Posts by groovyf
48 posts • joined Thursday 10th April 2008 13:58 GMT
Re: Nice, if you can watch it
@James 51 - No, House of Cards was accessible without paying extra on your Netflix subs.
Re: share this article
@AC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22144488
Posted in Twenty classic arcade games
Re: tastes changed over time
I remember that exact same pinball table too. Handles like pistol grips sticking out of each side (top) of the table? Only thing I recall was that it was made by Williams.
Posted in Twenty classic arcade games
The article is about arcade games... ie, games that could be played outside the house in video arcades, not home computer games. I think a few have missed that point (or, not to be condescending, are too young to know about arcades).
Late 70s through to late 80s... that's when it was all really happening with coin-ops.
Maybe there's a market here for just such a retro arcade place - maybe stocked with MAME cabinets (though I doubt that's entirely legal...)
Posted in Twenty classic arcade games
A pretty good list there. Defender ranks as #1 for me personally and yes, where's Galaxian or even Scramble, though let's face it, too many to mention and to nail into a top 10 easily.
I threw far too many coins into Xevious myself.
Also worth noting, Bradford's National Media Museum has a room with some cabinets and sit-downs in for retro-gaming goodness, and still at the original 10p per game too. They have Defender too... I'll always try to find time to have a blast on that when I'm there.
Re: LG TV
How old is your TV? Mine's a recent LG and have both LoveFilm and Netflix apps on there.
Agree with the cash cow comments. I'm a very low user... I make maybe one call a month, if that, on my landline, and I called up BT to ask about their low-user scheme only to be told it's only for those on certain benefits.
Damned annoying.
tomtom?
Rumours of Apple looking to buy TomTom. That would pretty much give Apple the "fix" that Apple Maps needs - simply replace it with a TomTom-based app.
...depends...
Personally, I find Netflix on the Apple TV works like a charm. I've yet to see Netflix/Lovefilm, et all on a Smart TV though.
Thumbs-up for Steve Hillage in your music collection.
Since either the last IOS 6 upgrade or iTunes update Home Sharing has completely stuffed up foreme (and many others) on both iPad and iPhone. When selecting the Shared library via the Music app, it sticks at a grey half-moon of death when loading the library. Sometimes it *might* work but you'll only see a small amount of albums, artists, songs. Sometimes it'll work but mostly not.
Disabling Java add-on in IE doesn't actually disable it...
Tested and verified on my own PC... went to Java's test site and it still detected and found it to be working even though it was disabled in IE's add-ons.
http://techlogon.com/2011/11/05/how-to-disable-java-in-ie/
Re: Meh
Each to their own, of course.
Personally, I found his highlight was Sea Change, (as opposed to the hit and miss of his first two albums - and didn't latch onto anything else other than Sea Change).
Watch the attendance figures dwindle...
Posted in Canon debuts EOS M compact system camera
Warehouse Express have pre-order prices up: http://www.wexphotographic.com/search/?q=canon%20eos-m
£130 for the adapter alone...
Posted in YouView launches with pricey premium DVR
As a happy, long-time user of a Toppy 5800 for the last 7 years, this unit may be the one that gets me to upgrade. Sure, the £300 price tag isn't cheap, but considering a Humax twin tuner HD 500GB PVR costs around £230 or so (according to a quick google), I don't think it's too much of a premium to pay.
TomTom iPhone/iPad app
If the new maps are using TT data and as they're also going to be turn-by-turn, I wonder how that'll affect the TomTom app for iDevices.
Posted in Carphone Warehouse touts cut-price iPads
Apple Refurb Store
Pick up a refurb iPad2 16GB for £259 from the Apple Store. Bargain if an iPad 2 is what you're after.
Re: Is it just me....?
I see the bottom part of the plug has taken its cue from Bender's face.
Posted in Desaia Beat Box Bluetooth speaker
Comparison with...
...the Logitech Mini Boombox?
I've got the Mini Boombox and I'm constantly amazed at the sound it produces, especially at the lower end of the frequency range.
Posted in Apple posts 'battery fix' iOS update
App Store
Wonder if it should somehow be included as a notification when you go to check App Store on the phone along with any installed App updates required.
Triple Play = Triple Fail
Personally, I hate this Triple Play idea. If I wanted a DVD version I'd buy the DVD version on its own. The Triple Play simply allows them to pump up the price over and above what you'd pay for a Blu-Ray version alone.
