Posts by Huntsman

Lester Haines: RIP

Lester was my favourite contributor to the site. 55 is no age, my condolences go out to his family.

I will raise a glass in his honour this evening.

Four Boys' Own style World War Two heroes to fire your imagination

Anders Lassen

This is worth a read, what a life he had!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Churchills-Secret-Warriors-Explosive-Desperadoes-y/dp/1848668554

PlayStation-processor-powered plutonium probe prepares Pluto pics

Re: Ashes?

Whoops! That will explain it, blame the man flu and chest infection on my momentary lapse of reason...

Ashes?

Am I missing something here, but how could Tombaugh's ashes have been placed on board if he didn't pass until a year after launch?

Vulture 2 spaceplane tumbles onto BBC World Service

Splendid

Good work with the pipe action too, smashing.

LOHAN spaceplane's budget minicam punches well above its weight

I'm calling shenanigans

This has obviously been faked. Look at the images, why are there no stars showing?

It is almost on a par with the fake moon landings.

NASA quandary: Should Curiosity channel Fast and Furious for Martian dune-buggy jump?

A daft question...

Can someone explain why the sand always looks wet whenever you see the rover tracks? Is it to do with the lower pressure on the planet? Serious question!

Gift-giving gotchas: How to avoid Xmas morning EMBARRASSMENT

Re: Good Advice

I have bought a Nexus 7 for my mam, so I took the liberty of updating it to Kit Kat prior to her getting it. Mind you, I didn't expect the update process to be so easy!

Star Wars VII set for Xmas release. Ho, ho, ho... not THIS Christmas

Re: I have one request

Not the prequels, but every other Star Wars related show, game etc since Phantom Menace.

The prequels do not exist in this dojo.

I have one request

Please no more double bladed lightsabers.

Grand Theft Auto V: Violent, sweary and amazingly ambitious

Re: I wonder if he's looked at the multiplayer yet,

It's too early.

Peak Apple: Has ANYONE at all ordered a new iPhone 5c?

Re: If i wanted a...

That spawn of satan icon looks like a car to me. Two headlights, grille, A pillars...

I can't unsee it.

Anyway, as you were.

LOHAN cops a faceful of smutronyms

SPURT Box

Special

Projects

Uplink

Remote

Terminator

Exclusive: SNOWDEN and ME. TRUE MOSCOW story of OPEN DATA HERO

Poor effort

Jules Winnfield was in Pulp Fiction.

Who should play the next Doctor? Nominations needed!

Stacey Solomon.

Emergency spacewalk as ISS takes a leak

Clooney to the rescue?

The timing of this leak occurring and the release of the trailer for Gravity is quite coincidental.

Builder-in-a-hole outrage sparks Special Projects Bureau safety probe

Much Better

I recall posting a comment after the original article about the wall. I think it looks much better now, you'll be pleased to know.

Thousands rally behind teen girl cuffed, expelled in harmless 'explosion'

Re: Learning...

Careful now!

Weary quid-a-day nosh hack fears colonal mass ejection

I predict

come Saturday morning, you'll produce a Bungle's finger with a measurable gravitational field.

Twenty classic arcade games

Nice List

I also loved the four player Teenage Mutant Hero (Ninja?) Turtles games from around '89. Awesome fun with pals.

Don't Menshn the snore: Chick-lit queen's jabber site killed in its sleep

Ouch

That's a kick in the unmenshnables.

AMD alllllmost promises profitability by year end

Consoles

AMD chippery is powering the new Xbox and PS4 by all accounts, this should surely help boost their coffers.

LOHAN fabricates full-fat fantastical flying truss

To Our Playmonaut:

Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this Earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars.

Six of the best Nintendo Wii U games

Erm, Batman?

The Wii U version of Arkham City isn't the best version according to Eurogamer:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-batman-arkham-city-wii-u-face-off

"It's Arkham City, and by default a good game, but the basic reality is that we'd take any of the older - and now cheaper - versions of this excellent title ahead of the underwhelming Wii U port."

Bungie talks up 'genre-defining' Destiny shooter

Design wise...

it looks like Killzone meets the walkers from Attack of the Clones on Hoth.

I'm in!

Curiosity probe tastes Mars soil: Dude, this reminds me of Hawaii

Hmm

I was as excited as the next chap when this mission was about to get under way, the highly complex landing had my sap rising. But since then, it's kind of went a bit stale - 13 weeks of not much really happening.

