Comment: British English (Score 1) 140
Hello,
Any chance of a British English option so "quarter after five" becomes "quarter past five"?
Thanks, Bob.
Comment: News just out today ... (Score 1) 276
In shock news, it was revealed the new Samsung Galaxy S 4 phone is actually faster then the previous generation Galaxy S III.
Glad they cleared that one up.
Bob.
Comment: I still have fond memories of Sunos! (Score 1) 409
I remember getting a Sunos box past 2 years of uptime and that was used every day as my personal desktop machine in the 90's. Those 19inch mono screens are great for xterms.
I suspect in a few years, there will be quite a few Raspberry Pi computers buried in hardware projects happily ticking over. I know I will be using some of the camera boards for long term time lapse photography so I hope they last a few years without reboots.
Bob.
+ - When is a tablet not a tablet?->
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bob_jordan writes "Sony have released an all in one 20" touch screen desktop with an interesting feature. It has a battery and can (if your wrists are strong enough) be used as a 20" tablet computer. Albeit a 5kg tablet computer. Will there be much of a market for a 20" tablet PC?"
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Comment: Re:Why? (Score 2) 212
Maybe it was just a hunch.
Bob.
Comment: The real news. (Score 1) 158
"creatures as different as jellyfish and cheetahs, daisies and bats"
Daisies have heartbeats!
Bob.
+ - What exactly is the NRA plan?
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bob_jordan writes "As a non-American, the stories I’m reading regarding the NRA stance on gun control are confusing. Are there any Americans willing to help me out on this?
According to the American National Institute for Mental Health (the largest institute for mental health studies in the world), an average US organisation has 20 employees and on average 4 of those employees will go on to develop a new mental health problem after 1 year.
The NRA says that the answer to protecting children from school shootings is to arm teachers.
So as far as I can tell (and please correct me if I am wrong) the idea is that teachers are checked for mental health issues and, assuming they have none, they are armed. At this point children in schools are safe.
However if the American National Institute for Mental Health is to be believed, in a small school with 20 teachers, on average 4 of those teachers will go on to develop a previously undiagnosed mental health issue after 1 year -
- and they are now armed.
Am I missing something?"
According to the American National Institute for Mental Health (the largest institute for mental health studies in the world), an average US organisation has 20 employees and on average 4 of those employees will go on to develop a new mental health problem after 1 year.
The NRA says that the answer to protecting children from school shootings is to arm teachers.
So as far as I can tell (and please correct me if I am wrong) the idea is that teachers are checked for mental health issues and, assuming they have none, they are armed. At this point children in schools are safe.
However if the American National Institute for Mental Health is to be believed, in a small school with 20 teachers, on average 4 of those teachers will go on to develop a previously undiagnosed mental health issue after 1 year -
- and they are now armed.
Am I missing something?"
Comment: Will.i.am (Score 1) 544
Maybe the scientists replayed the Will.i.am and realised it wasn't actually that good.
Bob.
Comment: Mixed race? (Score 2, Interesting) 622
I know someone who is half African and half Chinese. How would their passing score be calculated?
Bob.
Comment: Missing options (Score 1) 503
How could you miss out Klang AND Kodos!
Bob.
Comment: Setting the alarm in the dark (Score 1) 125
The only thing I use mine for is setting the alarm clock after I have gone to bed without bathing my eyeballs in light and waking myself up again.
Bob.
+ - BBC reports on Microsoft unveiling of tablet computer->
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bob_jordan writes "BBC reports "Microsoft has unveiled its own tablet computer to compete against Apple's iPad. The touch screen computer, called Surface, is Microsoft's first major venture into computer hardware."
Apparently the Xbox is not computer hardware."
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Apparently the Xbox is not computer hardware."
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Comment: IT'S A COOKBOOK! (Score 1) 103
In honor of the Twilight Zone episode, they should title the cookbook "To serve man".
Bob.
Comment: Not knowing says as much as knowing. (Score 3, Interesting) 139
Knowing how many died tells you a lot but when a society is so affected by war that you don't actually know how many died, that also tells you a lot.
Bob.
Comment: I was hoping for ... (Score 1) 56
"Run! The canary is mutating!"
Bob.