Posts by johnnymotel

How I long for the days when a quick trip across the Tijuana border for a burrito and swim could enable another 6 months on my visa....

SACRE BLUE!

Un titre d'appât de clic du Register

Nothing new for Sicily...

Several years ago I met an Italian whose family was from Sicily. In conversation about his life on the island it turned out his dad ran a road repair company that managed to get the whole island contract. It was a license to print money, because potholes were always 'appearing' and each pothole would need to be repaired 'several times'.

dunno why we don't just shorten his moniker to Twit-in Chief or TIC

Totally off topic, but why have the Indian AirForce painted their Hawks a sort of dung coloured brown?

Self driving cars and uber

This is such a joke. Massive and I mean massive changes will have to happen to our streets and roads to allow safe driverless cars. No human driver means the car will have to react to every single danger or obstacle in an ultra safe and appropriate manner.

Cue kids playing chicken and winning every time. Traffic comes to a standstill.

As for the Fiat 500, I think the designers 'knew' that Fiat wanted bigger versions down the line. So the original was designed to grow from the start. This would explain why 'fattened' versions of the 500 look so much better than any similar Mini.

my good fortune....

We are moving house very soon, and before all this happened I had decided TT was bollocks, so was already to cut them off and move to someone else. Trouble is the 'most secure big name' i.e. Virgin is not wired up to our new street, so I have to look elsewhere.

Cant wait to say bye-bye.

IBM's IT dept

I have no idea if this figure is true or not, but IBM have stated they use 24 IT people to look after all their Mac machines.

More Doom

Doom, Doom, Doom, I say Apple is Doomed

robdunford2@me.com

When I read this article and the FDA bit, I immediately thought this is a one shot suicide gun, hence the medical angle.

Cynic....

Call me one?

"Both were rejected by the civil liberties committee and dropped, only to be resurrected and fast-tracked following a terrorist attack"

Is it me or is it coincidence that this has been the case after almost every attack in the West since 9/11....

Did he plea guilty or not guilty? Did the DoJ offer him a deal to avoid a trial?

Roll on the spirit of meanness...

Another Tory "fuck you and stick this middle finger where it hurts"

Also, it's getting close to that time when I have to leave this dear place with its sick government.

Back in 1995 I visited some friends up in the Pyrenees on the Spanish side. All they had for leccy, were PV cells and lead batteries. They just about managed day to day. The cost of bring mains power to their house was not cost effective. This is where I can see the advantages, almost anywhere the cost of bringing power lines is not cost effective. I don't know the numbers, but there must be a very large population who don't have mains power and to bring it in is not cost effective. It could be sold by the utility as a package of PV+battery.

or this version?

long time ago, Mr Clarkson mocked the old Fiat Stilo by saying it looked like someone had sat on a baked potato...I see Citroen has revived this concept.

Build a space station around it

just invented??

This clock has been in development for a number of years, however, its only recently that the boffins have achieved the 15 billion year accuracy. I think the geodesy application has to be the most interesting, perhaps this could be the start of earthquake predictions.

I read somewhere, the director has designs on a new Alien, sequel, prequel or whatever....and just last night I watched D9, again, on TV, still totally absorbing.

or this version?

Once again, I read another article that simply reinforces my almost total cynicism and disbelief in our government, politicians and law upholders.

The main issue with modular phones is that the design will always be compromised by the modularity. Its a great idea for sure, just don't expect it to be a slim, as lightweight as the competition. I can see it appealing to a subset of users though.

or this version?

this is the baby to covet....

https://eshop.macsales.com/preorder/OWC-Thunderbolt2-Dock/

silly question from someone who knows zip....

I know nothing about Raspberry Pi, but do have a nice 5 bay DAS by Lian Li with enough space in the rear for a little board like this....so would it be possible to turn it into a NAS with the right components?

IS IT?

64 bit

I have a relative (distant) who worked at a big datacenter just outside Cairo and stayed on all through the uprisings. Maybe I should get him to contribute. I don't think it will be quite as graphic or dangerous for that matter. Their employer took pretty good care of their safety, they spent most of the day and nights at the centre which had armed guards.

OMFG...ASTROGASMS....life may really exist out there in the vast and infinite depths of space or in other words 'get a life dear scientists'