How could you leave out the TARDIS sound? They started with a coin and an open string on a[n upright?] piano.
It was a house key on a piano string; although Wikipedia claims "house keys":
The distinctive accompanying sound effect – a cyclic wheezing, groaning noise – was originally created in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by Brian Hodgson. He produced the effect by dragging a set of house keys along the strings of an old, gutted piano. The resulting sound was then recorded and electronically processed with echo and reverb.
I'm sure I remember hearing a programme where they described it - not only was reverb and echo added, it was also played backwards.
I've got prescription glasses (and have had for many years) but find it's not the happy utopia you depict, so it's interesting to hear about the downsides to LASIK.
For example, scratched lenses => headache inducing; with high-powered lenses, not getting exactly sitting right all the time => headache inducing; dirty lenses => headache inducing; frames => far more limited field of view.
Not just the N900 either. Both the N800 and N810 both allowed video chat over Google Talk; so we're going back 3 years for a feature that Nokia had on its Maemo devices built-in, out-of-the-box and fully integrated into the OS.
Except that there -will- be, like there is for Maemo, a community repository where less stable software can be made available.
Sure you won't get into the Ovi store or whatnot, but you will be able to make your software available without having to pass strict checklists if you really, really want to put it out there.
Actually, there's lots of evidence that the community's QA process is a lot more stringent than Ovi's; and results in software which is better, doesn't drain the battery, doesn't waste rootfs space and generally behaves a lot better.
The biggest obstacle to Ovi inclusion (even with the recently announced opening of it to individuals) are:
VAT registration
No dependency on libraries in the community repos
No Python (a comparitively large number of third party apps for Maemo are written in Python
My son's nearly 3 and has an old (slightly broken) ThinkPad loaded with Ubuntu Intrepid, and some parts of the NetBook Remix:
maximus - ensures all windows are full screened
window picker applet - gives a titlebar and better window picker
Firefox set to autostart and has speed dials to his favourite sites with the address bar hidden.
At 2.5, I'm not worried about him typing in an address and seeing something he shouldn't, and the speed dials are big enough to get him to Thomas and Friends, CBeebies, Kneebouncers and a few other sites.
The mouse pointer size is bumped up to maximum (Preferences > Appearance > Themes > Advanced, IIRC) and the speed dials have really helped him with his mouse control, and he can now navigate pretty much unaided around the CBeebies website, playing the Flash games there.
And no, we don't use this as an electronic babysitter.
With regards to paying for the item before you ever physically touch it, it's not just Soviet Russia. That sounds awfully similar to one of the UK's biggest retail chains: Argos.
No, R4's reported it correctly but you've summarised it incorrectly.
As the article says, the Police can now use - in conjunction with public authority cameras - traffic enforcement cameras in real time for terrorism investigations.
What's also accidentally come out is a Home Office document *suggesting* that these same powers be available for any other criminal investigation.
Indeed. In the UK, the two biggest broadcasters are the BBC and ITV. Both contract out to "Broadcasting Data Services" (BDS) to collect royalties for the publication of TV listings.
This royalty is enshrined in law (The Broadcasting Act 1987).
The BBC, however, get the Internet and have opened http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ which gives free non-commercial access. ITV, however, do not. This means that you can't publish any listings for any of the four ITV channels without paying ITV money. More details here.
Given they're in dire straits, it's amazing they aren't more interested in boosting their viewership. A petition has been created to get them to allow free non-commercial use.
Ignoring the poor grammar for a moment: "Less available RAM equals a less-responsive computer" is a bit simplistic. Unused memory is wasted memory, this is similar to the arguments about top(1) on Linux reporting all your memory being used in buffers etc.
It's also using the Hildon GTK+-based libraries for a user interface which form the most user-visible part of Maemo - the Linux base which Nokia is using in their 770 and N800 Internet Tablets.
Those have the advantage of using ARM processors, rather than chunky x86 ones meaning standby/resume is not something you need as the power consumption is that much lower.
Interesting times.
