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Daynotes    ^

Slowly taking form again. OK, form is there, noz waiting for content.

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2008-12-31  ^:

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Bha. Less cold outside but misty and grey. OK, it start out same as before with low teperatures (record this winter) and nice stars giving way to a pale blue sunrise. But by noon it's allcovered and grey with mist coming in later. (-9.7°C ^_^ -1.4°C)
 

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When I get home it's 5.6°C inside and -5.4°C outside. Living without heating is educational.

 

News - -

2008 in review.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/2008_bubbles/ )
 

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3D is in. Not a bad idea or a stupid thing. But the glasses are utterly inpractical if you want to do anything else but webcam vieuwing.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/30/review_webcam_3d_minoru/ )
 

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No extra Newyear's present for the RIAA.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/riaa_appeal_refused/ )
 

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"It isn't a flaw and you shouldn't disclose it."
That's up in the same range as "I didn't do it and I won't do it again."
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/wmp_bug_spat/ )
 

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Global warming indeed. From -130°C on yesterday's prediction to sandstorms in today's prediction.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/scottish_sand_storm/ )
 

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The wrist-phone. Finally. OK, not yet in full StarTrek style but still, I thinkt it's a big step forward.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/30/lg_wristwatch_phone_at_ces/ )
 

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Behinde the scenes. I am more interested in the magic behind then what's up front.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/online_architectures/ )
 

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Graphics are opening up. Up to now Microsoft has practically defined the features that went into graphic cards and drivers. And MS did a good job there getting all graphic cards more or less standardised.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/31/amd_open_source_3d_code/ )
 

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Great idea, buy a computer and then pay for the privilege of using it. Great idea indeed if you want to drive people to using Linux or Apple.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/microsoft_metered_pc_patent_app/ )
 

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Oh, well, in a few years time only full burka clad woman are allowed on the internet anyway.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081229-facebooks-breastfeeding-drama-sparks-real-world-protest.html )
 

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Debian - Ubunto is a dificult relationship. But then all distro's are in the same type of relationship mist.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081230-why-ubuntu-users-should-care-about-debian.html )
 

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Getting money is always a problem. Certainly if you don't sell something.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081230-wikipedias-new-plea-for-donations-stirs-skepticism.html )
 

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Nice new application for your Mac. Just a kind of personal server connected to the internet, an external disk with added function.
It is actually just doing what Microsoft intened to do with it's Home Server. By making it, for all practical purposes, just another full scale Windows box they made it not an obvious choice for most home networking people. By puting it as a simple appliance Apple gets it right.
Now if things keep moving in the same direction, it may change the internet. Today everything is on big servers in big warehouses or datacenters. So if you want to show a picture to your friends you have to upload it to some foreighn serever and you practically lose control over it (OK, you can change or delete it but that's an involved process again). If everybody has a home-server connected to the internet there is no need for the upload and remote-managing mess. you keep eveything on your own server at home and just send a couple of links up to the big internet site. So Flikr, YouTube and the like don't have to set-up and manage huge server farms and ultra fat internet pipes. It shifts back the balance to the actual users.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/apple_media_server_rumor/ )
 

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2008-12-30  ^:

Weather - -

Not much change in the weather, it just feels less cold probably cause you get used to it. (-8.2°C ^_^ -3.1°C)
 

News - -

Noice canceling headphones are good. Definetly better then those distorting earbuds. But why give them names like helicoters?
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/29/review_noise_cancelling_headphones/ )
 

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You seldom hear about the how and why about computer clusters.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/26/soho_rendering_supercomputer/ )
 

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Yes, we fail but you should just not care about it OK?
And of course governements nod and close their eyes. Who needs privacy anyway.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/dhs_pnr_privacy_report/ )
 

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Domino is doomed whether it goes OS or not. The problem is that most thing it does can be done with othre lighter products.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/open_source_notes_domino/ )
 

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I suspect a slow start for servers. But I also suspect that the economy will stabelise and maybe start to pick up again later on so the year probably ends in a server-sales bonanza. with fewer sellers around.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/servers_in_2009/ )
 

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I wonder how Social Networking can actually generate income. Nobody likes adds enough to let the network depend on it. But without adds it can't be kept free
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/social_networking_deloitte/ )
 

