Posts by Bush_rat

Mozilla's 'Boot to Gecko' morphs into Firefox OS

Ba humbug!

Don't get me wrong, C/C++ are great for the hard core of us, but I'm a web guy, and the idea of being able to get a TRUELY open source phone that I can create "apps" for right on the phone and completely modify every aspect of the user interface is enough of a selling point.

Besides, think of it from this perspective, kid gets a Mozilla OS device, kid hates small icons, kid learns CSS in 5-10 minutes and changes icon. Kid now modifies app and decides to make his own. Boom! A new app developer is born, sure it's HTML so what? Kid may now decide C++ is for him and move ahead to that.

Regardless of the dev side of the phone it's a easily customisable phone that is cheap.

Stonehenge WASN'T built by ALIENS - Boffins' shock claim

Stonehenge...

Built by farmers?!?!

WRONG! It was built in ancient times before the dawn of history,

And nobody knows who they are what what they were doing,

But we do know that

It's where the demons dwell, where the banshees live, and they do live well.

It's where a mans a man, and the children dance to the pipes of pan.

Tis a magic place where the moon doth rise with a dragons face.

Where the virgins lay.

It's where the cats meow.

The children also like dancing.

Sadly the little people of Stonehenge are lost, and we will never know what they would say to us.

Mozilla teaches coding with new Thimble 'Webmaker'

Sounds good

Sure it's been done before, but does it really matter? The markup is the same regardless of the IDE, unless the IDE uses some Homebrew language, in which case it shouldn't be supported! At the moment HTML(let alone HTML5!) is taught terribly in the schools in my area,they refuse to use any browser other than IE, encourage bad habits and outdated tags like marque and for some reason decide to forgoe JavaScript and CSS because "It's too compllex". Complex my arse these are 7th graders! CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, IMHO are stupidly easy to grasp, JS is the most complex, by a small margin.

Hopefully spoon-feeding them HTML5 will get them off their asses!

Apple iMac refresh due Real Soon Now

Im Waiting!

I've got $1,800 in Jb Hi Fi gift cards to spend on an iMac, and NOT seeing them refresh at WWDC was a real frickin disappointment! They expire christmas 2013, HURRAY THE FRICK UP!

Universe has more hydrogen than we thought

Re: We just have to know now

Well, is it an African or European swallow, err kangaroo.

Crazy Geckos: Nitot on Mozilla's post-Firefox mobile crusade

Hmmmmm....

The concept is interesting, and there is proof that a web browser CAN do some pretty cool stuff. Like Quake 2 in browser, almost every popular smartphone game's HTML5 adaptation and of course things like CloudMe. And not to mention the plethora of awesome stuff on ChromeExperiments.com.

But, the way I see this being fun, is being able to change the WHOLE layout of a "home screen" with a CSS file. The only issue I can see is how on earth you'd stop a "rogue" website calling a random in some random country. Probably some kind of permission thing (No SHIT!)

P.S Were my eyes deceiving me, or did I read 5 or so spelling errors in that article.

People-powered Olympic shopping mall: A sign of utter tech illiteracy

Wrong idea, wrong place

Its a dumb idea on multiple levels, but if they have to do it any where, do it somewhere that makes sense. Like a kindergarten, a gym or roads. Kindergartens have 20-30 small children running in circles and jumping, a gym has 'roid nuts lifting 500 tonne weights, and roads have cars. All of which would generated way more juice than a civilised establishment.

WTF is... Li-Fi?

Re: I predict ultrasonic networking

"IIRC the last modem I had was able to do around 42k/s even the earliest audiocouples could handle 150 bits/second. (I have to wonder if you where really around in the 80s if you think is was "20bps or similar")"

Wow, my guess was off!

Re: I predict ultrasonic networking

So in few words, you want dial-up, except high pitch?

Isn't dial-up about 20Bits a second or something similar. I don't see it taking off.

Light is good, its the fastest thing we can "control" in our universe and therefore ideal for data transfer. But in a cable makes sense because optic fibre can carry the light and there are no issues with line of sight. But wireless, all you'd need to do to corrupt a file is throw a mirror in the way.

Face palm at the Li-Fi concept. And a pair of leg warmers for you, my commentard, for that blast from the 80's!