It's a cracking effort, and I'm sure it'll produce some good science, but I can't help but feel a bit deflated at this current point in the mission.

Apple iPod Nano 7G review

It looks a bit like a Lumia 920 - deploy the lawyers!

Reg hack uncovers perfect antidote to internet

Nice

I'm loving the brick wall in the last picture, the amount of cement is under the top level is magnificent. It looks like something I would do, pint in hand, and I have never built a wall in my life.

NASA: WE'VE FOUND Four-toed NON-HUMAN FOOTPRINTS

HOAX

That was taken in a studio, just look at the shadows on the ground and why is the flag fluttering?

Tech fault at RBS and Natwest freezes millions of UK bank balances

What is

this pay check you speak of?

Fatties are 'destroying the world'

Re: primitive savages

Mackems.

Twitter bird reborn to the sound of whalesong

I wonder

I wonder if these people talk bollocks like this at home?

Milky Way DOOMED to high-speed smash with Andromeda galaxy

Won't somebody think of the black holes

Can someone please enlighten me as to what will occur when the galaxies merge, and the two black holes at the centre of each collide?

Can a black hole eat another? If so, where does it go?

SpaceX Dragon SPLASHDOWN in Pacific! Private space triumph

Re: A few things to consider

Geoff May is my hero.

Scientists slurp conductive fluid for paintable solar panels

Re: Toxic metals

Judging by the way the missus reacts, you'd think my (Harry) monk was toxic.

Inside Sony's Home Entertainment HQ in Japan

Bravia

My first foray into the world of LCD was a 32" V series Bravia from 2006, and I absolutely loved it. She was sold on though to make room for a 42" Panasonic plasma, but I have fond memories of the little blighter. Sniff.

O2 quietly cans gratis Cloud Wi-Fi connectivity

O2 hotspots

They aren't that widespread around my NE28 postcode:

1.5 miles O2 RETAIL 11a The Forum Shopping Centre, Wallsend

5.5 miles O2 RETAIL 31-33 King Street, South Shields

6.6 miles O2 RETAIL 123 Northumberland Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

6.6 miles Greggs 105 Northumberland Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne

6.7 miles O2 RETAIL 31 Blackett Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

6.8 miles O2 RETAIL Unit 22 Blackettbridge, Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Thank God for Greggs.

NASA shuts off Voyager 1's central heating

Outstanding

Well done to all involved in the Voyager program, I'll have a pint in their honour.

Cheers!

HTC Sensation XE

Same here...

and I'm with O2, if that makes any difference.

I did have one odd problem in that the FM radio app would crash if the Beats headphones were plugged in on initial setup. I tried with a bog standard pair and it worked fine, and it also now works with the Beats. The sound quality seems richer with Beats enabled, but I think you could achieve the same results playing with the EQ settings yourself.

I'm more than happy with the phone in general though, it's quite an upgrade from my old 3GS.

Chief inspector sacked for 'advertising uniformed self online for sex'

I wonder

After meeting someone looking for uniform sex, did he say in his best Sweeney voice 'right you slag, you're going down'.

Belkin Chef Stand and Stylus for tablets

Re:

It's magnetic.

Ten reasons why you shouldn't buy an iPhone 5

Bravo!

I had a good chuckle at that, I'm waiting for the bait to be taken hook, line, sinker and a copy of the Angling Times.

Amazon fans order three Fires for every E Ink Kindle

Touch screen

I tried the current Kindle for the first time a few weeks ago, and I was surprised that I couldn't turn the page by drawing the action on the screen!

Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray disc set

Prowse?

Wasn't it Bob Anderson playing Vader when he chucked Palpatine down the shaft...

Ice Cream Sandwich Android out 'by November'

Ice Cream Sandwich

More like Shit Sandwich.

God particle back in hiding

Re:

''Hey baby, I'm attending the Lepton Photon Conference. Wanna see my large hadron between your magnificent bosons?"

LOHAN will return to Earth by flying (open) sourcer

Superb

This project is tickling parts of me that haven't been tickled since the Byker tickle outbreak of '86.

Well bowled to all involved.

Name that donkey: Barbarella battles Bathsheba

How about...

Burro?

Endeavour spacewalkers come face-to-face with VADER

This blanket's

getting worse all the time.