Posts by Paul Westerman
72 posts • joined Friday 31st August 2007 09:48 GMT
Re: £29 e-reader dodgy marketing?
I did the same as you, but I just ordered one using the link at the top of the article, worked for me (cue email in 5 secs saying they're out of stock)
What problem will it solve
People had no idea what iPads would be used for when they first appeared, but seem to have found lots of uses for them.
Posted in Review: Nokia Lumia 520
I've got one
as my 'walking about' phone (main phone is a Galaxy Note). Phone is well made and call quality excellent. WP8 runs very smoothly and is a pleasure to use, I'd give it a try before writing it off. Only downside for me is no notification LED (and no NoLED app equivalent), notifications appear on the lock screen instead.
Re: A fart in a hurricane
Thanks! And I agree completely. I'd rather see those vast subsidies going into some of the interesting new reactor technologies I read about on The Reg.
A fart in a hurricane
It seems rather pointless us spending years agonizing over a single windmill or hydro project when China are knocking out a new power station every week. I speak as a former 'green' who frankly can see no point and has given up.
Re: Poor AMD
"Fusion is way better than anything Intel has on offer". Really? I read the reviews and it looks like a low-power processor with a built-in so-so graphics part. I went Core i7 - and an AMD graphics card. Is it better for certain markets (enterprise perhaps)? Not flaming, just curious.
Re: Betteridge's Law says 'No'
From Betteridge to Godwin, well done
Agreed
I'm no fan of DSG but this seems harsh, it looks to me like they've held up their end of the deal. There will always be the odd case where some gibbon messes it up.
Re: Warming the mug/pot?
I heard years ago that warming the pot was a precaution - old earthenware teapots could sometimes shatter with the sudden heat of the boiling water. Warming them first prevents this. Perhaps it's an urban myth... anyone else heard this?
Re: zombies with keyboards
PS: BRRRAAAIINNZZ. Doh!
surely..
Patrick and Moore?
Ah, Elizabeth...
Really looking forward to Bioshock Infinite and am already in love with Elizabeth. The gameplay videos on the BI website are amazing - hope it turns out better than Bioshock 2!
Curate's egg?
Some DS9 was great, classic ST. For me there were too many plodding Kira/Prophets/Kai Winn episodes and far too many 'hilarious' Ferengi scripts with the Grand Nagus and (argh!) Quark's mother. What nearly killed it for me though was all the 'Vic Fontaine' stuff on the holodeck. Always loved Voyager personally...feel free to call me a heretic, say my mother had a smooth forehead, etc.
Re: Windows 7
I'm sure MS will be mortified that you're going to pirate Win7 rather than Win8.
2012 may have confounded Mayan predictions of global catastrophe
Not yet it hasn't!
Posted in Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review
Indeed
Don't know why you got so many downvotes. First time I received a call on my Note I couldn't answer it. Had to Google it to find out how. RTFM you say? Pah!
Posted in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean review
Yes to this
Swype is brilliant, ppl are amazed when I show them it in action. I don't know why they've gone down the Google route of being in perpetual beta.
ODFO
Nice to see 'ODFO' back, thought it had died out. More please!
Coming soon..
Nicolas Cage in Terminator 5
Obligatory
A piffling sixty million? Pay the fellow, Edmund, and damn his impudence!
Posted in World smart TV sales surge
I refuse to call 'em "smart"...
..until they receive WiFi out of the box rather than requiring a stupid dongle. Grr!
Posted in Ten... freeware gems for new PCs
Re: Freeware?
Ah, found it now - thanks, sorry for Googlefail.
Posted in Ten... freeware gems for new PCs
Freeware?
Treesize looks great, but seems I have to pay $25 for it?
A quick vote for Defraggler while I'm here, great little defragger from the CCleaner people
Re: why the hate?
Sony Centre != Sony
Re: why the hate?
Completely agree with Mike. The rootkit thing was in 2005 - get over it. My PS3 is a slim one so never had the Linux option, but the number of ppl who rant on and on about it is amazing. What percentage of PS3 owners actually ever wanted to bother loading Linux onto their console when even an ancient desktop is a better option? I got my PS3 for playing games on, which it does just fine. But now Sony have added Lovefilm so I can stream movies as well - bloody Sony, changing the features of my PS3 after I bought it!
side effect
The participants also got better at camping
Posted in Griffin Helo TC Assault
Got a mini copter for Christmas
A gentle push on the controls makes it rocket vertically into the ceiling, followed by a crash landing onto the carpet. Never been able to make it do anything else...
Aw..
Photos of half a Mini and a Model T but no Cray 1 pic? :(
Agreed
Agree completely, but sadly that's how a lot of these 'Eliza' programs work. They're interesting, and often have quite sophisticated parsing algorithms, but ultimately that's all they are :(
re Tricky
I suspect any "AI" entered into this competition is engineered with a focus on this particular test anyway. For example ask the winner to play chess or write some poetry and see what you get.
Posted in Philips 42PFL7666 42in 3D LED Smart TV
Creepy dude
Wow that creepy yokel dude in the hat menacing that girl is scary. Perhaps it's just me, she doesn't seem too bothered.
Posted in Ten... stars of the Geneva Motor Show
When I was scrolling down and could only see the top half of the photo, I thought it was an Austin Maxi...
Grr
So when do I get ICS on my Note, Sammy?
"Smart animals keep an eye out for problems down the road and deal with them before they happen."
Which animals do that?
Did the stickers sometimes just show what was installed?
I bought a reconditioned Dell Inspiron that came with Vista Basic and bore the corresponding sticker. I wiped it and put Win7 Ultimate on and it runs beautifully, Aero and all!
Posted in TDK ST-700 High Fidelity headphones
Discrete
LarsG/Cameron, I suspect you mean 'discreet'.
'Discrete' means 'separate' (adj not verb).
Thank you!
Indeed
I was wondering what her plan was long term - then I read that she had given some to her daughter for Christmas and concluded that she's just deluded/mental :)
Posted in Google Maps to dish out disaster alerts
Godzilla attack?
Someone's been playing Sim City...
Posted in Fans goad Valve for Half-Life 3 gen
RTFA
They're not asking Valve to change their plans - just tells us a bit more news about progress.
Re Gah!!
Maybe, but that's just you mate. My Win7 64 Ultimate is solid as a rock, thanks, as was Vista before it. You need to rebuild and check everything 'cos something's wrong with yer pooter.
Posted in DeLorean goes electric for 2013 roll-out
the Bricklin SV-1
is, I suspect, the car you're referring to. It's gull wings open and close themselves!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricklin_SV-1
less techs
That's *fewer* techs
Thank you!
Q'apla!
Good news. Leave 'Sub Rosa' til last please.
Thanks!
An enjoyable lunchtime read. I'm off for tea and a sticky bun. Cheers!
