Posts by JDX

Re: I suspect

I really hope we see a new Mac Mini - I've been considering replacing my old Windows desktop and old MacBook with a single machine for a while, but have been waiting for a newer Mini since the spec is so old.

Well said. They have built a real sense of brand identity and to be honest I quite liked the adverts too.

Re: Screw Ichan

>>It's just a matter of time before the overall worth (not just $$$) of Apple takes a legendary dive.

So people keep saying. And it did take a big dive... but then it regained and exceeded the previous record just the other week.

If you mean "at some point in human history it will take a dive" then yes it's inevitable but that's a pretty safe bet.

Re: drag artists ... complained... the network was forcing them to ditch their stage names

I wonder if any of the people downvoting my perfectly valid question actually know the answer and just don't want to share it.

Re: what twat came up with the idea of combining the search bar and the address bar

Yeah, you wouldn't catch Mozilla or Google or Apple doing something that silly.

Hang on...

Re: What IS the physics then?

>>The real physics is getting an atom to emit a blue photon...

That part I know, jumps between energy levels. It doesn't sound terribly revolutionary, more like trial and error. I wondered if some new understanding in physics allowed them to figure out how to do it, or if it's more a case of a long hard slog than a new discovery?

edit: hadn't seen the post above. So "long hard slog" is accurate but I don't mean that as a criticism.

Re: 8gb? really?

Why on earth would you only want maps of Wales? The kind of person who never leaves Wales probably doesn't own a smartphone.

Re: What does Win 7+++ Offer?

It's faster, has far better driver support, is much more secure, and is still being patched.

Re: There is only one way.

A well-crafted phishing spam email doesn't prey on greed, and doesn't fall under what most computer users would understand as "common" sense. An email which appears to come from your bank and has a link which looks legit (but isn't if you look at the actual URL) can easily deceive those who did not grow up with the internet... which is still most of us.

As the majority of computer users become those who grew up with the web, it will become common sense and scammers will have to get smarter.

Re: Jenna-Louise

He's not human, if he changes between incarnations his tastes could bend towards other species entirely.

Re: One app, many targets... what could go wrong?

Um, the same would be true in W10 as well... same binary with different interfaces. And actually, when you build an iOS app your app package contains multiple binaries anyway... watch it compile and it does a whole build for several different architectures these days... arm6,7,64, yada yada. Your single application is compiled for multiple targets.

Re: I don't enroll in a local sport club under a fake nam

That's your problem, you're confusing nerds with normal people. To them, the internet is just one small part of the world, a way of finding information about the world and communicating with the rest of the world. It's not a separate world they need to hide in where they need to hide who they are.

Re: Remote IMEI check

If you paid using PayPal you'd surely get your money back pronto as they side with the buyer.

Re: So the shock news is....

Exactly - the way he was doing it he was never going to get anything in return.

Re: I can't see anything even slightly revolutionary about it

If it genuinely runs across all form factors, without forcing the same UI on all of them, that would be something neat. Writing one application with separate UI interfaces depending if you're running it on phone, tablet or desktop for instance... MVC architecture making a big come-back!

Rather surprised eBay haven't got in trouble before now, for using their dominant position in the online auction space to drive business to their online payments platform business.

Re: However, being transported in a user's pocket is a normal use-case for a phone

Indeed. But it's not clear if it was placed carefully in a pocket, or for instance, stuffed in a back pocket.

It DOES sound like the phone is more delicate than some, but that may or may not be to the extent it should be considered a problem. A handful of people reporting the issue out of 10 million is not a big enough sample.

It could be a bad batch with a common fault, even.

Re: "keyboard doubles as a capacitive multitouch trackpad"

I find it hard to imagine swiping my fingers over a bumpy surface but maybe it's one of those things you just have to experience to understand.