I've had something similar on an IBM xSeries (quite an old bit of kit) which was designed for SCSI drives. A small copy of lilo or grub on a boot floppy set to chainboot hd(0,0)/hda5 sorted it out, though.
It also seems he was switching it on and off every time he wanted to use it, rather than using the rather nifty built-in power management. Either leave it alone (or give it a clue by sliding its cover on) and it'll slow the processor, shut down devices and the screen and save battery.
In this "close to standby" it awakes instantly and lasts a week or so between recharges.
Interesting. This could be useful for my own hhgg2xml converts H2G2 articles into a variety of formats, including XML and TomeRaider - which is useful for carrying it around with you on a PDA without network access.
I'll have to look more closely at this new version to see if it can be parsed more easily.
My own Salvare is designed to fit into 34MB (the size of the credit-card sized CD-RWs I've got) - and is currently 20MB. The best feature, IMNSHO, is the ability to
apt-get update && apt-get install foo
from the running CD into tmpfs.
Of course, you can also free the CD, rescue systems etc. etc.
Gah, there goes one of the USP (Unique Selling Points) of Salvare - still, it's useful (to me at least) to have a small rescue/workstation CD supporting apt-get, removal of CD and a Debian installer.
Note to self: check in to CVS the Debian installer script
...since the drive is already in use by the OS that would be kind of pointless.
That's why on <plug>Salvare</plug>
there's a "freecd" option to mount the cloop filesystem from tmpfs (ie. RAM) rather than the CD - allowing you to eject the CD and use the drive as a media player/whatever.
Obviously it helps that in 0.1.3 (released yesterday) the filesystem is only around 17MB (since the whole distribution is designed to fit on a 34MB credit-card sized CD and be usable for
system recovery and general workstation use).
Best feature, IMNSHO, is that you can apt-get install into tmpfs if there's something (say, Mozilla;-)) not included on the CD that you want.
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Think I signed up around 1997/8ish after I'd been reading for a while. Seems like so long ago. Because it was :-/
How could you leave out the TARDIS sound? They started with a coin and an open string on a[n upright?] piano.
It was a house key on a piano string; although Wikipedia claims "house keys":
The distinctive accompanying sound effect – a cyclic wheezing, groaning noise – was originally created in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by Brian Hodgson. He produced the effect by dragging a set of house keys along the strings of an old, gutted piano. The resulting sound was then recorded and electronically processed with echo and reverb.
I'm sure I remember hearing a programme where they described it - not only was reverb and echo added, it was also played backwards.
I've got prescription glasses (and have had for many years) but find it's not the happy utopia you depict, so it's interesting to hear about the downsides to LASIK.
For example, scratched lenses => headache inducing; with high-powered lenses, not getting exactly sitting right all the time => headache inducing; dirty lenses => headache inducing; frames => far more limited field of view.
Not just the N900 either. Both the N800 and N810 both allowed video chat over Google Talk; so we're going back 3 years for a feature that Nokia had on its Maemo devices built-in, out-of-the-box and fully integrated into the OS.
Except that there -will- be, like there is for Maemo, a community repository where less stable software can be made available.
Sure you won't get into the Ovi store or whatnot, but you will be able to make your software available without having to pass strict checklists if you really, really want to put it out there.
Actually, there's lots of evidence that the community's QA process is a lot more stringent than Ovi's; and results in software which is better, doesn't drain the battery, doesn't waste rootfs space and generally behaves a lot better.
The biggest obstacle to Ovi inclusion (even with the recently announced opening of it to individuals) are:
My son's nearly 3 and has an old (slightly broken) ThinkPad loaded with Ubuntu Intrepid, and some parts of the NetBook Remix:
At 2.5, I'm not worried about him typing in an address and seeing something he shouldn't, and the speed dials are big enough to get him to Thomas and Friends, CBeebies, Kneebouncers and a few other sites.
The mouse pointer size is bumped up to maximum (Preferences > Appearance > Themes > Advanced, IIRC) and the speed dials have really helped him with his mouse control, and he can now navigate pretty much unaided around the CBeebies website, playing the Flash games there.
