Posts by Martin Marv
13 posts • joined Wednesday 13th August 2008 12:59 GMT
Posted in Data scientists: Do they even exist?
Re: Grrr!
I agree. This info-deck from Martin Fowler is nice in that it extracts some of the more important concepts about Big Data from the buzz-word itself:-
http://martinfowler.com/articles/bigData/
Posted in Amazon crimps free Kindle 3G surfing
Re: Ts & Cs
Agreed about the UK - see here
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_sib?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200504420#browsingcountries.
Although I don't like that "vary and is subject to change" clause.
(Really Reg, no links in comments? Meh)
Re: Too much ?
NFC isn't just for payments (/stealing credit card and passport details). It's also used to communicate between devices (like the new Nexus Q)
Other weird technicity
In the later Girl-W... books, Larsson seems obsessed with Hotmail accounts at the expense of any other webmail, and ICQ as a current method of people keeping in touch, as well as Yahoo Groups. Maybe that's just the way they roll in Sweden...
Why not download the patch to find out?
Use Reflector to check the current code, download the patch and compare.
If it's still an issue, then put your own wrapper around the ScriptResource functionality that will only return specific file-types...
Posted in Microsoft boots modders off Xbox Live
Re:Why is it called an xbox 360
Um, yeah - if you turn 360 degrees, you end up facing in the same direction you started in....
But it's not the same vulture
It's clearly facing the other way
Posted in Is your cameraphone an oxymoron?
A fairer test...
... would have been to compare the camera-phones with a digital compact, which is more the market that they're trying to compete with. We're a long way off anything the size of a mobile phone competing with a DSLR!
Posted in DSGi crosses fingers on new store format
Sort out Customer Service
I think it's good that DSG are trying to keep at least some high-street (/retail park) presence and revamping their stores accordingly, but the main reason I don't shop in any of their outlets is the appalling customer service. If something goes wrong with anything you buy from Currys/Dixons/PC World, then you are in for a world of pain trying to get it repaired/replaced/refunded.
Whereas, if I buy from (e.g.) Debenhams, or Comet, I know that my problem will be dealt with sympathetically and efficiently. I'll happily pay a 5% mark-up for that!
Posted in A380 too quiet, moan Emirates pilots
Links back to source?
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/03/319698/airbus-to-help-emirates-pilots-sleep-after-crews-find-a380-too-quiet.html
Posted in 'I can see dinosaurs from my back porch'
"I can see dinosaurs from my back porch"
Where is this quote from? It doesn't seem to be mentioned in the article.
Taking a leaf from the tabloid journalism handbook?
Posted in iPhone 3G isn't necessarily
"iPhone 3G isn't neccesarily"
iPhone 3G isn't *necessarily* equipped with a spell-checker?
