Posts by Eric Hood
115 posts • joined Monday 20th October 2008 21:04 GMT
Self sustainability will be key. I would not like to be waiting for supply ships. There will be a need to import a whole ecology. Psychology experts could probably tell us the minimum amount of people needed to stop them going mad too.
Hmmm, just a thought, if no one had a cold or flu when they arrived would they be free of it forever more?
Re: "Jennifer Lopez gets you more Facebook friends than Iron Maiden"
Somewhat appropriate for a band that peaked in the 80s
Re: I have to admire his honesty
Investors should do research before investing otherwise they are mug punters gambling not investing.
Re: So if the PC dies
The motherboard is the PC as far as Microsoft is concerned. New MB = new computer.
Re: Bill Gates
I think you are wrong.
John D. Rockefeller is known for oil & not usually remembered for his funding of research for Boll weevil or for his funding of the teams that found cures for yellow fever, meningitis, and hookworm.
If Rockefeller is not remembered then Bill Gates probably will not be remembered either.
Re: Interoperability
You need a little more information. Apple patched iTunes to stop Palm devices from identifying as iPods and iPhones and syncing as such.
Any company can write their own software to use the iTunes library. Nokia and the N95 is a good example. Install the Nokia software and it will look at the music library, sync your existing custom playlists, it is a Nokia application not some kludge trying to pretend it is an Apple product.
Why dilute your own brand by making someone else's software treat your phone like an iPod when you can use the iTunes data in your own app?
Posted in Do users have enough power?
With power comes responsibility
There is nothing wrong with giving users more power though I would say that I was giving users more responsibility.
The more capable the person the more responsibility they can handle.
Responsibility and authority are two sides of the same coin.
Why would they stop the App being released? There are any number of paid mapping apps that are already there. I had one before the iOS 6 thing because I wanted turn by turn voice guided navigation and google maps on the iPhone does not do that.
If you want a first class map app use the one Nokia has on the N8, the iGo Primo app is the one I am using on an iPhone and it is good just not as polished as the Nokia app.
Posted in The new Mac mini eviscerated with ease
It's refreshing to see an Apple product with user replaceable/upgradeable RAM,"
What an absolute load of rubbish. Every iMac from the 15" CRT model to now has been able to have memory installed by the user and the Mac Pro too.
Granted the new 21" iMac does not but with the new memory spec requiring soldered memory soon enough everyone else will be similar.
I am an iPad fan but I hope the Surface does well, it looks different enough to carve out its own market space driving competition and innovation which will ultimately benefit us all.
Re: Hostage?
There will not be much pain at all if I decided to switch from the iPhone.
My music, ebooks, audiobooks are all in formats that can be read by other software. The files are organised and easy to search. Finally for media Apple allows anybody to use the iTunes library with their phone syncing app they are not allowed to make their phone use iTunes directly like Palm was doing. Nokia have been doing that for years. I used to sync iTunes playlists to my N95 and N8 all the time.
Contacts. I have no problem syncing my address book contacts with my earlier Nokias in the past and do not think it will be a problem in the future. I gave away my N8 because it is a piece of rubbish and kept my N95 which is my emergency backup phone. I have not synced contact changes for a couple of months but will do so soon.
My contacts are duplicated in my Address book and in my Outlook address book, any new phone will be able to work with one of those applications.
There is only as much lock in as you want there to be, in my case bugger all.
Re: Hostage?
There is some truth in that because of app store lock in though I am extremely happy with my iPad so my App purchases can be used there. If I decide to buy something else.
I was interested in the LG Optimus Vu as much as an eReader as a phone but it is not being released in Australia. I have certainly not been irritated by little things like I was on my previous Nokias.
I have a phone that works and does what I want, it will be tough to make me switch from that now.
This is one of the reasons I now use an iPhone. I am no longer held hostage by inept or indifferent carriers. My previous Nokia smartphones not receiving timely updates still irritates me.
The keyboard cover is very nice at 3mm thick. I would love one of these for my iPad. I hope they do well.
Re: Shareholders?
I loved using Symbian. The OS is stable and responsive. My last Nokia was an N8 and it has four different bugs with SMSs one for sending and three for receiving. I have had the lot. Nokia will not acknowlege the issues which happen globally or show any desire to fix it. When I contacted Nokia care about it I was basically told to go away.
