Posts by Annihilator

Cos it don't exist

Even Wikipedia is dubious that it ever existed as a concept.

As far as I can see, the 6 films were effectively about Anakin/Vader. That story ends when he dies :-)

@Equitas

"volcanic plugs excepted"

Straying way off the point here, but I think this is what was meant. "Old" Edinburgh is pretty much built entirely on igneous (castle) rock. And there's that looming big thing called Arthur's Seat just off to the side.

I'd say the opposite

My storage contents don't tend to change much. Most files are created and then stay there - for example, MP3s, videos etc.

The OS disk on the other hand, well settings change, Windows hammers swap files etc..

Guess it depends on usage though.

Cash'n'Carrion?

el Reg used to sell stuff like this at the Cash'n'Carrion, but all links redirect back to theregister.co.uk - so think it disappeared..

Well it should be..

hidden option (e) - tell the network operators to stop dicking around trying to provide a "custom" (by which they mean "hamstrung") firmware for what they believe are their phones. It's the customers, let them come with the default firmware if they choose.

Christ I thought we were past all this crap and that Apple had actually done something right in the phone industry with the iPhone's inability to be network customised...

Hmm

Did you perhaps watch the 1932 original by mistake?

Though I accept your view on GF pt2.

Shirley you mean

We need a skiiiiiiip innnnnn spaaaaaaaaaaaccce?

Inhale any gas

Erm, yes xenon is a "well-known asphyxiant". As is 79% of our atmosphere. Amazingly we survive.

But don't stop yelling, cos that would mean you lost the fight...

@AC re: No idea of economics?

"given that he is chancellor of the exchequer, a post that *requires* a certain knowledge of economics, and you are, er, not"

A quick google would tell you that George (Gideon) got a 2:1 in Modern History. The only knowledge he has of economics is that his Daddy is f***ing minted.

However, your ignorance aside, the point still stands - the oil companies will pass the tax directly onto the UK garages and then the customer. All he's done is put the price of petrol up on the forecourt and made it look like someone else's fault.

Whoops

My very bad... :-|

@Dibbley

Easy - you either have two linked flywheels to counteract the angular momentum, or you mount it on gimbals. On the other hand (as you almost hinted at) you can use it to your advantage and actually help keep the car balanced.

re: *any* OS

"and FreeDos is a what? Go on say it with me: Free Disk Operating System"

Feel free to try and patronise all you like. But FreeDos is hardly what you could call a "fully functional" OS. If you think it is, I've got a C64 sitting in the loft that you might be interested in.

... on 24

"There's been steadicam plugins for After Effects etc for donkeys years"

Yup, and for the free/opensource world, I've been using the VirtualDub plugin for years, well, since at least 2005 according to the metadata on my copy. Just Google deshaker.vdf and drop it in the plugin folder.

Had the same output as you though - namely that it's a neat trick, but no substitute for hard or soft steadicam techniques built into cameras.

Sort of

Reports coming in that you need a credit card that doesn't expire until at least August, so you're screwed if you have a credit card that expires in the next 6 months. Apparently it's by design...

Undocumented

They're not suggesting that they're using undocumented APIs. They're saying that they will specifically utilise every API (let's assume documented) that will give the best result. They're also implying that Chrome/FF will just recompile for the target and let the compiler optimise it as best it can, they won't specifically modify the code to take advantage of all the APIs.

I can see their argument from a logical point of view, but having said all that it's clearly just marketing/PR/spin. Can't blame them for trying - it's one step away from "any colour so long as its black".

The sad thing is, no matter how targeted the code is, I've no doubt that Chrome and FF will continue to trounce IE in any benchmark it cares to try.

Too right

The Soyuz is the most reliable manned spacecraft to date. 4 fatalities in a 45+ year service is nothing to sneeze at. It's also older than Apollo.

Granted it's been through a few modifications, but it's a space programme that can truly be marvelled. And as Vladimir mentions, the STS were regularly delayed. The Discovery retirement flight STS-133 lifted off on it's 6th attempt - 5th if you charitably ignore the weather induced delay.

Fair play on trying to gee-up the US Orion/HLV programme, but let's not kick the Russians at the same time.

@Thomas 4

No, he's a walking black turtleneck.

@Michael C

"However, 4.2 has several known exploits (just demonstrated this week), and it WILL be patched, but it will not move to 4.3. Apple won't simply add security patches "just because," but if an exploit is DEMONSTRATED, they have promised to close those holes."

Eh?? If an exploit is demonstrated they will patch it? By your own admission, it has been demonstrated already. 4.3 is released and has patched the 3GS and 4. I'm waiting for my 3G to have it's security failures resolved. You let me know when they're planning to meet their promise.

Perhaps I should charitably assume that you meant they're waiting for an exploit to appear in the wild before patching? Brilliant. As an aside, I have a horse in a stable with no means of keeping it there. Fortunately I have a massive padlock waiting to go, just as soon as I see the horse bolt.

Substitute

Generally speaking smokers are slimmer than non-smokers - it's an appetite suppressor. Not to mention that as people give-up smoking, they turn to something else to distract them, like biscuits. Or at least that happened with me :-)

Nope

"We're not landing, we're never going back to a planet that could generate that"

@ AC

"So what exactly prevents junior from using dad's MiFi?"

Erm, the Dad maybe? You know, the parent in the relationship that is meant to bear some responsibility for the raising of junior? Either through talking to him, or securing his MiFi with a password.