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How do finger-gestures differe from mouse-gestures (available in Opera since ... forever)?
The idea and principle is the same, just the technical means to execute them is different. And that technology was patented long ago already. I wonder, if this is patentable why wouldn't it be patentable -with a different patent of course- when descrivbed as gestures for left-hand users? And yet another patent for people who use thier pinkie instead of their index finger? And ...
Silly patent system.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/swipe_patent/ )
 

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Quadcore mobile chips from Intel. And cheap buggers as well. Not intended for your light and small netbook, not even for actaul notebooks I suppose, it's a gamining chip and that needs a big screen and other battery-killing stuff so it will be ratyher desktop-replacements. But no doubt this will be welcomed for small servers. Lots of power with still a reasonable cooling requirement and low price.
I suppose people at AMD aren't enjoying their breakfast when they see this.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/intel_low_cost_quad_core/ )
 

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I work in IT.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/unlocking_it_it_relationships/ )
 

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2008-12-29  ^:

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It is a bit cold outside but as beautifull as you can hope for. Perfect blue skies and a blindingly sharp sun. Also quite sharp is the wind. Rather deceiving, in the office, behind glass it looks nice ans warm but go out and your fingers freeze off. (-8.7°C ^_^ -1.4°C)
 

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Some times I hat computers.
Like when you get a compilation that says :

Message Totals: Information (00) . . . . . . . : 52 Warning (10) . . . . . . . : 0 Error (20) . . . . . . . : 0 Severe Error (30+) . . . . . . : 0 --------------------------------- ------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 52 Program HI123 in library PRODUCTIONPGM not created. * * * * * E N D O F C O M P I L A T I O N * * * * * _

That is no errors and no object created.
 

Self - -

Comming home after wurk to 4.6°C inside and -9.2°C outside. Living without heating starts to get interesting.

 

News - -

The web is crazy. Also a sign that there is no news at year-end.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/26/ifart/ )
 

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Sony joining the netbook scene? No. Yes. No, maybe. They certainly won't go on the cheap side. They could go for a modernised PictureBook, slimmer, faster and all that. Or they could just size down one of their VAIO notebooks, they have always had smaller versions than the comppetition.
My bet is they go both ways. An upgraded Picturebook would sell well if they can make it ultra thin and light. And if they shring one of their VAIOs down to 10" screen while keeping notebook performance they could blow the other netbooks out of the water.
If they can keep the price acceptable of course.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/24/sony_teases_netbook_fans/ )
 

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Getting big tends to slow you down.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/27/mysql_slowing_down/ )
 

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The internet reroutes around broken connections, it's very good at that. But if power goes down things grind to a halt.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081228-did-the-midwest-kill-the-internet-today.html )
 

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Sure, why not. The icons changing shape in OS2 depending on the program/document state is no prior art. Of course.
More serious is that this case shows (yet again) that the patent system is not working for what it was intended. When a patent is granted ten years after it was applied for makes it clear that patents cannot be used to protect inventions. Patents these days are only intended to line (thickly) lawyers pockets.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081226-microsoft-apple-google-sued-over-icon-software-patent.html )
 

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You hev the Kingspenguin, the Emperor Penguin and the ... Santa Penguin.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081228-first-look-linux-kernel-2-6-28-officially-released.html )
 

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Nintendo cannot jump in on video like MS and Sony did. Their consoles are designed for it while the Nintendo boxes are just not able to do it. Big hurdle. Unless you check out the market. The XBox and PS3 obly offer a very limited range of accessories and what is on offer are light variations on the control pad, with the odd flight-stick of race-wheel thrown in. For the WII there are accessories in all shapes and for all functions, almost nobody uses a WII with just the plain original controll pad. So an external video ad-on should be easy to do without shocking the market.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081226-wii-video-service-coming-to-japan-may-be-part-of-larger-plan.html )
 

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Science breaktroughs.
Always interesting. But also a bit puzling. Reprogramable cells are an intersting find but outside the US they are less important. With it's stringet anti-stemcell stance the governement made sure research had to deviate from what stemcells could be used for to a research in how to create stemcells without breaking the religeous laws. Great, you fionally found it so now you can start with the projects you should have started five or ten years ago.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081228-isciencei-names-top-10-scientific-breakthroughs-of-2008.html )
 

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2008-12-26  ^:

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It's just freezing with a thin ice-covering on my car. But the wind is killing. From the east and rather hard, not extreem just hard and steady and biting. (-1°C ^_^ 3°C)
 

Self - -

Still no heating at home.
 

