> for crying out loud manufactures shouldn't even need to be told to do this.

They shouldn't need to be told to put the price up so that they'll end up selling fewer phones (hint: if your phone is stolen you need to buy a new phone) ? I think there's a chance they already know this...

> Ah, right, that is UK, so they are likely busy detaining journalists as terrorists, there
> is no time to fight petty theft and muggers.

Given enough of an outcry they'll turn their attention to this particular crime, which will result in a large reduction in this particular crime, and the police can announce the last year vs this year figures (whilst not showing the increase in some other crime which isn't being targeted) before moving their focus elsewhere (with the corresponding increase in this particular crime). Happens again and again.

Perhaps they're using Android, which has had a problem connecting to certain routers for years which apparently is an intractable problem, fixable by neither Google, the router or the handset manufacturers. Somebody clearly isn't following the standards. But who?

I wonder what it would cost to move to Google docs? More than this, perhaps, but this is on top of whatever else they're paying.

It should be ok for languages which were designed with speed in mind so that it sort of balances out. Java, for instance.

A prick has stood down. He wasn't forced to. Free speech is important (and wasn't under attack anyway - at least, not by a government; the only attack that matters) but not as much as the right to treat people fairly and sensibly, which this prick opposed. Everyone wins!

Perhaps you'd care to mention which photos you believe are stunning? They all look distinctly average to me.

Is it even a course? It's barely a web page.

Not unthinkable in the UK. Google "uk banks glitch" for the least year or so. I think it's largely believed to be related to the use of unskilled developers. Cheap, though. Well, in the short term; until you lose customers.

Would I leave a bank/service if I were personally inconvenienced? Absolutely. Not to `send a message` because the companies don't listen to `messages`. But to not be inconvenienced again.

I only heard about this in Slasdot, and I don't give a shit. If I'd heard that a company were selling food which killed people, and their defence was "oh, we heard it was poisonous so we stopped selling it for a bit, and instead gave it away to poor people" I'd never buy anything from them again.

If patents didn't exist it would make absolutely no difference to the amount of progress which goes on, because the patents are bullshit. Apple would not make a penny more profit if samsung didn't have to use a slightly different shaped case or whatever. Microsoft wouldn't be going hungry if they were not able to make more money from FAT patents rather than selling their own shitty smartphones.