It hasn't "worked" fully at all, yet. But it is one of the more complex science instruments on the planet, not a Toyota Pickup truck at the garage. Give them time and it'll do its job... unless some twelve-year old Chinese prodigy figures out a way to do the same stuff in his lunch box.
Why not pay some of those Japanese whaling factory ships with their big front loading dock doors and all those impoverished fishing crews to go and net this crud out of the water... keeps an industry running, saves some whales, helps a bit of fish restocking and cleans up the planet a bit... I'm sure they can find some bailout budget left to help out
Can't hurt to try.
God bless them for trying though, I seem to recall it was the younger voters that helped sweep TB to power. However, in the next election I guess all the pensionless pensioners will be out with their voting knives so the younger vote won't mean as much.
Bad timing - although as we're clutching at straws if you get Stephen Fry, Bill Thompson and the other greying-techno leaders talking about it (regardless of their actual support position) the party might just creep into the national conciousness.
Funny that,
having picked up an Xbox 360 at the weekend, now they're not supposed to crash or die much, I got an Official Xbox Mag (UK) just to see what was what...
Apart from being thinner than a steamrollered snake, it seemed to have lost interest and heart in the subject matter. Most of the writers seem to be the same old faces from way back, so perhaps gaming mags need to cull their staff and hire the keen young web-types to inject some enthusiasm.
But, overall - I didn't find anything new in the mag that I couldn't read online, so (despite their claims for exclusives) mags seem to have no purpose.
Caveat - it is summer so there's less newsy stuff about
Nice that this article fails to consider that all of these technologies come from companies developing within their comfort zones, unaware another company was pushing the boundaries or under immense budgetary pressures to save every last cent.
In the author's world of retrospect, everything should be fantastic.
How can reviewers be impressed by reliability when they've only had the units for, at most, a year? When these things hit the five-year mark running perfectly well with no data loss in the home/work environment, then I'll be interested.
Ok, they may have been stress tested in factories by the manufacturers, but reviewers don't do that sort of work.
Duke of Monmouth 705 vs Earl of Derby 1,201 (away win)
Lord Gloucester 11,703 vs The French 602 (home win)
The Scots 0 vs The Highland Scots 0 (match abandoned due to fog)
Sorry for the off-topic but...
the BBC story doesn't have that lovely lady in the advert for the Daily Maccabiah (hope y'all can see it). All radiation stories should be full of such bountifulness.
How hard is it to buy from a US online store? Not an Amazon obviously, as they'll get grumpy and redirect you, but I'd hope smaller stores would do it?
Surely even with the postage it will still save you money?
Cor, can I come and live in your reality? Or is your hometown just immune to global recession? One where real economic decisions are do we eat this month or should I buy a new smart-ass phone?
To be resumed after the next set of Apples sales figures...
The new games-class iPhone has sold zero units, many existing iPhone users can't afford to or won't upgrade for novelty reasons (the same reasons PSP owners won't ALL race off and buy a PSPGo). Those buying an iPhone will probably look at the older, cheaper units, since the majority wish to buy a phone first and a gadget second.
This will limit its appeal to core developers, but many may dabble in the new control system the iPhone brings, which is good, but not a revolution.
In around two to three years time you can talk about it having helped to evolve "the game", PSP having an App store, a DSi store and so on, but it won't change it.
Perhaps the fourth-gen iPhone may be a real contender if it comes out to coincide with the PSP2 and Nintendo's Wii-portable (or whatever).
Slashdot Mirror
Nah, now if it gets hit by a sudden downpour of molten Swiss cheese, THEN something will be going on.
Continental drift will help you out eventually.
Or at least seriously wedgied.
Still, as is traditional, I - for one - would welcome our slightly limping, lunch-box particle-accelerator wielding, junior overlords.
It hasn't "worked" fully at all, yet. But it is one of the more complex science instruments on the planet, not a Toyota Pickup truck at the garage. Give them time and it'll do its job... unless some twelve-year old Chinese prodigy figures out a way to do the same stuff in his lunch box.
