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* Posts by michaelh

8 posts • joined Tuesday 2nd September 2008 10:06 GMT

michaelh
Joke

I guess...

...Limewire declared themselves bankcrupt so that the IRS would write off the majority of the previously demanded $75 trillion reimbursement fee?

michaelh
FAIL

@The Indomitable Gall

It's not a portable PS3, it's allegedly as powerful as one. Different hardware (and controls!), so they can't play the same games. They have different processors and GPUs.

michaelh
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Your post is aptly labelled "fail"

N900 has a full version of Flash 9.4, not Flash Lite. It's the real deal (unless what you're using relies on flash 10 stuffs)

michaelh

The OS is open source...

...but the Google apps that ship with most Android devices are closed source. I also imagine that most of these ODMs have support contracts with Google to help develop their own interfaces and drivers.

michaelh
WTF?

No one will write apps for it?

I must be imagining these oodles of applications in my application manager, as well as the thousands of existing Linux FOSS projects that can be ported with minimal effort then.

michaelh

@Witty username

Of course the detector vans are a load of shit. The Beeb just assume everyone has a TV, check who's payed, compare this with their database of addresses, and send threatening letters to anyone who doesn't show up in both.

michaelh
Joke

I guess the next step will be...

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=21cgmrl&s=5

michaelh

I might give this a go later today..

...with Wireshark running in the background, of course. Don't want them getting all funny with my personal info.

Mine's the one with the tin-foil hat in the pocket.