Not a bad system...

They do a basic set, use a couple of easy libraries to get a quick release out, then go and rewrite those as they're dodgy and non portable.

Just hope that v2.0 is actually properly portable - get them to drop mac/linux v1 ideas and do it with v2

I like Chrome on my VM, but don't like having to fire up a VM to use it, so it's only rarely touched.

I want...

They've even managed decent resolution on both screens. It'd stop me having to switch my screen resolutions around any time I need to move around the office...

but £2k?! That's a steep price, even for a decent machine, the engineering in that second screen really does need to be something special to justify that kind of an outlay.

Breasts have been sexualised...

For some reason it is now assumed that nothing can perform more than one function, I think this is because we've all been dumbed down to the point where so few people can think of even one thing at a time that it's a reasonable assumption.

Yes breasts do perform sexual functions, but they also perform other functions. Do you let your child read, because they could read porn if you do.

Quote from a midwife friend:

"Breasts, like women, can multi task"

Great internally

But externally there are much better noises to simulate than a V8.

Those new broadband noise generators being put in sirens for instance, not in the same pattern obviously, but at low speed it might prove useful for cyclists (who would need to be owls to look for these cars). It's really rather useful for cyclists to know when some idiot is coming up behind them.*

John

* Yes I'm a cyclist, no I don't listen to music while I commute, yes I do try and watch out for vehicles and assist them by indicating when there is no approaching traffic (i.e. when it's safe to overtake) as I can usually see round the corner first...

If thats a real boot time then woohoo

Why hibernate if the boot sequence is 5 seconds (I know, you get to keep your documents open - seriously how many do you work on?

I'd love a machine that booted that fast, I might even turn it off overnight. Shame most POST sequences take longer than that...

Security

No problem, all terrorists use Vista, and MS will simply add a back door.

Of course anyone using *nix is a terrorist and should be locked up for 42years unless they provide the root password and access to their bank systems.

Need an ATV with a robonaut

Hubble is low enough for comms to be pretty quick. A quick ATV trip could have load of fuel up there to keep hubble in the sky, as well as a permenant robonaut for sensible repairs.

Heck - having a couple up there all the time could be a good way of fixing anything - given time chaning orbits is the cost, not waiting to catch the errant sattelite, and IIRC the ATV had a pretty good load capacity to LEO

I seem to recall NASA doing this

back when I was at school - the major difficulty was trying not to destroy red blood cells with the rotor.

Why seize the camera/computer

I'm sure he'd have happily deleted the information if they'd asked, after all he did go to the police with it (not the daily depress, nor the BBC)

Chrome...

Is actually quite nice - I might go and see how well iron fares.

I'll dangle upsidedown for 10 years...

If I can take 9.99 years of break in the middle...

These used to events of endurance, I always doubted whether he was actually doing them, this seems to indicate that he's been an illusionist rather than an endurance specialist all along...

TalkTalk

Not an ISP - they're a phorm factory.

I should complain because I didn't know I needed a computer to use the interwebnet

DRM has only ever affected paying users

I buy a DVD, I have to watch a "you are a thief" propoganda.

I copy it to HDD / DVD to keep the original safe and I can just plug the disk in and watch the film.

DRM will always be cracked, just make it sufficiently unattractive to crack and most people won't bother.

shortet here...

"All overhead cabling must go. It's the dumbest thing in the world - ugly, dangerous, and keeping it maintained (here in the States anyway) is responsible for over half of a utilities annual budget."

Overhead cabling here is normally quite short - in most towns it's only a few metres, even in small villages it tends to be only tens of metres.

There are some significant lengths, but they are fairly uncommon and often well protected, nothing like the sprawl encountered in the states - we just don't have room to make that much mess ;)

Fool

Stick with growing with the economy, although I can understand that that might not seem attractive at the moment.

Although if we're in a recession (-ve growth) and the carriers grow with the economy, how are they managing 3% +ve growth?

Just pass a law banning all portable media...

After all it's a process problem, and they're (t)errorists

Why not cooperate?

With China and Russia and the EU and just build a decent rocket that can do lunar and then martian exploration?

Oh, because you want to try some willy waving.

I think we all need to grow a pair and cooperate to the moon at least.

Commercial orbital systems are being developed and should be working well soon, then the market can go for lunar missions - they'll have a target if we have a lunar station in place.

eInk low power?

Why use 6 batteries - why not a small solar cell, like that used to drive my calculator?

I htink it's a great idea - the contents page could actually be usefully sized (especially if it had a pause and "back up a bit" button...

"It is estimated that the current rate of profile replication is about 13.3%."

So they don't even know when DNA samples match?

What was the point of this database again?

3 - Unlimited access to nothing.

All this assumes that there is any signal.

Never even managed to get a reliable voice signal from 3

re: keyboard

They'll keep sliding that row about until it falls off...

Hetzner

Do good dedicated servers,

OK they're in germany, but they've heard of redundant power supplies and ring connectivity between various data centres.

And their English is pretty good.

@ AC

" I have actually been quite happy with the service I've had from TalkTalk.

But then I was with BT before, so what do I know? (well, other than I won't be going back to BT until they drop their prices, dump Phorm and actually listen to me when I call them...)"

Umm - Talk Talk are in bed with phorm as well...

In the meantime do the sensible thing...

Automatically opt everyone out...

Sell a blank sheet of A4

Physical Ebooks

The game boy et al model seems to be hopeful for me.

Simply have a pair of "sockets" on the device and use microsd sized cards, you could do a complete works card, or a single book.

Then you can share the cards.

Of course you need a drawer in the device then as well...

PalmOS and I'll buy it.

Especially if it can bridge between those connections - easy WiFi for the laptop (and the wife's obviously)

My last WM phone used to crash when receiving calls - the screen would turn on - say "So and so is calling you", the ringtone would play (endlessly) and the vibrate would stay on (rather than pulsing like it's meant to). If you pulled the battery it would reset. then you could call them back.

Windows isn't coming to a phone near me ever again.

Site fails

Although that's likely because i won't turn Javascript on for a site that has so little respect for my retinas.

Who cares about the treaty

He committed a crime here, and should be charged here.

Whether the US want to try and wade in after that is immaterial - he should be tried here first.

Re: Soon to be common place.

Never put down to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence.

Competition? Standards?

I htink in this case I'd far rather have an industry standard, or should shops sell NTSC TVs as well...