Temper, Temper
Is this the epitome of a rage quit?
Symantec EV
We use Symantec's Enterprise Vault solution.
Allows you to "vault" emails to the EV server, so they only take up a miniscule 1KB of space in your Inbox, but can be retrieved in full (inc. attachments) on the fly when required.
It also performs de-dupe and we've found up to 70% in HDD space-savings thanks to this as well.
Posted in Ofcom checks up on mobile coverage
Uninterrupted service would be nice
I'm getting fed up of my iPhone constantly swapping between Orange and Orange-T Mobile signals depending where I am in my house/what direction the phone is pointing. Even sometimes loses all service as soon as I pick it up.
Coverage maps don't really tell that kind of story.
Something's rotten...
@A Hanff...
***3. Judicial Review of the CPS process on the grounds that DS Barry Murray managed the investigation (the same officer who refused to investigate when i handed the complaiunt to the City of London Police).***
Wasn't going to be an ubiased investigation if he'd already refused in the first instance. Think you have every right to complain there (amongst other reasons!)
Prrof of account deletion?
Still no email from play.com despite getting spam, (same as frankster).
Considering also closing my account, but wonder if I can request proof that my details are fully gone from their systems. Not so sure trying to login once account has been "deleted" and not being able to still doesn't mean they hold info on me.
SMS spam now (coincidental?)
Oh, and just got a marketing text message from Optical Express (07537 400712)
Again, someone who I've never dealt with - wonder if it's connected to this.
Hmmmmmm
Also got the fake mail from GSN, and it's a site I've never been to, nor even heard of before.
No email from Play.com though as yet.
Posted in Blu-ray barely better than DVD
Baraka
Baraka is the best movie I've seen on Blu-Ray that really does showcase the quality it can produce.
Posted in Of Kuwait and DSLR cameras
Maybe?
Having read other comments about this on other sites, it seems this has come from one news source only and not appeared on TV or other newspapers.
Posted in The 99p mobile phone: What's the catch?
Fake incoming call...
@JaitcH - Or someone needing to get out of that awkward first date!
Posted in iPhoto 11 ate my library, say users
Obviously...
...there's nothing wrong with iPhoto '11 it's the way you're installing it...
No sympathy
Quoted for truth...
He said: "I might have been an idiot by taking the wrong road or by carrying on, but I haven't driven without due care and attention."
If he had paid attention, he wouldn't have got himself into the mess he did.
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Satnav-led-driver-to-100ft.5650224.jp
Surprised...
Unless I'm being blind...I don't see the Compact Disc episode in the ones they've "cherry-picked" which is a shame. I would have thought that would have ranked quite highly.
Euphemism...
Pocket Rocket anyone?!
Posted in Intel playing virtual silly buggers
Not so sure...
I'm of the opinion that XP Mode is really only geared towards the more tech-savvy people around, and it's those people who would be up-to-date with knowledge regarding what CPUs support Virtualisation.
Joe Bloggs on the street won't care about XP Mode.
Also, I'm not so sure it's the same as the "Vista Capable" debacle, as I can't see MS (or Intel for that mater) making special stickers/making big bones about the fact Windows 7 supports this XP Mode.
My 2p
Posted in Acer flaunts first Ion-based nettop
How much?!
Around $300... so, that'll be £300 then? (Call me a cynic)
@ Roger:
Those super slimline LG external cd/dvd drives are thinner that a netbook, so not such an issue for "lugging" around I don't think.
@ Anonymous Coward
"Calder Valley" will come under "Rural" not Halifax. I suspect Pudsey is more 'rural' than Halifax anyway ;)
Posted in BBC Click paid cybercrooks to buy botnet
A good thing
It's all in the name of investigative journalism. We see numerous stories of journos testing lapses in airport/rail security (for instance planting a fake bomb - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/jul/24/pressandpublishing.mirror )
Surely not....?!
Parents taking responsibility for what their children do? It'll never catch on you know.
Paris, because you know she's a responsible woman...
Posted in Drive-by download attacks menace UK.gov
The truth should out!
Making it known which sites to stay away from would be most helpful. Name and shame that infected council site
@ j.j. fishtwat
"You can get extra points if you can find some kind of racist angle to this."
Don't you mean religionist? As Sharia Law is religion-based, not race-based.
/pedantic
