Posts by MrXavia
472 posts • joined Tuesday 28th September 2010 11:29 GMT
Re: Never received it....
If its exchange, then non-receipt is very likely.... more than once I've emailed something for the 3rd time, walked over to the recipient and sat waiting for any of the emails to arrive...
Exchange makes me want to throw things....
Re: Human rights? Pfff....
That's the problem, while they can ask for the key, if you have been planning something nasty, why would you give it?
Also if they are monitoring communications, they can't ask for the key..
Re: Right. @Titus Technophobe
That's the point, targeted monitoring, i.e. AFTER a court order is obtained!
the Snoopers charter removed the need for a court order....
Although while it might stop idiots such as these if you can monitor communications, it would not stop anyone with a decent education... Right now I don't bother encrypting... if this bill passes, I might start a new business selling encrypted communications to the masses....
WTF???
Are they mad?
I have no problem with our police being able to monitor our communication, BUT only after a court order has been obtained, it is the lack of need for a court order I am against!
And this incident would NOT have been stopped if the snoopers charter was in place...
Why? Because they were 'known' to intelligence services already, so why were they not being monitored? why had they not obtained court orders to monitor their phones, etc?
If it wasn't for the lack of SD slot that is what I would have brought, and if the Experia Z had a decent screen I'd have brought that over the samsung (even with the non-replaceable battery)
Re: Pot Noodle, Bombay Bad Boy, hot...
More like original series food synthesisers!
But for drinks, surely its more powder + hot water than real printing.
Re: spotting snake oil
I think I would keep the lawyers out of it until I had a fully working prototype, and then maybe I would still keep it a secret!
Re: why bother?
I like to keep my storage local, I run my own NAS, I just wish there was a decent open cloud solution available...
OwnCloud is OK, but its not exactly amazing....
Re: Sea levels are rising
I am a sceptic myself, because of all the conflicting data, once they have a decent model that fits the facts, then I will believe it all. Right now every models seems to fail, so while I agree there must be an effect from CO2 release, I doubt it is as big as the fear mongers are predicting...
I just think we need to be geo-engineering the planet more, Solar shades, reclaim deserts to grow plants (absorbe some of that CO2) and shift to 100% nuclear power (with electric/bio-diesel mining of course) THAT would help, moaning about CO2 release and trying to reduce it will do nothing in the long run, the USA wont listen, neither will China
I am not a fan of streaming really, it requires a reliable connection, so there is not listening when your on the tube etc... I prefer to buy mp3s of artists I enjoy or I listen to the radio...
Well they don't deserve 100% of the revenue, as the main creative content IS the voice over and the player control, without those the walk-through would not exist.
Compare this to Lego videos, has Lego ever gone after people for making stop motion lego films?
What about Playmobile?
Nintendo MIGHT have gotten away with a small % grab, maybe 30% even, but going for all of it? that will just alienate their player base....
Re: Piece of cake
nah, it will bore a hole with its laser of course!
Re: #HodgeTheDodge
I won't complain about avoiding inheritance tax, it's just blood money that has ALREADY been taxed!
Avoiding tax by shifting the money out the country, that is a different matter, although, raising VAT and dropping corporation tax would help the issue... even just dropping corporation tax would help keep money in the country....
our problem is the people in charge can't do basic maths...
Completely agree, build new motorways, up the speed limit on motorways to 90mph (managed motorways only of course, so 90 is the real limit) and you will benefit the economy...
Oh and build a new airport or add a runway to heathrow, we need a larger hub, linking airports with high speed rail is a pipe dream...
I don't find the ads on youtube intrusive... a few seconds and if your not interested, skip it.....
the trick for advertisers is to get you to WANT to watch the advert in those few seconds...
Re: We are all saved!!
Diesel is also just a 'power store'... just storing as hydrocarbons, the fact it was created millions of years ago by death of plant/animal life is not relevant when comparing the two.
What we need is more fission power stations and some way to store that energy for use in portable devices...
Although I have no doubt by the end of the decade oil will still be our primary fuel for vehicles, I really hope we will be shifting to mostly nuclear for electricity generation.....
