Posts by PiltdownMan

Re: Ha!

or Microsoft Windows! (When possible).

I use Fedora and Brave when not at work.

Re: my solution is...

They give you a nice count down ro watch, some times. more interesting than any ads.

Re: But it is crypto

Never use Wikipedia as a reference. It is an unproven third party reference. Anyone can edit Wikipedia with erroneous data.

Always go back to the Original source references, hopefully written by academics who know what they are talking about.

Re: This will end in tears

Yes, I don't want Farcebook anywhere near my 5G!!!

Mine's a 10 year old HP Laptop

Alright, I've upgrade the CPU from 2.0GHz to 2.6GHz, upped the RAM to 8GB AND put in an SSD.

It flippin flies now. (WIndows 10, Office 2019, Visual Studio 2019, OoenSCAD, Arduino IDE etc)

(Alright, VS2019 compile times are a bit iffy, but hey)

I reckon it's got a nother 10 years life left in it now.

For my Souvenier of these days

I have a representation of SNOOPY in ASCII, on 8-bit paper-tape. Used to print on Line Printers and Teletypes.

Maybe I'm no longer middle-aged (I already have an MR2 just for fun).

My only gripe with my Gemini PDA, is that when browsing in landscape mode, the web page headings can take up over 50% of the screen estate, making most web sites very cramped. Is there something I'm missing?

But, agreed, bring on Sailfish 3...

Re: Bollocks

But Americans are stupid. Who the fuck do you think voted in Trump? Oh Yeah, that was the Russians, wasn't it

Re: Noting that Dyson also briefly did washing machines

Yeah, me and Mrs PiltownMan had one of those. It was great until the gearbox went. No parts available by that time. A VERY expensive paper weight!

Re: Gerry Anderson thought of it first

Don't forget the great Derek Meddings, who brought the fantastic models to life!!!

Re: Just remember

I used to use my upper lip to distinguish slightly overheating ICs. (Very Sensitive)

Imagine my surprise when I got near the ones that were REALLY hot!?!?!?!?!

Re: That probably explains..

Yep, bought my Note 3 on release day 4 plus years ago, battery has just died after 4yrs and 2 months. £8 for new battery, fitted in seconds.

Phone still going strong in my son's hands now. I've stupidly bought a Galaxy S8+ (Nice, realy nice phone, although I dropped and SMASHED (not cracked) screen within two months. It's so easy to drop, it's in a full wrap-around rubberised case now. SAFE!

I think I'm gonna get a simple feature phone next time. I'll be happy with just calls, texts & email on my mobile. I prefer a 7" tablet for everything else. (I'm an old git, as advised by my User-Name.)

RESULT!

Re: Is anyone thinking "About f**king time"?

The ISPs will just refuse to connect low speed users, to bump up their own 'Average' speeds.

Re: Virgin Media Tivo

I run a SH3 in modem mode pushing a Netgear R6400 router running DD-WRT latest firmware build.

Seams very reliable (more so than a SH3 in router mode, which locks up very regularly!).

Must admit, I don't game, so can't comment on latency.

Re: opps

I agree with you, although I would add that the manager asked the wrong question.

Instead of "What are the chances of it going wrong?", he needed to ask "What are the risks to business if it does go wrong?" AND "How do we plan/mitigate for this to reduce the impact.?"

Re: not just since 1998

I up-voted you, but would like to add, that viewing 2k at the cinema is cool, until you see 4k. For me, at least, I now feel short changed when our local flea pit only plays my selection in 2k. Hey ho!

Re: I wonder how well this would run Linux?

I have a two month old Pro 3. I put the latest version of Fedora (22?) on, installation went well.

Keyboard and touch pad worked, touch worked but pen did not.

ALSO, and this is a biggy for me, It didn't toggle between Tablet and Desktop mode on removing/installing keyboard.

And, although I hate to say it, I found Windows 10 to be a much more polished overall experience than Fedora; I guess that's what keeps drawing me back to Windows. Just got to fix the privacy issues now.

Re: No thank you

Yeah, I get all that "Service" stuff that you mentioned, but I am more concerned about Microsoft spying on my every move, more so than Google and Facebook.

I've dumped Facebook, and returned to a clean build of Windows 8.1 & ClassicShell.

Happy now!

Re: No Control of Updating

The word is PREMISES. Premise is a proposition, not a building