Posts by Danny

oh!

and a "while true do" with no getout = nasty infinite loop! tut tut

err

No fan in a backup device on raid 0.

What can possibly go wrong?

getting cheaper

Soon it will be much cheaper than tape drives.

nice idea

It is a nice idea that can probably be retrofitted to other designs quite easily. Its like KERS for modern cars :) need a boost overtaking?

now then.

"and is equipped with 8GB of internal storage. "

This depends on how it works though. Most large capacity samsung phones have a systems memory too (of about 200Mb) and an "internal" memory. I would like to see that before purchasing (as the crippled part of android is the inability to save applications outside of the system memory)

close but not quiiiite there

No xenon flash is a pity on a model that is clearly TRYING to be a well rounded phone (otherwise why bother with a 5MP sensor?) No customisable buttons is a problem.

I dont think it will uproot the iphone as it is still running on clunky WM but then again at least you dont need to give your phone your credit card details yet.

Andrioid is fatally flawed

The main problem with developing for andriod is the lockdown of internal storage. Since you cannot have applications residing outside internal storage the usefulness of the system will be limited to the size of internal storage. G1 users are now finding that 70Mb is fairly crap to install applications on and that 8Gb card plugged into the side is good for music and video only.

This is due to propriety security on "downloaded applications" from the app store.

hmm

Not sure whose internet connection to use when my neighbours get cut off.

4830 for todays budget concious

£300 on a gfx card is madness! I paid £70 for my 4830 (quidco for teh win) and it might not be the fastest kid on the block but will play happily in 1680x

I suppose I could Xfire it if I had a mobo but why bother - the mobo would cost just as much...

hmm

ive been saying this all along and this highlights the major problems with android. Sure it maybe an open sauce OS but it has very limited ways of getting apps installed on it. If the operator doesnt like it then it will be no better than an iphone -i.e. you need to hack it.

Personally I will stick to my clunky WM omnia which (btw) is happily using network connection sharing.

Why would it be a deterrent?

He will simply claim bankrupcy. He's a student. $500 would be worth more to him as he would pay it. tens of thousands would not be payable by him, he would simply claim bankrupcy and carry on. It will certainly cost more in legal fees for the RIAA

hmm

So far the majority of photos have been in streets. The real challenges will be when they drive around residential areas. It can be argued that your house is the focus of the picture, hence if you are sat in your house and can be identified then it will be a difference kettle of fish.

aye

Good for you jake, good for you.

Not that I would buy an iphone either. Im happy with my omnia.

TOR! TOR! TOR!

I'd think about setting up a paid for proxy service and advertising heavily in Aus. That will surely be a money spinner.

just block

I'm surprised thy dont mac lock down. Block all the macs, let the genuine customers phone up. Its not like virgin are the most reliable connections anyway.

Admin access

I presume the security expert had admin access. Even in my place we have strict GPO along with whitelist of executables. If anything other than the whitelist are executed on the machines then this flags up on our monitoring - easy to spot in an investigation!

Interesting

If he was to forget his password due to all the stress then what could they throw at him?

hmm

Sounds identical to the G1 sans keyboard. So it will have the same flaws such as you can only install programs to the pitiful 192Mb? Bad camera with no flash? I'll pass until a proper phone arrives.

WM6.1 may be clunky but at least it works, I would have loved to keep my G1 but it was simply not very useful.

silly prosecution

They dont have a chance of the "making available" stick. Google would be complicit on the grounds that it indexes torrents sites. PB will laugh at the damages awarded with this one.

SQL Server

SQL server doesnt cost us that much (about £30 I think). The licencing on the otherhand....

Madness, absolute madness

Scare the public into not bothering filming plod doing something questionable as they will be arrested and forced to plead innocence.

madness price.

I have an icybox happily RAIDing (I had a failed drive so I know it works!) Better at less than half the price (coupled to my XBMC).

get a good lawyer

"In fact, police had previously been warned of the shindig, as Mrs Worthington explained: "Because of the gun laws, I phoned them in November to tell them we were having this themed do. I didn't think any more about it."

Then i'd be having nightmares and the such. Get them sued for being stupid and spend the money on another bash.

so where is this pitched at?

No HSDPA is foolish for a business phone - wifi or not.

Another happy adsl24 customer

Ive been with adsl24 for a few years too. They're quite decent and actually read and participate on their forums too.

30 peak 300 offpeak is good enough for me at £20 a month. (I think peak is 8am till 10pm so I schedule all your downloading till then)

whoa £500

holy jesus, they spend £500 on ear plugs that squaddies will simply lose but wont spend a quarter that on body armour.

so the kiddy fiddlers

will simply use proxies then? Or tor?

mmm Kebabs

You just cant beat a mystery meat kebab though. Did anyone seriously think those elephant legs were lamb? Really?

Jebus.

I fancy a kebab now and ive not even drank anything.

Too expensive

For that price you might aswell get a raidsonic NAS2000, it spins drives down, its quick for a 100mb (not gigabit im afraid) supports large drives and doesnt need to be fat32 if you dont want it to be.

There are loads of linux hacks for it too if you are that way inclined.

Then again im having more luck using my old XBOX as a file server (and it happily runs XBMC too)

sticking with my omnia

Give an omnia some hacked firmware so you can alter the widgets and stick flashlite 3 (and 2 for the widgets) and its a winner. Very happy with mine - far better than the G1 crap I had on trial.

madness

"Mainly that's because the sheer amount of brain and computing power required take the attack out of the grasp of the average internet criminal."

Right, bury your head in the sand. There are plenty of clever hackers out there who would do this for the funnies. Maybe the criminals are a bit thick but the h4x0r kiddes arent.

big giant gusts?

This sounds like a bad idea to me. The amount of KE stored in those flywheels will be rather high. Lets hope they can feather the props pretty quickly...

gambling

I am very surprised that the gambling commission hasnt had a pop at swoopo as it is just a gambling site. Nothing more nothing less.