good thing it didn't take longer than 5 minutes to make...
£ 585 for a 5 minute job... is ...er...7020£ per hour! Cripes.
Posts by npupp 1
44 posts • joined Monday 15th June 2009 14:46 GMT
Re: Looks like you need their whole hand
I concur, safer than Switzerland!
Amusing anecdote: I left a laptop on an airport shuttle bus while visiting Osaka, realised the next day. Hotel concierge called the bus company, the laptop was returned that day (even though was literally brand-new top of the line, and it came with an origami flower taped to it! :D )
Re: Why not?
because that is precisely what people want isn't it, 5 episodic parts to a 20 hour game released 2 months apart. playing 6 games concurrently while content is released sparradically for each of the six.
cock.
replay value (perhaps alternate endings, perhaps non linearity), engaging content, hidden content; these would go a long way to keeping your games out of the 2nd hand rack a week after release EA (applies to others, but they are serial offender)
reply to your post
Who mentioned ddos against CoS?
My learned friend was referring to the legal "physical presence" protests of yester-year, all the rage with student types I hear...
Posted in Flickr thinks again about 4,000 pix loss
25 years....
... is that not life in the penal sense? ;)
*rolls eyes*
>>(The last stats I saw stated that something on the order of 70% of all scientific studies are later shown to be partially or wholly incorrect; for medical studies it's over 80%.)
This kind sir is what is known as the scientific method, science progresses through falsification. A body of work is done, a theory advances, more work is done which explores the limitations of the theory, holes are found, a modification/new theory is proposed, the cycle repeats, humanity reaps the benefits.
>>Conversely, the lack of an advanced degree (or any degree, for that matter) does not preclude someone from doing good scientific work; these folks tend to fall more into the tinkerer and inventor category, though, rather than theorist.
A degree does not prevent you from doing good science, it would however prevent access to labs, equipment and the like required to do lots of the interesting types of science. It also makes it less likely you will have an appreciation and understanding of the work done before, could preclude an accurate analysis of your data, and will likely prevent a full understanding of the results and their impact to the relevant scientific field.
Tinkering is not science. Inventing is not strictly science. If my cousin invents a knoon (knife-spoon, you can keep that one), that does not make him a scientist
>> Note that the main author of this work is an otherwise well-respected scientist with substantial credentials.
A Nobel prize is an award for a significant piece of research in a field. It is not a guarantee the person who won it is not a complete loon or hold some ideas so barmy they should be committed to Her Majesties finest pillow lined rooms. Think of it like an Oscar, for science. Now think of Tom Cruise, nominated for Oscars (won many other prizes, you could consider this as substantial credentials) ... do you think he is a respected commentator on religious matters (something outside of his field if you will)? Thought not.
Posted in HTC Desire Z Android Qwerty smartphone
800MHz
Anyone know if that's an under-clocked 1GHz SnapDragon or a true 800MHz processor?
Posted in 2011 Games Preview
ookamiden! child of eden! last guardian!
the games to be released in the near future that i'll buy. unfortunately they're all sequels (albeit spiritual in 2 cases)
Posted in Credit cards get colour screens
yay!
just what i've been waiting for, the day when i cannot buy groceries because i forgot to charge my credit card the night before.
Posted in Screwpop Tool
Title
Drinking beer and (dis)assembling. A marriage made in heaven. What could possibly go wrong... -.-
seconded.
(or nth'd depending on how the moderation queue is looking)
Posted in Las Vegas death ray roasts hotel guests
but...
...it looks so pretty!
"This is quite literally an astronomical challenge. We are dealing with a moving target." Technically true, but it's not like the path of the sun across the sky is an unknown, for any season. define a parabolic walled garden area, do something useful on it, solar cells or water heating, claim to be environmentally friendly, feature not flaw, etc.
Flames because...well, stay in the deathray too long and burst into flames :D
theres a joke in there...
About loo and backdraft...
I'll leave that one to the pros. Tis Pub'o'clock
typo!
Dimensions.
Also, I'd for one like to know what area/country/city would be covered by the 1.1Billion $1 coins that are needed to reach the ISS. and equivalent amount in pounds, then the equivalent number of pounds required to do the same. Inquiring minds and all....
