It's unclear (to me, anyway) as to whether it's pulling heat from the cool area, or just directing it away. Condensing the steam in the cool area would, obviously, warm up that area.
If it is cooling the cool area, effectively pumping the heat into the hot area, then coupling it to a stirling engine might be interesting.
It never ceases to amaze me how people spout off with righteous indignation while getting all their facts wrong.
The Pi went on sale today. Farnell sold out of them in about 15 minutes. RS for some reason didn't start selling. (I'm not sure what they think a "launch" is, but they royally cocked up."
The Pi has a processor, GPU, memory, storage, HDMI output, USB ports and a network port. It runs GNU/Linux. How does this not make it a computer?
And the police shouldn't need to get a search warrant to smash down your front door and ransack your home just in case you have some stolen property, or drugs, or kiddie porn inside.
I'll never buy a Toshiba after the rubbish design of my P100-429 which had hinges so bad that they tore themselves to pieces (and the lid too) in normal use.
There's another problem with taking off from the ground...
We "saw" him at Jersey last year.
I say "saw" because he was so high up, all we could see was a tiny dot, with a pale grey trail behind it, until he ran out of fuel and opened the parachute.
He had to fly so high because of the time it takes to open a parachute large enough to support the extra weight of the wing. Flying at a lower altitude, and taking off of course, would put him in the situation where he could recover from an engine failure.
In the States, the $79 Kindle comes with adverts on the screen saver, rather than images, to remove them you have to pay $109 to have them removed. Am I right in thinking that the UK version doesn't have the ads?
Which would change the equivalent cost from £60 inc VAT to £84 inc VAT, making the UK version almost as cheap as the US one.
A few years ago I signed on, on-line. They were meant to call me back to check the details, and I was asked for a time period (morning or afternoon iirc) when they could call me.
They didn't.
I called them, and got to go through the entire form again, answering all the questions I'd already filled in.
Then I had to go to the real Job Centre.
Where one of the "advisors" printed out a copy of my form, asked me all the questions on it again and typed it (slowly) into her computer.
I'd like to think it's improved now, but this is the Job Centre we're talking about. They'll probably expect you to answer all the questions on the form four times now.
Firstly, if you fork it, you need to hire the developers to maintain your fork.
Secondly, you then have a version of Android which is different to everyone else's and more than likely incompatible. So you'll have to create and maintain your own app store.
Thirdly, what sort of a market share do these manufacturers have for their Android phones? Combined, they're a force to be reckoned with, individually, the costs will out weigh the advantages of controlling the OS.
The big problem with Android is that the handset manufacturers already tinker with the OS before they send it to the networks who then tinker more which means that any update from Google has to be tweaked by both before it can be installed.
I doubt an HTC Phone 7 handset will have much of a problem with installing MS updates, but a Desire? Took about a year after 2.2 came out before I got O2's 2.2 update to mine.
I've had one for a while now, but all I've ever paid for on it were tube and bus journeys.
When I first got it, I checked their website for shops around me that took contactless payments, but all I found was a charity shop, and a café, neither of which actually had a reader.
There appear to be a lot more shops and pubs around with it now, but I still don't remember seeing any readers out there.
I could see a use for it, for capturing diagrams, but I have trouble reading my own handwriting, so I think the OCR side would be completely incapable of deciphering it.
Using laptops in bright sunlight is a problem in itself.
Screens are usually opened to an obtuse angle, so the cell will be pointing more at the ground than the sky. (Perhaps it will come with a handy mirror to redirect the light?)
Solar cells are not particularly efficient, so why have they covered up the border of the panel with those dots?
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Is that what teletubbies look like when they grow up?
Re: Enjoyed that
Only the first one appears to be free at the moment.
Re: sterilisation or pasturise or desalinate
It's unclear (to me, anyway) as to whether it's pulling heat from the cool area, or just directing it away. Condensing the steam in the cool area would, obviously, warm up that area.
If it is cooling the cool area, effectively pumping the heat into the hot area, then coupling it to a stirling engine might be interesting.
Re: Price
I thought that too.
Although I've had problems with Novatech in the past, this is a definite improvement on the practice of bundling Windows without any choice.
That has got to be a candidate for the best ElReg headline of all time. :)
In other news, you owe me a new keyboard. :)
Re: Never trust a publicity junkie
It never ceases to amaze me how people spout off with righteous indignation while getting all their facts wrong.
The Pi went on sale today. Farnell sold out of them in about 15 minutes. RS for some reason didn't start selling. (I'm not sure what they think a "launch" is, but they royally cocked up."
The Pi has a processor, GPU, memory, storage, HDMI output, USB ports and a network port. It runs GNU/Linux. How does this not make it a computer?
Re: I don't get it...
Of course it would be perfectly sensible.
And the police shouldn't need to get a search warrant to smash down your front door and ransack your home just in case you have some stolen property, or drugs, or kiddie porn inside.
That seems perfectly sensible too, yes?
Toshiba? No.
I'll never buy a Toshiba after the rubbish design of my P100-429 which had hinges so bad that they tore themselves to pieces (and the lid too) in normal use.
Congratulations!
Makes one proud to be British, and a geek.
Battery life?
When they're plugged into a computer?
Android 2.3?
They missed a trick there. Surely it should come with SE Android on it?
Paging Cory Doctorow...
Anyone know how Duracell are doing?
The following one, obviously!
7 or 10 inches?
Who made the Mini 9s then?
I bet they have a similar problem here:
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=48.068157,12.864218&spn=0.044795,0.077162
3,000 degrees Farenheit?
What's that in the 21st century?
There's another problem with taking off from the ground...
We "saw" him at Jersey last year.
