Re: Penny For Your Thoughts
At least we don’t have to Euronate any more!
Posts by ravenviz
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Now that's a splash down: Astronauts spend 8-hour trip to Earth in diapers after SpaceX capsule toilet breaks
Hibernating instrument on Hubble roused as engineers ponder message problem
Analogue tones of a ZX Spectrum Load set to ride again via podcast project
Monday 25th October 2021 21:54 GMT 
Re: , programs were distributed on other media...
I remember fondly counting out numbers of parentheses in complicated formulas, you only needed to be one out and the logic didn’t work work, and the program would generate an error. Was a bugger going through the whole page working out which formula had the missing (or indeed extra) bracket!
Lunar rocks brought to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 show Moon's volcanoes were recently* active
Windows 11 Paint: Oh look – rounded corners. And it is prettier... but slightly worse
Computer scientists at University of Edinburgh contemplate courses without 'Alice' and 'Bob'
Get real: Say what you like about your app but don't be surprised if I trollsplain
Scientists took cues from helicopter seeds to invent tiny microchips that float on wind
De-identify, re-identify: Anonymised data's dirty little secret
Spot the dog? No, we couldn't either because Spot is a robot employed by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Astronomers detect burps of interstellar cannibal from 480 million light years away
The Register recreates Apollo 15 through the medium of plastic bricks, 50 years on
The unit of measure for fatbergs is not hippopotami, even if the operator of an Australian sewer says so
Think you can solve the UK's electric vehicle charging point puzzle? The Ordnance Survey wants to hear about it
World to make 1.37 billion smartphones in 2021 says IDC – about one for every six humans
Wednesday 1st September 2021 20:02 GMT
A lot of comments about old tech.
I maintain iPhones 3GS and a 4 as music players on dock speakers (plus their default apps are useful around the home), a 5S as a sat nav on my bike, a 7 as a backup and two 8’s for everyday use (personal and work). The 7 and one of the 8’s are 256 GB to boot so store all my stuff.
Plus with an iPod nano I use as a wristwatch (Animal face!), an iPod touch for playing music in the car and two iPads, a mini and an Air, I feel tooled up as much as I think I need to be, and all for a few PAYG SIM’s.
I think people get obsessed with the ‘latest and greatest’ when the ‘older and retired’ are just fine.
Actually, that just about sums *me* up! :-D
More cracks found in Russian annex of the International Space Station
NSA: We 'don't know when or even if' a quantum computer will ever be able to break today's public-key encryption
This way up: James Webb Space Telescope gets ready for shipment after final tests
Children of China, your state-sanctioned hour of gaming begins … now!
Perseverance to take a second stab at Martian rocks ... but first it has to scratch'n'sniff
Gartner Gartner on the wall, which is the hypest cycle of them all?
Branson sews cash parachute for Virgin Atlantic with $300m Virgin Galactic share sale
Our Friends Electric: A pair of alternative options for getting around town
Ordnance Survey to take a poke at Pokémon-style gaming with outdoorsy AR adventure
Monday 19th July 2021 17:01 GMT
Re: Hm...
I’ve been using GB & Parks iOS app for years, specifically for offline use of OS maps at 1:50k and 1:25k, and it is brilliant, never had any problem with it (and after a considerable amount of hill walking).
The only frustration are the maps themselves where public rights of way and bridleway overlays quite often do not match the base map or the ground.
Mind you, getting a reality augmented selfie with Alfred Wainright, Hugh Munro, or perhaps even Muriel Gray, could be an interesting diversion during a particularly tedious bog trudge!
Trouts on a plane: Utah drops fish into lakes from aircraft and circa 95% survive
NASA fixes Hubble Space Telescope using backup power supply unit, payload computer
Cyberlaw experts: Take back control. No, we're not talking about Brexit. It's Automated Lane Keeping Systems
Saturday 17th July 2021 14:06 GMT
Re: Automation
I use cruise all the time and have got very used to it.
The control also has a rapid +/- 5 mph function which makes speeding up and slowing down rapidly a real controlled option, especially as the latter presses the brakes as well if you go down very rapidly. It’s really no different to hand controlled throttles in other vehicle types such as those adapted for accessiblility or, indeed, motorcycles.
Of course you gave to be ready to take full control at an instant’s notice if needed, so full diligence is still and always required. The dangerous bit is the leaning curve until your neural networks are fully adapted.
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