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541.
by dtf 17y ago
I'm no expert in such matters, but from the tone of his article (and those of the comments) I think the author is implying that this is due to a large amount of book-cooking, rather than any genuine HFT activities.
542.
by dtf 17y ago
The Marmite equation.
543.
by dtf 17y ago
They're "all mouth and no trousers", as a British saying goes. Zed has a wardrobe full of trousers.
544.
by dtf 17y ago
Interestingly enough, On2 didn't develop VP3 either - they acquired it when they bought MetaVisual Creations.
545.
by dtf 17y ago
On2 released all the patents they had on VP3 when they gave it to Xiph. Apple and Nokia's patent concerns (if they were genuine) were to do with unknown third-party holders of submarine patents. In that respect, I don't think Google could o
546.
by dtf 17y ago
So are they going to license VP8 for money or open it? Android and possibly HTML5 could stand to gain a lot from this, I guess. [VP8 was touted as better-performing than H.264, with suitability still for low power (eg ARM) platforms... thou
547.
by dtf 17y ago
I have a feeling they would. Wiktionary and the like probably wouldn't - they don't have a profit motive and are more concerned about universal rights and access to information.
548.
by dtf 17y ago
Professor Sharkey shows a great deal of social and political insight for someone whose academic specialization is in neither of those domains. Let's hope he continues to make these points heard.
549.
by dtf 17y ago
Not wanting to nitpick, but shouldn't we be apologizing for his persecution, rather than his prosecution? Homosexual sex was illegal at the time, and his prosecution seems fair even if the law was not. Many others fell foul of this law, and
550.
by dtf 17y ago
Apparently the shit really hit the fan when Steve saw leaked sketches of the new Google Tablet.
551.
by dtf 17y ago
English libel claims are far easier to win.
552.
by dtf 17y ago
I just think it's the culture at Apple. They're control freaks.
553.
by dtf 17y ago
You just don't know you need one. You'll soon come around. They all do. :-)
554.
by dtf 17y ago
This is a fantastic point. "Lite" news is very popular - it's just a factor of attention span and the time people have to read an article. I guess that many of the people who read the Gawker story would not have been willing to invest the t
555.
by dtf 17y ago
How about Google's recent O3D work? Not saying it's the be-all and end-all of browser 3D, but people are working on it.
556.
by dtf 17y ago
France has a law to "protect" booksellers, which means no-one is permitted to undercut the list price by more than 5%. The traditional booksellers complained that the free shipping was worth more than 5%, so Amazon were fined €1000 per day
557.
by dtf 17y ago
Does Firefox officially provide MSI packages yet? I seem to remember people saying there were a number of issues which made it painful to administrate (for a large corporation) compared to IE.
558.
by dtf 17y ago
You've hit the nail on the head. It's not what Apple's doing - it's what the carriers may be doing. Given the way the carrier market works at the moment, consumers do deserve competition protection. The FCC is quite right to stick its oar i
559.
by dtf 17y ago
Speaking of which: According to the MAN documentation for ssh-keygen, host keys must have an empty passphrase, so just leave it blank. We're not making a host key here, are we? Shouldn't a passphrase be employed?
560.
by dtf 17y ago
Wow, you've got to love the internets. This reads just like a highbrow version of one of 4chan's "for great justice" campaigns. Surely the BCA must now be regretting the day they picked a fight with Singh. As Simon Perry noted, chiropractor
561.
by dtf 17y ago
I don't know, what's a consumer to do? I read this, and then the side panel has links to three previous BBC News articles: - Organic produce 'better for you': £12m study shows organic food contains more antioxidants and less fatty acids. -
562.
by dtf 17y ago
These are good points. But to be fair, in this case they haven't paid for the work. Should a company have a right to keep IP that it has commissioned and then refused to pay for?
563.
by dtf 17y ago
Maybe the new contractor was on a much-reduced rate. Hire an experienced developer to do most of the work, don't pay him for the work he's done, then hire a new grad to finish it off?
564.
by dtf 17y ago
It's official: jailbreaking aids terrorists and drug dealers. But I was surprised not to hear about it also aiding child-pornographers. Were Apple's lawyers having a slow day?
565.
by dtf 17y ago
According to their hastily uploaded press release, the comment was "tongue in cheek": http://www.horizonrealtygroup.com/UserFiles/file/PressReleas... Not the kind of thing to make light of when you're the bad guy!
566.
by dtf 17y ago
I've got quite into Rooibos tea over the last few months. Very drinkable with a pleasant aroma and no caffeine. I still love coffee, but save it for the weekends.
567.
by dtf 17y ago
There wasn't really much of a reaction, was there? Surely we've seen a lot worse.
568.
by dtf 17y ago
Straw man and ad hominem are obviously the big hitters here. A good way to find examples is to search for, say: "ad hominem fuck" or "straw man asshole". The extra profanity term helps narrow the search to discussions which are particularly
569.
by dtf 17y ago
It's a matter of elitism (or should I say, 1337ism): they don't consider themselves script kiddies. They have toys but they don't want other kids to have toys.
570.
by dtf 17y ago
And that is why I never buy Apple. I continue to be amazed that a company which is responsible for such cutting edge technology and engineering excellence maintains such an old school attitude to business, its customers and its developers.

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