Posts by SYNTAX__ERROR

Modeling-clay iPads foisted on unwary Canucks

People are been?

That doesn't even make sense.

Are you too stupid to understand the word 'BEING' ?

Boffins quarrel over ridding world of leap seconds

Human race still exists in 26,000 years?

I like your optimism.

Lindy wireless extender and projection server

Experience with Edimax products...

Don't touch 'em with a very long poking device.

Shoddy build quality; horrendous software; non-existent documentation; unimplemented advertised features; inexplicable behaviour including random crashes and so on.

If there's any other alternative then take it!

Yes

that is indeed my kidding right, can I have it back please?

First ever private rocket to space station in launch delay

But everyone knows rocket science is easy...

they don't even need relativity to send spacecraft to the outer reaches of the heliosphere!

Zombie Olympics ticket resale site resurrected TODAY

So tickets for the Olympics...

come without any vowels now?

Experts: We're stuck with passwords – and maybe they're best

Not Exactly

Maybe you should do some reading around to help you understand the subject.

I would suggest you look at some cryptography basics.

No one sends sensitive security tokens in the clear.

Volkswagen catches electric Beetle

"Amperage"?

There's no such thing. It's called CURRENT.

Brits turned off by Smart TVs

In my experience, DLNA is useless

Neither the Samsung software nor Windows' own media server functionality enable my TV to display or search a track list. All that happens is that the TV hangs for about 5 minutes before giving an uninformative error message and giving up. I have a relatively modest music collection of around 8000 tracks.

Hardware replacement?

Hi JeffyPooh, welcome to the 21st century.

Most of these smart TV apps can (of course) be updated over-the-air.

Whether the manufacturers continue to support them is a different matter (last year's Samsungs not likely to ever get updated as far as I can tell). At any rate it's likelier than a hardware replacement, and as a solution is easier for the user, cheaper and quicker.

FCC (finally) cracks down on BLARING! TV! ADS!

Choices

Important distinction...

TV = OPTIONAL. One will not die from lack of watching TV.

Car = Essential for many: get to work, do shopping, pick up medication. (NOT take kids to school)

Computer = Increasingly essential: access government services, banking, utilities etc. Most business as it is today unable to operate without.

Red Cross: 600m videogamers may be war criminals

Actually

It is severely frowned upon for any other organisation to use the Red Cross symbol, as it undermines their position as neutral to combat on the battlefield.

In other uses such as stage acting, a green cross is encouraged instead which conveys the meaning without upsetting anybody.

Report: Popular CAPTCHAs easily defeated

CAPTCHA

A CAPTCHA is not a Turing test. By definition, a Turing test is exactly the opposite of a CAPTCHA.

It's time to end the Windows Wait

Yes, that's what I thought too.

Also, the author seems to suggest that saving is no longer necessary. Saving will always be appropriate for two reasons:

1. Running programs and data are stored in RAM, which IS volatile.

2. Unless you want to make one hell of a mess and have to deal with lots of versions of everything, the user needs to decide when to save. It is not desirable nor effective to save every single change, especially not accidental deletion of content or the cat walking across the keyboard.