Posts by blearrgh
13 posts • joined Wednesday 17th August 2011 05:00 GMT
Actually, I am genuinely surprised ...
... that it wasn't The Australian running the story. (Yet.)
Re: Good choice
EH Holden. Loved it like a first-born child.
Arggh
It's in that other Perth. Bummer.
Time
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
Re: Kids
You going to take your kids for steak tartare? Frog legs, oysters or escargots?
Just the other month I saw a 5yo in a restaurant in southern France tucking happily into a plate of Beef Carpaccio, so why not.
Tops
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who got that tune in my head when I saw the article. I feel old enough already these days.
Re: A glimpse of the future
Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Siri begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. GMT, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug ...
Posted in Netgear ReadyNas Duo v2 network storage
What a great idea
Got one of those sitting idle in the cupboard right now that I'll try that on. The Stora standard software is utterly appalling.
Posted in iOS finally gets Palm compatibility
Graffiti
Does this mean an iOS version of Graffiti? 1 or 2, I don't care.
Posted in Ten... digital voice recorders
Absolutely
Philips and Olympus are the two dictation device makes you most frequently see in office situations in my experience, where professionals use these devices for transcription all day every day. Each manufacturer has a whole digital dictation ecosystem with dedicated transcription pedals and server software (including handling DSS files and all the relevant metadata).
Personally I use a Philips DPM 9600 after the better part of two decades using a genuine Dictaphone (the brand, not the generic title) until it finally died. The thumb move for recording's identical, and I'm too lazy to change.
Interesting point
... but I think you mean the first partnerships. Corporations were created a lot later so there would be a separate legal entity, meaning that a business going titsup didn't take out all of the proprietors and investors with it.
Great article. Looking into that Findlay and O'Rourke book now.
Posted in Sid Meier's Civilization
Play as the Russians
... used to get two settler units at the start every now and again.
I'm still amazed that I got my university degree whilst playing this. I remember wiping out most of a study vacation on it.
You could also get into the files and change the opening text from that sombre creed they used while the game set up. That was fun for a few minutes.
Use case = portable documents
The ipad is awesome for carrying large quantities of documents as PDFs. Tried a lot of alternatives - tablets (in the old Windows pen sense) are too bulky and too slow. Ebook readers are waaaay too slow with large scanned PDFs (my old irex took ^ 20 seconds to change pages).
ipad + goodreader + a good scanner = so much win it's incredible.
