* Posts by Fab De Marco

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Kinect plus tablet control insane skateboard

Fab De Marco

Soon we can all be jedi

Imagine having that on one of the tarten trollies then simply casting it aside with one swipe of your hand. The possibilites are limitless.

Though military or construction implications would be far fetched. I wouldn't put this kind of tech behind the weel of anything heavy enough to cause a fatality.

Hubble shows images from record-breaking 13.1 billion light-years

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But the question on everyone lips is....

Will it Blend?

iPad typos are Apple's fault, not yours - new claim

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Auto-correct/predictive will always have flaws

Even back in the day of texting by numbers on mobile phones. I remember once having a saucy conversation with a girl go sour when I suggested to "Kick her Puppy"

But thats a story for another time children

Apple accused of starving French reseller of hot stock

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In addition to that....

I wouldn't call 16 stores across a nation a top reseller. When you think how many Currys/PC World/etc there are in the UK selling electrical Goods.

It sounds to me like the execs had a blamestorming session and decided that it wasn't their ineptitude that was the result of the 30% loss it was the Apple supply chain. As a previous poster said, if 30% of their sales come from Apple products they should really look at pushing alternatives to their customers, it shouldn't be hard to sell someone a laptop that is a third cheaper than a macbook, Or an all in one PC from acer/sony that is cheaper than an iMac.

It does surprise me that Apple are undercutting at their stores though. The only real comparisson I can make is the Sony Centre Stores. Everything in there is well over priced!

Please don't take me as pro Apple, becuase I'm really not. But in this case fair is fair. Sure the supply chain throttling could have had an impact on their business, but 30% seems outlandish to me.

Apple fanbois get app to summon store staff

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I like the direction they are heading with this, but can we have a no thanks I'm just looking app. Which does the exact opposite and ensures that The staff don't come to you. Many Thanks.

iPhone 4/4S 'self combusts' in airliner inferno

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Shenanigans

The Moto Story was a scam, trying to get money out of them after he dropped his phone

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/man-who-said-droid-2-exploded-in-his-ear-is-full-of-it-says-motorola-20101210/

Fab De Marco

The Plane did it

If it was glowing and smoking as the aircraft touched down then the passenger should have had it turned off. Even when using flight mode phones should be tuurned off during take off and landing. Clearly this was the plane's self defence mechanism. In my head, something like...

"I'm Sorry Dave, you cannot let you play Angry Birds.... Stop.... I'm aftraid I can't let you do that Dave"

On a more serious note, as Both an iPhone 4 owner and a Samsung Galaxy SII owner, only one will remain in my jeans pocket inches away from my balls.

I would be interested to know what he was doing at the time of the smoke out too. I hope for Apples sake that it was not just sitting idle.

HTC: Apple and Samsung won't steal our lunch

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I Prefer Touchwiz tbh

Sense was a bit of a hog on My Hero and the day I rooted it and put Cyanogen mod on gave it a new lease of life.

I have since moved on to Samsung Galaxy S2 and am enjoying Touchwiz.

Although its name does suggest its something Dumbledore would get into a lot of trouble for.

BMW, Fiat join Connected Car Consortium

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I agree completely

Bluetooth works fine for both making and receiving calls. Linking to the phonebook is a good idea, I have that and works fine. I think that doing anything else specific to a smart phone is dangerous to do behind the wheel.

OK fine voice recognition has come on leaps and bounds and maybe replying to an email or text message through your car would be quite good. I know the likes of Siri and similar Android products have this feature but you still need to envoke the app and review what it has written prior to sending, whether you are doing this on a phones screen or a screen in the car it is still dangerous.

HTC's iPhone, iPad ban bid derailed by US judge

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Judge Rules....

OK Judges are supposed to be fair and unbiased... it's in the name.

iPhones are very popular.

So if a judge owned an iPhone, would he really rule in favour of banning sales of it in his home country?! Would he really?

I half wonder if he didn't own an iPhone when he made his inital ruling, then one appeared on his doorstep the following day signed. Lots of Love, Hugs and Kisses from all at Infinity Loop.

Virgin Media broadband in two-day wobble

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My 2 pence on Virgin Media Support

On Noticing my router (VM non-Super HUB only on 10Mb) had no power I thought oh well I suppose I'll call them and get a replacement sent out, one of the beauties of their support infrastucture is that you do not own the equipment, therefore its their responsibility.

