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Slowly taking form again. OK, form is there, noz waiting for content.
2008-11-28 ^:
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It's not always funny when you get a mail with only 'Oeps' in the text.
But I did laughed hard enough to startle some colleagues.
I get a mail with a spreadsheet attached "can you update the sales code in the item master, replace the values in column A with the vales in column B"
Yes, I can do that with a couple of SQL statements and some cut-n-pasteing. So I do it.
I Reply, "OK, I did the change "
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5 minutes
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He mails back : "Heu, you didn't replace where column B was empty, did you?"
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I reply : "Yes, I did, you asked all and I did all"
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He mails back : ""Oops
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I don't play demanding games or ore highly graphic-intensive programs. Just like most business people. Most integrated graphics solutions are good enough. But I do run intensive database stuff and I do quite some compilations. So I want my CPU and memory to run unburdened by graphics and stuff. So I go for those low end cards.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/27/review_amd_radeon_hd_4000_series/ )
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Money matters. No, I didn't twitter that.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/27/canadian_twitter/ )
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Law firm on the loose.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/27/atari_davenport_lyons/ )
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Ah, yes. Small mistake. Lucky that was not in a Californian Zoo, there it would be forbidden.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/27/polar_bear_breeding/ )
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Not a netbook. And though it's a computer build into a table it has nothing to do with the MS tabletop stuff.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/27/tob_kitchen_computer/ )
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Midrange is a difficult term. Nobody wants to be in it
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/27/what_is_midrange/ )
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vertical take off isn't as simple as the original Harrier made it look.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/27/defence_committee_jumpjets/ )
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2008-11-27 ^:
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The cold spell is over so it's nicely warm and wet. And windy. (4°C ^_^ 9°C)
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Nice to see the Lenovo netbooks coming to Europe. A bit princely and entering a full market.
Getting bored with netbooks? This one has an interesting twist. It has an instant on feature which runs Linux even though Windows is installed on the disk. Yes, that's available on some other computers so nothing exceptional. Except the instant-on features are to “check email, browse the Internet, conduct video conferencing, view photos or listen to music” without booting the full OS. Now it just happens that those things are what most users get e netbook for so basically they don't ever have to boot Windows. I think that's a wonderful marketing trick by Microsoft to rack up sales from people who don't need/want windows
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/27/lenovo_ideapad_euro_debut/ )
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For printing : the Apple history
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/26/apple_report_card_part_three/ )
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I think 44% redeployment is impressively high. Most companies don't throw out computers when they are working fine. Sure they replace aging boxes when they throw out broken ones but more than half the computers thrown out have problems.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081125-where-do-all-those-used-computers-go.html )
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2008-11-26 ^:
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Lots of wetness yesterday but also enough sunny spots to dry things means the air is moist. Which means we get a lot of mist. And with just sub zero temperatures that means ice. Purfect, ice and limited visibility. (-2°C ^_^ 8°C)
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Everybody knows I am a fan of mini laptops, netbooks. But that doesn't mean I couldn't appreciate a good full sized one. the best thing here is that the screen is high resolution, not some stretched thing.
Also of note is that Windows Vista comes in 64 bit version. Finally. It is a move that shows up more these days as memory hikes up and over the old 32 bit limit in Windows.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/25/review_laptop_hp_hdx_x16/ )
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Having the national library collecting and saving the web is interesting. The possible fine looks interesting to.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/25/german_national_library/ )
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The Transmissive buy out may look as a big marketing move from IBM. Ant it could be used against it's rivals. I think they bought it more to streamline their own internal shop. IBM has a whole series of different hardware and software architecture on the market. And they all need to be maintained wit tons of legacy support. With good emulation and vitalisation tools that can become much easier.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/25/ibm_transitive_options/ )
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Going with Opera Mini? Or do you prefer Opera Mobile? Or just standard Opera?
