Posts by Anon the mouse

Re: Spy on the screen and loudspeakers

Same here. They never stop sending letters. I'm looking forward to their "visit", I've even changed my wifi to "No_TV_Licence" so they can tell where I am.

Netflix has got overly harsh in locking down everything that isn't a home ip address. Everything from data centres down to hotels has been locked out.

A shame really as the smart DNS or VPN solution was what made netflix good. I'd rather watch Netflix France or Netherlands than UK

Re: NHS IT projects

My practice has opt out forms all around the waiting area for patients to fill in while they wait. They really don't like care.data.

Re: Microsoft's handling of Windows Phone has been inept

Same here, my upgrade is due in November and it looks like there is no high end phone like the 1020 on the market, with that fantastic camera.

Re: "...this one's got a way to run"

Ah yes, my reading comprehension and ability to understand how a server works must have evaporated when my refund came through. I still have an interest in the game, at the moment it seems to be more morbid curiosity as problems pile up. But I still hope that one day it'll come good for those that DO enjoy it.

In this case the database problem was one of those things you find out in the live version, however not leaving any support staff to help customers for 2 weeks just after release. That was poor planning from Frontier, Leaving no updates or anything for customers tends to spiral things out of control, again look at the refund situation that is still ongoing for most two months later.

Lol, I used to work in a bar back before the reality star explosion of 2000ish.... Had no end of "famous" people going "Do you know who I am?". "Sure, you're the guy* that has to wait like everyone else".

I'd love to work in that Apple store, just to throw the "do you know who I am" card back at you.

*Usually footballers of the local premiership club, trying to impress their dates/partners.

Re: That's the beauty of this

20k for the first year, then that 10k(the rise only)+20k, for the second, and so on, surely. They would have had each of those payrises permanently.

Surface Pro 1 owner here, Civ works fine and has a touchscreen mode too. Not tried FM but I'd expect it to take a bit of time between turns.

Re: Anyone flashed one of these with Android?

The bright yellow one, is just a yellow QI cover. WP8 devices seem to have brought back changable covers in a big way.

No-one has got Android running on a WP8 device yet, or even sideloading of apps.

Re: 20 years?

But Apple made the smartphone.... and Nokia started it...honest..... HTC weren't even a blip on the radar.....even though they produced phones with lots more features years before the competition (when they worked right. SPV c500 replaced 4 times to get a useable one).

I still have my HTC Universal somewhere..... such a great phone, the only phone where I wish they would just update the internals (and software) and re-release it.

Looking at this list http://www.windowsfordevices.com/c/a/Windows-For-Devices-Articles/Guide-to-HTCs-Windows-Mobile-smartphones/

there are a few phones there I would love to see updated.....oh and maybe the tytn II for another :D

Which network? I'm sure there are lots of disgruntled Orange Customers.

And fictional/wrong debts too.

My parents had a HCEO push a letter through the door saying I'll be back later to take the car. Cue frantic phonecalls/traces to find that a) they didn't owe any debt and b) the company had just gone through the electoral role and checked the addresses to find the same name with the most expensive car.

My debts however were real and are now statute barred (6 years+), though I learnt lots of the nasty underhanded tricks they pull and now have a handy list for others to follow :-

Always ask for proof of the debt.... many have none, so it could be fictitious (had 2 of those in a year)

If they try and get you to sign ANYTHING refuse, whatever they say the reason it's most likely a lie to get you to sign a walk-in possession

never let them in, speak on the front.... sure it's embarassing but one foot in the door means they OWN everything in sight (except beds/cooker/essentials).

Most importantly never, ever agree a payment until you have concrete proof of the debt (from them). a single "token" payment restarts the 6 year statute limit.

Oh and keep as much as possible in writing.... voice isn't worth the paper it's written on :)

You sir are a genius..... sounds like a perfect Youtube vid..... Sweeping shots of the queues, and right at the front on the other side someone sat having a coffee and snack and asking them awkward questions.

Hack the TV

Yup, been there done that. Last TV had a USB port I wanted to use so after a minor hack on the original firmware it was enabled for general use.... as a bonus it turned out Video/music/picture support was unlocked when I did it too.

Baaaaaaaaaaa.

People are sheep. They like the illusion of choice, but not really having any... that way any problems are someone elses fault.

Present company accepted of course as us el reg readers are more likely to want real choice and not just the pretend choice.

this is a title, this is my thumb, this ones for headers, this ones for.......

Sounds like a pretty decent marketing slogan for the print media campaign :)

Decent DLNA software - Samsung Allshare

I also do all of my home media tasks using DLNA over the network. 2 Jogglers, android phone, ps3, tv, and laptop all work without problems

Currently I'm using Samsung Allshare (Free and pretty low resource usage). I can't comment on music files as I mainly play mp3's. But for video it seems to play anything that remotely ressembles a video file, I was surprised to see full HD MKV support over wifi with no stuttering/cutout.

Point it in the direction of your library and let it index the files. Updated the files, just open up allshare again and it will ask if you want it to rebuild the library for you :D

The only sticking point is enabling devices for playback the first time.

I think they might have figured out what people want

There are 2 types of triple play too....

The first has a BD, DVD and Digital like you describe.

The second has a 3D BD, standard BD and digital.

I'm working under the assumption that they have figured out that if you have a BD player you generally want a copy to throw around the internal network for all your devices too :D

@ So how many Wii owners felt like they "won"

Any Wii can be hacked with an SD card and a version specific file/game. You can then enable the ability to play games (that you copy from your legally owned disks) from a USB drive. You can also enable region bypass so all those jap/us only games that can be imported can be played on your standard UK wii :D

That sounds like a win to me.

I have all 3 systems and the Wii felt like the biggest win and biggest disappointment at the same time.... pretty much like the Wii U