Posts by Andy Christ
76 posts • joined Thursday 26th February 2009 13:44 GMT
Even more creepy,
I had just added the Oster BVCB07-Z to my Amazon wish list before coming across this reference on el Reg so it really had me freaked!
The 6706 might be not-so-hot, but the BVCB07-Z is still pretty cheap, at least here in the States, when compared to real premium brands like Vitamix or Blendtec, which retail for about four to eight times as much as the Oster, gulp! But I just did my 2012 taxes so even that spatula/pliers combo is out for me right now. :(
Re: While we're here
Samesung
Re: New design direction?
Unlike Speed Dial, because there is no chrome, just a field of icons. Actions are all gesture controlled.
Re: Flanders & Swann
But I never did care for music much,
It's the high fidelity!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fJmmDkvQyc
all expenses PARED ?
Ooh, way to go!
Rotten English
Gotten is not an Americanism; the word has merely fallen out of use in Great Britain.
"USAGE As past participles of get, the words got and gotten both date back to Middle English. In North American English, got and gotten are not identical in use. Gotten usually implies the process of obtaining something ( : he has gotten two tickets for the show, while got implies the state of possession or ownership ( : he hasn’t got any money)."
Re: USB
No, Macs had USB before they had Firewire.
Makes me wonder
Kind of bizarre, though hardly surprising, how may posters here jump in to denigrate Instagram and its contributors. Yes the Popular page is rubbish ("nail polish, shoes, and One Direction") but it is extremely easy to find mind-blowingly gorgeous images through the search feature — navigation within the app is brilliant. By now I'm guessing the majority of the world's professional photographers have accounts and are uploading their works in order to hawk either prints or full resolution images. These pros are not taking pics through Instagram's crappy filters but are using their own cameras and commercial software. What I wonder is whether they will want to stay on after this latest change in policy. Kind of a difficult calculus as to whether having the odd pic swiped for an ad will devalue a work or burnish the artist's reputation.
Reading between the lines
Perhaps the crux of the story here is simply that just about every one knew Monica was transgendered save for the guy who had been sleeping with her for nineteen years. From the article:
"A friend told me that he had heard that Monica was actually a sex-changed man," recounts Jan.
Things came to a head when Jan discovered saucy messages from other blokes on his wife's computer. He said:
"I pushed her against the wall and said: Now I know the truth. Are you a man? She then announced that she was born as a boy and that she had been operated on..."
So for one thing, Jan's friend had heard on the grape vine that Monica was a sex-change, thus the secret seems to have been pretty open. For another, one might deduce that she had actually been trumpeting her transgenderedness online, as those "saucy" messages from interested gents bore out rumor.
Anyway, there's the IT angle for you. Husband's still scum though.
Incidentally, long time ago I tended bar in a gay establishment where we had weekly drag shows. One evening while hauling a case of booze up from the basement I chanced upon an incredible creature standing by the stairs. She was the spitting image of Marilyn Monroe — well, save for being much more petite — complete with gold lamé dress. While I stupidly gawked at her she smiled bashfully and lowered her gaze. Assumed she would appear later on stage but never saw her again. (Honestly I have no idea what the point of my story is, so take from it what you will.)
Why no VoLTE?
Wonder why they can't get voice over 4G yet. Because here in the states, where I am on AT&T with my iPad 4G/LTE, seems I can use VoIP apps over LTE just fine. Doesn't sound like I am falling back to 3G/"4G" when I place a call, because there is no lag at all. Whereas even HSPA+ still has dismal upload speeds even when my connection is at 5 bars, such that conversations always get choppy when I am out of LTE range. Huh.
"Supported" = "Not Blocked"
FaceTime has always worked over cellular on appropriately modded, jailbroken iThingies.
Posted in Apple iPod Nano 7G review
Camera? What Camera?
Where in tarnation did El Reg dig up that Vital Statistics iPod Nano 2012 chart with camera specs from the iPhone? This Nano ain't got no camera.
Don't mention the war!
I did, but I think I got away with it.
iOS based on Linux? Really?!
But thanks for the laugh.
Who you calling a right-winger?
Kaczynski was pretty much an anarchist and certainly NOT a right-winger.
