Seriously - Sony racked up the prices for two "greatest hits" type albums by the late Whitney Houston?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17039076
Sony claim they were "mistakenly mispriced"! Hmmm... Robbing bastards is how I view it.
Whitney's music isn't my thing - but I appreciate her amazing vocal talent (and her looks too if I am honest!) - but Sony - a company which has fallen foul of alleged rootkits in the past - are taking the piss
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Mini distro fun
Just been playing around with SliTaz, a tiny (and I mean tiny) distro.
Although ridiculously small (around 30Mb download), it is actually a really useable little distro.
I installed it onto a 1Gb USB stick for now to play around a little (as well as having a live version in a virtual machine) and have been updating it, adding Firefox 10, Flash etc to bring it up to the spec which my wife would want on her EeePC (she is pretty cheesed off with the Xandros install on her 701 and wants an alternative on a SD card). We have tried various other light and mini distros - LXDE versions of the main distros mostly, but they all need well over 1Gb of disk space to install in - which on a little 4Gb drive isn't really useful.
Check out SliTaz - I think you will be impressed!
http://www.slitaz.org/
Although ridiculously small (around 30Mb download), it is actually a really useable little distro.
I installed it onto a 1Gb USB stick for now to play around a little (as well as having a live version in a virtual machine) and have been updating it, adding Firefox 10, Flash etc to bring it up to the spec which my wife would want on her EeePC (she is pretty cheesed off with the Xandros install on her 701 and wants an alternative on a SD card). We have tried various other light and mini distros - LXDE versions of the main distros mostly, but they all need well over 1Gb of disk space to install in - which on a little 4Gb drive isn't really useful.
Check out SliTaz - I think you will be impressed!
http://www.slitaz.org/
4G down!
Horror at our house in the last 24 hours! The 4G signal had been turned off by the trial team so they could presumably sort out the problrms being experienced by a small number of triallists. But of course, that meant ALL of us were then left with no service - which, here, means lots of wailing and complaints from my daughters!
All back up today though!
We could have resorted to the old half meg "broadband" but with one of the daughters watching (or attempting to watch!) streaming TV stuff, there would be no point.
All back up today though!
We could have resorted to the old half meg "broadband" but with one of the daughters watching (or attempting to watch!) streaming TV stuff, there would be no point.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Alan Turing
For the few who have no idea who Alan Turing was, I suggest a quick "google" or "wikipedia" to enlighten you.
I was one of those who called (via one of the UK "e-petitions") for a posthumous pardon for Mr Turing.
Now, today, the UK Government has refused to grant this because apparently, in the 1950's, homosexuality was seen as a criminal offence and Turing was "properly convicted of what at the time was a criminal offence"
Without the efforts of Alan Turing and others, we would be living under the rule of the Nazi party today. I. for one, appreciate the work of this hero of Britain.
Shame the UK government.
Yet 2012 will see the issue of Royal Mail stamps commemerating the centenery of his birth...So they are happy to make money from Alan Turing, happy to live free from oppression because of Alan Turing and colleagues, but not write off the trumped up charges he faced (and the horrific "chemical castration" he suffered) simply because of his sexual orientation?
Pretty pissed off to be honest. I am not "gay", but this man was a major player in the UK war effort and in computing (who hasn't heard of the Turing Test?)
I was one of those who called (via one of the UK "e-petitions") for a posthumous pardon for Mr Turing.
Now, today, the UK Government has refused to grant this because apparently, in the 1950's, homosexuality was seen as a criminal offence and Turing was "properly convicted of what at the time was a criminal offence"
Without the efforts of Alan Turing and others, we would be living under the rule of the Nazi party today. I. for one, appreciate the work of this hero of Britain.
Shame the UK government.
Yet 2012 will see the issue of Royal Mail stamps commemerating the centenery of his birth...So they are happy to make money from Alan Turing, happy to live free from oppression because of Alan Turing and colleagues, but not write off the trumped up charges he faced (and the horrific "chemical castration" he suffered) simply because of his sexual orientation?
Pretty pissed off to be honest. I am not "gay", but this man was a major player in the UK war effort and in computing (who hasn't heard of the Turing Test?)
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