Google are popular, they don't lock you into their ecosystem, your free to choose an alternate browser & search engine, even chrome lets you choose which search engine you use, so how can the EU complain?
Re: duplication
I might be one of the few people who likes that my phone came with two web browsers installed and I have a choice of music apps/video apps etc... although the default ones on my SGS4 are pretty good, and if you were a novice, they make it easy to download music/films etc...
Re: Lampposts....
Totally agree, the gov should insist on a SINGLE physical mobile network, and then the competing networks should share space on that network, it would be fairer, I am sure the airwaves are very inefficiently used at present....
Posted in Drone to deliver beer-as-a-service
Finally a drone usage we can all agree on!
Beer delivery bot has just been moved to the top of my to-do list!
Well they could always print whole muscles, and then exercise them in vats, creating different textures and flavours!
I would love to eat this burger, it is the start of something great, especially as it should make expensive breeds suddenly lower in cost.. why eat cheap imported meat, if you can buy a locally grown Aberdeen angus steak, and best of all, ethically grown!
(Hmmm I am sure I saw an episode of eureka where this had terrible consequences...)
@Ken Hagan
The same reason I use my android phone to ssh into servers when on the move... the ability to run the odd command on the move is invaluable!
I look forward to a fully linux based phone!
@feanor
I assume your talking about Broadband for those out in the sticks....
I thought there was funding for that...
Really we need ONE network, not two, not three.... So I think BT (wholesale/openreach) should be state owned as even now BT Business/BT Residential still have to buy their service from BT Wholesale before selling it!!!!!
uk gov should buy up all the shares in wholesale and push out the upgrade... this whole competition bull just slows us down.... our rail network would be tiny if it had been 100% private... our road network would be worse than it is with only toll roads between major cities if it was private... Would everyone be on mains electric if the government had not built the national grid in the 30's?
Private does not work for critical utilities and public services...
It should always be a national state venture to get it going, but a state owned business rather than a state department works best....
Re: What has the EU do do with it anyway?
I agree, just tell Europe to piss off, we're doing it anyway....
(I am not anti-EU, the EU is not a bad thing, just a bit of a mess right now)
Bullshit on banning guns, gun crime went up in the UK after hand guns were banned,
Banning guns does not stop violent crime...
Banning guns does not even stop gun crime, it only punishes the legal gun owners!
I never understood why this was such a big deal?
there are plenty of ways to make a gun with basic tools, and bullets are not hard to make...
And there are plenty of ways to propel the bullet that doesn't use gunpowder, just look at air-rifles, sure in the UK their fairly low power, but that is by law, not because they can't be made at FAC power levels...
Additional hardware means loose it and your locked out....
And even with the RSA type keys you STILL need a password/pin or a simple theft can compromise your accounts...
As for Fingerprint/Eye scanning, are they mad? right now if a thief wants your money just give them your pin & card... if its iris scan, they will scoop out your eyeball!!! hasn't he ever watched Demolition man???
I don't mind iris/fingerprint for authentication areas that are manned, but bank accounts & online, no thanks!
Re: I thought Germans were efficient?
170 machines? on a network?
I'd have done it for £30K
Network boot the machines, have a tiny linux boot image scripted to completely erase the drives, then on 2nd boot install windows, assuming they ran windows...
3D phone?
I'll pass thank you...
I am sure there are those out there who like all this 3d stuff.. me?
nah, I am never that impressed with it.. sure its pretty, but only ever works if you keep your head at the right position... no good for laying and doing something...
Re: @MrXavier
Oh I would love to hope they could, but unfortunately due to the way scramjets actually work, I can't see how they could ever have a dual mode engine, scram & turbojet...
Although possibly a pulse jet - scramjet hybrid could be built if they could get the fuel efficiency high enough
I am not dismissing it as useless, but asking what use it it beyond a cruise missile?
Re: Oh please...
Shhhhhh, dont tell them!
But seriously I thought you had to walk through a metal detector as well as a backscatter machine?
Not that I would ever walk through a backscatter x-ray machine, ionising radiation anyone?? yes I know they SAY its safe, but its not safe, just low risk... I would choose enhanced pat down over an x-ray.
