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  1. They had it right the first time. on Nokia Hints At Windows 8 Tablets · · Score: 2

    Nokia hasn't been a stranger to tablets before with Maemo and the N770/N800/N810 (and the N900 phone). Throwing that out was not exactly a good idea.

    That said, will they find something equally as bad as calling their WP7 phones the Prostitute series?

  2. Re:Data please to prove that claim, Google on Google Maps To Charge For API Usage · · Score: 1

    The 0.35% implies that they have some sort of measurement backed by data. Otherwise it's some number pulled out from their rear.

    It would make the decision more objective to have that data.

  3. Your information is safe to be spammed with them? on Carbonite Privacy Breach Leads To Spam · · Score: 2

    Apparently they forgot the confidentiality part of security, while paying too much attention to integrity and assurance.

  4. Data please to prove that claim, Google on Google Maps To Charge For API Usage · · Score: 0


    Google is rumoured to be charging $4 per 1,000 views in excess of the limit. Google maintains the high limit of 25,000 free hits before charging 'will only affect 0.35% of users.'"

    Provide the data behind that and people might believe it.

  5. Re:Why can't the US just give them a bad Concorde? on China Builds 1-Petaflop Homegrown Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    The point is to give them something that is designed to fail, but only when all the pieces are assembled and implemented - much like how the Soviets had copied the Concorde, but failed.

  6. E17 already. on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's fine if you don't mind a slightly looser integration of GNOME.

    Plenty of eyecandy to spare.

  7. Why can't the US just give them a bad Concorde? on China Builds 1-Petaflop Homegrown Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    A few rounds of subtly defective technologies, and perhaps China might learn not to copy off the US.

  8. The first knockoff supercomputer. on China Builds 1-Petaflop Homegrown Supercomputer · · Score: 1, Insightful


    The ShenWei chips are based on the Loongson/Godson architecture, which China â" as in, the country itself â" probably reverse engineered from a DEC Alpha CPU in 2001 and has been developing ever since.

    This should be a greater argument against handing technology to China, since they just simply copy off of everyone else.

    It's the truth, no matter how far you modbomb.

  9. Laughable, given certain traditions. on China Hires 1 Million People To Fight Fake Products · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All this will be is a make-work jobs program for China. The only fake goods you'll see stopped are the ones made by people from the wrong families.

  10. Re:Omitted from summary on The Register Email Address Blunder · · Score: 1

    Since the people at the ICO failed to act on our report, they have reported themselves for violations.

    (the original sanction against The Register will be given at great haste and expense) /python

  11. An old slogan, paraphrased. on Is Verizon Breaking FCC Regulations With Locked Bootloaders? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Verizon: we keep working you like a whore.

  12. Re:Getting tired of being nickel and dimed... on Sprint Cutting Unlimited 4G Data Plans · · Score: 1

    Even if you have an old plan?

    I thought they applied that only to new plans, and only if you weren't smart enough to tweak TTL and such.

  13. Tweak the TTL & use a jailbreakable phone. on Sprint Cutting Unlimited 4G Data Plans · · Score: 2

    The big reason carriers want to lock phones is that you drop off the radar for data usage.

  14. A government official, for collusion. on Sprint Cutting Unlimited 4G Data Plans · · Score: 1

    A government official that will force the carriers to unmeter data.

    Hold the carriers feet to the fire enough, and they'll provide it.

  15. iPhones seem to herald the end of flat-rate data. on Sprint Cutting Unlimited 4G Data Plans · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seems like when the iPhone comes, unlimited data always goes despite the baseless concerns on data usage. All this should do is just make people figure out how to make everything look like a smartphone.

    Welcome back to yesteryear when everything is nickel-and-dimed, since nobody will provide flat-rate data.

  16. Don't make them in unstable Third World countries. on Retailers Respond To HDD Squeeze By Limiting Purchases, Raising Prices · · Score: 1

    You're asking for trouble when you've got factories in a region that is prone to flooding *and* civil conflicts.

    Perhaps closing that First World factory wasn't wise after all.

  17. Re:Best Part on China Says Its Internet Policies Are Open and Clear · · Score: 1

    China's FSZ equivalent is in the form of a prison or extended house arrest. In the US, you aren't prevented from leaving the FSZ.

  18. Klein bottle on Portal 2 Getting Map Editor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Should the map editor reach the PC, it would only be fitting to make such a thing. Use the portals to make up for the collisions.

  19. So Apple has come full circle with the 1984 ad. on Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As much as he wanted to destroy Android, it sounds like Steve Jobs became the guy on the telescreen in their 1984 commercial.

    (Design) Purification Directive?

  20. Just a memorized excuse to apologize for China on China Says Its Internet Policies Are Open and Clear · · Score: 1

    That excuse has been replayed so many times that it has to be written down as an official excuse of the PRC.

    Likewise with China and the US. Since China hasnt left the US alone (Lenovo acquisition, CNOOC attempted acquisition, various attempts to buy influence with the Chamber of Commerce), attacks on China are fair game.

  21. The Chinese Constitution prevents freedom on China Says Its Internet Policies Are Open and Clear · · Score: 1


    Article 54. It is the duty of citizens of the People's Republic of China to safeguard the security, honour and interests of the motherland; they must not commit acts detrimental to the security, honour and interests of the motherland.

    Article 55. It is the sacred obligation of every citizen of the People's Republic of China to defend the motherland and resist aggression. It is the honourable duty of citizens of the People's Republic of China to perform military service and join the militia in accordance with the law.

    Imagine the Patriot Act on a massive dose of despotic steroids, as a Constitutional Amendment. That is Article

  22. Re:Its simple to me on China Says Its Internet Policies Are Open and Clear · · Score: 1

    Before an apologist comes in:
    This applies if you attempt to form a Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street gathering.

    This applies if you use the law against a multinational where you have overwhelming evidence that you will win.

    This applies if you look at a Party official the wrong way.

  23. Open and Clear despotism on China Says Its Internet Policies Are Open and Clear · · Score: 1


    "Responding to a U.S. request to explain China's policies regarding blocking U.S. websites, China's foreign ministry said the country's Internet policies have been open and clear. '

    It's open and clear that if you speak up against the Chinese government, a Party member, or a western multinational, you will be imprisoned. If you persist, you will die, the family will be billed for the execution(whether by bullet or execution truck), with possible harvesting of organs.


    The Chinese government encourages and actively supports the Internet's development and we also protect the freedom of expression of citizens in China,' said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu.

    Only if it doesnt interfere with Articles 54 and 55 of the
    PRC's Constitution. Then those technologies are used to bring people into compliance by force.


    'We welcome foreign companies to invest and develop here, and we will continue to foster an open policy market.'

    Only if they allow China's home market to copy the foreign technology or use it to more efficiently put down dissidents.

    (Before you wish to mod me into oblivion, consider the actions that China has done - instead of stating that I dont understand.)

  24. Getting it in for one claim, using it for another on EU Debates Installing a Black Box On Your Computer · · Score: 1

    They'll try to get it in "for the children", but would rather use it to preempt people that want to release unsavory information about a politician.

    It'd be a black box that precedes a black-out or disappearance.

  25. The Apple shills don't get it. on RIM Unveils New OS Based On QNX · · Score: 1

    The less roadblocks you have to development, the faster that cash comes in.