Posts by MrT

Go Google...

..."nokia sues apple for patent infringement" for a laugh before having a cow, man. It's so common that typing the first two words brings that phrase up on the suggestions. Easy, eh?

It's not the first time teh two companies have had a tit-for-tat in the courts, as anyone who follows this tech will know, but in at least one lawsuit Nokia claims the infringements involve technology used to enhance speech and data transmission, and antenna innovations for compact devices.

Nothing to do with style, looks or anything superficial, but all to do with the way the basics function. No dreaming involved, silly or otherwise.

;-D

http://andywibbels.com/images/expendability_star_trek.jpg

Heavy rain...

"Why, on Gliese 581d, the rain beats down so hard, it makes your head bleed!"

"So some sort of hat is probably in order?"

Etc...

Watch out for the hailstorms.

Or...

... if Apple want the rights to use the abbreviation "App", everyone else should use a different way of shortening the word "Application".

How about "Appl. Store"...? Ah no, because "Appl." already mostly brings up Apple links on Google, with or without the punctuation that indicates it's a longer word shortened.

"Appstor" then? Fighting Napster for an almost identical name must be easier than Apple...

Apple is not the only retailer of applications. What Apple is basically claiming is the right to be the only company that uses a certain widely used abbreviation of "application" next to a certain widely used word for "retail establishment selling items to the public". "App Store" is not so much a name as a description.

Yup...

... read that and though "Moodle" **

And with the £4.4 million change from the £4.4 million *one-year* budget there'd be enough for a few good techs and content developers. I've used Moodle to support learners who were not welcome in any school and were being given the cold shoulder by admissions staff - it works well, but solid tech support is needed.

**other proper elearning platforms do exist... and they don't need sneaky 'platform upgrades' at great expense to support newer versions of Windows etc.

good idea...

... but just turn any posted link into a clickable button with "Link" on it...

@Lewis - Same thing with Safari...

...or did everyone forget that it's bundled with Apple PCs and was forced onto all users of Apple software on other systems a few years back through their Update?

The 'forced' thing might be true of the first purchase of the OS (though really it's a matter of convenience, not coercion), but I chose to download IE9 a while back to try it out. My preference for browsing is still Firefox as default (on Windows and Linux), then IE, and then Chrome or Konqueror occasionally. Safari never gets a look-in following Apple's sleight of hand, although I did try it out at the time. Opera never even crosses my mind.

Anyhow, where's Marc Andreessen when you need a balanced view on browsers? ;-)

Same here...

Is this more likely to be a problem affecting network transmissions over HT powerlines, such as the ISP to home link being carried along high-level pylons?

From Ofcom...

"800 MHz clearance

In order to align the frequencies released by digital switchover for alternative uses with those released by other European countries, UHF channels 61 and 62 will be ‘cleared’ of digital TV services over the coming years. UHF channels 39 and 40 (which were previously among the channels due to be released for other uses after switchover) will instead now be retained for TV broadcasting."

From http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/guidance/tech-guidance/yorkshire.pdf

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/information/a12613/uhf-channel-and-frequency-guide.html

So "yes" is the answer to my earlier question - they're clearing out the current tenants first.

Use ice...

... as an ablation shield - would serve the same purpose. However, it would need topping up - as would the astronauts' drinking water (not all can be reclaimed).

Wikileaks...

...will no doubt carry full transcripts of the "11-finger" case in due course.

Sent from my MicroWriter AgendA...

Hotblack!

It'll take a while to get there, but that just means there's enough time to set up the planet-busting soundstage on Mercury.

Coverage is odd...

... I had 4 out of 5 bars of 3G goodness on a HTC Desire at the top of a 1600ft 'mountain' on Harris (Outer Hebrides), but absolutely nothing at all back down in Tarbert waiting for the ferry. Must have been on a line of sight to a tower over the sea on Skye - which itself isn't bad given the distance. Mobile broadband out there seems to favour the sheep...

Hold the front page!

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Twittering-Office-Chair/

Now, how do we get it into Steve's office...?