Posts by Turtle_Fan

...I've not seen and in-depth info as yet

I have and it's utter crap.

There's another article with first impressions and some specs for it, somewhere in the reg dungeon.

Can't find the link but think: 2-finger multi-touch, no camera, no 3G (not sure about GPS, compass etc.).

Not very whelming at all...

That was GM

I think you're referring to the ex-GMAC GM's leasing and banking business.

It's now called, Ally and is a State Owned Enterprise.

Most companies are already protecting themselves, though OnLive is not the answer

Most successful games have their multi-player section cordoned off and available to authenticated users only.

So unless you're after a single player experience, piracy won't get you too far.

@Andrew 87

Not paid your bill = Power off

Well, I thought this was the girst of the essence of the thing all along. And I'm sure it happens in pre-paid meters (yes, even with the meagre "emergency credit").

And yes, almost all smart meters (and plenty of dumb ones too) have integrated disconnect breakers.

But these relate to the entire supply, not individual appliances...

Pedantry at its best....

Well, there's a floor tool, a brush tool and the long slim bit called the crevice tool.

Take your pick

/pedantry

Best sub-heading of the year

Right there...

So what DO you use?

OK, so Win is out of the picture and you ditched Linux too.

So are you saying that only OSX "just works" without any configuration from your side?

IF (and I mean it, as I can't really tell) this is the case then it's pretty disingenuous of yours to claim that; as OSX was made for a handful of strictly controlled reference platforms and not ready to accommodate anything and everything people can put together to resemble a PC.

Yeah, good luck with that

So, given a refresh cycle of 6-9 years (depending on your source) for TV's how would anything built-in to a TV be up-to-date 6 years from launch?

Or do you think that i-Shinies will make people refresh every two years and throw away perfectly functioning nearly-new TV's worth £££'s?

Apple TV and associated thingies are fine as people would not mind changing a little box every now and again. But a huge, big f-off, screen? Prolly not!

Not my experience

As an early adopter of an enterprise E84 Z-Drive way back in its initial iteration I must say I disagree with you with some of your comments.

Indeed (I laugh about it now but it was painful back then), my Z-Drive bricked within 10-days of being delivered on account of its LSI controller.

However, the experience of their customer service and RMA process was as professional and courteous as I ever come across.

The replacement which arrived within a week, has been doing sterling work on my rig for the last 2 years on a 24/7 basis.

Yeah right....

First of all if we're talking a licence from any of the EEA or "approved countries", 42 countries in total then no you don't. You can happily get a UK licence without having to prove nothing to anyone.

Oh, and just because you sound so stuck up, here's a tidbit: UK authorities have accepted that possessing a Zimbabwean, Korean or Hong Kong driver's licence is on a par with UK standards. No questions asked. Just exchange them with a UK one.

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_world/travel/driving_licences.htm#driving_licences_issued_abroad

for the record

just for the record I built my first PC in the late 90's after uni and have been building them myself since. I too have a small network of boxes but they're mostly NAS's and supporting my wireless cameras round the house etc. All of which are connected in a vpn with my holiday home's 2 boxes.

And as for support, I've ended up building and maintaining about 7 more boxes of the entire extended family.

Yet, the only fully locked down box/account is my 9 year old nephew's. Everyone else has admin credentials to elevate their accounts if need be.

I'm more willing to accept Captain Underpants' version of symptoms/ailments. When any senior in our top 3 tiers of management can plug in a USB stick and go away with the "family silver" (and the leavers/dismissed ones regularly do), then fretting over installing ABP in FF and the like is just pants.

Good question

Well, seeing as two people asked here's my user case.

I started off with a 1366 mobo. At the start I went with the cheapest cpu to fit in it. As prices dropped and my finances didn't I swapped it out for the next gen's "second best" (I never go for the absolute top as it's ridiculously priced).

Back in 2008, SSD's were flaky and infantile so I went with a velociraptor. In the last 3 years, I added 2x1.5 TB HDD's for storage, started with a small patriot SSD (utter crap btw) and upgraded to a PCI-based Z-Drive that goes like mad.

Similarly my ram went from 4 to 6 and now to 16GB's (10GB RAMDisk).

