http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/forum/science-technology-and-gadgets Just another bbPress community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 15:13:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/rassbery-pi#post-293147 Mon, 13 May 2013 04:47:40 +0000 muchblah 293147@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>so good to see someone created the opportunity for young people to dabble in explorative programming. I learned basic on the zx81 then the zx spectrum while picking up z80 assembly from the basic reference book. my brother and I were often up late into the wee small hours debugging our latest creations. </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/google-drive-linux#post-293135 Sat, 11 May 2013 18:48:25 +0000 sapien_red 293135@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>google drive linux petition update*<br /> several Linux users have decided to form a petition*<br /> and a Google community* </p> <p>petition is now at change.org <a href="https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/google-create-a-native-linux-google-drive-application" rel="nofollow">https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/google-create-a-native-linux-google-drive-application</a></p> <p>community is at <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100446867756401132394" rel="nofollow">https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100446867756401132394</a> </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/google-drive-linux#post-292587 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:56:33 +0000 TobiasMonk 292587@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>You may have better luck following the contact link <a href="http://www.stephenfry.com/misc/contacts/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stephenfry.com/misc/contacts/</a> </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/google-drive-linux#post-292573 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:06:53 +0000 sapien_red 292573@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Google hit back at petition organizer <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/107532714495314593816/posts/MXyiQwV7qQ3" rel="nofollow">https://plus.google.com/u/0/107532714495314593816/posts/MXyiQwV7qQ3</a><br /> <a href="http://drive4linux.com/who-signed/" rel="nofollow">http://drive4linux.com/who-signed/</a>  </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/google-drive-linux#post-292563 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:10:57 +0000 sapien_red 292563@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>tumble weed ... </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/google-drive-linux#post-292481 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:12:27 +0000 sapien_red 292481@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>As Google is ignoring the &quot;Linux community&quot; now and since 17/07/2012<br /> (really! we have been very very polite and patience)<br /> by not releasing a native drive sync client for Linux </p> <p><a href="http://drive.google.com/" rel="nofollow">http://drive.google.com/</a><br /> several Linux users have decided to form a petition*<br /> and a Google community* </p> <p>as a famous advocate of Linux and a general nice person.<br /> we would ask that you apply some small pressure in a deftly and stylish manner if possible.</p> <p>the adoption of Linux will be hampered by this and future Google features that are not supported on &#39;your OS&#39; - Linux is the future of operating systems. (like it or not). </p> <p>this is a civil liberty issue for us , all discrimination begins and continues with silent acceptance of a minority as inferior and powerless, to be ignored. until they say no.</p> <p><a href="http://drive4linux.com/who-signed/" rel="nofollow">http://drive4linux.com/who-signed/</a><br /> <a href="http://refugeeks.com/google-drive-for-linux-is-in-progress/" rel="nofollow">http://refugeeks.com/google-drive-for-linux-is-in-progress/</a> </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/petition-for-alan-turing-to-be-depicted-on-the-new-10-note#post-290413 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:31:56 +0000 Chopra5593 290413@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>I am a computer scientist currently studying at University College London and I would like to invite anybody interested to sign this petition to have Alan Turing depicted on the new £10 note:</p> <p><a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31659" rel="nofollow">http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31659</a></p> <p>I would also like to hear some opinions from Club Fry regarding the recent letter sent to David Cameron before Christmas, about having Turing officially pardoned for his crime of homosexuality, commited in 1952:</p> <p><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/12/stephen-hawking-calls-for-alan-turings-pardon/266438/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012.....on/266438/</a> </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/advice-required-for-tablet-purchase-please-thank-you#post-290135 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:16:53 +0000 Popeye 290135@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>As 2013 looms I have been thinking of making a New Years Resolution to finally drag myself into the 21st century and take the plunge and buy a Tablet. The problem is, because I&#39;m not very knowledgable about these things, I don&#39;t know what the best option would be. So would anyone be able to give me some advice and information about the best Tablet to buy?<br /> Presumably an Apple, and presumably iPad with Retina display, but I have questions:<br /> - Do you have to have any kind of contracts?<br /> - What does &#39;Retina display&#39; mean?<br /> - Is Wi-Fi free if I don&#39;t take up the &#39;with cellular&#39; option?<br /> - Does &#39;iSight and FaceTime&#39; mean free face to face chat?<br /> - Could it be used abroad, eg. in America?<br /> Any help will be gratefully absorbed, if not fully understood. Thank You in advance,<br /> Kaz! ♥ </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-have-invented-a-gadget-that-id-love-to-get-on-the-show#post-289909 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:19:25 +0000 bacteria 289909@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Spent over 2.5 years on this project, it isn&#39;t quite finished yet but should be finished February/March, it is the most comprehensive retro gaming console system ever built, by a factor 3x anything done before, and has a major uniqueness; one integrated controller for all systems (not separate), one power supply, one video output (SCART). It also uses original gaming console hardware, with a lot of modding done, rather than emulation. I have invented and built the system. There is still more work to do on the system, more systems to integrate, and of course a casing to make it look pretty, which is being undertaken.</p> <p>I&#39;ve been asked to present it as a speaker in 2013 at the Revival gaming event.</p> <p>This is totally real, it is well documented on my forum <a href="http://www.made-by-bacteria.