Posts by Tchou

China's Jade Rabbit moon rover might have DIED in the NIGHT after 'abnormality'

Re: In the words of Arnold J. Rimmer

An alien is probably holding it wrong

Re: Considering...

EU and ESA may not go to the moon, but they fly to Mars orbit and will attempt a comet landing in a few months...

Miss Teen US 'sextortion' hacker pleads guilty

Hadn't he blackmailed, he would have ejoyed his "privilege" longer and the being caught the sentence would have been a lot lighter...

HTC phone STOPS BULLET, saves Florida gas station clerk's life

Re: Where are the gun nuts?

Or the robber would have shot the guy before saying a word, just to make sure he would not be shot at in the first place.

The Colosseum, Hagia Sophia, Tower of London... and, er, Steve Jobs' GARAGE

Re: Steve Wozniak built them

The first Apple computers had no design at all, it was a wood casing. Square. Filled with components.

At first Apple sold the computers as a kit, the buyer would assemble the computer.

So... No, Steve wasn't even a designer.

He was a marketing guy, a liar. A good one maybe, even for a canary, but a liar.

- Hooo !!! Look Jenny !! This dump is where Walmart started!

- You're so charming Bob!!

Don't crack that Mac: Almost NOTHING in new Retina MacBook Pros can be replaced

FunnY

Funnily enough my Atari ST in 1987 had the same design choices...

Yes it ran a nice user interface when Pc's were stuck with text only OS.

But it was a closed ecosystem, not upgradable (well not entirely)

As a result Atari went out of market because people prefered to spend the money on something that could adapt to future uses..

Interesting.

Obama to Merkel: No Americans are listening to you on this call

Her fault...

Same reasoning as in "she wore a mini skirt and got raped... her fault.."

About the raper fault?

What about the US?

Brit and Danish boffins propose NSA-proof crypto for cloud computing

Re: Laughable

http://www.trustleap.com/

Re: No Joking Matter :-) .... Poe's Law Rules:-)

You nailed it.

New iPhones: C certainly DOESN'T stand for 'Cheap'

Re: A finger of fudge

Cut off a finger?

Nah, nowadays we just 3D print it.

Microsoft, Nokia and the sound of colliding garbage trucks

I must confess...

... I own a Lumia and I like it a lot.

Microsoft's $7.1bn Nokia gobble: Why you should expect the unexpected

I own a Nokia Win8 Phone since yesterday.

I like it.

South Carolina couple cop cuffing for shed shag

It was about time!!!

... The girl looks quite okay ...for an american that is...

Second LulzSec Sony website hacker starts a year in the cooler

Now that's a busy "Neuron".

New moon discovered around Neptune brings total to 14

Black coal

Can I be the first to say...

"Don't disturb unless it is Mr Shadow"

"It is Mr Shadow"

Education icon, just because.

Apple MacBook Air 13-inch 2013: Windows struggles in Boot Camp

Re: But why?

"Apple is expensive"

Maybe that wasn't made clear enough.

"But I like it anyway".

That part is usually forgotten.

'Thundering mechanical behemoth' walker mech to attack Leicester today

Re: Art? ART?

This is craft, not art.

Or all crafts are art.

JOBS from beyond grave: I AM NOT A CROOK, it was an 'aikido move'

"an “a[i]kido move"

Brilliant!! Aikido moves are a lot about arm twisting.

Snowden leak: Microsoft added Outlook.com backdoor for Feds

It was about time!!!

Microsoft is making different Windows for years, it was about time to move to Doors.

OFFICIAL: Humans will only tolerate robots as helpful SLAVES

Mandatory Apple comment

Patenting obvious is Apple's business, find something else.

I'm 'pretty comfy' with PRISM + 'It's Google. What else do you expect'

Re: So... European countries are NOT spying on US activities?

Start spying on the US with spying on French?

Why not going straight to the point and spy on Washington?

So... European countries are NOT spying on US activities?

That seems unlikely to me.

Gone

Re: Secure OS

On Atari machines, the OS don't stay in memory when an application is launched.

That's why "quitting" an app on an Atari means reboot, not going back to the desktop. It have to be reloaded entirely.

So if something bad happen - because of a program, like a virus or else - the OS is not at fault.

But hey, it's El Reg, you're not supposed to actually know what you post about.

Cheers.

Secure OS

I once run a perfectly secure OS.... on an Atari... It was in ROM.

MSX: The Japanese are coming! The Japanese are coming!

Re: Will we be talking about Xbox in a similar fashion in 20 years time?

No.

Just as nobody keeps fond memories of a 486 running Win95.

It's not only a matter of time. These old machines were fascinating, because we were struggling with the limited but fully available hardware. It was magic. It was programming. It was a lot of fun.

I still remember my first program written at school on a Thomson MO5 (standard school equipment in France, 1988 or so...) I was like 7. It was drawing a scrolling night sky.

I fondly remember the Wednesday afternoons on Amiga 500 at friend place.

I fondly remember my Atari 1040 at home and the arguments about which platform was the best =D.

