Posts by happygeek

He's been banned already...

cool :)

Yep, I seem to have settled down with Chrome as my browser squeeze for the time being.

The golden rule should be that you contribute when you have something worth contributing, not just for the sake of it, to be honest...

It was back in November 2010 when we first took an in-depth look at the Android tablet alternatives to the Apple iPad , and to be honest we weren't really that impressed with any of them. The new Motorola Xoom, however, promises to change all that. The Xoom is the first tablet to feature the latest Google Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' Operating System, and was the Best of Show winner at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year. But how does what some have been calling the first Android-powered tablet that deserves to be taken seriously stack up against the new iPad 2 which we also recently reviewed here at DaniWeb with some mixed emotions? Let's find out...

I like Android 3.0 Honeycomb and I like the Motorola Xoom, and if it had been launched on to the market last year in direct competition with the original iPad then my money along with my recommendation of where to spend yours would have been firmly with the Xoom courtesy of the cameras, the superior web browsing client and the added processing power. But does that still hold true now that the second generation iPad is out, complete with cameras and a lot more processing power itself?

Perhaps the most important part of the Xoom is not the hardware, or even the apps, but rather the OS. Android 3.0 Honeycomb is the first version of Google's Android operating system that comes …

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Hope that helps a bit.

Your research is wrong, DaniWeb has a thriving Asian membership.

Don't take it to heart, is all I can say. Most reasonable people would probably agree with you on this one, but every member has the right to their own opinion and to express that (as long as they do not break the rules in terms of being unpleasant etc) by leaving reputation and up or down voting.

Hey, it's cool you hung around for so long and remembered us when you did need help. Nice one. Welcome again.

Any one explain me in brief about SEO and SMO.

Now why would you ask that question when, exactly one month ago, you were answering it in another thread yourself?

See here to jog your memory.

Please do not start threads just in order to promote your signature links on DaniWeb, even here in the SEO forum...

Welcome aboard the good ship DaniWeb.

Wikipedia is not the only fruit on the information tree...

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Hehe, prepare for disappointment come the World cup then - based upon the overall Irish performance in the 6N. Sad to say, for much of the time, the Irish looked like a team past the sell by date.

SafeSync now limits size ? New pricing !!!

That's a shame, and as you say does limit the appeal somewhat... :(

I think you ought to declare your interest:

SafeSync - PC Pro not-so-special offer will cost you double

I have no interest to declare. I am a freelance writer, one of the publications I contribute to is PC Pro. I have no interest in, or even awareness of, the marketing deals that the publisher (Dennis Publishing) does with various vendors. Indeed, until you pointed it out (and I'm sorry I missed your comment at the time of posting) I had no idea PC Pro even had such an offer.

With all due respect, Andre has said it's complicated, he has said he is very busy and he has said he is working on it. By keep bumping the thread and posting 'reminders' like this you are likely to achieve the exact opposite of your intentions. Patience is, my friend, a virtue. :)

Can I ask why you want to do this?

Being English myself, erm nope - despite my Irish Romany heritage!

As for the title, it's perfectly accurate: I was impressed but nowhere near enough as I should have been for a second generation incarnation of such a game changing device. IMHO of course...

Thanks for the well considered reply, always nice to read another viewpoint on these things.

To be fair, while we do have the same problems with spammers as any other large forum to suggest that more than half of the total historical membership is made up of them is pretty ridiculous...

Kudos have to go to Apple for taking the totally dead, and I mean Dodo dead, consumer tablet computing concept and not only breathing new life into it but turning it into an object of desire with the iPad. The new iPad 2 does not feel so aspirational. Sure, there is an increase in the wow factor but not to the degree that you those who have already invested in an iPad will feel compelled to upgrade immediately, and perhaps more importantly convince non-iPad owners to buy into the Apple dream at the expense of the Android one . Which side to take in the tablet wars could be about to become even more problematical with the first of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb devices, the Motorola Xoom, about to hit the shops. You can see our review of the Motorola Xoom here later in the week, but back to the iPad 2 and what the new version brings to the tablet party.

At first glance there's not a lot to see that is different, but the devil is always in the detail. So while the screen size and resolution stay the same (9.7 inches and 1024x768) if you get your ruler out you will find that the iPad 2 has shrunk down to 186x241x9mm - in other words, rather incredibly, a third slimmer than the original or thinner than an iPhone 4 even. Combine that with the fact that it is now …

I think the overall result for the 6n was about right, in terms of England on top ahead of France. Ireland and Wales could have switched places, as could Scotland and Italy in the end.

