@Jack,
> Works really well for thieves....
Nice attempt to deflect the argument by tossing in a point that's totally irrelevant, even it were...
Make that 13 people now - I got refused today at Manchester airport.
I thought I was up to date on this legislation - I knew of the EU ruling from...
Don't forget to check out apps like GoodReader or SlideShark either, they're indispensible for people on the go in presentation situations. Best...
Well it seems there is something a number of us agree on. Why is the Ubuntu Unity launcher so ugly?
I thought perhaps it was something to do with...
Duplicate comments are not made intentionally. Its very good to know that now you are keeping check on this problem because sometimes a commenter...
"the very significant number of users" and "many (most) of us" - you have no evidence for these statements. It is a fact that most users are saying...
Another grammar faux pas is the improper use of "you". When sitting down down in a restaurant, for example, I get cringe when the waitress...
And NOW, folks, for Canonical's next trick...
Kubuntu is late.
Here's a pencil. Draw your own conclusions.
cf.:...
@kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
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This is interseting. I remember <a href="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009117o-2000578623b,00.htm">this subject</a>
being one of my first blogs for ZDNet UK. Looks like I forgot to keep an eye on this after all!
This works by removing energy from the pedestrians attempt to move. Wait for the first lawsuit when an elderly person overbalances as a direct result of this and is severely injured by falling..
I would have thought the energy was 'spare' energy, otherwise going to waste.
Idea no doubt about that, collating energy for use on local applications within its radios, but for the purpose of pooling such energy mass adoption would haft to take place to maintain the pool and justify the outlay of integrating it into the existing grid system.
But certainly stuff like this is not something to be passed by, it defiantly has a place in our society's.
Apart from the risk I already mentioned - and it is a real risk. Some years ago a family friend died as a direct result of a fall caused by a loose paving slab.
This is a pernicious form of theft. You are taking effort from people without their knowledge or consent. In effect you are making them work for no reward.
Where does it stop? Do you end up with so many of these that at the end of your day you are absolutely exhausted because you feel like you've been walking in soft sand all day?
This can easily be abused, so rest assured, there is a certainty it WILL be abused.
Well firstly sorry to hear about your loss.
But with regards to the technology implementation obviously it would haft to be deployed in a way where the mechanism is under the walking surface as to not impede the walkers, I wasn't exactly thinking lets all walk about on a bouncy castle surface.
As for a form of slave labour walking is something a lot of us do all the time so I do not see the issue hear, but if your referring to this technology being sold back to us once harvested then yeah you have a valid point, but again I was thinking more along the lines of such being free and thus eliminating or reducing overall cost's.