Posts by h3

Could have been drug money someone wanted rid of or something else illegal.

What they should do is bring back blackboards (Or an alternative to junk whiteboards).

It unnecessarily complicates learning for me..

ipads are not the answer (You have to jailbreak to change the brightness).

Stuff like the Archos G9 is also not the answer (Not robust enough). My mothers schoool got loads and they cannot even manage to keep them charged properly.

If I was a school I would go for Playbooks (RIM would likely be extremely helpful) and give a damn when random junk flash app won't work properly.. (None of the Android manufacturers would give a damn). Loads of the school learning resources use flash.

Store manager - degree and 5 years experience WTF

The Apple ethos is totally against people capable of thinking for themselves so its a strange move.

Violation of this law is just the same technically as me uploading goatse to peoples machines. Surely it should be covered under not installing files on peoples computers without permission.

(Computer misuse act or whatever).

The thing Google does (did ?) certainly should be a crime to get around the Safari no cookies thing.

Itunes seems to have a habit of doing all sorts of crap in the background of computers.

Facebook itself is more of a problem than the purpotrator of - http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/latest/2012/05/17/facebook_account_hacker_jailed/

British culture is a lost cause.

Another thing I don't get is the relative sentencing between this and the original phone hacking thing. (How is one Facebook account worse than a lot of peoples phones ?)

(Also seems to be worse than burglary from the odd persons I have known to be sentenced for that).

Another person I know got 6 months for supply of class A drugs (E's) this is probably 10 years ago.

Just doesn't seem fair or proportionate in any shape or form.

Only time I use red button is for snooker to switch tables I hope they keep that.

Wolfram Alpha produces more logical results these days than Google (And even shows you why). Google thinks you want something dumb by typing for something else. (Just because of the actions of other people). Genuine typos would be ok but as long as the word makes sense use that.

2 sim phones are always good. (Presuming they can be used simultaneously).

I would like an Android that was of reasonable spec and dual sim at the same time.

(Only the Chinese seem to remotely get this but the ones I have seen are utter junk).

At the min I use a 6230i for calls / texts (Probably lasts a week).

Xperia Play for internet. (Battery life is so bad though cannot really use it that well.)

I would buy a midrange Samsung in a heartbeat if it had the 2 sim feature and a half decent battery. (Do they not sell in China ?)

Firmware Updates ..................

Firmware updates never seem to materialise.

Microsoft stuff is fairly usable these days (Certainly more so than Apple/Gnome 3/Unity)

I use Android but I think it is total junk really.

It is particularly bad at integrating properly with the OS running on your computer.

(Hate web apps - want it to use proper integrated OS features same way as WP7 and iOS (on Mac) do. Android should integrate well with Linux.

(Dunno why they use MTP of all protocols (Why not CIFS) poor Bluetooth implimentation no proper native API)

Too much is just the lazy way out.

Tizen looks like it could be good (WebOS seemed to work well).

Android is just an adware delivery mechanism.

I need a new soundcard (Balanced outputs (speakers take balanced TRS or 1/4" mono jack - (Can take unbalanced but doesn't seem to work very well like that)) / separate channel for headphones).

Dunno what to get but I know it is not this

Any advise (Rather have internal or just the dac external)

Not stupid expensive (Tapco USB I have is getting old bad contacts for speaker cable - No proper W7 drivers either). Don't need any fancy stuff just simple solid drivers.

Only want it to sound half reasonable for listening to music. (Don't really make any music anymore - sometimes play with dj mixing program (Pretty rarely))

(Linux support desired but not essential).

16:9 sucks

16:10 is best followed by 4:3

Any mobile CAD workstation will give you 17" 1920x1200 (And enough power to power a few external monitors if you want - maybe using the dock maybe without).

Don't use consumer junk for work.

There is no such thing as the public interest really (As it is more accurately described as the priivate interest's of those in power - whether it is going to be accepted can more accurately be judged if you treat it in this way).

It is too expensive for what it is. (Should be less than £100 otherwise might as well get whatever few months old flagship (that is not all that fashionable) is on offer).

