Posts by DJV
342 posts • joined Tuesday 4th August 2009 12:24 GMT
Posted in Printed jaw lets woman swallow again
@Michael H.F. Wilkinson
Ha ha. Are you running for cover because of the joke or because you used "of" instead of "off"?
Pot, kettle, blah blah
See above, bored now...
Not a good idea!
Apple's small print would probably mean that anything published by said boffins would be wholly owned by Apple from that point onwards!
"I bet very few ipad owners actually have the real version"
Trouble is, going by the pic, the iPad version seems to be a limbless midget! Well, that might appeal to some...
Amazing how many bad apples turn up at Google
And amazing how many bad Googles turn up at Apple as well!
i.e. Eric Schmitt allegedly "stealing" the iPhone idea (as Android) while he was still on Apple's board!
Meh icon because, well... meh...
Yes, that was my experience as well until I made the mistake of rebooting the cable modem, then it wouldn't reconnect at all! So, I went out instead...
"here's the scene of the outrage"
Damn, I clicked that link expecting Playmobil instead of Street View!
Posted in Crossley cops two-year suspension
Two years suspension?
That's only fair if I can bring the ropes from which he will be suspended and can select the bits he will be suspended by!
Ah, so you used to send unsolicited and probably unwanted emails and got clobbered for it. I, for one, find that a tad amusing.
Go back to reading yer Daily Fail!
Posted in The Commodore 64 is 30
1571 drive
I had a C-128 with a cut down 1571 in it. It was a nightmare! It regularaly decided the drive wasn't there when you attempted to use the relative file commands. Also, it lacked RAM buffers and would often screw up data. It only ever really worked in CP/M mode! For a long time Commodore denied that the errors existed but the final ROM that was released did sort of fix most of the bugs.
Posted in The Commodore 64 is 30
Commodore 500
The C-500 was never officially released (I did own one for a while as several hundred escaped a few years later). It got "re-engineered" into the C-600 using the same case and a cut down version of the 700's innards.
More here: http://www.davidviner.com/cbm.php
Posted in The Commodore 64 is 30
C64 Software
Yep, that's because Jack Tramiel was a hardware person (he started by repairing typewriters) and basically didn't understand what software was! The Plus/4 and C128 did rectify those shortcomings to a large degree.
Posted in The Commodore 64 is 30
@Torben Mogensen
121 colours is correct - there were 16 shades of each of the 16 main colours, but all the shades of black were also black which is why they couldn't say it had 128!
However, the TED chip that replaced the VIC II/SID chips didn't have sprites and the sound wasn't anywhere near as versatile (later on some people built synthesisers out of SID chips).
I used to work for a small company that built a 64K memory upgrade for the C16 to bring it up to almost the same capability as the Plus/4 (but minus the built in office software). Unfortunately, there were a few deluded souls who thought that the 64K upgrade meant the C16 could also run the C64 games/programs.
Posted in The Commodore 64 is 30
@Oliver Jones / BASIC into RAM
My nefarious use was to copy the BASIC into RAM in places like Debenhams and add a few POKEs to change the "syntax error" message to something rude. Then I'd sidle off to wait for unsuspecting kiddies to bash the keyboard a few times before asking their mothers what *THAT* meant!
Those were the days...
@Nick Gisburne
Well, I believe you! I installed a few of the things when I worked for Rediffusion back in the 1970s.
Which one does the tumble dry?
Also...
Will it have a container for the clippings and, if so, then, when the container is full, can you get it to locate the compost bin (even if I have to stick one of Chistoph's QR codes to it), climb up it, remove the lid (optional, I may possibly be capable to remembering to do this before starting the mower) and deposit said clippings in the bin before carrying on where it left off?
Ballmer can exhale
Trouble is, when he does, lots of chairs go flying!
But...
...if any patient's personal data is compromised in any way whatsoever by sloppy security, bad administration or crappy processes then EVERYONE in the chain from the person who released it right back up to David Cameron should be held fully responsible, fined heavily and sacked immediately. And THAT should be written into the document in BIG RED BOLD TEXT as well.
Next time they will need to think about building their fabs on stilts or pontoons!
Fan, Shit, Hit
See above...
HTML 5 Test
Interesting to see that the version of IE10 that comes with the Windows 8 Developer preview currently scores 300 points (+ 6 bonus) on www.html5test.com.