Microsoft to devs: Don't ruin Win 8 launch with crap code

Re: Linux and OS X

"I'm just curious, why is it that I can have my pick of half a dozen desktop environments on Linux, selecting one at log-on, but each Windows version only offers one desktop? It would seem an obvious advantage for Microsoft to offer choices as well, so why don't they?"

Because Windows users are already rolling on the floor in confusion over Profesional, Ultimate, Starter or Home Premium. I've used all 4 and the only difference I noticed was between starter and every thing else over wifi issues and desktop background. Which I think is disgusting, even the shitiest of OS's don't force you to look at there logo the whole time.

But windows 8 will let you choose between the Metro interface and the normal desktop, once you've logged in.

Re: Linux and OS X

True, but the app store UI is handy for the non-tech savy Ubuntu user

Linux and OS X

Mac is currently moving in this direction as well, so there will be only one solution. Linux. With valve already porting steam and Left 4 Dead to Ubuntu, I see that making Linux and its many variants quite appealing.

Windows was "great" because it always stayed roughly the same. But if M$ go and release this then all those years of providing a solid backbone in the OS market will have been for nothing.

I know Ubuntu is doing the whole "tabletification" thing to, but it's only 1 or 2 terminal commands away from being exactly what windows should be. And the Ubuntu software centre is great, it doesn't get any special access, AFAIC it's just a pretty front end to apt-get.

As for mac, it's pretty and easy to use, but if keeps heading in this direction, it'll be Ubuntu all the way, with a fedora on top.

Canary Islands host long-distance quantum teleportation

Shame...

Quantum is science that's gonna take me a while to wrap my poor frazzled head around. It might not be as complex as I think, but when I hear things like "two places at once" or "teleportation" used with the word "Quantum", every thing I thought I knew about science is questioned. I just trust the prof to know what he's doing.

Besides, isn't questioning science what science is all about.

Resistance is futile? Memristor RAM now cheap as chips

All well and good.....

But can it run crysis?

'Shame on the register to post wrong informations'

My 2 cents...

The Anti-Piracy Orbital Super Laser, or APOSL, would target pirates by tracking their IP and either destroy the whole house, or the computer, depending on the level of piracy. This simple scale will explain what causes what:

Conspiracy to Attempt Piracy - The Computer

Attempted Piracy - The Room

Pirating 3 minutes of media - The House

Anything else - The House and Tour bank account

This system will eliminate the need for sueing people into oblivion, rather the APOSL would zap them into oblivion. Of course the well prepped basement warrior will build his basement under ground(no shit!) which will mean the APOSL will need to be powered directly by the sun.

Using napkin math, I predict a build time of 27 years at a cost of $34 trillion dollars, but we'll make that money back from all of the pirates that will be stopped because of the system.

Apple updates iOS, mum on Wi-Fi, battery fixes

Re: Pardon my ignorance......

I would assume is it's because Apple don't wont you to use a computer with your iDevice. Even thou they sell computers themselves.

Linux Left 4 Dead port fuels Steam for Ubuntu talk

Re: Steambox? Can't see it happening

"Nobody's going to buy something that can't play the 90% or more of Steam games without a Linux port. Unless HL3 is exclusively released on it... ;-)"

If it comes with Half Life 3, Left 4 Dead 2/3 and Counter Strike:GO then the uptake by Valve fanbois (like me) would cause a fair few games to get a linux port.

Im all for it, they just need to make sure that it's hardware is at least on par with the next reincarnations of the Xbox and Playstation.

Internet Sex

Re: No Idea

lol much more involved than mine

Linux penguin for obvious reasons

So what's the worst movie NEVER made?

Human Centipede: Infinity Sydrome

Set in modern day, a mad scientist, inspired by other Human Centipedes, has hatched a plan to sew together 10 men and women ass to mouth, creating a circle.

This loop will feed itself and accelerate fecal matter so fast as to create an infinite supply of energy.

Re: Rocky XXXVIII

... and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the corner holding a toy helicopter rocking back and forth chanting "get to the chopper....." over and over

Re: OMG!

perfect, so in order for it to be bad, it NEEDS to be an accident. Hmmmm........