So I call them up and its like this....

Me: Hi My Hub won't power on I would like a replacement

VM: So your Internet is not working

M: No of course it isnt

VM: Have you tried rebooting your hub?

M: Yeah, tried the switch on the off chance and also tried another power source but still nothing

VM: OK so If you open a web browser on your computer and type.......

M: There are no lights on the router. It does not power up

VM: Oh there's no lights on it at all?

M: That is correct.

VM Oh you need a replacement then.

M: Thank goodness you were here to diagnose my fault.

A Good support rep would have listened to my opening statement then followed the RMA Procedure.

A script reader would have sent a lesser mortal round the houses for about 20 minutes before finding the problem.

'Boss from hell' knuckle-rapped for 'firing contests'

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The Key would have been Organisation

Assuming this is a large chain of convenience stores. Find a Volenteer to be fired.... We'll call him Steve.

If 100 employees put Steve down as the one to be fired, Steve can then have some fun getting fired and the horrible boss' scheme will have cost him $1000

Just an idea.

Samsung offers Apple TOP-SECRET peace deal in Australia

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Angel

Anyone Know the rules on post Sales Updates

What would the rules be on Samsung releasing an Apple approved version of the Tab in Australia and hosting a FW update that will bring it back to the original on their servers in Korea?

After all this is all down to whether or not you can SELL a product that infringes patents. Once the product has been sold the end user can do whatever he likes with it. and given the fact that the offending FW will be stored in another country which is allowed to use it. It would be a free update so no money will change hands, therefore Apple can't claim that Samsung are getting rich off their apparent ideas.

So any legal minds know?

I'm either really Stupid or I've shortend the war by 5 years.

Logitech Touch Lapdesk N600

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Lefties Tip....

Go See Mr. N. Flanders over at the leftorium..... He might have something for you.

Patent wars: Apple attacks Samsung in Japan

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Just a Small point....

iPhone 4 launch date - 24th June 2010

Samsung Galaxy S launch date - March 2010

How can they copy a products form factor which was launched after them?

As for UI, anyone with eyes can see that Apple and Android handle things in very different ways from the get go. There will be small things like photo browsing having the same "sweeping" gesture to browse but I don't think Apple invented that.

Renault Scenic Bose Edition 1.6 130dCi

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Those Wheels are horrible

They look after market and cheapen the whole look of the car.

My Renault experience stems from a clio that did far too many miles for its own good. Electrics were fine, but the wheel bearings seemed to be made of chocolate and were replaced twice within 40k miles. After the second time I replaced them I thought there must be another more expensive problem afoot, so it was sold.

Renault ownership is a lottery, sometimes you get a great reliable car, other times you get a nightmare. Sadly you don't often hear from the happy owners.

ASA bitchslaps Motorola on 'most powerful' Atrix boast

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Ahhh Adjectives thou art a Heatless bitch

What does powerful mean? What does cabable mean, hell what does fastest mean. Jean-Paul has clearly attempted to wave the red rag to the bull at Android users but is did get me thinking. OK so lets say I buy into the premise that iPhone 4 is the fastest. Fastest at what? making a phone call, sending a text message, loading angry birds?

It is not quantifiable. What is quantifiable are benchmark tests. They test different aspects of the phone. Which if you do google, I think you'll find the iPhone 4 fairly low down in comparrison to the equivalent Android devices.

US Marines not allowed to fart in Afghanistan

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Joke

It has all been agreed

The Geneva convention strictly forbids chemical warfare.

Acer insists fondleslab 'fever' is fading

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Head... about.... to.... explode....

Wang is Cooling Down

HP has Pulled Out

Levono is Pushing forward?!

I've not been a fan of tablets... they are a luxury for a quick search and status update here and there but not practically useful for what I currently use a laptop for.

I welcome the change. Now to the Gutter, in order to retrieve my mind.

Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

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It's a respect thing....

Us Apple Haters, may dislike everything the guy stands for and has done, and sure if the headline read "Steve Jobs Axed amind patent lawyer bribery charges" Then Yeah we would all be cheering like crazy.

But the man has had a battle with cancer and it's best to leave our comments on the matter to ourselves. A man stepping down from his role for the sake of his health to enjoy his life and family rather than run himself into the ground is not a thing to celebrate.