(Recently it might have been an Atrix or the evo 3d).

Adware should be moved to its own section. (As it stands I just don't install anything that needs full internet access from the market).

People saying it has no cost to you it does wasted time. It is only free if you value your time as worth nothing. (I value it as the most valuable thing I have as it is the only thing I cannot get more of).

There is nothing on iOS (Or my Xoom for that matter - excluding using a 360 pad which is inconvenient) better than playing Sonic CD on the Xperia Play with the pad. iOS cannot even have emulators legitimately.

Panasonic is one of the few companies that nearly everything they make is pretty good quality.

Battery looks to be 1800mAh which is probably ok. (I would prefer the battery in the best version of the Motorola RAZR)

But the fact that this seems to use stock ICS (No crappy overlay) is probably a valid trade off.

Does Siegecraft work better on iOS than Android. (I have it on my Xoom the idea is good (Well I suppose it comes from the game crossbows and catapults but I used to love it as a kid) but it is not well implemented.) ?

Qualcomm's numbering sucks now.

(This is armv7 with adreno 200)

And it has little (Maybe same pinout ?) to do with the earlier MSM7225 (That didn't even have a gpu and was on the original wildfire).

Dunno why they bother with the cortex A5 (The main useful features it has (compatibility with the original arm abi / 100% armv6 compatibility (including jazelle) are no use whatsoever for Android).

Guess it must be cartel like behaviour from Qualcomm. Cannot see why this should be any cheaper to make than a 2nd gen snapdragon.

The Solaris 11 dladm method for dealing with wifi is quite nice (Even nwam is better than networkmanager).

If you go away from small programs that do one thing well (and are scriptable or usable in a shell) and input and output text then there is no point still using *NIX. (It is the whole point of the design it is like that for a reason and it all makes sense as a coherent whole).

It is like any tool. (e.g the best coping saw blades snap really easily if you go out of square a tiny tiny bit I could learn to do it but I don't need to but it would be dumb to use them without first learning to use them properly). Computers are the same means to an end.

This is stupid. (Every woman I know other than my grandmother uses social networking).

Whereas a fair amount of the men I know don't use social networking at all.

Perhaps the men who are concerned just don't use Facebook.

Thinking you have any privacy at all is nonsense the second you sign up to one of these sites.

(Twitter perhaps being the exception).

The fact that people trust the privacy controls at all is the worst sign of the way our society is degrading.

My favourite ones are the ones that take place far from earth.

(Think ones like Genesis of the Dalek's are best).

Don't like Amy Pond or Rorrie or River Song.

Quite liked the doctor's daughter though and the character of the tardis.

I think it is better to do long proper stories in 4 parts or whatever (45*4 is long enough for a decent story on an alien world).

For decent movie sci fi you need at least 2hrs so I don't get how 14 "blockbuster-movie episodes" can happen.

The thing I would be most interested in would be the timewar. (Timelords vs Dalek's).

Dunno whether it was the 8th or 9th doctor who was around then or not.

I liked the Christopher Eccleston series better than any of the other new ones. (Get the impression they spent more money on it - but I am not that bothered about fancy effects - mainly bothered about quality of dialog and alien worlds).

The Google Market is awful to use. (Most of the best apps I have I found out elsewhere).

Guess it might be ok if you want what the most people want.

But most people have no taste in anything which is where the problem lies. (It is the same with Music / TV / Films / Newspapers / Books / Apps anything the ones that do the best commercially are never the ones I want - I am aware that by definition those things are the ones most people want doesn't make it any easier for me though).

Has to depend on how it is done.

(Qualcomm and Motorola probably just crosslicensed).

Both have patents of decent value (As does Nokia).

Apples patents are for really dumb stuff that shouldn't be patentable.

RHEL is used as a desktop by people using stuff like Cadence. (Probably the other EDA suites as well as getting them working on Windows is a nightmare). Probably the people who pay nvidia to make the Linux drivers use it as well. (Hollywood type people). It is the only supported desktop for Red Hat universities (That students can use for free) there seems to be a few.

