Posts by LuMan 626 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Jun 2009
So, the industry is now telling the consumer what they want. If you want a netbook, then you're wrong. You actually want a tablet (whether you want it or not, apparently).
Can't help but think that Acer are firing off-keel with this one. Shame as I'm more than happy with my Acer Aspire One!!
Oddly, despite making over £100m pre-tax, DSG will still lay off a load of staff because "we just can't afford to keep you on any more." They've done it countless times before and they'll keep doing it to keep the shareholders happy. The directors will still get lovely cash bonuses and then head off for a round of back-slapping and smiling at their private clubs.
Haven't shopped there for about 8 years now and I never will again.
I reckon it'll be a good idea to try getting black cabs electrified. Swappable battery packs (see previous) have a number of advantages (and disadvantages) but the feasibility gathers more pace if the actual size of the cabs is reduced. On the odd occasion I go to London I see hundreds of cabs with only 1 or 2 people in them. Hulking great lumps of metal they are too*!! Make them smaller and lighter and the efficiency improves greatly. Make it obvious to the customer whether they're good for 3, 4 or 5 passengers and we may be on to something.
*The cabs, not the people!
If it gets into the mainstream that orbs are best photographed naked, we could end up with that useless scouse twat Acora wondering around the stately homes of blighty, saying such things as, "Sam, Sam. He's my spirit guide, lah. Ey, Sam. Yu gonna get dat dere spirit orb thing out me knackers!" while totally starkers!
Yep - total thumbs up from me. After the missus has watched all 15 hours of daily soap opera delivery I can watch decent stuff while she cooks, washes up and paints her nails!
Joking apart, BBC iPlayer is used loads in our house. Any other catch up service is a great bonus. It'll be better once the quality is beefed up.
But the quotes I've read here manage to keep me smiling. Like this one:
"Well... We shot a lot of people together. It's been great. But today I retire, so if I do any shooting now, it'll have to be within the confines of my own home. Hopefully, an intruder and not an in-law, like at my bachelor party."
R.I.P
Alternatively, you could increase the value of the items by getting Hollywood to make a film about how all these items were made in America, then stolen by the British, before heroically being 'saved' by the brave boys in the US Military (or just one if Bruce Willis is available).
Oh... hang on..
Ignoring the differences between Catholics and Christians for the moment, it seems odd that a group who has had so much media coverage for non-holy actions should start pointing the finger.
So much for the modern Church being open to the views and beliefs of others. And a MASSIVE "shame on you" for the powers that be crumbling like a soggy digestive and cancelling the gig. Totally spineless!
...Sony could release a 'Home Developer' type of kit so hobbyists could create homebrew demos and games to boost Sony's game catalogue and user community. This way legitimate homebrewers and bedroom coders could apply their art without having to use a device that's locked out of PSN. Also, PSN could have a special Homebrew section so we could all show off our wares. Can you imagine how big this community would be?? Christ, it could be like the good old days of the Amiga where folk could once again look on with amazement as yet another coder pushes another envelope of the system. It would be fantastic.
But I can't see it happening (hence !smiley)
It's alarming to think that there are people who will fall for a scam involving a phone call to tell them they've got a virus on their pc, but I can't say that it's surprising. Technofear will always exist and, despite the amount of safe usage information available, folk will still fall for scams of this type. I'm interested to know how the scammers can manage to convince someone that they've got a virus when they ring up. I mean, how would they know*???
As an aside, I remember back in the 80s when our school got its first Research Machines 380Z. We were told not to put floppy disks within 25cm of each other in case they 'caught' viruses that may be on the other disk.... Crazy, but true!
*Just thought of one.. The scammers could claim to be from the mark's ISP.. Still a long shot, though.
...a virtual spotty nimrod with no idea what products they have (or what they do), who then shuffles off to complete your order, only to return 10 minutes later to tell you it's out of stock (before trying to sell you a rip-off extended guarantee anyway)?
Perhaps I'll just not bother.
The Amiga was, and possibly could still be, the last, best home computer ever. There's got to be a lot of us in the el Reg Readerbase who at the very least may have experienced one and, like me, still get the jitters when the name turns up in modern media somewhere.
Yes, the coders are still out there. Yes, the animators and graphics artists are still out there. Yes, the musical composers who use trackers instead of staves are still out there. And, yes, all modern machines do it better and cheaper. But that's not the point. In my world, using my Amiga to do pretty much anything makes me smile a hell of a lot more than any of my other computers - whether it be playing games, surfing the net or doing something creative. Long live the Amiga!
::A1200T - 060/40 - 8Mb - 540MbHDD:: <-Had to include this |;o)
1. If you successfully pleasure your other half (or willing passenger/host(ess)) in the bogs during flight, will it be the 70-mile high club?
2. What films will be shown?
3. Will the in-flight meals be dished out in those plastic bags with straws like astronauts have?
Inquiring minds would like to know.
Got to say I agree on the DSG point. Even when I worked for them they thought less of me than the plastic bags they gave their products away in. Since working for them I used them about half a dozen times and was constantly let down. Despite the product looking a decent option I'll wait until a reputable dealer with a touch more appreciation of their customers starts stocking them.
"worth revisiting if only to remind one how far we've come."
Zork is worth visiting for so many more reasons, but possibly mostly for the fact that, once you get the hang of it, it's bloody entertaining.
Of course, modern yoofs won't be interested in using their imaginations. If it can't shift a zillion texture-mapped polygons at 60fps they don't care.
Mine's the one with the 'Create Your Own Adventure' book in the pocket.
Anyone who takes action of this sort (assuming they're found guilty, of course) deserves prison. Some may view this action as 'sticking it to the man', but in reality 'the man' is generally unaffected. The customers, investors and subsequently-sacked employees that the company can no longer afford to keep (and their families) are all victims.
If he's guilty and sentenced I hope he goes down for a l-o-n-g time!
In reality very few cars have totally full fuel tanks, and those that do don't have them for very long. So, it's likely that a proportion of your tank is fumes. If you have a fire that manages to breach your tank you'll end up with a lot of petrol that VERY quickly becomes gas... and a big, orange cloud of intense heat. As demonstrated by my mate's 2CV about 20 years ago.
Good idea, sir. I also intend on making requisite adjustments to the wavelength adjuster on my wireless electrogramme in order to fulfil my Olympic update needs. I hear that the BBC themselves ensure that regular updates on how many medals behind the rest of the world we are are made.
This DAB malarky is tomfoolery and poppycock and has no place in our modern society.
So, it's OK to be a strict authoritarian and voice your views on extreme parenting (not friends, just parents - get real!) and file sharing what, at some point in the past, may have been OK music, before selling out and jumping on every fecking re-emergence bandwagon you can find - Tony Hawk's for crying out loud! Best thing they ever did was appear in an episode of Family Guy!
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