Apple after Steve Jobs is still Steve Jobs' Apple

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But how will apple succeed now

Without someone in a roll neck telling us how to hold a phone. Whatever happens I hope his successor wears a roll neck. I feel it is important as part of Apple branding.

Motorola Atrix Lapdock

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Saw this a while back

And I was on the cusp of getting a moto Attrix because of it.... untill I found out the price.

Whatever happens my phone will come with me when I go out, so carrying a phone is no hardship. I can just as easily carry a netbook and phone and connect to the internet via USB tethering, or better yet wifi tethering.

Same result. Much cheaper. The only way this would work is if it was around the £100 mark, It's a screen, keyboard, touchpad and battery. Sure the screen and battery cost a fair whack, but most of the expensive laptop parts are absent, so the cost cannot be justified.

Dragons Den Jones to offload Data Select to management

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Coat

OK Data Select

I'm trying to amass a £100m acquisition fund to take advantage of low biz valuations should a double-dip recession materialise.

And for that reason I'm Out.

Mines the one with Theo Pathetis in the pocket.

ISS 'naut shoots first ever 3D footage in space

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Am I Alone?????

Am I alone in being the only person who is not blown away by 3D. I've seen a few 3D films at the cinema, some OK (Avatar) others terrible (Clash of the Titans - The 3D and the film itself were bad in equal measures).

I have been to a pub to watch some football in 3D - not overly impressed

Got a bit nosey in an unamed electronics store and looked at their display showing monsters Vs. Aliens.... the word meh sprang to mind.

There is the occasional bit where something comes at you and you are like woah! but as The Final Destination showed, it becomes tiresome after a while.

But back to the tech in question. 3D stream all very well and good but is it any more impressive than streaming an HD feed from space (which I assume has been done already)

I just can't wait for Star Wars style Hologram TV's to take off. That would be proper 3D. Will just have to do with the glasses-less TV tech that Toshiba are starting to cook up.

Apple augments reality, tells you where to go

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Layar has been doing this since early Android

Thank you KjetilS. I have had Layar on both the android phones I have owned. It has been done before and not just by layar.

Yet more crazy patent talk. It needs to Stop really.

Fort Knox military cops disgusted with solar patrol carts

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Army Green - Army Strong?

Sound like something the Hulk would say.

Top speed of 25mph, nice. What if they have to use it to carry a pallet of Gold from Here to there? What is the Top speed then?

Dog fight game bitten with pro-PETA virus

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Childcatcher

Honestly..... I'm curious

Sure Dog Fighting is wrong to the nth degree, but how on earth can this app be used to train dogs how to fight? Is it really that detailed that it teaches you actual dog fighting trainers techniques.

This is where PETA cocked up. i do actually have half a mind to download it just to see if they have a point.

Another issue with the way the virus works is, what about land line numbers in your phone book. Imagine your phone rining and a robotic voice telling you I take pleasure in hurting small animals. How scary would that be

On a side note, the service is called rabbies and stopping it could cause the dog app to fail. Surely stopping rabbies is only a good thing for Dogs So I would have stopped the service. JJ.

Apple changed shape of Galaxy Tab in court filing

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Trollface

So you are sying that Apple Own the rights to market Tablet Computers

Otherwise anyone else who makes and distrubutes a tablet computer is encroaching on the market they created. Grow Up. This is the world we live in. Apple would not be allowed to open its doors unless there was healthy competition waiting out there. Have you never played monopoly?!

If you honestly think that Apples case holds water then you are either a fool or have not looked at the relevant documents. The Link is in the reg article, and sure enough I can't read German but the pictures there speak volumes.

Here is the link http://www.scribd.com/doc/61993811/10-08-04-Apple-Motion-for-EU-Wide-Prel-Inj-Galaxy-Tab-10-1

Go to page 38 where they talk about Samsungs infringement on the packaging box... Tell me that kellogs shouldn't expect a call?!

If there was no Me too crowd we would all be driving the same car, wearing the same clothes and drinking the same vodka because we would be in soviet Russia.

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@RichyS....

True the Tab does look Narrower in the Apple photo, but not nearly Narrow enough for it to be Widescreen. Looks at the pics from the dutch article. The Tab is far Narrower than that pic suggests... want an independent opinion, google image the galaxy tab for yourself. Oh and teh fact that their picture isn't even samsung branded speaks volumes too.

