Posts by anonoomouse

UK NHS-backed health apps 'riddled with security flaws'

Re: Official approvals are given by marketing and PR

> Official approvals are given by marketing and PR

No. Not with reference to software for use in the NHS, which is kind of the point here.

Ten classic electronic calculators from the 1970s and 1980s

Re: No early casio?!?

Spot on. Fx39 was revolutionary. Mine died 10 years ago. I miss it.

Two and a half days in hell

Can there be a sulphurous nook

where the person(s) from Western Digital that did the calculations for their own built in obsolescence gets bad stuff happen to them for the remainder of eternity.

Google's Inventor gets short shrift

I've had my fun, so that's alright.

I have had an account for a few days, but haven't played enough owing to work commitments. Considering the massive interest that my lightly customised "hellopurr" generates and the popularity of "soundboards" in the market, I think it will has the potential to be a massive driver of Android takeup.

This assignment should have been given to someone with at least a fractional clue index - it isn't a vehicle for the "killer app" to get to market or a programming environment for idiots. A serious mobile app will almost inevitably depend on server-side programming anyway. However, any schoolkid with the desire and half a brain can use it to develop their own custom screenful of taunts, fart noises or whatever and as such the platform will introduce all sorts of programming concepts - also as a sketchpad for someone exploring the platform it is plain good fun.