Posts by nobby
115 posts • joined Tuesday 16th October 2007 07:09 GMT
Re: Switching to Java 6 to Java 7 has nothing to do with language (ollocksbay)
Fluff. Going from JDK 6.18 to JDK 6.WellAnythingBiggerThan18 was trouble enough for us due to a Bug introduced into the JRE, a nice well-documented bug that Oracle don't want to fix (still) that buggers up JWS installs (null pointers due to jars being put in a weak-cache). Luckily a couple of bright sparks in the world built a feasible workaround, but we fought random application failurs (yep, random) for too fluffing long.
And yes, there are a few things that give you run-time errors in Java 7 that worked perfectly fine in Java 6... We've not found many.
Don't get me started on IDE compatibility - who would have thought that Oracle's OWN IDE would fail to offer Java 7 support for this long...
Re: Looks like a nice enough keyboard
re: Solar-powered Logitech keyboard:
Got one. Love it. Pleasant on the fingers; I know that it's not a huge mechanical beast of yore (lordie we all loved those late 80's early 90's IBM keyboards) but does me nice. It's currently "attached" to the lappy we have plugged into the telly, so its not getting much of a hammering (I wouldn't really call it a gaming keyboard) but I've done a full shed's worth of typing on it when it was doing service on my main PC.
However, think about it - I paid £70 for a keyboard so that I could save £5 of batteries a year... If the keyboard lasts ten years then I'd have made a profit.
yep, zanto
You have the idea!
Now send that with your fee to the US Patent Office and await your billion of dollars in back-handers!
well..
seeing as how i seem to use about 1% of the functionality available for word or excel then it'd probably do me, as long as its the 1% I use.
I mean, is there anyone in this world who's clicked every icon in word (except 'to see what is does')?
as long as you can get the 1% of functionality I need working I'll go give it a try.
Posted in Iranian state telly bins foreign cuisine
surely
surely you wouldn't want to bar Nigella from our screens would you?
I gather some people watch her with the sound on, but I've not met anyone who does
"The early scientists of a hundred years ago didn't have qualifications"?
you mean like Einstein? yep, limited qualifications there....
Although some of the older ones may have had the odd-degree or two, there was this Newton guy a few years back who quite liked university, but he's a lot further than 100 years ago so probably doesn't fit into your categorisation..
Posted in Scotland bans smut. What smut? Won't say
@Chris w
Re: "I wouldn't be at all surprised if the St. Trinian movies fall foul of the new obscene porn laws."
Please.
Please.
Please.
Posted in Harder to read = easier to recall
not just fonts...
if u reed smthng thta mkes you pt sm ffrt Bhnd it thn it snks in btter
read Iain (M) Banks Feersum Endjinn if you want an example
please take down twitter
maybe some good could come from this...
parroty error
I dont know if its very common, but the Uncyclopedia has been lampooning these banners since they started, they appear to have a suite of similar banners on their site
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
original code horrendous!
Well, I glad that when they copied the code they added the curly-brackets in that any sensible programmer would have put there in the first place.
That "original" code made me shiver and think "i'd sack that programmer"
sheesh.
i wonder
if that bunch of cards lovingly crafted by Ava will get fed into the machine and a single piece of paper will ticker-tape out of the other end saying
Hello World!
tps
Forgive me if I get niggly details wrong, its been a few years since I looked into this
if you perform telemarketing in the UK you are required to subscribe to the TPS list of "numbers not to call"
this subscription is as it says on the tin - it costs money. You are supposed to get an update every month (and so pay them every month)
if you don't buy the updates then you are just leaving yourself open to calling a number and getting reported and fined.
so: That's how "the direct marketing industry pays for it" - by subscription to The List.
and That's why it "will become effective in 28 days" because by then 'everyone' should have updated their no-call lists.
wrong
it's junction 9 on the M1 you fools!
Posted in RUSE
ps3 move?
the PS3 version is "move" compatible...
i can't see that working, but i've love someone to tell me how it does work...
Posted in GoPro HD Hero camera
watersports
I keep telling this friend of mine that he really shouldn't mention "watersports" on his CV under the "interests" section without qualifying it in some way.
I mean, people could get the wrong idea.