As for the Silly Wisdescreen aspect ratio, you're right it is silly. That must be why all current films are made in this aspect ration, all TV's Laptops, PC monitors are widescreen. The iPad must be right.

I'll also echo what others have said. Android uses a homescreen with widgets, not an array of icons. It's one of the things I like about android over iOS

Now call me old fashioned but if you are going to court and a judge is going to make a decision on the similarity of two products, wouldn't it make sense to have the physical products there for assesment rather than pictures/drawings/sketches/etc

Surely this would be the way to make the hearing fair.

£4.4m gov wad to get all Northern Ireland up to 2 Mbit/s

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Remember the Ratios

Your could get charged for what gets piped through to your door, but its not just about what speed you get, its your neighbours too.

If you have a 4mb/s line coming through your could pay x amount but still have slow speeds because you live in an area where everyone is hammering the net at peak times. High contention rations factor in a fair amount and will have an effect on your speed and BT can't punish you just because the spotty youth down the road is downloading the latest Blu-Ray Rip all day.

In addition to this, some of the speed issues you get could be related to the infrastucture in your house. similarly BT can't very well come in and check this free of charge, it makes bad business sense.

Proper infrastructure needs to be in place and in ALL areas of the UK. This is a good start, it will take BB speed effecting house prices before anything major is done about it.

I wonder if estate agents have thought of that.... "This 3 bed Semi offers a lareg entrance hall, en suite bathroom in the master bedroom and at least 20Mb down its BT pipes."

That Sales talk will probably only work on me

HARRY POTTER CHAINED to new Sony reader

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Exclusivity

OK, I can understand exclusivity on phones to networks, as people generally don't care what network they are on as long as they get signal in their home, work and pub.

But exclusivity on media????? Mental!!!! Sony could just as well said, OK the Harry Potter Blu-ray collection, when released will only work on a Sony BR Player?!

You can't lock content, people will go elsewhere... and they be dark places...

Apple blocks sale of Samsung's Android fondleslab across EU

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@Michael Brown

Care to re-read your post?

Yes the iPad is dominating the tablet market. So when a competitor comes along with a better product, Apple use some mickey mouse lititagtion to stop them selling their product rather than using advertising, sales, competative pricing, etc to beat them. So rather than compete on a level playing field they shoot down the othe teams players. That's not competing... its cheating.

You continue to say that Apple did not invent X but they innovated it. How is this different to what samsung are doing? They have made their own spin on a tablet Computer and have been penalised for doing so because it is the same shape as the ipad.

Please tell me you clicked the link in the article that shows apples case against samsung, and please don't tell me they have a point.

On a sude note shouldn't Apple be trying to put this same case against the rest of the tablet computer manufacturers, after all, they will all be in violation of it. Unless of course Apple doesn't see them as a competative threat.

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Thumb Down

Fixed it!

The community design is vague as hell, so Samsung if you are listening. Cut off corner on one edge, put a bottle opener there and hey presto! It's a completely different product!

In all seriousness who approved that design! All it seems to say is Handheld computer and a flat screen with bezel. No dimensions no buttons, no nothing.

It is like gaining rights to a wheel or cardboard box, wardrobe, table, anything that has a basic design.

I assume money changes hands in order for these rights to be granted. Does anyone know? If the rights are rejected do they give the money back? Because it seems that someone is getting rich from this.

Or is it more work to reject these things and people just think its easier to just say yes to any and all ridiculous application.

Videogames caused riots says plod

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Facepalm

Ahh Pacman

True I spent my early years playing pacman, and I then went on to spend my later teen years with my friends in a dark room listening to repetative music, popping white pills and running away from Ghosts I kept on seeing.

So yeah video games don't effect our real lives.

iCloud.com goes live

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Facepalm

Rejoice for this changes everything... yet again

Wow!!!! Now Apple have invented this... what do you call it..... cloud computing?! Masterfull! Genius! Now we will just sit and wait for everyone else to make their inferior versions of it... Oh wait they have been doing it for years... Oh.....

Nevermind the iSheep will claim this as Apples' invention and herald it a masterpiece. In the same way that before the iPhone we were all using tin cans and pieces of string to communicate.

In all seriousness. The Apple marketing machine truly is formidable. People will eat this up without realising that they could have been doing it for years on other platforms.

Now I will return to my miserable existance whereby all my bread is cold and soft.... If only someone would invent the iToaster

Samsung-Apple Wars: Galaxy blocked Down Under

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Here, here! an End to vague Software patents!

