Re: "I would use Linux if I knew beans about programming"

yeah yeah, Linux is fine, BUT! what about in-house dedicated software, that Headoffice chooses, and we have to use even though its somewhat sh**** ??

and then there are the tax rules databases, using more in-house software that have to be updated every month or more often... currently it is a quick cd input job, due to the company not wanting to use web...

#and then these HAVE to interface directly to MS word, to make sure it is to the full gov. spec... more rules form H.O.!! ... :(

Re: Windows 7 is a poor OS

Um, I think you re forgetting something... I will fix that for you... :) :P

Windows XP is expensive. It requires rebooting a lot, it is insecure and needs antivirus. It has a registry. It's bloated, it has a bizarre tab-switching behaviour, it requires activation. It hides file extensions. It has secret files that cannot be removed that are there for content-DRM. It sends data to the mothership. It's closed source and cannot be audited for back doors. Win XP has a draconian EULA that's truly scary. It's dated and not in a good way. Windows XP can't run on old hardware. It gets Windows rot. Windows xp is slow at copying files. Windows xp quite simply sucks. It only *seems* good to those that have not stepped outside the Windows microcosm and think it good because it's better than win95...

see what i did there??? I will reiterate what some wag said about lowspec computers running xp...

"hey! I managed to make these computers go faster!!!"

"huh??, how???"

" I just installed win 98!!! :D :D :D "

Re: NASA computers...

maybe, but no crashes or reboots needed for decades.... :) :)

Re: Are the 32Gb or 64Gb version available yet?

too much?? then goto to google, type in

32gb s4 site:co.uk

ok??? :D

Re: Are the 32Gb or 64Gb version available yet?

how is your google fu???

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=32gb+samsung&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb#cr=countryUK|countryGB&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=Gwn&hl=en&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB%3Aofficial&channel=fflb&tbs=ctr:countryUK|countryGB&sclient=psy-ab&q=32gb+s4+site:co.uk&oq=32gb+s4+site:co.uk&gs_l=serp.3...45872.51291.1.51691.11.11.0.0.0.0.53.491.11.11.0...0.0...1c.1.14.psy-ab.ENood2eH_Dw&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46751780,d.bGE&fp=ba64e33975863f3&biw=1276&bih=659

Re: Are the 32Gb or 64Gb version available yet?

AT&T in US has it..

RE: If Apple did this...

If Apple made a new phone with a good sized screen, 1920 x 1280 or even 1080 x 720, 13Mp or bigger cam, AND a SDslot, I would definitely buy one...

WHY the hell 1136 x 640 ??????

Re: I give it a couple of months...

as smart as being too lazy to offer more options for those that want them???

Re: Ho-hum

could be someone switch it off??? looks like you dont know android.. there are lots of different 'keyboards' to download from 'google play market' with different ways of predicting text... dont let someone else's jaded ideas get in the way... 'touchpal' is a very good one.

Re: I've had mine since Friday

If you need a radio, Why do you not just get a very similar radio like most people use?? plus it means you wont waste your phone battery!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kubik-Player-Radio-Expandable-MicroSD/dp/B0041MGZOI/ref=pd_vtp_nm_6#productDescription

superior Android phones???

list them, and why, other wise be ignored as equally stupid!!!

"work half reasonably" ??? you will need to explain that... ah, I get it, you dont want a phone, you want a games machine....

try this..

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/android-gaming-powered-up-by-google-play-game-services-50011227/

Re: Design?

huh, then go back to apple, where the design is great, but the functionality is rather forgotten....

Re: Samsung took over the Nokia market

MS??? nope. Nokia had the chance to support android, and TOTALLY dominate the mobile market... good hardware + good software = unbeatable...

But no, chronically stoopid managers ruined it... Elop was either a MS 'plant' or only looked at MS financial report, thinking it would transfer 'success' to mobiles... even the few Linux mobiles were killed.. even the first adverts for winmo were HTC, NOT nokia...

Re: My S4

Boooring I already have a S5.....

Re: Horses for courses, again..

very true, BUT I would not rely on the USB OTG .... specs are patchy in this area, and I'm afraid most salesmen a would usually be confused if you asked them... like laptops, they are upfront about how fast and hires they are, but then you find it has only 2 USBs????

Its basically down to 13MP cam, hires screen, 'no touch' controls...

Re: I thought this was a technical magazine.

'limited functionality and huge lockdown' ??? are you sure you are not confused with apple or HTC??? NO SD slot, NO chance of replacing the battery....

Re: Need advice

you need to load the 'go launcher ex' .. free install, no expert stuff needed!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex&feature=search_result

this will give you total control over all transitions, as well as hundred of others that can be set to 'nothing' if you like!!! :) a lot of other common functions are made a lot easier too...

the main feature I like (now you have a much bigger screen) is to change the number of icons visible, from 3 x 3 up to 10 x 10!!

the bottom 'fixed' row (the dock) can be extended so you can have more icons, and just scroll for more! - or just switched off, if you like ..

Re: How cold?

you need to read this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_tunneling_microscope

"temperatures ranging from near zero kelvin to a few hundred degrees Celsius"

ie, -273 C, upwards.. :)

Re: @Paul

the 'tv end ones' rather depends on your signal... If you are using an ae amp from the wall socket next to your TV, it will amplify the noise and 4G signal as well!! try removing the amp, to see if that works before calling an expensive engineer... It is usually **danger money** in case of a fall from 20 feet off a roof!! :)

MS does it too!!!

MS office keeps changing, as well as the docs it will/ will not produce.. so the staff need to be retrained, **again**!!