The IE10 preview, however, is a vast improvement - it scores a massive, erm, um, 299 (+6)!
So, another step back for MS - actually, the missing 1 is because the preview doesn't provide any custom search providers (no address/search bar in the preview). Still, I was expecting rather more than this... the current stable Chrome is already up to 343 (+13 bonus) points. Of the non-IE browsers, only Opera with 286 + 7 is currently trailing IE10 (IE9 currently scores 141 + 5).
Posted in The BBC Micro turns 30
Atom kit
The Atom was also available as a kit. A local shop bought them that way and I assembled a few for them.
The keyboard was a nightmare! Each key had two stiff springy metal wires that had to be located into corresponding holes in the PCB and then soldered in place. The keyboard was one unit and there were over 60 keys so that meant locating 130 or so wires AT THE SAME TIME. I remember discovering one wire had been squashed between the keyboard frame and the PCB after soldering up more than half of the damned things - not a good moment!
I think I assembled about 3 Atoms before giving up as they took far longer than what they were paying was worth.
I also remember upgrading a BBC A to a B for a customer of another local shop. However, it was a very early model with an inadequate power supply, which meant that the computer wouldn't work properly with all the extra chips in. So the whole thing went back to Acorn for a free (possibly?) upgrade.
Posted in Russia successfully launches Glonass-M
Maybe GLONASS can give Phobos-Grunt a shove whilst it's up there...
Forefront?
'keep the UK "at the forefront"'
All them other buggers in front of us must be wearing invisibility cloaks then!
And the server version, too
I run a couple of test servers and upgrading from 9.10 to 10.04 (or maybe it was 10.04 to 10.10, I forget) on one of them totally screwed it. Now, I only update major revisions now when I build a new server or replace the main hard disk.
However, I detest the RPMs that some non-Debian ones use and am thinking seriously of switching from Ubuntu to Debian for the next update.
do what you want to do?
Steve Jobs? I thought it was Eddie and the Hot Rods who said that.
Well, close enough...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weQ4oNk7Pqc
Posted in Ten... remastered videogame classics
I'm not into shoot-em-up style games but I wouldn't mind seeing revamped versions of the Myst series. I've still got an old PC running Windows 98 just for the originals.
"aimed at slightly dumber devices"
Dumber devices? Ah, they must be talking about Ballmer...
I'm ok
I have a hat.
Nothing can possibly go wrong, says gov
Oink, flap!
Posted in Earth escapes obliteration by comet
Option d
It will cause a slight draft and cause Bruce Forsyth's wig to momentarily flap about.
DLR?
Wow, I hadn't realised the Docklands Light Railway was a German company who also did space stuff!
"Statistical analysis. It helps you determine trends and extrapolate likely futures."
And still get it 90% wrong.
@Daniel B
"Doing the naturist stuff + chemo does seem to work. But don't cut the treatment!!!"
Wow, you mean running around nekkid also helps cure cancer? "No, officer, I wasn't flashing at the kiddies - it's just part of my treatment."
Optional title is optional
No payment would be big enough for me to trust those scum again (not that I did in first place).
Yes...
...but only one. The idiot spouting it in the first place.
Ubuntu 10.10?
Actually, it was 11.10 that was RELEASED.
Small mammals!
Well, that makes a change from larger, human sized mammals mistaking fibre-optic for copper...
Sony caught doing something bad?
How unusual!
</sarcasm>
Your users can fly? Amazing!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whinging
Betcha feeling sorry for that comment now...
Posted in Chrome browser 'is becoming Number Two'
Ah, the Opera mobile/mini user
One question. Are you the same person as the Opera (desktop) user that's always getting downvoted on here?
Well, whatever, I'm downvoting you just in case...
What do you mean "sometimes"?
Sigh... if only we could lock both Ellison and Ballmer into an escape-proof (and soundproof) room and throw away the key.
Posted in Google OUTBID on g.co.uk at auction
I wonder...
If this goes on then I wonder if it will be possible to buy *.co.uk where * is null? Should be fun attempting to type that in!
What?
Oh, you mean "oar". I was trying to figure out what was relevant about being chained to a rock (or even "chaned to a roc").
@truly disappointed
You bastard! I followed that link and, spotting the title, just managed to close the browser tab down before it played the second note!!
