Re: good news about Microsoft?

@mmeier,

Is C/C++ and Python an exotic dev language? Its using the oft used QT set for the interface elements... The DEV environment isnt that difficult, there are even multiple options. It did have a App store... I mean.. did you even USE this phone you are talking about?

Re: I want control

@Aoyagi Aichou

I know the N900 is, not sure about the N9 but I presume so. With the N900 Nokia was even kind enough to bind the x-terminal application to a shortcut(ctrl-shift-x).

Its pretty much Debian with a Hildon(desktop) layer on top.

@Tim Parker

... I have no words for my own failure. I must have read over it. Twice. My humble apology for confusing you, if I did as such.

You are correct James, strange that that is omitted in the main post though..

Re: And in the Microsoft World

... You think Microsoft is going to convert XP to ARM? And aim at a developers market that is largely based on Linux, thus they would also need to create their own toolchain? The development costs would be through the roof and profits probably rather low. They are a software company after all.

Exactly. I was wondering where the video-out was. To me this looks more like a Arduino on steroids then a replacement for the Raspberry PI, which has the advantage of being a whole computer with IO headers.

Re: Warranty

I dont think you are being downvoted for being correct, but for being wrong.

As far as I know the retailer is responsible for as long as the expected product lifetime. So if the product can be expected for 4 years then the retailer will have to deal with the warranty. They may send it back without giving you a replacement, but you can still send it through the retailer.

Also, wouldnt Corsair cover the postage costs? I know other product manufacturers do so, although I never have had to deal with Corsair warranty thus far.

Re: Moron

He didnt hack anything since its still his own property he is accessing.

Invasion of Privacy: You might be right there.

Copyright Infringement: I dont think so, he is the author of the images and thus he owns the copyright.

Threatening of Public Officials: I dont think he did, he only warned them of his own action, in no way did he wish/promise harm on said officials. Unless you mean exposing their inaction. Which really, if you are a public official then you can expect your actions to be scrutinized by the public.

Anyway yeah. Something might be dodgy, but still he has a stronger case against the suspect then the suspect against him. I dont know how the law regards taking photo's with your own equipment that has a recording indicator(laptops have one of those active lights) in the house of someone else. Take note that the suspect has taken the equipment in himself and was aware of the possibility of recording(taped over webcam at first). I wonder if the removal of tape indicate consent?

Not a lawyer so its all a wild geus, I'll as a mate of mine that is.

Re: Pilot can regain controll

Many planes still have a good old 'analogue' instrument backup. Offcourse a ILS approach might become difficult nor is VFR plausible under all conditions. So control is to be taken with a grain of salt I suppose.

@AC 7th April 2013 10:57 GMT

You seems to be right concerning market share. Xbox has about 47% in 2012 according to Micrsoft(zdnet said NDP).

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2012/07/12/xbox-360-holds-no-1-u-s-sales-spot-for-18th-consecutive-month.aspx

Although that is US market share. This chart:

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/250111/2012-year-on-year-sales-and-market-share-update-to-april-21st/

Would suggest that market share for the PS3(45.1%) is higher then the Xbox(32.7%).

Some of the games selling more on the xbox(see first link):

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/43311/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-future-soldier/ - 1.22m(XBOX)

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/43310/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-future-soldier/ - 0.74m (PS3)

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/51771/far-cry-3/ - 2.20m(XBOX)

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/51770/far-cry-3/ - 1.95m(PS3)

So yes, the xbox seems to be outselling the PS3 in games on those that I checked. But the PS3 has the bigger marketshare. I wonder what that is a about. Maybe a bigger second hand market? Or is it indeed so that the PS3 is a blu-ray player in many households?

Re: "Can you take a look at my computer?" they ask

how about:"sure, make a picture and email it to me"?

Nice! I just read your demands for safe passage into your estate, brilliant. I have a t-shirt that has the formula of the airspeed of a unladen swallow, would you consider this cheating?

Yes, I think this explains it quite well:

http://www.space.com/15151-earth-multiple-moons-asteroids.html

I find this passage interesting:

"Eventually, minimoons break free of Earth's gravity and resume their paths around the sun. This happens at about nine months for the typical minimoon, but some of them may orbit Earth for decades, researchers said."

Re: GPS

Agreed, he is actually quite right. Yes he has his moments, but then again who doesnt? I find this whole thing predominantly silly.