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.made-by-bacteria.com</a> as &quot;Project Unity&quot; and also on my YouTube videos, as per my channel : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MODDEDbyBACTERIA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/MODDEDbyBACTERIA</a></p> <p>There will only be this one system made, ever; and it isn&#39;t for sale (unless was given an offer for it I couldn&#39;t refuse of course); it&#39;s promotion for me is more about awareness, to show it off, publicity, not financial gain; and it&#39;s something unique, and I thought might be of interest to Gadget Man.</p> <p>So, why am I posting this? What I would really like is to bring this system to the attention of Stephen, to ask if he would be interested in including the system on his Gadget Man show for maybe the next series, or the one after that?</p> <p>I have no way of course of emailing him, but would be most grateful if he might be interested in looking at this project (my YouTube Channel is the best and quick way) so far, and if he deems it Quite Interesting, and would like to include it in his show, to perhaps drop me a line with his thoughts, expectations and deadlines, and a way I might be able to contact him on in the future (obviously in confidence).</p> <p>Sorry for the long post but it was necessary to convey the authenticity of my gadget, my credibility and also a background too. Posting this topic here seemed the best way to stand a chance of getting the item to Stephen&#39;s attention. Perhaps a moderator here might be so very kind please to PM him on my behalf; and if he&#39;s interested, perhaps contact me? (I imagine the best way is probably via PM here as i&#39;ll know it&#39;s from him then?).</p> <p>Many thanks,</p> <p>John </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/gadget-man-show-video-games-are-not-very-social#post-289407 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:21:13 +0000 MrSchnugglepuff 289407@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Hi i am a massive nerd and i have been for as long as i can remember I love this Gadget Man program but i watched the episode that was on air today. I wanted to show that there is a magical nerd world out there where video games dominate some cultures and have huge social aspects (Not Online). I kind of wanted Steven to see this but i doubt he will, so everyone else can see &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif&quot; title=&quot;:D&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>This is the League of Legends Season 2 finals in LA<br /> <a href="http://download.gamezone.com/uploads/image/data/1123451/photo__2_.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://download.gamezone.com/uploads/image/data/1123451/photo__2_.JPG</a></p> <p>StarCraft2 in Korea. Being a professional video game player will make you famous and you will have a lot of screaming fans.<br /> <a href="http://images.nonexiste.net/img/irc/2012/08/04/osl-crowd.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://images.nonexiste.net/img/irc/2012/08/04/osl-crowd.jpg</a></p> <p>Dream Hack (It is in Sweden). Tournament and Lan party.<br /> <a href="http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/2/23641/1989437-dhs09-invigning-mumin-7-kopia.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/2/23641/1989437.....-kopia.jpg</a></p> <p>I hope Steven sees this. If you are deep in the gaming community it is more social than you can imagine, it brings together so many countries with over 100,000 viewers for many tournament. &lt;3 </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/novelistwriter-software#post-289165 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:10:03 +0000 mcbod 289165@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Hello all,</p> <p>I have a question for Stephen or for anyone else out there who may know the answer or have a view themselves.</p> <p>What software does Stephen favour for writing novels?<br /> A simple word processor or one of the many other tools out there which supports a bit of organisation of the novel? (including the characters, timelines, relationship maps, ideas, location info etc)</p> <p>The reason I ask, is that my partner is about to embark on a novel and I thought I might buy her an app to help out. </p> <p>Doing a little research I see a lot of tools out there which aim to help you in your creativity and idea etc. Which is not what I am looking for. I am more thinking in terms of an organisational tool which helps the novelist but stays out of the way. There do seem to be a few options out there, notably, Scrivener, WriteItNow, WriteWay etc</p> <p>Anyone out there (including Stephen) know what Stephen favours?<br /> Or any ideas of your own?</p> <p>MCBod </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/some-geeky-help-needed#post-287009 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:38:38 +0000 1so-Static 287009@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>HGZ = Hyper Geek impedance ... this is the impedance representing the amount of girlfriends a hypergeek cannot get<br /> PL = Pony Tail length of hyper geek<br /> Oi = Ocular inset - how deeply inset a hypergeek&#39;s eyes are<br /> NF = Nerd factor - how many programming languages they know that will keep them up in the wee hours.<br /> Ci = Conversational impedance - their lack of sociability and inability to communicate with properly with humans </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/the-ipad-dockintosh#post-286923 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:51:11 +0000 DSH 286923@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>I rather like this: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMsRwcWcv-U&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMsRwcWcv-U&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player</a></p> <p>(PS. Sorry I don&#39;t know how to tweet things. Can somebody tweet this to Stephen for me - if such a thing is possible...? And/or point me towards something that can tell me what tweets do and how they work?)</p> <p>Enjoy..! </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/some-geeky-help-needed-1#post-286849 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:38:38 +0000 jamesthegeek 286849@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Hey gadget peeps. I need some help with a new app i just released called Geek Units. It&#39;s mainly a satirical app that takes normal currencies, lengths, times, etc. and converts them to fictional units like Galactic Credits, Zelda Rupees, Cubits, Trogan meters, etc. I&#39;ve used a ton of regular units, but could use some really obscure units from science fiction, video games or any other little known, but interesting units. Anybody have any help for me? </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/some-geeky-help-needed#post-286847 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:38:37 +0000 jamesthegeek 286847@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Hey gadget peeps. I need some help with a new app i just released called Geek Units. It&#39;s mainly a satirical app that takes normal currencies, lengths, times, etc. and converts them to fictional units like Galactic Credits, Zelda Rupees, Cubits, Trogan meters, etc. I&#39;ve used a ton of regular units, but could use some really obscure units from science fiction, video games or any other little known, but interesting units. Anybody have any help for me? </p>