* Posts by Rich_Herds_Cats

12 publicly visible posts • joined 26 May 2010

A non-Standards Soviet approved measure of weight? Sod off, BBC!

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If only there was one... I'd buy that for a dollar!

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That's a selkie

Given that you were connected to the internet to be able to make the post, why not just google it yourself? :)

Now it gets serious: Fracking could RUIN BEER

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FAIL

Re: She needs to visit Colorado

No, no contamination at all. Tap water catches fire all the frickin' time!

http://www.propublica.org/article/years-after-evidence-of-fracking-contamination-epa-to-supply-drinking-water

Apple silences mute kids' speech app in patent blowup

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Unhappy

Sometimes, patents disputes make me cry.

Ten... crowd-funded games from veteran devs

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Re: No mention of Project CARS?!

Not fully funded yet. but huge glaring omission, given it's now raised : 983,750 € from the community.

Google motors into cloud storage with Drive

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Linux

Can be done on linux

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/how-to-access-google-drive-via-nautilus-in-ubuntu/

Google unleashes 'Solve for X' confabs to save the world

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ORLY?

No problem with IE here...

Honda NSX reborn as a hybrid

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What? No pop-up headlights...

But it's still gorgeous.

For the poor/impatient, it's coming to GT5 next week! Video on youtube.

Shocked mum muzzles foul-mouthed toy mutt

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Megaphone

Shirley not?

This woman obviously needs to clean the wax out her ears!

Vodafone announces 4G roll-out for Germany

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Happy

Sweden

30 Mbit/s up, 80 Mbit/s odd down. Theoretical 100 Mbit down. Already in Sweden's largest two cities, and rolling out to many others. Only with a dongle so far though.

Nearly as amusing as the word "dongle" is the reaction of the iPhone 4G owners here who find out that they don't have 4G on their phones....

Google unleashes phone calls from Gmail

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Available outside the US, to make free calls in the US and Canada.

It Is available through Chrome outside the US. Used it in Sweden this morning... Even rang to my Swedish mobile, so all seems to work.

Sony demos very bendy flexible OLED screen

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Nooooooooooo.

I wish they'd waited till I'd patented "Electronic ye olde style Scrolls with epaper instead of parchment that automatically resize".

Imagine the joy of linking that to google maps, then having an Indiana Jones style red line trace your route across the map!