Typical! I always knew the rest of the world ripped Europe off! This explains how! Are Sony involved? It'll be 8 years late and cost 20% more than the Japanense or US version!
It's not news that it can be disassembled, but it's certainly of interest to many geeks just what is inside. I enjoyed many an hour as a child taking electronics apart and putting them back together, it satiated my curious nature and helped me learn about how devices worked.
Would you begrude the same people who like to tinker in their car's engine or even people who enjoy cooking?
It's also worth nothing that not all of the hardware specs had been released, and the article fills in the gaps in what Nintendo released. It may not be of interest to you personally but you can't say it's not news.
Your country amazes me at times. You're so worried about North Korea having the bomb (and rightly so) yet you lost three in Spain and just left them there?! Maybe Kim Jong Il just found one of your spares that you'd written off? Jesus Christ your government has its priorities wrong.
I deeply fear for the human race caught in the cross fire of the impending Lego vs Tesco world war then. Hopefully I'll fall victim to some collateral ClubCard points though.
It seems they've just reached a deal with regards to the flight data row
From the article "US officials will now only be able to access data by having information "pushed" from airline computer systems. Previously the US could "pull" data from the systems whenever it was needed."
There's very little actual substance in the article but at least somethign has been agreed. Just wish it had before I visited the USA, cos I bet my fingerprints, address and photo stay on file for a very very long time.
It would be handy if I could remotely set this off for people who feel it's necessary to play tinny RnB MP3s through their phones on long train journies. The scream would probably sound better than that noise, or may convince them just to turn the damn thing off.
Am I the only person that finds this new 'trend' amongst teenagers on trains antisocial and inconsiderate?
Tell that to the British Hacker who hacked into NASA looking for evidence of UFOs, and is now being extradited to the USA and may end up in Guantanamo Bay on terrorism charges.
From a technical point of view his methods sound rubbish, and I've seen him on tv- he's an idiot. But the US government is treating him like he's murdered 2000 people, not 'hacked' into a computer system...
It'd be pretty annoying if you came back from a run/heavy night's drinking (delete as suits you) and accidentally drank the backup of all your MP3s and pr0n to rehydrate you...
The choice is not the NHS or the US system. The choice is the NHS or something better
Suggestions? Examples?
There's no system we could replace it with that would still provide care to people who can't afford to pay huge medical bills. Or would you like that?
Perhaps removing all the pointless, non-medical middle managers and getting rid of the PCTs (thanks Maggie) system, running it less like a business and more like a health system would help somewhat?
I just know that without the NHS I'd would have died of that ear infection I had when I was 7. I grew up as a single parent family and my mum could only find part time work during the Thatcher years and got very little support. But then again, I was poor and deserved to die right?
(And for the record, due to free education (and healthcare) for disadvantaged families I'm now earning a 5 figure salary, and I'm paying back my student loan and a lot of tax that goes to the NHS and I'm happy to do this)
I'm a liberal person by nature and thus have very liberal beliefs in human rights. I believe all humans have a right to be free (as in freedom), have the right to a fair trial, to be educated and to live healthily (eg be provided healthcare).
Yeah this is true. People often talk about how much more money is spent on medical care in the USA without actually looking at the underlying figures. Most medical procedures and drugs cost a hell of a lot more in the States than they do in the UK so just looking at total spending is very misleading.
But the fact is that the NHS provides free treatment to ALL UK citizens, not just those who can afford it. In America you can be seen quickly as long as you're willing to pay. Fine if you can afford it or if your employer gives you health insurance, but if not you're screwed.
I believe health care is a right, not a privilege for the rich, and I'm proud to pay my taxes towards the NHS that provides top notch treatment to EVERYBODY.
I'm guessing you're one of the lucky ones with private health insurance. Try living on the povery line and making a choice between getting that lump looked at or eating for a month. I know what most people are forced to choose in your so called land of the free...
I can see how the increased market share would make them more of a target, but I can't really imagine how the change in CPU would. The vast majority of x86 viruses target Windows using very specific windows API functions or by patching Windows components. If a writer is targetting a x86 Mac, how does the CPU matter, it would just be compiled for that processor.
Maybe we'll be seeing x86 and PPC virus fat binaries?
