Posts by Andrew Hardisty

Bunker-nobbling US megabomb test delayed

KA-BLAMMO!

This will wipe the floor with any baddies in its way.

Samsung S1030 and S850 digital cameras

Batteries

After throwing your money away on throwaway Duracells on page one I was glad to see the penny had dropped by page four:

"But do invest in a set of rechargeable batteries first."

But then you forgot about it again at the end.

"Either way, you'll spend the rest of your life buying sets of AA batteries."

The problem of short battery life in digital cameras when using alkaline AAs is certainly not unique to these Samsungs.

Helium balloon Brit breaks distance record

Get some sleep!

Quote from the pilot's blog: "This basket is cramped. It's four ft by four ft, smaller than the size of most people's dining rooms"

This suggests there are sub 4' x 4' dining rooms out there. Anybody seen one? Maybe he meant to say dining tables. I don't think he's getting much sleep up there...

Dell trips over printer cable

There's worse

Head on over to pcworld.co.uk and search for "USB cable" - always good for a laugh.

Intel power PC platforms: Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and V8

It's "its" not "it's"

"...it's product-that-isn't-a-product, the V8 platform."

You've got a rogue apostrophe in there.

Westminster blows £29m to save £20k

How many? how much?

The BBC report gives the total number of street lights as 15000, not 29000.

A saving of only £1.33 per light/year can't be right. I'm sure my energy saving bulbs at home are doing much better than that and aren't on for nearly as long.

Amazing electricity tariff?

I've had a thought: perhaps Westminster City Council pay so incredibly little for their electricity that the energy saved by each new street lamp over the course of a year only amounts to £1.33 worth of electricity at their prices.

Or maybe it's just that the person who came up with th £20k figure has got it very wrong.