Posts by Skydreamer

Sorry about data charges - I hope that includes global roaming

Local data excess charges are bad enough - the horrendous cost of roaming data while overseas is even more unconscionable.

That's not a window

At first glance I thought the cafeteria had a huge window looking out into the woodland but then saw the real (small) window to the left.

Lame song

Can't they be charged for that too?

More branch closures predicted?

In Australia, banks love to close branches -- so some remote communities have no local bank at which to queue for teller service. This may let them close more branches and get around some bank charter clause like "must have a branch-like service within 500km of a client" or whetever...

Also handy for the Hamburger Dom

St Pauli is also a handy stop to get to the Hamburger Dom funfair in Heiligengeistfeld which is well worth a look.

110 in Spain should be better than in Oz

In Australia the distances are greater between cities yet the speed limit is 110km/h. Compared to 120 km/h that adds about 30 minutes to a 3-hour journey, or an extra hour and a half on a trip from Melbourne to Sydney.

Remembering Spirit

These articles remind me of this Spirit comic:

http://xkcd.com/695/

SMH Article

Wow - the Sydney Morning Herald has linked to The Register!

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-keeps-deleted-user-photos-for-years-20101013-16j1x.html

Respect!

Not too good on Galaxy S yet

Installs and initially looks okay on the Samsung Galaxy S, but zooming, links, and some necessary (for me) company portal pages don't work. This last one is a pity because the built-in browser also doesn't work on our corporate portal...

But here's hoping.

And instead of Or perhaps?

Rather than changing the washer sessions instead of choosing to line-dry over tumble-dry, why not change the washer setting AND choose to line-dry?

Similarly, why not turn out more lamps AND turn the heating down a couple of degress whiles dressing warmer?

i.e. do these things have to be exclusive?

Self defence?

It's usually illegal to hurt somebody else -- but often not illegal at all to defend yourself, which is what this article is describing.

18+ - so Oz loses out

no R18+ category in Australia so we won't get it unless the classification board decides to allow it in as a MA15 title as it frequently does...

Dophin?

Try "dolphin" (first paragraph). No, don't thank me.

@amanfromMars 1

Is it true that "amafromMars 1" indicates you are not "amanfromMars"? Or are we observing a new phase in your evolution?

Finally my PC will be safe

I'm really happy now Microsoft is providing something to protect my linux box from all those Windows viruses.

But here's another idea to consider: How about Microsoft uses its next "service pack" to upgrade Windows to a Linux distro -- windows malware problem solved! and given Microsoft's market penetration not only will a majority of users upgrade over time, they'll be defending their actions to their Mac pals. Well it sounded good before I typed it out... oh well.