Re: Warning: PDF
It's El Reg style to alert readers to PDF links. Just a matter of courtesy :-)
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"But isn't the statement: 'So... it doesn’t look great for Google' rather like saying 'It doesn't look good for England' after the opening couple of overs of a 5 day test?"
Perhaps so, but that's Andrew's measured opinion; Oracle is presenting a tough case, after all.
But my point is that there should be no suggestion that we're omitting or censoring Google's defence.
C.
I think you're being grossly unfair - you're effectively asking "who's winning?" in the first innings of a cricket match. That's why newspapers and telly news people tend to end their reports of on-going court cases with the words "the trial continues".
You have a point about prosecution v litigant. This is a civil matter, but that doesn't distract from my above point.
C.
"Had you even tried to include the defense's side..."
Typically speaking, trials are 'he said, she said' affairs: one day the prosecution or litigants will say their piece, then the defendants will have their say at a later point. You can't preempt the full defence until it's played out in court.
It's like asking during the first innings of a cricket match, "Who's winning?"
See Andrew's previous article for more on Google's side of the argument.
C.
Er, we attribute sources. See, well, everything. Foxconn-rebrander was cooked up in the London office - and then lo and behold, a week or so later Foxconn bragged that it can and will do R&D on gear it makes, leaving tech companies to just do the marketing.
See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/23/foxconn_international_phone_division/
C.
Hmm, yes, all good points very well made. A saving grace is that the article explains that it's a wicd bug that affects other distros - but will definitely keep this in mind next time.
And I'm speaking as a Debian+Ubuntu user who left his packaging and distro hat in the glovebox.
What bugs me is that this ethical hacking class didn't seem to get as far as responsible disclosure (see the Debian thread). Fair comment?
Broadband ISP Virgin Media has updated its rules on download/upload use to show when it'll start throttling net speeds by 50 or 75 per cent. The chart is here.
What do you think - fair for the majority of users, or a slippery thick end of the wedge to fully choked web access?
Variety mag reports that Ashton Kutcher - allegedly a film funny man and pop music siren suitor - will play Apple biz baron Steve Jobs in a biopic. And no, this isn't an April Fool.
But the question we're all wondering is, who should play electronics wizard Steve Wozniak and Microsoft kingpin Bill Gates? Or any other tech celebs you care to think of. Answers on a postcard, er, comment below..
C.
...well as Andrew has marvellously chronicled over the years, government bureaucrats play a massive part in the way IT, technology and science develops and shapes ou- oh screw it, who doesn't like a bit of Yes, Minister?
It's Friday and we should be sipping a pint in the glorious sunshine.
C.
Presumably it would be a roaring success - just like MySpace. Joking aside, Rupe said he'd learnt his lesson after splashing millions on a website that looked like the inside of a washing machine filled with leftover paint and stuck on 800RPM. What those lessons were, I'm not sure.
Either way, I look forward to self-service shopping tills with a 'would you like to tweet this receipt?' mandatory option - with or without Murdoch's dosh.