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Comment Re:Bill o'Reilly (Score 1) 203

Exactly! Science has failed and this clearly means it is all false. What we need is clear thinkers like Bill who haven't muddied their head with fancy science degrees!

Incidentally, I believe it is clear this is an artificial star created by a cosmological super-race.

Comment Re:Unlikely (Score 2) 272

Well, it has been going on the ages, but I think that it is fair to say it has blown up now. The issue had been swept under the carpet by the police and government until recently. The Guardian have been telling the Met, the Government and the PCC for years that they have all of this information, and if it wasn't investigated properly they would run the stories. Eventually they called time. I don't think it is necessarily the change of public mood that has caused it to explode in such a manner. I think it is implications of criminal activity perpetrated by so many powerful people in Government and the Met. They have had to all come out and start blaming each other for it, as opposed to leaving it in the long grass where they wanted it. The public reaction hasn't actually been that great, it was a massive media and Westminster reaction though. In some ways you could still call it a storm in a teacup.

Comment Re:Cloud (Score 1) 44

Err, this is just not true. Any public sector jobs have far stricter rules regarding the procurement of employees compared to private sector. If people try anything like what you have suggested, then they would be risking the sack. Not saying it doesn't happen a bit, but in my experience many businesses are hampered by family and other personal allegiance a lot more frequently.

Comment Re:Not a failure (Score 1) 132

It's not a failure if you're in the business of government. When you're spending other people's money, it hardly matters whether you "succeed" or "fail". What matters is that the money passes through your hands, giving you a chance to exploit that cash flow for personal gain. At the top of the pyramid, ANY expansion of cash flow is desirable, no matter what the consequences. Your time in power won't last forever, and you've got to move if you want to exploit it. This domain-seizure program pales in comparison to the death, destruction, and injustice caused by drug prohibition, but the goal is essentially the same: justification for spending, borrowing, and generally expanding the business of government.

You're not in the business of government, are you?

[Citation Needed]

Comment Not a new thing (Score 1) 669

A few years ago, just after I left my school, a few students ended up suspended after setting up and commenting on a facebook group called "Bring back Mr.Bla" ("Bla" not being the name of a previous principle) in protest of a newly appointed school principal. Their comments were not as slanderous as these, they mainly commented on the poor management decisions made by new principle and one person called him a "twat". It was ridiculous, especially seeing as the majority of members of staff agreed with everything that had been said on the page. But it was considered perfectly legal and correct. Crazy!

Comment Re:Overclocking a mobile phone? (Score 1) 657

I would suggest sending it back then. Mine gets warm if I run really high strain stuff like sygic or something, but not when playing flash videos. Of course it is going to drain the battery quicker than normal, the screen will have to be constantly on while you watch the video. That will be the prime cause of battery drain, but you get that watching any video.
Battery life on the N900 isn't great, it has to be said. You only really get a days normal use out of it. But its really no worse than an iPhone, and at least you can take the battery out and change it over, or get a new one when it starts to die. Also, you get get significantly longer use out of it if you turn of internet connections, and all the widgets. It will last for days then.

Comment Re:Breaking news! (Score 2, Insightful) 657

It really is aimed at the slightly more tech inclined than, say, a typical iPhone user. You cirtainly don't have to be a genius to use it. In fact, I think the interface is more intuitive than an iPhone. But it gives you a lot of power. Like you can multi-task, and have as many crazy apps open as you like. Of course that means that it will slow down, but as long as you realise that having loads of apps open is going to slow it down, you will be fine. Same with loads of widgets, etc. If you like linux, and hacking, then this phone offers hacking capabilities that no other phone comes anywhere near to. But you don't have to do that.
Nokia have been a bit callas with it however. Like it doesn't work with their Ovi store, and getting it to work with the old PC suite is tricky, and there are only a few functions that work. Lack of OOTB MMS support was pretty stupid as well. Luckily most of these problems have been solved by the community, but you need to know where to look. Most reviewers wont bother to go exploring maemo.org to realise the phones potential.

Comment Re:Breaking news! (Score 1) 657

Presumably it just utilises the .flv stream with a codec. Like when you install a codec on your computer to play .flv videos (through media player classic or something). Flash is used in the browser to form the player of the stream. So it gives you all the buttons, position on the page, size, etc... The .flv file is essentially just a H.263 video stream.

Comment Re:Breaking news! (Score 1) 657

Does T-mobile in the US not support HSDPA (3.5G). Also, that shouldn't really change the outcome of a phone review. Maybe as a side note, but you can always buy the phone from Nokia and then get a sim only contract.
Also, as a side not to this: T-mobile has very good reception in the UK, especially out in the country.

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