Posts by Tim

iRadio

Just kinda wondering if Apple make a DAB radio yet, what with those being a significant source of revenue for Imagination Technology. Another Imag'Tech development I read of a while back is a satnav combined with 3d imaging, so basically you can see a picture of where you are & where you should turn next. I think it was meant to be due out in Japan first.

Oh, before anybody gets too excited about this & over-investing in this genuinely interesting firm, it might be worth checking their profit figures.

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2 things...

Mr Spang, I entirely agree that a "mid-air" digitiser would be dreadful to use, however the article says the digitiser is "built into the right side of the palm rest." Presumaly, this means that as well as 2 screens the laptop has a separatedigitiser. I've only ever used a digitiser & screen combined, not sure if this idea will help or hinder. Personally, it would have been better if the smaller screen slid out from the keyboard & had the digitiser incorporated in it.

Dominic... get with it man, inches are the new centimetres.

Merry Xmas

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@ AC 08:57

We wouldn't gain less spam, almost all of it comes from the US anyway (or did until someone pulled the plug on the ISP last month).

Oh, if anyone's into undersea stuff, I recommend a book called Blind Man's Buff, tis a good read.

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Skype too?

Has anyone seen a mention of whether Skype is going to be blocked there too? I am aware its encryption & general difficulty to snoop makes it unpopular with Govts. Especially that type of Govt.

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Magnificent!

Merry Chrimbo all

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@ Gordon

gingermunters.com might offer a few quid for them.

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Batteries

Does anyone know what batteries it is running? 200Kw for up to 10 minutes seems rather a lot, and by my excellent mathematics (cough) requires 192 average-sized car batteries. Heavy stuff...

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Congrats due

Despite all the cynicysm, I feel that some congrats are due to those who developed, tested and project managed this through both successfully and ahead of schedule.

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It's better than nothing

At least Virgin are trying to develop the broadband product, admittedly to those lucky ones (unlike me) who have cable, whereas what are BT doing... their product development seems to have entirely stopped in 2002 when ADSL Max came along.

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Where's ...

the relevant Playmobil demo of the catering techniques? Couldn't you pull it off?

For your next trick...

If I ask nicely, could you do a similar comparison of portable DAB radios- i.e. the little ones that run headphones? Would save me the effort of figuring out which ones are rechargeable etc.

Thanks

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@Yarr

Thanks- no I'd never heard of that site before. Looks promising as it uses it's own client to carry out the updates, will give it a try. Thanks again

@ Obama

The British public don't protest. And if they do the British media doesn't publish that it happened. Sorry, but no solution to this one. Until there's a revolution.

Oh, you can't even adopt a "if you can't beat them then join them" approach, as individuals are not allowed to trade in carbon credits.

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Which reminds me...

It's that time of year when the festive lights will be dominating the, er, areas of social housing. As Chavscum seems to have demised, can anyone recommend a site which will be featuring the tackiest creations of our less-employed fellow citizens?

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Presumably

If he comes to the wrong conclusions then he will be arrested.

I still haven't seen a single explanation as to why anti-terrorism police were involved, hopefully this investigation will address this too and publish its full report.

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Passive RFID range

I'm rather surprised by this, afaik passive RFID chips can only be read reliably from a few cm, ou have to use active (i.e. battery powered) at the ranges the article mentions. Anyone got any info on the technology they are using?

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@ Jerome

Er, these rumours that Hitler actually had four legs and may have come from an alternate dimension... any chance of a link to them? Perhaps even a video of him double-goosestepping?

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btw, lunch was good today

Oh well

It's not as if they are hard to spot anyway.

Now, someone leak the freemasons list, that would be much much more interesting.

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A disgrace

BT are an utter disgrace. A so-called technology company which can only provide the same ADSL service as it has offered for around 7 or 8 years (longer in some parts of the country) while the rest of the world, and those in the UK on cable, are getting far better value and speeds.

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Price?

Any idea how much these are? Strip out the military stuff & it's be just the job, like having your own private pilot; hop on board, key the destination into the GPS & lay back for a snooze. Got to be better than travelling Ryanair anyway.

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@ Steve

I can't help wondering if, with this new card design, they will move the fraud liability onto the cardholder instead. They could even argue that it is fairer, as the new system is "fraud-proof" so any problem "must" be caused by the cardholder not taking sufficient care.

To mitigate the negative PR aspects of this, they could even start to offer a fraud protection insurance, albeit for a small fee...

@ radian

So, what is' for lunch today. Lobster and Foie Gras to make up for yesterday?

Alternatively....

This looks another great reason for my boss to buy me one of those awesome tablet PCs with a digitiser screen. I just wish they were cheaper so I could justify buying one myself.

