* Posts by Nick Denny

3 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Aug 2007

T-Mobile G1

Nick Denny

Battery power / Hardware

Just thought I'd point out that complaining about the battery life as a hardware issue only is a bit misleading - the power usage is controlled by the OS (e.g. by network use, backlight, etc etc). As this is their first phone, I'd hope Google will invest on improving this for the future.

Axe hangs over UK town's analogue TV signal

Nick Denny
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@Graham Jordan, @Tom

Graham, apparently not...

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/gethelp/faqs.jsp

Tom, surely that depends on how many people actually watch broadcast tv, as opposed to cable / satellite. In my experience, the broadcast tv signals are so weak that it's barely worth it. That could be because I live in a big concrete apartment block, though...

Uranus strikes a pose for Hubble's camera

Nick Denny

To quote Futurama...

Professor: "I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all."

Fry: "Oh. What's it called now?"

Professor: "Urectum."