If You're a Viper
Dream about a reefer five feet long
A mighty immense but not to strong
You'll be high, but not for long
If you're a viper
I'm the king if everything
Well I gotta be high before I can sing
Light a tee and let it be
If you're a viper
Now when your throat get dry
And you know you're high
Everything is dandy
Truck on down to your candy store
Get you kicks off peppermint candy
Then you'll know your bodies set
You don't give a damn about payin' no rent
The sky is high and so am I
Whoa ho, if you's a viper
But not too expensive.
Re: Rosa Parks
Sit down for your rights?
You missed the punch line
The article concluded:
The judgement nonetheless permits the plaintiffs Malibu Media and Patrick Collins to “... obtain the name, address, and Media Access Control address for each Defendant designated as John Doe 1” and says the defendants' internet service providers must hand over relevant information.
So if the judge is overruled, it will be for the opposite reason you suggest.
Posted in Sony outs its first Ultrabook
That's not how it is supposed to be set up
The bottom of the screen is slanted in the picture; if you rest the thing on a table with the display tilted back a bit, as is normal, then the bottom sits flush and the weight of the body helps retain it in that position.
You still couldn't pay me to use one though.
And I enjoy laughing.....
At those who misuse whom.
Real World Tests
As an owner of both old and new iPads here in the States, I'm left scratching my head over this brouhaha. In my [admittedly meagre] travels, the 3G networks to which the older device was limited averaged around 1.2 Mbps, which was slow enough to cause many net based apps to crash regularly. Web surfing was most often lugubrious, VoIP st u tt ere d at best. In contrast, even in areas of fairly poor “4G” service, speeds rarely dip below about 5 Mbps on my new fondle slab. The most data heavy web pages/apps load within a second or so, and video streams without lag. Yes, where I can connect via LTE, d/l speeds do range up to 50+ Mbps, but the improvement in over all performance is not all that earth shattering. (Far more impressive are upload speeds hovering around 20 Mbps, but I digress.). Maybe for gamers LTE would offer more noticeable benefits, but current data caps tend to preclude such wanton consumption.
Anyway, a few dozen punters bellyaching, out of perhaps the million or so contented with their purchase (don't have UK sales figures at my fingertips) doesn't seem like such a big deal. Am curious to know, has anyone there actually taken advantage of Apple's offer of a refund over this issue? Guessing not many.
Ice Cream?! Ice Cream?!
The iPhone 5, it melts in your hand, not in your mouth.
Mine's the one with a mess in the pocket.
Looks like Crux beat Brydge to it with the CruxLoaded.
http://cruxcase.com/products/crux-loaded-2/
It has both a trackpad and I believe the software also provides a cursor on the iPad's display. Still only in development and $250, but they are apparently taking orders.
Also, I doubt Apple would sue either of these companies, as long as they do not employ the Apple logo or claim any such endorsement.
Re: My suggestions
I assume that by "corrupt," you mean "all"?
Just one little problem widdat
From the daily bombardment of sensational headlines, one might suspect that the majority of perps have already taken out their own family.
Decapitation?
Wouldn't decapitation waste too much blood? IANAD but I imagine such a procedure would hasten the cellular death of the organs one was trying to preserve for transplant.
Of course the most efficient method would simply entail the "donor" making involuntary contributions until entirely depleted of resources, without first being offed.
Re: Deterrence?
Deterrence is not the single issue. The overall consideration might be justice. Why should the state allocate resources to perpetuate the life of one who has taken it from others?
I'm no fan of capital punishment, as no justice system in the world is immune to corruption or incompetency. That said, what does one do with someone like anders behring breivik, about whose actions there is not a shadow of doubt? And he will only get like what, twenty two years or something, for killing seventy seven and injuring scores more? Justice might prefer to err on the side of caution, but in this case the erring seems egregious.
Posted in Instagram
Shooting Blind
Huh, I wonder how well Instagram can work on Android if the user can't preview effects before uploading. Because even on iOS I find I must go back and forth between filters a lot before [perhaps] finding the one that works best for a shot. Then again, I suspect many achieve their desired effects through alternative means, and use Instagram mostly for the easy sharing.
One feature I have not read about so far amidst the recent hoopla is Instagram's heuristic search -- it can suggest others' feeds you might like to follow. I've found these recommendations so spot-on it's scary. Does Instagram own that IP?
