Posts by Chris G

I would have thought fuel cell or hydrogen gas turbines would do the job, both will reach an efficiency of up to 60% and carry their energy source with them.

Electrification has been a thing since Marples day and still has a long way to go.

Re: "hats solve the problem presented by AR glasses"

"What contraption will see the light of day that keeps heating elements away from the wearer's skull ?"

Perhaps using a hardhat with the suspended liners they have would help to keep a cool head, plus there may be space enough for added electronics.

If the Zborg are thinking of Glasshole™ type usage, I imagine there will be outward facing cameras recording the environment to go with the eyeball tracking so that related ads can be tailored to the items in the real world that cause pupil dilation or whatever it is that gives away interest.

The other similarity to Glasshole™ behaviour will be fully engaged wearers walking into traffic, lamposts, other people etc.

Plus we have similar concerns about spying on the environment if they have forward/outward facing cameras.

Re: Mining...

Yes, it's nerdy fraud as opposed to government fraud that creates real world money out of thin air via their central banks.

Though I feel governmental vapourcoin is a little harder to manipulate than nerdy vapourcoins are, not by much but fiat currency is slightly more stable.

Re: What is an OS for?

@Lon24

Exactly this. Aside from the fact that markting has to justify it's existence every once in a while, my feeling is this will be about dropping as many aspects of '11' into the As a service category as possible.

I wouldn't be surprised if patches are renamed as upgrades along with as many changes as possible to describe standard features as added value features.

I can see this as Much ado about nothing but it will cost you.

Re: Reminds me...

That is why 2nd Lts are given nothing more dangerous than a small pistol, their orders are quite dangerous enough.

Re: Good, but more

You make dome excellent points.

As a Mr Fixit I am sure you have come across thr situation where say, something like a small cheap bearing has failed and needs replacing.

When you look at the manufacturer's parts list, that bearing only comes as a part of an assembly such as a rotor that costs dozens of times as much as the bearing.

Often on these assemblies the bearings are unmarked too.

Practices like this are deliberate and contribute to landfill because such sharp practice, makes a lot of goods beyond economical repair and in favour of purchasing a replacement.

That is why such bills need to be well researched and properly worded to address the repairability issue fully and in favour of owners and consumers of goods

Re: Exploring cemetries

Last time I was in Tower Hamlets a couple of decades back, aside from the teens shagging between the gravestones, you would have been mugged by the lads who were trying to steal the railings for scrap.

Re: Simpler DoS attacks possible

Equally simple, is to use a laser pointer to confuse the lidar.

Re: Eliminating jobs for people

Have I got some news for you!

Look up a company in San Francisco called Clockwork.

There must be something even more menial that only humans can do.

Re: Is the governer

The Mini Marcos was a fun little car, my youngest brother had one with a stage two Cooper engine.

He turned it into fibre glass fluff after a tree stepped in front of him while doing about 60MPH.

That was his excuse!

Re: Amazon, which for years has struggled to curb fakery and fraud on its e-commerce platform

I would be interested to know what percentage of Amazon profits is from the sale of counterfeit goods.

I am willing to bet it is not insignificant.

Re: Slow news day

I can see a plot for an epic 4 hour horror movie, Alien Snails.

Re: magnetic vaccines.

Considering there is only about 3-4 grams of iron in the human body, not much is going to be attracted to it, plus you would think 'medical professionals' would know that.

Re: This is terrorism

@WhereAmI

So that makes it okay to go and kill your neighbour first?

Without following the rule of law?

That makes you no better than him.

@b0llchit

It says all you need to know about the current members of the Eternally Offended cult.

They seem to spend their time searching for reasons to be either offended personally or by proxy on the behalf of people they don't know but make the assumption those people would be offended.

I find those who are easily and constantly offended, to be offensive and I protest!

Re: Hmmm

What can you expect from a company my dad described as a ' shit shower'.

Re: AN0N, lots of fuzz about ?....

I think you may be out by a couple of orders of magnitude according to the higher assessments.

I suspect the Mexican cartels are responsible for more sniffy noses than the virus du jour.

@Rich 10

One would have thought so.

I assume they are selling the power to the data centres, have they never heard of reinvestment and market analysis?

Ah! Silly me, all that new cash is absorbed by running costs so the taxpayer will have to chip in a bit more.

Re: Being a high-roller is a lot of fun

The article said she avoided prosecution because of her husband's plea bargain, so she may have been aiding and abetting his actions.

Re: Den Of Thieves

Theft and deceit is exactly what this is and should have been treated as a criminal action, it wasn't misguided managers trying to maximise profit, it was stealing from the drivers and misrepresentation to the customers who thought the tips they were paying were personal rewards to the drivers for good service.

Instead the tips paid in good faith were stolen and effectively embezzled.

That corporate managers or executives would do that is a reflection on the company from the top down.

@Blank Reg

What that probably means is that sooner or later, without exposure to those strains of flu and without relevant vaccination, if people relax their hygiene and become exposed there could be an epidemic of a flu that was formerly less of a threat. Possibly it could also pose a much greater threat than before because of reduced immunity.

Re: Location Services

My Android 10 phone requires location services to be on whenever I turn on Bluetooth, something I only ever use to interrogate my solar PV system. Next time I use it I will try disabling location after turning bluetooth on, just to see what happens.

Re: There is an easier way.........

I was thinking more about drones negotiating their way through the cables, particulary the defensive one which gave the impression of autonomy. I would guess in most places, attackers would be controlling their drone and guiding it to the target.