Posts by stucs201

I'm not sure the double-sided sticky tape is up to the job, this is real engineering not Blue Peter - you want gaffa tape...

Metric? Imperial?

What are these strange units you speak of. Surely it should be in linguini or brontosaurus lengths or something.

Re: Tripod?

If you're prepared to carry the weight and bulk of a decent tripod then you may as well carry a DSLR instead of this, the weight/bulk of the optical viewfinder is going to be irrelevant.

Re: Just in time to avoid that Samsung climbdown in the UK

Ignoring that any product trying to point out its own coolness looks desperate and becomes uncool the Samsung response in their adverts would also be simple "Samsung: For when you need more than just a fashion accessory".

Re: > 32GB ?

Changing music on an mp3 player would defeat most of the point for me. Mine mostly lives in the car with my entire collection on it, it only really comes out when I buy new music. This means I need capacity. I don't want to have to keep connecting to the computer to change things or choose in advance - doing that would actually be more hassle than putting a different set of CDs in the changer in the boot. Having everything is also good on holiday when I'm away from the computer but not from a power supply.

re: what next?

Not a bad idea. Just be sure to power it from a potato battery.

Re: I'm coming round to the idea that the Ribbon is better than toolbars

Which points to my problem with the ribbon. Yes the ribbon is a reasonable replacement for the toolbar (actually its much like the tabbed toolbar concept which has been occasionally seen long before office tried it).

However the toolbar wasn't the only pre-ribbon component of the UI - there was a menu too. Its the menu which the ribbon is a poor substitute for.

I don't so much want the ribbon gone, what I want is the menu back. In (non-ms) programs which allow it ribbon+menu is indeed a viable alternative to toolbar+menu. Its ribbon without a menu I don't like.

re: "they didn't do the Canon trick of changing their mounts for digital, so old lenses still fit)"

It wasn't digital Canon changed the mount for and Nikon didn't. It was autofocus.

Re: My spin goes up to 11

I too am suspicious that they're just trying to kill off gadgets.

Its a shame really, I think they missed an oportunity. When I first heard Windows 8 was going to have closer ties to Windows Phone I hoped for something rather different than what we've got: I thought they might have implemented a way to run a phone application as a gadget on a desktop/laptop (possibly with recompilation).

"Given the iPad's status as a glorified picture frame"

So you're saying you'd prefer an aspect ratio which matched a typical digital camera? Most digital compact cameras are 4:3...

Re: Clarke's Stations: Not Manned

The manned communications satellites refers to his short stories, for example "Who's There?" from 1958.

Re: War of the Worlds deserves a place in history

Well with Cybermen it depends. New cybermen are from Earth (even if it is a parallel one). Proper Cybermen are aliens though.

Re: Dear Sony

And yet the wristwatch took over from the pocket watch because on the wrist is more convinient for some tasks than in a pocket.

Re: Great! If only he still had something to say.

I really don't care if the only use he wants to put it to is ordering a burger and chips. If anyone deserves a device like this its someone who has contributed so much already in the face of such adversity.

Re: I Applaud Kepler (and Its Boffins), But...

Ah, but we're looking at whole planets. A fair few of Niven's worlds would get missed since he was fond of worlds with small habitable zones on otherwise inhospitable planets.

Re: Why go to the moon, when you can go to mars?

Or there's this option for Mars:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18506033

Re: Almost tempted

Sorry to reply to my own post, fogot to add this as an example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yIxUOWrtw

Re: Strange

As is often the case they've not listed all the platforms....

Re: XP?

Right behind you.

(Though I still think the cancelled courier looked more interesting)

Because that doesn't separate permision to "rememeber I'm logged in so I don't have to type my password again tommorow" from "stalk me from site to site and deliver creepy adverts based on my browsing history".

Re: What's wrong with just taking a picture?

Whats wrong with a magnifying glass? That would give you the same effect without it getting all blocky and pixellated.