Posts by JDX

Re: Which is worse?

Shoreditch is 10min away from good places though.

Re: Footpath to a cliff ?

People walk about reading books all the time without attracting such ire.

Except there was no bait.

Re: Great idea

You said he couldn't eat soup, not that he couldn't drink from a cup either. I was not being glib, because if you'd said his tremor was that bad I would have suggested this spoon is probably unable to combat such extreme issues. He doesn't have a tremble, he has a full-on shake - surely when it's that bad just getting the spoon in the bowl is pushing it?

They do make anti-spill mugs though I think often for use at sea, if he can physically hold the thing one of those might be of use for regular drinks... tea through a sippy cup can't taste the same.

Re: Simple solution

I find that rather unlikely.

How exactly do you envisage MS changing the behaviour on your server if you don't install the update?

Re: not smart

"They don't know what power I use and at what time, all the now is substation X is drawing Y power at Z time. They also don't know what is using the electricity in my house.

So in answer to your point, they are intruding a lot."

Firstly, how does a smart meter "know what is using the electricity in my house"?

Secondly, how is knowing when you're using the energy an intrusion? That's like saying your ISP and mobile phone provider are intruding because they know exactly how many Kb you are downloading/uploading each second, or that BT are intruding because they itemise exactly when you make each phone call, and how long it lasts.

It's almost like all the privacy-freaks haven't really thought this through before getting all hot and bothered. Seeing a 2min spike in your energy use at 5:17pm is surely far less intrusive than knowing you phoned your mum at 7:13pm for 5 minutes and 4 seconds?

The only thing that's "serious scary" is how uninformed supposedly well-educated, tech-savvy people are, and how little they think before jumping on a bandwagon.

Re: The 5C just failed to raise the interest of the buying public.

That's not really true. IT didn't meet with a clamour of desire but it's sure been selling well.

Re: They've already started to go up in price

Or manage which 60Gb you carry around with you, maybe once a week.

Or buy something from someone else, since you can download all you music in DRM-free formats anyway.

I think there's no cloudy conspiracy here, it's just shrunk to a small enough niche they can't be bothered. As you mention, phones and iPads now offer comparable levels of storage anyway.

Re: If you're spending 100k+ on a TV, you're not in the real world

They're not practical either.

Re: I have this watch.

Lots of people do screen calls though, or only take work calls during the day, yada yada. Clearly not everyone, but enough that this kind of use-case exists.

Of course that's a bit like having an old-school pager all over again but shush, this is new and exciting!

Re: Even free isn't cheap enough

99% of arrogant nerds are total idiots that don't understand people.

(or grammar)

Re: Water / splash proofing is so handy in so many countries

I put my kindle in a sandwich bag and my iPad in a large freezer bag when using them in the bath, and don't consider the need for this a detraction on the device. People don't generally like standing in the rain on their phone anyway!

Re: with Bing

Most Reg commentards are more than happy to complain about OS and hardware they've never used, whether it be Windows Phone, iPhone, Linux, etc.

I doubt many here have tried W8.1 on a 1Gb PC considering a)most people don't use W8.1 b)very few PCs have 1Gb RAM.

Only those who have specifically tried VM testing 8.1 to see what resources it needs likely know the answer. And unless you state that you have done this, I'm assuming you're a venting Windoze-hating blowhard like the rest :)

Re: Hate the idea of a watch

I am very keen to see what Apple can do with a wearable, if they really are making one. Not because I particularly like the idea either, but because I'm just interested to see if they can pull it off, unlike everyone else so far.

Re: "Most mainstream touch-technology, like that on an Apple or Windows tablet, is single touch."

You can track every individual touch in iOS if you choose to work at that level rather than have iOS recognise gestures for you. It's pretty basic iOS programming and I assume Android and Windows expose the same stuff.

Re: Just keep near the surface

The fact the water shields you from radiation isn't the only factor to consider, even if it turns out to be perfectly safe when those factors ARE considered.

Re: Dear Reg...

Ta... and I se most of these things are on the KS page if you actually scroll down.