telnet with very little security. You could use a TI1000 or TRS80 compute or Apple II or Atari 400 and still be able to hack into most computers. However, back then, most had very little security (if any at all). With call packs, you could easily war-dial with a 300 baud modem. Think about it - how much processing power do you need for TEXT???
Biting the hand that feeds IT