Surely the e-coli just wants to cuddle up to something warm, nothing unusual in that
Atari ST version was lovely though - spent years on and off watching those shaded little Cobras and Kraits whizzing about.
Always waiting for the magic trip into Witchspace
Hey, Elite is 25 today - now that's an anni. worth celebrating! Confession - Quite liked COBOL at college but loved Elite!
Japan is doing pretty well at rearming on its own - http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20090904.aspx
Dublin welcomes careless alien pilots
Why not pay some of those Japanese whaling factory ships with their big front loading dock doors and all those impoverished fishing crews to go and net this crud out of the water... keeps an industry running, saves some whales, helps a bit of fish restocking and cleans up the planet a bit... I'm sure they can find some bailout budget left to help out Can't hurt to try.
God bless them for trying though, I seem to recall it was the younger voters that helped sweep TB to power. However, in the next election I guess all the pensionless pensioners will be out with their voting knives so the younger vote won't mean as much. Bad timing - although as we're clutching at straws if you get Stephen Fry, Bill Thompson and the other greying-techno leaders talking about it (regardless of their actual support position) the party might just creep into the national conciousness.
Funny that,
having picked up an Xbox 360 at the weekend, now they're not supposed to crash or die much, I got an Official Xbox Mag (UK) just to see what was what...
Apart from being thinner than a steamrollered snake, it seemed to have lost interest and heart in the subject matter. Most of the writers seem to be the same old faces from way back, so perhaps gaming mags need to cull their staff and hire the keen young web-types to inject some enthusiasm.
But, overall - I didn't find anything new in the mag that I couldn't read online, so (despite their claims for exclusives) mags seem to have no purpose.
Caveat - it is summer so there's less newsy stuff about
Nice that this article fails to consider that all of these technologies come from companies developing within their comfort zones, unaware another company was pushing the boundaries or under immense budgetary pressures to save every last cent.
In the author's world of retrospect, everything should be fantastic.
How can reviewers be impressed by reliability when they've only had the units for, at most, a year? When these things hit the five-year mark running perfectly well with no data loss in the home/work environment, then I'll be interested.
Ok, they may have been stress tested in factories by the manufacturers, but reviewers don't do that sort of work.
Apple just said it had a smokin' quarter...
Duke of Monmouth 705 vs Earl of Derby 1,201 (away win)
Lord Gloucester 11,703 vs The French 602 (home win)
The Scots 0 vs The Highland Scots 0 (match abandoned due to fog)
Sorry for the off-topic but...
the BBC story doesn't have that lovely lady in the advert for the Daily Maccabiah (hope y'all can see it). All radiation stories should be full of such bountifulness.
Ant Jp18273651 - "How's he taste?"
Ant US9875981 - "Bitchin'... like chicken"
I don't think it'll be a problem as they devour our flesh.
How hard is it to buy from a US online store? Not an Amazon obviously, as they'll get grumpy and redirect you, but I'd hope smaller stores would do it? Surely even with the postage it will still save you money?
Nerd Theft Gizmo, the game that's sweeping the nation"
More Monty Python games could be a good thing
Expense fiddling - the game
Cor, can I come and live in your reality? Or is your hometown just immune to global recession? One where real economic decisions are do we eat this month or should I buy a new smart-ass phone?
To be resumed after the next set of Apples sales figures...
The new games-class iPhone has sold zero units, many existing iPhone users can't afford to or won't upgrade for novelty reasons (the same reasons PSP owners won't ALL race off and buy a PSPGo). Those buying an iPhone will probably look at the older, cheaper units, since the majority wish to buy a phone first and a gadget second.
This will limit its appeal to core developers, but many may dabble in the new control system the iPhone brings, which is good, but not a revolution.
In around two to three years time you can talk about it having helped to evolve "the game", PSP having an App store, a DSi store and so on, but it won't change it. Perhaps the fourth-gen iPhone may be a real contender if it comes out to coincide with the PSP2 and Nintendo's Wii-portable (or whatever).
He gets his own movie, Gerite Point Blank