Inspired by this?

http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/10/11/flatland/


Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7soM07Y3qNI for those too impatient to, you know, read.

Weird fake hand is weird and fake.

Argh, you're right. I was close to buying this as soon as it came out; now I may wait for version 2 to see if they implement your sensible solution of routing the cables to the non-rotating part.

I've never had this problem. Just a data point.

I find it interesting how many people think you need a cellphone signal in order to use GPS on an iPhone. I wonder why that is? Standalone GPS units don't need a cellphone signal, so why should the iPhone?

I'm guessing the way that Google Maps downloads map images over the cellular network adds to the confusion. But that's just the images; the phone still shows a GPS position even if the phone has no signal.

@Abouna where, please? I've been looking for a decent car mount with a dock connector, and (like Jim) think the TomTom mount might be it. But the RAM site only shows mounts *without* a dock connector.

What happens if they put the blue dot on a red square?

"chances are you will never see IE again"

Well, that's the point, isn't it? If I recall correctly, the original accusation from several years ago (and presumably this one too) was that even if you installed Opera et al, you'd still be forced into using IE in some form or another. I think (but don't remember) the case was something like if you clicked a web shortcut file, or a URL in Word, or in Outlook, then it opened that URL in IE, *regardless of your browser settings*.

In other words, Microsoft was forcing people to use IE, whether or not they had other browsers installed and set as default. *That* was the issue at hand; it was not concerned with whether or not IE was bundled with Windows or not, just whether it was possible to "never see IE again".

It's a shame that the full details of this new ruling don't appear to be linked anywhere.

Come on people. Read. It says "tying" not "bundling" right there in front of you. You don't even need to read the linked article to work out that the issue isn't about bundling IE, but about making IE a required part of Windows. Bundling IE is fine, so long as you can easily uninstall it.

I'm gobsmacked that the BBC managed to get confused by this, though.

Addicted already