News - -

Laptops have overtaken desktops in sales.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/23/isuppli_xmas_message/ )
 ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/24/notebooks_pass_desktops/ )
  ( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081223-global-notebook-shipments-finally-overtake-desktops.html )
 

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When DRM bites back, you drop it. Well, that's what EA does.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/24/ea_games_on_steam_without_securom/ )
 

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Yes! Yes! Go for the pirates!! Yay, catch them, grill them!
Sounds stupid from me? Well, I am against plain copying of software for regular use. If you use it you should have paid due licences for it. And if the price is to high you get a cheaper product. So actions like these are good. It makes sure clasical softwarehouses get the money the need. And free, open-source software booms.
( http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/12/24/cardiff_standards/ )
 

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Video calling is a strange thing. All the operators want it to happen and none of the users like it.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/24/td_scdma_gsm_video_calling/ )
 

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An inside vieuw on secutity testing. Software bug are as dificult to eradicate as reallive bugs.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/24/ie_vuln_miss_explained/ )
( http://blogs.msdn.com/sdl/archive/2008/12/18/ms08-078-and-the-sdl.aspx )
 

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The European libraray is back on-line. After a big miscalculation in it's popularity. Actually I think it's a major feat to get it up on new environment so soon. They certainly did more than just add a couple of server.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081223-eus-digital-library-back-online-after-mass-server-overloads.html )
 

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Space isn't cheap. But it may become a lot less expensive with comercial operators.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/24/nasa_iss_cargo_deals/ )
 

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2008-12-25  ^:

Merry Christmas

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2008-12-24  ^:

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The mist is all gone and in the afternoon it actually get s clear and sunny. (5°C ^_^ 5°C)
 

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The heating at home broke. When I turn it on it goes for about ten minutes and then blows a fuse. And it has to cool down and dry out completely before it starts again, that tahkes about two hours. I suspect a short-cirquit that closes when it gets wet enough with condensation.
Yep it's gone bee a cold Christmas.
 

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Having redundant cables is good. Sust make sure you don't lay them close.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/22/undersea_cable_repairs/ )
 

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Yes, MS DOS 6. Not a bad thing that was.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/22/microsoft_xp_yet_another_extension/ )
 

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You're not gone run a big company on a single-socket server. But for some functions and some businesses that's big enough.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/22/visionman_corei7_server/ )
 

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Wow. We had a dual-display desktop monitor and now there is a dual-display notebook. And not some lame big but low res (=cheap) screens but two very high resolution screens. It is a huge price they are asking but that is normal for a screen of thet sype of resolution. Well worth it.
Oh, the rest of the specs sound good to.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/23/lenovo_w700ds/ )
 

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Cutting their CO2 ' saving' figures in haf. But of course environmentalists will stick by the old numbers.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/23/wind_spin_overblown/ )
 

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Theer's a few interesting things up for 2009 at VM Ware. Virtual Machine stuff is growing up.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/23/vmware_esx_2009/ )
 

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Runing Solaris on a netbook sounds interesting. I doubt anybody would use Solaris on a Netbook for real but it will make a great learning tool. And Solaris on Atoms is one step closer to 'enbedded' Solaris. It is stepping into Linux teritory there.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/23/opensolaris_on_atom/ )
 

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2008-12-23  ^:

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Help. Someone stole the other side of the road. ... Or maybe it's just misty? (3°C ^_^ 5°C)
 

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Auch, people are going to be nerveous.
We just got a mail from the CEO. Revenu has fallen back by 50% over just two months. And management is looking into ways to cut costs on the short term. A lot of short-term contractors will be dropped
IT is not going to be the focus but we won't escape of course. We got a few external contractors and a couple of newly hired people.