Maybe after lunch break I'll acquire a calculator and work it out :D
Posted in iRobot Roomba 581 robot cleaner
oO
:/ It's impressive how dirty your flat got in 2 months, in the name of science (well journalism i guess, but it's a test, so i say science), naturally ;)
I fear purifying with fire is the only way i'll get my place sanitary :S unless you want to give away the review robot :D
Posted in £99 iPhone stunt backfires
£320000
Where's the 320K from? ... "While Groupola may reckon £320,000 is money well spent"
oh joy
any reduction in noise levels would be appreciated. Quiet nighttime gaming on an xbox 360, ROFL, not going to happen. Vacuum cleaners are quieter than it.
Boo!
But hey, short of the party appearing elitist and banning degrees in football, bookbinding, women studies and reverting former poly-techs back to poly-techs, what can they do? Education for the wealthy (or rather the educable class, you know it's what they mean)
Not very Liberal policy I must add :( quite distinct from the reduce student debt mantra of old.
p.s. THEY STOLE MY MILK!
arf
it's not in the latest issue. boo.
Interestingly the 4th most cited paper from 2003 is titled "Phantom Energy: Dark Energy with wlt;-1 Causes a Cosmic Doomsday"
*sighs*
How much?! *faints*
This strikes me as a rather nifty set of projects for masters students in buisness, computer science and engineering (rough examples, projects are all inter-disciplinary now anyway), who would be able to, at a fraction of the cost, make a damn sight better judgement on viability and security of the NFC payment system.
A student to work on testing security, a student for working on standards, etc. Gives academics funding, keeps kidlums in academia, one could probably spin this as "building a partnership between government and universities in working towards a high tech britain"
GAH!
great. i have a productive day in office (read a day without erading El Reg and gaming blogs), get home, turn on PS3, see date is wrong, change and start playing. Now i read PS3 Phats shouldn't be used, after i google to find cause of DLC not being found for Boderlands :/ a save happy game. woo. whats the bet those trophies and data have been lost to the aether. *sulks*
Ah, that old trick
Borrowing someone else's Driving License.... in my day, all we needed was a photocopy of a birth certificate, I kid you not. It's proof of age, Not a photo ID mind, by paper driving licenses were still in circulation.
@The Original Ash, kiddies eh? Anyone saying they were 18/19 years old where I worked would automatically get asked for DOB, most not being able to give correct year. Ah. dimwitted fooled. Those that passed got asked for ID anyway, lol.
Posted in Brit kids failing to fall out of trees
huh
So thumb blisters become the new scars? ROFL.
Interesting The Sun picks up on this story, bemoaning the lack of "a proper childhood" on one hand, while instilling fear of a paedogeddon in their readership. So what will The Sun do now, encourage parents to let their children play outside and fall, or keep them indoors safe from paedophiles but risking RSI (and psychotic tendencies if Daily Mail is to believed) from their video games.
o.O
And so, with the statement "However, it is not appropriate to disclose images of identifiable individuals for entertainment purposes" a genre of late night programs is instantly culled. Police Camera Action / CCTV Cities.
Sir, I raise my glass to you ;)
re: What is the glow?
(un)fortunately not a dimensional gate opening, the glow is just visible light emitted from the plasma, the plasma is very hot dontchaknow
re: Not An Obligation
Perhaps they'll suggest to tall people an upgrade to business/first class, for comfort, refundable if not full ;)
Posted in Blu-ray Players
support for .mkv!
waw, i'm impressed at samsung adding mkv support, i have to say it's a feature I wish for from the PS3 (and no i can't transcode on the fly, not with subtitles and/or second audio track :( )
grrr
some of us didn't get sent the license key :S still waiting on reply from Digital River :/
*sulks*
ah. fuck. time to build an Altoild tin headphone amp
@DavCrav
lolwut?
maybe google will (do some good?) set legal precedent for "digitising removes copyright" thus saving all those French teenieboppers who would otherwise get mum and dad threatened with disconnection (under HADOPI 2) for downloading cam-tastic screeners of the latest Teen-Sparkly-Vampire-Rom-Drama. It was an analogue to digital conversion, thats not copywritten, google proved so :D
Posted in Fraudsters add IM to phishing attacks
oh great :/
What irks me is that people would likely fall prey to such calls because they have been conditioned by their banks to not expect any form of security over the phone. Anyone tried verifying the identity of a bank representative calling you? The logical paradigm that ensues is hilarious.
