Posts by illiad 1135 publicly visible posts • joined 6 May 2010
well of course, and many thinking 'national security' for all their secret projects they are worried about... its all the same with 'simple folk' who think 'hollywood robots' will take over the world .. when in reality it takes a whole team of animators to make it look real, and 5 to make the robot move about!!
'photos of the surface of the moon on a clear night' I think that claim was exposed - photos were downloaded to replace the fuzzy photo!!
even my 64M phone camera cannot cannot take a clear enough photo to read a sign 100metres away, so not much hope for a flying object.. send your pics of airplanes that are clear enough to read the name on them!!
the problem with GPS, is that it often is not accurate enough, IF you can get a GPS signal!!!
AND most do not have the latest ££££ phone, if they even have one!!
Now, what is easier to say / remember ??
what three words
or
postcode
??? you can see why it is used.. and even when they have your door number, they get lost... :)
I was working in a first floor office with big picture windows of the street below.. I saw the a**n van turn up, then proceed to deliver many packages to all the other addresses! about an hour later, he got to us!!
... unlike *other* times, when they did not even bother to use the LIFT, just left it in the building entrance!!
and then there was a complete computer failure, where it thought it could deliver to my nearby post office on a SUNDAY, and somehow I had got in (when they were closed up!!) and signed for my package! :O
the GOOD thing is, they actually let you 'chat by text' to them, explaining the faux pas.. :) :) But be nice to the poor chatters, they CANNOT receive anything vaguely looking like a web address! , even if it has a DOT in the middle!! :) much confusion until I realized!!!! :P
so be careful about 'Monday delivery' they may 'upgrade' it to Sunday, then hilarity ensues!!
the pint is, MOST people don't have much of a clue, they just want to get away from the MesS..... :/
Safari??? it is always there, its part of apple .. Its NOT the browser that 'makes it good' but the apple OS that does..
Firefox is not 'that' visible, Mozilla needs to 'step up' its profile!!
Another problem is that it takes a ****lot*** of work to make the latest FF easily workable, as the OLD version was...
HAVE A LOOK for pale moon, if you prefer the old style FF without webext.. :) and they have all the OLD plugins on their website!!
Hey its great to get such speed, B U T... it is also great to buy a sports car that can go 200 MPH.
You see the problem?? not that much money about, not enough places that will allow high speeds, not enough roads that are smooth, and long enough,
need new expensive, PC (home build) with 'everything' to get that speed... would you pay £5000 for that, and 4Gb/s net on top??
Only idiots think a tablet will do everything!! try using gmail ** the same way** you use it in windows.. filters, forwarding, etc..google's fault or not??
And most pc users cannot even find or know about anything other than FB etc... :O
The apple ipad is bad enough, just to clear ALL the tabs opened, it takes about 6 or 7 steps (this was on a friends **ancient** one! tvguide co uk tries to load app, but it fails- too old OS!!)
The term 'self-aware' is very misused by psychologists who think it means something far more complex.. A bit like a many astrophysicists who say 'space' and mean 'spacetime'..
NORMAL people know it just means 'you know who you are' Just remember that most animals DO NOT think like humans - have a look at the tv prog 'dog whisperer'
The only similarity is with a 6 to 10 month old baby, that most people understand.
You must have seen dogs and cat that are able to open a door, realize how a 'handle' works and read your 'body language like a book!
It would be great if humans had their great sense of smell, you could tell of your GF was coming down the road yards way!! :)
I have had calls from 00000000 and 123456789 !! :O
The only solution for the customer is to buy a 'call barring' -phone.. Panasonic does a very nice DECT phone with lots of fancy features.. If the caller is not in your number list, it does not ring (you can set the hours this operates), so goes to voicemail.. you can then 'bar' the number, so they will always get an 'engaged' tone..
As I said above.. https://www.google.com/advanced_search will show you how to add 'parameters' to your search, to get a good result..
Think,(NO, seriously!!!!) when you get your first car, do you just jump in, and start pressing stuff, hoping thing happen?? crash a lot, break a lot, your arm, feet, someones fence....
I am sure you know what you have to do FIRST!!! :) :)
and then many do not seem to have heard of ECDL....
https://www.distance-learning-centre.co.uk/european-computer-driving-licence-ecdl-online-course/
Wikipedia is NOT that trusted, due to many people having 'too much access' to its content... many people online just refuse results from it..
So I google a lot, and find a **proper website** that has the facts I am looking for.. :)
brush up on your searching skills, and DO NOT just put random stuff in!!
NHS and BBC links should be better!! :)
start here, and you will see the 'advanced' way to use google!
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
Ok tested on my galaxy s8 (OS 7), firefox beta (85.0.0.-beta6) - better reviews on gplay..
set to 'desktop mode'
logged into my gmail account.
went to youtube
checked notifications... all there... :)
I forget, but I think I did switch OFF 'open links', ext DL manager' ,etc... no adblock, but I dont visit many sites..
I use 'opera beta' for most of my browsing, it has its own adblock.
I look in 'wonder' at people happy to use a 2 inch by 5 inch display, for their internet use, when I normally have 10 to 15 pages open on a 32 inch screen, with a proper keyboard and mouse...
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