 

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Some people don't like electricity. The what-if valid? Well, I haven't seen an episode where they push a Ferrari or a big SUV around to show the what-if and yet they can run out of fuel as well.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/22/bbc_top_gear_tesla/ )
 

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Starnge working when you depend on your competitor for your income.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/22/mozilla_chrome_politics/ )
 

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The hot air got hotter. Yep, it got faster all round but it still lacks essential connectivity and convenience stuff.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/22/review_laptop_mac_macbook_air/ )
 

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never say robotics and snake-oil don't mix ^_^
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/22/robot_pole_snake/ )
 

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Still rumours but an iPhone Nano would be intriguing. And probably a much better -more practical- phone then the current iPhone. Except ... it won't be. If teh pictures are true it's just a smaller version of the regulmar beast, not an ultra small, belt-clip or wrist-wearable thing I hoped for
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/22/apple_iphone_nano_evidence/ )
 

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Someone is hiring new staff. And they will probably get a good selection of applicants.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/22/jobs_and_imagination/ )
 

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2008-12-22  ^:

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It started drizling on Friday and it hasn't stopped yet. (99°C ^_^ 99°C)
 

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The end of Star Trek. Not really but Majel sure played a major part in the saga.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/19/majel_barrett_roddenberry_passes_away/ )
 

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The Beep finally comes up with a working iPlayer.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/19/iplayer_mac_linux/ )
 

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You have to admire the Chinese. While all the big and small boys in the car industry show up with glittering future electric cars or dollar eating exotic electric sports cars, with the odd huge hybrid in between, they come up wit a more or less standard, low class family electric. No fancy eye-catching stuff and plans for a possible future, nope, just plain looking rolling off the factory stuff right now.
Hype? What is that?
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/20/byd_f3dm/ )
 

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Anyone remembers the "tiny wet pond" in Darwin's books? Well, seems Mars had tiny wet ponds once upon a time ...
You bet the Creationalists are already preparing a defence ... like cutting the NASA budget.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/20/nasa_mars_findings/ )
 

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Sun and IBM are never going to work together.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/20/ibm_and_solaris_gpfs/ )
 

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RIAA is dropping lawsuites. And that is not good news. Their new approach, cutting Internet access, is probably worse. With lawsuits they have to come up with evidence. Just sending notices to ISPs means they don't need evidence, just a suspicion is enough, or a random selection of ISP customers. Few ISPs will stand up for thier clients. (Clue : it will cost them money to do so).
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/20/riaa_drops_legal_campaign/ )
 

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2008-12-20  ^:

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Grey but rather warm. (5°C ^_^ 9°C)
 

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2008-12-19  ^:

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Same. (5°C ^_^ 6°C)
 

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Just shipping charges. Oh, and you need a big garage.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/nasa_shuttle_giveaway_plan/ )
 

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Adobe AIR ported to Linux. Good thing, bad thing. Well, it's good to get media stuff running on Linux. But I don't like media stuff. I am not against movies or sound or things but 90% of the "multimedia" on the internet is function-less fluff that does nothing but slow down the pipes.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/adobe_air_linux/ )
 

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Ha, the next netbook will be the real home-media center.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/18/nvidia_scc_gaming_chipset/ )
 

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Robot planes for the navy? Yes, sir.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/x47b_rollout_ceremony/ )
 

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Linux on ARM-11. So what? Well, appart from the few interesting new bits Montavista the first distro that does ARM without targeting one specific implementation.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/montavista_arm11_linux/ )
 

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Apple will look good. Well, it buys itself in into graphics now. Combined with the ARM chips they got under their wing they could produce some surprising products. Like an Netbook ... ^_^
Serious. They could scale their iPhone to an 8.9 or 10 inch screen and give the other netbook makes a run for their money.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/18/apple_buys_into_imagination_technologies/ )
 

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Coal has all but disapeared form domestic consumer use so lot's of peopel think it is not used anymore. Well, they may be right sooner than expected.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081218-coal-waning-worlds-reserves-may-be-nearly-expired.html )
 

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Governement is dealing iout money. So everybody wants some. Can't blame them. What nobody actually says is that US Gov should have been investing in battery -and other technology stuff- for the last ten years but didn't. It rather looked at giving taxbreaks and spending on the military.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081218-new-us-battery-alliance-looks-for-government-funding.html )
 

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2008-12-18  ^:

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Wet and rainy but not as cold as it should be. . (4°C ^_^ 6°C)
 

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Solar self-recharging bateries. Of course they are of limited use but still point in the right direction.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/17/solar_soft_battery/ )
 