You understand that they might think he likes swimming or some such.
er.. not solaris
I think you'll find he mean Oracle's "Unbreakable Linux" disto based upon RHELL and very capably of running live oracle databases and, well, anything RHEL can.
It may be niche (probably only ever run to power an Oracle DB Instance) but its a valid distro..
maybe time to install the swipe keyboard
The lad over in the corner with the itchy-head showed me a keyboard on his Desire where you don't tap the screen, you simply slide your fingers all over it. Cool.
Added benefit is obviously "more smudges" which will go some way to disguising my unlock-pattern.
The unlock pattern is a really good, simple way of unlocking your phone, but I have to agree with the other users - the pattern is obvious from the smudges that form. I suppose that means they'd need two tries to unlock my phone. But I'm pretty sure if someone got their mitts on my phone they'd be able to break into it somehow no matter what method of locking I used.
Posted in Alien spymobile menaces Street View
saw this (or similar)
it was driving around milton keynes shopping centre a few days ago.
we thought about jumping up and down and making a general arse of ourselves just to be immortalised in the interwebs for ever.
then we realised we were grown men and contemplated taking its cameras out instead.
i can get really good 3g reception
I only know of two 3g blackspots, one is my home and the other is my work.
:(
Posted in Cable lays plan for graduate tax
incentive
Isn't this just an incentive to get a degree then skip the country and go and live somewhere else?
New Zealand is really lovely you know.
Posted in Fanbois love sex toys: Official
dare I be sensible?
And say that maybe most people would rather purchase said items from a browser on a hand-held device than their PC at work...
You mean you don't buy them at work? You buy them at home? But the missus would find out!
Posted in 3D TV: Avatar or Ishtar?
one-legged man in an arse-kicking contest
The thing is, anyone can wander up and watch the arse-kicking contest without forking out £50+ for a pair of glasses that give them headaches.
So I suggest that the one-legged man will get more viewers.
thank you
that explains that then.
knew we couldn't have been that clever
isn't this just a full-wave rectifier?
forgive me its been a long time,
but isn't this just four diodes?
i've got this idea called "Adding"
it lets me take two small numbers, do this "thing" to them and end up with a third number (most of the time)
its quite a simple process but i feel i should patent it now, in case someone else gets there first.
Maybe Newton should have patented his "calculus" so Liebniz would have been unable to publish; then maybe we wouldn't have had to learn calculus at school, 'cos like, well it's a patented process so we can't afford to teach that to you, the licence is too restrictive..
Badgers.
a mate
of me brother's went to Berlin immediately after the fall of the wall and brought home a suitcase full of souvenir rocks he was going to sell to people. I think there still in the back of the garage somewhere.
Posted in BT signs first smart meter deal
you don't own the meter
electric and gas meters are not yours, they belong to someone else...
how dare they leave their property near your house!
you should make them remove them immediately.
Posted in BT signs first smart meter deal
interesting
so.
let me see.
you condone a mechanism whereby the payment-shy will simple continue to lie about the meter reading until such time as the meter is physically read?
fascinating.
Posted in BT signs first smart meter deal
instant switching?
fools.
"switching" suppliers is a painful process behind the scenes, there are at least five different parties involved (meter operator, data collector, data aggregrator, old supplier, new supplier) and you have to get your details right with all of them to make it happen - the electricity industry has a clear process you need to follow and you're not going to make it happen quicker just by having a fancy meter in your house.
Posted in BT signs first smart meter deal
tits.
Look, currently you're lucky to get a domestic meter read every two years; you're talking estimated bills in between which can go wildly out of kilter. Smart metering removes that - your readings are automatic and continuous. Large industry already uses "half hourly" meters that sign home daily and those are a godsend not an infringement.
Think about the cost of having a person come round your house and read your meter on a regular basis? That's every house in the country, ideally every quarter.... There's a definite cost there that can be removed by smart meters.
Oh, and 'leccy and Gas can't be turned off at a domestic property (that's your house dodo) without court orders and a clear indication of inability to try to pay; whether its a "smart meter" or not they have a right to access the meter, so if you're due a de-energisation its going to happen no matter what your meter is.
Posted in Cops cuff coke-smuggling lingerie model
long-haul flights baggage allowance
when flying to NZ i always used to go via Los Angeles rather than Singapore because the limit on the US journey was"one suitcase" rather than "xKg of luggage"
so - some long hauls the weight doesn't matter.
i was assuming he was taking the p155
wasn't he?
