Posts by UkForest
38 posts • joined Thursday 2nd July 2009 13:55 GMT
Rip Off!
Is it me, but is "LifeNews" a complete rip off of Sky News? Quick photo-shop of the Sky logos and Bob's your Uncle!
Posted in Xbox 720 to double-up as a DVR
Hey?! I conveniently bought my son an XBOX 360 S for Christmas and it's had some serious hammer so far. It's kept in the lounge and not once have I heard the fan whilst either gaming or watching movies via NAS drive...
Posted in 2011's Best... DSLRs
Hold your horses fella, that's only beacuse no high-end camera has been ready to release this year. Just around the corner we've got the Canon 1dx (£5,300 - Body Only) and after that we're expecting the 5D mk III (Guessing about £2,000 - Body Only)...
Nikon will no doubt be ready to pounce with there big boys too!
how, are, those, commas, working, for, you?
Sorry, it just gets my goat!
Seems to be working quite well for Apple!!!
Dothing cap to Wikipeadia...
Proper noun
"ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
A fictional occult phrase from H. P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu, said to mean "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming".
Usage notes
While this phrase appears in English fiction, it is intended to represent an ancient (fictitious) language as conceived by H. P. Lovecraft.
There is no formal pronunciation for this phrase: Lovecraft left it up to interpretation.
Finish Line...
If I'm told I can only download 20Gb a month regardless of line speed, I'd rather trundle along with my 4mb/s line rather than race straight up to my limit in a couple of days on 40mb/s!...
Posted in Can 24/7 porn rescue Google TV?
Epic Fail
Betamax failed because Sony wouldn't allow porn on it's platform... VHS, developed by JVC however, took on all and sundry!
"Right now, Voyager 2 is located around 14 billion kilometres from Earth in the heliosheath"
Just thinking about the sheer distance involved and sending Voyager a message, it acting on it and confirming this back, just makes my mind boggle!
Here comes the Bride...
Brilliant article...
As a Wedding Photographer I've been waiting for what seems like an age for the updates to the 1D & 5D lines. Now that the 1Dx is here it looks like they've addressed a huge number of areas brilliantly. Just a shame it's not practical for Weddings!
Lets hope the 5Dx (or whatever they'll call it) gets updated in the same manner.
Oh, and it's SO good that they've decided to concentrate on ISO performance rather than Megapixel increases...
If I'm right (which I'm probably not), non-competitive clauses aren't worth the paper they're written on.
That'll be your human rights to be able to earn a living... FWIW....
I know I'm being an arse, but it's "Hear Hear" shortened from Hear Him, Hear Him....
As a player at Full Tilt I've got to say I'm gutted... They had a really nice application and very easy to use. Their "Rush Poker" system was innovative and a joy to play.
Whilst it's obvious now that they're doggy as hell, I never had a problem withdrawing funds (not that it happened often!)
Posted in Apple confirms iPhone event on 4 October
No, you've read an announcement of an announcement that they'll be making an announcement...
RE: That must be nearly a quarter
"Why do we pay so much attention to this overpriced fashion accessory?" Because, whether we like it or not, it's an incredibly popular piece of technology.
Sheeple don't always go with the best tech do they?! VHS vs Betamax - PS3/Xbox vs Wii etc. etc.
As a TOG...
...and looking at the before and after, I reckon the Mag's telling the truth.
Often finding myself removing people, random legs/arms and stuff like this happens. If her righthand side (as you look at the pic) wasn't so slim itself, this wouldn't have happened! They would have had to spend time actually fattening her up to compensate!!!
Damn Good...
I was in a BestBuy UK store (yes, I know. I'm sorry) with the OutLaw and we were offered a listen of the Beats Ipod speaker dock. It was phenomenal, and slightly better sound than Bose systems.
The one and only thing thank swayed us back to the portable Bose iPod dock was that the Beats dock looked like it should be in a 16 year olds bedroom rather than a 60 odd year old's lounge - the mother-in-law would've shot him if he'd have gone home with it!
I Christen Thee...
“Low Orbit / High Altitude Navigator”
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"A leaked document from an EU meeting last week showed that France, Germany, Italy, Holland and others are opposed to the proposed deal with the UK, Ireland, Sweden and Estonia the only countries backing it"...
May I be the first to slap our sensible European friends on the back in congratulations for standing up to the US, whilst we bend over and pick up the soap!...
Posted in Top Ten Arcade Classics
Completed with just 10p
I can just remember those Saturday mornings after Swimming... Searching for 10p's some unluckly fools had left in their lockers, only for me and a friend to spend them wisely on Golden Axe.
That one special morning where we completed it with only one 10pence each... Wow.
</wipes a tear>
Posted in Tesco's iPhone app gets barcode reader
Old News...
It's had this for ages... I know because I used it and it was flippin handy.
Away for a long weekend with the Mrs and kids. The Mrs wanted special wipes for the kid's bum (sensitive skin and all that stuff) as we'd run out....