Then I had a PC... pretty boring in comparison... then a Mac.... Then PC's again... I don't miss any of them.

Makes me miss my beloved Atari 1040 STf, 1Mo RAM, 8Mhz...

I run an emulator these days, but i does not feel the same... G'd old times... these computers had SOULS.

Can Microsoft's U-turn stop the Xbox 360 becoming another XP?

Does failing to fail make it a success?

Boffins build headless robo-kitties

Re: Dreaming androids

Could this one satisfy you, m'lord?

http://www.muttonbone.com/inflatable-sheep-specs/

Hubble spies unlikely planet being born in hostile neighborhood

Re: CGI

Unfortunately for you even an amateur telescope can see the space station :

http://www.cieletespace.fr/files/image_du_jour/iss_atlantis_2010b.jpg

Have a nice week end (which by the way might well be faked too - It really is Monday!)

We want to put a KILL SWITCH into your PHONE, say Feds

Re: KISS

>>- Jewelry is only legal if worn with a gun.

That's already the case if you're in a gang.

Re: Bad idea

On an unrelated news, USA is experiencing a new kind of terror attack after a foreign intelligence service triggered the "phone kill switch" for the whole country.

Re: KISS

>> Wallets must incinerate their content when they are opened by unauthorized persons.

-"Hey look, someone lost his wallet!"

-"Maybe the adress is inside"

-"Ho! Wait.."

"Dear customer,

your pricey mobile was terminated by Federal authorities.

We took good note that it wasn't stolen (or so you say), alas, in this case your 5 years warranty won't work as it is not a product or service fault.

We encourage you to see this matter with the involved authorities.

We gently remind you that in any case this is a good opportunity to renew your hardware and confidence in us.

Cheers,

Microsoft/Apple/Samsung/Whatever"

Intel bakes smaller, slower flash memory. Aah, now that's progress

Re: SATA attached flash still?

No wonder the WIndows user icon is a drunken homeless

AMD announces 'world's first commercially available 5GHz CPU'

Re: DOH @Allan Brown

Aye, CPU-ram interface is what matter most... second to CPU cache size =D

Facebook, Microsoft beg Feds: Let us tell users what YOU asked for...

Just curious... which countries?

Forget about UK... France... Germany... Italy... Spain...

So, what's left? Swiss? Maybe...

ROBOT COW teaches Saudi kids where milk comes from

The cow is just a container... I don't see anything robotic about it

Microsoft in sexism strife again over XBOX rape joke

0xB16B00B5

0xDEADBABE

0xWTF?

Now you can use your phone instead of your wallet at the ATM, too

It could be worse

The thing could run on Windows 8.

Re: a six-digit code which can be entered in any compliant cashpoint

The odds are actually better than for the lottery.

Mr Banker reply :

Dear Customer,

we remember these days of course... But since then the sloppy economy made us realize that our Customers would save money whatever the incentive is. I take this opportunity to send you our price increases for the coming year.

Cheers,

Mr B.

I don't see how that's more convenient than the current ATM...

- What if you forgot to plug your phone last light?

- What if you don't have a smartphone?

- What if you donwloaded an app that upload your actions to a remote server?

- What if some crooks intercept the data tranfert between phone and ATM? A device of this type could be a few meters away from the machine and very hard to detect.

- Etc...

Couldn't we have instead a 2 factors authentication, so even if your card is stolen and the password somehow known, they would also need your phone? And every phone, smart or not, can receive SMS.... (agreed you still need a phone... and battery...)

NATO defence ministers agree: This cyber business is very serious

Cyber...

Comes from the Greek "kubernân" - to rule...

so... a Cyber threat would be a "threat that rules".

It nearly can make some sense, if you're drunk enough.

"We agreed that we will continue our discussion at our next meeting in October"

I'd die out of boredom working there...

My work place may not be a paradise but at least I have more code to write than meeting to attend.

Intel: Haswell is biggest 'generational leap' we have EVER DONE

2-in-1 : Can I be the first to say

that you must have that Haswell.

(Yis, ok, sorry).

Websites to 'close' for China's 'Internet maintenance day'

Re: you can't see me

@Nicho : You mean USA is not in decline? Wow.

Amazon faces its third strike in Germany

Re: Close down the distribution site and move the jobs elsewhere.

>>"workers won't put in the hours necessary to make it a profitable entity"

Maybe because they asked themselves "Profitable to who?". And in any case the plant WAS profitable. The company was simply moving abroad for higher margins.

>> "wanted an American company to take it over"

No, no one asked for an American savior... They were in the process of buying, changed their mind and explained it with what they could come up with. I've read the letter that the "American boss" sent, and it was compilation of idiocy, preconception and nationalism.

Did you know that thanks to "free" and "fair" market, there' no legal minimum wage in Germany and that some workers are paid 1€ per hour?

These modern day slavers will be crucified sooner or later.

Quantum boffins send data ACROSS TIME AND SPACE

Re: @Tchou

Haha! Good one.

I can't wait to see the first quantum debugger, where you can fix errors on a code that not been yet written.