Posts by Hal Dace11 posts • joined Wednesday 30th January 2008 08:05 GMT
Posted Wednesday 30th September 2009 09:27 GMT
In Mozilla sides with Microsoft against Google IE
Mozilla sound right on this, but I hope they're confidently diversifying their sources of cash!
Posted Tuesday 26th August 2008 12:40 GMT
In UK spooks forced to hand Gitmo files to suspect's lawyers
So I have been known to grumble at El Reg for the way in which some issues have been covered.
Well fair's fair -- this series of articles on the global security situation and the way sin which governments behave is really tremendously well researched, well written and illuminating. The world needs more of this kind of coverage!
Posted Tuesday 5th August 2008 11:21 GMT
In Old ships' logs show temporary global warming in 1730s
And here I was thinking the Reg was against those...
But it seems Mr Page and his entourage just can't resist little snipes based on highly selective evidence.
Posted Friday 25th July 2008 10:39 GMT
In Apple is Fisher-Price of sound quality, says Neil Young
How dare the unwashed masses have access to affordable, portable music. Nobody who doesn't invest in $14,000 of high end audiophile kit deserves their ears.
And so on.
Posted Thursday 24th July 2008 12:23 GMT
In Steve Jobs is 'cancer-free'
Well it's good news that he's in improving health.
Nevertheless, every company has to think about continuity, and ensure that there is a depth of leadership able to run with what is best in the organisation.
The last thing they want is to go Sun's way, and replace the charismatic (if irritating to some) leader with a Web 2.0 fanboy who confuses slogans with strategies.
Posted Tuesday 22nd July 2008 09:34 GMT
In BAA 'invented green superjumbo' to OK Heathrow plans
Aircraft are a noisy, polluting nuisance. However, they are at present the only viable means of intercontinental travel and of domestic travel in bigger or lower-density countries.
Further, IME, most European regional flights operating from Heathrow are in smaller, less noisy planes like 737s and A320s.
So the question then, if noise is the problem, is really about volumes of intercontinental travel.
Now, onto London. In the post-Imperial age, London owes its continued economic power and prosperity to its role as a hub of various kinds. It's not like the UK has any major domestic manufacturing industry, or an automated inflow of stuff from the colonies, so London secures its place in the world by being a place of connection -- financially and culturally -- for world business and anglophone culture in general.
In a very real sense then, London's airports are what enables it to maintain its status in the world, and its levels of prosperity. The life of the city which you who live there choose(!) to call home stems from it being a place where people from all around the world choose to do business, congregate and visit for personal of professional reasons.
So you are called to make a compromise, and the question for you guys is, what is London's status as a global hub worth? It's not just about ongoing flights -- it's just as easy to connect through, say, Frankfurt or CDG. It's about how easy it is to keep your city a global hub of money and culture.
You don't get to have both prosperity and peace & quiet.
Posted Thursday 26th June 2008 14:34 GMT
In Gas crunch: Jatropha, kudzu, algae and magic to rescue
That there's no point in trying to find additional energy sources, since you'll just attract mockery from the Reg.
Posted Tuesday 27th May 2008 10:35 GMT
In Windows XP bests OS X in RIA test on Intel
So, um, out of interest, how much time does the average user spend waiting for HTML to render (as opposed to web servers processing requests and networks relaying the results?)
Hardware and software are moving on, and the "tit for tat" wars will continue but really, is this compelling?
Posted Monday 11th February 2008 09:19 GMT
In Yahoo! launches! flat!-!-rate! web! hosting!
Does anyone know what it is with Yahoo and it's "US-only" everything? I was looking at their ad-placement service (YPN) the other day and that too was only available in the US. Other organisations seem to have no problem with the reality of international commerce, or the legal and financial issues involved -- even far smaller firms than Yahoo.
I'm not sure what proportion of internet users are inside versus outside the US, but I'm pretty confident that excluding all non-US customers isn't good business. Pretty characteristic of that particular firm though.
Posted Thursday 31st January 2008 09:58 GMT
In Top secret UK data network goes live two years late
"The slow progress of the SCOPE project"
Hmmm, sounds like creeping SCOPE.
Right, got my coat...
Posted Wednesday 30th January 2008 10:57 GMT
In Barracuda plays the hippie card in Trend Micro patent row
That's nice. Now try saying it again on an empty stomach.
