Posts by mike_ackee
10 posts • joined Monday 12th July 2010 09:47 GMT
Apple can't do optical drives
I have an iMac and a Macbook. The optical drive in the iMac died within a year, then the replacement drive died 2 years later. The optical drive in my MacBook died within 3 years. I now have a second hand HP external USB drive that just keeps working. It's a shame because internal optical drives (particularly in a laptop) are very useful to me. Perhaps this is just an admission of defeat from Apple.
Posted in Lytro light field camera
Oh the irony...
The original research was supported by a Microsoft Research Fellowship, and now the resulting product's only available for Mac.
eReaders?
If all they're doing is trying to replace paper, give them eReaders instead for a quarter of the cost.
Posted in The BBC Micro turns 30
I remember it (almost) well
Cassette relays were more fun...
10 *FX 137,1
20 *FX 137,0
30 GOTO 10
RUN
(Exit WH Smith in a hurry)
I had this problem too. Fixed it by going into the superhub options and enabling multicast. Been fine since then.
Posted in Sony unveils PlayStation telly
Not a new idea...
...we'd been thinking about this for cinema applications for a year or two - Couple go to cinema, girl sees romantic comedy, bloke sees porn. Everyone happy! (well at least until she finds out)
Mac menu..
I have 2 macs and like using them, however I've never understood the idea behind its menu-bar. With large, hi-res screens it is just awkward to use - and don't even get me started on multiple monitors where I always have to move back to the primary monitor to select a menu, even when the apps windows are all on the secondary monitor. (Yes I know I can fix it with shareware, but I shouldn't have to)
Ghosting...
"The only real distraction is the ghosting caused by cross-talk interference but it’s not as bad as I’ve seen on some other screens."
The ghosting is a function of the TV and goggles. It is caused either by an incorrect dark time or phase adjustment in the TV that does not match the requirements of the glasses.