If there was something tangable and truly unique then fine, I'll allow it. But these vague patents are absolutue crap. for example a recently won patent by apple against HTC "a system and method for performing an action on a structure in a computer" filed in 1997, and probably infringed by any device with an OS.

How are they allowed to be processed?!

It's like me patenting crossing the road using your legs or arms? Mind you that won't stifle creativity in the way apples patents do... I'm thinking mouth controled jet packs! Applying for the patent tomorrow.

Maybe Mercedes should wise up and start suing every car manufacturer that uses 4 wheels and a steering wheel, because is has the same look and feel as their IP.

UK will obey Euro unisex-insurance rules from 2013

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Car Choice?!

But.... she is likely to choose a car thats been so ragged that it sounds like a terminally ill Whitley, just because it is pink

OK I'm sexistly generalising here but it's not worse than what you've just done. The point being made is that the isurance companies are genera;ising. My Neighbour drives an Integra Type R, with aformentioned big exhaust and she is female. If I wanted to drive the same car as her, my insurance would probably be more. Even though I have more driving experience.

Anyway, as you say, we're all f**ked whatever happens. Happy 5th of July everyone!

Fab De Marco

In a perfect world.....

The insurance companies will meet in the middle, as mentioned before. Mens premiums go down, womens premiums will go up... But we are not in a perfect world.

I have always said that gender should never play a part in insurance. Sure "Statistically" more men are involved in accidents. But "statistically" the average person in the UK has 1.8 legs, you won't let that change your opinon when you look down and count.

The fact of the matter is that ther are more male drivers on the roads than female drivers. If you isolate this figure as a snapshot of cars on the motorway where more expensive accidents occur, then the ratio goes up. So if you look at a situation whereby a woman driver skids on a patch of oil, spins and in the course of events takes out 4 other cars driven by men. the stat would read 4 male drivers involved in accidents 1 female driver involved.

From an insurance point of view is that accurate? No. Because 4 men were just minding their own business and it was not the womams fault that the accident occured, it was poor road maintenance. But the stats would stand and all the men in the UK would be punished for it.

Similar thing goes for driving experience, you can have a stay at home housewife/husband, doing the school run, shops and occasional day out doing 6k miles per year. On the other hand you can have a sales rep, travelling up and down the customer 5 days per week as part of their job doing 40k miles per year. In a single year both of these examples will be awarded with their annual gift of 1 years no claims bonus. But which has accrued more driving experience?

But all this fact finding is far too costly, its better to pick a random number out of thin air then double it, quote done!

I know that a lot of people have said that you can't discriminate by location. I have to disagree with you on that one. As it is not just accidents covered but theft too. And if your post code shows a high figure of car related crime/vandalising/etc then the stat would stand. But what does get my goat is the fact that I moved from one town to another, I was in the middle of a premium and I had to pay an additional cost due to the change in address (this was not and admin fee, that was paid on top). 2 years later I moved again back to the first town and the same thing happened. Now either car crime in my town ballooned in the last two year or insurers will just look for any excuse to take money from you.... It's not like you can opt not to have it,

US air passenger cuffed over low-flying pants

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Debunked?!

It's all Lies!!!! My theory is true, but THEY are trying to cover it up! The truth is out there, spread the word!!!! *looks out for the black helicopters with aptly dressed pilots.

As for the legal aspect, sure he can feel intruded upon for not wearing what he wants how he wants, but it is common knowledge that if asked to do something on an plane, as long as it is reasonable just do it and don't make a fuss, as he found out it is so easy for them to arrest you or even shoot you.

@John Dee - fair play to you, I'm sure your IQ is way higher than mine, but my trousers are higher than yours so there! I don't go up as high as nipples as you suggested, though doing so will keep my "morale" up, it will be largely uncomfortable.

As long as your trousers are above the bottom part of your buttocks you're Ok in my book.

Its things like this that get my goat

http://brotherpreacher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Pants-on-the-ground1.jpg

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Stop

OK let me clear this fasion up once and for all.

This low flying trousers epidemic is called saggin' And all these cool kids learnt this trait from rappers.... If rappers do it then it must be cool right.

Rappers in turn got this trend from prisons. This is how they role in prisons, breaking the law is cool right.... so, Yeah I'm one cool mofo!

