Posts by Thomas 6

Re: Unlike Aurora

It's compatible with either, not both. You have to specify which engine compatibility you want on setup.

Re: Hiring for SUCCESS

Experience and wisdom are valuable and, therefore, expensive. Age, however, is not a reliable indicator of either of these things.

If someone with 30 years experience is that much "better and faster" then their pay should reflect that. However, it should be based on performance and not simply their age.

Re: I NEVER get tired of saying this

It's going really well for me and the several multimillion pound companies I've helped transition.

Maybe that's because I actually consider "a high-availability/failover setup" to be a bare minimum in anything that is mission critical.

Re: Unreadable code

I think I've worked with your friend

Re: Who the fuck cares about such semantics in this day and age?

The point is that both propositions, without evidence, are absurd. It is not that I do not 'believe' that there is a God (or orbiting teapot etc), it is that I reject other's assertion that there is.

I also do not understand some religious people's obsession with regarding a lack of belief as a belief itself. Is your belief in a God as strong and important to you as your belief that there are no orbiting teapots?

Re: "the most popular developer machine in the world"

It may well be true, albeit misleading.

I assume that everyone who wants a pro-level Mac is going to buy one of these. Everyone who wants a pro-level Windows or Linux machine, however, has a lot more to choose from, therefore, their individual share will be a lot lower.

Re: When is a car not a car?

The question is: when is a car not a vehicle?

If it were a toy car, for instance, this would not neccessarily be classed as a vehicle. Especially if it had non-moving parts.

Re: Priorities

Quite frankly, the police have their priorities entirely correct here.

Burglary - potential damage to, and loss of, property

Dangerous driving - potential loss of life

I know which I'd rather have the police focus on (not exclusively)

Re: Big city slicker.

"Want to know how long it takes driving the limit to get fron 32nd to 78th? Ask a taxi driver..."

Erm, isn't that what they'd be doing by looking at the this?

Re: The question is...

Same here.

Very few of my deliveries are time-critical so I just get the £1 Kindle voucher. It does mean that if I want 2 things I order them separately though which has to hurt them on delivery charges!

And Giphy

Re: Why ?

Below are the Internet download speed recommendations per stream for playing movies and TV shows through Netflix.

0.5 Megabits per second - Required broadband connection speed

1.5 Megabits per second - Recommended broadband connection speed

3.0 Megabits per second - Recommended for SD quality

5.0 Megabits per second - Recommended for HD quality

25 Megabits per second - Recommended for Ultra HD quality

You barely reach the recommended speed for standard definition (which can look terrible on an HD TV). And that is for one device. Most houses have multiple devices connecting at once, e.g. mobile phones, TVs etc.

Re: No marks to the following:

Which mobile phones do not have a caps lock? I believe on both Android and iOS that double tapping the shift key turns on caps lock.

I have no idea what exists for Windows.

Re: a week and 2 engineers

The comments on the Express story are atrocious.

Re: Re:

The difference here is that Microsoft sell a completed version of Windows which is installed on a device. Google create a version of Android which is then modified by the OEM before being installed. Google have no control over these modifications therefore cannot release a 'fix' that will work on all devices.

Google have made attempts to address this and supply a lot of updates via the Google Play Services. It is, however, an issue that will continue to plague Android unless a better solution is found.

Re: Next Case...

I shall assume that you are being deliberately obtuse. If not, then I struggle to comprehend how you even managed to post this given your obvious development difficulties.

For the sake of the argument I shall summarise the issue for you:

1. Person A has Apple phone with iMessage switched on

2. Person A switches Apple phone to an Android phone

3. Person A is no longer receiving all of their text messages because Apple is still processing them through iMessage which is not compatable with Android

4. Person A does not want to run iMessage on their Android, they just want their text messages delivered.

Now could you please explain your analogy and how it relates to the story.

Re: Inflation

I think the originals were around £120, although there were deals around that brought them under £100.

My Moto G 2nd Generation 4G (bit of a mouthful) was £140 earlier this year.

Re: Request line

I am also a Guardian reader who had no visible signs of frothing whilst reading the article.

I can't say that I was a fan of all of the language used (e.g. “Suck it up, honey!” being more my attitude, you want the blessing of children then there's costs that go with them) but the content of the article is something that I have been saying for a long time.

0800 numbers are free with Three. They made a big thing about it a while back. If you are being charged, you may still be on an historic price plan.

"I don't touch the damn thing unless I have to, it applied it's UI 'improvements' and rendered hardware obsolete on it's own."

"It" = "the other half"?

Re: My nest is on track to pay for itself in year 2

"Secondly, what sort of person locks themselves IN the house?"

I would guess most people. Do you leave your doors unlocked when you are in the house, even when you are asleep?

Re: Still don't get it...

Because not everybody is happy being told what they can and can't do with the device that they have purchased.

This applies to Apple mostly but I rooted my Android phone mainly to get rid of all the crap, e.g. Facebook.

Re: kickstarter

This is true but you know exactly what you are signing up for in the beginning. If you want to fund projects in this manner then KS is not the place to do it.

Re: Billing issues.

"I've had various other issues with T Mobile (aka EE) making apparently random deductions, usually to do with apps updating unasked and once with an accidental dial (thanks touchscreen)."

No offence, but how was any of that T-Mobile's fault?

Re:The fun part comes if you try to take defective US kit to a UK retailer for repair..

I bought a pair of Uggs for my girlfriend in New York a few years ago. Pretty much the first time she wore them she scuffed her toe on the curb which made a hole in the boot.

We got in touch with Ugg in the UK and they arranged for a free replacement with no fuss. We did buy them from the actual Ugg store rather than a reseller though so not sure if this made a difference.

Re: Could it be what is on offer in the shops/online?

The cost quote was in the context of the entire comment.

In the early days of HDTV (or 3D / smart TV), the customer paid extra for this feature. Now it is on all TVs, there is no extra charge. It is just part of the cost of the TV.

I think you are getting confused. Us in the north are benefit scroungers. We don't have enough money to be genuine tax dodgers. Those are all in the south.