I say "saw" because he was so high up, all we could see was a tiny dot, with a pale grey trail behind it, until he ran out of fuel and opened the parachute.
He had to fly so high because of the time it takes to open a parachute large enough to support the extra weight of the wing. Flying at a lower altitude, and taking off of course, would put him in the situation where he could recover from an engine failure.
"impossibly-hard-to-kill vampire slayer"
I seem to recall that she was killed twice.
Although she came back on both occasions, despite being buried for a while the second time.
Mine's the one with the box set in the pocket.
To quote Ambrose Bierce:
PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Just about sums up this farce.
Jumbo?
Standard sizes in France seem to be 5, 10 and 15 litres.
Phew!
I thought that was going to be the latest publicity seeking from Captain Cyborg.
Screen saver images?
In the States, the $79 Kindle comes with adverts on the screen saver, rather than images, to remove them you have to pay $109 to have them removed. Am I right in thinking that the UK version doesn't have the ads?
Which would change the equivalent cost from £60 inc VAT to £84 inc VAT, making the UK version almost as cheap as the US one.
I'm torn
Between "The cables cannae take it cap'n" and something about the perils of deep frying...
Same here
I've installed very little in the main menu, but I'm still out of space.
If an app can't be installed to the SD card now, I don't install it.
@StooMonster
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/09/29/amazon_accepts_kindle_fire_android_tablet_will_be_rooted/
Clear now?
So...
...this isn't about the Information Commissioner's Office and rebuilding a war-time computer?
Colour me disappointed.
Nope
Back in 2000/01 my boss bought a 1GB microdrive. That was passed reverently around the office to gasps of "it's a hard disc!" and "it's a gigabyte!".
I had a similar reaction when I bought my first 32GB microSD card. 32GB fitting on the nail of my little finger.
And just for contrast:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/storage.asp
I'll stick with the Madagasca Jewel I have sat next to my desk at work. It fires its (poisonous) seeds about five metres across the office.
Hasn't killed anybody though. (Yet.)
I'll believe it when I see it
A few years ago I signed on, on-line. They were meant to call me back to check the details, and I was asked for a time period (morning or afternoon iirc) when they could call me.
They didn't.
I called them, and got to go through the entire form again, answering all the questions I'd already filled in.
Then I had to go to the real Job Centre.
Where one of the "advisors" printed out a copy of my form, asked me all the questions on it again and typed it (slowly) into her computer.
I'd like to think it's improved now, but this is the Job Centre we're talking about. They'll probably expect you to answer all the questions on the form four times now.
I don't see this working.
Firstly, if you fork it, you need to hire the developers to maintain your fork.
Secondly, you then have a version of Android which is different to everyone else's and more than likely incompatible. So you'll have to create and maintain your own app store.
Thirdly, what sort of a market share do these manufacturers have for their Android phones? Combined, they're a force to be reckoned with, individually, the costs will out weigh the advantages of controlling the OS.
The big problem with Android is that the handset manufacturers already tinker with the OS before they send it to the networks who then tinker more which means that any update from Google has to be tweaked by both before it can be installed.
I doubt an HTC Phone 7 handset will have much of a problem with installing MS updates, but a Desire? Took about a year after 2.2 came out before I got O2's 2.2 update to mine.
Very sleek
I love the way that it blends in with the side of the fondleslab and doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.
Most important question
Has ElReg asked him to pronounce "Jaguar" yet?
And yet you don't mention the location of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's original wooden prototype
In the gateway of the Royal Academy, since you ask.
I wonder.
Has Charles Stross trademarked Aineko?
Where just thugs?
(Are just thugs better than unjust thugs?)
Hmmm
I bought a Sony Bluray player, which can access iPlayer. except that when you try to watch HD content it'll play the first 19 seconds then give up.
Hopefully they'll have fixed it in this update...
(Not holding my breath)
Absolutely brilliant
Captured the tone and sense of self-importance of that mad woman perfectly.
Does it have to be one balloon?
Why not three balloons, arranged in a triangle, with LOHAN attached in a framework between them?
Barclaycard OnePulse
I've had one for a while now, but all I've ever paid for on it were tube and bus journeys.
When I first got it, I checked their website for shops around me that took contactless payments, but all I found was a charity shop, and a café, neither of which actually had a reader.
There appear to be a lot more shops and pubs around with it now, but I still don't remember seeing any readers out there.
Sounds interesting
I could see a use for it, for capturing diagrams, but I have trouble reading my own handwriting, so I think the OCR side would be completely incapable of deciphering it.
Hope they're being careful
They could hit the Iron Chicken's nest as they orbit.
(Where's the Clanger icon?)
Surely not
Presumably they've taken his fingerprints at the very least which would match him up with an arrest warrant from another jurisdiction.
First one back to the moon
Gets to put it up on eBay.
At last!
Can someone get over to Belarus and ask their police what the sound of one hand clapping actually is?
Given the usual standard of Fox reporting
Maybe it wasn't a hack.
I splashed out £18
On a hemp covered Econique case. Doesn't have a light, but then I don't usually want to read in the dark.
There appear to be a number of problems
Using laptops in bright sunlight is a problem in itself.
Screens are usually opened to an obtuse angle, so the cell will be pointing more at the ground than the sky. (Perhaps it will come with a handy mirror to redirect the light?)
Solar cells are not particularly efficient, so why have they covered up the border of the panel with those dots?
Add ElReg to that list too.
I get spam to an address that only they have.
Dammit Apple
Is it Wednesday or not?
"Infected programs carried titles such as ... Floating Image Free ..."
Not this one:
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/04/05/app_of_the_week_android_floating_image/
I hope?
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