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land of the free-aks part II

Sadly, gmail couldn't come up with a single advert. Doesn't anybody sell anything for Klingons?

Not so inappropriate

A vicar is travelling for an ecclesiastical conference and checks into a hotel. At the end of the checking in process, he calls the manager over and asks "Excuse me my son, but is the pron on my room TV disabled? " The manager replies, "No, it's normal stuff, you sick bast**d".

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Testing

Let's hope they've learned a bit about testing things since last month's shameful debacle.

@ amlendu

According to my ex, that's not the case for Daniel Craig. Though maybe it's relative...

@ AC- Concrete Boats

It's been done before...one of the many delights of Canvey Island

http://www.concretebarge.co.uk/

that landing page is so freaky.

Obligatory Sci-Fi ref #2

In 2001, the Discovery was powered by a nuclear-reactor driven, hydrogen fuelled plasma engine. Glad to see the facts are catching up .

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A sound opening

Looks like McCain is kicking off his campaign at long last. This looks a sound first move indeed, appealing to US patriotism, acting on jobs, and being very timely in view of the Georgia situation.

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Is someone selling something?

I wonder if a leading defence contractor has a new product aimed at protecting the national grid etc, after all Lord West is in the right position to know that...

http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2006/4th_quarter/sir_alan_west_appointed.html

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re Opera

Er, what's the Opera comments meaning? Has it become obsolete & nobody's told me? I've been using it for years and it seems perfectly good to me, did try Firefox a year ago but Opera seemed quicker.

Recycling etc

Bearing in mind our govt's self-proclaimed green credentials, can it be confirmed that these printers will both have their cartridges recycled and will run on recycled cartridges?

A few months ago, HP would not have anything to do with recycled cartridges at all, even though at least 1 firm (Danwood) does it.

Sounds like blackmail to me

Surely they should offer to return your files to you for free instead.

Anyway, why bother with this? Instead, just set up a gmail/yahoo mail account and send yourself (or to be precise just draft and save) an attachment of anything you which to keep a copy of. You can even share things (e.g. pics) with trusted friends or family by telling them the password to it. So long as the file is under 10mb it works fine.

For backing up anything bigger just get a cheap memory stick.

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@ John R - you missed one...

Now these frequencies have been reserved, presumably the govt can auction them off for £20bn to squander in it's usual manner while leaving the consumer to ultimately pick up the tab.

Further records reveal...

A search of the Treasury's archives indicate that 18th century global warming was recgnised and stopped in it's tracks by an enhanced fiscal policy . It was widely recognised that the problem could be dealt with not by researching new technologies or by encouraging people to behave in an environmental manner, but by simply taxing the population heavily on those essential items it cannot do without.

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ebay?

I was wondering how long it'd be before some wag put one up on ebay with Gordon's piccie in it, then I heard these go for £1700 each on the black market, so I'm off to buy a stocking mask and stripey jumper instead.

one for the mods not for publishing...

How can I change my displayed name? There's at least 2 of us Tims on this topic alone & I'm begining to worry about hearing voices next...

Lpoks great to me

If they can price it in the £120 region then I'll get one. Will save me taking 6 or 7 books on my hols and be useful at other times.

@ AC

Dumping it into the ocean would be a shocking waste.

Out of curiosity, anyone got any ideas what sort of booster would be required to move it to a lunar orbit?

Legality?

There's 2 pertinent angles to this, firstly privacy: they are welcome to retain a copy of my image, should they take it, provided they pay the annual fee as outlined in my terms & conditions. They should also contact me for permission beforehand, so I can be sure to be wearing my Sunday best.

Secondly, I can't help wondering how this vehicle fits in with the recent police, er, crackdowns on people taking photos in public places. Indeed, what if it is driven by a swarthy, bearded, backpack wearing gentleman, or his Brazilian lookalike?

Cover-ups do kinda work though

Afetr all, the chip n pin weakness so elegantly exploited on newsnight a few weeks ago has been quietly forgotten very nicely indeed.

In case you've forgotten...

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/banking/ped/

Phorm...

talking of privacy, check out the latest on them

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/isp-spying-made.html

Perhaps, Mr Moderator, you could run a story on this & include the text of the Wikileaks report, as my BT internet connection doesn't seem to be able to download it, oddly....

@ Senor Beavis

No idea about the answer to your question, but are these ex-UK mil staff? I'm wondering why a UK bot is being flown from the US, and whether it is in control of UK or US staff?

What about 22/5 ?

I hope he can take time to look into the 22/5 incident, when Al Queda brought terror to the heart of Exeter. Could that have been a joint MI6-CIA plot authorised at the highest level? I demand an inquiry. Pregferably one that takes several years and costs many millions but doesn't really decide anything.