"Hi this is Barclays calling about a query you made, for security i need you to verify a few details with you"
"er...ok"
"This is for security, what is your mothers maiden name?"
"no, i need you to first prove you are from my bank, what is the last 4 digits of my account number?"
"I'm sorry i cannot do that sir, data protection laws forbid me to give out account details until you are verified, could you answer the question?"
"no. unless you prove to me you're from barclays, i'm not giving you anything"
"Of course i'm from barclays, I have your phone number"
"... "
"..."
*click*
@Glyn 2
She's one of the yoof, is down wid dat shit, connects with the young filesharing miscreants etc. And naturally is whiter than white ... i mean, has more holes than thou, ...er, she's a good girl, and wouldn't do or be involved in anything even slightly illegal, as evidenced from her backside, i mean back catalogue.
Playmobil reconstruction
FTW!
wait what?
attract more students to university? won't they have to...erm... provide more places for that?
@Graham Marsden (1st comment)
I thought that it sounded alot like the M15 covert monitoring in every taxi in london during 2012 story i read a wee while back.
rozzers will love this, assuming of course they get access to position info (after obligatory uproar by Daily Fail/The Shun following child kidnap by paedophile)
on a side note... if it's mandated on new cars (initially, until pay-per-mile taxation catches on or old cars are deemed environmentally inept and banned/taxed to oblivion to allow govt to meet carbon reduction quotas), old 2nd hand cars will skyrocket in value ^^
...mines the 1960s Mini Cooper followed by black helicopters...
@ Kevin McMurtrie
DARPA is earmarking $1Billion for applications to stealth hovercars.
And no, the $50 is for a one off article purchase, educational institutions will pay a few $k to access a catalogue. $10 a page (and one of those is a 1/3rd filled! the cheek! lol) hardly good value for money.
Also, El' Reg' article overplays the intensity/voltage relation, while true that up until an applied voltage of 25V the spray deposited OLED films have higher intensity compared to traditional (spun) OLED displays. The Int / V quickly tails off for sprayed films, and breaks down completely at ~32V (Spun breaks down at 40V). So spun can achieve higher overall intensity. Article does note results are for a spray deposited monolayer, and future work will have multiple spray deposited layers (hell, why publish one paper, when you can have 2 eh?). Luminesence spectra not measured but " positive charges or hydrogen ions may have affected the electrical / electroluminescent characteristics of MEH-PPV,"
IT angle!
Awww, you should have noted the other IT related honorable mention:
Edward Aczel - "Machiavelli said, 'It is better to be feared than to be loved, if you cannot be both.' Something to bear in mind when you embark on internet dating."
more than just car tax..
...i used it to look up when the bank holidays are ^^
@ AC 14:55
Some few cabs with lcd screens displaying adverts mounted behind the driver for the viewing pleasure of the passenger. Though i have not spied any in a while, probably because people reacted like i did on my first encounter with them
(scence: enter overly tired me, at 6am into a taxi equipped with a advertising panel and speakers about to embark on a 30minute ride to the airport)
*adverts start*
... i say to driver, 2 minutes into journey "will these adverts be on all journey?"
"aye, i cannae do anything about them"
"stop the car, i'm getting out"
"nae bother, i'll turn 'em off"
*ponders*
wonder if this will be used for such banal things as ... authentication at boot.
great idea, each finger used for specific functions, until the device overheats from use and burns off your fingerprints
pants to this!
RIP Hooters (well Floridan Hooters), purveyers of some of America's finest....er....buffalo wings. In a whoelsome family freindly restaurant. Naturaly.
Oddly, this makes McDonalds seem at the forefront of customer service policy. Not only must pants be worn, but they must be worn inside of the trousers.
i can has smarts?
huh, he's sounding more and more like a bone-fide politician: desperate to grab headlines with ill-conceived vapourous statements and ignoring the will of his electorate.
i envisage he'll rise quite far!
Mines the stop sign, in respect for the makers of signage that'll go under if students stop binge drinking.
Posted in Palm politely cuts Pre tether
poorly researched?
"...how to crack open a Pre and install your own software, though the latter process is still largely theoretical."
orly? the wiki you mention has NES emulation instructions (running FCEUltra) for the Pre. do keep up!
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