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/25/opera_mini_android/ )
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Strange. I can understand normal people to fall for phising. But if own websites and have the knowledge and skill to fish out what happens you should be able to evade phising attacks.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/26/gmail_debunks_vuln_claims/ )
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Surfing at wurk can have bad consequences.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081124-teacher-in-porn-popup-case-dodges-jail-loses-creds.html )
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Yes, sigh, carbon dioxide is bad. Nothing new or shocking, the "sigh" was for the new flood of Green reporting and measures that will be coming round.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081125-acidic-oceans-faster-than-we-thought.html )
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2008-11-25 ^:
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No extra snow fell. But it froze nicely and hard most of the night. And then, just before daybreak, it rained a bit, merely drizzle. Perfect for patches of black ice. (-4°C ^_^ 4°C)
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Sunshine on a mainframe. Dear god, the world is collapsing!!!
No, really you can now legally run solaris on an IBM mainframe.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/24/ibm_authorizes_mainframe_opensolaris/ )
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Looking nice and clean. And probably not something you want to drive on snowy frozen roads.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/24/honda_shows_fc_sport/ )
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Case closed? SCO closed. The corps can finally be buried.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081124-final-judgment-sco-owes-novell-millions-plus-interest.html )
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2008-11-24 ^:
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Snow. Lots of falling in the evening and night. And with a clear and bright morning that is a lovely sight. And an interesting commute. Late on we have some rain and a lot of snow and frost in the late afternoon. for another fun commute. (-2°C ^_^ 5°C)
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Asus sets an new higher level for netbooks. Mainly a higher price level that is. Apart from style, the only change is increased disk performance, which is good but hardly a top priority for netbooks.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/20/review_netbook_asus_eee_pc_s101/ )
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Good things go down the drain. When they are not good enough.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/21/uiq_mobile_interfaces/ )
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Sony TT jumps in with an 11 inch screen size. It is not a netbook, just a bit to big. It's not an Air beater, just a bit to small. A bit a halfway house. But it has some advantages like a real notebook chip, Core2, and a build in DVD. And it has a battery life to smile at,you can get a fair days work out of it.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/21/review_laptop_sony_vaio_tt/ )
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Zeplins are getting more publicity, maybe they are in for a comeback. Time to invest in Helium plants?
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/21/airship_ventures_names_zeppelin/ )
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Predictions about 2025. They mean nothing will actually change cause what they predict is happening now.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/22/us_nic_2025_global_predictions/ )
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Western Digital isn't going to take risks.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/23/western_digital_on_flash/ )
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Interesting things on the drawing board. But the military need for those is not clear so the long term funding is doubt full.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/21/x_men_superplane_call/ )
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2008-11-99 ^:
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Yesterday the wind picked up. Tonight we had a healthy storm. Now most of the morning was just happy, lost of wind and lots of rain. Just going to the dentist, about 500m, got me soaked. Things get better in the afternoon. With more wind, more rain, some hail and as a bonus snow. There is also the occasional outbreak of sun. (4°C ^_^ 12°C)
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2008-11-20 ^:
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Rather warm in the morning and most of the day. But the wind picks up and by evening it's rather hard. Hard and full head on while biking back home. Did I mention theer was some rain, in the evening. (9°C ^_^ 15°C)
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Transmissive
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/19/ibm_buys_transitive/ )
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Probably one of the first almost normal looking cars to run on electricity.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/19/pininfarina_production_shift/ )
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NASA climate charts may be more about the political climate than the weather climate.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/19/nasa_giss_cockup_catalog/ )
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DSL over copper is not going away. It can't compete with cable for speed -though the difference isn't big- and around here it doesn't have the advantage of availability over cable, cable is everywhere. The main reason for people using it was that everybody had telephone long before cable existed and only recently telephone is available on cable so even with cable available copper was still needed. And now there is a possibility (they have a pilot project running) to replace all the old copper with fiber.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081119-eulogy-for-a-good-friend-rip-twisted-pair-telephone-line.html )
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Fighting against science is a good booster for science.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081119-scientists-see-political-attacks-as-badge-of-pride.html )
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2008-11-19 ^:
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Warm and wet. But without real rain, the roof tops are half hidden in clouds. (9°C ^_^ 15°C)
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Ho, la folie. CDs can of course be used to distribute unauthorised content so ...
