* Posts by wrong

7 publicly visible posts • joined 29 Jun 2010

FEAST YOUR EYES: Samsung's Galaxy Alpha has an 'entirely new appearance'

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Showing an iPhone in the inline image and debriefing readers about the deception in the bootnote is not fair to your readers or Samsung.

Everyone who didn't scroll down, which is most people, now think the Alpha's absolutely identical in appearance to an iPhone, whereas in reality it's just broadly similar.

I had to reread the bootnote and recheck the image twice, because I couldn't understand why you'd do such a thing.

Boffin's claim: I have found how to get girls into tech

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Washington uni?

Prof. Cheryan works for the University of Washington.

"Washington uni" is not a good descriptor for that institution, because of the existence of Washington University in St. Louis.

There's also Washington State University. And Eastern Washington University, Western Washington University, George Washington University, etc etc. The Yanks named a lot of stuff after that guy, so it's not a good place to get sloppy.

The business mullet: Cool or tool?

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Re: Invest in the right clothes

Polos! If there's anything that's a business mullet - and there is - it's polos! The suit coat and jeans is more like Too-Much-Product-Man.

Third-gen Ultrabooks must offer USB 3.0, anti-theft tech

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Responsive while active

"All 3rd generation Intel Core Ultrabook devices wake in a flash – going from a very deep sleep state (S4) to full use (keyboard interaction) in less than 7 seconds and wake from “sleep” mode even faster. Additionally, they must be responsive while active, meaning they will load and run favorite applications quickly."

I suspect that this means "SSD or hybrid storage". The coupling of these features in this paragraph suggests it.

Utah to honour Browning M1911 semi-automatic

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Grenade

I'd have picked Ma Deuce

While the 1911 is a fine and much-respected weapon, the Browning M2 .50 cal machine gun is still essentially unrivaled in its role, making it a better candidate in terms of lasting American-values-defending by Browning's creations. IMHO.

Opera Mini 5.1 goes native on Nokia S60

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It's not very robust

On my E90, it crashes within about a minute of use.

Of course, the E90 is rather different to most S60 phones, and that could cause extra problems.

Ten Essential... Travel Speakers

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Speakers on each side of a cube, huh?

Does the Verbatim really have six speakers?