However they never stopped to think why some prosoners wear their trousers like this....

Being enclosed in the big house, full of Men lacking IQ or basic social skills, sometimes it is difficult to read the signs of effection. So prisoners would be saggin to let others know that they are open to... er extra-martial activities.

So next time you see a young upstart partaking in this "saggin" please inform him of this and watch him yank his trousers up.

Peugeot iOn e-car

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Go

Question for the reg readers.....

Those that know about eletrics and the like.....

This is something I have often wondered about battery powered cars.... the max range is quoted, which is fine, however what about battery degradation.....

A smartphone could have a battery life which supplies me with all my mobile needs for the circa 18 hours I am awake for and a charge over night.... however 20 months into the 2 year contract with said phone and this becomes 15 hours and progressively worse, which is fine for a phone, I am normally close to a USB port or car charger wherever I am.

Which brings me on to putting the same theory to electric cars. Also battery powered and mostly only reviewed when new and working as the box says. but 3-4 years down the line your 40 mile commute to work and back remains the same, but the car you bought which had a quoted 55 mile range suddenly becomes a 39 mile range and you need either a good pair of walkiong shoes or a mile length of flex and understanding neighbours.

Would the battery need to be replaced, because all those pennies you save on petrol could all be blown on replacement batteries.

Any long term electric car owners care to comment on this?

I'm not trying to be clever, just genuinely want to know.

BMW intros revamped Mini as sporty MG-alike

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panic stations!!!!!

Quick MG are making a comeback, drop an anvil on the existing mini and release it as a coupe, just to through it in their faces that you still own the rights to the mini name!

4G auctions - illegal and immoral?

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Single infrastructure is the way forward

Recently Orange and T-mobile opened up a sharing scheme and as an Orange customer, I feel it works really well. Masts need to be put up to cover the rural areas that don't get coverage sure, but share and share alike.

As for no incentive to improve, it needs to be enforced. Look at energy companies, there are hundreds of energy companies across the UK and what seperates them? Price and customer service. I mean electricty from npower is going to make my laptop work just as well as electricity from EON.

Phone operators need to follow suit.

Smart Fortwo Electric Drive e-car

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Joke

Make it noisier

The car should generate its own noise to warn pedestrians of its approach.... might I suggest a TIE fighter fly by noise.

MobileMe drove Steve Jobs to foul-mouthed fury

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Like My Mother Always Told Me....

It's nice to be important, but its important to be nice.... You big Jobsian Bully!!!!

Thats right my mum coined the phrase Jobsian and took out a patent on it so watch out apple my mums gonna sue!!!

Joking aside, no surprise. Look at it as if you were a customer. I like to be nice, I can speak to a customer service agent twice in a polit manner and get nowhere, on the third attempt I will be horrible and that turns out to be the last time I have to speak to them on the matter.

Sad fact of life is that being nice, means being patient too.

Thats a lot to digest boys and girls but in the meantime take care of yourselves..... and each other.

Communicate

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Old News

This had already been done fictionally on the IT Crowd with Hillarious consequences.

Apple stuns Wall Street with 95% earnings surge

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Hogwash School of Witchcraft and Marketing

Not really magical. Fashionable. People don't want an iPhone/Pod/etc because they have read reviews of it, like the spec and such forth. They want one because its fashionable. The iPhone 5 could have a the same spec as the IPhone 4 and it will still sell. Why? because all those Hollywood folk have one of course.

Its the same logic as Godfather part 3. "Well the other two were masterpieces, Lets just go and watch this one. It muct be Good." Apple nearly made their Godfather 3 with antennagate, so they must know it's coming.

Lads from Lagos pop up in Libya

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Joke

Collective Nouns?

So is that like the plural of sheep is geese?

WTF is... 4K x 2K?

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Love the marketing term 4k

Previously it has been referred to as 720p or 1080p referring to the y axis of the display. If they launched this as 2160p it would just sound silly. The average guy will simply say Pah! that is only and extra 180p's I will wait untill 3096p comes out!

In all seriousness, great that technology is taking leaps forward but not really viable for the residential consumer.

Now this is something they could put up to finally get rid of the sanyo and TDK boards that have been in London's Leicester Square for much longer than thos brands have been successful.

Dentist cuffed for using lost credit card to pay for pizza

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online ordering

If you order online, or even over the phone you only need quote the numbers..... the shortfall of chip and pin

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