I've got it! We'll get every commentard to play 1 big game of chinese whispers and thats how'll we'll wright the script. We just need 1 script to start with then, chinese whisper it, and POOF! Instant pure accident for a script. Then we need a near infinit budget for the catering department but no where else, guaranties it wont get anywhere near breaking even.

And then we all get piss drunk and assign ourselves the roles of director, actor producer etc. And then do all the CGI in MSPaint!

WE CANT WIN!

German scientists link two labs with ‘universal quantum network’

My God!

With near instantaneous communication we could stream Retina Pr0n, in 4D with Teledildonics!

Because

Those same chunks of people are too scared by the upcoming apocalypse to care! If you google "Doomsday Preppers" you'll find a whole season of people(idiots) preparing for impossible apocolyses, with the rare sane one.

But back to the article, awesome!

CSIRO patent-trolls ALL OF AMERICA!

Re: Oi, Australians

Well said sir, i got a bit carried away but i wasn't far off the mark.

+1 thumb to you

Oi, Australians

Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi! Stop patent trolling!

In all seriousness though, this is the first time that a patent was filled that SHOULD be upheld. With apple being such patent trolls, i think the system needs an overhaul!

'Super rogue wave' scuppers Lego pirate

Poor Pirate

You just sunk my (pirate)battleship!

Apple drops 'thermonuclear' patent bombshell

Curse you, you deceptive tricksters!

That's alright though, cause i patented April Fools Jokes, so suit up!

Use the holy word of God to stay secure online, says bishop

So, like this?

"He rested." Verse 2 Chapter 2 would be HrV2C2

That's under the eight character limit, i think the bishop tells lies

Sugar content now to be measured in Cadbury Creme Eggs

Re: I fancy a

deep fried creme egg in coke oil

Sitting down all day is killing you

Easy Solution

Power all computers by tredmill, then roster whose turn it is to go gerbil.

OAP sues Apple for $1m after walking into store's glass door

Accident my Arse!

Agreeing with the first comment this nan would've had to be running towards the apple store at full speed, double that of a nan her age, whilst not looking where she was running to. As if, in her old age she surely would have a tiny bit of 'wisdom' like look where you're going, or suing a huge multibillion dollar company with a flimsy story like that is stupid.

E-tax may return to Mac OS

A step in the right direction

But they're not saying it will be on Mac, theyre saying they'll finally after years of complaint think about it. And of course it will never be on Linux.

Just like a real computer: Android gets Android IDE

I'm all for this, but yet 1 more thing that inexperienced android users should never have, for pain of bricking! But yeah, i always hoped i could do something like this with a jail broken IPod touch, but after needing to wipe it 3 times i gave up.

New Yorker sues Apple: 'Misleading and deceptive' Siri ads

Siri's to thin

Like all women(and men) givin that attention, Siri is self conscious and is on a diet.

Am I the only one that saw this coming? What happened here is there are too many 'beta' testers using Siri and its throttling her limited server based power. The exact same thing happened 2 weeks ago with the Raspberry Pi and, let's be honest, I don't know how well the reg would cope with Siri's level of demand.

But instead of giving back wrong answers, slow down the process allowing for the same level of error checking for everyone, and if too many people use it at once and the request line is too long, just send back a "server busy :("

'The new iPad' revealed: Full specs, rumor scorecard

Meh

My 1st gen isnt a speed demon, and I have noticed that pretty much every app just crashes. So if a restore doesn't work, I'll consider a new iPad.

Auto-correct cock-up sends schools into lockdown

Re: Re: Re: Re: WTF

guntard? yeah, thats one for auto-correct,

"guntard at West Hall" is much better

lol

Sender: "gunman at West Hall"

Receiver: "lol are you kidding?"

Sender: "no im gunman at West Hall"

Receiver: "WTF? Why?!?"

Sender: "board, i wanna do something"

Receiver: "im calling the cops..."

I think the situation would be even worse

Powerful, wallet-sized Raspberry Pi computer sells out in SECONDS

Earth to Grinch.....

Here are MY top 10 ideas for the Raspberry Pi,

1.Python Based Arcade Console

2.Python/PyGame Dev Tool

3.Portable Apps (to the extreme, http://www.portableapps.com)

4.Cheap School Computer Lab

5.Introduction into Linux, for the Windows/Mac users

6.HTPC

7.Messing with Hardware Dev

8.Small Embeded System Tasks (Electric Billboard)

9.Home Webserver

10.VNC Client

So, the Raspberry Pi will spend its life in a drawer will it

Raspberry Pi signs big-name sellers

Hoorah!

