* Posts by Haku

1902 publicly visible posts • joined 13 Apr 2007

Father-of-three attacked teen after Call of Duty jibes

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Curfew

Good job he's got a game to play during those long arduous hours stuck indoors at night...

UK shamed in high-speed broadband study

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quiet you!

I only have around 4.5Mb (5Mb) sync speeds on a good day, but I have no throttling (port or day/evening/whatever) and no download limits so that's at least a positive, keeping an eye on the clock and download amount was a real pain in the arse on other ISPs.

Though I have been kicked off 3 different ISPs many years ago for overuse of accounts that were actually called unlimited... including dialup!

Google dumps + from Boolean search tool

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re: preview page

I think they're trying to make things 'tablet friendly', and in so doing, pissing off everyone else who isn't "hip and trendy".

I own computers with keyboards+mice and netbooks with keyboards+trackpads, I have no intention of getting a tablet.

I wish web developers would STOP FORCING THIS CRAP ON US, not everyone wants this new and 'innovative' way of using webpages even on tablets I would imagine. eBay have done the same recently, testing on random users a new search layout which brings up a preview when you click the search plane, which is atrocious to use and look at on any interface system.

Dowler family bags £2m payout over phone-hacking saga

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Essentially they deleted phone messages just so they could drag out the story a bit longer to keep the family in a continued traumatized state to write more stories to make some more money selling their 'newspaper'.

That's truly despicable.

If the family had been given a token amount of money it would've been like "oh sorry we conned you into thinking she was still alive, here's a bit of money to say we're sorry *takes wallet out of back pocket and grabs the only fiver stuffed in a thick wad of 20's*..."

New RAM shunts data into flash in power cuts

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Data villagers running into the caves to escape the power cut dragon

This sort of technology would be perfect for almost any portable computing device that relies on an OS - think about it, hibernation/standby modes both eliminated in one go, just press the power button and it's instant-off, press it again and almost instant-on without having to wait for the OS to boot, and your programs you left running are there waiting for you.

iPhone 4S pre-orders obliterate sales records

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4. Decent camera

They've stuck to using a camera with a rolling shutter, people who care about their footage will go for a camera that has a global shutter, which usually means the more expensive CCD route.

Rolling shutter cameras produce footage that is often horrible to look at whenever there's fast motion, sadly the cheap price of producing rolling shutter full HD CMOS camera modules means that this kind of footage has bled over into the tv and film world.

Global (CCD) vs rolling (CMOS) shutter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB740lEkEkg

Unfortunately nobody really cares about getting optimal camera footage quality.

Brit boffins' bendy bamboo bike breakthrough

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I remember seeing a website a few years back of someone who had made a mountain bike frame using bamboo as the main struts, the site is still going and he's still making new frames, the first he made some 7+ years ago:

http://www.bmeres.com/bambooframe.htm

He's even gone as far as making a full frame using just bamboo fibers in much the same way carbon fibers are woven to create shapes:

http://www.bmeres.com/bcframe.htm

We still have a long way to go to beat nature at it's own game, and as they say; if you can't beat em, join em.

Facebook games teach teens bad habits

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Internet = the new tv?

I can only agree with your points, if parents are letting the web, or network enabled devices such as the ever increasing number of smartphones and tablets, keep their children occupied then they automatically lose any right to complain that the internet is to blame when their precious little darlings encounter unsavoury people & media and/or 'go off the rails'.

Amazon staff toiled in 100°F+ warehouse

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They're working in the amazon, what did they expect?

Games review site goes titsup at launch

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Crying shame there's no Road Rash for the current gen consoles

Look what it could've been like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Q5xuF1kuo

After hack nightmare, Sony bars lawsuits with new TOS

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I'M ACTUALLY QUITE COMFORTABLE READING ALL-CAPS

It's When The People Who Think Comic Sans Is A Valid Font To Use For Any Occasion Type Like This I Find It Difficult To Read.

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Oh Sony,

What has happened to the nice company that made amazing Walkmans & Discmans, creating a whole new way for people to listen to music.

Now you're just creating whole new ways of business practices that makes people distrust & hate you.

So sad.

Oh well.

Anyone up for a bit of XBox? ;)

Hunt: We'll slightly inconvenience pirate sites

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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Right! If that's the way you want it - Cardinal! Poke her with the soft cushions! Confess! Confess! Confess!

It doesn't seem to be hurting her, my lord.

Have you got all the stuffing up one end?

Yes, lord.

Hm! She is made of harder stuff! Cardinal Fang - fetch...the comfy chair!

Parliament has no time for 100,000+ signature e-petitions

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Wow, I never saw that coming!

Who'd a thought that the grubbyment wouldn't listen to their voters?