So I have. I now use an iPhone. It is still being customised to work the way I want but I can at least receive SMSs and use CalDAV. Neither the N8 or the new windows phones can use CalDAV. I was hoping to use a new windows phone.
It is sad times for a Nokia fan, sad to see them go. I suspect the end is near.
Schools tend to buy a power cart that can hold and charge 20 or so laptops at a time, I suspect the units were in one of these.
Posted in Rock'n'Roll Racing
One of my favourite games too. A friend was overseas on holidays and picked it up 9 months before the Australian release we spent weeks hammering it.
Lots of beers, good times indeed. We also played an imported Clayfighter too. Perhaps that could be a review.
My N8 does that but I know it is my email downloading. I am still using "Anna" and I am very happy with the phone. Great call quality and reception.
I sell the WD My Book drives and have sold lots over the last few years. Almost every customer with a new computer buys one for a time machine backup. I have had 3 to 5 failures one of which was a power supply. I am very happy with them.
Duelling anecdotes for the win. :)
One of the improvements over the iPad is the on screen keyboard. The top row has numbers. YouTube also works better.
I would rather die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers.
I buy a lot of electronic textbooks. The prices range from $9.99 to $50.00 and quite often pearson has a special where if you buy multiple books there is a 50% discount.
Installed to 360. Textures fixed. At least things look better now. Sadly did not find any backwards dragons. Kinda disappointed. I was hoping to see the look on its face when it tried to take a dump.
Would this not just enable the jumpers even further knowing other people will be told not to enter the intersection it will make it safer for them?
Much like airbags encouraged people to drive faster as they were better protected.
As they probably take a hit on profits when prices on inventory drops I am not too concerned. This is a short term thing and competition will kick in again when supply eases.
Try Payday the heist on PSN. A very good game.
eBooks
I buy a lot of ebooks. I have stopped buying paper books if possible. I am happy to buy the DRMd books as I know I can strip the drm if the company goes titsup. I make 3 backup copies of all my purchases.
The things I like about ebooks is they are generally cheaper than paper copies. I now spend more money on books than I did with hard copies and I get more for my money.
I would really like a service where I could send my paper copies to the publisher and receive an ebook instead. The publisher could then have a large secondhand sale for the luddites still reading by the light of oil lamps.
And now to be on topic, if Amazon has gone against the wishes of the publisher then too bad for them. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
Posted in Dick Smith faces tricky times
There was a point to their existence. There may still be.
Yes Dick Smith are expensive, but before the general acceptance of extended trading hours they would be open for an hour or so longer than anyone else and if you needed an emergency part or bit they could be relied upon to have it at a hugely marked up price.
I remember watching a local store owner wanting a cable and going red in the face as he said he could sell the cable for a third of their asking price. The staff member said go right ahead then. The dude backed down as he needed it and had run out of stock.
Posted in 5 SECONDS to bypass an iPad 2 password
Very bad.
I have just tested this and it is worse than just looking at the last used screen. The last screen on the iPad I just tested was the home screen. I tried to get into music but that did not work.
I then swiped back to access the search function. This allows you to search & reveal contact information and so on with any unsuspecting owner none the wiser.
Death to the future overlords.
Put a cortex bomb on that chip and if they start to rebel, pop the cortex bomb and render the rat immobile.
Nokia Nokia Nokia (I will leave you to imagine the sweaty man running about.) :)
I too am waiting for a Nokia windows phone. Not because I like Microsoft or hate Apple and Android, my iPad is excellent and I would not give it up.
It is because Nokia make great phones all this focus on software forgets the hardware side. My N8 is a superb phone the reasons for purchasing it are call quality and reception, the camera is lovely too.
For me the multimedia and computing extras that go with a high end Nokia are bonus added to a device that is superb at telephony.
I think you will also find costs are court costs. Lawyer costs are separate.
Wife swap time.
Perhaps the noisy ASBO woman can swap with the french lady.
Posted in Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet goes on sale
me too.
I too have a Touchpad. The first thing I noticed that is better than my iPad is the on screen keyboard has numeric keys above the letters. So much easier when typing in passwords.
