Starglider

They had a lot of their money in Facebook bonds / stock or something and were bought out by facebook for a fraction of the cost that they paid for snapchat (which is sickening)...
Facebook say they will leave them to it and we will get the device we all expect and want but at some point facebook is going to want something, and I fear that something, there will be consequences...
 
HTC and Valve have enough money to do just as well so, come on HTC & Value, GO GO GO!!! lol
 

Well, what did you think? It all went as expected if you ask me... I don't hold much hope for any kick ass new tech this year... So lets get to it.
 
Samsung Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge
 

 
I've been using Samsung Galaxy S range phones now for years, I've been on contract with the S1, S2, S3 and S4. But personally I think Samsung have done nothing new or worth writing home about since the S3.
 
So what's the difference between the two models?
It has curved screen edges (yes like the one they showed off by Samsung mid 2013!)
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/24/4768264/samsung-shows-off-working-curved-screen-smartphone
  It has the curve on both sides unlike the one shown mid 2013
  It looks to be a plastic case rather than metal like the S6
  Has side swipe points (what's the bets that will bring the screen out of standby each time you pick up the phone causing a big loss in battery life) Now for the good points, because the bad points will (for me) put you off these mobiles from even being considered a purchase or locking me into another 2 year contract.
 
 
The good
Oooo curved screen (Personally I don't think much of this, would have pref the screen bending version which reduces sun glare)
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/8/4818572/samsung-galaxy-round-curved-oled-smartphone-official It doesn't have a Snapdragon 810 processor which is known to overheat Supposedly a better camera than the iPhone 6 (I will wait till I've seen GSM Arena samples on this however) All the usual expected stuff (but not all!) Metal case and glass rear on S6, S6 Edge looks to be plastic also not sure if edge has glass rear 20% brighter screens  
The bad
Non removable battery! WTF No micro card sd slot! WTF WTF! Stupid screen resolution 1440p - there goes your battery life and 20% brighter, probably drain the battery 20% faster lol Under 3000 mAh battery (are they ever going to learn, if not by now, I doubt it) Tried to sell us the usual bull of how fast the camera now opens, when we all know it wont be like that all the time and eventually after lots of use, apps and background services running etc that camera app will take a second or two to run  
Conclusion (for me)
Time to move on, nothing to see here, adios samsung and thanks for all the fish!
 
 
For full specifications check out:
Galaxy S6
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6-6849.php
Galaxy S6 Edge
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6_edge-7079.php
 
 
 
 
HTC One M9
 

 
I've never really been a fan of HTC, but I think it could be time to check it out, now that they moved away from 4x4cm pixels and a 2mp camera.
 
The good
Good screen resolution (1080p) complete waste of battery and money after this IMO Front facing speakers Case 20MP Camera (quality needs to be reviewed check GSM Arena some point after release) MicroSD card slot 3GB Ram 32GB of internal space (I didn't see a 16GB model, but there probably will be) The bad
Snapdragon 810 processor know for overheating issues I personally do not like the customisations they have made to the android system (I would probably flash the device with stock android when I can but I wouldn't recommend this to all as you can turn it into a worthless brick and void your warranty) Battery still under 3000 mAh (2840 but only has to power a 1080p screen)  
So it looks like we have a clear winner, even if I don't buy the HTC One M9, it's a clear winner over the S6 and S6 Edge (for me).
 
Full phone specifications can be found here:
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_m9-6891.php
 
 
 
Now for the one I will probably purchase...
 
 
Xiaomi Mi Note
 

 
I've never had one from them before but the stats and design and screen to body ratio is better than anything Samsung or HTC have to date with the same design. Main stats which push me to buy this are:
 
5.7" screen (personally I'm not a fan of anything over 5" but after using a Galaxy Note 4 I found it quite nice) 1080p screen (no silly resolutions) Android 4.4.4 (5.0 would have been nice but no loss there really) 2.5Ghz (need more? why?) 16/32/64GB internal storage versions 3GB Ram 13MP Camera (Which I will probably set to 8 or 9) 3000 mAh battery (would have liked to have seen a 3500 on a device with this screen resolution but at 1080p shouldnt be so bad) Only 2 negative, non removable battery and no MicroSD card slot, but it's been a long time since I've used my phone for watching videos or cramming it with more apps & MP3s than I could listen to given the battery life on these things (I pref to refine my play lists).
 
