Posts by AlvordSky

HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten

Dissatisfied "Instant Ink" Subscriber

I'm ready to sign on to this class action whenever it becomes authorized! In Oregon, here. HP is acting as a classic "Hydraulic Monopoly" empire, here. (Also called a "Water Monopoly".)

Following Torvalds' nudge, Paragon's NTFS driver for Linux is on track for kernel

Which NTFS features will be usable?

Is anyone aware of which NTFS features will be accessible from Linux - or will translate into something Linux understands? For example links and reparse points, file date/time granularity, SID translation, NTFS ACLs reversiblly mapping to Linux/Posix ACLs (so I could fix the damned things occasionally), file name character restrictions (like colon ":"), alternate data streams (mentioned earlier), ...

If there is reference to some documented intentions, please let me know!

Smartphones are becoming like white goods, says analyst, with users only upgrading when their handsets break

Too Expensive for Clear Up-Tick in Value

The ever-growing inflation in top- and near-top-tier phones strongly discourages my buying a new Samsung. If the price was more reasonable, I'd strongly consider one of the new ones - as it is, nope.

What can I say about this 5G elixir? Try it on steaks! Cleans nylons! It's made for the home! The office! On fruits!

5G? Please make 4G work 1st!

While research and prototyping on 5G is completely warranted, it would be highly preferable if the equipment suppliers and network operators would make 4G work correctly 1st. Metropolitan use of 4G/LTE remains fraught with dead zones, dropped calls (incl. failed cell tower handoff), unexplained need to re-dial, undiagnosability by end user, "attwireless" WiFi connectivity that does not work or works a speeds of kBy/sec, etc.

Google 'clamps down' on world of Android partners

Open Source is compatible with >>some<< control

There is significant value in having an approver or coordinator to prevent fragmentation in interfaces, APIs, app compatibility, etc. The real question is how the approver exerts their control. There are good and bad examples - Linus does a darned good job coordinating the Linux contributors, in a collaborative way. I hope that Google follows that example; if they do, this can be of help. We'll see.........