Posts by MrXavia

Re: Being squeezed from both ends

The reason I buy Samsung is simple, their devices fit my needs.. big clear screen, fast CPU, microsd slot, removable battery..

Nothing revolutionary, but it meets my needs...

the iPhone is often touted as revolutionary, which is rubbish... it was simply evolutionary, and in its first incarnation, it was devolutionary, the only thing it brought over the Symbian based phone I had at the time was a slightly bigger screen and a capacitive touch input. nothing revolutionary there, infact it didn't even have apps....

Re: By the way those buses are packed in

I think someone in power has been watching Dr Who and forgot it wasn't a training manual....

Re: I should jolly well hope ...

With a Warrant, I would hope they do monitor things...

but that is the key thing, they need oversight, to ensure they don't overreach.. and its not so much because of GCHQ itself, but because at some point you know that there will be councils asking GCHQ for emails sent by someone they think is putting their bins out too early....

Or tracking mobile phones to find out who was in a park when a dog took a dump that was not cleaned up....

Re: Read the article

Its not a breach of copyright if the person sharing the image took the photo as usually they retains the copyright...

Re: Presumably..

There is a big difference to taking a video with a camera and wearing one on your head that can capture everything...

Simply put if you plan on having CCTV, you plan where you put it and why you need it... ensuring you put up the right signs if your a business...

If you have someone hold up a camera, you do it for a reason again you tell people why or your recording within the rights you have...

But with google glass, recording video is always on, and unlike CCTV, it is mobile, unlike a video camera or digital camera, it is not obvious that they are using it... I.E you have no idea if the person is reading an email, doing nothing or recording everything you say and do...

I have no problem with CCTV, I have no problem with people taking pictures or video in public...

BUT I do have a problem with people wearing a video camera on their heads all day, or recording conversations when I talk to them (and you KNOW that if companies have employees wear them, they will record the conversations)

Re: "cannot see or avoid any obstacles in its flight path".

My thoughts exactly, for 1500 quid I'd expect basic collision avoidance to be built into it.... nothing fancy, just some IR range finders on the rotor arms and a simple "back off an don't crash into things algorithm"... with an instant rotor shutdown (with electronic breaking) when something got too close that it might come into contact with the blades...

Hahaha, Apple compatible? unlikely...

Re: They don't do this already?

I think we do baths better than the romans ever did, they were filthy buggers in the baths (well according to Horrible histories anyway)

Re: Boffins disagreeing with each other?

So Brit Boffin vs Yank Scientist... who is right?

Only one way to find out...

FIGHT!

Re: Got to love the law....

at least in the UK the NHS Would pay for his mental health treatment, but i agree there is too much imprisonment, unless your violent, prison is pointless, better to have rehabilitation & community service.

Re: The man is correct

"You are missing a few points and so is Torvalds:"

but your missing the point, even the spokeswoman for the 'year of code' can't code at all... they oversell what you can learn to do in a short time... and basically they will barely teach you anything you need to learn...

When I was at school they taught very little about coding, I remember trying to explain to a teacher than a BBC Micro was useless to me when I asked to complete my coursework in the lab which had Mac's, and I had already saved everything on a mac...

I learned to program because it interested me, but I think exposing people to coding is a good idea, and actually using a 'visual' building block language to teach the principals might be best....

Re: Hardly secure coms

More secure than radio... While in theory radio is directional, in practice beams are quite wide, lasers are more directional...

Re: Bad poll questions.

Yup, mountain out of molehill...

My first thought was, what if that was a women doing it about her boyfriend, I bet there would be no reaction.....

How many comedians do you see make jokes about their other halves? loads...

This is no big deal unless your too sensitive...

These tweets bring up images of man hating women with a chip on their shoulder...

It is all political correctness gone mad....

"most of the cost of line rental is for the maintenance of the physical equipment"

I don't accept that it costs £14/month (BT's prices) to maintain a bit of copper between you and the exchange/cabinet, my copper wire has been in place for over 30 years, where is the cost for the line? the equipment you talk about is the PSTN voice equipment right?, not the ADSL+ stuff?

Re: "It is easier and cheaper to connect different OSs and devices"

Actually, samsung are way ahead of Apple with their 'openness' and interpoability...

My Windows, linux, Android devices all talk to each other nicely, they can all throw video to the TV through their native apps, with IOS, i would need extra apple hardware to do it.... (although Samsung seriously messed up with their latest video players, there is no easy way to browse a 1000+ file DLNA server so I have to use a third party app to browse which then uses the built in player or sends to any DLNA client on my LAN

Ambiguously worded laws with strict liability to be sure....

The government loves to find ways to make people criminals, even if they are doing nothing to harm anyone...

Re: Britain's got secrets

Yes, we need to know!

But the people in power will never tell us (I mean the Civil service of course, not politicians, they have no power that the Civil Service don't let them have, or have I been watching too much Yes Minister?)

