Posts by Ali on the Reg
75 posts • joined Thursday 8th October 2009 15:25 GMT
Re: Revenue static, profit down
To correct you, they speak perfect English (albeit with thick accents) - eloquent and far better grammar than most Brits. However, they just seem to understand English!
So who will be flying these drones?
Oh right, Top Guns
Actually the article does not refer to the EA9800 as being flexible, the use of the term is for other as yet unannounced models
In short, it they don't consider the cost of sufficient benefit. For example, why does the UK suffer so much when it snows a bit? Because the cost of 'anit-snow defences' isn't worthwhile given the relatively low risk of snowfall.
The Earth isn't doomed
We are, but Earth will still be here.
Ooo matron
Yes, please do keep the tiresome sex puns coming. They are very funny and don't make you sound immature or perverted.
It's so true about Star Trek the Motion Picture - it is the most 'sci-fi' of the lot and yes, for some reason the Trekkers didn't seem to like it.
Posted in Ten smartphones with tablet ambitions...
Makes the late Steve Jobs comments about how shrinking an iPad would be a mistake look even more stupid
Some people, intelligent ones too - have just way too much time on their hands.
About time
Its true, I saw that ad before Skyfall and I too wanted to drive dangerously and be chased by copters. Thank heavens it got banned
Sets a bad precedent
So if want to search for a money manager type of app and someone has patented the word 'money' then it makes my life all the more difficult. Or how about the many maths apps for kids, drop the word 'math' and again it just makes it so much less obvious.
Posted in India gets $25 Android tablet
Excellent news. I look forward to the Register's review of it.
10 years already?!
I feel old. So very, very old.
"China is known to be the major perpetrator of cyber espionage"
The US then is only a minor/moderate perpetrator? Or is the suggestion that the US would never stoop so low?
Posted in Microsoft Surface priced up for Blighty
My heart wants Microsoft to give Apple a good kicking. My head reminds me that this is unlikely and that the Surface would not exist were it not for Apple's guerilla innovation. Though unrelated, both my hear and my head however are more enthusiastic about the Rasberry pi being a success.
Posted in iPad Mini pics spied on Twitter
I would never have guessed
I looks like a regular iPad, but smaller!
Re: Sounds great...
Get yourself the custom firmware, it performs a daily backup of all recordings as well as a plethora of other stuff
Posted in Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review
"It's basically a bigger S3 with a better quality screen"
You say that like its a bad thing
Posted in Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review
Is that anti-Apple bias in the review? You'll never get invited to their big meets! (No I'm not a fanbois, I prefer my Samsung 7.7).
Posted in Orée outs wood-carved keyboard
Do they do maple-effect laminated chipboard to match my desk?
Re: Over here
The Joke icon has lost its meaning these days. Originally the Reg created it for the benefit of Americans who couldn't quite tap into British sarcastic humour
I was using a Casio touchscreen 'tablet'* computer at the start of the millennium, the PV-100. Even though it had a 128x128 display and you could not install any apps, it really did revolutionise my life.
Re: Looks like it contains nift
Be thankful you didn't have to deal with one of their laptops
The elephant in the room
What of content? Even if there was broad support for 4k/UltraHD content the infrastructure does not in effect exist to support data of those capacities. We'll have thousands of people with 4k sets watching 480/576 line content - much as we do now with FullHD.
That projector sounds revolutionary
Certainly has my interest, I've been looking at Epson and BenQ but this stands out for the 'no-lamp' feature. Should be cheaper to run, cooler, quieter and longer lasting-lasting. Quite possibly a TV substitute. Hope The Register reviews it soon.
After the debacle with the Kindle Fire...
...Amazon can suck my balls
Posted in Mio Spirit 695 LM satnav review
Re: fastest
I have this test I do on SatNavs. North London to Luton avoiding motorways - if it tells you the fastest route is through St Albans town centre (a town centre - wtf!) then avoid it as it has no inteligence of traffic flows.
Posted in Mio Spirit 695 LM satnav review
tempting
But with TomTom coming to Android soon I'm going to wait and see
Fair play
It's an overdue step in the right direction, for now I just use a HDR-FOX-T2 + Handbrake. In fact given the superior quality I think I'll just keep on using it.
Posted in 3G Google Nexus 7 inbound
Why then buy the Wi-Fi one in the first place? It's not as if there aren't any other decent Android 7" 3G tablets on the market. As decent as the Nexus 7 is I didn't buy it because of the lack of 3G and the lack of an SD card slot.
Re: So the UK never got a look in ?
Amazon have had nearly a year to use the collonists as guinea pig. Rather than release the 'proper version' to us Limeys, the instead have let it sell out. Given the challenge from Google however this was probably wise. I'm with Anonymous Coward, Amazon have made it clear what they think of the UK market. Even if 2.0 is released I wouldn't trust them.
I can relate
When I see collegaues skiving on Facebook for hours on end I too feel like beating the shit out of them. Skiving on theregister however of course is entirely excusable.
But for the same price you could get an iPad
I don't get it, why get this when you can get an iPad?
Re: Quick!
Apple will have registered several years ago a rough sketch accompanied by a description like 'battery that charges faster'
Re: Saudi...
In fairness the Saudi's of old did contribute a lot to the science, maths, commerce etc. It's after they found the oil they got lazy and developed an interest in booze and whores instead.
Re: Objections
Actually that raises a good point; rather than objecting to these TLDs the Saudi's should be encouraging them. Then they can just block the site with the undesired addresses with relative ease.
Personally I have no time for their opinions. With their lavish wealth what exactly do they contribute to the world these days apart from bigotted opinions.
Re: I'm going to stick with my HDR-FOX T2
Aw crap, wrong tab
I'm going to stick with my HDR-FOX T2
Becuase the custom firmware you can download for it lets you do EVERYTHING!
Posted in US flags from the 1970s SEEN ON MOON
Re: but where's
The Sunday Sport also found a Spitfire up there in the 1980s
Re: Cyber bullying?
They should nail his bollocks to the wall.
Oh wait, can I get arrested for that?
They shouldn't nail his bollocks to the wall
Necessity in the modern world?
I really don't agree with that. How is it a necessity exactly?
He got off lightly
Had his Mrs been wearing a headscarf they would've knocked her teeth out. The French these days are like Daily Mail readers...on steroids
I too was an object of ridicule right up until around 2010, the reason being the quality of the my major apps were better on the Palm. The apps or eqivalents however are available on other platforms so I'm stumped why anyone would pay £30 for this except perhaps for nostalgia
Good!
Flash sucks arse bigtime, or possibly Flash is great but the devs misuse it. Whichever. I hate visiting websites and watching it it then painfully grind to a halt.
Rise of the 7" at last
Has owned the first Galaxy Tab and now the 7.7. It infuriates me when, upon hearing the price, people respond with "oh, you could have gotten an Apple iPad for that". Yes I know, I didn't want one because it is too big!!!
Posted in Apple iPhone turns five this Friday
Re: No denying
When it first appeared, compared to what else was on the market it looked as if it was extra-terrestrial technology. Apple, a company that had nothing to do with mobile phones instantly put all of the established manufacturers on the back-foot or in some cases practically destroyed them. The tech also paved the way for proper touchscreen interfaces and is now making it into TVs and cars. Whatever you think of Apple, it did change the world.
