Posts by Tom 35

Re: So what?

I don't have (or plan to buy) an 80" TV 6' away so can I even tell the difference from 1080p?

With typical broadcast compressed to hell TV I find it hard to tell the difference between 1080p and 720p.

Re: Not Mac

The Apple ][ was built to work on a TV as monitors were expensive so they were 40 columns (and upper case only). If you added an 80 column card you get 80 column, and upper/lower case but needed a composite monochrome monitor to read it.

The Apple //e was the first with 80 column built in.

Re: @bazza

Nissan have one in the works. And I think there was one pickup with it.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/nissan-develops-fully-electric-steer-by-wire-system-will-go-on-sale-next-year/

But I would not be buying one I think (my Honda has electric power assist).

Re: Sounds like they've worked out...

Sounds more like a typical CEO "how to make the stock market happy" then a "how to make to product and service better for the customer" plan.

Why would companies leave France

To set an example?

They don't want every other country to copy the tax. What they lost in France would be less then what it would cost if other countries copy the tax.

politicos aren't clever at writing legislation

You think the loopholes are just bad law writing?

I'm sure a lot of thought went into making sure they only work for the big corps that paid for them. Can't have any normal people using a loophole!

Re: "browsers – which last time El Reg checked, allow access to all manner of inappropriate content"

At least they give you an adult content warning when you download Opera.

trust Obama' DOJ

You think the other bunch are not just as bought as this bunch?

I'll be glad when I don't see TV listings published in papers.

I expect the papers might be gone first...

Re: I get offended by people getting offended by this...

If you buy the DVD set of the old original Sesame Street it's labelled "Not suitable for children" .

Re: Move along, please. Nothing to see

It would cost me $.75/min to call India on my cell phone.

If I make a free wifi 1 hour skype call the phone company sees this as a loss of $45. So any service they come up with should make the same kind of profit with out considering that I only made the call because it was free. If they block VOIP or come up with their own expensive service I'll just be making a 2 minute call.

Re: Fortythousand Schmortythousand

how many other apps are needed?

*Four-five office suits,

Zero, Office is it.

*ten editors (baby versions of popular desktop ones, and mainly for markup and scripting languages --- nobody in their right mind will do heavy duty work, e.g. compiling, on a tablet),

Zero, desktop apps are banned. There are two modern apps, one with a single suspect 5 star ratting, one with 4 ratings and the first review said no copy and paste.

*less than ten browsers,

Yes it's less, zero. IE is all you need.

*ten weather widgets,

There are a few, I'm using the Weather Network app. Better then Bing and no flippin big ad in the middle.

*less than ten calendar widgets (which IMO the OS should already do),

There is a very basic one built in (you must log into a windows account to use it) but I'm not using it since I don't carry the surface around with me.

Your editor is not needed by most people, but they may need other specialized apps for what they do. Sales might need an expense tracking app for example. Educational apps are mostly unrated, or 1-2 star.

The missing apps are things MS will not allow (Browsers, desktop apps), and the specialized apps.

Lots of companies from radio stations to shopping malls produce apps, but just for IOS and Android, nothing for surface.

Re: That's a terrible thing...

True, he is not very Shiny.

Re: 'We were big softies all the way' - Yeah, right

But it all depends who you pissed off.

If you say guessed my email password and posted my emails all over the internet I don't think I could get the cops to do more then had me a form to fill out.

Now if it's some politicians email account, and you make them look bad... off to jail you go.

Re: An NRA spokespersons said...

"We seem to be able to pay for an awful lot of medical care (vaccinations for example) already in schools, "

They really are cheap and have a quick payback in saving on medical care when people don't get sick.

"adding a few cheap psychiatric tests to identify the potentially problematic... Whilst just about everyone seems to be in favour of screening people for conditions like sickle-cell anaemia, too many people object to psychiatric screening of chidren or young adults"

Sickle cell has an accurate test with a yes/no answer. There is no cheap test that can accurately give you a yes/no result (or an expensive one for that matter). So if they say someone has the potential of maybe going nuts what do you do? Lock them up just in case? They are already kicking people out on the street who need treatment. It seems the same people who want everyone to buy guns, also want to cut spending on medical care.

Re: BOOM HEADSHOT

"Apple would like you to sit on a jury in a small legal case they have going against Samsung."

No they don't.

They say customers can't tell them apart so there should be tons of Samsung phones being stolen. Crook went out to steal a iPhone but got confused and took a Samsung. Apple has been deprived a replacement sale! Apple should be compensated for every Samsung stolen!

Re: Excuse me Reg - your talking cr4p

What £250 tablet, it seems most people are buying iPads and the current version starts at £399 and tops out at £659. You can get a laptop that will do what most people want to do for £399.

I do have a cheap tablet, a Nexus 7 but I don't use it instead of a computer, I use it as well as. I could not do what I need to do with a tablet, even a much more expensive one. But I can do more if I have both.

If I wanted Windows 8 I'd have bought the upgrade, anything that can run 7 can run 8 since it's been optimized to run on crappy tablet hardware. The only people who are going to buy a new Windows 8 computer are people who had their old xp box die and need a new computer, or execs who want a new shiny touch screen ultra book to run their powerpoint.

Re: Research, waste of money.....

activist investor is the BS name they gave them selves. They don't like the more descriptive name corporate raider.

Company is under valued = we can sell off the good bits and grab the cash.

Re: Wild and spurious

"And it would reconcile the ambiguous leaks that Reuters don't seem to be able to get right."

It's not a leak, it's Apple marketing taking the piss...

Just like the Apple TV junk.

2 years?

"despite having owned some phones for well over the realistic nominal phone lifespan of two years."

2 years realistic? That's not a realistic lifespan for a phone. It's how often the telco what you to renew your contract (3 in Canada) and how often Apple want you to buy a new phone. I've only ever had one phone less then three years and that was because it was a steaming pile of crap the day my boss bought it.

I've had 5 cell phones starting with an original Motorola flip phone. I have replaced the battery in 3 of them.

I've been tempted to buy a Nexus 4 but don't like the idea that I can't replace the battery and that it will likely not run for a full day if I use it as more then a phone (I have a Nexus 7 for that). The battery on my current dumb phone (a Razr V3 on it's 2nd battery) is starting to go, only 3 days on a charge now. Don't know if I'll still be able to find a new battery for it.

Re: statistical significance

You say...

"There is no such single thing as "considered statistically significant". It depends what your purpose is."

Then go on to compare the existence of a particle that can only be yes/no and AGW that could be no it's getting colder / nothing happening / warmer but not significant / warmer but cost less to deal with then prevent / we are all going to die.

And since this is not all about the science you could add, warmer but I'll be dead by then so don't care / warmer but it will be better for ME / warmer but only unimportant people will be underwater. To add to the non science side you have people on both sides just out to make money, oil companies and car companies on one side, and stuff like carbon trading and subsidised green power on the other.

Re: "smartphone leader"

Apple users have to buy their own stylus if they want more control. There are quite a few available and I've seen people using them.

Re: none of the traffic is visible to any of its staff

No staff, it's outsourced to contractors in India.

Not really MS

Any type of locked down to make you buy our stuff is not going to work. How long do they take to jailbreak iOS after every update? Most Android devices are easy to root. Even DVD region codes.

This is just another example of how pointless it is to try and lock stuff.

Or just cheaper ones.

surprised not to see it here.

Mayby not available on Amazon so no Amazon kickback button to post with the "review".

Maybe it should be called " Ten affordable mid-sized Full HD monitors your can buy at Amazon".

Momma don't take my kodachrome away

Kodachrome (or Technicolor for that mater) is/was great, but dead.