Full specifications at:
http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_note-6944.php
 
 
 
As for the rest so far (sunday 01), HTC Vibe could be worth a look at, look how fast they got that ready compared to oculus rift! Piss take or what. They announced the HTC Vibe in partnership with Steam will be released Q4 2015, which will probably be before the oculus rift. Oculus rift moves an IR LED 1cm to the right and they treat it like man just landed on the moon for the first time.
 
 
Code on...
 
Starglider

Philips BDM4065UC 40" 4K 60Hz Widescreen LED Monitor   1. OCUK next day (sat) delivery, nice and timely. Delivery company/man didn't damage the box this time and all is in good quality and working order [score 5/5]   2. Some assembly required to mount stand to L plate thing and then to monitor unit (very easy nothing complicated, it was harder getting the thing out of the box) [score 4/5]   3. It's weighs about 1/2 the weight of the Samsung 40" 1080p TV it's replacing if not less [score 5/5]   4. It comes with UK power lead (warning: this is quite short) [score 2/5]   5. It comes with a crazy short Display Port 1.2 cable (so unless your PC is no more than 2 or 3cm away from the monitor DP port then I suggest you buy a 5m DP1.2 cable like I did, just make sure it's a DP1.2 Cable or you wont get the resolution or refresh rate. AND make sure the monitor is set to DP1.2 and not DP1.1 which it is by default! [score 0/5]   6. Monitor at 30Hz is rubbish, not worth it at all, do not buy it if you haven't got a machine that can run this at 60hz (note make sure you have DP1.2 cable and monitor is set to DP1.2 or you wont get 60hz option, DEFAULT IS 1.1 Cable!   7. The stand has no movement, at all, but does the job however I've had to put some folded cardboard under the rear pads to correct the lean back tilt [score 0/5]     8. Monitor at 4K is very nice, however I found the text a bit too small, and as windows font scaling is **** I opted to go for 1440p, so now I have a 1440p 40" and next to it a native 1440p 32". 1440p. I didn't expect to drop the screen resolution but for programming it's a big yes. I couldn't read 1/2 the menu items, property panels etc in most of the Adobe Creative Cloud applications at 4K and windows font scaling doesn't affect Adobe Applications due to them using their own GUI code. [score 5/5]
UPDATE: I'm back to running it at 4K, now that I am more awake and had a cup of tea the text has become much more readable, so I can see me running at 4k when i start work but when it comes to end of the day or really long hours I can see 1440p making an entrance. But it's nice to have that option at the very least now  [score 7/5]   9. Monitor can switch between 4k, 1440p and 1080p with ease!  I had trouble using my old Samsung 40" 1080p TV with some games as they would start up in a resolution which wasn't supported by the TV and thus they wouldn't run or screen would just go blank and say check input, this should stop all those issues! [score 5/5]   10. Picture quality is lovely, compared to the Samsung 1080p TV it's replacing it's worlds ahead [score 5/5]       And some screens for you all to check..   Coders delight - NOTE 1 of these apps usually fills a 1080p screen     2. Coders delight 2: NOTE 1 of these apps often fills or takes most of a 1080p screen up     3. 40" @ 4K vs 32" @ 1440p     5. How small things can get  

Linus if you can get your hands on one, can you do a review of the Philips BDM4065UC 40" 4K Monitor?
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-022-PH
 
Who else would like to see a review of this monitor?
http://strawpoll.me/3667330

Linus if you can get your hands on one, can you do a review of the Philips BDM4065UC 40" 4K Monitor?
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-022-PH
 
Who else would like to see a review of this monitor?
http://strawpoll.me/3667330

Hi,
 
Well, for fun, let's all take the chance to laugh at ourselves and let others laugh at us too
 
Soo... What can we make ourselves cringe with?
 
What is the worst thing you have ever done when building your own pc?
Back in the learning days or even the here and now and just having your mind on other things, tell all
 
 
For me....
When I was the noob of noobs and didn't even know what MMO meant I was assembling one of my 1st PCs and while I was mounting the CPU cooler, I just didn't quite take the time to look or understand how the pins worked. So in good old fasioned brute FORCE! PUSH EM THROUGH! Snap 1, Job done Snap 2, Job done Snap 3 Job done EASY THIS!, Snap 4 job done   ......eerrr..... ooo.....fff..... hang on........ This thing is just falling back out.. Oh fek... I snapped the plastic clips.... wtf!    Ah had to rotate them from the clipped possition before pushing them through the mobo.... DOH!
 
 
Doh!
 