Court bans man called Peter from calling himself Peter

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Olympic sport

Yes, it's part of the 1000ms PING event.

Domino's to serve pizzas on the Moon, apparently

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re: what will they say?

"That's one small slice for a man, one...giant pizza for mankind"

Sony to ship VR-style 3D headset in November

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Optics

Video glasses work because they have optics that focus the light from the screens in such a way that it appears to be feet/meters away from your eyes instead of millimeters.

Ever played on a Tomytronic 3D game? Same principal, better optics.

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HD HMD? in 3D? About time!

I have two sets of Sony's previous venture into HMD displays, the Glasstrons; PLM-A35 (a paltry 266x225 res.) and some PLM-S700's (a respectable 832x624 res.).

Aside from the crappy resolution of the A35's, both are comfortable to wear for long periods of gaming/film watching, have good audio and most importantly - superb optics, unlike the Rimax range, the i-Theater range and the (3D capable) Zeiss Cinemizers which all suffer from 'rainbow' ghosting and dark corners due to poor optics.

So here's hoping that Sony do things right again and produce some affordable video glasses that give the competition a run for their money. Competition being the likes of the ageing Magin Z800 3DVisor, a lightweight 800x600 res set which cost a whopping $1500.

Seven Dwarfs password gag declared Fringe's best

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Meh

I've seen funnier jokes on http://www.sickipedia.org/ (the warning is in the name)

Star Wars fans offered Blu-ray deals and previews

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HD Star Wars?

That's nice, now how about a non-bastardized version of the original theatrical trilogy in high-def? Something in a bit higher resolution than the crap-def leterboxed DVD release.

You know, the unaltered films that a generation grew up watching, not the digitally ruined versions that Lucas now wants us to all love.

Pacific island mints Star Wars coinage

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Very slow website

It's as if millions of geeks suddenly tried to connect and the server suddenly silenced..

London rioters should 'loose all benefits'

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No Escape (1994)

In this film, convicts are dumped on a remote island with no guards, no help & no rules except one: try to escape and you get shot by patrolling boats.

Well, I'm taking a collection to buy a remote island, wanna chip in?

Hackers breach chocolate recipe on Hershey website

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@Lee

I'll keep avoiding Hershey's then :)

BTW the dark chocolate thing, I'm allergic to dairy products, don't eat beef anymore and avoid milk & milk products so the higher cocoa levels of chocolate has less negative impact on my stomach, and I do like the taste of dark chocolate more than milk chocolate.

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Is Hershey's really that bad?

I've never knowingly eaten a Hershey's bar, I do love chocolate, especially dark chocolate (ocassionally 75% cocoa) and Thorntons, I find Cadbury's milk chocolate a little too milky at times though and always try to avoid any food that says "chocolate flavour" in the description.

Damn this news story and all your choclatey replies, I've now got a craving for some Lindt mint chocolate which is made with 47% cocoa.

AT&T: 'Eat too much data and we'll strangle you'

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Not freetards fault, managements fault

In the case of people bringing down ISPs through over usage of unlimited internet packages (how can you over-use something that's being sold to you as "unlimited"?), it's not the people but the mis-management of the company.

Hark back to the days of the Hoover company and one single fuckup that cost them £50 million after years of court cases: free flights to anyone who spent over £100 on Hoover products.

That was simply people seeing an offer and taking it up - the same with internet packages, if the company can't afford to provide what they offer then they shouldn't be offering it in the first place.

Ex–News International boss Brooks denies bribing cops

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"never paid a police officer or knowingly sanctioned payment to a police officer"

Bollocks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1AJjnl2y8U

Bug-Byte Manic Miner

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Well that's my afternoon sorted

*digs out ZX Spectrum +2 and whatever tapes he can find*

Mystery of David Attenborough's garden skull cracked

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Is that Ralph Richardson?

The guy who played Supreme Being in Time Bandts.

Google image search for him, it's uncanny!

Akira Blu-ray remastered disc set

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Cyber City Oedo 808

It is on DVD, with the original Japanese and dubbed English audio tracks, just need to do a little googling...

I still have my full-size laminated CCO8 poster stored away.

Moderatrix kisses the Reg goodbye

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Fine!

Go ahead and leave us why don't you!

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*sob*

Samsung NC110 matte-screen netbook

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Agreed

I still like using this ageing Asus Eee 900, great size & weight (just a shame the battery life sucks and it's only 900mhz) but I do not want a fullsize laptop as they're too big too heavy too awkward to carry round and the keyboard is too big, I've really gotten use to the size of the Eee 900 keyboard, and do not want a tablet because typing on a screen sucks in comparison to a real keyboard.