Been watching this project for a while, now it's on sale! And not just that, they made the Model A with the same ram as the Model B! I think this project is awesome, for education it's an ICT unit/cheap computer lab(+the fees for cheap-o-bargin-bin screens and mice and keyboards) and for home it's a HTPC and mini Python/Linux dev box. I don't really care if the website is down right now, I've waited over 3 years for this, a few hours is nothing :)

Valve responds to Half-Life 3 grumbles

Are you Mental?

I'm sorry, but what rock that crushed your sense of joy and laughter have you been living under? Half-Life is STILL one of the best FPS you can get. Sure the graphics look a bit dated, but not by much, but the physics engine, story and puzzles are infinitely better than anything you can get today. Call of Duty and Battlefield have declared "I'm better!' "no Im better" war, and consequently, snuffed out all 'real' competition. On rare occasion a beacon of individuality appears and disappears.

Half-Life is and always will be an awesome game! just look at GMod, Portal, Left4Dead and Team Fortress 2, they are all perfect examples of games that probably never would've existed without Half-Life and its engine. and they are all completely different games that all have attracted completely different crowds of gamers.

So Half-Life is dead huh?

Finally!

An Answer! :O

I only recently got the Half Life series off steam and to hit that nail biting cliff hanger with no mention of a sequel gave me 2 and a bit strokes. I, like many people, am really pissed off that its taken this long to say yes or no on the whole thing, but the last 6 installments in the series were so good, I am willing to forget my anger if this one will uphold the awesomeness of the series.

Besides, another year can't hurt, right?

P.S OMG Valve CAN count to 3!!!

Wang charged in inappropriate electricity socket use

A bit Harsh?!?

More like ridiculous. If you plug in your 1996 "high end" gaming rig and take the whole cities power, fair. But a phone charger?

Australia to make health research open access

Seems Fair

I'm all for that, I personally wouldn't have an IMEDIATE use for such information, but im sure those of the medical profession would see this as a god send. What I'm hoping is that this becomes a running theme and other info is published. It was a rough start, but the government has been good as of late, I'm looking forward to the NBN. Yes I'm an Aussie from down unda!

Reflection lets astronomers trick time

Re: You fail Physics *and* History forever.

Well put, +1

‘Oldest animals’ show up in Namibian dig

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea...?

Not spongebob :(

Newt Gingrich wants Moon to be 51st US state

PUN ALERT

And they're calling Newt Gingrich a Lunar-tic

Two million-degree matter from SLAC laser

"All I want is frikin sharks with frikin lasers on their frikin heads!"

All well and good it can fry a piece of aluminium at 2 million C, but:

1. Does it work under water?

2. Is it small enough to be carried by a large and dangerous fish?

3. If 1 & 2 are not feasible, can i put it in a orbital satellite to fire on anyone that I see fit?

The Pirate Bay torrents printable 3D objects

Much more useful than peolple claim...

There's already been a reg article on 3D printable clothes and a video circling the net showing how objects with moving parts can be made using a 3D printer. So I'd say that it's not just small plastic desk toys that'll be uploaded to TPB, what about hand tools(adjustable wrenches have already been made), gadget accessories(cases) and random objects like hair brushes and dildos :)

I wouldn't say it's going to be an apocalypse or revolution, but I do think it will be as awesome as, say, the invention of the PC or cell phones and possibly automobiles.

Either way, the dead record industry is going to cry when they realise that I can copy the actuall record itself as well as the song :P

How can family sysadmins make a safe internet playground for kids?

Too little too late....

My one, on her own in 3 days, smashed our 60gb bandwidth limit by watching 1.4TB(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) worth of YouTube!!!! I swear, I think going to dial-up speeds is the only thing that's stopped her(that and I've perma-disconnected her from the wifi network)

Now my other two are in there teens so I assumed it was them with steam, but to find my pre-10-year-old daughter setting my bandwidth on fire like that just sent me mental!

Atom bomb because...well...it's what happened to my bandwidth