Comment Right (Score 1) 146
giving companies a viable alternative to Oracle-owned MySQL
How about a real alternative, like PostgreSQL?
Comment Re:almost tempted to buy some shares (Score 2) 424
You are comparing apples to oranges.
Apple does not make a sub 200$ phone. Not yet at list. I also don't know of any sub-200$ Android phone.
Maybe you're one of those guys that insists to use his phone only for making calls and that's fine. But you can't ignore the fact that the smartphone market (and its "offspring", the tablet market) is still growing. Nokia is really hurting in that segment. Its offerings are poor, too expensive, or (in the case of tablets) non-existent.
I've used Nokia phones with Symbian before. As a (dumb) phone it's been a great experience, but I fail to identify those great unique features you talk about. They don't have anything that could stand up to something like the Iphone or the Galaxy S in terms of features, ease of use and most importantly: available software.
Apple does not make a sub 200$ phone. Not yet at list. I also don't know of any sub-200$ Android phone.
Maybe you're one of those guys that insists to use his phone only for making calls and that's fine. But you can't ignore the fact that the smartphone market (and its "offspring", the tablet market) is still growing. Nokia is really hurting in that segment. Its offerings are poor, too expensive, or (in the case of tablets) non-existent.
I've used Nokia phones with Symbian before. As a (dumb) phone it's been a great experience, but I fail to identify those great unique features you talk about. They don't have anything that could stand up to something like the Iphone or the Galaxy S in terms of features, ease of use and most importantly: available software.
Comment Re:Evidence and Explanation (Score 1) 596
They entered the fake search terms in Google's search engine using Internet Explorer with the Bing toolbar installed. The toolbar tracked the search terms entered in Google's search engine and the results shown by Google. How is that not copying their search results?
Comment Re:Doomed (Score 1) 345
As others have already pointed out there are a lot of technical problems which need to be sorted out before something like this could be viable.
My guess is it will never happen.
Regarding your engine power vs speed limit comment: it's not just about maximum speed, acceleration matters also.
My guess is it will never happen.
Regarding your engine power vs speed limit comment: it's not just about maximum speed, acceleration matters also.
Comment Re:This a re-org for the foreign offices only (Score 1) 468
(sigh)
I guess it's true what they say: sometimes by fixing a bug you introduce new ones.
I guess it's true what they say: sometimes by fixing a bug you introduce new ones.
Comment Re:Backups (Score 1) 202
Thanks, now I'll have nightmares thinking about what Nazgul porn might involve.
Comment Re:Backups (Score 5, Funny) 202
because when it falls into a river of molten rock, man, it's gone.
Sounds like you learned that from experience. One of the cons of maintaining the data center for Sauron, huh? Hope the pay is good, at least.
Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 160
Step2: Sell the roentgenium.
Step3: Buy more gold?
Step3: Buy more gold?
Comment Re:To everyone posting "We'll go elsewhere" (Score 2, Insightful) 450
They don't care. The sort of folks who obsessively block ads aren't good customers anyway
Apparently they do care, or else they wouldn't be interested in unblockable ads, would they?
Comment Re:Nice headline (Score 1) 178
No. The number of possible games for rock-paper-scissors played by two protagonists is combinations of three taken two at a time (with repetitions) - 9.
Chrome OS Arrives On the iPad — No, Seriously! 325
Thinkcloud writes "A user named Hexxeh has posted a video online of the iPad running Google's upcoming Chrome OS. Hexxeh was able to put Chrome OS on an iPad because the open source code for the operating system is available in its Chromium state, but it's not necessarily true that Apple will allow iPads to run other operating systems going forward. That's typically not a level of openness found in the Apple playbook. Nevertheless, it's worth considering what it might mean to have a robust OS like Apple's on the same tablet as one that runs a cutting-edge operating system like Chrome OS. Why wouldn't users love that?"
Comment From the guidelines (Score 1) 234
We have lots of kids downloading lots of apps, and parental controls don't work unless the parents set them up (many don't). So know that we're keeping an eye out for the kids.
Pathetic excuse
Facebook Says It Owns 'Book' 483
An anonymous reader writes "The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Facebook has sued a tiny start-up called Teachbook.com over the use of 'book' in its name. The start-up, which has two employees, aims to provide tools for teachers to manage their classrooms and share lesson plans and other resources. 'Effectively they're bombing a mosquito here, and we're not sure why they want to do that,' Teachbook.com co-director Greg Shrader told the Tribune. Facebook said its use of 'book' in its name is 'highly distinctive in the context of online communities and networking websites.' Facebook apparently is alleging that no other online 'network of people' can use the word 'book' in its name without violating its trademark."
ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds 547
Haffner writes "Ars Technica has an article detailing the difference between ISP advertised 'up to x Mbps' speeds and the actual speeds, in addition to some possible solutions. They find that on average, the advertised speeds were 'up to 6.7 Mbps' while the real median was 3 Mbps and the mean was 4 Mbps. This implies that ISPs were falsely advertising by at least 50%."
Comment Re:Might not be as bad as it sounds (Score 1) 457
You should read some of his posts on the 5series.net forum (the link is a few posts up).
There is nothing defensible in his behavior. As someone already mentioned it was a heavily populated area with a school near by.
His answer on the forum was that he is careful when driving and that he made sure the road is clear before pulling the stunt. That comment alone should give you an idea about his total lack of maturity.
He even managed to crash his car a few weeks after the speeding incident. Enough said.
There is nothing defensible in his behavior. As someone already mentioned it was a heavily populated area with a school near by.
His answer on the forum was that he is careful when driving and that he made sure the road is clear before pulling the stunt. That comment alone should give you an idea about his total lack of maturity.
He even managed to crash his car a few weeks after the speeding incident. Enough said.