We do have multiple moons! Well satelites is a better word, but still. Multiple big rock like objects orbit earth for a while, before either crashing into it or getting flung away into space.

If that doesnt satisfy your definitions of moon then thats fine, but that would also exclude Phobos and Deimos from being a moon(Mars' his moons).

Re: Spoonerism...

And I refrained from voting on the count of 'woefully confused'!

Re: Brings a new consideration to the phrase

Boltar, banning wont make it happend les either, especially if it happend before.

You also have to keep in account the fact that some crimes are not viewed as a crime by society in large(gambling, drugs use, alcohol use etc).

Re: Get a games company to do an enterprise system...

Actually, any gamedevelopre worth its money would have specialized people on staff for such things. Or they would get them in from the outside. Plenty of companies have shown that they can manage such a release just fine. Remember, this is EA, beancounter run gamedevelopment.

Re: PS/2?

my ASUS mobo, bought last may still has a single PS2 port, for both the mouse and keyboard(so you can only hook up one).

Re: PS/2

Thank you AC, very enlighting.

I'm wondering, is the USB limitations hardware or software? It doesnt seems needed given the capabilities of USB.

Re: PS/2

Didnt the USB issue have more to do with ghosting in the keyboard matrix? Proper mechanical keyboards dont have that problem though.

One thing I do know is that the PS2 version doesnt have a buffer, but is that really a issue with the current USB speeds? Doesnt it more have to do with the hardware itself?

Re: First Direct

hmmmmmm???

Re: Drop the "Refreshment"

Chief implies he has underlings!

Good news, you can now sod off and do nothing!

Re: Illegal

That would be nice Ken, it should come with a severe punishment, maybe fully invalidating the license from that point onwards?

Re: Took a bit.

The ear, it always gets me!

Re: I'm interesting

Now then, batshit insane is one of the better types of insane, have you ever smelled cow dung, or for that matter stood in it wondering how you got wherever you are that you may actually traverse through cow dung?

What are we on about again?

Re: Cue enviro-tards...

There's even some sort of 'turn of your lights' day if I recall. I do remember seeing a very informative video on light pollution, energy use etc made by a local skywatchers group at a uni. They made it for the board of directors with the argument that there was too much light on the campus. It made a good point about costs though. Bloody expensive lighting up the local neighbourhood, especially without any use 99% of the time. And yes, I know I spend a part of almost each night outside.

Re: Cue enviro-tards...

I have a hughe disdain for light pollution. Us skywatchers loath it, and I have to travel a significant distant to get some view on Andromeda. No backward watching for me :(...

I think its mostly skywatchers though, never saw many environmental activists going after the light, they have more important priorities.

Re: All about the money...

About your saying, I think it's more apt to apply it to the companies, if you would be looking at their behaviour.

Oh well, its not as if we had any plans with that billion anyway.

Re: Any other supernova candidates?

I cant wait either! My body will have decaded by then, and I doubt they will revive me in time..

So, we must find a way to speed up this cataclysmic event!

Re: Sales lost to

No offence but I've been hearing that same sentence over since the first WP7 devices. I'm not holding my breath, its not as bad as the linux-on-the-desktop-year-anyday-now thingy, but yeah....

Re: Cheaper way

Actually, just for giggles I decided to check the Facebook shareprice... And amazingly it has been climbing again to 30$, up from a low of 17 something I believe... Bit of a WTF moment, because someone is seeing something in it, or its just a bubble.

Re: Where and by whom?

Everyone rushed out to buy it after seeing Startgate SG-1!!

Re: You honestly think

Next you will suggest the armed forces should take out a knife when running...

Re: Where's Lewis Page when you need him?

Its Australia! Short of anything living, now everything non-living is also trying to kill those that venture there!

Re: Elop's 3 strategy pillars for Nokia have all failed

Well, the Nokia shares appear to be on the down again:

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=NOA3.DE#symbol=noa3.de;range=2y;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;

Peaking in August and its been slowly on the decline again ever since. So yeah, you should have sold half a year ago when it peaked. Or, ride it out anyway ti'll the end, the shares arent worth much, and it they manage to turn around then your a happy camper, if they go down all the way, then well you lose.

Re: Have any of you actully attempted to use any of Dyson's products?

Aaah yes, one of the problems the imaginative lads at Landrover havent solved yet..