Why do I have a strange sense of déja vu all over again?
Many of the original iPads had a terrible WiFi problems, which were sorted in a subsequent update to iOS. Don't recall whether any customers got free replacements before that though, just remember that mine connected fine there after.
Luckily for me this time, my new iPad connects in the blink of an eye over WiFi (and positively screams on LTE, here in the States).
Wah!
Nobody's going to take away this child's app. Apple's policy is that once purchased it is yours to keep, even if removed from the App Store. The only little snag of course is that others in the future will not be able to purchase it, nor will it receive updates if this suit is successful.
Posted in Apple New iPad 3 Wi-Fi + 4G
Then please allow me...
Whether the higher resolution display alone on the new iPad is worth the extra cost is kinda subjective... That said, I myself would definitely recommend the new model for that improvement alone. For one thing, sadly, not all apps (and fewer websites) display text at a proper size to avoid the jaggies on the previous two generations, which can make reading tortuous on those devices in the instances where there is no option to increase the font size. But the new model is so sharp that even the smallest text is quite legible, even to my tired eyes. Both still and video images take on a whole new quality as well, the detail and color saturation really does match that of a glossy magazine. Prior to this launch, one would have had to pay thousands (of dollars or pounds) simply for a display of this caliber alone. And here in the States, where we actually can connect to LTE networks and get speeds at par with commercial broadband (at obscene rates though), the difference between 3 and 4G is like night and day. Over all, delighted with my purchase; will fob off my first generation fondleslab on someone I really hate.
Higher prices not necessarily more profitable
Where sales are price-sensitive, simply raising prices does not insure greater profit. I wouldn't be surprised if all parties actually were to see massively greater sales figures if e-book prices were sharply reduced — seeing as it virtually costs no more to distribute a million e-books than to sell a single copy. I know I would immediately buy hundreds of them, were they offered for a dollar a piece. At current prices though, and seeing as how e-books cannot be resold or even given away, I haven't bought any, and probably never will.
Re: This is LTE
One might say the iPhone 4S can operate on "4G," but by no means does it support LTE!
Would be great if this device could attach via USB
and offer an additional two USB ports at either end.
Posted in SHOCK: RIM PlayBook outsells Apple iPad
Does run alps?
Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Jelly toast always falls jelly side down
And Rush is toast, this time he's fallen flat on his face. Not just because he has caused such a stir that he is being condemned from both right and left, but because he has demonstrated what a loose cannon he is. From here on in few if any advertisers will dare be associated with him. Not such a problem for them really, as vitriolic wind bags come a dime a dozen...
If you are just looking for a local business...
... you can speak your request through any iThingy's Google app, no need to use Siri, especially while it is still in beta.
So...
Will this new feature work as well as it did in Safari and IE?
Eh, no...
Actually we pronounce "solder" as "sodder."
I'll buzz off now...
"The agency has reportedly launched an investigation into the leak..."
They just don't know when to stop, do they?
And they put it into more than just drinks
Here in the States, the FDA decided that Sucralose is "natural" and now you can even find it in whole wheat bread! The label doesn't have to say "artificially sweetened" and the sucralose is listed at the end in fine print so you might not even see it, or think it says sucrose. Yech.
Posted in Boffins make graphene micro-distillery
...
And can liquid water pass through the graphine oxide membrane at all? The water in this experiment escaped as a vapor.
Posted in Boffins make graphene micro-distillery
I'll drink to that!
Shounds like a brilliant water purification filter too.
Yes and No
Soda and fruit juice have about the same range of "caloric density"-- usually about 100 to 140 calories per serving. And a glass of pure orange juice contains over 100% the daily requirement of Vitamin C, plus a goodly amount of Potassium and Folic acid, nutrients you will not find in carbonated beverages. The problem with fruit juices is that all the nutritional fiber is generally removed, and it is all too easy to consume larger volumes through the course of a day than might be beneficial.
The greater problem, as I see it, is that sweetened beverages are often the only affordable option for those on the lower end of the economic scale, who might actually depend on them for part of basic sustenance. Until healthful alternatives are made both more affordable and available, perhaps through subsidies, the proposal of such a regressive tax seems kinda cruel.
Not going to happen
Um... Apple is Intel's best customer.