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Another step in the right direction is using plasma engines on satelites
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/17/vasimr_plasma_rocket_iss_agreement/ )
 

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The crunch finally hits. I suppose lots of old, pre-crisis back-orders are finished.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/17/wd_layoffs/ )
 

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Patching time. Both Firefox ...
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/17/mozilla_3_0_5_and_2_0_0_1_9_updates/ )
and MS IE
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/17/emergency_microsoft_patch/ )
 

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Cleaning up after the search. Yes, Google will do it's best to protect your search activity. Yahoo does it better.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/17/yahoo_anonymization_explained/ )
 

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Lots of plans but new projects of man in space don't look to be off on a good start. ... In the US.
( http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081216-report-nasa-neglecting-basic-research-in-race-back-to-moon.html )
 

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2008-12-17  ^:

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lovely. We got undercooled rain acording to the news. What actually is falling here is ice. Not soft snow nor hail like frozen raindrops but small sharp ice cristals (0°C ^_^ 4°C)
 

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Maybe shicps will not replace disks after all.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/mlc_cpm_pcm/ )
 

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Think about chip-inplants. No take-over of the brain or boosting the brain (yet). But prostetics and drugs-distribution may look quit different in the future. And I think short future.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/iedm_chip_to_cell_communication/ )
 

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Ne memory tec. OK, read it and then go to the doctor to get your tongue traightened out again.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/qimonda_crm/ )
 

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You are what you eat.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/truffles_make_you_want_macs/ )
 

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Windows on submarines. ohoh ...
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/windows_for_submarines_rollout/ )
 

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Damage-resitant ... OK Damage resilliant robots. What's special about it, really, we have been programming "fault tolerant" systems for years already.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/darpa_terminator_damage_tolerance/ )
 

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Microsoft becommoning just like Google? Nah, just doing hardware the same way.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/microsoft_fourth_gen_data_center/ )
 

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Upcomming OS changes.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/the_year_in_oses/ )
 

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2008-12-16  ^:

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Almost clear skies, just a little hazy mist. Normally that should mean lots of frost but there isn't any. (1°C ^_^ 7°C)
 

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Think about it before you click Yes in your browser's password wizard. No, not just in the MS IE thing, also in the others.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/browser_password_security_tests/ )
 

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The new Asus EeePc looks good and works well. But it also grew in size losing some of the ultra-portable appeal
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/15/asus_sexes_eee_1000/ )
 

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IT jobs are not safe.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/emc_closes_belgian_centera_dev_centre/ )
 

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Flash drives are sneaking in on big drive arrays. Just for low latency use at the moment but's it's first steps towards the total takeover.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/hds_makes_usp_flash_available/ )
 

Disks are growing so that total takeover might take a bit longer still.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/wd_2tb_caviar_drive/ )
 

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AMD refreshes it's low end ships. About time they do so, though not much changes.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/amd_dual_core_budget_chips/ )
 

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Net neutrality is all right.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/richard_bennett_no_new_neutrality/ )
 

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Yuk, slimey stuff on the attack.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/jellyfish_gone_wild/ )
 

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After removing all the ice everythjing looks good. (-2°C ^_^ 5°C)
 

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Yes it is time for Linux to get on the business desk. Well over due actually but now is a good opportunity. Those HP boxes are not to perfromaers but most business users don't need to perfromance.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/11/hp_linux_biz_pc/ )
 

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Netbook podium. Looks like I bought a winner ^_^
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/11/koy_netbooks/ )
 

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Hawaii could put itself firmly on the map with Electric cars. In the US California has always been pushing green tech but I think Hawaii aught to be doing that. All fuel needs to be inported the long and dificult way and thus costs more than in the rest of the US. But they have lots of sun for solar power, they got plenty of wind and waves to tap energy from. And they sit on a bunch of volcanoes they can exploit for geo-thermals. Hawaii could be an electric paradise.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/11/haiwaii_phoenix/ )
 

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Doing datawarehousing in memory will always be faster than on disk.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/11/kognitio_in_memory_dw/ )
 

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Firefox gets gestures (on the Mac). Sounds a lot like the mouse-guestures in Opera.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/11/firefox_3point1_multitouch_support/ )
 

