Posts by Miek

Re: =

Whilst I can see the benefit in changing the DNS on your router; you can also change your client's DNS settings if it is too complicated to adjust the router's DNS settings.

Re: Was he

Absolute bollocks, he probably hasn't smoked enough

"Likewise he was insanely misguided and showed incredible levels of incompetence in his field to release an interface where simple things like closing apps also have no visual indicators" - Totally agree with you there ... I ended up using Alt-F4 to close those pesky Metro Apps

Re: @Miek

Thanks for that, I had forgotten about FrontPage.

Oh, yeah, mine's the Microsoft one with coffee all over it.

Re: Surprising

"Either way; as said I still remember my conversion. 5 different e-mail accounts; 1 business, 2 Hotmail accounts (business & private), one private blog account and the account provided by my Internet Provider (which I use the least). I ended up exporting all the e-mail from ThunderBird to mbox, uploaded that to my mailserver and with a nice Perl script (mboxtomaildir) I could implement the whole thing and make it accessible using Dovecot." -- Why didn't you just add the new account as an IMAP account in Thunderbird and just drag and drop your email to the new account ?

Re: Here we go again...

""The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes"" -- Facism

"Did that gif remind anyone else of myspace?" -- Nope, it reminded me of a seizure I had once.

Re: On the subject of ATMs

I'm only 6 foot tall and I can remember one particularly bad Cash Machine that I had to kneel at to be able to see the screen properly.

3D Printer + Metalworking Lathe + CNC Milling Machine = Fully Working Gun less Ammunition;

Re: Nope

"3.4. In addition to and without prejudice to your obligations pursuant to our Terms and Conditions, you agree to comply with (and ensure that others using the Services comply with) all applicable laws, statutes and regulations in connection with the Services. As the User of record, you are responsible for all use of your account, irrespective of use without your knowledge and/or consent. " -- Bam! Suck on that you ignorami

Excerpt taken from the following page: Virgin Media, Cable customer's Acceptable use policy

"What license is required, and what laws would be contravened if a license is not sought first?" -- Here is a little Copypasta take from a RC Flying website/online shop for your consumption, check the CAA and BMFA website for further information.

"First Person View RC Flying.

FPV RC is a legitimate activity but there are limitations that you must observe to be both legal and insured. ANO Article 166 (3) says the person in charge of a small unmanned aircraft must maintain direct, unaided visual contact with the aircraft sufficient to monitor its flight path in relation to other aircraft, persons, vehicles, vessels and structures for the purpose of avoiding collisions. This is a strict legal requirement.

The implication for FPV RC is that the pilot ‘under the hood’ cannot, by definition, be the pilot in charge of the model and that there must be a separate ‘pilot in charge’ at all times. After discussions with the insurers and the CAA, BMFA has been able to arrange insurance for the activity but ONLY if the following regulation is followed:

When flying FPV RC, the pilots MUST use a buddy box system with the pilot in charge using the master transmitter. In addition, the model is equipped with a video camera and video link to the ground and will automatically be classed by the CAA as a small aircraft equipped for surveillance. Consequently, all of ANO Article 167, (Small unmanned surveillance aircraft) will apply to any flights made. This can be read in full in the section ‘Legal Controls over Model Flying’.

Again, these are strict legal requirements.

Aerial Photography using UAV, UAS, Quadcopter, RC Helicopter etc.:

It has come to our attention that the CAA has a law within the UK with regards UAV usage for commercial gain. If you intend to fly your aircraft for video or photograpy for personal financial gain the CAA require the user to hold a Civil Pilots licence and must undertake relevant check to fly their aircraft.

The Law for the CAA states this in there CAP 722 Document available to download from the CAA website.

As we understand it, as long as the user is flying for recreational purpose only and NOT personal gain, this requirement does not apply.

However, we always recommend when flying any RC product that permission is asked from relevant land owners, councils or park authorities."

Edit: http://www.buzzflyer.co.uk/aerial-photo-uav-fpv-law.asp

Re: $224,000??

Yeah, the new office layout is a Doozy, I'll factor 450 hours into retraining costs.

Re: Starbucks

"Bing or Yahoo." -- Oh the horror!

Re: Video conferencing?

The camera is front-facing, who would actually want to see the Glasshole instead of the pretentious 'scene' that they wish to share with you ?

Re: Well that couldn't have gone wrong anyway...

"Well just because some twit sent a twitter (I couldn't resist the pun), what could have gone wrong in the current charged environment?

Oh, nothing much, just a few (hundred) cruise missiles fired back, not much to write home about." -- You think the Japanese and American military get their intel from twitter? What a twit.

"No, its just another Android phone with this FB skin pre-loaded." -- Thanks Dave, I actually hadn't read the article </sarc>

"Disclaimer: my main combo is iPhone/iPad, so I'm not that much of a Google fanboi..."

Are you using "Apple search" ? oh wait ...

The real problem is that Google's services are becoming ubiquitous because generally Google's services work well for most devices as compared with the services from Microsoft. I have never encountered a single problem using Gmail over the web with many different browsers nor have I had any problems using Gmail's IMAP service. The same simply cannot be said for the abomination that is Exchange/lookOut.