My company has refuse to go any higher than office2004 for sanity's sake...

Re: What is this email change really about?

john, you sooooo riiiight!.... sky does not need to worry, just put the customer service on it, (the only message on that recently is email.. :P ) luckily I know their sales num, for other stuff... :E

Re: Fair point

the 'extra ' they bought included the lower freqs, to improve the signal inside buildings... :)

Re: YEEEAAAHHH! IR REMOTE ONCE AGAIN!

erm, the galaxy S4 has IR... and a good camera, and you can also use the screen with gloves on...

Re: Bubble is beginning to burst

hmm, just FTL wont get you there... Doctor who might get you back in time to see it :)

If you STILL have not realized, this is LOOKING **back in time** due to it takes that long for the light to get here!!

now just assume this was possible..

If you took a spaceship and traveled 100 million light years, then you would see more...

If you took a spaceship and traveled to that point, 13.82 billion light years away...

you would see much the same as WE see, on earth... lots of stars , but different constellations... you cannot prove that the universe is limited, because it is impossible to see it all.. I say that

there are some scientists that believe that if the universe is big enough, the total gravity will cause it to curve into a sphere.. so, if you have that impossible drive that will travel a billion billion light years in a short time, you may find yourself back where you started!!! :)

Re: Fractal

nope....

it is a map of the what is seen from the probe, about 1.5 million KM from the Earth... you need to read the article....

it is not looking at the stars, but the radiation all round , that is actually 13.82 billion light years away..

Re: This is why I need hover touch ...

know the antistat bags that memory whatever comes in?? roll it up into a 'pen shape' - works great!! :)

If you have wads of money, just buy the pc screen cleaner pads...

Re: This is a test of Balmer's metal now...

skule?? wassat??

Re: The end of XP?

I remind you about the 5% who have any clue about the internals of windows... many are using xp due to win7 cost, and usually have only 1 or 2 pcs... much more are using win7 happily, due to network needs, driver support, etc.. try connecting your brand new smartphone to XP by usb, and you will see why... :)

I think it is the desperate drive by shops to get new stuff, to get more customers, that seems to have blinded them to the fact win8 is for *touchscreen* PC only... 'I see dumb people' indeed... duh, it must be better, is new...

Elmer Phud - Re: Google+ over Facebook any day of the week.

Elmer Phud: and how is that different to how Facebook owns you??? No seriously, do tell!!

Re: OK, case study....

Damned right!!!!! If you pay *good money* for a product, it should not be laden down with adverts!!

The same is true with DVDs - ten years ago, you rented a film, and it went straight to the main feature -

Today, you buy a DVD, to find there are adverts for other stuff, including other films, that you CANNOT skip over!!!

If that is not a reason to download or buy a pirated disc **without** ads, what isn't ???

Re: Taking bets

IR light?? you mean the sort that ALL remote controls emit????

Re: Yuck

except that most bacteria, etc. will not survive the cold and dry conditions that ATMs normally experience.. and |I would not be surprised if the 'in bank' ATMs are regularly cleaned(just like all the other furniture :) ), and even the window cleaner gives the outside ATM a brush-over... :)

Re: Microsoft is going away sooner...

ROFL !! no chance of that!!! there are just **too many** idiots who *still* dont have a clue about stuff!!

eg.. a real coversation, would you believe he is a banker???

where's my internet??? / wheres google???

its on your screen, look for explorer..

huh????

{groan} the blue E...

what?????

{goes to his computer} see that? {points to icon}

uh why didnt you say that blue thingy??? where's my google???

{gawd how is this no brain alive?} - puts home page to google..

thanx mate..

Re: Windows 8 - It should go away.

the problem with 'MS gets it all' is that it is NOT the 'vaguely intelligent' who can find this site, but the millions of CLUELESS who *believe* what the sales men say... or are at the mercy of trying to find a good enough PC, to get win8 hard sell due to DUMB plus 'greedy for their commission' salesmen....

The biggest reason for staying with win7, is that many companies 'upgrade cycle' is *much* slower that MS.. my company's board of directors seems to have employed a pinhead who believer our min spec should be a 3 GHz multi-core.. and I can tell 1.5 dual core is well good enough for the minimal use it has, especially as it will only let us use ADSL that they got a cheap deal on that rarely goes above 5Mb/s !!

Re: £31-a-month deal with 500MB

so are you one of those crazy guys that wants to d/l a distro with your phone????

Re: Well, that was quick.

and I think your blocker is so tight its cutting it the browsers circulation!!!, or its just a clever message to pretend it is 'working' ...

Re: Flash!!!!

ROFLMOA ROFLMAO .... Are one of the LAZY devs that wont stop moaning about flash, BUT wont bother to make a decent easy to use replacement for it using 'html5' ??? or just one of those idiots that thinks it is just so easy????

If you have done ANY research, you will know 'html5' is only a very small part of the solution ... look at how they do without flash on the iphone.. it is more 'streaming video' using a remote flash server, all provided by youtube, adobe, etc... until you find a website that does not use it... this is why there is STILL plenty of help for jelly bean users to get flash loaded... :)

Re: Well, that was quick.

Nope, that what happens when ALL of the reg's readership attacks the website at once!!!

the one thing that is reliable these days, is 'we underestimated the demand'.... LOLOLOL

Jamie 5, is this too simple for you????

just go to this address!!

http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html

Re: Russians - hard as nails, not fazed at all

well on RT at about 8Pm, that is exactly what they said... :) :) "какого хрена это?!?!?!?!?!" or similar things.. they may have removed that in some news channels, though... :P