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  1. Re:Not convinced on Apple's Secret Weapon To Win the Tablet Wars · · Score: 1

    I've seen them advertised for about £215,.

  2. Re:Not convinced on Apple's Secret Weapon To Win the Tablet Wars · · Score: 1

    The official price for the 16 GB iPad2 WiFi only is £399,

  3. Re:Pirating Android Market on Apple's Secret Weapon To Win the Tablet Wars · · Score: 1

    You assume incorrectly, then.

    I have read the Android Market terms of service and there is nothing that prohibits installing it on any device.

  4. Re:Archos tablets are AOSP, not OHA on Apple's Secret Weapon To Win the Tablet Wars · · Score: 1

    While it doesn't come with Android Market, there is an app in AppsLib (ArcTools) that lets you install it.

    Archos have a honeycomb tablet due out in June (according to Google).

  5. Re:Suggest an android tablet.. on Apple's Secret Weapon To Win the Tablet Wars · · Score: 1

    Have a look at http://www.archos.com/

  6. Re:Not convinced on Apple's Secret Weapon To Win the Tablet Wars · · Score: 1

    It's already available.

    The Archos 101 16GB costs £250, has a 10 inch screen, wifi, bluetooth, USB host and slave, HDMI and a micro SD slot. It only weighs 480 grams and has a built in stand. The battery is good for 10 hours web surfing.

  7. Re:Battery availability might be a concern. on Recycling an Android Phone As a Handheld GPS? · · Score: 1

    Like I've explained in a previous post in much greater detail, the GPS of a Nokia phone (even with its free off-line Ovi vector maps) is almost completely useless without a data connection.

    Then you have been misleading people.

    I use my Nokia N85 when I go walking and it works very well. It doesn't even need a SIM card to be useful, let alone a data connection.

    Combined with Trek Buddy and maps downloaded with Mobile Atlas Creator it is a competent alternative to a dedicated GPS unit.

    However, no phone is as robust or waterproof as a purpose built device. Battery capacity is also a concern, though this can be alleviated by carrying chargers such as the Nexus Poerboost which can be recharged via USB or use standard AA batteries.

    It should also be remembered that a GPS is a navigation aid, and does not negate the need for a map and compass, and the ability to use them.

  8. Re:The iron is Deckel-Maho the software is Seki on 5-Axis Robot Carves Metal Like Butter · · Score: 1

    We have a Deckel-Maho 5 axis machine at work and it uses Heidenhain control software, whch we also have on our Bridgeport 3 axis millers and Bridgeport 5 axis grinders.

    Just in case your interested.

  9. Re:Whoa, whoa on iPhone OS 4.0 Brings Multitasking, Ad Framework For Apps · · Score: 1

    The reason for not including these features from the start is simple - It gets people to buy the latest model.

    They could easily have had all this functionality from the start, there's nothing innovative or revolutionary added, it's all basic stuff that other phones have had for years.

  10. Re:Car hotspot? on A Wireless Hotspot For Your Car — Why Not? · · Score: 1

    Google is leading the charge to put free GPS units in everyone's cars...

    I believe it is Nokia who is leading in free GPS. No data connection required, maps are stored on the phone.

  11. Re:Yup on Digital Economy Bill Passed In the UK · · Score: 1

    From a quick look at a beer list, 35-40 beers of the UK

    Well, that is a rather limited selection as there are over 7000 beers brewed in the UK.

    Unfortunately I wont live long enough to try them all.

  12. Re:Yup on Digital Economy Bill Passed In the UK · · Score: 1

    Bodington's is my favorite from the UK

    Seriously, if Bodingtons is your favourite beer from the UK your taste in beer sucks. Or you haven't tasted any others.

    And while I'm here, we have Bison in the UK too.

    Also, your just plain wrong, of course, bacon is better in the UK, bread is better in the UK, pizza - well I don't care about pizza so you can have that if you like, but the rest is better in the UK.

  13. Re:Birth Control on Gates Foundation Plans To Invest $10B Into Vaccines · · Score: 1

    That is the biggest load of bollocks I have seen in a long time!

