Posts by unreggi

The true, tragic cost of British wind power

Hippie

"...but only if it dumps today's inefficient hippie technology."

Yes, because you can't apply an ad hominem against a technology unless you anthropomorphise it first.

Grooveshark blocked in Denmark by copyright warriors

As it should be...

"Private litigation to block rogue websites is succeeding where SOPA failed."

This is how copyright should be protected. It's the copyright holder's responsibility to protect their holdings using their own resources.

"In Ireland, music rights group IRMA has filed a high court action to compel the government to block sites..."

This is the wrong way. Copyright holders can't expect the taxpayers to foot the bill to monitor and corral the horses that they let out of the barn.

Latest El Reg project: Rise of the Robot Sheep

Recycling

"...but we'll not be recycling any other parts of the old chap any more than we'll be building a chassis out of granddad's femurs. That also means anyone else who wants to have a crack can use our designs without having to buy a Mowbot first..."

That also means...granddad's femurs are still available for your other projects.

Google beams disaster tourists into tsunami aftermath

Disagree with the article

"This emotional self flagellation is supposed to make us feel more connected..."

Ah, Reg. The word you're looking for here is "empathy."

Just thought I'd provide you some help here as that word doesn't seem to be in your vocabulary. Empathy on my part, I guess.

Google's Schmidt strikes Carrier IQ off Xmas card list

@b166er

Maybe YOU should read more often. The corp-spokes-liar says that CIQ captures keystrokes but that they they don't collect them through their own filter. But he also says that the CARRIER is the one who sets their own filtering policy. He makes no statement about what the carriers filter and collect. If the software captures it the carrier can collect it. You've misinformed yourself based on your own bias toward the corps and against the privacy critics.

@Kane

Google doesn't make the handsets, only the OS. Firmware is produced by the carrier / manufacturer pair.

NEWSFLASH: Chips cheaper than disks

Miracle??

"You better start believing in miracles..."

Woot! Woot!

A flood that has killed over 500 people? Is that the miracle to which you refer?

You want to rethink that triumphalist horse you rode in on?