I think the pivot to pfitbit is unfortunate. Discrete notification, long battery life and excellent screen (particularly in direct sunlight) and the three things that made them stand out for me.
Posts by James 51
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Apple and Android wearables: What iceberg? It’s full steam ahead!
Lester Haines: RIP
EPO president caught threatening independent appeal board
US plans intervention in EU vs Facebook case caused by NSA snooping
Microsoft splashes Virtual Reality-slinging 'Scorpio' Xbox
Google doesn’t care who makes Android phones. Or who it pisses off
British Airways slaps 'at risk' sticker on nearly half its app delivery dept
Monday 13th June 2016 09:46 GMT
"BA parent IAG reported profits of €1.76bn for the first nine months of 2015, versus €1.048bn in the prior year period."
It annoys me when profitable companies pull stunts like this. I know the 'they need to do this to stay profitable' line but the whole point of paying extra for BA is the level of service you are suppose to get in return. Perhaps because good news is not news but I've never heard of one of these deals ending well.
PC market sinking even faster than first thought, thanks to Windows 10
Get ready for Google's proprietary Android. It's coming – analyst
Is Windows 10 ignoring sysadmins' network QoS settings?
Startup Knupath offers world a new CPU architecture
Do you have a 'co-working mindset' and 'ephemerally involve others' in work?
England just not windy enough for wind farms, admits renewables boss
Brexit: UK gov would probably lay out tax plans in post-'leave' vote emergency budget
Monday 6th June 2016 22:10 GMT
Re: If the UK did not join the EEA on leaving the EU
I am not sure if you're a troll, trying to be funny or just stupid but here goes. The UK steel industry is screaming bloody murder because Chinese produced steal is being dumped for less than it cost to make on the world market in an effort to soften the blow reducing over capacity will have on the Chinese internal jobs market and prevent social unrest. Without tariffs how do you plan to stop this abuse?
Monday 6th June 2016 12:50 GMT
Re: So basically...
So do I but until we get it there are plenty of examples of the EU protecting the citizens of constituent countries from their governments, particularly over things like privacy protection and spying on law abiding citizens:
http://www.politico.eu/article/uk-high-court-strikes-down-british-data-retention-law-policy-act/
Monday 6th June 2016 11:38 GMT
Re: So basically...
My post wasn't a direct response to yours. Tom_ and Julz also mentioned (indirectly) super national courts and the leave campaign often talks about those issues the ECHR handles as if it was part of the EU. They criticise decisions it has made and then say that leaving the EU would prevent the UK having to abide by those decisions so in this context, EU courts doesn’t always mean ECJ (even if it should).
Monday 6th June 2016 10:11 GMT
Re: So basically...
Russia is currently under sanctions because of their actions in the Ukraine including their highly probably involvement in the killing of hundreds of EU citizens:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28357880
Do you advocate ignoring this and normalising relations?
There's also nothing to stop UK companies selling products to commonwealth, Asian, BRIC etc etc countries.
Monday 6th June 2016 09:49 GMT
Re: A few observations
"Ermm, I thought Brexiters were mostly on the right of the political spectrum, so perhaps not that much in favour of state aid."
They Tory's only ideological guiding principle is power. If helping out their friends and past/future colleagues (of course in the name of the greater good) helps ensure this then that is what will happen.
Monday 6th June 2016 09:08 GMT
"third countries would be likely to offer equivalent terms to the UK standing on its own."
I can't believe people are letting leave get away with this one. We don't know that we will, they just hope that we will. There is no way that the UK alone is going to get better terms than it gets as part of the EU which has a lot more clout in these situations and if the UK is in a vulnerable position then other counties will exploit that weakness to get terms that benefit them.
NASA 'naut to boldly enter pump-up space podule
Monday 6th June 2016 11:13 GMT
Just because you can't save it all doesn't mean you don't try to save something. I think it's important as it's far more likely that this technology will be used to build a very large percentage of future space stations if it works out. Not being able to fold it again does make that impractical however.
Monday 6th June 2016 10:28 GMT
"The habitat will remain attached to the ISS for two years, after which it'll be cut loose "to burn up on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere""
Surely some museum would like to have what could be an important footnote in space history for a future exhibit and you could conduct more tests on it. I know cost is probably the reason not to do it.
Fact: Huawei now outspends Apple on R&D
Who's to blame for the NHS drug prices ripoff?
Friday 3rd June 2016 12:47 GMT
Re: We could just do it ourselves...
Yes it would be. Imagine trying to design your own chemo regime, buy the drugs and get them safely to the ward you were being treated on. Or buying antibiotics when you have a fever. Having a direct to patient marketing effort like there is in the states would turn it into a major nightmare.
UK Home Office is creating mega database by stitching together ALL its gov records
Computerised stock management? Nah, let’s use walkie-talkies
Smartwatches: I hate to say ‘I told you so’. But I told you so.
Thursday 2nd June 2016 11:53 GMT
Smart watches have their uses. It's just that it you're going to charge an arm and a leg to make a lot of money you have to show people something for it. There's also mind share to be considered. It's a pity pebble have swiveled towards the fitness side of things. I have a pebble steel and it is great for sneaking a look at texts in meetings.
Prospect of fertilisation really blows bees' hair back
Wednesday 1st June 2016 08:29 GMT
"Electroreception is common in aquatic mammals. For example, sharks are equipped with sensitive, jelly-filled receptors that detect fluctuations in electric fields in seawater which helps them to home in on their prey." I know there's a full stop in there but these sentences seem to be suggesting that sharks are aquatic mammals.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
