The author speaks as though only Windows kernel is full of workarounds ... give me a break! Look around you .... anyone who has worked on the Linux source code will know that it is full of workarounds and magic numbers and all that jazz.
Workarounds are the way software is written, so as not to sacrifice backward compatibilty . Its a necessary evil, albeit one that could be avoided with a very well planned design. Get used to it!
I remember working on the exact same algorithm a few years ago. The patent in question was based upon a research paper 'Compressing differences in executable code'. One of the co-authors of this paper Udi Manber now works for Google I think. So the original author has helped write Courgette, but a different company holds a patent ... interesting to see how this will pan out given the pathetic US patent system
Is it just me ? Lately I see unwarranted criticism of anything MS on the reg.
C'mon reg, you are supposed to report, not just launch into mindless ranting about something MS has pulled off. The world would indeed be a sad place if MS was just like Apple.
Infact, it just seems like reg has become the Apple tamed press lots of other sites report about!
With the slick KDE-4 now released, I hope to see more developers switching sides.
To quote Linus Torvalds - "I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE. This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do. Please, just tell people to use KDE."
Could it be for the game consoles that Apple reportedly filed a patent application for as reported a few months ago ??? But I'm not sure if the acquired chip makers can design processors of that Calibre
About time somebody gave Apple the bird. Maybe they are afraid people will realize how they have been dishing out more bucks just for the half eaten fruit logo when something cheaper is better or more likely they'll start seeing how crappy OSX is once it needs to run (or more likely crash) on other non-Apple hardware. But who can reason with them mactards - "In the land of the blind, Stevie is the king".
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Jango
Engineer ? → #
Posted Monday 1st February 2010 16:03 GMT
In Vote, vote, vote for Barbie the computer engineer
But Barbie's blonde ....
Paris - cuz she's in the same league
Jango
iPad → #
Posted Thursday 28th January 2010 11:41 GMT
In Steve Jobs re-invents the portable telly
iPad .... reminds me of the Mad TV skit I saw a few years ago. A must watch if you ask me
Jango
Workarounds ? → #
Posted Thursday 19th November 2009 00:01 GMT
In Windows 7's dirty secrets revealed
The author speaks as though only Windows kernel is full of workarounds ... give me a break! Look around you .... anyone who has worked on the Linux source code will know that it is full of workarounds and magic numbers and all that jazz.
Workarounds are the way software is written, so as not to sacrifice backward compatibilty . Its a necessary evil, albeit one that could be avoided with a very well planned design. Get used to it!
Jango
Epic Fail → #
Posted Monday 9th November 2009 13:32 GMT
In WarMouse pushes gamers' buttons with OOMouse
Did they really have to make it as clumsy as OpenOffice? Haven't they heard of Keep It Simple Stupid
Jango
Strange Case → #
Posted Thursday 29th October 2009 06:12 GMT
In Google sued for super-skinny Chrome polishing
I remember working on the exact same algorithm a few years ago. The patent in question was based upon a research paper 'Compressing differences in executable code'. One of the co-authors of this paper Udi Manber now works for Google I think. So the original author has helped write Courgette, but a different company holds a patent ... interesting to see how this will pan out given the pathetic US patent system
Jango
The Reg losing quality! → #
Posted Friday 23rd October 2009 07:11 GMT
In Steve Ballmer's Windows 7 dance party
Is it just me ? Lately I see unwarranted criticism of anything MS on the reg.
C'mon reg, you are supposed to report, not just launch into mindless ranting about something MS has pulled off. The world would indeed be a sad place if MS was just like Apple.
Infact, it just seems like reg has become the Apple tamed press lots of other sites report about!
Jango
Hooray for KDE! → #
Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 07:32 GMT
In Mono man accuses Mac Gtk+ fans of jeopardizing Linux desktop
With the slick KDE-4 now released, I hope to see more developers switching sides.
To quote Linus Torvalds - "I personally just encourage people to switch to KDE. This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do. Please, just tell people to use KDE."
Jango
Game Console → #
Posted Wednesday 23rd April 2008 11:51 GMT
In Apple buys chip maker
Could it be for the game consoles that Apple reportedly filed a patent application for as reported a few months ago ??? But I'm not sure if the acquired chip makers can design processors of that Calibre
Jango
About time ... → #
Posted Wednesday 16th April 2008 12:02 GMT
In Hacker blasts Mac clone maker's licence 'violation'
About time somebody gave Apple the bird. Maybe they are afraid people will realize how they have been dishing out more bucks just for the half eaten fruit logo when something cheaper is better or more likely they'll start seeing how crappy OSX is once it needs to run (or more likely crash) on other non-Apple hardware. But who can reason with them mactards - "In the land of the blind, Stevie is the king".
Jango
Sounds good but ... → #
Posted Thursday 3rd April 2008 08:42 GMT
In Rock rolls out 12in, 1kg sub-notebook
... how fast will the memory hogging OS run on 1GB RAM and a non-core2duo processor ?
Jango
Why on Earth ? → #
Posted Wednesday 2nd April 2008 11:57 GMT
In Pregnant man to hit Oprah with ultrasound
Now that sounds as a shock !!!
Jango
This is what happens when you get stinking rich .... → #
Posted Friday 1st February 2008 16:39 GMT
In Ballmer! explains! hostile! Yahoo! bid!
You had better spend those billions rectifying and optimising your crappy softwares Ballmer