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1797 posts • joined Friday 10th July 2009 11:30 GMT

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Happy

Re: iPhones 'are all fart and no poo'

All poo and a few fanbois...

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Happy

Re: Don't be silly

Ok then- can it run Metro* and do more than two tasks?

/ducks and runs

* In a VM- I'm not that optimistic...

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Headmaster

Re: Great now we have a child

A more tempered response, such as hurling chairs around?

< ---- That's you, that is.

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Windows

Re: I like Aero

And me- I like the minty one.

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Happy

Re: Don't care....

It won't matter- they are working toward full monochrome for the next release...

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Happy

Re: The plural of 'chaos'

Is 'Internets'

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Big Brother

Re: "No Ms Harmon..."

hard to tell the difference, really...

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Windows

Re: Dont get it

Who? BillG?

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Unhappy

Re: Oh for god's sake

Ok- go for it.

. And don't forget to save the slush fund to replace the kit the now 'non-offended' dock workers have 'accidentally' dropped in the ocean.

It may not be gentlemanly conduct, but some people aren't gentlemen, and greasy-palmed officials doubly so.

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Pirate

Re: Nice strereotype.

Defence against gun carriers?

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Devil

I've seen used dog food before.

Such an apt description of what they do at Redmond.

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Devil

Re: In all fairness...

The way it's going, soon the spelling will be Micro¢oft.

Happy?

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Linux

Windows is the OS of the Cloud

Where 'Cloud' is a subset of 'Fog'.

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Unhappy

Sad.

Odd how this never needs to happen when there are people that need 'Democracy' dropping on them.

Or

prayers to be rented.

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Meh

Re: Not this again

It's more like complaining that people are eavsdropping when shouting down a cellphone on the train.

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Devil

What!!

Why would you rip your cat's balls off?

Why do you seek attention for your arsehole?

I suppose you would have no interest in a DeadKittyBlimp then...?

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Devil

Re: Room for improvement

But it's already fitted with Catseyes!

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Happy

#dogperson?

Is that like Manbearpig?

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Holmes

Re: I've never eaten dead cat.

Think now. Can you be absolutely certain about that...?

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Devil

Re: Credit due?

What!? Sir Elt passed up a chance to do Camel With The Wind one more time?

Blimey!

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Pint

Re: When does thing launch again? @Graham

Have one of these- even go want to do, like!

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FAIL

However-

Their spelling is better than yours...

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Trollface

Well your profile says

you started on Wednesday 16th May 2012 08:40 GMT.

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Gimp

Wow.

What harmful drugs are Apple on to try that line?

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Re: Android apps on Windows

I hope quickly too. Android apps would only make W8 usable.

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Holmes

not enough water for cooling?

Don't use water. It's bad.

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Megaphone

Re: "So why the ad-hominems?"

It seems an increase in solar output leads to an increase in the number of arseholes.

I wish the sky would fall on the lot of them.

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Re: Fukushima

Weak.

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Linux

Re: Fukushima

Anyone using Windows for any life-crucial tasks should be taken out and shot.

It says so in the EULA...

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Unhappy

Re: OK...

Voldemort's a hacker? Who knew!

Seriously- can anyone sue for damages? These ones are real, not like McKinnons 'repair' bill...

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Happy

Re: It's OK...

It is Ok- when the thieves open it, a jet of poison gas will shoot out of the screen.

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Re: We can't afford the CPU, hard drive, video, etc upgrades MS thinks are necessary

Perhaps they pay them more, rather than wasting money on overspecced hardware to run overpriced bloatware?

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Boffin

Re: Echidnas?

But what is the mass of a football pitch, in Kangaroos?

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Re: first concorde, now the UI (It is called Cargo -Cult)

"...The thing about Win8 and Metro is they are shaping up to be absolutely fantastic on mobile devices and tablets."

fan·tas·tic (fn-tstk) also fan·tas·ti·cal (-t-kl)

adj.

1. Quaint or strange in form, conception, or appearance.

2. Unrestrainedly fanciful; extravagant:

3. Bizarre, as in form or appearance; strange:

4. Based on or existing only in fantasy; unreal: fantastic ideas about her own superiority.

5. Wonderful or superb; remarkable:

1 out of 5 ain't bad...

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Gimp

Re: Foxconn-rebranding company.

Turd-polishing comapany is already taken by Microsoft.

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Happy

Re: Is it just me....

Perhaps- but it does make the Police look like dicks...

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Facepalm

Re: "innovated"

Er...*whoosh*...

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Happy

Re: execute people on the Reg forums

Capital punishing- for TYPING in CAPS??

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Headmaster

Re: definition

I love to watch rape.

Such lovely yellow fields, waving in the breeze.

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Angel

Re: Science == skepticism

Correct! Bozons are not real- unlike Bosons...

Bozos on the other hand are many, and like to think the sky is falling.

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Headmaster

That would be-

toe the line. Not tow.

Psht! "experts..."

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Re: Be interesting if...

Within 6 months Whitehall and Co would be running Bring and Buy sales to raise money.

It might be nice to see Bake Sales for Bullets instead of Hospices though.

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Windows

How evil!

So much for hearts and minds- that's just low.

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Childcatcher

Easier to claim-

Does it have a Win Metro interface, with tiles for the different types of benefit?

Press Red square for Housing Cash, Green square for Heating cash, etc.

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Meh

Re: Opera - top dog. AC@17:17

By the mindless.

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Happy

Look carefully-

Part tablet, part laptop, part tea-trolley. Where are the castors though?

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Linux

Aha

That's where El Reg went.

All else seemed ok though.

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Devil

Re: Thou shall be doomed

And those that do use it will be used to the experience..

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Happy

Re: then what do you expect

Er, The Mail ? No- The Sunday Sun!

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Happy

Re: I'm impressed!

The cat? It's here and there...