[The Java Posse] Re: General Pedantry

2010-12-14 Thread Gaijintendo
isguise as a Roboto? > > --Chris > > On Nov 18, 5:07 am, Gaijintendo wrote: > > > > > > > > > This hurts my brain even more. Why would a robot called Robotto, say > > thanks to itself. It might say thanks to other Robottos, but then - > > why call

[The Java Posse] Re: General Pedantry

2010-12-14 Thread Gaijintendo
uise as a Roboto? > > --Chris > > On Nov 18, 5:07 am, Gaijintendo wrote: > > > > > > > > > This hurts my brain even more. Why would a robot called Robotto, say > > thanks to itself. It might say thanks to other Robottos, but then - > > why call the oth

[The Java Posse] Re: General Pedantry

2010-11-18 Thread Gaijintendo
…} This song also represents the use of technology and robots in the > 1980s. {…} The robot-like catch phrase was created with a vocoder. > {…}" > > -- Tor > > On Nov 8, 2:42 am, Gaijintendo wrote: > > > > > > > > > The use of Styx song, since it was

[The Java Posse] Re: General Pedantry

2010-11-08 Thread Gaijintendo
m/watch?v=51BQfPeSK8k&feature=fvw > > On Nov 8, 11:42 am, Gaijintendo wrote: > > > > > > > > > The use of Styx song, since it was written has annoyed me greatly. The > > lyric is clearly about " Mr Robāto", Mr Robert Kilroy, to be slightly > > m

[The Java Posse] General Pedantry

2010-11-08 Thread Gaijintendo
The use of Styx song, since it was written has annoyed me greatly. The lyric is clearly about " Mr Robāto", Mr Robert Kilroy, to be slightly more precise. The audio clearly says "Robāto" and not "Robotto" (even from a tinny speaker). And from context it is clear that it is the Japanese pronunciatio

[The Java Posse] Re: Kindle Development

2010-10-11 Thread Gaijintendo
Oh, the Apps name is Kif, and the blog is largely about this (except the Edinburgh Busses stuff :) ) http://adq.livejournal.com/108011.html is the most obvious direct link. Enjoy! On Oct 11, 9:27 am, Gaijintendo wrote: > If you are not of the faint hearted, you can get cracking on Kin

[The Java Posse] Kindle Development

2010-10-11 Thread Gaijintendo
If you are not of the faint hearted, you can get cracking on Kindle development unofficially. Details of a Jailbreak, and an example of a _non-network reliant_ text based adventure this blog/developer has the details: http://adq.livejournal.com/ I am quite interested in doing developing for the d

[The Java Posse] Re: software patents

2010-04-12 Thread Gaijintendo
Just to throw this in to the thread, I remember the multitouch presentations from AGES ago, referred to in the recent podcast. I *believe* Apple bought (in some way or form) the research group that did that presentation. They paid money to prevent the competitors using this for the next 20 years.

[The Java Posse] Android and ipod docks

2009-11-16 Thread Gaijintendo
One option is to go bluetooth. You can get things like this: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14667 which lets you stream high quality audio from your phone, your laptop and other possible items. Admittedly, this isn't what you asked for, but it a solution. Alternatively, does anyone kn

[The Java Posse] Ayes & Nays

2009-06-06 Thread Gaijintendo
There seemed to be a lot of confusion about the Aye and Nay question system. It is a Yes or No question... as such, you can't say : "How many people like Chicken?... How many people like ice cream?..." You would have to introduce that as a Yay and Yay question. Similarly - to make choosing a v