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* Posts by tomban

48 posts • joined Thursday 26th April 2012 16:07 GMT

tomban
Mushroom

Re: Loved this place but it was a little grim

I took the wife there for a visit one Valentine's day.

Great place to visit.

// hehe, nuke icon

tomban
Coat

Re: SI nitpick

The meteoroid should have been measured in linguine?

tomban
Alert

Re: This goes to show...

Okay then. We know Mac malware exists, it's just a computer after all.

Without Mac anti-virus how does one know ones Mac is infected?

// serious question, not troll, even though I am not a fanboi

tomban
Joke

Re: government seizure of the plans is laughable

Darth Vader called, he would like his plans back.

tomban
Joke

Re: while standing on the moon

That would mean you could get people to the moon, which we all know is impossible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oBG-f3c5EU

</sarcasm>

tomban
Thumb Up

Re: Profits?

> 200mi (320km) range is perfectly serviceable for many people as a daily driver.

Yup, I do 85 miles a week traveling to work, be it by car or bicycle.

tomban
Mushroom

Re: Brand devaluation

Except, every man and his dog, from council flat to mansion, has an iPhone.

Only truly successful people own super cars.

tomban
Thumb Up

Re: Nokia N900

N900 was a pretty good device, let down by a few things including the OS.

It was the last Nokia I owned, after being faithful for years.

tomban
Stop

Re: Not just Jim

There certainly is a lot of similarity with this and those sites.

Amazing technobabble on the GT500 page:

'The system can penetrate walls, metal, and can even transmit from underground, due to high efficiency.'

It's like an audiophile site.

tomban
Joke

Re: weren't holding the device right

That gives me an idea for a new iPhone app...

tomban
Terminator

Re: Gov't tests

Tortoise? What's that?

tomban
Boffin

Legal in UK?

>> 915MHz or 868MHz communication between modules

I thought these things needed to be on 433mhz band to be legal in the UK?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_band

tomban

Leaky Feeder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_feeder

tomban
Headmaster

Re: @AC 08.32 Listen

US gallon is 3.78541 Litres, but yeah, not the same.

tomban
Meh

Re: Saints Row 3 is much better than GTA 4

What I don't like about SR3 is the driving model, GTA4's isn't perfect but you can actually drive around the city, take corners at speed in a semi-realistic manner.

In SR3 I find it's just way to sensitive, braking stops the car instantly etc. and there are lots of glitches where you try a run up to a jump and you end up getting thrown up in the air by some tiny glitch in the scenery.

And what with the top speed of about 50mph in SR3?

tomban
Stop

Re: Optional

Wait! Nick Woodruffe, I think you are being groomed.

tomban
Boffin

Four Cameras

Please can someone explain exactly how 4 wireless cameras set on different frequencies could block the entire spectrum?

tomban
WTF?

Personally I would have taken it back to shop and said it wasn't good enough. Sale of goods act etc...

I did the same with my Transformer Prime after 6 months.

So many people w**k on about how great Apple service is, I too wonder why these people resorted to the hair-dryer trick instead of just taking it back.

tomban
Holmes

Re: @itzman

"its a bit tricky to tap manifold vacuum with a turbocharger"

Take the vacuum before the compressor then?

tomban
Joke

Re: The chicken nuggets on the other hand.......

Their chicken nuggets are fine. They cleaned up their act a long time ago and are very aware all eyes are on them.

The filet o' fish on the other hand.......

tomban
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That's a really nicely crafted response, similar to the BigJigs rail story (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/09/bigjigs_bid/) a few days ago.

Even the URL is spot-on:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking

tomban

Re: Does it work on Linux?

Even my 'dumb' 4 year old Tosh Regza runs Linux

tomban
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Re: BASIC notation of <>

And SQL...

tomban
Go

V.A.T.S. Optional

I want my Pip-Boy 3000 now!

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Pip-Boy_3000

tomban
WTF?

Does this mean they'll stop issuing patents for the blatantly obvious?

tomban

Re: "until we get out there and start exploring"

"the existence of accountants"

They can get their own ship, let call it, I don't know, 'B Ark'?

tomban

Dispensing Machine: Hello. How can I help you?

Cat: Fish!

Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout à la crème, enjoy your meal.

Cat: Fish!

Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout à la crème, enjoy your meal.

Cat: Fish!

Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout à la crème, enjoy your meal.

Cat: Fish!

Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout à la crème, enjoy your meal.

Cat: Fish!

Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout à la crème, enjoy your meal.

Cat: Fish!

Dispensing Machine: Today's fish is Trout à la crème, enjoy your meal.

Cat: I will.

tomban

Re: her satnav

Was she fit?

tomban
Go

Other than the use of the word 'Legos', outstanding achievement!

tomban
Terminator

A brain-controlled robot called Hector...

...what could possibly go wrong?

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tomban
Joke

THIS LOOKS SHOPPED

I CAN TELL FROM SOME OF THE PIXELS AND FROM SEEING QUITE A FEW SHOPS IN MY TIME.

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/120/117/Shoppp.jpg

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tomban
Joke

Re: Clearly

So, what is it?!

tomban
FAIL

Re: Isn't this the law in the Republic of Ireland?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland

tomban
Holmes

See icon

See title

tomban

I would like a small on-screen keyboard on a tablet

I've used swype and similar keyboards for a couple of years now on phones and it greatly increases my typing speed, but what I found on a 10inch tablet is the distance to move your hand around is too great and the keyboard takes up ~40% of the screen.

I would like a phone-sized floating keyboard that has swype capabilities, I'm sure that it would make typing while holding the tablet with your other hand much better, any thoughts?

tomban
Joke

Re: Sounds interesting...

http://www.hiwtc.com/photo/products/7/06/51/65149.jpg

Comming soon, the innavative and not at all copied from anyone else, Apple Excavator!

tomban
Joke

Re: THE MOST BASIC FORM OF MIND CONTROL IS REPETITION

Na, they got bullied into submission, therefore it's a WIMP stack!

tomban
Headmaster

Re: @Kubla Cant

> If you're going to call other ignorant

others?

tomban
Joke

Re: Bull excrement

Have you tried your Blackberry on Orange?

tomban

this matter is so light that ten thousand pounds of it weighs just one pound

tomban
Joke

Re: So what does American spelling of LASER stand for then

You missed 'basterdize'

tomban

Re: What was that again, something with standards?

This all smacks of those "This site is best viewed in Netscape Navigator" messages and icons from circa 1997.

tomban

Re: "Didn't they also effectively pioneer providing consumers with data and a sensible cost?"

Nope, I had my n95 way before iPhone and had 'unlimited' (1gb) with tethering (t-mobile).

I still use my n95, as a bike computer using ViewRanger with a n95 specific mount bought through ebay.

And the 5mp camera is still up there with current phones quality wise.

tomban
Headmaster

A new name perhaps?

> The former is jus three kilometres across.

tomban

Re: Science Fiction

Shun the non-believer, shun, shuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

tomban
Headmaster

>> and getting speeds rather less the a gigabit.

What?

>> Adaptor are on their way of course.

Just the one?