Re: Jeremy Clarkson ???

you just KNOW they will try to make it crash....

Re: So memoryloss, and a very unimaginitive brain is what it takes to become a regreporter?

Surely you would talk to the phone rather than touch it?

but I did have a calculator remote control watch when I was younger, and a 'data' watch that stored my contacts... I was a bit of a geek....

How so?

I know of no law that specifically mentions the creation of retractable metal claws as a criminal offence?

The banned weapons laws are very specific, and even then its usually bans on sales/imports not possession/manufacture last time I checked.

Although walking down the street with it would very likely get you arrested, but then again you can be arrested for carrying a walking stick if the police had reason to believe you intended to use it as a weapon...

Re: Who uses Heathrow anyway?

Anyone wanting a long haul flight with a decent airline?

Sure it used to be REALLY crap, but T5 is not too bad, and T3 has been spruced up (still long bloody walks to the gates though.....)

I actually don't mind T3 at heathrow, and since I've never had a good BA flight i'm sticking to flying Virgin for now.. (although with the delta merge I am concerned that quality will fall)

Re: I don't see this as a problem.

Just because you don't use the feature, does not me others don't,

sure when Google replaced talk with hangouts on android, they ruined their own video chat option on smart phones, but hey hangouts are 'hip' its not like you ever want to talk to a single person is it? or call them using google talk from your contacts right?? all that I could do easily before they changed it...

anyway back to my point.. video chat is great when you away from your family, it lets you keep in contact with loved ones on a more personal level, such as reading a goodnight story to your children and letting them SEE you read it... A front facing camera is a must for me...

Now if only google can sort out their damned hangouts so its more part of the phone than an annoying app....

Re: Ken Hagan

a very good thing in my opinion, people change, and they have the right to learn from their mistakes...

Although with the prisons so full, I am sure they are just learning better ways to commit crimes...

Re: And whilst ranting.....

I think his point is 10 meters is too damned short a distance! if you can't walk that, get a taxi!

Not that I've been on a bus in years, there are no busses any more round my way...

Re: 566 terawatts a day?

Solar is a great idea, most roofs are empty with nothing on them, and could easily be built from solar materials, cover every roof in the UK and you would generate all the power we need... BUT the critical thing is cost, secondly the look...

they are ugly things and the prettier solar 'tiles' cost way more...

also if your roof is not south facing, don't even bother.. although they will try to sell you them anyway.. I had 2 people quote me for solar panels, promising masses of savings... then i had a chat with a local independent installer, who told me how terrible it would be and its not worth doing...

The only way solar will be worth doing, is when houses have it built in when they are built, so it looks right..

Re: Movie business model.

Similar here in the UK, we have a small luxury (i.e. leather seats and a well stocked bar) cinema near me I frequent, and one of their 'adverts' before the show starts points out most of the money from the ticket prices goes to the movie makers and they run the cinema with profits from bar sales..

After that I promptly did my duty and brought another pint of beer and packet of pork scratchings!

Seriously they could rise the price at this cinema by £3 and still get people through the door, their prices are lower than the local multiplex, which I always feel like needing a shower after visiting!

Re: OH NOES THINK OF THE CHILDREN

"they would offer to top up the washer fluid (for some extravagant fee). Anyone who has bothered to look under the bonnet, would know that there is no need for this,"

Not only that but you could fail your driving test if you did not know that, that is one possible question..

Although I admit my answer to them if they asked how I'd check the washer fluid on my car would annoy them... The car would tell me if it needs it... Otherwise I can't even see the washer fluid container, sure there is a place to pour it.. but you can't see where it goes...

Re: Yes, no doubt. And no - no possible way

I agree, and one thing they can add is a one click camera button on the phone, that would be great and eliminate the unlock, open app, take photo that I do now for a fairly spontaneous photo

But if I want a decent photo, if I know I need to take photos, or if I am just at home and have time, I grab my DSLR...

Re: Biometrics...

Exactly, and they are using it for ePassport gates?

Sure IRIS was not perfect, BUT its much harder to fake at border control (i.e. you can't just stick a fake iris on your eyeball like you can a fake fingerprint).. the technology needed some updating, to avoid the need for multiple cameras at different heights which often had the wrong one activated I noticed.... Surely some form of eye tracking technology as you walked into the gate, with a high magnification lens would allow the eye to be scanned at a distance...

Re: Happens to me

Is IRIS gone? since having kids I had to stop using that...

I miss using IRIS, it is was the way forward I think...

Re: 9 to 5

Exactly what I was thinking, unless your contracted to be on call AND are being paid to be on call, why would you answer your phone or reply to emails??

Re: "USB reversible cables could become standard sooner than you think"

I'm sure they will have adaptors & hubs... so no need to change ALL the sockets....