    It's just laughable, the old man couldn't buy phonographs so he turned to drink and was constantly drunk? how about spending the money he bought the drink with on records?

    The whole piece is complaining about other people getting stuff, even trivial stuff, and yet he couldn't?

    And then they all become alcoholics? Where did they get the money?

    Not to mention the premise was each according to his ability, so if productivity went down it means there were slackers. The idea is to root out the slackers, not make others compensate for them. Were people afraid to tell others to pull their weight?

    The whole thing is a big joke, for fucks sake grow up!

  14. Re:hey Big Bro on Nokia To Make GPS Navigation Free On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    should read > Nokia will make easier to keep tabs on you.

    And just how would that work, with maps that are stored on your phone and no network access required?

  15. Re:Single Point of Failure on Nokia To Make GPS Navigation Free On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    By the way, Nokia seems like they are touting their gps feature as unique among cellphones. This phone I just got has been around for a while.

    No, Nokia has had GPS with free downloadable maps for ages, what is unique is free drive navigation and free walk navigation that doesn't require a network connection to use, plus free events guides, free Lonely Planet guides and free Michelin guides.

  16. Re:Atheists Unite... as a religion on Ireland's Blasphemy Law Goes Into Effect · · Score: 1

    That is absolutely correct.

    Theism is not a religion, it is simply a belief in God(s).

    You can be a theist and still say fuck God, I'm going to do what I want.

    You can be a theist and not agree with any of Earths religions, past or present.

    Theism is not a religion and atheism is not a religion either.

  17. Re:I installed the latest OO, definitely not a thr on Is OpenOffice.org a Threat? Microsoft Thinks So · · Score: 1

    1. I just tried it in 00 2.4 and it works.

    2. Good job they can then.

    3. That you're just making stuff up?

  18. Re:Good example of piracy versus robbery on UK Consumers To Pay For Online Piracy · · Score: 1

    "This book shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser"

    Please take note of the part in bold. It is legal to lend, resell or hire out provided the book is in it's original cover or binding.

  19. Re:Penalties on Microsoft Patents Sudo's Behavior · · Score: 1

    Sudo does it in a different way, only requiring the use to type his *own* password

    Sudo can be set up to require the password of the account that is using sudo, the password of the account being requested, or no password at all.

  20. Re:100% on Early Abort of Ares I Rocket Would Kill Crew · · Score: 1

    Question: Who cares?

    A: Nobody B: Nobody
    C: Nobody D: Grammar Nazi

    E: People who do crossword puzzles

  21. Re:OT: sig on Getting a Classic PC Working After 25 Years? · · Score: 1

    They probably did, but those verbal commands are not the configuration, they are the equivalent of clicking on a button marked "lights" or "increase temp 5 degrees".

  22. Re:OT: sig on Getting a Classic PC Working After 25 Years? · · Score: 1

    The difference with the computer is it has to be able to operate a single bulb or half a million bulbs or a washing machine or ...

    To enable the computer to fulfill these various roles it needs other switches to switch between the various tasks, the more tasks that are possible the more switches are needed.

    How is the the computer to know whether you want one bulb lit or a radio turned on unless there is a method to instruct/configure it?

  23. Re:Nurse != Secretary on Hospital Turns Away Ambulances When Computers Go Down · · Score: 1

    Uh, yeah, doesn't sound like socialism to me. Right.

    Whether or not it is socialism was not being discussed, it was just being pointed out that in the UK you can pay for your healthcare out of your own pocket, pay into private healthcare insurance or rely on the NHS.

    And you know what, of all the taxes people complain about (and there are lots of taxes to complain about in the UK!) National Insurance is rarely one of them.

  24. First Post! on Steaming Man · · Score: 1

    Hello? Anyone here?

  25. Re:Seriously? on Swedish Tax Office Targets Webcam Strippers · · Score: 2, Informative

    That can't even provide healthcare and decent education to all of its citizens?

    Yes, keep repeating the lies.

    Education

    Health