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High-end watches are often set apart from their more normal counterparts by "complications", which for the most part make the watch harder to read....
Commented on Video: Clever woman designs a better British power plug
There's a few problems with this - it probably won't meet the British Standard for plugs and wouldn't be allowed to be produced. The main one is the fuse - the standard says you should not be able to interrupt...
Commented on British cops deliver Catch 22 to photographers: you're not allowed to know which areas you're not allowed to photograph
It's nice to see that UK journalists can't make the distinction between Greater London and the City of London, yet a Canadian, albeit one living in the UK, blogging about the article can pick up on it......
Commented on Profile of the lock-hacker who bumped the "unbumpable" Medeco lock
locomodem: Your wrong. The Medeco3 is supposed to be the most pick resistant lock that Medeco produce, more so than the commonly used bi-axial lock. It is supposed to meet UL437 which states that the lock should be pick/impression resistant...
Commented on Review: 6 Months with Kwikset Smartscan Biometric Deadbolt
Is the fingerprint scanner really secure? Not that it really matters - the override lock cylinder in the middle is likely to be a pretty low security affair which could be bumped open in a few seconds. In the UK,...
Commented on UK towns move to extend abusive license plate surveillance grid
@Antinous I thought that UK law was much tighter regarding probable cause that US - I certainly read more stories about legal challenges in the US subsequent to traffic stops. That might just be due to the UK's culture and...
Commented on UK towns move to extend abusive license plate surveillance grid
@Patrick Dodds Again, I don't know about other forces, but the Met have not stated that ANPR is related to terrorism. It is a tool used for all offences - it's you that has linked my comments and this story...
Commented on UK towns move to extend abusive license plate surveillance grid
I realise this may go against the grain here, but ANPR is actually a fairly effective tool. The Metropolitan Police has 4 dedicated ANPR teams, and nearly all traffic cars have them. The success rate of cars stopped by ANPR...
Commented on Coffee in a can from a vending machine is big (and manly) in Japan
I really liked these - here is my coffee diary from a visit to Japan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34687351@N00/sets/72157604692016329/...
Commented on BBC admits that TV detector vans only work because Britons believe they do
And given that you're supposed to pay if you own anything capable of playing iplayer content (Wii, Laptop, ipods etc) there's pretty much nobody who doesn't have to pay. This isn't true. The BBC has stated that you don't need...
Commented on Make-believe police in UK have power to issue on-the-spot fines
#23, Magnetite. So first off, you were irritating the guard for no reason. Then you leave the Play-Doh on the street, leaving a mess no better than chewing gum. And, the police probably left you alone because you appeared to...
Commented on Wall retaliates against vandal
I've helped take down a garage made of those panels before - each one probably weighed about 25-30kg, and there's probably 3 of them above the one he kicks out. I also know that once they have dropped down, if...
Commented on Day With No News -- brilliant BBC news-footage remix
I like this version better. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q4pY3QtiGyo...

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ivan256 commented on Spherical pocket watch
Surely it would be better to use one 'hand' and have both hemispheres rotate around it independently? Better yet. A moving indexed hemisphere, and a stationary indexed ring. Adding the number on the hemisphere with the associated line on the ring would give you hour/minute (depending on the hemisphere). That way you'd be able to read the time from any angle. This is cool, but when I read the title I imagined something 1000x cooler. It should be in a glass sphere with a knurled winding knob on top. And have a chain. And more brass/guilding. It's a pocketwatch sometimes...
laurele commented on Spherical pocket watch
Both Eris and Pluto are planets. Please do not blindly accept the controversial IAU definition, which was adopted by only four percent of its members, most of whom are not planetary scientists, and was immediately rejected by hundreds of professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. One reason the IAU definition makes no sense is it says dwarf planets are not planets at all! That is like saying a grizzly bear is not a bear, and it is inconsistent with the use of the term “dwarf” in astronomy, where dwarf stars...
ivan256 commented on Spherical pocket watch
Better yet. A moving indexed hemisphere, and a stationary indexed ring. Adding the number on the hemisphere with the associated line on the ring would give you hour/minute (depending on the hemisphere). As this idea has slowly started to migrate from my ass to my brain, I think it needs to be baked a little further... Won't work quite right as described.... Oh well......
Brainspore commented on Spherical pocket watch
@ Laurele: Sorry, there's no way that most laypeople are going to memorize a bunch of new planet names. Easier to just banish Pluto with the rest of the freaks....
Mister Moofoo commented on Spherical pocket watch
It's a bit smaller than a ping-pong ball, so it wouldn't be all that uncomfortable to carry in a jacket pocket, or a pocket with nothing else in it. I'm put off more by the price (higher than my rent!) than by the shape or functionality. Of course, until I find a watch that's awesome enough to justify it, I'm gonna stick with using my phone....

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