As for GPU's I was never a fanboy so only one iteration from a 260 to a 480.

So, 3 years down the line, I've got a 3.4GHz i7 with 16GB DDR3, a bad-ass SSD and a mediocre GPU. I can safely predict this to see me through to the first price drop of the LGA 2011-platform whenever that happens in 2013.

If I were locked in to the 2008 original spec, I'd be itching for an upgrade as soon as the SB enthusiast platform hits the shelves.

During those 3 years, I had an HDD, RAM sticks and a GPU die on me. Each time, I used the warranty rebate coupon and added a pittance to actually upgrade. Not once did I have to give my PC up for any period of time. The PC on the whole remained operational and functional (albeit limited somewhat).

On a related note, I'd rather the HW choices were my own and not some 3rd party's; for good (Z-Drive) or bad (patriot).

And to those who think, I've got money to burn, there's the salvaging.

Even if I change PC entirely, I'll still carry much of the guts of my current rig over to the next. Optical Drives, the Z-Drive and most of the RAM being prime candidates for salvaging/cannibalising.

Not quite...

I can see how I may have come across as a complete tree hugger even though I'm a petrolhead through and through.

OK, I came across so stupid 'cause what I have in mind (and what the legislation has too) is not what we have today. I was talking about a good few years/decades in the future.

> Wind Turbines

Whatever their failure rates were (think early automobiles) I'm talking about turbines many generations later that have been perfected in terms or reliability

>EV's

OK, if you think of EV's as the wheezy, plastic, impotent boxes on offer today then yes. But I'm on about EV's with a good range (350+ miles) with proper amenities and levels of trim. By which time they will be the clear majority of vehicles on the streets and ic engined cars will be niche players. At that time (consider that a majority of cars are parked at any one time) the balancing will be unnoticeable to any individual car but it will be substantial on a grid level

>Coal will always be cheap and abundant. The question is do we want to use it? And that question has been answered negatively for quite a few years now.

Back to my cave to seek refuge from the downvotes....

lul w00t?

Who needs 100's of password?

Get a mailinator address and use for all your forum/site/commentary/FB/twitter accounts (basically anything non-e-commerce). So they get your address and password, what's the worst that would happen? Spam posted on fora in your name big deal.

99+% of sites can be relegated to disposable addresses and password. For the 2-3 that are commerce related, sign up to the enhanced security authentication schemes (verfied by vi$a and the like) and only use them in private sessions only when necessary. Alternatively, pay by bank transfer and keep all your data to yourself.

Job done.

Do people still use one address for all activities?

Ever heard of malinator?

Simple, easy to use disposable addresses that are easy to keep track of (rss) and hard for others to track.

Ever since they implemented alternative domaims, only my bank has my email address.

Err, no

Tried to sync an ipod shuffle ( 1st gen) lately? No? Thought so...

Call me a schizo but...

I find myself agreeing with both posters above despite their seemingly contradictory arguments.

Yes & no....

Brands are most certainly overinflated price wise. However as a long time buyer of far-eastern (first trip back in 2001) knock-offs I can assure you that it's not the case on all products.

Clothing and to a lesser extent footwear is fair game. Not so on electronics, luggage and watches. Example samsonite: a genuine article will withstand the rigours of Indian baggage handlers when the knock off will have turned into a loose assortment of disparate bits. As for watches there are high quality knock-offs but they will still set you back a grand or so (still a bargain over the 5K+ genuine but I digress). As for electronics, I leave that to you. In fact, it's much safer to buy Chinese branded electro-gizmos and "teach them English" than to ever try an imitation 'known brand' knock off.

Are genuine articles over-inflated? Hell yes. Are knock-offs like-for-like replacements? No, not by a longshot. Of course, as long as you accept the risks it's fine but don't be in denial; knock-offs != genuine articles.

Android version?

I'm puzzled. On one hand you say you won't root your phone, yet you're telling me that you installed clockwork recovery and even did a re-partition job without rooting the phone?

If the thing is rooted, then just go to the market, get A2SD install, reboot, done.

As this is not a help forum, go look into MoDaCo as they have an entire section dedicated to your Desire (pun intended).

LOL

Which is why I love thereg....