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/18/sppf_sues_four_us_p2p_companies/ )
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USB 3 specs ready. Good of course but will it rid us of slow USB-1 settings? About half the USB-2 devices still run at USB-1 speeds cause there are driver problems.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/18/usb_3_completed/ )
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This is not intended for small or fan less desktops. Graphics chips have gone multi core a long time ago, graphics is one of the most obvious beneficiary of multiprocessing, and now they go "multi-socket".
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/18/review_graphics_card_sapphire_radeon_hd_4850_x2/ )
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Servers don't have to just work fast, they have to talk fast to. Classic 10Mbps Ethernet doesn't cut it.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/18/infiniband_10gbe_solve_datacentre_gridlock/ )
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MS Visual Studio won't run on Linux. Of course. But it doesn't work well with other -non MS- Windows tools. Still looks like a major new release.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/18/visual_studio_2010_introduction/ )
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Super computing news.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/18/sun_sc08_preview/ )
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Electric cars are getting their spot now. Just as we see petrol prices decline again.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/18/chrysler_pro_leccy/ )
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2008-11-18 ^:
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Dell missed the wave front on the UMPC market. But with this micro-desktop it's making sure it's in front this time. Not going hyper cheap but for the price you get good performance. Performance in the PC realm, not at netbook levels (not a game box levels either of course).
Personally I would prefer a more squared off design.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/17/review_desktop_pc_dell_studio_hybrid/ )
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StarOffice is out in version 9. Sure it's the same as OpenOffice so why pay over $50 for it? Well the price is low and for that you get a comfortable box and disks. Yes, you can download it for free but people feel comfortable when they can buy things and get something physical to take home. We live in a consumption society.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/17/sun_staroffice_nine/ )
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Oh dear, do they start early. 25Years of Apple.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/18/apple_25_year_report_card/ )
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Waiting seven years for a patch. And it doesn't fix the hole completely. You guess. Nop, not a Linux patch, not a Mac patch, ... .
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/17/ms_explains_patch_delay/ )
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Next generation computing. Still using electronics but no chips.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081117-storing-bits-of-memory-in-nanotube-switches.html )
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2008-11-17 ^:
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Static. No wind, no rain, no sun, no colour, no change. (9°C ^_^ 13°C)
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The database is dead! Long live the database!
Big noise but the classic relational DB will survive of course, just as the good old flat-file database has.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/large_databases/ )
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AMD line for portables looks interesting. Probably the first time they don't start of with a plain desktop ship that they select and tweak for notebooks. And it appears that Bobcat has been renamed.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/14/amd_mobile_roadmap_nov_08/ )
Of course they still doing that tweaked desktop ship thing. And they are pushing Fusion chips out to the future.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/14/amd_laptop_roadmap_nov_08/ )
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Yes I still mail unprotected. The main problem is that I can't use encrypted mail at work.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/email_encryption_how_to/ )
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Nice new servers, both in standard and blade formats.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/17/hp_shanghai_rack_plus_vc_10ge/ )
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Ubunto works with the ARM chips. Does anyone remember the old Acorn Archimedes? Nope, it doesn't come back but the ARM may make a comeback into notebook and maybe desktop computers. It depends a bit on what direction Ubunto goes, if it focuses it's ARM porting for small, handheld devices there won't change much in the market, if it focuses on netbook scale devices ARM might shift up into the PC scene. It won't knock Intel off the PC scene but I can see it being used in a range of ultra portables and fan less always-on boxes. It would certainly be interesting to see a non X86 chip poking up in the PC market.
I wonder whether and how ARMs can multiprocess, a single ARM isn't a high performance chip so you might want to put several of them together for scaling. Would be interesting to get a PC with two arms ^_^ (or s Shiva box ... )
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081116-ubuntu-aims-at-mobile-computing-netbooks-with-arm-port.html )
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US voted for change. And change comes.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081116-expect-obama-to-move-fast-on-fcc-transformation.html )
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And yet it turns.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/fomalhaut_b/ )
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2008-11-14 ^:
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Nice and grey. And to warm for the time. (9°C ^_^ 12°C)
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The slowing economy is finally trickling trough to the worlds of computers.
