Posts by BristolBachelor

It depends. Have you been added to the list of Supertards? I believe that is needed before <b>the</b> tags work. See what I mean...

Sir

I just had a look at your cake link (on the article). I assume that you didn't actually put a link in it? If shows up as a link, and highlights like one, but has no actual payload.

Although the cake link here goes to a funny picture :)

Yes, and don't think we haven't noticed the <em>bold</em> flying around too.

I thought it was more like "we won't sign anything that limits what we can do". But then at the same time saying that there are bad people who might do bad things.

The sticking point was that the only thing that there was unanimous agreement on was that maybe something is needed... (The USA wouldn't even agree with China that there shouldn't be weapons in space, but then according to USA regulations, a TV satellite is a weapon, so maybe that explains it)

"There goes the 5GHz neighbourhood!!"

Yes, and it seems that they probably still won't mandate anything in the spec that makes stuff play together well.

We still have problems with channel allocation, and with networks that are either completely open, or have some form of security but you can't join them without typing in 160 character random pass frases (much fun on an iphone screen!). Some of the "free" routers here cannot be configured by the homeowner, so are stuck with which channels they are on, and some kit still refuses to use channel 11...

What's wrong with networks being able to co-operate? How about a network has to support a "contact the operator" function that allows you to send a message to the network owner without having to try to work out who they are? How about a network that lets devices connect openly, but then the two sides agree public/private keys in each direction to secure the link?

Instead, they try to blinly up the speeds, and can post some marginally ok (compared to GbE) datarates, but only inside an EMC chamber, 1m from the AP, no other devices, and certainly none using the older standards.

Think of it this way. One of my books on car tuning says that an Escort (Mk. II?) uses 8hp to travel along the flat at 50mph (probably with streamlined cars it's better). Now think about when you need to pull onto a motorway, or drive up a hill; the same car uses maybe 70hp.

It seems a great waste to make a fuel cell capable of producing 70hp of power continuously because you sometimes accelerate onto a motorway or need to go up a hill. I think a battery for these occasions and a fuel cell for normal operation, plus reasonable charging of the battery is a good idea (fuel cells being very expensive items).

They have received at least some money from NASA. They have also started taking orders for launches & possibly have received some up-front money for these.

The TV database?

http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=75842&lid=7

Oh, but there is a background image of the cottage taken from the series. God, if this SOPA get's through, that's another site taken down...

@Efros

Liz at Raspberry says that the board will not fit in an Altoid tin because the board has square corners. (Just imagine the license fee they'd have to pay to Apple if it did have rounded corners :)

"Once again, 'La Révolution' starts in France."

That's great. Can they cut-off the head of the CEO of Vodafone please, and then extend into UK/Spain.

Voda Spain recently charged me 0.5€ per hour to have my phone switched on on the Voda UK network, plus 10€/MB for data when roaming from Voda Spain. Oh, and if you happen to come accross any programmers from Whatsapp, you can cut-off their heads too please for their non-functioning "do not use a fscking network connection when roaming option"

This is quite an old bird, and back then people didn't add much consideration for decomissioning and de-orbiting. (The HUGE Envisat is the same). Newer birds are designed and operated differently, with active de-orbiting being used at the end of their lives.

I might agree with you, except for this bit: "...and because the game takes a couple of minutes to load..."

I would view a demonstration of pressing a button and something happening as meaning that is what happens; not that someone paused time for 2 minutes to allow the hardware to actually do what is shown.

"either that ore some coder didn't know what the sign bit was for ..."

Yeah, but they found that after fueling, and not wanting a coder to put in yet another mistake, they fixed it in hardware instead because it was easier!! (Kid you not)

Normally it's doing software mods to fix broken H/W...

@Audi

That assumes that the Apple device can tell which charger is which, and gives you the option (not giving you options seems to be a weakness of Apple's) to not store the password in it...

Sustained write speed is very important on high-end cameras used to capture sports accidents and impacts. There are a lot of tests done using a camera continuously writing RAW datafiles shooting at 10-14 frames/sec and videoing the whole capture.

You can then measure the sustained write speed by looking at the amount of data written and the time taken to do it. People normally measure it over several seconds, and my Sandisk cards seem to live up to the promises that they make (as it happens, they still can't keep up with the camera in full-flow, but I don't need long bursts so not a problem for me.)

Measuring the read/write speed using dd is difficult because it's almost impossible to find a PC & card reader that can keep up with the fast cards (100MB/sec)