Posted in Police head-cam TV show debuts in US
Theme Music
Did anyone else have the tune of Doom E1M1 in their head while watching this without sound?
Posts by Justin Pasher
12 posts • joined Wednesday 13th August 2008 20:23 GMT
Posted in Motorola Backflip Android smartphone
Nice design, poor performance/quality
I bought this phone right after it came out because it was the first Android phone available for AT&T (I really didn't want to get an iPhone). Initially I thought it was great (my previous phone was a Blackberry Pearl from work). However, since this was my first Android experience, I didn't have much to compare it to.
I like the keyboard flip out design. I have always been a much bigger fan of physical keyboards than virtual keyboards, and it seems like more and more Android phones are moving to virtual-only handsets. However, that's about the only thing that really stands out. It has poor video quality, a lackluster processor, and measly storage included. Oh, and it's still stuck on Android 1.5 (and based upon the Motorola timeline, no one knows when 2.1 will *actually* be released in the USA). I personally think they are still releasing it in the USA to avoid a class action lawsuit for falsely advertising that it was upgradeable to Android 2.0. This makes me question how the performance will be. The phone has been rooted recently, and the people that have done it have said good things, but I don't think I want to take the risk (I have to use the phone for work).
Personally, I'm looking at something in the Samsung Galaxy S series, such as the Captivate. My wife recently bought one and it's pretty nice. It has a lot nicer screen, it's much faster, and it already has Android 2.1.
Re: Once
"Any clue as to how it does this? Is it a one-time code? Is it implying that a buggered hard disk will result in buying a new copy of Office? A swift "no, thanks" will be offered to them from me."
Make sure you read their new EULA very carefully. The "key card" method of purchase is very similar to an OEM license.
Page 17, Section 3 (Product Key Card Terms), subsection 2a
"a. One Copy per Device. The software license is permanently assigned to the device on which the software is initially activated. That device is the “licensed device.”"
In the past, Microsoft as defined a "device" as being the core component (i.e. the motherboard), meaning that when the motherboard dies or is swapped out, the device no longer exists, and your license is no longer valid. This is why the key card version of the software is cheaper.
Posted in iPhone: The OS with big aspirations
A hard sell
Considering that Apple would never want to lose money on the hardware end of a system, it sound like a pretty hard sell to me.
"You get the same hardware as a Mac Mini for $50 less ... and a lot less functionality"
But then again, fanbois will be fanbois...
Out of touch
"The reason to do open source is for marketing purposes"
I can see how knowledgeable they are about the open source community.
Funny choice of examples
It's funny what example system they mention ... Jaguar. I doubt they would invest money in engineering support for that. Turbographics ... do you mean TurboGrafx? C'mon Sony!
... and Gravis... really? Why not mention the original Pong controller or Atari 2600?
Posted in BlackBerry outage blankets North America
No big surprise
@Pandy06269: Blackberry makes the devices and they also run the mail servers that handle the "push" traffic (i.e. when you send an email to the address assigned to your Blackberry, such as joebob@tmo.blackberry.net).
On that same note, RIM has always been a little clueless when it comes to properly running a mail server. For example, they had a problem about a year ago (and I'm sure they still do) where they would silently drop all forwarded emails where the original sender was @yahoo.com. If you decide to redirect a copy (M$ Exchange rule) of your incoming email to your @*.blackberry.net address to get them "real time", and the original sender was @yahoo.com, the RIM servers would accept the email, then silently drop it on the floor. After multiple hours on the phone with their clueless "tech support" people, along with countless mail logs proving they accepted the emails, the problem was never fixed (luckily the person experiencing the problem has moved to an iPhone that syncs directly with Exchange).
I personally think it's all a scam to try to force the users to buy their stupid Enterprise Server software.
Hypocrites... or just plain stupid
"Our users' privacy and data security have always been a priority for RockYou and we strive to keep them secure" ...
Yet they stored passwords in plain text format. There is absolutely NO excuse for that if you "strive to keep them secure". The sad thing is I'm sure there are many other big sites that do the same thing, but the end user would never know about it until something like this happens. I guess to many people think, "Hey, they're smart enough to create this amazing web site functionality, so they MUST know what they are doing!"
Linux fixes
So after all this wait, have they finally fixed the longstanding bug under Firefox/Linux with the flash always appearing on top of other div layers?
Real usage?
You mean people actually use hotmail for REAL purposes instead of a spam-box address for bogus forum and newsletter sign-ups?
Posted in Mythbusters busted over RFID gagging
MythBuster busted
Ahhh, the irony that Adam Savage was wearing his "Make stuff up" shirt in the video from the conference.
Security consultants using free email?
Seriously, why is a security consultant using a free email service to send and/or store potentially private documents? Not exactly someone I would like to consult regarding my security.
Opinion
David McLeman
My 25 years of comical IT buzzwords
Tim Worstall
Time to take a sniff at the coffee, perhaps
Chris Mellor
Will they have to drag him back like last time?
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