Posts by Elmer Phud

"Once you've installed a start menu replacement, fixed the file extensions, fixed the font sizes, fixed the explorer, defaulted the task manager to advanced, etc, etc, it genuinely is a rival for Windows 7. It's just you really have to work at it."

Isn't that the way with most new things - in order to make sense of them you try to relate to the earlier product.

Saying that , I keep meaning to bung on a 'start menu' thingy to see if it is any easier or if I've got used to desktop/tiles really quickly. It's certainly meant me going back to using hot keys more than before which sort of makes things easier.

Re: Questions to ask objectors

"Do you own a mobile phone? 99.9% ob objectors will probably own a modern smartphone, in which case the followup question is: How do you expect to use it?"

At a WOMAD festival a while back and overheard people going on about how 'natural' it was and how they had good coverage on phones .

I pointed out the three large generator/aerial trucks behind some trees - especially the '24 hour operation of the gennies to ensure that messages about the 'wonderful natural atmosphere' get through ---

--- or the two-faced twats would moan like hell.

Re: Perhaps

Sound more like a Red Bull junkie.

Re: Facepalm or Smile ?

Cue the 'they are teaching hacking in Primary schools!' headlines.

Re: It's really called

Will this naming end up in a spiral that ends up with an X'upmyown'Box?

Re: Zenith Minisport

That reminds me -- my current lappy bag used to be for an ancient Zenith 'laptop' (with a huge 'horseshoe' battery). Its older function was a network diagnostics toolbox.

None of yer modern x86 rubbish - full-blown XT.

Fine for mail but ASCII porn only.

You've just gotta love those CAPS

Re: Outstanding

"I don't think that Virgin did actually know why the bill wasn't paid"

There's a 'dead person' identifier on the letter, in which case Virgin's systems ought to have recognised it and passed it to a human to deal with. Unless, that is, they don't have any humans doing humane stuff.

Re: Err, I thought a coalition was in government, now Clegg says his lot are in charge

Well, the lad's become the mouthpiece/ringpiece/catspaw but seems to relish it.

With an act as bad has his, expect old fruit and veg.

Re: Mindlessly using "cyber" as a hopefully useful term ...

"The UK government is hit by more than 33,000 pieces of malicious email a day, ranging from casual phishing to targeted espionage attacks"

I got a 'targeted espionage attack' 10 minutes ago --

It was a remnant of the Hotmail address hack from last year.

As for 'malicious email' I wander over the the spam folder every now and then and empty it.

If things are so bad why is lastminute.gov spokesperson bigging it up so much?

Oh, we need to clean it all up and tighten the screws to protect pensioners (who don't want effing computers forced on them).

Re: Flat journalism

"Having had the warmest decade known to man" -- since records began?

Re: Quite so.

I replied without lifting my elbows off the desk, to be able to lazily prod without the unpleasant long-distance prod is possible.

As is holding a mug of tea and prodding with a spare digit.

Re: Maria Miller Has no experience in telephony or networking

Can I ask why the Culture Secretary is making promises about Broadband?

Is there not a Minister for Technology or even Commerce?

(Damn, nearly forgot, we are all supposed to be on-line to claim our Winter Fuel Allowance and it's local election time again so there are all sorts of sparkly things to lure the unwary. I guess a 'Culture' secretary has to address 'the people' occasionally.)

(but society doesn't exist -- 'growth' is the mantra)

Re: Sigh...

"What's the point of this?"

It used to be 'for the shits and giggles', a jolly jape, cocking a snook at the rum fellow, 'avin' a girafffe -- that sort of thing .

Blimey, the youth of today eh?

"win8 really does need a keyboard in certain circumstances."

I like the way that all three inputs tend to lend themselves to different circumstances.

I find it easy to use the more natural (for me) input depending on what's going on - I don't have to think about it, I just end up using the more appropriate - whether it's click, type or prod.

Re: Apple already have that SEWN up.

So?

(I upvoted your upvote as well)

Re: Big bombs are so old fashioned

Apple have already patented the 'smart (phone) bomb'.

It was part of the original Os for when people don't want apps removed remotely.

Ultimate sanction - plus Samsung end up in court again (if it's still standing)