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Going for speed with Linux.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/11/realtime_linux_tests/ )
 

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Bing. Biking to work and there is no ice or frost or rain. There isn't even wind. (2°C ^_^ 6°C)
 

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2008-12-10  ^:

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Lots of snow yesterday but it all melted. Except in a few places where it froze solid during the night. And again low clouds. Or do you call it high mist when it hangs at about 50m?
Hmm, I think it's clouds cause by evening it was almost drizzling. (-1°C ^_^ 5°C)
 

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Discussing for half an hour whether to use Batchnr or Lotnr as a column heading in a spreadsheet. Both terms are used interchangeably as they mean the same. *sigh*
 

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To silent to fly.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/09/quiet_a380/ )
 

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I always wondered about the news categories in The Register. What does a plane crash in the Science section?
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/09/quiet_a380/ )
 

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Economic bad times are ideal to cut and sell loss making parts of your business.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/09/fujitsu_selling_hdd_business/ )
 

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Flexible paper-displays are not yet ready for general notebook use. But they are ready for other uses once they get production of larger size and better contrasting sheets up. Just think of a big class-room displays, information boards etc. And living room-wallpaper.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/09/hp_flexible_display/ )
 

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Just a look into the future.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/09/wisps/ )
 

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Child porn isn't good. But fighting against it often goes to far. At the rate things are moving I suspect children wil need to be clothed in burka style outfits.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/10/iwf_reverses_wikiban/ )
 

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Apple going to use the most powerful processor in your box. MS will not. If it does work out as expected comparing OS-X and Windows on the same hardware will be funny.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/09/opencl_1_released/ )
 

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2008-12-09  ^:

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Bha, no ice, no fun. Just overcast and almost drizzling (3°C ^_^ 7°C)
 

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Get a monitor with a buddy. The idea is not bad but I doubt the marketability. I mean the 22" screen itself is probably good enough but a 7 inch screen on the side is a but silly. It would probably be a good move to have a side-screen that is narrow just as tall as the big screen.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/08/review_monitor_samsung_syncmaster_2263dx/ )
 

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AMD strikes out at the Intel i7. I feel my wallet shivering in fear now. ... Must have ...
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/08/amd_rolls_out_first_phenom_2/ )
 

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Hopefully for AMD the new Phenom will sell well. What with getting less for it's fabs than first expected
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/08/amd_accepts_lowered_stake_the_foundry_company/ )
 

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I think this is the first netbook market breakdown. seems I picked an winner when I got my Acer ^_^
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/08/acer_vs_asus_q3_netbook_market/ )
 

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Power gets lost everywhere.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/08/power7_bluewaters_data_center/ )
 

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Zune-phone ...zPhone ...
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/09/zune_phone_rumor_update/ )
 

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I think they got the design right, now just get the colours a bit less flashy. Yes, I admit to being a FIAT fan. It wouldn't have worked several years ago when I had to commute over 200Km a day. Very few pure electrical can do that while keeping a safe margin, and while the concept of hybrids is good most of them are found in the luxury segment. But now I do about 50Km a day so an electric car would be OK.
( http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/08/fiat_shows_phylla/ )
 

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2008-12-06  ^:

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There is a nice layer of ice on my car in the morning. But still enough haze to hide most stars. In stead of a flaming red sunrise that haze makes for a nice pink morning. (-3°C ^_^ 4°C)
 

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I doubt I will ever see fusion power active but the world is slowly moving to it.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/05/mit_fusion_boffins_iter_tech/ )
 

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Now is the time to buy IBM boxes. Well, getting $100.000 off the list price is good. Oh, no, I don't want to know the actual list price.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/05/ibm_power_deals/ )
 

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Google slowing down? Yep, companies are cutting their add-budget along with the rest of their spending.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/05/google_nc_data_center_grant_no_go/ )
 

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While Europe is well wired up, even in most rural areas a couple of these satellites might be fun in the market.
Good news for Ariane as well. Curious how it almost never gets into the news as long as things go well.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/06/viasat_1_launch_contract_arianespace/ )
 

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If you are into alpha software you should get Opera 10.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/06/opera_10_alpha/ )
 

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Here's why John McCain took Ms Palin as running mate. With problems like these coming up they didn't want to win.
( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/05/us_nov_2008_jobs_report/ )