 

 
 
 
PS.
While working in LG Electronics (part of the team that brought the 1st iMac's to the UK), I saw a Korean worker stick his screw driver in the anode cap of the CRT in the old iMac. I've never seen lightening indoors before. Blue flash, circles of brighter flashes, big crack and bang sound and sends him flying 15ft on the factory floor. After about 1 minute of everyone not moving in shock, he gets to his knees, shakes his head, grabs his screw driver and straight back in there! WTF!!!!! lol

I got to mention this one also...
 
Friend of mine built a rig, it wouldn't boot... Asked me to come over and have a look....
I took the side off, and I said to him, "Errr Where's your CPU?"
"Where does that go? But how do I mount this fan on the case?" (The cpu fan!)
 
cringe...

I got to mention this one also...
 
Friend of mine built a rig, it wouldn't boot... Asked me to come over and have a look....
I took the side off, and I said to him, "Errr Where's your CPU?"
"Where does that go? But how do I mount this fan on the case?" (The cpu fan!)
 
cringe...

Hi,
 
Well, for fun, let's all take the chance to laugh at ourselves and let others laugh at us too
 
Soo... What can we make ourselves cringe with?
 
What is the worst thing you have ever done when building your own pc?
Back in the learning days or even the here and now and just having your mind on other things, tell all
 
 
For me....
When I was the noob of noobs and didn't even know what MMO meant I was assembling one of my 1st PCs and while I was mounting the CPU cooler, I just didn't quite take the time to look or understand how the pins worked. So in good old fasioned brute FORCE! PUSH EM THROUGH! Snap 1, Job done Snap 2, Job done Snap 3 Job done EASY THIS!, Snap 4 job done   ......eerrr..... ooo.....fff..... hang on........ This thing is just falling back out.. Oh fek... I snapped the plastic clips.... wtf!    Ah had to rotate them from the clipped possition before pushing them through the mobo.... DOH!
 
 
Doh!
 
 

 
 
 
PS.
While working in LG Electronics (part of the team that brought the 1st iMac's to the UK), I saw a Korean worker stick his screw driver in the anode cap of the CRT in the old iMac. I've never seen lightening indoors before. Blue flash, circles of brighter flashes, big crack and bang sound and sends him flying 15ft on the factory floor. After about 1 minute of everyone not moving in shock, he gets to his knees, shakes his head, grabs his screw driver and straight back in there! WTF!!!!! lol

Hi,
 
Well, for fun, let's all take the chance to laugh at ourselves and let others laugh at us too
 
Soo... What can we make ourselves cringe with?
 
What is the worst thing you have ever done when building your own pc?
Back in the learning days or even the here and now and just having your mind on other things, tell all
 
 
For me....
When I was the noob of noobs and didn't even know what MMO meant I was assembling one of my 1st PCs and while I was mounting the CPU cooler, I just didn't quite take the time to look or understand how the pins worked. So in good old fasioned brute FORCE! PUSH EM THROUGH! Snap 1, Job done Snap 2, Job done Snap 3 Job done EASY THIS!, Snap 4 job done   ......eerrr..... ooo.....fff..... hang on........ This thing is just falling back out.. Oh fek... I snapped the plastic clips.... wtf!    Ah had to rotate them from the clipped possition before pushing them through the mobo.... DOH!
 
 
Doh!
 
 

 
 
 
PS.
While working in LG Electronics (part of the team that brought the 1st iMac's to the UK), I saw a Korean worker stick his screw driver in the anode cap of the CRT in the old iMac. I've never seen lightening indoors before. Blue flash, circles of brighter flashes, big crack and bang sound and sends him flying 15ft on the factory floor. After about 1 minute of everyone not moving in shock, he gets to his knees, shakes his head, grabs his screw driver and straight back in there! WTF!!!!! lol

Hi,
 
Well, for fun, let's all take the chance to laugh at ourselves and let others laugh at us too
 
Soo... What can we make ourselves cringe with?
 
What is the worst thing you have ever done when building your own pc?
Back in the learning days or even the here and now and just having your mind on other things, tell all
 
 
For me....
When I was the noob of noobs and didn't even know what MMO meant I was assembling one of my 1st PCs and while I was mounting the CPU cooler, I just didn't quite take the time to look or understand how the pins worked. So in good old fasioned brute FORCE! PUSH EM THROUGH! Snap 1, Job done Snap 2, Job done Snap 3 Job done EASY THIS!, Snap 4 job done   ......eerrr..... ooo.....fff..... hang on........ This thing is just falling back out.. Oh fek... I snapped the plastic clips.... wtf!    Ah had to rotate them from the clipped possition before pushing them through the mobo.... DOH!
 
