Posts by BoldMan

Re: Maps are useful, but things change

The paper maps will always be a bit out of date, in fact to be honest all maps will always be out of date unless there is 100% universal coverage of road blocks, diversions etc

That said, I'd trust the OS to be more accurate and up to date than Google or any other supplier...

Re: Pressing the foot pedal

... and how would you get them to watch the video... "click on the video button"...

Re: Google / Amazon search results

As that noted guru of all knowledge St Mick of Jagger said, You can't always get what you want, but you can get what you need...

Re: Biofuels, probably won't end well

'Peak Oil' isn't even close - there are huge untapped oilfileds in existence but they are expensive to develop. If the price goes up enough or recovery technology improves, these fields become economically viable and will be developed. We won't be running out of oil for a while yet!

If you don't understand the difference between reserves and resources, you need to read this: http://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Reserve_vs_resource Just because an oil company says it has 20 years worth of reserve doesn't mean the oil will run out in 20 years time!

Re: Floyd reference

Except it wasn't a proper Floyd album without Rick Wright!

Re: Ecky thump?

Goodies, goody goody yum yum

Re: Storm in a tea cup

You are an Apple Shill and I claim my £5

The solution is to allow battery replacement which is relatively inexpensive rather that replace the whole phone. Oh but that isn't going to generate ridiculous profits for Apple is it so your bosses won't be happy.

Get back into your Apple burrow!

Re: Did anyone point out

I used to do epee... oh...

Re: Ah the early days

Oh god no don't let Alan "Build it cheap and crap" Sugar anywhere near it, that WILL be the ultimate kiss of death!

Re: Well...

Is the response to 'Shglob mtwtf lwthyngwb'

Ia Ia Cthulhu fhtagn?

Re: Re:Britannica contains many inaccuracies,

Looks like the Wikimafia shills have arrived...

Lets all play "Spot the Battistelli shill"... oh there you are, I claim my £5!!

Re: Still waiting for the promised flying cars

"greatest thinkers"?????

Are you sure of this?

Re: Bah!

But do they go sideways through time?

Re: Grunts

'Pass me another Elf, I've split this one'

> The shareholders who are our pension funds which we need to perform as well as possible so we can afford to retire...

Fixed that for you!

Re: Can Sean Connery do a Scottish Chinese accent?

The first Highlander movie was excellent... the sequels and subsequent TV series, not so much

Re: "Boffins befuddled..."

I wish I could up-vote you more than once!

Re: Another demo...

Yes but what is scary about this is all the techno-illiterates who reckon that self-driving cars will be here shortly when its obvious the sensor technology just isn't up to scratch yet.

Or a very strong bungee cord

Tax is paid on PROFIT not revenue.

That said, creative accounting still makes sure that no profits are generated by the business.

Re: Credentials

I was thinking exactly the same thing - she must have very little work to do at the moment except for doodling and "blue sky thinking"... who pays her salary?

Re: Beaver!

Yes we killed it several times but its loot table was rubbish :)

It was a humungous beaver/wolf cross and had an annoying habit of teleporting large chunks of the 'raid' into the lake. That zone was one of my favourites.

I was on the US Galahad server, playing a Minstrel called Kallisti - you may have seen some of my maps from back then...

Calling it AI is a bit premature but calling it "automated algorithmical processing of data" is a bit clumsy.

Surely this should be about being able to understand (and possibly challenge if required) decisions made by automated algorithms where the decision making process is obscured... "The computer says No" sort of thing...

Re: Now it can be told...

Swapping the left and right mouse buttons on unattended PCs is also worth a laugh

Re: What's the problem?

> Giving said employee a complement may get you fired... No thanks.

Depends on the compliment... "Nice tits!" or "i really liked that new method you added to the model"

Re: Proud American

Looks like Big John has started posting AC...

Re: Am I paranoid?

> It's golf isn't it, he plays that game a lot.

and still has to cheat!

Simples, don't let it connect to iTunes - I think my first gen iPad is still running IOS5 - the version before they dumped Google Maps. Battery life is shit though...

1) The moment the Sun passes from the Earth's Northern Hemisphere to the South and vice versa

2) A sadly missed science documentary program that used to be on Channel4

3) An album by Jean Michell Jarre

any more?

Re: What about Gill the ARM ?

JP wasn't a writer of what became known as 'Known Space', that was all Niven's writing (until the shared universe Man-Kzin Wars stuff).

RIP Jerry, some great books that are still on my shelves... will have to revisit them this evening

Re: Equifax?

Loved that program but of course it got sacrificed in the downward spiral of increasingly banal "science" documentaries that now require some sort of celebrity standing overlooking the Serengeti while wittering about Black Holes and saying "Brilliant" a lot.

Re: As any good medical professional will tell you

or the old prank about sending the apprentice to the stores for a 'Long Stand'...

Re: So?

Which is just more bloody work that I'd rather avoid having to do when I can use a chip and pin card that doesn't leak my hard-earned cash to anyone with a scanner

Re: That's no moon!

and those were Star Destoyers in orbit around it...

Re: Lightbulb moment?

> One of the better songs on "Duke"..

That is not much of a compliment!