Comment Re:Who uses MS file Explorer? (Score 0) 69
Damn... I hadn't realised I've been using it around this long too... Looking at the other comments and the fact it's using less than 50mb of ram here, pretty sure we're on to something
Comment Stopped watching (Score 0) 307
I used to have it on in the background for many hours a every day, ever since the first round when I couldn't get blocking working again within a couple of days I just stopped - I've watched maybe three videos on there since...
Mine you, I'm someone who blocks and reports every advert and advertiser that i see on IG and FB (and FB doesn't even try to show them to me any more, even on mobile). Fraudulent business practices (the entire advertising industry) just make for a bad taste. No, I have no interest in anything that you might want to advertise, and never will - in fact I've gone as far as cancelling a purchase worth several thousand pounds (gbp) because I they tried advertising without my consent (yay GDPR!)
Comment Re:Because (Score 0) 189
Pretty much the same here. I've got home automation that runs via Homebridge on a docker server - and uses the AppleTV as the hub, and the only media I watch is via Plex - which is pretty much the only App I ever use on it (almost everything else is sent from the iPhones / iPads). I run Windows PCs (have a MBP for work, and it's really not a serious piece of kit) - and I can even mirror from that easily...
The biggest thing to me is the TV remote - I simply don't want to ever need it (and not quite sure where it is now) - having a really simple and small remote that does everything needed except for turning the TV on/off is really nice. I've tried most of the other boxes, and quite frankly they all either have a huge number of absolutely useless buttons, or no remote at all (I'm looking at you Chromecast - no casual watching TV with it!).
Easy start / stop, with easy navigation, and connected to the home automation so it dims the lights in the same room while playing and brings them up when paused / stopped.
I might not be using it for the things they'd like me to - but it does the job that none of the others can do, and does it well.
Comment If only uninstall worked... (Score 0) 61
Even after uninstalling Flash several times and deleting the folder, somehow the updater still wanted to install Flash again... I've not used it in many years, but once installed it's like a nasty virus that you just can't get rid of.
Comment Coincidentally we have some of their devs... (Score 0) 22
I work for an autonomous vehicle *software* company in the UK, and we actually have some of the devs that worked on GTA V working in some of our teams
Is Cataclysm the Next World of Warcraft Expansion? 259
ajs writes "There has been no official announcement yet, but a number of moves by Blizzard Entertainment seem to indicate that the next expansion for World of Warcraft could be titled Cataclysm. Speculation began when Blizzard trademarked Cataclysm recently, and then later when a test server briefly popped up with the word 'Maelstrom' in its name. If true, the name would fall neatly into the WoW lore and expected expansion list. The Cataclysm is another name for the Great Sundering, an event that created a swirling vortex of water and mystical energies (the 'Maelstrom') that has appeared on the world map in-game since release. There are also indications that early design work included some of the islands in this area, which has long fueled anticipation of a Maelstrom-based expansion involving the former Night Elf noble, Azshara, queen of the Naga and the Goblins whose main city is in the south seas."
Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy 550
An anonymous reader writes "With the time approaching when we'll be changing our clocks again, the Wall Street Journal is running a timely article on a study done by a UC-Santa Barbara economics professor and a Ph.D. student. The study unambiguously concludes that Daylight Saving Time not only doesn't save any energy, it actually wastes energy and costs more. The study used energy company records from Indiana before and after that state mandated DST for all of its counties, and calculated that the switch cost Indiana citizens $8.6M per year. 'I've never had a paper with such a clear and unambiguous finding as this,' the professor said."
IE8 Will Be Standards-Compliant By Default 383
A number of readers wrote in to make sure we know about Microsoft's change of heart regarding IE8. The new version of the dominant browser will render in full standards mode by default. Developers wishing to use quirks mode for IE6- and IE7-compatible rendering will have to opt in explicitly. We've previously discussed IE8's render mode a few times. Perhaps Opera's complaint to the EU or the EU's record antitrust fine had something to do with Redmond's about-face.
Comment I don't like using cds or nocd patches (Score 0) 198
As I've got several hundred games (originals), as well as several tb of space in my computer, I just install games when I feel like it and play them without using nocd patches or having to get the disks out again...
How do I do that you ask? Oh - a nice little program I bought several years ago called GameJackal. It builds up a "cache" of the cd the first time you run the game, then you just pop out the cd and play happily without it in future.
It's not perfect, but as it does almost every game over 6 months old without any problems, and only a few problems with newer ones (till it's updated etc) I'm quite happy... Even means I can run game updates without having to uninstall nocd patches and find new ones...
How do I do that you ask? Oh - a nice little program I bought several years ago called GameJackal. It builds up a "cache" of the cd the first time you run the game, then you just pop out the cd and play happily without it in future.
It's not perfect, but as it does almost every game over 6 months old without any problems, and only a few problems with newer ones (till it's updated etc) I'm quite happy... Even means I can run game updates without having to uninstall nocd patches and find new ones...
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