* Posts by Jason_H

16 publicly visible posts • joined 8 Mar 2013

EU move to standardise phone chargers is bad news for Apple

Jason_H

I, personally, much prefer Apple's connector to the damn stupid micro-usb.

BUT if it puts a stop to all the stupid cable-chaos then I'm all for it.

Looks like it's the VHS 'win' all over again to me.

Deep inside the iPhone 5s lurk a few surprises

Jason_H

Re: @ Ted and ash

@AC

And it's the reason I don't bother reading Reg all that much anymore, and very rarely the comments.

I make an exception this time, and guess what - nothing changed, and in fact seems to have only gotten more puerile.

Everyone's waving their 5-inchers: BlackBerry outs new supersized Z30

Jason_H

Re: There is a better indicator that 5 inchers have come of age

This makes perfect sense - we keep hold of what's important when disaster happens :)

I fell-off the side of a mountain a few years ago, slid/dropped about 15ft but still managed to keep hold of the sandwich in my left hand. I was very hungry to be fair.

Star Wars revival secret: This isn't the celluloid you're looking for

Jason_H

Re: Future Digital

"the reason he's so right for Star Trek is the same reason he's wrong for Star Wars"

Personally I would say *exactly* the opposite.

He's absolutely wrong for Trek, but perfect for Wars.

NSA coughs to 1000s of unlawful acts of snooping on US soil since 2008

Jason_H

Re: mea culpa

Erm... show me how it is different here in the UK?

Texas teen jailed for four months over sarcastic Facebook comment

Jason_H

@HKmk23

You're saying that playing games that depict violence should be banned... because of what exactly?

You're saying that threatening someone's (imaginary) life should result in a prison sentence?

So... let me get this straight... you've advising a 'real' person to commit suicide by holding their breath, and don't feel like you don't belong in prison yourself?

Are you for fucking real?

Jiggy Pennsylvania couple busted by 25 bike cops

Jason_H

Re: Brain bleach required

I didn't click the link because while I hovered over it 'gawker' appeared.

That's a good enough reason to not click on *any* link as far as I'm concerned. :/

You thought only Google dodges UK taxes? So do all the Brit firms

Jason_H

Re: @Pete 2

Sorry but that's bullshit.

If a company can make money somewhere they won't leave just because they may make less money if the tax system changes. If it falls below the level of profit - or *enough* profit then maybe yes. But to state that if things thange they will all leave is patently rubbish.

If a large company is using/abusing the tax system then they have an inherent advantage over smaller companies coming into the market, who may not be able to 'save' their money in the same way.

Jason_H

@Pete 2

"Simple. The companies would bugger off to somewhere more "sympathetic"."

Good. Let them go.

There are more than enough people/companies who can replace them and pay tax in the appropriate places. All this needs is the balls to actually start laying down the law. 'The law' as-in what 'the man in the street' would understand, not 'the law' as thousands of scumbag accountants/lawyers/politicians can figure out.

Tiny fly-inspired RoboBee takes flight at Harvard

Jason_H

Re: Very impressive.

And inter-office conflicts will soon have a much more interesting way of being settled... Bee Wars!

Who can program the 'cleverest' - 'meanest' - attack squadrons!

All From Your Desktop (tm)

Orange is the new TalkTalk of the broadband complaints league

Jason_H

Re: Is there a GOOD broadband provider?

I'm not sure about anyone else...

*ANY* sort of torrent use and it crashes.

Too many devices trying to connect wirelessly and it crashes.

It also can't keep track of wireless devices, so has IP address confilcts.

Overheats/crashes all the time out of general spite.

The replacement isn't quite so bad, and only costs £20. Still not good at all though.

Probably more, but isn't that enough?

Review: Sony Xperia Z

Jason_H

Re: Build quality

The razr i seems pretty-well nailed together to me. It's also supposed to be splashproof?

Jason_H

"Finally, like the Nexus 4, the Xperia Z gets rather warm when worked hard, playing games like NOVA 3, for example. Say what you like about Qualcomm’s high-end chipsets, they can’t half pump out the thermals when they get busy. I demand many things from a mobile phone but keeping my nuts warm in the winter isn’t one of them."

Erm... I know touchscreens are nice and all that, but surely you're not supposed to be using your nuts to play games with them?

Mozilla to Apple: we don't care about iOS

Jason_H

Re: Apps *can* open links in other browsers...

F*ck me. Thank you Manny & A/C.

It's taken a long time for the grown-ups to arrive at this thread.

Jason_H

Re: Opportunity to attack apple

If you're wanting to just drop files onto your ipad try iFiles. Works great most of the time.

If you want to stream from a network share, try Air Video Server (which works brilliantly) or one of many others.

If you want to stream from a DLNA share try iMediaShare.

Lots to chose from, and the iMediashare thing works from android too.

Google AXES another 1,200 employees from Motorola workforce

Jason_H

Google probably didn't actually want Motorola for anything other than their IP.

It would also look pretty 'evil' of them to sack everyone immediately. This way it at least looks like they are trying their best.