I thought that netbooks would evolve more but it appears Apple has screwed that up because everyone's smitten with the tablet market, the consumers have that "oooh, shiny!" deer-in-the-headlights look whilst all the manufacturers have dollar signs in their eyes, leaving those who still want netbooks to evolve with higher spec processors & higher resolution screens and still remaining in their small form factor are ignored (does anyone actually make 9" netbooks anymore?)

Ten... festival survival gadgets

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IR sensor

The infra-red sensor on that Doberman is a run-of-the-mill motion detector which works by sensing rapid changes in IR heat not light and won't 'see' through the tent fabric. All those films/tv shows where someone uses an IR heat camera to look through walls/windows are complete bunk, you can only tell if the wall is warm not what's behind it and windows reflect heat like a mirror reflects light.

Samsung readies 'world's first' solar netbook

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@Built in solar panel is simpler

Here's an even simpler option, have the solar panel on the back of the screen on a hinge at the top so the screen can be pointed up towards your face whilst the panel can still be pointed up towards the sun. The netbook woiuld unfold like this: _/\

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Nice idea, but...

...you can't exactly use and charge the netbook at the same time, the back of the screen has to be pointed directly at the sun to gain maximum power meaning looking at the front of the screen will be somewhat difficult because you'll be looking in the direction of the sun.

A detachable solar panel with retractable cable may be the better option, that way the panel could be foldable, doubling the area of light captured.

Apple pulls app after dev publishes users' PINs

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Have people learned nothing from Spaceballs?

Dark Helmet: So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kinda thing an idiot would have on his luggage!

Skroob (walking in): What's the combination?

Colonel Sandurz: One, two, three, four, five.

Skroob: One, two, three, four, five? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!

Malware abusing Windows Autorun plummets

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Damn you Autorun! *shakes fist*

They should've disabled that fecking 'feature' years and years ago.

It's good they finally have, but that doesn't suddenly stop everyone I know's PC from doing that Johnny 5 "input! input! input!" impression when you connect a new storage device to the machine, bringing up a "ooh, what files have you got?" scanning window (or two) and then "click me now!" windows you never wanted in the first place.

Samsung pips rivals with 1TB internal 2.5-inch drive

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Why do they charge more for an external drive?

Because they can.

Anyone who's knows a little about the main parts which make up a computer knows that you buy an internal drive and an enclosure if you want an external drive because you get to choose the bits you want and can save a bundle, only those who know squat about computers or don't want the inconvenience of making sure the drive will work in the enclosure buys external drives.

Apple pilfers rips off student's rejected iPhone app

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@AC 9th June 2011 11:54 GMT

Bullcrap.

The bottom line here is money.

You do not need to be a fanboi to make & sell apps for an iPhone - I'm not a fan of Apple but if I saw an idea opportuntiy for making money from an app that doesn't yet exist I'd sure try my best to make & sell said app.

PlayStation Vita priced up for UK punters

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Do you suppose they'll have a lite version in the works?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9CH1n9tNV0

3D-printed bikini goes on sale

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You what?

Are you seriously saying that after reading the title "3D-printed bikini goes on sale" you thought there wouldn't be pictures?

Movie-goer punts 3D-to-2D cinema specs

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Mark Kermode showed us these last Jan 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJHX5ip68p4

Cameron calls for ISP-level parental censorship tools

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"seek robust means of age verification"

Good luck with that!

If kids want to gain access to something - especially regarding computers as they can run rings round adults as they grew up with computers in their lives since day one - the adults don't have a hope, kids will find a way.

(it's a sarcastic thumbs-up icon)

Student suspended for posting random satire on YouTube

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No Bully Zone

Bloody cheek of the school, the board suspend the kid for something he didn't do in school and they have a link on their front page of their website to a No Bully Zone pdf

http://wilson.ddsbschools.ca/

(can we have a Pot&Kettle hypocracy icon please)

New Sony hack exposes more consumer passwords

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@Michael 47

I think all that beer DavidB claims to drink each weekend must have impaired his ability to do basic maths.

What is UltraViolet™ and why should you care?

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I've got a bad feeling about this

Companies giving us what WE want, not what THEY want?

What is it they're not telling us...

Videogames give kids the munchies

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I'm not fat

I'm a videogame player!

David Davis: Jobless should dig trenches for fat UK pipes

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Build a better information superhighway?

Can you get them to fix the normal highways first? I'm fed up of all the bloody potholes and crumbling roads, it's getting more and more dangerous to be a cyclist.

IP firm claims ownership of DVD video-menus

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Prior art (again)

Interactive laserdisc games from the 1980s.

Ten... fantasy gadgets you wish you owned

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Portal Gun needs to be on that list for sure

(don't you just hate it when you remember something immediately after hitting the submit button)

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Wot no Talkie Toaster on the list?

P.S. Would anyone like any toast?