Comment Patent to kill TV commercial? (Score 1) 434
Maybe Google is patenting these strategies so they can then sue all the companies that infringe their patent. Hey, at least I can dream....
Comment Burgeoning Market for Web Proxies? (Score 1) 265
I predict that mobile users will simply tunnel all web traffic to a proxy which is not affected by the mobile provider's throttling. The mobile provider will then be unable to distinguish one kind of traffic from another, since it will all be encrypted and connecting to the same port.
All we need is software on the mobile phone to perform the tunneling (ssh anyone?) Sounds like a business opportunity to me!
Comment Must See: Java Fanbois eating crow! (Score 0, Flamebait) 510
Do all you Java fanbois remember capriciously dismissing concerns about Sun's licensing of Java way back when? I hope you enjoy
EATING CROW!!!!
EATING CROW!!!!
Comment Re:No adblock plus (Score 0, Redundant) 175
AdBlock for Chrome! Blocks ads all over the web
I'm using it right now, and works as good as adblock+ in Firefox.
Comment Re:One person's myth is another person's fact. (Score 1) 580
Run the source file through the GNU 'indent' program, and the indenting will be perfect. Use a better text editor. Vim understands the difference between a commented brace and an uncommented brace. Vim even understands '#if 0
Jetman Attempts Intercontinental Flight 140
Last year we ran the story of Yves Rossy and his DIY jetwings. Yves spent $190,000 and countless hours building a set of jet-powered wings which he used to cross the English Channel. Rossy's next goal is to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, from Tangier in Morocco and Tarifa on the southwestern tip of Spain. From the article: "Using a four-cylinder jet pack and carbon fibre wings spanning over 8ft, he will jump out of a plane at 6,500 ft and cruise at 130 mph until he reaches the Spanish coast, when he will parachute to earth." Update 18:57 GMT: mytrip writes: "Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers but five minutes into an expected 15-minute flight he was obliged to ditch into the wind-swept waters."
Comment Re:Offer the Ebook for free. (Score 5, Insightful) 987
Hey Peter,
You don't suppose no one is buying the printed version because your website lists it as "out of stock"?