I've thought a lot about this idea of happiness and whether it's truly obtainable these days. I've come to the conclusion unhappiness is good for the economy. With the majority of the population feeling low, or being convinced they are feeling low, they will go out and buy material products to make them feel better. I'm sure the government, the media and corporations are all in it together to made us feel unhappy and/or scared to make us consume more. Here in the UK companies actually advertise the fact their products will cheer you up:
Life Tastes Better at Sainsburys - Supermarket 100 Years of Happiness - Cadbury's Chocolate
They don't even try to be subtle about it! Just a theory, reading back over my comment I sound like a conspiracy nut, but I still think I'm right...
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They did notice, it's from the "jokes-that-some-people-just-wont-get dept" if you look at the header of the article. Just a bit of humour.
Typical! I always knew the rest of the world ripped Europe off! This explains how! Are Sony involved? It'll be 8 years late and cost 20% more than the Japanense or US version!
I am joking, by the way.
Would you begrude the same people who like to tinker in their car's engine or even people who enjoy cooking?
It's also worth nothing that not all of the hardware specs had been released, and the article fills in the gaps in what Nintendo released. It may not be of interest to you personally but you can't say it's not news.
Us geeks love our word play. Byte, nibble, bit!
Mooo!
But seen as Fox support the current administration I doubt it...
If you can troll such a stupid comment, I can flamebait one:
300 million Americans do just that it seems!
Maybe these people were born there and aren't allowed to leave?
Your country amazes me at times. You're so worried about North Korea having the bomb (and rightly so) yet you lost three in Spain and just left them there?! Maybe Kim Jong Il just found one of your spares that you'd written off? Jesus Christ your government has its priorities wrong.
I deeply fear for the human race caught in the cross fire of the impending Lego vs Tesco world war then. Hopefully I'll fall victim to some collateral ClubCard points though.
From the article "US officials will now only be able to access data by having information "pushed" from airline computer systems. Previously the US could "pull" data from the systems whenever it was needed."
There's very little actual substance in the article but at least somethign has been agreed. Just wish it had before I visited the USA, cos I bet my fingerprints, address and photo stay on file for a very very long time.
Am I the only person that finds this new 'trend' amongst teenagers on trains antisocial and inconsiderate?
My first, second and third place is the pub, nuff said.
If it doesn't involve fire or razorblades it's not extreme. I hate the way the word has lost it's meaning these days...
From a technical point of view his methods sound rubbish, and I've seen him on tv- he's an idiot. But the US government is treating him like he's murdered 2000 people, not 'hacked' into a computer system...
You underestimate just how much pr0n I have, my good Spade.
It'd be pretty annoying if you came back from a run/heavy night's drinking (delete as suits you) and accidentally drank the backup of all your MP3s and pr0n to rehydrate you...
I'm sorry...
Suggestions? Examples?
There's no system we could replace it with that would still provide care to people who can't afford to pay huge medical bills. Or would you like that?
Perhaps removing all the pointless, non-medical middle managers and getting rid of the PCTs (thanks Maggie) system, running it less like a business and more like a health system would help somewhat?
(And for the record, due to free education (and healthcare) for disadvantaged families I'm now earning a 5 figure salary, and I'm paying back my student loan and a lot of tax that goes to the NHS and I'm happy to do this)
It's up there with liberty and live mate.
Yeah this is true. People often talk about how much more money is spent on medical care in the USA without actually looking at the underlying figures. Most medical procedures and drugs cost a hell of a lot more in the States than they do in the UK so just looking at total spending is very misleading.
I believe health care is a right, not a privilege for the rich, and I'm proud to pay my taxes towards the NHS that provides top notch treatment to EVERYBODY.
I'm guessing you're one of the lucky ones with private health insurance. Try living on the povery line and making a choice between getting that lump looked at or eating for a month. I know what most people are forced to choose in your so called land of the free...
Maybe we'll be seeing x86 and PPC virus fat binaries?
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it's a duck?
Life Tastes Better at Sainsburys - Supermarket
100 Years of Happiness - Cadbury's Chocolate
They don't even try to be subtle about it! Just a theory, reading back over my comment I sound like a conspiracy nut, but I still think I'm right...
And as your you WW2 comment, what has that got to do with anything?