Posts by Annihilator 3787 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Jun 2009
I reckon the main reason for rehashing I-III first is precisely because it's hard to 3D an already 2D live action film. Episodes I-III are pretty much entirely green screen with no real stage to convert. 2D actors in a 3D virtual stage is probably quite easy to achieve - we don't tend to perceive minor differences in Z-depth that people would produce.
Erm, he's only attaching himself to the structure when he stops for a break. Other than that, there's nothing holding him on, other than himself. If he falls, he can just hope that the bag he's tailing behind him snags on something.
Still, if he falls, he's got a good amount of time to think about what went wrong! Just over 10s I calculate..
How on earth is it a "legitimate enquiry"? You're just assuming the people who currently have the dog stole it based on his say so. It's just as likely he sold the dog and didn't tell the chipping agency. It's also just as likely that the dog chewed through its lead (or the guy didn't actually tie it up) and it ran away.
The man is not entitled to this information, the police are. Anibase have said they'll release the information to the police, as they're bound to do, and the police have said they'll investigate if he asks them (he hasn't, he's just run to a paper).
I honestly thought their readers would see through this story, but no, silly me. Top rated comment (with 223 votes):
"This is pathetic HE MUST BE TOLD THE ADDRESS THEY HAVE GOT HIS DOG"
The worst rated comment (-15) is pointing out the man didn't report the dog stolen, could have sold it 3 years ago and changed their mind, can't prove the dog is his.
True - but the iOS devices only ask you for the password once in a short period of time though (try it, buy something, then something else straight away - by default if won't ask you a second time).
The story goes (according to the source), mum bought game, gave vgame to child, child got bored and went into App Store before the password timed out.
The solution?: "I've completely turned off the Wi-Fi on her iPad so she has no chance of accessing the app store at all now"
Note, she says "*her* iPad". What sort of tool buys an iPad for their 3yr old and leaves the WiFi on??
Does is still have the ridiculous system its predecessor had where you can switch it to "realistic" mode, but it forced you into a stupid 3rd person perspective view? That's the reason I hated HAWX so much. That and it took about 3 hours to complete.
Personally, I'm waiting for Ace Combat title to hit the PS3 (Assault Horizon - next year?). It's still my favourite PSP title, and ranks highly in my PS2 collection.
"However, an IP address is unique to the person using it at the time/date they are using it"
No it really isn't. It's unique to the broadband subscriber, not the person using it. There is nothing to prove who was using the IP address at the time - in fact there's generally nothing to prove which machine was responsible for generating/receiving the traffic.
"She should be thankful she wasn't arrested."
Presumably she was better looking than the Aussie woman :-)
"Considering the design of airplane cabin doors makes it impossible to open at altitude, you have to wonder at the logic..."
I wondered that - we may as well start reporting crazy people who start jumping up and down in an attempt to shake the aeroplane out of the sky..
Yes I have seen the performance tests - of 4.1 vs 4.0. It's better than 4.0, but that's not difficult - it's like preferring a hammer to the thumb than a hammer to the scrotum.
To wit, from the same article: "we're still not sure it's a big enough improvement that 3G owners will want to ditch iOS 3"
They've run the wrong test - it's 4.1 vs 3.x that most 3G owners would care about. And for the poor sods who didn't realise you can downgrade (because it's not exactly easy), it doesn't really make up for 3 months of piss-poor performance.
What?? You mean those hackers are keen on an environment where they don't have to pass 30% of the takings direct to Apple? And they're keen on using the hardware to its full potential and not just whatever API/functionality/name that Apple approve of? They don't want to take the risk that their work can be deemed suddenly unacceptable due to a new name Apple come up with or functionality they change their mind about with no notice at all?
The dirty, thieving, unreasonable barstewards...
I on the other hand, have just jailbroken mine, largely because I know what will happen if I put 4.x on a 3G - it will become unusable, regardless of Apple's promises to make it better in the future. So why not leave it on 3.x? Because the vulnerabilities (like the PDF exploit) don't get patched if you stick to 3.x. It's 4.x and crap performance, or 3.x and vulnerabilities. I took hidden option C and I'm happy with it. The (paid for, happy to do it) SBCategories app is a much sleeker solution than the Apple folders too.