England - typical loss of focus half way through a tournament
France - great start, great finish, loss of focus in the middle
Ireland - great finish, crap the rest of the tournament
Wales - never got out of first gear
Scotland - brief flickers of promise but nothing more
Italy - great performance against France but little else

All in all, not the most memorable of 6N tournaments for me...

First things first, you can feel free to ask your questions here at DaniWeb without worrying about having to pay - this is a free IT support and discussion community, nobody charges you anything to provide all the help and advice you need.

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The more you post and the greater your reputation score becomes, so the more power you have to influence the reputation of others.

Blimey, sorry for being passionate about DaniWeb and getting excited about something :(

Well this is the XP forum, so yes DaniWeb supports this. What, precisely, did you want to know?

The main page displays how many registered members DaniWeb has, rather than how many active members, how many members with more than 10 posts, how many members which have posted this week or how many members had toast for breakfast this morning. It's as good a metric as any, and probably easier to calculate (from a resource load perspective) than attempting to come up with some formula that defines what an active member actually is. We have members who joined, never posted anything but found what the help they needed and then went away for a couple of years before coming back when they needed more help, and even then never posted (other than maybe a PM to say thanks).

Nobody could disagree that Apple is already the market leader in the handheld sector, be it the iPhone, iPod Touch or at a stretch the iPad. Unless the straitjacket was too tight and making it difficult to talk sense, I guess ;)

They are certainly not idiots, just caring people who want to help.

Yay, the DaniWeb membership ticker just went over 900,000 :)

Lots of people come to DaniWeb and search for the help they need without ever actually having to ask explicitly for it. That's why we are so protective of our knowledge database, it's a great resource for people looking for help.

Everyone involved in the DaniWeb community, from the membership right through to the management, would like to offer sympathy and support to those suffering as a consequence of unfolding events in Japan. Unfortunately, some despicable types just see such tragedy as an opportunity to scam the kind-hearted majority out of cash that should be heading to those who need help.

As if the 8.9 magnitude earthquake which struck Japan, just north of Tokyo, last Friday wasn't bad enough, that was quickly followed by a devastating tsunami which has literally washed away some coastal towns and caused an unthinkable loss of human life. Amidst all this chaos, the lack of power and backup power, along with structural damage suffered by the Fukushima nuclear plant amongst others has led to explosions at three of the four reactor buildings and consequential radiation leak.

US-CERT has warned members of the public to be on the alert for email scams, fake antivirus and phishing attacks based around the earthquake and tsunami disaster. In that warning, first issued immediately after the tsunami struck and the scale of the tragedy became clear, CERT predicted that it would act as a magnet for the kind of online low-life that sends spam with malicious links, or puts out fake appeals for charitable donations. It would appear that CERT was, sadly, correct.

Security vendor Sophos has reported one such scam which is circulating and claims to originate from the British Red Cross. …

Be sure to report back and let us know if you find it brings more people onto IRC when you want to chat. :)

Your signature can pretty much say anything, and link anywhere, as long as neither are illegal, offensive or otherwise objectionable.

I don't think encouraging people to use DaniWeb IRC would be problematical :)

Welcome Leroy

Nice to have you here Ali, good to know that word of the good work that the DaniWeb community does is spreading far and wide across the Internet.

The Scottish defence was pretty damn good, plenty of heart in the second half. I think England took the afternoon off, lucky to get the win. Predictable...

Big congrats to Italy. That put the biggest smile on my face of the whole 6N so far, even bigger than when England thrashed them. Italy deserved that win, France played with so little heart it was embarrassing.

And well done Wales, about time some of the luck of the Irish went your way - although how the linesman missed the new ball for that pass to Phillips is beyond me. Was he polishing his nails or something?

I think some national coaches just have a real problem with letting go of what they know and trust, even when it patently isn't working any more, and taking a risk on something new. Certainly that was the case with Johnson and England, where he insisted on keeping all his old chums from the World Cup winning side - Borthwick as captain was the most obvious old mate hanger on I reckon - and kept losing until he pushed them away for the new blood that has proved so devastating in the 6N so far.

no problem...

I would like change my username to boot-baby-boot

done-baby-done :)

Welcome to DaniWeb, good to have you here :)

Welcome, both, to DaniWeb.

Yay! Good to have you back again :)

The Boks need to select those awesome young players though, and start kicking the old guard into touch. Let's face it, they have looked pretty static in many of their recent games.

South Africa now reminds me of England six months ago: all that promising young talent, but a manager who prefers to play the same tired old men in the same tired old way. No disrespect to Wilkinson, but look at the difference Flood made at number 10...

You guys did see the date on that thread, didn't you? :)

:) I'm guessing you will not be sending Andy Robinson a Xmas card this year then?

Welcome Susheel. I can't call you Nani as that's what my kids call my mother! :)