It is used by people who care about bugs actually being fixed in the distro. (And pay for it)

Ubuntu is an absolute joke even the LTS release you need any bug at all fixed (Let alone an obscure libc bug it is just not going to happen).

Look at any serious piece of desktop Linux software and you will find it supports RHEL (and Suse Enterprise if you are lucky).

Those people quite rightly don't want Ubuntu.

(It is likely just those people using stuff like Cadence Virtuoso give Redhat enough money to make the Desktop distribution worthwhile. (The per seat cost to Cadence means it is also likely to cost peanuts but Redhat still do well)

I would pay more to avoid Yodel (Formally the Home Delivery Network) unfortunately I seem to be denied the choice.

This list is totally dumb. (About my limit is asking directly what they want or failing that send expensive flowers to wherever they work). They seem to like the my boyfriend is better than your boyfriend thing.

Bluetooth is about the worst possible idea (Anything that is not working 100% is a waste of time for women in all circumstances).

The drive still won't be used regardless.

Most important thing is what it can do for them (And whether it works 100%). (Whether it is easy to use or not is sort of an issue but less so than what it can do and whether it works).

If they are not attracted to pink then it actively repels them. (Which is what makes it so pointless making the products - unless it is something that so many want - a pink ipad would probably sell enough to be worth it).

I think a 3G ipad most women might like. (I know even women over 80 who use them so I think it a fairly safe bet. (One who I have met the other being the Queen)).

And of course anything sapphire or harder in a ring in case they ever get buried alive in a box.

(I don't profess to know a great deal about this but for certain I know more about it than the article writer).

I hope Apple gets absolutely hammered in the courts. They started this (The radio patents are the worthwhile ones).

The reason why this has happened is because of Apple refusing FRAND terms in the past. (The Qualcomm chips in the 4S are already licensed). That is why it is 2.25% for *past* infringement.

They want FRAND now and to ignore the past. (Which is against the FRAND terms).

My broadband cannot really work properly at 50Mb (regardless of what they say they are rate limiting SSL) but yet they say how great it will be when they increase my speed to 100Mb then 120Mb. You can give 1000Mb with dumb ass rate limiting doesn't work well at the moment. (I used to do daily backups to a vps over SSL now it is just not possible don't have enough time in the night).

I want to switch to some version of BT Infinity (When it is available wholesale to an ISP that doesn't use crappy QoS. (And has something a suitable cap - 100GB won't be enough).

It also stops me using QoS on my own network to make everything smooth no matter what happens.

I think Virgin gets about £120 a month off me and all I need is an internet connection. (Never really use the TV / landline).

Don't see why they don't offer a fully unrestricted connection. (Or fix the QoS so it works in a sane manner - If I am capable of doing it then they should be.)

I dunno anyone would choose to type on a phone given the option of a real keyboard so this seems like it should be a good idea.

It is not that good though. (Prefer a native application to a webui).

I would like full remote control (with 3d perhaps with a modified VirtualGL) none of the vnc based ones are good enough quality though for me. (The latest versions of rdp manage it so it is totally possible to offload stuff).

Don't get why people choose to use the least convenient device (the phone) (Except in the times it is most convenient (i.e out and about).)

PC>Laptop>Ultra portable>Tablet>Phone (Indoors) -

(outdoors or out and about) I use what ever is comfortable to do the job I need to. (Ideally nothing certainly not facebook).

Dunno why people want web anything either. (Anything web seems to be total junk other than a few exceptions (e.g the Bastion chrome web app).

They are not bad if you need occasional data

6 Months payg internet for £20 is not bad. (Credit doesn't get rinsed apart from when the addon ends). £3.33 a month is just fine.

It is not as good performance wise as 3 but it is tons better than Giff Gaff. (When it really shouldn't be due to O2 having 900mhz 3G in my city.)

(TmobileUKhelp on twitter is far better than the misguided Giff Gaff community).

(Voice / texts I keep on a separate Nokia 6230i which is totally great and has been since I got it new along time ago - I use MobilEdit on the pc to send texts (Only an occasional thing for me)).

Symbian still win's if you need best possible battery life. (Overall it is pretty good efficient etc).

