Technology Thread.

[General Mannerheim]

i might get one and print me off a life size Jennifer Connelly!

[Prufrock]

Brucie, what they're saying is you can print off the bits and make a gun. All the efforts so far have been shite, but the theory is there. Will be interesting to see how the licensing will work on these 3D printers.

[Always hopeful]

Brucie, what they're saying is you can print off the bits and make a gun. All the efforts so far have been shite, but the theory is there. Will be interesting to see how the licensing will work on these 3D printers.

This bloke seems to have succeeded..

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[Prufrock]

Nah that's the I meant. It's a gun, sure, but you've as much chance of killing the person you're aiming for as you would if you lobbed a handfull of ball bearings into the air and hoped one reached terminal velocity before cracking him on the temple.

[boltonboris]

They only used parts to add to a real gun on that didn't they? So not an actual gun.

[Prufrock]

I dunno about the first one referred to, but the one in America they printed off everything apart from the firing pin.

[Montreal Wanderer]

I dunno about the first one referred to, but the one in America they printed off everything apart from the firing pin.

This is correct, though it was extremely costly. Still far, far cheaper to buy a gun just about anywhere in the US.

[Prufrock]

And it was shite too! You'd be better off taking the money out in coins and throwing it at someone.

[Bijou Bob]

Interestingly, the Firearms act makes it an offence to be in unlawful possession of any part of a firearm, so in effect, the penalty for the bloke who printed a plastic trigger could be swingeing. I'll bet he doesn't make another one anytime soon.

[TANGODANCER]

And it was shite too! You'd be better off taking the money out in coins and throwing it at someone.

You fired one?

[Montreal Wanderer]

And it was shite too! You'd be better off taking the money out in coins and throwing it at someone.

You fired one?

Well, it may lack accuracy (with no rifled barrel) and it may fire only a .22 cartridge, but I'd rather be hit by a thrown nickel than a fired nickel-jacketed .22 - although I'd prefer to be missed by either.

[IggyTheDawgster]

Well I took the iPod touch back and got a refund, Only bought it for the camera really and it seemed to have a nasty green glow problem on pictures taken under artificial lighting. Ruined every shot I took with it.

Shame

[Prufrock]

Anyone got one of those NowTV boxes? Would like to watch iplayer and the like on my TV. Options are Xbox live, which is £40 for the year, and I hardly ever play online, or one of these boxes. Any others out there you'd recommend? Main priority is cheap and cheerful.

[Worthy4England]

Anyone got one of those NowTV boxes? Would like to watch iplayer and the like on my TV. Options are Xbox live, which is £40 for the year, and I hardly ever play online, or one of these boxes. Any others out there you'd recommend? Main priority is cheap and cheerful.

This might depend.

If someone (say the ma and pa Prufrock) had say Sky, you might be able to get Skygo on the XBOX as one of their two devices, you can add in other apps like YouTube, iPlayer, Blinkbox etc, to get quite comprehensive TV coverage...

[a1]

that now tv box is a rebranded and slightly altered mid range roku box.

i think its a modded Roku2LT .

dunno what the WD live is like. but thats kinda popular too.

[TANGODANCER]

that now tv box is a rebranded and slightly altered mid range roku box.

i think its a modded Roku2LT .

dunno what the WD live is like. but thats kinda popular too.

Gee a1, I admit I'm an outdated quill pen and inkwell dinosaur. I get a headache just reading your posts, never mind understanding them.

[ChrisC]

Anyone got one of those NowTV boxes? Would like to watch iplayer and the like on my TV. Options are Xbox live, which is £40 for the year, and I hardly ever play online, or one of these boxes. Any others out there you'd recommend? Main priority is cheap and cheerful.

£40? You can get a 12 month live in the mid 20's on eBay.

If you have a gold account you get 2 free games a month now on Xbox aswell. Full games aswell, not arcade games.

[jaffka]

I have appleTv

[a1]

Gee a1, I admit I'm an outdated quill pen and inkwell dinosaur. I get a headache just reading your posts, never mind understanding them.

modd means modified, the rest is just brandnames for the companies or the devices themselves. Western Digital like calling themselves WD .

Roku is a different company. they be Finnish or summat .

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Gee a1, I admit I'm an outdated quill pen and inkwell dinosaur. I get a headache just reading your posts, never mind understanding them.

modd means modified, the rest is just brandnames for the companies or the devices themselves. Western Digital like calling themselves WD .

Roku is a different company. they be Finnish or summat .

Y'see Tango, It all makes sense.
I quite often find myself in a similar position and a1 usually sorts me out.