Posts by benjymous
37 posts • joined Wednesday 4th July 2007 11:21 GMT
Re: a rare sight these days...
But does the first definition just exist because the term has been used wrongly for so long that the wrong definition has ended up being accepted?
Re: a rare sight these days...
Except it's not - quite, anyway- if you decimated several times over then you'd fire one in ten, then fire one in ten of those who survived, then fire one in ten of those who'd survived twice. (You'd end up firing 27 out of 100, over the three rounds, if my maths is correct)
That's not quite the same as just firing 30% (It would certainly be more harrowing for the staff!)
It's also worth noting that anyone with an Orange Panther phone contract can get Deezer mobile as one of their swappables - that gives you totally free streaming (it doesn't even use your data allowance) on your phone, which is a pretty good deal!
Macs have had voice control for years. A friend at uni smugly demonstrated it on his, but quickly turned it off when we realised we could stand outside and shout "SHUTDOWN! YES!" (responding to the "Are you sure?") prompt.
Re: "Passwords are encrypted: HTTPS"
Yeah, it's garbage. It's like your bank claiming their deposit boxes are safe, because they use an armoured car for their deliveries.
And they're all inconsiderately taking a day off work today, so I can't watch the continued slide.
"When you sign up for a Reagan.com email address, the company "will not copy, scan, or sell a single word of your email content," its website says"
but then
"How do you handle spam?
We have spam filters in place in addition to each user being able to set their own spam settings. A user can choose to set a spam blocker for a particular sender or an entire domain name. A user can also flag individual emails as spam to help the system learn which emails the user recognizes as spam. The flagged for being spam will then be put into a separate folder for the user."
[ http://www.reagan.com/t/faq ]
So their spam filter *will* be scanning *every single* word of your email.
Or do they have some magical form of anti-spam that works without looking at the mail?
It's just because Google Translate has a "suggest a better translation" option - enough people must've corrected badly translated stories about Bush that it's decided that this is the best translation.
Problem is
..if for some reason you don't trust your neighbours, do you really want to display a "I don't trust my neighbours" sign, in case they take it personally?
The navigation buttons at the bottom have a mind of their own on Chrome - they run away and hide off the bottom of the page.
Posted in Jolly rogered
Probably also an apocryphal tale, but I'm sure I remember reading about a porn blocking scheme that tried to block images based on the amount of skin tone it found in images.
All this meant was you couldn't view photos of pigs, but the porn went through fine as long as their skin colour wasn't "pink"
Aha, here it is:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8094026.stm
Posted in Linux 'internet of things' gizmo ships
Re: Too expensive.
They have said they plan to look into supporting the Pi as a hardware platform.
They're currently based off the beaglebone, which costs ~£60, so basically you're paying £60 for the beaglebone, plus £40 for their custom hardware interface board, the 3d printed case, and access to their cloud server
Posted in Orange 3G data network goes titsup
It's working fine for me in Cambridge. My wife is reporting no data down in Exeter.
Posted in Hey Commentard! - or is that Commenter?
deja vu
That story gives me a weird sense of deja vu for some reason.
That story gives me a weird sense of deja vu for some reason.
That story gives me a weird sense of deja vu.
Posted in TV Guide UK
Agreed
I discovered this app over Christmas too - it made finding something to watch much easier than slowly navigating clunky EPGs
Posted in K-9
Just use Titanium Backup
If you're the sort of power user who'd consider K-9 mail, then you've probably already rooted your phone anyway - Titanium Backup will do a great job of backing up all your mail settings and restoring them onto a new phone / rom.
Hmm
* Picks up Sony Ericsson X10 mini
* checks Android version
* 2.3.5 - ok, never mind
* puts phone down again
(GingerDX based on MiniCM7, if anyone's wondering - feels like a whole new phone compared to the official S.E. firmware)
Posted in dabs.com says sorry for delivery debacle
utter shambles
I've been stuck in order failure hell with dabs for most of the month - Placed an order on Thursday when all the items were in stock, expecting a monday delivery, as promised. Monday came and went, and no delivery - their site still said "Processing". I ended up cancelling the order and buying from Scan (who got the delivery to me by 10am the next day)
But it doesn't end there - a week later, I got a dispatch email, despite having cancelled the order. I was told that was just how their cancellation system worked, and the order would just go straight back into the return queue.
