User: gabriel

Re:Let me get this straight

On: Samsung Blames Galaxy SIII Burn On "External Energy Source"

I know reading the articles *and* linked resources is a lot of work but if you do you'll see the guy says "I am unable to comment any further."

He's obviously under some sort of legal agreement with Samsung.

Re:Don't need Sherlock for this one

On: Samsung Blames Galaxy SIII Burn On "External Energy Source"

Well according to the report "the heat damage to the device appears to have been generated from within the device".

So no, the heat was internal although in this case possibly induced by the microwave oven.

Re:Let me get this straight

On: Samsung Blames Galaxy SIII Burn On "External Energy Source"

Technically the chain of evidence was broken when the guy gave the phone to Samsung, who then forwarded it to Fire Investigations UK.

We'll never be sure if it was in fact the same phone.

Re:Here's hoping

On: 'Wearable Computing Will Be the Norm,' Says Google Glass Team

Are you sure it was (just) about Apple?

Maybe it was because Motorola was talking about suing other Android manufacturers and collect royalties?
http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/08/11/motorolas-sanjay-jha-openly-admits-they-plan-to-collect-ip-royalties-from-other-android-makers/

Re:Android Honeycomb's WebKit code

On: Apple Delays Release of LGPL WebKit Code

OK, found the explanation on Honeycomb's LGPL and GPL code dump here:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_thread/thread/b732d8cd82695ce1

Re:Aren't they in the standard android git?

On: Apple Delays Release of LGPL WebKit Code

Thanks, found the solution here: http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_thread/thread/b732d8cd82695ce1

Re:Android Honeycomb's WebKit code

On: Apple Delays Release of LGPL WebKit Code

Right so it has WebCore which is LGPLed. So where is the source for the particular version included in Honeycomb 3.0?

Re:Android Honeycomb's WebKit code

On: Apple Delays Release of LGPL WebKit Code

Thanks, but are your sure it doesn't use Webcore? It would make sense for them to use it, as it's the bit which does the actual heavy lifting. Plus, even Android's SDK references it eg ConsoleMessage is a "Public class representing a JavaScript console message from WebCore."

Also I had a look at Chromium sources, but couldn't figure out which one is used for Android.

Re:Found it.

On: Apple Delays Release of LGPL WebKit Code

Great, JavascriptCore 721.26 is also there in the main directory. So that's it. Pointless linkbait story once again.

Now can you also find the Honeycomb sources for Google's WebKit-based browser?

Android Honeycomb's WebKit code

On: Apple Delays Release of LGPL WebKit Code

Can anyone point me to the Android web browser code used in Honeycomb? Seeing it also uses the same LGPL WebCore and JavaScriptCore modules I'd like to have a look. I've tried via the http://source.android.com/ but couldn't get any of the updates that may have been introduced in Honeycomb.

Thanks.

Re:"turning into"?

On: Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"?

From wikipedia: "The first successful commercial GUI product was the Apple Macintosh, which was heavily inspired by PARC's work; Xerox was allowed to buy pre-IPO stock from Apple, in exchange for engineer visits and an understanding that Apple would create a GUI product."

"Apple work extended PARC's considerably, adding manipulatable icons, a fixed drop-down menu bar and drag&drop manipulation of objects in the file system"

So to just say Apple just copied those ideas is pure bullcrap. Microsoft on the other hand did do it.

Who cares?

On: New VP8 Codec SDK Release Improves Performance

From the complete lack of comments am I right to think that - after H.264 became eternally free for streaming - no one cares about VP8 anymore?

Hydro FTW

On: Portugal Gives Itself a Clean-Energy Makeover

Sun and wind?
Don't make me laugh. Those are hardly a blip compared to good ol' Hydroelectric production in Portugal.
But as an out of fashion techology (no one likes big dams anyway) I guess it's not worh mentioning.

or maybe this is all related to the fact Portugal is pushing really hard to export their wind tech to the US..

Minister

On: Busted For Using Library Wi-Fi Outside The Library

It's not that strange that he was *asked* not to use the service outside the library, they probably wan't to keep better track of who's using it (even just for statistics).

Encrypting wouldn't help much as they would have to give out the key anyway it being a public access point and I suspect possible solutions would be complicated in technical and financial terms.

I don't think that being a minister means he can do whatever he pleases as it'll always be for the "good". Actually ministers can be very dangerous persons with far worst effects than many (h|cr)ackers.

As for being an officially ordained minister, well anyone can be such a creature, just pop over to http://www.cafepress.com/subgen.8403744 and fork out $30 to the Church of the SubGenius! :)

Re:Ok, now the machine is in the screen, where nex

On: Apple Introduces New G5 iMac

Disney's been there already:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/2622064540785942/

Re:Perhaps you should have read the manual or the

On: iTunes for Windows Breaking Older iPods

fyi, no, the plug doesn't fit

Re:I love the pictures

On: How a Computer Case Is Built

Don't they have the "smile and wave or get fired" thing over at USA's Disney parks too?

Re:Cost analysis

On: US Army Signs $471,000,000 Deal for Microsoft Software

Of course it does have some resistance but it's still a pretty good conductor.

You were never told not to stick pencils in power outlets?

Re:Cost analysis

On: US Army Signs $471,000,000 Deal for Microsoft Software

That's an old story. The problem with pencils is that they're made of graphite, which is a wonderful conductor of electricity, among other problems.

See http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.htm
for the full story

Re:Rock and a hard place?

On: iBox Episode 2

BMW and Mercedes allow and even support this, it's called tuning.

Look at Brabus for an example.

They make impressive changes to the body, interior and even the engine.

Re:How difficult..

On: Where are the "Internet" Appliances with Ethernet Cards?

Yes, both modems have to be able to be in "leased line" mode using it's respective AT sequences. But I suppose you can't configure most internal modems on these devices.

Re:How difficult..

On: Where are the "Internet" Appliances with Ethernet Cards?

There's a problem: emulating CO power, dialtone and number dialing to the device's internal modem. There's equipment to do this but it's expensive.