MM wave scanners like they have in the UK now are fine though, non-ionising radiation.
are they serious?
"I plan to introduce legislation that will ensure public safety and stop the manufacturing of guns that are invisible to metal detectors and that can be easily made without a background check."
they think 3d printing is easy now?
I think it would be faster to build a gun from scratch in plastic, and I bet many people either have the tools in their garage or access to them at their local college etc...
Prior art, my SGS had the same thing basically, the soft buttons on the front of the phone hid when not pressed..
Same with the SGS2m & SGS3 & SGS4...
And my SGS4 works with my gloves on, so HOW can Apple be granted this stupid patent?
USPTO, go to your room and have a good long think!
Re: Shock News - Tor treats fans with respect, Fans continue to treat Tor with respect
Completely agree, and free e-books can lead to sales.
I read a few books from baen free, and that lead me to buy 4 books in a series from that author!
I think many authors would benefit from removing DRM & releasing free books, especially to the start of a series!
I can't see how any of what they want to do is even possible....
I really would like to see them offer a scenario where they actually need to identify someone via the IP address...
So you know a skype call was made between two people... how?
track who sent an email, again how do you have the IP?
This is a serious fail by the governments advisors...
That tractor beam trick is impressive with the magnets!
but if this research brings us more power efficient radios in our phones, that is good news!
Re: The fact that
No No, just wait for the eyePhone to come out!
So its no more secure than SSL then?
if the hub is compromised, the message is compromised, i.e. a man in the middle attack can still work, but only at a hub.,,..
Re: Well he was right
Because he'd have just walked into a starbucks, opened up a VPN home and uploaded the data somewhere... why bother with carrying it....
its only source code after all!
Firstly, congratulations... secondly... so, what is the benefit now???
It's a scramjet that has to be launched like a missile with a massive rocket to get it up to speed first?
It's only real use is on a cruise missile, there is no real other benefit, i.e. no use on a fighter jet, pointless to consider on a commercial liner, and it would not even make space launches cheaper!
I can't wait until we can track all instagram users, and then install an app to alert us when we're close to one so we can turn away....
Posted in The UK's copyright landgrab: The FAQ
Re: two points i disagree on...
I'm torn when it comes to copyright,
on one hand, shortish copyrights means works of art & litriture come into the public domain at some point,
but conversely, that also means pictures I post online, will at some point become free for anyone to use,
How do you balance copyright with privacy?
As what else protects my own pictures but copyright?
Re: Eh?
I concur, lets help the starving world by wasting food! what bright spark thought up that idea?
whereas the £1 a day, saves money, saves food and lets him donate what he would have spent!
Re: I'm leaving
Most ISP's still relied on BT's lines & network....
So even with another provider, your using BT, me? i go direct (well as direct as is possible, since I can't buy direct from BT Wholesale) One thing that is funny, as a business customer, I pay more but get a british person on the end of the phone when I call.... as a home customer, I end up going round the houses with an indian call center with someone who can't understand the notes on the system...
The BT Openreach engineers? brilliant guys, found the fault in minutes and set about fixing it... after 3 years of being told there is no problem by an Indian call center....
Re: If climate change forces women into prostitution...
Women in the Kitchen? ARE YOU MAD???
Women should be out in the field working hard and keeping their bodies toned!
anyway everyone knows the best Chefs are men
(and in history stately homes/castles/etc, the cooks were men as they were so hot the men wore very little women were not allowed!)
Re: Ah, the memories....
Ahhhggg the evils of AOL,
I still have nightmares about the time I had AOL.....
Posted in BT unleashes SIP licensing troll army
Re: Hi! If you come back to BT we have a great offer for you!
You just know that won't happen...
Why? businesses rely on BT, the copper is all BT's in one form or another... Unless your lucky enough to be somewhere where the lines are not BT owned, your using BT.. and BT offer businesses real humans to talk to in the UK, good deals & actually send out engineers when you have a fault (not like other BB providers I've used in the past)
he has a fabled S4?
I thought they were rumours spread by tech bloggers......
(only envious as mine has not yet arrived)
