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  1. Re: I don't. on 'Two Years Later, I Still Miss the Headphone Port' (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Can you please explain why I used to get though an aux cable every six months and why the only thing wrong with my 4th Gen iPod touch is the jack plug socket is knackered ?

  2. Re:Powerless power? on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any USB-C Wireless Video Solutions? · · Score: 1

    Why the power chord is a problem ? I'd guess that like me he's already got far more things to plug in than sockets.

  3. Re: Or Sugar on Could Diabetes Spread Like Mad Cow Disease? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    ...l when I'm on calorie restriction (1800 calories per day usually)

    You're a lucky git, I have to eat less (or up the exercise levels to burn down to less than that) than that to maintain my current weight.

  4. Darn it, having to reply to myself.

    Actually 280,000 is an estimate, the actually registered number of VR users is currently 142,185.
    The 280,000 figure is based on the 9% of sales as 142,185 is 9.41 % of all players (1,510,998) and estimated sales of 3 million copies.

  5. They must be doing something wrong then because Resident Evil VII has over 250,000 registered players. Registration is optional so who knows what the actual numbers are ? That is for PSVR alone, maybe not supporting the PSVR is what they are doing wrong.

    http://www.roadtovr.com/latest...

  6. Re: Doing it wrong? on Developer Argues For 'Forgotten Code Constructs' Like GOTO and Eval (techbeacon.com) · · Score: 1

    You've not written stuff for browsers then. Some of them have had very strict limits on recursion, some of them still do.

    http://www.browserscope.org/us...

  7. Re:At which point do you need to pay for Java? on Oracle Begins Aggressively Pursuing Java Licensing Fees (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    You have to pay if you need to use this flag...

    -XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures

    ...which is a damn sight clearer than most of Oracle licensing which can be literally a user selected from the wrong table.

  8. Re:Inflation, anyone? on Universal Basic Income Programs Arrive (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    People won't get +1000, except those not earning. Expect your wages to go down by the exact same value as the UBI. There will be some inflation but I doubt it'll be enough to make a difference.

  9. Re: may might predicts on Will Self-Driving Cars Clog Our Highways? (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Until a law is passed preventing the later and the car park managers get together in secret meetings to fix the price or a someone buys up all the local carparks owner to prevent the former.

    And no anti-trust won't prevent the local monopoly as it is local not nation wide.

     

  10. Re:may might predicts on Will Self-Driving Cars Clog Our Highways? (go.com) · · Score: 1

    You must have larger parking spaces than we do in the UK, we barely get room to open the door enough to get out as it is.

  11. Re:So what type of Windows PC do you need. on Oculus Founder: Rift Will Come To Mac If Apple "Ever Releases a Good Computer" (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Nvidia suggest that less than 1% of PC's have the spec to run VR.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/tech...

    This is why I believe the PSVR will outsell Oculus and Hive on day one despite what looks like a 6 month later relate date.

  12. Re:Where does the 13% come from on Apple Will Pay More To Streaming Music Producers Than Spotify -- But Not Yet · · Score: 1

    Not only that, I have Amazon Prime and I don't get any free music service as it's not available in most countries.

  13. Re:Contacting BBC, via VPN on BBC: ISPs Should Assume VPN Users Are Pirates · · Score: 2

    Oh yes that's the best thing about the BBC, its political coverage is so well balanced the left wing think its biased to to right and the right wing think its biased to the left.

  14. Re:Bye Florida! on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 1

    It's 45 metres. Well London City Hall is, which is nicknamed the tower of pizza.

    http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4684055511_4e84148c74_b.jpg

  15. Re:Preventing False Advertising on Apple Tells Siri To Stop Recommending Nokia · · Score: 1

    Come on, don't you get a sneaky suspicion that Nokia has Astroturfed Best Buy's to get that result.

  16. Re:Silly headline.... on Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products · · Score: 1

    Apple 'get away with it' because adpators do count.

  17. Re:Headline Is Understated for Once on Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products · · Score: 1

    And then only if the device was defective when sold. If not then that AppleCare might still come in handy.

  18. Re:Don't panic. on Huge Freshwater Bulge In Arctic Ocean · · Score: 2

    Great, where is it? I'll advise all the coastal refugees to move there.

  19. Re:Doesn't make a difference to me on Don't Go 3D For 3D's Sake, Says Sony · · Score: 1

    It's not really 3d until I can go look around the back, on top or underneath and focus on any point with in the picture not just where the directors think I should be looking.

  20. Re:Trying to Compete is a Crime? on Samsung Ordered To Hand Over Unreleased Designs To Apple · · Score: 1

    I feel an usual need to correct here. MS didn't bail out Apple they got caught with their hands in the Cookie Jar copying Quicktime code and settled with Apple.

  21. Re:joint statement with Sony on Firmware Troubles For Old Xbox 360s, Possibly PS3s As Well · · Score: 2

    The irrefutable logic being that it effects Xbox 360's too.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/may/19/la-noire-overheating

    Haters, don't you just love them.

  22. Feels familiar on Florida Man Sues WikiLeaks For Scaring Him · · Score: 1

    That's the way I felt when Bush was voted President, can I sue the USA for voting him in ?

  23. Re:Burn, maybe not... on President Obama On Mythbusters Tonight · · Score: 1

    It'd take one WWII search light mirror to set light to a boat and thats around 2 square metres, mind you the focus point is a bit close.
    Citation, see this youtube video...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_nuvPKIi8

  24. Re:DRM, restrictions, outcry on iPhone SDK Agreement Shuts Out HyperCard Clone · · Score: 1

    How many times will you MS fans try to rewrite history.

    Mircosoft 'invested' in Apple because they got caught copying Quicktime code. The 'investment' was the settlement to stop it going to court.

  25. Re:Two senses of "closed." on Flash Is Not a Right · · Score: 1

    Amazon only got to sell DRM free audio in order to force Apple into tiered pricing. Does that mean the RIAA killed DRM ?!?