Posts by AMBxx

integrating the thermostat to home security

Nope, not happening.

Re: @Ken Hagan: Who'd be a web designer?

Too many of these fonts are free because they're just tracking users. Ghostery blocks a load.

If only it also disabled this annoying fad of pale grey text on a white background.

Re: Makes me laugh...

I use Android on BlackBerry. No problem turning off individual rights in each application. I'd assumed this was standard in Android, but obviously not. If an app doesn't work with the rights I'm willing to give, it's just uninstalled.

Re: This is how it begins

More likely to be just marketing fluff.

Had similar deals at 2 software companies I used to work for. Just for powerpoint and marketing. Nothing ever really happens.

Re: Useless

A sports car would be no use to me - I have 2 dogs and carry lots of stuff around. Doesn't mean it's no good for anybody else.

As for my Land Rover - great for me out here in the sticks, wouldn't want to drive it around the city though.

It comes down to requirements, not religion.

Downvote just for being a leftie!

Re: "Couldn't see the point of getting a Sonos. "

Sonos has a very clever way of connecting its network. Means you can still use in a very large house without mucking about with loads of WiFi repeaters. That said, probably less useful now that we 'need' WiFi everywhere at home.

* I have a friend with a very large house and a Sonos. Sadly, my house has no problem getting WiFi everywhere.

Re: Rolled back to previous version

I paid for version 6 to use as a pdf editor. Much cheaper than Adobe. Looks like I won't be buying the upgrade!

I guess that's why MS have introduced the Archival folder in the latest updates. Sort of deleted, but not. No use to me, but sounds like your user needs it.

Re: Yup drivers

Similar experience with a SP 4. Then went through the update problem where alternately, eith the Wifi or the sleep state would go wrong.

Re: key and value

WinFS was too slow for the hardware available at the time. I think we've all forgotten just how ambitious MS were with Vista in the betas. All the good stuff was dropped, just leaving the stuff that should have been dropped.

They've been planning to move Exchange to SQL for years. As far as I know, it still hasn't happened, leaving us with the horrible ebd format.

Re: Happy Surface Pro 4 Owner here

I was always in the category of 'cheap disposable laptop buyer'. Then I had the chance to buy a SP4 Pro for £500 + VAT.

Now, I have to admit, I'd be tempted to pay full price. It really is a great piece of kit. Especially now Microsoft seem to have moved on from breaking wifi or sleep state with each update.

Re: Option to drive manually

They're still arguing about liability. Will probably be a temporary fudge between the government an insurance companies until it becomes clearer.

Some great philosophical arguments about who an autonomous car should kill in the event of an unavoidable accident though!

Re: Do these systems actually work ?

I have two customers insisting I use Slack. I now have two extra places I can go to view kitten videos.

Re: What would a fair headline be?

I was really sad when my Lumia 950XL stopped working (made better by Amazon's refund policies), but as much as I'd have loved another, they're just no longer supported properly.

When I first reported the problem to Amazon, they referred me to Microsoft. Microsoft referred me to their online forums - this isn't support!

Now using a Blackberry Priv - I'm a sucker for lost causes. Blackberry have done a good job with a mediocre OS, but still not as good to use as Windows Phone (or whatever it's called this week).

Since the drop in copper prices, not such a big thing. It was only a few years ago that someone calculated that the scrap value of all BT's copper wire was greater than the stock market value of the company. Probably earmarked for paying the board a big bonus.

We've come a long way though. Remember when IIS was introduced - it was enabled by default, with no security and a web interface for admin.

Then there was SQL Server listening on Port 80.

Re: Dumb question maybe?

I didn't mean as an alternative to a vm, but as an alternative to all the other Azure options.

separate maths co-processor

I'm sure there was a socket next to the CPU for that. Seems very primitive by today's standards.

Re: Why wait?

O2's Business Web site too. I can't get an invoice without using a browser that supports Flash!

Re: Paint has its uses

Wait until they try to replace Notepad!

compare strings directly in C# instead of having to use .equals().

That's one of the things I really don't like about C#. It never seems to know whether a string is an object or not.

We already know.

Not as much as we think we do. The flavours in vaping are governed by food legislation. That means their effect when heated hasn't always been tested. There's already been the case of the caramel flavour that's carcinogenic when heated and inhaled, but perfectly safe when flavouring food.

Re: Expensive PC...

They're very cheap if Google help you fiddle central government spending. Hence the 50% of the market in the US.