I thought this article was about the iphone
i was sorely disappointed :(
or not as the case may be
Posted in Steve Jobs Flash rant put to the test
can someone do a "feature" comparison?
I'd be interested in reading a comparison of the features of Flash compared to the features of HTML5.
I hear a lot of noise about the video in HTML5 but not much noise about any other feature. I agree that video is a major use of flash, but it is only a recent feature. I recall from my youth that Flash used to be used for all sorts of things, such as the Games someone mentioned above. Hey, I remember getting a Tweenies DVD for my niece and finding out that it was a bunch of Flash (or was it shockwave i dont recall) 'programs'.
so: can we replace all the functionality in flash with HTML5? or do we need to just do Video though HTML5 and all the rest of the flash-y stuff through a small, dinky 'flash lite' like we used to have in te olden dayes?
** must resist **
must resist answering this.
MUST RESIST.
some help my inner trekkie is trying to get out and i need help, much help to stop me.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
this was covered in .... MUST STOP.. episode.. PLEASE HELP ME... AAAAAAAHHH!!
isnt it strange
how many exploits that only affect Win XP have come out since Win 7 was launched?
Posted in Microsoft security dev tools go 'Agile'
four guys round a coffee pot?
phew.
that counts us out then. we've got three guys and a girl and we drink tea.
Posted in Google reveals nonexistent Chrome tablet
hahahahaha
re: "will it shock anyone if Google starts providing wireless internet connection anywhere for free?"
oh my how i laughed.
Posted in Steve Jobs re-invents the portable telly
yeah? 500 smackeroos for a 9" telly?
fluff off.
wall-sized tvs are the future. big fluff-off ones used instead of wallpaper.
this little thing? waste.
Missing Ingredient
Its just like microsoft to miss out a vital ingredient.
i see no mention of Rock And Roll
i must be old or jaded.
well i just paged through ten pages of "most popular" extensions and didn't see one that looked worth the effort to download.
i think i must be old *and* jaded
wouldn't it be funny
if the iSlate is released on time?
Posted in Man Utd imposes social networking ban
now we just need
all other organisations to apply this rule and we can finally get rid of those fluffing wastes of time.
i'm talking about social networking sites not footballers.
Posted in Avatar expands 3D TV interest
people dont watch TV
the problem with glasses is that people dont actually watch TV. most of the day they "glance" at it. -They wake up and turn the telly on and listen to the news whilst getting ready for work.
How many people would put a pair of 3d glasses before they get dressed just so the morning news didn't look strange?.
Then people, sorta like, come home in dribs and drabs from school/work/manicurist; now there would have been no reason to wear the 3d glasses on the way home; apart to look like a dick, so you glance over to the tv to see what junior/missus/sir is watching and your eyes go funny cos you've not put the 3d glasses on.
Silly. Until we polarise everyone's eyes at birth, 3D is a stupid fad.
HD isn't/wasn't such an issue - hellfire its just a better quality picture for gods sake. Whether the picture is B/W or colour or HD - all you just need to do to watch is to turn your head and look at it - not "turn your head, turn it back, find a pair of 3d glasses, then turn back and look at telly". Hmm. maybe radio will have a resurgence.
3d glasses at £25+ a pop will be fine(*) until your mates come round to watch the footie and you tell them they wont be able to watch it without forking out for a pair of fluffing stupid glasses.
(*) cough (**)
(**) actually you know that's not how it goes - Once Murdoch puts out a 3D channel we'll get BOGOF vouchers in The Sun and a multitude of competitions that allow us the opportunity to win a 3D telly and pair of matching his and hers glasses(***)
(***) I can picture them now - they'll have a green stripe along the top where you can put your names...
Office Starter Edition!?
Coo - that sounds like it has 99% of all *useful* office functionality - can I have that instead please?
Posted in Murdoch puffs Microsoft over Google
google option - include hidden content y/n
So, robots.txt can tell a search engine that they _shouldn't_ index certain content.
But it doesn't stop someone from actually indexing it does it?
But - is anyone going to sue someone if a given search engine ignored it?
I'd be interested in seeing the techniques they'd use to actually successfully hide the content from google? maybe turn the entire website silverlight?
