Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-09-24, 00:38
NIIIIIICE IDEA! Made me think of using a US Robotics 56k modem case for a rPi3.
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-24, 00:37
I stopped reading on “elegant solution.” Stop. Just stop There’s nothing elegant in three cameras on a smartphone.
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-23, 20:26
And are you seriously advocating that it's a good idea to have rivet-sized lenses as a detachable accessory to a phone? It's fine if you don't want or like the new camera. But, seriously... you think it's a good idea to tell people, "hey, if you want more flexibility in your field of view, just …
Re: DOSBox-X branch
Posted on 2019-09-23, 01:20
I am still scratching my head... DOSBox-X (or any other DOSBox patched with NE2000) only gets to the internet when I use my ethernet connection. It fails with wifi. I know someone has told me before the reason why, but it just doesn't look right to me. Could someone explain in simple terms why it …
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-22, 22:23
I still can't see an argument to defend three useless cameras for simple people with a smartphone. While I still think Apple could just sell them separately as an add-on for the iPhone 11 Pro and still keep the phone "beautiful" instead of selling it with an ugly cooktop look alike.. Yes, I despise …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-09-21, 01:38
Linux would work. Make sure you have enough RAM for the laptop as Linux is x86_64 these days. Linux works, I had installed and used elementaryOS before I returned it to my dad. But needs Windows, his motorcycle apps are for Windows. So he ended installing Windows Vista *facepalm*, which was the OS …
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-21, 01:29
Totally unimpressed. I would be back to Android in the blink of an eye if the company didn't force me to use the iOS environment (and supply me with the phone). I work in a company where I'm the only person without an Apple device. It all depends on how you can sell to your boss that you are much …
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-20, 21:36
Poor Apple, they just can't win. When they make beautiful things, people scold them for prioritising form over function, now they finally released a thicker phone with significantly increased battery life and much improved cameras and people are slamming them for prioritising function over form : …
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-20, 21:25
The camera is very important to a lot of people I know, it’s how they document their lives. I know I treasure all of the snaps / videos of my kids and I wouldn’t have most of those if it weren’t for my phone - I don’t get around with a camera in my pocket. This thread also makes me think of the …
Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)
Posted on 2019-09-20, 19:03
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-09-20, 18:56
My dad and I are thinking about firing up an old small HP laptop this weekend. It has a touch screen and a pen. Last it was working well it had Windows Vista installed. We seriously have some hate issues with the Vista version, And I doubt this laptop can run Windows 7 with relatively good …
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-20, 18:48
Part of my not-caring-about-the-camera attitude is because I simply don't take very many pictures to begin with, except documentation purposes such as posting pictures of my old computers on VOGONS. When I take "nice" pictures I use my old film cameras, because I don't take very many to begin with, …
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-20, 18:46
Look, you can like whatever you like, there's no need for everyone to like the same product. But some of the angst against Apple is just irrational. I mean... c'mon... you're going to NOT buy a new iPhone because it has three camera lenses? That's just silly. Not silly. I am not going to buy a …
Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?
Posted on 2019-09-20, 14:43
My dad and I are thinking about firing up an old small HP laptop this weekend. It has a touch screen and a pen. Last it was working well it had Windows Vista installed. We seriously have some hate issues with the Vista version, And I doubt this laptop can run Windows 7 with relatively good …
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-20, 14:35
Lot of vitriol there, bfcastello. Saying that "Android" has a "badly designed UI/UX" doesn't make any sense, since "Android" has no UI/UX to speak of. Perhaps you don't like the Google Pixel launcher? Or Samsung's launcher? Or whatever-brand-of-phone-you-tried's launcher? There are hundreds of …
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-20, 01:28
I think that Micro$oft need to get back to the smartphone game, but focus only in the OS and release it for any smartphone they can license. I can imagine them slapping the useless android ass with a mobile version of Windows 10, but they need to get their advantage on the sync device stuff. Being a …
Re: Any others given up on the hobby?
Posted on 2019-09-19, 14:35
PCem, 86Box, and VMs have taken care of most of my retro needs. I am whittling down the fleet to eventually just 3 machines: main desktop, laptop, backup desktop/retro gaming rig. The retro gaming rig is an i7 2600 with 16GB RAM but it has XP + Windows 7, a slew of VMs and 86Box/PCem configs, some …
Re: NEW iPhones
Posted on 2019-09-18, 12:40
Uh, there's a reason most manufacturers focus on improving the camera and redesigning the phone. That's what people want. Not just better battery life. Oi, I, one of these so called “people”, I don’t want that. I just want better batery life and better processor performance. I don’t need a “new” …
Re: Any others given up on the hobby?
Posted on 2019-09-17, 11:34
Also, on the subject, 1/3 of my life I spent doing go karting championships. This year I got bored and quit. Eventually I will return, this is more like a sabbatical for me. But that’s the thing with hobbies: sometimes you have to stop for a while to enjoy it again later. Actually I am enjoying more …
Re: Any others given up on the hobby?
Posted on 2019-09-17, 11:31
quite on the contrary, I'm getting sick of new operating systems, software and what people consider good web design nowadays, everything is becoming so cumbersome and unintuitive for power users, not to forget the downfall of most of the gaming industry with microtransactions... I am looking …
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