 
Doh!
 
 

 
 
 
PS.
While working in LG Electronics (part of the team that brought the 1st iMac's to the UK), I saw a Korean worker stick his screw driver in the anode cap of the CRT in the old iMac. I've never seen lightening indoors before. Blue flash, circles of brighter flashes, big crack and bang sound and sends him flying 15ft on the factory floor. After about 1 minute of everyone not moving in shock, he gets to his knees, shakes his head, grabs his screw driver and straight back in there! WTF!!!!! lol

I got to mention this one also...
 
Friend of mine built a rig, it wouldn't boot... Asked me to come over and have a look....
I took the side off, and I said to him, "Errr Where's your CPU?"
"Where does that go? But how do I mount this fan on the case?" (The cpu fan!)
 
cringe...

Hi,
 
Well, for fun, let's all take the chance to laugh at ourselves and let others laugh at us too
 
Soo... What can we make ourselves cringe with?
 
What is the worst thing you have ever done when building your own pc?
Back in the learning days or even the here and now and just having your mind on other things, tell all
 
 
For me....
When I was the noob of noobs and didn't even know what MMO meant I was assembling one of my 1st PCs and while I was mounting the CPU cooler, I just didn't quite take the time to look or understand how the pins worked. So in good old fasioned brute FORCE! PUSH EM THROUGH! Snap 1, Job done Snap 2, Job done Snap 3 Job done EASY THIS!, Snap 4 job done   ......eerrr..... ooo.....fff..... hang on........ This thing is just falling back out.. Oh fek... I snapped the plastic clips.... wtf!    Ah had to rotate them from the clipped possition before pushing them through the mobo.... DOH!
 
 
Doh!
 
 

 
 
 
PS.
While working in LG Electronics (part of the team that brought the 1st iMac's to the UK), I saw a Korean worker stick his screw driver in the anode cap of the CRT in the old iMac. I've never seen lightening indoors before. Blue flash, circles of brighter flashes, big crack and bang sound and sends him flying 15ft on the factory floor. After about 1 minute of everyone not moving in shock, he gets to his knees, shakes his head, grabs his screw driver and straight back in there! WTF!!!!! lol

I got to mention this one also...
 
Friend of mine built a rig, it wouldn't boot... Asked me to come over and have a look....
I took the side off, and I said to him, "Errr Where's your CPU?"
"Where does that go? But how do I mount this fan on the case?" (The cpu fan!)
 
cringe...

Hi,
 
Well, for fun, let's all take the chance to laugh at ourselves and let others laugh at us too
 
Soo... What can we make ourselves cringe with?
 
What is the worst thing you have ever done when building your own pc?
Back in the learning days or even the here and now and just having your mind on other things, tell all
 
 
For me....
When I was the noob of noobs and didn't even know what MMO meant I was assembling one of my 1st PCs and while I was mounting the CPU cooler, I just didn't quite take the time to look or understand how the pins worked. So in good old fasioned brute FORCE! PUSH EM THROUGH! Snap 1, Job done Snap 2, Job done Snap 3 Job done EASY THIS!, Snap 4 job done   ......eerrr..... ooo.....fff..... hang on........ This thing is just falling back out.. Oh fek... I snapped the plastic clips.... wtf!    Ah had to rotate them from the clipped possition before pushing them through the mobo.... DOH!
 
 
Doh!
 
 

 
 
 
PS.
While working in LG Electronics (part of the team that brought the 1st iMac's to the UK), I saw a Korean worker stick his screw driver in the anode cap of the CRT in the old iMac. I've never seen lightening indoors before. Blue flash, circles of brighter flashes, big crack and bang sound and sends him flying 15ft on the factory floor. After about 1 minute of everyone not moving in shock, he gets to his knees, shakes his head, grabs his screw driver and straight back in there! WTF!!!!! lol

Was hired to build a secure web application for a very well known world renowned company (names will not be mentioned)...
 
4 to 6 weeks later we were showing where we were at, how it works etc.
 
Me: Ok if you type in www.xxxxxxxx.com and log in
 
Client: ok. done
 
Me: I start to talk about the login, security etc
 
Client: I can't see anything it's just a blank page
 
Me: Tested all the browsers, remote connected to home pc and tested connection and from a work server and all was fine. Asked the client to close all programs and try visiting the website again.
 
Client: Nope it's still blank
 
Me: Which web browser are you using?
 
Client: Not sure where can I find that out?
 
