* Posts by nbauers

4 publicly visible posts • joined 27 Jun 2014

Son of Hudl: Tesco flogs new Atom-powered 8.3-inch Android tablet

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It makes a good SatNav with NavFree

I paid £55 for mine. So far every app I've tried worked. With NavFree and the off line Open Street Map data it works well as a SatNav. Sometimes the instructions are bonkers but this could often be poor map data. Crowd sourced OSM data seems to contain a moderate proportion of incorrectly described road junctions.

El Reg nips down IKEA's 'I've Got A Screw Loose Street'

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Happy

Re: For extra bonus points...

Ah yes, a ferretería or ferret shop in English

Reg reader fires up Pi-powered anti-cat garden sprinkler system

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Militarizing Your Backyard with Python

OR

Militarizing Your Backyard with A Python - That ought to work.

New MH370 search zone picked using just seven satellite 'handshakes'

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Doppler Shift and Timing of Satellite Signals

It must be possible to test these techniques on the thousands of normal flights each day. No report I have read has ever mentioned this. So does the science work or not?