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Comment Stupid police. (Score 2) 137

The quadcopter they showed with the eagle is a Spyrit Max FPV T2M, a toy level 230 size (measured in mm diagonally from motor-motor), and weighs less than 600g when it has the prop guards & camera on board (which it didn't at the time), yet the 360 sized quads (like the DJI Phantom) weigh around a 1000g and get heavier when you add things a camera & 3 axis gimbal, plus they have brushless motors that are far more powerful than the brushed motors of the Spyrit.

A Cheerson CX-20 is around the same size as a Phantom, and one has already accidentally killed a bald eagle that had attacked it: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=33893158&postcount=56152

Comment Apple thinking ahead? (Score 2) 101

Perhaps they're getting their foot in the door regarding DNA identification, if (when?) they managed to get their mitts on a tiny device that can sequence DNA from breath/spit etc., they'll only need to combine that with their DNA database they've been collecting for years to create a commodity worth billions they'll be able to oursource to security companies for a tidy profit.

Comment Scroll wheel speed (Score 1) 240

The main reason I dislike using Chrome on a PC unless I have to is that the scroll speed when using the mouse wheel, or more likely the scroll slider on a laptop touchpad, makes the page zip up/down so fast it's really difficult to have any sort of fine control over where on the page you scroll to. Why the fuck they changed that I have no idea, I tried a scroll plugin to get the scroll speed back to the norm (ie FireFox) but no matter how I tinkered with the settings I never got it to feel comfortable. So it's FireFox all the way with me.

Comment Re:Can we all agree (Score 1) 134

The iOS keyboard character case thing isn't just restricted to their phones you ignorant twat, my portable devices are Android and I only discovered the keyboard case thing when I had to use an iPad to browse the web one time.

It left me scratching my head as to why someone would do such a ridiculous thing where the only indication that you were typing in uppercase was the shift key highlighted a different colour.
My guess is that they wanted the keyboard to look like a traditional keyboard with the non-changing keys because it's familiar to users, but they completly ignored the fact that it's a touchscreen keyboard which allows you to dynamically change the layout at will to suit the situation in hand.

I still think it's a fucking stupid idea when virtually all Androids keyboards change their case to signify what letters will actually appear when you type.

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