( http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/11/13/intel_cuts_q4_guidance/ )
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The OLTP is still running, still interesting. Though with the current crop of cheap netbooks it is far less appealing
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/13/olpc_xo_g1g1_scheme_uk/ )
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Arming it's way into the netbook arena won't be easy for ARM but it can easily beat Intel on the smaller handheld devices and picking up some netbooks is a bonus. By getting a Linux desktop it got that scaling on board.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/13/arm_ubuntu_netbook_tie_in/ )
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While a lot of people in the PC press don't see anything special in the Shanghai chips the server people welcome the new AMD kid. It allows them to build higher performance boxes without changing much compared to their Barcelona stuff.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/13/shanghai_server_ramp/ )
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Who suspected that Apple was so dangerous that IBM fears it?
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/13/ibm_adkins_papermaster_filing/ )
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I still remember my first Everex EGA graphics card. A fast one in it's day. It's full 16KB of dedicated memory was not the top but not on the skimpy side either.
Now they are up to 4GB. What's the bet they hit 16GB before the decade is out?
( http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-10-2008/0004921461&EDATE= )
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2008-11-13 ^:
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Dry and warm. Not summery warm but just over average for the season and with no wind and a nice cloud cover it feels warm. And on the bicycle it actually is warm. (9°C ^_^ 14°C)
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Shanghai seems to be just the right ship at the right time for AMD.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/13/amd_launches_shanghai/ )
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Bobcat should have been shipping far half a year at least. If it comes out today it's only going to mop up some crumbs that Intel left on the table.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/12/amd_bobcat_tomorrow/ )
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Seagate is moving into the market itself. with interesting products
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/12/seagate_i365_services_maxtor_mirrored_drive/ )
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2008-11-12 ^:
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Stormy yesterday, calm as a baby today. (Wet as a baby as well :( ) (6°C ^_^ 12°C)
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An energy island isn't a stupid idea. It won't be enough to replace classic power generation but it's a good way to balance out production-demand fluctuations. It would probably be even a better when using tidal systems generating power both on the rising and sinking tide as water flows in and out of the basin.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/11/energy_island/ )
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Windows is getting old. All the bug and copied features nonwhitstanding it's a remarkable piece of bits.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/11/windows_past/ )
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2008-11-10 ^:
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Surprisingly warm. And wet and windy. Looks like a storm coming in from the West (10°C ^_^ 14°C)
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It's great to shoot your customers.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/07/hotmail_new_interface_complaints/ )
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Handheld game consoles comparison. Yeah, Sony against Nintendo, we know that stuff ...
And the iPod Touch ... the unexpected new kid.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/07/review_handheld_games_consoles/ )
Another boat missed by MS
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Statistics and marketing. Two ingredients for mystery.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/07/long_tail_debunked/ )
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2008-11-07 ^:
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More of the same. Ok, less of the same really. Lass mist, less (dense) clouds, less rain and less sunshine. (04°C ^_^ 15°C)
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Blue ray CDs are wonderful. Well as a marketing slogan they are nice and for driving down the blue-laser equipment prices.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/06/sony_japan_blu_spec_cd/ )
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Sony always made good cameras, never the best nor the cheapest but always good and good looking. And this one isn't an exception. I hope though that the touch-screen interface doesn't become the new trend. The problem with a touch screen is that it doesn't give tactile feedback so you have to look at the screen while operating it.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/06/review_compact_camera_sony_cyber_shot_dsc_t700/ )
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If you want small sized fast drives you will have to wait till next month.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/06/seagates_15k_savvio/ )
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Yep, Sun is software to.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/06/sun_software_earnings_q1_2009/ )
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Good news show for AMD. Exactly how good is to be seen later when the chips actually ship but Shanghai may turn out well indeed.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/06/amd_shanghai_partners/ )
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Apple is fighting a losing battle here. But I guess it's got a contract forcing it to lock out other operators.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/07/macbooks_thwart_iphone_jailbreaking/ )
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2008-11-06 ^:
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While there is mist in the morning and evening again it's not dense at all, but extra wet. The sun in between is nice but driving up the temperatures in the office. (7°C ^_^ 14°C)
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Deadlines are fun.
