Posts by RockBurner

Mini PC

I'm no sys admin, but I'd love to have something like this as a true 'Pocket PC'.

I'm not interested in having it act as a phone - I generally find I that if I'm making a call I need to do 'stuff' on the screen that I can't do when I'm holding the thing to my head. Phone and PC as separate items makes more sense (BT headsets suck).

But as a tiny laptop.... now you're talking. FAR easier to carry around than any tablet with keyboard combo, or iMacAir/Netbook - if they stick a 'TouchPoint' (other names are far better known... ) cursor control onboard as well then I think I'd be throwing cash at them now.

"Home Depot white goods audition for part in 9 and a Half Weeks remake"

Flash Gordon?

Quote: Star Wars is basically Flash Gordon - captiv

Quote: Star Trek is basically Flash Gordon – except a bit more "intellectual"

Your cake, sir?

go from stand-by to 1.32 gigawatts in 12 seconds eh...

so - all we need to do now is get it up to 88 miles per hour?

Looks more like meteorite debris on a snowfield to me.....

Oculus

takes Virtual Larping to an 'ole new level

it's a pernicious practise

A friend of mine (very non computer literate) uses an old laptop via a 3G dongol (lives on a houseboat IIRC, no phone line, no broadband, no wifi).

Her 3G account has been effectively terminated and massive over-use charges applied to her account because of these huge downloads.

Of course she doesn't understand why.

sooo it's another stab at the Asus PadPhoneTransformer?

Missed opportunity!!

They need to add a c***-mouse.

https://xkcd.com/243/

"awww, iflscience has a downer on humans, poor humans"

Lift

under the question of lift - there may be some lift of the bodyshape of an X-wing (also - there may not be - anyone stuck one in an wind-tunnel yet?)

All or nothing

The only way I see this working (in all honesty) is for it to be universal, and immediate. IE: December 31st 20XX - any driver worth his salt heads out on their last chance power drive on the road to nowhere.

January 1st 20XX+1 - all cars are controlled by computer: NO humans involved whatsoever. All liability is now in the hands (brains?) of the corporations who are legally held responsible for every life on the roads .

It's the only way that it could work - human drivers are too unpredictable for software to keep up with - especially if it has to 'phone home' whenever it comes across a previously un-anticipated situation.

Swatch are in for a good shout

They've got plenty of experience with making 'near-field' watches reliable for years. They've had a 'programmable pass' watch for at least 20 years that's compatible with things like Ski-lift system in resorts.

Shoving in an NFC chip instead of a proprietary one, and programming an associated bit of memory with bank account information would be a p-o-p (essentially taking the chip out of the credit card and making it editable). It's an ideal use case scenario for something like Oyster readers too - no need for a tinfoil wallet - with only 1 NFC 'device' near the reader there's no chance of duplicate-payments. Security is no doubt doable.

Come to think of it.... why ISN'T there an Oyster (S)watch??

(or is there? - swift google : http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/Swatch-In-Talks-To-Make-TFL-Oyster-Watch : I bet the 'talks broke down')

time to jump ship

So, one bunch of consumer ignoring cretins is being taken over by another bunch of consumer ignoring cretins? Life goes on in the corporate dogpits.

Still - as good a reason as any to drop the bloody annoying 2 year contracts, the impossible to cancel marketing text messages; and jump into the giant peach of buying the phone I actually want to have and getting something like a giff-gaff or similar rolling deal.

Asus Transformer (mine's a TF300T), VXConnectBot and DroidEdit make for a reasonable thin client (if I understand the term correctly), I just wish it had more RAM and that upload speeds on domestic broadband (I'm looking at you here Virgin) were better.

DM links??

Has the Reg sunk so low??

Who's more (or less) intelligent....

... the artist, or the one who actually forks over huge amounts of money for a few scribbles?

"although I think the pod will survive the fall, the shock of hitting the water may crack the hatches, and if the pod were then to roll, it would fill with water and be lost".

Oddly - I'd assumed the survival pod was a life-raft as well (in case it got swept off into the ocean by heavy seas.... something that nearly happened). Obviously not.

Grant Mitchell?

Really?

(can't see an 'Enders related icon..)

units again...

Anyone else getting a little miffed at having to use 2,300 mAh and 3,000mAh instead of 2.3Ah and 3Ah? Shirley it'd be easier to use the shorter form? Or is marketing speak leading this trend for ignoring normal unit usage?

Ah yes....

'Burn-in turned out to be very difficult to achieve'...

Obviously the author never stood on the concourse at Paddington attempting to decipher the times on the overhead CRT screens at the end of each platform.

pile of steaming....

Just loving the background image of 'obsolete' equipment.... including a Dell running Win8.1!

Nasa taking selfies again?

Daisy Chaining?

So - how many usb sticks/drives can you daisy chain into it? (I assume there's a limit), and would it list them individually or as one big drive?

High altitude PRU blue?

http://www.jpsmodell.de/dc/schemes/raf_pru44hf_e.htm

So - if El Reg's advice is to remove the facebook app - what's the advice for those of us who haven't rooted our phones and thus aren't actually able to remove the "operator installed" apps. eh? eh?

regardless of the morals...

if 7.8million gallons of water only costs $28,500, why is my water bill so freakin high??

kitten burger anyone?

although hardly enough for a full box of nuggets. :(

Tablet looks good - does the full size USB provide power too? (ie can it be used like a USB socket on any regular laptop?)

important info we need to know....

instant or ground?

Pagin DrXym

If you preview all the route via a fast wi-fi/3G connection prior to setting off, the GoogleMap on your phone can cache all the map views and so not need the 3G connection (assuming you've updated the app and turned on the "precache" button.)

worth mentioning...

that it's also available for Android?

(or are we maintaining the fence between mobile OSs? )