Oh how we love him, young Master Tables…

xkcd strikes again…

So, I’ve been on the phone for the past 30 minutes listening to some lady in India working for HP tech support try to convince me that the IP addresses in use on my network are incorrect because they do not begin with 192.168.

Oh my.

Darla has this posted on her site. She credits “Joe” for the image.

Wow. Holy half-truths Batman.

While there are technically no lies on that image, it doesn’t really seem to tell the whole tale. Let’s see..

• GPS and turn-by-turn directions – Yes, it’s indeed true, the N95 has a built-in GPS. During the nearly a month that I had an N95 (and no, it wasn’t a proto), I found the GPS nearly useless. It was unbearably slow to lock on. I’m talking like 5 minutes guys. And the turn-by-turn directions – those cost extra.
• Wireless stereo – A2DP is indeed present on the N95 and is missing on the iPhone, at least at launch. Since Nokia was able to add A2DP to recent N73 firmware releases, I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to think that we may yet see A2DP on an iPhone software update. Regardless of the device in question, A2DP will drain your battery.
• Second camera for video calling – Since the iPhone is (thus far) only for sale in the US, this is a non-starter. The N95 can only do video calls on a 3G network. The only UMTS band supported in the N95 is 2100 Mhz, not available in the US.
• Video-out port – I believe, like other video-capable iPods that have come before, the video output comes via the headphone jack.
• Removable battery – I’m torn here. Yes, it’s true, the N95’s battery can be swapped, and the iPhone’s cannot be swapped. However, this fails to address the abysmal battery life afforded to N95 users. Less than a day on a single battery? That’s just bad, like on an epic scale.

I’m a big S60 user (work phone is an E65, home phone is an N73). I’m also a fan of Apple products. Neither side has the perfect phone. Fanboi-ism doesn’t help, regardless of what side it’s coming from.

This one goes out to Phil, who wanted to read this here.

Yes, I know, it’s a bunch of commercials for pants. It’s true.

Get over to YouTube and watch the videos from Haggarfilms. You’ll laugh yourself silly.

Forbes is running a story about a couple of companies that I’ve never heard of, Media Rights Technology and BlueBeat.com.  Seems the kids at MRT and BlueBeat think they’ve got a DRM solution that would keep people from copying digital media.  Ok, so it’s just another DRM solution, right?

Apparently not.  The brain trusts at MRT and BlueBeat believe that Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Real and others need their products so much that they’re suing.  They’ve send cease & desists to Adobe and Real for “actively avoiding their X1 SeCure Recording Control.”

Ok, so under the DMCA, you can send a C&D for circumventing a security mechanism, but this is a whole new level.  Now threatening lawsuits because I didn’t buy and use your product?  That’s just stupid.

Hey guys, maybe they just don’t want your product.

This is the new international symbol for radiation danger. It is the result of collaboration between the UN, ISO and IAEA.

Ok, hands up, who likes this symbol? Best translation I’ve heard thus far?

When the crap hits the fan, run away from big skulls.

What was wrong with the old symbol anyhow?

The RIAA is at it again.

They’ve officially reached a new low. I expect infomercials soon.

So, they provide a model letter to ISPs, and then decide to tell the ISP they’re going to sue the person at some IP address. They inform the ISP their intent to subpoena your identity information, and your ISP notifies you of this. If you act now, you can save $1000 on your settlement with the RIAA!

Nevermind that precedent has been set on more than one occasion, showing that the RIAA sued the wrong person…

I swear, these guys must be the biggest dopes walking.

This morning’s Digg has a story bit about the latest of Apple’s “Get a Mac” ads. I’m a fan of these ads, mostly for the comic relief, but this one’s really got the gist of UAC down. You get asked constantly to do stuff with UAC on, and with it off, you get no protection at all.

Go directly to the HD version of the ad

Funny.

Currently playing in iTunes: rapture riders (full version) by blondie vs the doors

Ordinarily, I don’t go in for Opie & Anthony, but this is too funny. Completely SFW too.

Currently playing in iTunes: How to Save a Life by The Fray

Yesterday’s episode of The Daily WTF had a great code snippet. Prepare to laugh.

gcc really and truly needs a compiler warning flag for utter stupidity. How about what someone in the comments proposed?

or better still, just use whatever you were going to pass to GetMessage() in the first place… Yikes.