And no, we don't use this as an electronic babysitter.
OK. I'll do my bit.
Er, yes, otherwise how are you going to trim the portion of the quoted email to just the relevant parts and respond in line?
Surely you're not one of those evil top-posters are you?
And it wasn't that funny or topical when he first posted it, earlier this week.
With regards to paying for the item before you ever physically touch it, it's not just Soviet Russia. That sounds awfully similar to one of the UK's biggest retail chains: Argos.
No, R4's reported it correctly but you've summarised it incorrectly.
As the article says, the Police can now use - in conjunction with public authority cameras - traffic enforcement cameras in real time for terrorism investigations.
What's also accidentally come out is a Home Office document *suggesting* that these same powers be available for any other criminal investigation.
Indeed. In the UK, the two biggest broadcasters are the BBC and ITV. Both contract out to "Broadcasting Data Services" (BDS) to collect royalties for the publication of TV listings.
This royalty is enshrined in law (The Broadcasting Act 1987).
The BBC, however, get the Internet and have opened http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ which gives free non-commercial access. ITV, however, do not. This means that you can't publish any listings for any of the four ITV channels without paying ITV money. More details here.
Given they're in dire straits, it's amazing they aren't more interested in boosting their viewership. A petition has been created to get them to allow free non-commercial use.
.Ignoring the poor grammar for a moment: "Less available RAM equals a less-responsive computer" is a bit simplistic. Unused memory is wasted memory, this is similar to the arguments about top(1) on Linux reporting all your memory being used in buffers etc.
It's also using the Hildon GTK+-based libraries for a user interface which form the most user-visible part of Maemo - the Linux base which Nokia is using in their 770 and N800 Internet Tablets. Those have the advantage of using ARM processors, rather than chunky x86 ones meaning standby/resume is not something you need as the power consumption is that much lower. Interesting times.
I've had something similar on an IBM xSeries (quite an old bit of kit) which was designed for SCSI drives. A small copy of lilo or grub on a boot floppy set to chainboot hd(0,0)/hda5 sorted it out, though.
Also, Oolite is a hackable, open source, OpenGL-based, cross-platform version of Elite which has been billed as "Elite 1.5".
Sort of a cross between ArcElite (the definitive version according to Ian Bell himself) and some elements of Frontier.
Definitely worth checking out.
Search Engine Optimisation.
The alchemy-like "science" which believes you can magic traffic to your website, rather than providing content which people want.
Of course, one of the ironies is that it *does* do X (including acting as an X server for remote apps ;-))
It also seems he was switching it on and off every time he wanted to use it, rather than using the rather nifty built-in power management. Either leave it alone (or give it a clue by sliding its cover on) and it'll slow the processor, shut down devices and the screen and save battery.
In this "close to standby" it awakes instantly and lasts a week or so between recharges.
I'll have to look more closely at this new version to see if it can be parsed more easily.
"Someone" at one of the Oxford colleges though has done their own version of the story:
PS. I know you go on to say "as long as no damage was caused..."In fact, there's a picture of a CBBC presenter wearing the 30th anniversary T-shirt. I think the off-the-shoulder style was made after the T-shirt was produced ;-) :-)
Gah, there goes one of the USP (Unique Selling Points) of Salvare - still, it's useful (to me at least) to have a small rescue/workstation CD supporting apt-get, removal of CD and a Debian installer.
Note to self: check in to CVS the Debian installer script
That's why on <plug>Salvare</plug> there's a "freecd" option to mount the cloop filesystem from tmpfs (ie. RAM) rather than the CD - allowing you to eject the CD and use the drive as a media player/whatever.
Obviously it helps that in 0.1.3 (released yesterday) the filesystem is only around 17MB (since the whole distribution is designed to fit on a 34MB credit-card sized CD and be usable for system recovery and general workstation use).
Best feature, IMNSHO, is that you can apt-get install into tmpfs if there's something (say, Mozilla ;-)) not included on the CD that you want.