Then I got billed for the order (almost £300)
I've so far managed to get refunded for half the amount (they seem to want to refund each item individually)
Still waiting on their other half.
I've been told all sorts of random stories by their email support. Their phone support might as well not exist, as it takes hours of being on hold to get through to anyone.
Posted in Travelodge hacked, investigating
I use a dot
I've got some custom config stuff on my mailserver that lets me use "." like that - so myname.travelodge@mydomain.com - since there's no ambiguity with the "." it doesn't upset badly built sites
Posted in Travelodge hacked, investigating
Ahh...
...maybe he's implying that whilst Lenny might advertise Premier Inn, he'd much rather actually stay at Travelodge.
(That's always bothered me. Travel -odge? Trave -lodge?)
Same in the Android marketplace
You get the same in the Android Marketplace - there are lots of free games that are just a console game ROM wrapped in an emulator, with adverts all over it (often in the middle of the screen, or placed right next to the on screen controls, so it's easy to hit them accidentally)
Sometimes they disappear, but usually another flood appears a few days later
What about the last time?
You failed to mention the irony that the last time they upgraded (i.e. when the 20 year system they're replacing was new) there was also a monumental (and well documented) cockup
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=london+ambulance+service+cad+1992
And an extension
If you get that far, it then asks you to install a custom extension.
So really, all their stats tell is is how many people who'll happily run any old bit of javascript, and install any old extension, are at risk.
This tells you nothing about the people who, like us, think "Um, what? No." and go away.
Posted in Sony Ericsson outs Neo, Pro smartphones
that's standard
You should be able to - that's a standard Android feature, so I don't see why S.E. would disable it.
What about third party apps then?
Multiple third party Android iplayer apps have been taken down after BBC cease and desist notices - the assumption has always been that it's because an official app is coming soon.
So now, presumably, this isn't the case. For platforms that can't play the flash video on the iplayer website, what options are there?
What about the rest of the world?
Shame it's US only for the phone call - doesn't quite have the same effect when they just get emailed a link to the website
bugs
Actually, that's the original meaning of the term "bugs" - insects that crawled into early computers and stopped them working
Patch!
That's easy enough to get around - Write the code for the addon, include it in an update patch (that's free to everyone), but disable it the new functionality unless the necessary data files are there, then allow the app to download these data files separately. That's generally how xbox/ps3 DLC works
Pretty simple
The user installs an app that sends SMS messages to premium rate numbers - that's all. As far as the network provider can see, there's no difference between an App sent SMS and one you've manually sent yourself.
The only person to blame is the end user. What the story doesn't make clear is that this trojan is only available from dodgy means - e.g. people downloading from "Paid apps for free!" websites or torrents, then ignoring the "This app needs permissions to send SMS messages, that could cost you money" warning that pops up when they install it.
It's in beta
I.e. you request an invite, and they let people in, in dribs and drabs.
Posted in Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini
Thickbuttons
If you really want a Qwerty Keyboard, you can install ThickButtons : http://www.thickbuttons.com/
I've tried it on mine, and it works, although the buttons are still a bit teeny to type on - I found I could type much faster going back to the 9 key predictive text system you get by default.
I've had my x10 mini for about 3 weeks now, and am, on the whole, very happy with it. The only quirks I've found is that it has a habit of losing wifi signal until you turn the wifi off and on again (though this may be related to my ancient belkin router, as I haven't noticed the problem when connected to other hotspots) and its weird habit of being a bit sleepy in the mornings when it wakes to sound an alarm, leaving you stabbing frantically at the snooze button trying to make it shut up until it registers the press
Digital babysitter?
Then you, as a responsible parent, who's sat watching TV with their child, only turn it on when there are programs suitable for their age range, and turn it off again afterwards.
Posted in Latest Asus Eee Keyboard desktop demo'd
Erm
First complete PC to fit into a keyboard.
...riight...
Google's other web publishing system
"This isn't the first time Blogspot has been used by scammers. In March, Blogger.com, Google's other web publishing system,"
but Blogspot **is** Blogger (or rather Blogspot is the free web hosting that Blogger provides if you choose not to host your blogger blog on your own website)
