Posts by Danny 14

Re: Squander Two That's one hell of an assumption.

I have. Wife worked in barnsley on a saturday night (at the theatre then pharoahs night club). Not a great place to be at chucking out time hence why i picked her up after work.

Re: To put Drayson's achievement in some perspective...

if it can manage 10 miles at full tilt (without melting) then thats not too bad really. it might do better on a real track with regenerative + kers etc.

Re: BBQ

are they worth BBQing? Never seen one with much meat on them.

Re: Irony isnt much understood in the US is it ?

I thought the stuff he published was above his paygrade?

its a back pedal due to the published incompetence of the HK extradition request vs the John Kerry "diplomatic consequences for people hiding him" rant that he foolishly was allowed to televise. John Kerry gets high and mighty whilst the reality is the US tried to roughshod over other peoples laws and statutes then got bitchy and stompy when they wouldnt comply until they filled in the paperwork correctly.

In the same was you leave Assange on the sofa, Snowdens chances of getting to Ecuador around US airspace is pretty slim. Once in US airspace they simply request the civil airline to land. Get snowden off and send the plane on its way again. Much simpler than banging diplomatic drums.

Re: Christ

What sentences were handed out to these people in the prisons? 20 years hard labour? If so, what do they expect "hard labour" to be?

Are they murderers, rapists and government spin doctors? If so then I have no sympathy. Hard labour is hard labour be it breaking rocks into small chunks or tarring roads. If they are run of the mill "normal" sentences then it is wrong to force the work.

Re: Good article, but does the punter care?

ripping DVDs "properly" to play on a larger screen size is sometimes a good idea if the object you are using to play them has a shit upscale routine.

"Those of us old enough will remember watching waves of distortion moving slowing up or down screen as the transmission and power drifted in and out of sync on crappy TVs ;)"

Ah yes with a manual sync knob on my old PYE set ;-)

Re: orly

But a lightbulb IS a constant stream of light, it isnt being chopped 50 times per second, it is merely powered by oscillating since wave 50 times a second. If it was a digital light switching on and off 50 times a second (shuttered rather than refreshed) with no lag you would probably notice something.

Cinefilm was exactly that, presentations of shuttered stills relying on your eye to maintain the previous scene.

Re: Hmmm

you could always ask for a cup without a logo on it, that way they dont have to pay royalty so it should be cheaper.

Re: Apples and pears

For that range in a tesla it will be hypermiling though. Not so in the audi.

agreed, im on the TPS (mobile too) and my cold calls are fairly low. royal mail tend to ignore the "no unaddressed spam" though.

Re: Its nice to hear the honesty

the key is interviews - CV to get the interview then your own self on the day. Ive interviewed people who were near perfect on paper, had experience but there was no way in hell i'd work with them. However, people who come across well are usually hired even if there are boxes unticked.

Arrogance is a turn off immediately.

At the end of the day if you can get to an interview then tweak your technique appropriately.

Re: "When to say I quit..."

Depends really. I quit and went travelling for a year. I had money reserves for year +1. I had no problems finding a new job afterwards and had a good reason (on paper) for quitting. In reality my old job was shite, I hated the company, was paid crap thus manufactured a good way to leave, go on holiday and spend time looking for a new job - all without killing my "appeal".

If you can bullshit your way with a good excuse (and evidence to back it up) then quit when you like.

Re: Cumberbatch would be bonkers to accept if it was offered to him

agreed, career wise I would guess he should turn it down. Small "mini series" such as sherlock would keep his options open. A 3 year deal for dr who when he is currently at a peak would be foolish IMHO.

Re: AMD's plan to beat Intel.

so just buy a proven i5 instead. Not sure about you but I cant see many games needing 8 cores (most wont use 4 efficiently either).

surely you would be better off with an i3 and a much better GFX card in any case.