The second thing is you tube. I plan to use this for playing video. The device plays youtube clips better than my iPad and the audio is better because of the stereo speakers.
Posted in Argentina: home of Bavarian lager
Home sweet Home
This probably explains the Nazi exodus after WWII. http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/icons/comment/happy_32.png
Posted in Apple MacBook Pro 17in 2011
laptop?
After newspaper reports of people being burned in the groin by laptops Apple called their range notebooks. Coincidence I am sure.
The oysters are required, and must contain Guinness.
How about charging for dedicated servers and getting rid of the atrocious lag. I will not purchase anymore of these if the lag is as bad as Black Ops.
The wombat is required, and must contain insects and/or plants.
You can have an e ink ebook reader use amazon files it is not allowed to use the ADEPT stuff at the same time. The hanlin readers have several different firmwares that can handle all sorts of stuff but you have to re flash the firmware to change.
Posted in Nokia lobs more patent claims at Apple
The post is required, and must contain letters.
Perhaps your phone is faulty. My Nokias are superb at call quality & reception. I have no issues synchronising calendars, email and music.
Get yourself an N8. I replaced my N95 with this. I did not think it possible the N95s call quality and reception could be bettered however the N8 has done this.
Now to address the article.
Apple are complaining that Nokia wanted more money from them than other companies Nokia licensed its patents to and required as part of the deal that Apple cross licence all their mobile patents. Apple refused and so it started.
Posted in Cowon D3 Plenue Android media player
adapter
You should look into an adapter that has all the controls on it and lets you use any other headphones instead.
Belkin make one that works.
Prohibition
Prohibition killed the American beer culture, before prohibition there were lots of breweries selling all kinds of beer. Remember there was a large german origin migrant intake.
After prohibition the breweries were shut down and all the malters too with the exception of some that produced baby food and extracts for baking and other cooking. The modern American flavourless beer originated in WW2 as the women working the factories wanted a cold beer and did not want strong flavours.
Self promotion
The only thing I take issue with is Promotion. It is a large source of complaints from the iPod app store, Apple not promoting applications enough.
I do believe it is the developers responsibility to promote their application. Why rely on a disinterested third party to advertise your application? Yes, Apple gets 30% but they get 30% of whichever app is sold it does not have to be your app.
One thing I hope that gets fixed is search. Searching the ipod app store is painful. I tend to use a google search to read about apps then go to the store.
Posted in Monster iPad Case Test: Slipcases
cases for all
I have the Apple case and the Hard Candy bubble case. My iPad fits perfectly into the bubble case, a little surprised yours didn't.
I use the bubble case when not using the Apple case. I have the strange green colour also comes in pink.
Posted in DHS airport spooks stalk star hacker
Government control
The right to bear arms is there for two purposes, a militia for defence until a regular army could be established and armed citizenry in case the government turned into a dictatorship or other oppressive authoritarian system.
The tea party movement is a political response to excessive government. You can be assured there will be armed resistance if the government starts arresting citizens because they do not like their politics.
Crime and punishment
I would argue the punishment is not for guessing the email password and accessing the account but for posting the contents elsewhere then trying to hide evidence of doing so.
Had the fellow looked at the account and said nothing we would still be ignorant of his actions.
Therefore his punishment is reasonable.
Posted in Treasury asks for advice on eMoney
private money
Companies minting their own money is nothing new in England.
Check out a book called Good Money by George Selgin
Battery tech
I expect also that if a cell dies you replace one of the modules not the entire battery capacity. This has to lead to long term savings.
Penta torx
I have one of these drivers and the torque that can be applied is greater than you would normally be able to apply without stripping the head.
I have gone to insert tips on my T6, T8 & T10 because the manufacturers screw them in so tight that you can end up stripping the head breaking the driver or both.
groups
This reminds me of a book I read about the Hells Angels motorcycle club. The police say they are a criminal organisation, they say "we are a club and some of our members are criminals."
I would expect any database to be able to produce the required information with a simple search.
Presumably left handed red haired musicians are also discriminated against.
Posted in iPad spends 20% of time in bed
ebook reader
I was planning to purchase an iRex 10" reader, two things got in the way.
1. $1600.00 RRP in Australia
2. The company went bust.
The iPad at $750.00 is much better value.
and I do not use it in bed.
