Posts by James Hughes 1

Re: Not dumbing down

Well, I sort of agree with the AC - the headlines have been getting more and more stupid, and the articles are not far behind. . This one for example, has absolutely nothing to do with dumbing down, and everything to do with making the first steps easier for first time users, as anyone who had actually tried out NOOBS would have known. SO they have written an article without trying it out, then based a headline of their incorrect understanding of what NOOBS is. So what is that, bad journalism, or good journalism? If the Sun or Fail had done this, you would be up in arms.

Re: Please stop using the term 'Landfill' android @gazthealledgedjourno

So, why not call it cheap and cheerful hardware then, because as you so eloquently put it, that's exactly what it is.

Actually, since you are the journo, would it be possible for you to dig up these figures. I'd be interested to know what proportion of cheap and cheerful phones are replaced within, lets say, 2 years, vs expensive high end phones that are replaced in the same timescale. I'm guessing the high end are replaced more often than the low end (although the high end do have better resale value).

But I'm thinking that is quite possible that the number of each each that end up in 'landfill' (although that's not where they go according the WEE regs in the UK) is going to be roughly similar.

Re: @Chairo (was:As usual, the goo-tards don't ...)

Glad to see Jake has admitted he has no answers. Perhaps he'll stop posting complaining whiney nonsense for a while as he tries to think of some? Although that doesn't seem to have worked for Eadon.

It's not surprising really - so many internet people have a opinion, but so few have alternatives to what they complain about.

And what is a 'goo-tard'?

Re: Google *can* loose. They are not invincible.

I doubt.

Re: hey even 100 MP wont be good as DSLR...

Yes, a big lens makes a difference, but so does having lots of pixels. And the quality of the sensors is going up all the time. I think you would be surprised how good a top spec modern sensor and ISP is - maybe not top DSLR quality, but all those pixels DOES make a difference.

Re: Help my vague memory

@Boldman. Thanks - am in awe of your much better than mine memory.

Re: GUI - the 'WTF?' moment

Released because it works well enough - being a bit slow is not the same as being full of bugs.

Also turns out that accelerating X with things like OpenVG and OpenGL is almost impossible, as X really doesn't lend itself to it, with lots of very small pixel operations, and of course, if your app is doing lots of rendering in SW, you cannot accelerate that anyway (unless the app actually uses OGLES or OVG). Best you can do is whole window operations (compositing etc) which actually doesn't use that much CPU compared with, for example, a HTML renderer.

Re: Paraglider and helicopters @<ike Richards

Rotary Rocket used a helicopter approach, and Armadillo Aerospace are using paragliders to return the STIG to the launch site.

What goes around comes around.

Re: wasting money

The Raspi Foundation has always said from a pure power point of view, clusters of Pi's do not make sense.

However, they do make sense as a teaching tool. As this student has so helpfully shown.

Re: Norwich University?

UEA has never been known as Norwich University. Ever.

It's just happens to be in Norwich, which is quite a nice city for those who've never been there (i.e. most people who are detrimental about it)

(Biased UEA Grad)

Re: @druck (was: Question.) @Jake

@Jake. Try looking stuff up. Then try and achieve what HH has done (and is still doing). Amadeus would be a good starting point.

Re: Google and vocal chords

Er, what has your post got to do with the fact the LP has a medical problem with his voice box which explains why he has been unable to make many long speeches recently?

Or are you using someone's medical misfortune to make some unrelated point?

Here's my unrelated point. If you don't like Google's business practice, don't use them. Will no-one think of the mosquitoes?

Re: I'm not sure what the point it. @Ian Johnston

If it's all so well known, where is the documentation on the last *car* that did 1000mph so they can refer back to it? Would save a lot of time.

Or how about a comparison with normal cars? The material science and systems have been well known about for years on those, and yet, every year, we get improved models.

Re: OK, so that's my next phone sorted then

Not going to happen in the near future - the 41MP sensor is too big for the current crop of SoC/GPU's/ISP's that run Windows. I'm biased, but I think the only GPU that supports a sensor this big is the Videocore4 (808 Pureview, RaspberryPi), and that doesn't support Windows.

Re: and now over to Eadon...

Looks like Eadon downvoted you thirteen times...

Re: Skateboard requires 2 hands to operate

What make you think you need two hands to use this as a phone? It's not so big you need two hand to lift it to your ear for example. Or two hands to type in a number (unless you have really small pixie hands - Beedle sized for example). Or you could use a BT headset and voice recognition if you are really desperate enough to need to phone someone whilst cycling along.

Re: How to make Windows 8 look good. @AC

Piss off tarring everyone with the same brush. I get it. YOU don't like Unity. But, and this is where you might have to actually listen to what others say and get a fucking clue, a lot of people DO LIKE Unity. However, they don't feel the need to fling out (derogatory) comments every time Canonical make an announcement.

I use Unity every single day, and yes, there are some rough edges (but a lot less than when it first came out), but I can do EVERYTHING I need to do on the machine with it. Browse, email, dev work. EVERYTHING. It doesn't get in the way, it's easy to use, and it's pretty damn stable. My 7 years old gets on fine with it, as does my 11 year old. Compared with my experiences on Vista and to a lesser extent Windows 7, and it's been a delight.

Re: Hmmmm

A bit sweary, but I think I agree...

Re: Yawn....

Yes, I would count 1% of desktop a success. That's a hell of a lot of desktops.

(It's a success on most of the desktops I use certainly).

Re: "head of software design"

@Dan 55. But its his job to say 'make it so'. He doesn't need to know about API's, scheduling, or any software at all. He designs, software monkeys code. It's the monkeys who need to know about API's, and if necessary tell him what he wants isn't possible,. Then implement it anyway.

In many ways designers should NOT know about the underlying tech, as it will pollute the design process. It's their job to design, not implement.

Re: ah, schoolday 'pranks'

Oooo, I forgot the compo ration trick. Get a tin of sugar, drill/punch a hole in the top. Insert banger. Light banger, Retire to safe distance. No explosion but my god it makes a loud noise, and the tin ends up a funny shape. Some guy did that on a CCF weekend I was on (sorry Lake Windemere), teacher wandered over wondering what the noise was. Wasn't that bothered in the end since nobody was maimed.

Re: @Simon Ward

Still laughing - bunch of Korean's in office around me must wonder what the hell is going on.

Bungle's finger, measureable gravitational field...snigger....

Re: Keep current or become unemployable

All very well, but when do you update your skill set? I'm at the older end of things, and my main problem is not having time to learn anything new. Works is busy, home is busy.