Belle looks just fine to me.

Meego also looked good.

(I use Android just because of the extra stuff you can do with root app's but I don't really like it).

(Like WP7 quite like WebOS - Don't like iOS)

Think I will like Tizen but I haven't tried it yet (e17 is cool).

QNX is also great. (You know to world is messed up when QNX doesn't do well as it is so much better in so many ways than Linux / Mach / Windows CE).

The modern world - the best never wins.

I have not much really against Microsoft these days. (The way Gates is spending his money is undoubtedly good).

I don't really want Metro on Windows 8 (At least with Windows 7 I can have sloppy mouse focus).

Prior to Windows 7 I used Solaris or BSD on the desktop since about 1998. (Hate Gnome 3 and Unity).

WP7 is good (Reason I use Android is because allot of the root apps that I use are not possible with WP7 or iOS - I would rather use WP7 if I could do everything I wanted though.)

(Don't like the way anti-social networking is pushed by all the mobile OS's though).

Like hell you would put the pin for the secure key into a website.

This is a total non issue.

On my Xoom sometimes there is no honeycomb optimized version of a certain app so I have to use a phone app and that generally doesn't work well.

Never experienced anything like that on my brothers ipad (iOS 4.3.5)

I would buy a Netbook to replace my Thinkpad X31 if it had a Matte screen 2GB ram / Linux / 32 GB flash (Ideally 64GB) / decent keyboard. (And it was cheaper than a similar second hand ultra portable).

The reason I won't buy one is they all have glossy screen's and cost too much for what they are.

(Even more so compared to tieroneonline corporate refurb X series Thinkpads).

Most laptops/netbooks are just so poor quality with low availability of spares that I would never buy them (At least out of my money.)

I was interested in the Lenovo smartbook until it was axed quite liked the look of the Toshiba Android netbook (But I would run normal Linux on it). Android sucks even on a tablet (I have a Xoom - really want Tizen on it).

re: Iplayer - the iplayer Android situation is terrible yes (Doesn't even support offline or 3g or honeycomb). i.e all the use cases when you would actually want it.

re: ICS - Don't bother Qualcomm has not even finished off the armv6 support and I dunno if they ever will. (Without proper ICS graphics drivers it is unlikely it will ever be working 100%). The manufacturers are lazy (Especially ZTE and Huawei).

It is not certain either that such as Motorola / Sony Ericsson / HTC will do the job properly for ICS (i.e full new style audio not the dodgy hack that Qualcomm uses for most right now).

(Not even sure it will work that well on my Xperia Play that is supposed to have SE provided ICS).

Rim could have 100% arm Android Compatibility if they wanted it.

Either Linux running as a process under QNX

Or a translator (Like the Linuxulator in FreeBSD or the Solaris Linux branded zone).

Or colinux style.

It might even already be supported by QNX (Running Linux underneath a microkernel is hardly uncommon).

Cannot see how Gamestation could be doing anything other than making a killing.

(Same as Gamestop in the US).

So this is Game Group or just Game (as in the expensive retail part that doesn't sell anything you want.)

Far quicker for me to use the machine myself than to get someone else to serve me.

(More convenient for getting rid of change you don't want in your pocket also - get rid of it and then pay the balance by card - cashiers couldn't be bothered to do that.)

None of the other OS's charge for their ZFS implementations.

(Which I think is right as the largest part of the work was done by Sun).

Far too many iOS/OSX people leeching off people.

No mention whatsoever of the sources on the site (and it is CCDL)

Any changes to the CCDL files need to be released.

(They can charge for the GUI).

Oracle should sue them. (Probably about the only situation I would say that was right).

Problem is it is getting to the point where you need to be logged in to set certain opt outs.

Managing multiple accounts is a nightmare.

The search is crap. (Occasionally it corrects a typo which would be useful - 99% of the time it searches for the totally wrong thing). With verbatim it should correct common typo's still.

What makes it so bad is there is no alternative.

(Also there is the problem with such situations as interest in the stilll not available "Official" goatse.cx memorabilia - don't want Google advertising the fake stuff - especially on work related machines.)