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Slowly taking form again. OK, form is there, now waiting for content.
New Year, and a slight change.
2009-02-13 ^:
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Friday the 13th starts with ice. (-1°C ^_^ 99°C)
Wurk - -
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It may be the first reported satellite collision but I expect more to come. It is crowded out there.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/satellite_collision/ )
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One (key) ring to rule them all.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/kmip_oasis_group_formed/ )
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Streaming media has advantages. But most of the time it doesn't work as smooth as it should. With storage prices what they are today the saving on local storage is a bogus argument. The argument that it is available anywhere is valid, but if you download it to a local disk and share that on your network with a link out to the internet it is just about as available.
The best argument against streaming remains. If Apple (or any other streaming service) decides it doesn't like you you can get cut off from the media you purchased. If you download it they can't cut you off or limit you as easily.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/itunes_replay/ )
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VIA getting into storage? Well, they're not making the disks but their mini motherboards are ideal for storage solutions like that. Lots of DIY guys have been using them just for that, instead of buying a standard storage box.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/13/via_mini_itx_disk_array/ )
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Check.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/secret_intel_geekfest/ )
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Speeding up the already fastest browser. Though it's doubtful you will ever notice on the desktop it sounds like good news for on-th-move browsing on smart phone and other small devices. The question is how many providers will buy into it.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/opera_turbo/ )
(Mail Remarks about words)
2009-02-12 ^:
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Light frost at home but once I cross the canal the temp seems to drop a couple of degrees. Lots of ice as well though, this being bike-day, I don't clear my wind screen ^_^.
Ice rain. It is clear an bright most of the day but while riding to HQ this afternoon I got hammered by a bout of ice rain. It lasts less than ten minutes -the time I need to bike- but it does leave a nice (=slippery) layer. (-2°C ^_^ 4°C)
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every afternoon I drive to the head-office, just two or three miles away, to switch tapes for the backup. Of course on Thursday I do that with my bicycle, takes just a good ten fifteen minutes longer (depending on the wind).
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Robots indeed. Does anybody still knows how to program into a 10KB space?
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/iswarm/ )
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Microsoft on to invade Linux land? Not really, it just wants to cover the market. Embrace and extend you know.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/moonlight_first_release/ )
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The ION Atom combination is what Microsoft needs to get Vista en win7 running on netbooks. So it is investing there.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/11/nvidia_windows_vista_netbook/ )
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nVidia is in a difficult position. It needs Intel but it's competing with Intel at the same time. Nothing new of course, but with a shrinking economy that situation is even less comfortable than usual.
( http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/02/amid-tanking-revenues-nvidia-looks-to-intel-for-help.ars )
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Everyone makes mistakes at exams.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/11/rcs_science_examiners/ )
(Mail Remarks about words)
2009-02-11 ^:
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Everything is wet and there is a light frost. (-1°C ^_^ 5°C)
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BlueGeneP. Nice box. But it's got a bits of a short battery time ... LOL
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/gauss_petaflops_super/ )
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No price cuts from Intel just right now. But then why should it cut?
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/10/intel_no_price_cuts/ )
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Ruggedised computers are not new. But checking the specs here I hope they have a ruggedised battery as well.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/navy_seals_dual_screen_laptops/ )
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Intel goes investing big in the US. Good for America etcetc. Yep, kicking AMD who had to stop and disinvest/sell off fabs.
More importantly is seeing that Intel moves things around, closing fabs, moving fabs, building new ones. Investing here cutting there.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/intel_capital_investments/ )
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Not all is well in the flash memory business.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/spansion_japan/ )
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If you run on Java you can smile now. (we are transitioning to a mixed Java environment at wurk.)
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/11/jboss_profiles/ )
(Mail Remarks about words)
2009-02-10 ^:
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Strong winds yes, but the predicted storm got delayed. (2°C ^_^ 4°C)
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Yes, I admit I am an AMD fan. But the model numbers are now as confusing as those on the Intel side.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/09/review_cpu_amd_phenom_ii_am3/ )
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Yesterday's news : New Atom coming to market faster than planned.
