Posts by Anonymous Custard

Likewise, although to be honest my existing turbo-overclocked B+ coupled with Kodi Helix and the excellent Amber skin run very smoothly anyway with anything I throw at it (which admittedly doesn't include full HD BluRay rips, just SD DVD ones).

It would also be interesting to know how much improvement they could get by not being quite so conservative in the clock settings that they ship the boards out with. And indeed whether that aspect will be changed on the Pi 2 compared to the Pi 1.

But anyway nice one and well done to them for keeping the general design and especially the price backward compatible with the existing ones.

Re: Interesting name,

They should go the whole hog and name the rocket first stage the Look Out Below!

Re: This was going to be my first

Go a copy of Oolite, although as it's free and open source you may have trouble giving your money away even then... ;)

Re: My feedback on your latest missive

I think it's more we want you to step back to what it was before whilst you rethink what went well and what went badly in this update, rather than leaving us stewing in an update that we hate at least parts of whilst you do so.

I'm sure there are some parts of it that people do like, even if they're not fully aware of them directly (if it's stuff under the bonnet/hood) or just that everyone's focussed on the negatives like the whiteness.

Also it's probably a bit surprising at the attitude that's being taken (or at least appearing to be taken, after all the only feedback for our complaints is your good self so far), especially given the delight that el Reg (or certain members of it) have taken in lambasting Microsoft for doing almost the very same thing with Win8 in terms of ignoring user (or reader in your case) feedback.

So maybe it's time for some more "official" feedback or action on all this, before the frustration leads to the only other course of action we have than venting in comment threads like this, namely abandoning the site (either fully or just visiting less).

Or alternatively DD-WRT or OpenWRT.

Have to say also no complaints about my Netgear - it even seeks and downloads new firmware itself, and when all is ready lets me know that it's available to pull the trigger on the upgrade (or not if you so wish). OK the quality of the firmware has a couple of times given issues (killing 5GHz connectivity at worst), but older firmware is downloadable from their website.

Re: Dumb TV please

Would have to agree - got a 46" dumb LG a couple of months back for £250. Paired up with a Pi running OpenElec, and it does the job wonderfully and plays back all I need in glorious full HD (inc iPlayer, not fussed about ITVPlayer as I think I've watched about 3 programmes on ITV in the last 3 years).

Nicest of all is the TV has CEC, so I can even fully drive the OpenElec interface using the TV remote, and stream all the stuff I need off my NAS box or the 'net as required (with a small bluetooth keyboard as back-up if URLs or other more serious typing is needed).

All in all for about £300 got the flexible functionality of a set that'd retail for double that. And if all else fails PC World were chucking ChromeCasts out the door for £20 on black friday, to fill in anything else that OE doesn't cover (which isn't much).

Except you just know instead they'll be replaced by poorly copied/cropped images which also now have strange and mysterious water-marks across them if you look closely enough.

Still I suppose such water-mark spotting and guessing where the images were ripped from could be a whole new PowerPoint game...

Re: Best one...

I am sure we have all experienced the 'it will be done much quicker if I am not hassled ' phone call.I am sure we have all experienced the 'it will be done much quicker if I am not hassled ' phone call.

I find the most effective reply is "do you want me to stand here and talk to you about doing some work to fix this, or shall I just get on with actually doing it?". It usually works surprisingly well, even allowing for your normal audience types.

Re: Giant Blancmange south of London with Time Travel

It's currently better known as the O2 Arena, or just the O2 if you prefer. Usually to be found on band tour itineraries in the way Wembley used to be.

Meanwhilst the Blackadder special is on disc 5 of the Blackadder ultimate DVD box set, and is rather fun in a slightly dated sort of way.

Re: Fnarr Fnarr

Aren't things that can survive a heavy pounding on the thick end of the drop, but if you snip or damage the tail end then the stress is released instantly and the while thing basically explodes in a shower of fragments?

So unless they're very careful in the design they may end up with "sweet spots" that if struck during a fall or impact will make the whole screen catastrophically and explosively shatter rather than just crack as most current phones seem to do (at least whenever I see some of the higher end phones people are using in day to day life, I'd swear more often than not the screens are cracked to some degree).

Hmm, yup - http://youtu.be/6V2eCFsDkK0

Re: @Jin 59

And it also means if you press the browser back button you end up at the second Google page rather than the original search, which promptly sends you back to the original page that you just left rather than back to the search results page.

It's one of the most fecking annoying parts of using Google for searching unless you consciously open your selection in a new tab and so keep the original search results page available in the original tab.

Re: I wonder

And probably full of schoolkids and other random passengers...

Re: I want it

The other question is what will happen a few years down the line when the game isn't so new, has been superceded by the next shiny thing and perhaps isn't quite as profitable as it was? Maybe those servers would be better used for supporting a different game, or perhaps Frontier itself isn't doing quite so well?

So the game that people have been anticipating and wanting for many years now is calling out in vain to servers that either are reduced and so overloaded, or just don't respond at all, and the game basically no longer works at all.

If the offline mode is there then at least you still have a game you can play, albeit by yourself rather than as an immersive and interactive one with fellow Commanders, but this does seem to be rather a large shift in the longer-term functionality of the game. Just as well there are options like Oolite and Space Engine around to cover those bases more than adequately.

Re: Never give up

Have to agree, plus also the restraint from going all-out to fix things now, given that the comet is heading sun-ward and so the game (or at least the shadowing) and the amount of sunlight available will change as it goes.

So whilst it's in shade and drained now, in a while it may well end up in sunlight and charge again and so become available for more work and communications. Of course the risk here is that the comet and the lander both may not survive longer-term if that heating causes the comet itself to become more unstable and/or break-up, but I guess those are the rules of the game.

But what they've achieved so far has been amazing, anything else additionally is a wonderful bonus. Top boffinry all round.

Can be simple supply and demand - if people know supply may be restricted then some "stock up", hence more demand and so more profit.

Of course this is not mutually exclusive with prices rising due to restricted supply also causing profit to rise, but that depends on the honour and ethics of the vendor. And that point is left as a personal judgement...