At 14h44 I get a mail about some stock-changes that need to be performed. the result of the change must be ready at 13h00.
PS, the change was ready at 14h50
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Dell deal. Not on the cheap but it has connectivity packed in right.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/05/review_netbook_dell_inspiron_mini_9/ )
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Cleaning up the licencing and the code.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/06/windows_seven_logos/ )
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2008-11-05 ^:
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MS Home server is a great idea and a good product. But no one really buys it.
People who use computers but don't care about how they work don't know why they would want a thing like that. Why pay for an extra computer that just sits there while nobody uses it? Extra storage ... they can just plug a cheap USB disk in or use one of those also relative cheap external networkdisks.
And people who know why they need it either know enough and have a Linux box doing the job (better) or have a plain Windows box doing the job (just as good). No need to buy a special box and another MS OS that needs separate patching and fiddling.
( http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/windows_home_server_price_slashed/ )
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If you thought IT staff is unaffected by the financial crisis you are wrong.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/barclays_lloyds_goldman/ )
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People don't like change 5unless it is about to late).
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/debian_rumpus/ )
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External drives and home-nas stuff may get even cheaper soon as Seagate moves in.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/seagate_home_storage_plans/ )
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Interesting view on the voting mechanism. Rather different from the way we do our voting here.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/peo_pete_inside_the_election_machine/ )
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The good, heroic stuff of open source packages. If you want to be early you got to wrestle with the system.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/openoffice_three_dot_o_review/ )
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Shields up!
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/magno_forcefields_for_mars_ships/ )
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2008-11-04 ^:
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Mist in the morning and evening again but in between there was lots of sun. (4°C ^_^ 16°C)
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When you fish with a finer net you catch more.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/microsoft_intelligence_report/ )
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Intel is finally going with a real four-core chip (in stead of the four-core package in their quads). And they -finally- drop the buss bottleneck. And there is an integrated memory controller. And ... It sounds a lot like yester years AMD design. Of course with some more up to date tricks and features.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/03/review_cpu_intel_core_i7/ )
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OpenBSD doesn't catch as much press as it's worth. It's just stable, reliable, save and ... unsexy.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/openbsd_4_4_released/ )
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Ubuntu has a good new release up. A little bit better, faster, fairer, with some new tools to play with. But also with some omissions and drops that may result in a loud howl from long time Linux users. A good step up for starters.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/ubuntu_8_dot_one_review/ )
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2008-11-03 ^:
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A little bit misty in the morning, very misty in the evening ... and grey in between. Welcome to autumn. (6°C ^_^ 12°C)
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Trying to get that old cathode-ray tube type of burn-in? Nah, just trying to do the e-paper trick with an LCD. But it's not working like that yet.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10/31/sharp_image_retention_lcd/ )
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Century old power station are not going to save the earth. But keeping things in working order is often a better way to preserve them than to banish them into a static museum.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/31/hydropower_cobblers/ )
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Apple is missing the point. It's understandable that it wants to keep full control of the iPhones it sells. But it's losing out on an opportunity (again).
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/31/opera_mini_iphone_no/ )
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I suspect the 7 inch model isn't selling as much these days. It started the market up but is now a bit behind the curve. And the difference between the 8.9 and 10 inch version isn't enough to keep both up. I an nonetheless sad to see the slow creep up in size.
Seeing the Linux versions losing out is also sad.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10/31/asus_eee_focus_10in/ )
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Mac Tablet? Yeah they look good and everybody wants one. But when they are finally available I suspect the sales won't soar. Very few people are willing to pay more for less.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10/31/owc_launches_mac_tablet/ )
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Solaris updates are always interesting. Sun always does things a bit different.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/31/sun_solaris_update/ )
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Thin is in. Being less then 5cm thick and weighing just about 11kg you could build it in. I can see it being used as a door to a bookcase.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/01/review_lcd_tv_32in_hitachi_ut32mh70/ )
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Choice between comfort and conservation. Most people choose comfort. Screw emission and greenhouse, we want to live near an airport ANd not hear it.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/01/not_the_atomic_airliner_man_crusty_nimby_wedges/ )
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