Today's news : New Atom being delayed.
^_^
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/09/intel_pineview_mid_q4_release/ )
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There is nothing flashy about the Kindle. But the advances made seem promising.
( http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/02/hands-on-with-kindle2-what-a-difference-a-screen-makes.ars )
( http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/02/amazon-revamps-kindle-hints-at-bigger-things-to-come.ars )
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RED Hat gives another boost to the embedded Linux sphere.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/redhat_mrg_fedora11/ )
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Cloud management.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/redhat_mrg_fedora11/ )
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Analysing IBM balance data is one type of app where some cloud computing can he handy ^_^
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/ibm_2008_server_breakdown/ )
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Intel's eight-core chip is coming along well.
One disadvantage of multi core chips as we are seeing them go forward is that they are all touted at bringing great consolidation to to data centers. If yesterday you needed 20 servers to handle your company's load you probably still need 20 cores to do so. When they sit in just one or two servers that is indeed some consolidation. But when one server goes down in a rack of twenty you have time to get it up again. If one server goes down taking all or most of your cores with it you have no time to get it up again.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/nehalem_ex/ )
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Going green.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/09/leaner_and_greener/ )
(Mail Remarks about words)
2009-02-09 ^:
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Rain and wind are both present. Both are light and just on the wrong side of bothersome. (3°C ^_^ 4°C)
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Fun.
We got a new system installed to log and handle workday/holiday/timing information. So we need to enter our holiday requests in yet anther system (5th system just for work time logging). So we log in ... and get a message that there aren't enough licences for the number of concurrent users.
LOL
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Doing censoring without much fuss.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/nz_web_filtering/ )
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Crapping out to MS. The UK consumers don't want Linux-based netbooks argument doesn't hold water. 90% of the consumers don't really care what OS is running the show, as long as they get to do what they want. The 10 remaining % buy the netbooks because there is Linux on.
I also don't see how HP can make more money off Windows based netbooks then Linux ones.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/06/hp_drops_mini_1000_uk/ )
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Don't pump billions into big corporations but pump billions into small companies.
When a bank get's into problems because 1000 people can't pay you get the option to "save" the bank by giving it money, or you can save the bank by giving the same money to those 1000 people. If you do the first, as politicians are wont to do -under media preassure-, you end up with 1000 people without money and a rich bank without customers. And a bank without customers has no future so it will come back for more money.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/insolvency_figures/ )
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Electric transport is great. But I wonder who actually wants an electric bike?
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/06/mission_one_olpc_designer/ )
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New atoms from Intel are early. Well, there is not much new on the Atom itself but the chip set gets a boost. Or rather gets a lift to where it should have been a year ago. I think it is sad that no one has been able to bring a competing chip set to the market.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/intel_ships_n280_chips_early/ )
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Apple moves on. I guess it won't be very long before the whole PowerPC era is closed and software will only run in IntelMacs.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/apple_ends_g4_support/ )
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More Apple stuff with the apple-TV box.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/06/apple_tv_hacking_part_1/ )
(Mail Remarks about words)
2009-02-06 ^:
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It didn't feel cold out but there was a lot of frost on my car. And some seriously slippery roads. (-2°C ^_^ 2°C)
Wurk - -
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Patch early. Patch often. And never forget the details.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/04/phpbb_breach/ )
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The MySQL saga is almost concluded.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/mysql_monty_leaves_sun/ )
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Going from XP to Win7 will hurt.