Scanned barcode on packaging, then app told me exactly where in the store it was and how much it'll cost.
Made it easy to dash in and get out.
A* from me!
Email App
Anyone else have to go through each individual email to mark as read, as the update had converted them to unread?!
Love the fact that emails are now "grouped" by sender like in SMS App...
Bugger!
I knew the fair cap was 250mb per month but thought I'd never got near it even though I hammer my 3G...
Just checked my online bills and iPhone usage stats (under Settings > General > Usage) and found that I've used 8.5Gb over the last 13months!!!!!!
Averaging at 800Mb a month this has really pee'd me off! Looks like they'll less "Specialist Browsing" in future!...
Paris, because we all know she receives plenty of Specialist Browsing!...
Posted in Garage worker prangs £200k Ferrari
@ Tim Cook
"It's why you drive a sensible car in the first place and don't throw your money away on expensive "statements"."
MMMmmmmmm, so come on, what's your weakness? An expensive bottle of wine at the weekend or maybe an expensive gadget or two?
Just because one man treats himself to a sports car after possibly many years hard work you want to criticise?!!!!
Why don't people in this contry put people down when they've done well?
Outlaws
After being with TalkTalk for years now I thought I'd suggest to the Outlaws that they signed up with them too after the Father-in-law said he wanted internet...
Onto the TalkTalk website, and you obviously had to type in your existing landland number and postcode, STRAIGHT away it said it'll cost £18.48 all in and the expected speed of the line would be 2.1MB/s.
After install and a bit of time to bed in, it's bang on 2.1MB/s, why can't all ISPs be this open?!
Errr... How about...
"it believes it is commercially viable to improve internet access for about two thirds of the country, and called for government help to go further."
The one's in rural Britian pay for it themselves! They don't moan when we get Gas piped to our houses and they have to have it delivered...
You want Superfast broadband? Move somewhere that'll get it then!
Along With...
I'd love this to fail nearly as much as Tesco Direct!...
Why?...
I know they've had bad press in the past... But I've never had an issue with TalkTalk. £18 all in. No messing, 40gb limit, 4.5mbps at my gaff. All the calls/minutes I could ever want!
How are they still the UK's number two? Should be leagues ahead.
(& no, I dont work for them!)
Love El Reg But...
Head-quartered North of London?!? So that'll be virtually anywhere in the UK then!
Posted in Tesco iPhone priced, dated
Yeah right, every little helps!
My iPhone 3G on O2=
What I get...
Mins 600 x 15p (Average on Tesco) = £90
Texts 500 x 7.5p (Average on Tesco) = £37.5
Tarriff allowance would cost £127.50 on O2!!!
But, when you look at what I use...
Mins 200 x 15p (Average on Tesco) = £30
Texts 600 x 7.5p (Average on Tesco) = £45
Tesco Allowance = £60 for £20 charge, add on the difference (& the cost of the phone averaged out over two years to make it fair! (£9.25))...
So Tesco would charge me £44.25 pounds for what currently costs me £40/£45...
Yeah right, every little helps!
@ AC 21:09
"That is why The Internet was created by the United States"... Was it now!?!?!?!?
Posted in AT&T to choke your iPhone
World's Apart!
How come, when Orange, Vodafone and Tesco started punting the iPhone in good old Blighty people suddenly sat up and noticed a data limit...
Orange pointed out that their fair usage cap would be set at 750mb... Then continued to suggest that the European average usage per month was somewhere around 250mb.
I absolutley hammer my iPhone, constantly online with music, gaming and of course browsing. Never had a letter or call to discuss my usage! Don't our American friends ever put theirs down?
Good Luck To Them...
Huummm... As a 30 year old shouldn't really admit to playing games all day, but.... iMobsters is a quality, real time game which is highly addictive, but get this.... It's FREE.
If they want my number they can have it, maybe they shouldv'e asked, but I've been playing for a while and never had on strange tele-marketing call once.
Ever get the thought "Oh, I'm American, I'll sue!" springing to mind?!
Numbers - ITV3
How can we fake a formula or mathmatical theory to crack as case... Anyone else think this is the best comedy on TV?
Hold On...
Why not give me what I already pay for? 8Mb advertised = 2.5Mb delivered!
Posted in HP sued by own sales reps
@Robert E A Harvey
So, as a Salesman I do my job, bringing in every penny I'm expected to. But hold on, I've brought in another 15% extra, shouldnt I get a bonus for making sure EVERYONE'S job is a little safer?!
Toss a Coin?!...
When I had to choose the name of my business I had two options, one had it's .com & .co.uk available, the other didn't.
Simple in the end!
Posted in iPhone 3.1 code goes beta
This will sound mad...
But, as much as I love my iPhone, why not fix the bug in the Clock App that means the alarm doesn't always go off!?
Sounds daft, but setting your alarm doesn't mean it'll wake you up in time for work!!!