Me: If you look at the top left of the window you typed the web address into, your should see the name or have a logo/icon, let me know what you see.
 
Client: MS Word
 
 
WTF!

Hi all,  
   
 
Thought someone out there may like my colour Corsair K70 RGB profiles, they include:  
 
Lightening 1 Green Fire Blue Fire Fire Ice Legion for we are many DRed 0-1 (Red reactive in) DRed 1-0 (Red reactive out) DGreen 0-1 (Green reactive in) DGreen 1-0 (Green reactive out) DBlue 0-1 (Blue reactive in) DBlue 1-0 (Blue reactive out) DWhite 0-1 (White reactive in) DWhite 1-0 (White reactive out) DBlue Toggle (inverse reactive) DWhite Toggle (inverse reactive) D1 (Development profile)  
There's a good few lights in there too which you can play with and adjust.  
   
 
Download from  
 
http://allforthecode.com/fun/corsair_profiles/index.php  
   
 
 

UPDATE: 10/10/2014  
   
 
27+ K70 RGB profiles  
 
   
 
Here are my latest K70 RGB Colour profiles (27 to choose from at the time of writing this). They are primarily based on the strongest colours the keyboard can output. They include:  
 
   
 
Blank (I'll give you 3 guesses what this one does) Blue fire Blue reactive in Blue reactive out Blue toggle D1 (This is a development profile for when I want to create a new one) Fire 1 Green fire Green glow fire Green reactive blue Green reactive in Green reactive out HwProfile1 (This came with the software) Ice 1 Legion for we are many Lightening 1 Lightening 2 (RGB Reactive NumPad) Red reactive blue Red reactive in Red reactive out Red reactive white White reactive in White reactive out White toggle Yellow fire Yellow reactive in Yellow reactive out Yellow cross section (TODO: Replicate in R,G,B & Fire/Ice ripples)  
   
   
 
http://allforthecode.com/fun/corsair_profiles/index.php  

Hi all,  
   
 
Thought someone out there may like my colour Corsair K70 RGB profiles, they include:  
 
Lightening 1 Green Fire Blue Fire Fire Ice Legion for we are many DRed 0-1 (Red reactive in) DRed 1-0 (Red reactive out) DGreen 0-1 (Green reactive in) DGreen 1-0 (Green reactive out) DBlue 0-1 (Blue reactive in) DBlue 1-0 (Blue reactive out) DWhite 0-1 (White reactive in) DWhite 1-0 (White reactive out) DBlue Toggle (inverse reactive) DWhite Toggle (inverse reactive) D1 (Development profile)  
There's a good few lights in there too which you can play with and adjust.  
   
 
Download from  
 
http://allforthecode.com/fun/corsair_profiles/index.php  
   
 
 

Thank you !

System will be taking parts from my current rig:
 
3 x WesternDigital Caviar Black drives (2x1tb and 1x2tb)
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD (boot drive)
1 x (forgot make) 256GB SSD (www drive for apache - pc wont boot from it and RMAd twice but works for data use) 
1 x Blue Ray  RW / DVD RW / CD RW Drive

Got some cheap rubbish SATA cables in there, keep getting event log issues device at port errors etc, give cable a jiggle and its fine for a few days again.
 
 
 
RE: PSU - As my machine is on for such a long time every day and there is a chance of another 980 joining the system next year, 1000w flower power should be good.
RE: Inno3D GFX Card - As its reference design it shouldn't matter (i think) as the company who gets it only changes the box colour and the rest is nvidias stock. (i think).
 
 
Good feedback, thanks guys

System will be taking parts from my current rig:
 
3 x WesternDigital Caviar Black drives (2x1tb and 1x2tb)
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD (boot drive)
1 x (forgot make) 256GB SSD (www drive for apache - pc wont boot from it and RMAd twice but works for data use) 
1 x Blue Ray  RW / DVD RW / CD RW Drive

Got some cheap rubbish SATA cables in there, keep getting event log issues device at port errors etc, give cable a jiggle and its fine for a few days again.
 
 
 
RE: PSU - As my machine is on for such a long time every day and there is a chance of another 980 joining the system next year, 1000w flower power should be good.
RE: Inno3D GFX Card - As its reference design it shouldn't matter (i think) as the company who gets it only changes the box colour and the rest is nvidias stock. (i think).
 
 
Good feedback, thanks guys

BTW nice profile pic Starglider!

@Starglider Your avatar is tripping me the fuck out...

Super flower PSU!!!  B) you deserve shades of coolness