( http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/windows_xp_7_vista_upgrade/ )
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More delays at Intel. But it looks like the delays are not caused by problems in designing the new Itaniums but by changing the specs and features after design is done. ... Yes Itanium that was going to replace the X86 chips is still alive. And it is slowly becoming an interchangeable part.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/intel_delays_tukwila/ )
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Opera and Java have always been on uneasy terms. Maybe things change.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/new_opera_java_script_engine/ )
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Apple will push iPhone stuff into the regular OS. So while MS makes one OS and tries to split it up, Apple brings all functions under one roof.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/snow_leopard_location_rumors/ )
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Limited download speed and capacity is here to stay. Not really a bad thing, the more you use the more you pay. Sound logical. But there is a huge difference in the limits and spread (and prices) different providers apply.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/charter_and_time_warner_bandwidth_caps/ )
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Basically Apple want to patent replaceable batteries. How incredibly original.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/apple_battery_patents/ )
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Linux break out of the market. Ubuntu being surprisingly popular
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/ubuntu_server_study/ )
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It isn't broken. That's why we are fixing it.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/windows_7_uac_devaan_response/ )
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/devaan_sinofsky_windows_7_uac_take_two/ )
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I wonder. How many aliens have seen the earth?
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/sauna_world_discovered/ )
(Mail Remarks about words)
2009-02-05 ^:
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Headwind again, not hard but strong enough to make a difference. Also overcast. (-1°C ^_^ 2°C)
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Phone is hot from 07:00 till 10:40. Only then I can start on my mails. Bad day.
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(Mail Remarks about words)
2009-02-04 ^:
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So we got snow in the evening and frost overnight. The main roads are clear but side roads and parking lots are fun. (99°C ^_^ 99°C)
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Probably the worlds best laser printers come from Kyocera.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/03/review_colour_laser_printer_kyoceramita_fs_c5200dn/ )
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It's already crowded and will get worse up there.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/iran_satellite_launch/ )
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The ASUS 1000he is interesting. Very desirable if that battery score is anywhere close to reality with a standard battery. To bad it's getting on the big side and Windows only.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/03/asus_unveils_eee_1000he/ )
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2TB drives are rolling up to become standard. I bet the 300~500 GB drives will fall to be low capacity entry level drives. (ps I am still running a PC with 2GB drives)
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/seagate_2tb_constellation/ )
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Who said there was a limit to the number of cores you can pack in a box? How about a million and a half or more?
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/llnl_buys_ibm_supers/ )
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First they launch five versions of Vista then they make things simpler by rolling out six versions of win7. Someone please explain. Wasn't Microsoft on about the bewildering array of versions and brands in the Linux market?
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/04/windows_7_skus/ )
(Mail Remarks about words)
2009-02-03 ^:
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Strange wind, one moment there is non next there is a cold blast. that stops a couple of minutes later just as suddenly as it started.
And we got snow late in the afternoon. Not much, just under an inch, and rather wet. (-2°C ^_^ 2°C)
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Great study with surprising conclusions. Not.
( http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/02/02/netbook_survey_report/ )
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Going smaller.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/02/nanohologram_small_script/ )
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AMD Phenom beating the i7? Not on pure performance an certainly not in the market. But it is a good chip anyway you look at it.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/02/review_cpu_amd_phenom_ii/ )
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Showing and sharing it's secrets? Rather trying to attract partners.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/02/intel_owns_isscc/ )
(Mail Remarks about words)
2009-02-02 ^:
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It isn't really cold. But the wind tries to bite off an unprotected body part1 (-2°C ^_^ 5°C)
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A real "won't work" here. If it becomes all machine-to-machine most users won't have a clue what's happening and their postings will get protected without them knowing it, and nobody can read/view it. Except the poster himself so he doesn't know there is a problem. Or untill he changes computer and suddenly his whole internet archive is forbidden to himself.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/30/ito_creative_commons_rdfa/ )
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Oh well lawyers need to make a living to.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/30/t3_prepares_for_trials/ )
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For once it's not an old hole in Windows but a brand new one.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/30/win7_uac_security/ )
(Mail Remarks about words)
A day you don't learn something is a wasted day.
A day you don't teach something is a lost day.