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Comment Re:Moderator is drunk again (Score 1) 117

"A freshly mowed lawn, lit charcoal and sunscreen are just a few summer smells that are as ephemeral as they are memorable." Alternatively go outside , mow the lawn ,then start a BBQ and slap on some sunscreen - i suspect that will be cheaper and more readily available. These smells hardly require complex analysis in order to recreate them . We can do that just fine. It would perhaps be more useful if this device could be put to use for example to capture the smells of fruits, or flowers that are rare or on the brink of extinction.This would perhaps be good to draw attention to some of the issues surrounding looking after out planet. And also that our childrens children could learn and enjoy the odours of our forefathers.

Comment Re:Geotarding? (Score 1) 153

Android is one thing - Glasses is another. Talking about the latter (Glasses) - Apple will do what they always do - wait until several similar concepts from different sources have tried and failed. produce something very similar and claim they invented the idea to great critical acclaim. N.

Comment Re:Windows problems (Score 1) 1215

Can someone please explain this to me as I've heard it a few times recently. What the heck is exactly wrong with the font rendering on linux ? I've never noticed anything particularly wrong myself. Perhaps back in the very early days I can vaguely remember issues - but its not something thats been obvious to me since any recent memory? Some one said this at work to me the other day and my immediate thought was "I havent heard that one for a very long time , it must have been a while since he last tried linux" Is this something related to specific areas or certain software packages ? In general use i see no major difference .

Comment Re:Thanks unity!! (Score 1) 115

To this day I've never seen a unity app running on linux. I heard there is a linux "web player" - i've never seen it in action nor is there hair nor hide of it on the website. The developement tools are OSX and Windows only. Unity supports linux about as well as adobe flash as far as i am concerned. N.

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