Posts by Darryl

Exactly. The government of British Columbia just banned vaping in all public spaces, including parks. All of the comments from those who thought this was a great idea were about not having to deal with "cloud chasers" trying to see how big a cloud of fog they can produce

The nice part will be the lack of a nutjob at the back of the line who decides to pass 3 or 4 or 5 cars and trucks in a row with no idea what's happening a kilometre up the road, at which point he will still be in the oncoming traffic's lane

It's not the Store that you need to look at, it's 'Google Play Services'

Re: Muzak

Well, to be fair, Muzak has very little to do with real musicians

Re: In the UK it isn't on sale yet.

I thought I'd read that the cases had been narrowed down to either cheap USB 3.1 cables or cheap adapters to plug a micro USB charger into a USB 3.1 port?

Re: Locked in?

Yeah, my thought was the company in question might be in for a serious, and possibly expensive discussion with building and fire inspectors if there is no emergency egress. Also, I'd think if you were trapped in such a building, you could be justified in doing whatever was necessary to get out, such as a chair through a window or a prybar/hammer/whatever on a door lock.

Re: The free market

Which icon did you rename 'Porn'?

Re: Jet black scratches

"What's the point of buying it at all if you have to hide it away because it will look awful if you don't?"

If you have to ask, you're obviously not part of the target demographic.

The point is, you can show off your shiny new Darth Vader iPhone to increase your coffee shop cred. Once the novelty (and the finish on the phone) has worn off, you put it in a case and wait a few months for the iPhone 7S or 8 or whatever to come out so you can start all over again.

Re: Start combining ways maybe?

...and I suppose adding a big honkin' anchor on a really strong chain would defeat the 'small spaceship' idea, huh?

Re: Colors are products too

This just reminded me of the breathless wait for the white iPhone 4 and the endless stream of articles in mainstream media anticipating it's arrival, about how Apple couldn't get the proper shade of white on the button, then announcing it once it finally came out as if it was a major paradigm shift in mobile communications.

If Apple can do it, why not others?

Re: "By abolishing analogue there’s now a clearer digital path to your ear"

Exactly. I've lost track of how many times I've read that this will be so superior because the phone doesn't have to convert the digital audio to analogue, completely ignoring the fact that the earbuds still have to convert it, using less processing power, or all your music is going to sound like a fax machine connecting.

Now all we have to do is evolve digital ears and we'll be living in an audio utopia

Re: standard operating procedures

I'm thinking that not a lot of mobility scooters burst into flames after hitting a tree at highway speeds and trap the rider inside the wreckage.

Re: How many less Jubs is that?

I would hope only the two. Otherwise, he would've been eligible for a small role in the Total Recall remake

Re: 2 Years is Impressive

We Canadians could buy up some of those old River class that the RN will be selling. I mean, it worked out so well with those submarines, didn't it?

Didn't it?

"Innovative" to a Forbes reader means "Innovative at new ways to increase profit."

That's why pharmaceutical companies make the list, with things like the $700 EpiPen

Re: Embedded XP terrifying?

That explains why ATMs are so damn slow!!!

Re: Exploit while you can

Nah, they'll just move on to India, Africa, South America....

Re: Insurance

...don't forget the arrow loops

Re: Not enough gain, too much pain.

Believe it or not, the phones do last longer than two years. They don't self-destruct on their 2nd anniversary, and Google is still pretty good about issuing security updates. They'll keep doing exactly what you bought them to do.

Re: Time for an early version of R2D2?

If the bot were to fail, we could include a special bot that's designed to repair the defective bot so that it could repair the satellite!

Re: Mitigation?

Or just don't buy the damn thing and use a plug and/or switch like the unwashed masses have to deal with

"And it has 'Password1!' too. ;)"

Ah, but does it have 'Password3!'?

Re: Yellow 'sunglasses'

The yellow (amber actually) sodium vapour streetlights were justified by saying that they were easier on the eyes, but mostly they were just easier on the cities' electricity bill than the old greenish mercury vapour ones that they replaced. You can tell, because now that they're starting to install LEDs, they're being sold to the public as giving off more natural white light, allowing things to be seen more clearly, when in reality, they're just saving yet more electricity

ROLF indeed

Tie me kangaroo down, Sport!

Re: Link to the Beeb not the Financial Times

I agree. Everyone has fixated on a car crash involving a system that was never meant to completely control the car and bring up "what if" scenarios about white trucks and cyclists, while conveniently ignoring the number of white trucks and cyclists that get hit by regular cars with humans at the controls every day.

Re: Wut?

Maybe he means 6 actual movements of the arm before deciding it's just too much work and going for a nap instead?

Re: Twitter

ntevanza translated:

"ppl r shit riters"