"I remember seeing something that Jailbreaking was now meant to be legal on iPhones, with the whole "it's your property, so you can do what you want with it" theory."
It's legal, yes, but Apple isn't obliged to make it easy for you. What would be nicer was if locked down kit were *il*legal, but that's in dreamy dream land.
I agree that cycling is a positive endeavour, I just don't agree that putting unwary, casual cyclists into some of the world's busiest roads is a good idea. In my experience the cyclists in London generally are good and know what they're doing. Anecdotally, I see more cyclists waiting at lights than I do jumping them. They also stay off the pavements.
The initial users of the new cycling scheme that I've seen, seem to believe that they're in Lark Rise to Candleford, cheerfully interacting with pedestrians. I honestly believe they will exacerbate the bad name cyclists get from other road users. The Netherlands are a good example of cyclists as major road users, my concern is that London is not Amsterdam - in Amsterdam it's the volumes of cyclists that encourages respect between drivers and cyclists - that just doesn't exist in London, perhaps it will come.
I should qualify myself by saying I cycle regularly, consider myself a good cyclist, don't drive regularly at the moment, and recently left London. I also accept that wearing a helmet will make little difference if I go under a large vehicle, however for the lesser incidents, such as coming off at 20-30mph and hitting the ground, it can make the difference and lessen the injury.
Well said that man. The biggest criticism I have is that London roads are incredibly dangerous and amateur cyclists with no experience of cycling in London should not be allowed anywhere near it. I've had the unfortunate experience of seeing a cyclist meet their demise under a lorry - not something I want to see repeated, and this looked like an experienced cyclist.
Instead, what you end up with are chumps that go around with no helmet, and cycle on the pavements, often with headphones in. Twice I have nearly been hit by such an idiot, and I await the first news report of some poor sod being hit by a car, bus or lorry - frankly being hit by a tube train isn't out of the question.
"Fancy watching a film tonight darling?"
"We can't honey, the broadband's down/one of the kids is gaming online/I'm downloading an iso"
I can't wait. Think of all that space I'll be saving by not having that NAS in the corner/DVDs in the cupboard/2.5" drive in the AppleTV...
Yup, many people in the UK now own either Sky+ boxes or some form of PVR. Stateside I'm less sure what the Sky+ equivalent is, but I know that people went crazy for Tivo.
Presumably we all hate it when they fill up though. Yet another problem I didn't know existed - thank you Sir Steve.
Wealth parity. It's erroneous to assume that someone earning £20K here would earn (say) $32K, something which is largely ignored when it comes to these comparisons. The people I know who've gone to work in the states find they are paid "less" than the British equivalent. Obviously tax, NI changes with this, as well as healthcare and amenities - try and get an equivalent phone or broadband contract in the US, you can't.
Directly comparing these Apples with Apples (pun intended) is all well and good, but you're ignoring the rest of the fruit basket. It keeps economists in work.
"I'm sure if you ask them, the RSGB can find a member that will test them for you and tell you how bad they are."
I'm sure they would. But if you look for evidence, you will always find it. How about they just test them instead of assuming they will be "bad"? And also, test them *outside* of the building in question - most tests I've seen are tested while sitting next to the mains wiring, which is unrealistic. Ham radio enthusiasts won't install them anyway, so it's only of concern if neighbouring buildings interfere, which thus far I've not seen a problem with it - only problem I've seen is when plugging a multi-brand radio into the same main ring.
It's only the conditions of the licence agreement that prevents you from running the XP instance - nothing technical prevents you from using it and the WGA still recognises the XP Product Key as valid. The only barrier is your conscience. But this has been true of every upgrade licence since as far back as I remember.
That noise you hear is that particular door being slammed shut by the inevitable release of firmware version 3.42. Expect it any day soon. And feel free not to upgrade to it, but that other slamming noise you'll hear is the door to the PSN.
Good effort guys, but ultimately it's worthless on a platform that's so tied into networked services. Unless you buy two.. One for homebrew, one for genuine, Sony-seal-of-approval, goodness. Bloody expensive way to enable homebrew though..
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