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Peter Storm

How true. It's the difference between perceived quality and actual quality.

People buy French cars because they think they're good, when in actual fact they're total junk.

Peter Storm
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Everybody remember where we parked

Peter Storm

Re: Yeah, but what if Hitler appears live, opening the Olympics?

He already did...in 1936.

Peter Storm

Re: I expected to read a review....

Well if I were you, I wouldn't buy one then eh?

Peter Storm

"England v England. You don't care who wins"

At least, being England and not Scotland, we'd win something.

Peter Storm

I think Apple's glory days may be over unless...

they can come up with something new and different. A "must have" new product. As with the original iPhone or the iPad.

I'm no Apple fanboi and I only got my 3GS a few years ago purely because the Ordinance Survey map app I wanted was only available on iOS at the time. I must say that it has been a really good piece of kit (apart from the battery life).

I only decided to replace it because my daughter's phone was on its last legs and her MP3 player had died.

When I looked at the iPhone 5, I just wasn't that impressed. I mean it looks nice and I'm sure it performs well, but would have cost me a fair bit extra on my contract for doing more or less exactly what my old phone did, just a bit quicker.

In the end I got a 4GS. Hardly any difference in spec from the 5, and less money a month on my contract.

Apple need to be careful and not rest on their laurels. I'm thinking of another fruit based company who had a "must have" mobile product a little while back.

Peter Storm

Game Of Thrones

That is all.

Peter Storm

Re: Hmmm

I do.

But then I do work of a fridge manufacturer.

Peter Storm

Re: Called it

"They should've linked to goatse instead of the actual rulings"

That, or Rickrolled em'

Peter Storm

Re: Renault

The French seem to have taken over the mantle of producing the worlds most unreliable cars from the Italians (who actually make quite good cars these days).

Peter Storm

Re: "Feminine Pink "?

And "Luxury Brown" as opposed to "Bottom of the Barrel Brown" or "Shit-heap Brown"?

Peter Storm
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Re: His real crime

How true.

All these idiots have succeeded in doing is make themselves look like even bigger idiots by kicking up such a bloody fuss about it.

Peter Storm
WTF?

Re: Customer Service...

"Murdoch just called Charlotte Church, former Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames and actor Hugh Grant."scumbag celebrities"

Pot, kettle, black?

Peter Storm

Re: There's nothing wrong with cultural sensitivity

"Cuddly toys are offensive in the UK"

Yeah, the f**cking Generation Game has got a lot to answer for!

Peter Storm

Also, these idiots don't even know their own religion. The Bible never mentions an apple. It's just the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

Those wacky God-botherers , what will they get up to next.

Peter Storm

Re: I despair, I really do...

Judging by the phone snaps that I've seen from some people, a big splodge of purple would actually improve them no end.

Peter Storm
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Brave copper single-handedly chases 'suspicious' Moon

That's no moon! oh, hang on...

Peter Storm

If you go to my business address on street view it shows a house down the road a way. Google maps shows it in someone else's garden.

Peter Storm

Re: What's in it for GOOG?

"plenty of people are finding Windows Phone to be a better experience"

Actually I have to agree with you. I don't own a Windows phone myself, and I was a bit sceptical about them, but our company recently bought ten Lumia 800s for the engineers. All the new company phones come to me first to have their emails set up. I must admit I was quite impressed.

Peter Storm

Re: Can we send Lewis to The Isle of Lewis and leave him there?

Could send him to Rockall maybe.

As the saying goes: "There's f**k all on Rockall"

Peter Storm

Camera, hard drive, radio & TV, for your info. The hard drive and the camera both gave up the ghost just after the warranty ran out. The TV just had really dreadful sound and would reset itself randomly.

Coincidently, I was speaking to someone the other day that was complaining that their digital camera had just died, a few weeks after the guarantee was up. Was it a Samsung" I asked. Yes, he replied. How did you know that?

Peter Storm

Or it could be a quality issue-

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20121897-37/iphone-4s-users-seeing-yellowish-screen-tint/

Wouldn't surprise me. Everything Samsung I've ever owned has been shit quality.

Peter Storm

Re: Each to their own I guess

Especially when you find out the hypocritical prick actually owned an iphone.

Peter Storm

Re: Typical American News Story ...

How very true. They do the same with their version of history.

Peter Storm

Re: Samsung not Sammy

Yes, you should be using "the maker of knockoff iphones".

Peter Storm
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Re: Nonsense fake numbers...

"When your old enough to use a Real Smartphone then you should be aloud to comment on news forums."

Made my day...

Peter Storm

Re: Please stop.

I'll second that, it's getting bloody irritating.

How about "the maker of knock-off iphones" instead.

Peter Storm

Re: Apply this logic to cars

There you go. See what happened there? All those thumbs down for stating actual facts.

Please refrain from this as It's not what the rabid hysterical foaming at the mouth brigade want to read.

Peter Storm

Re: SAMSUNG!! apple....

WTF is "floored approach" when it's at home.

And yes, I agree with the last reply. You do seem like a complete idiot.

Peter Storm

"Chances are they are just trading in"

Or perhaps they're buying different phones now they've discovered just how cheap and crappy Samsung phones are.

Peter Storm

Re: One thing I know...

I can remember a time long ago, when a celebrity was someone like a great actor or popular author.

Now they are just talentless cretins that are famous for being famous, or have shagged somebody famous.

Peter Storm
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"No matter how much information you give people, if their minds are made up, their minds are made up,"

That's because you're just trying to confuse their intellectually challenged little minds with the facts.

Peter Storm

Re: What a brilliant idea

Very true, but that would imply they actually gave a shit.

Peter Storm

Re: @Rodrigo

"Will they suing the HEG-rebrander?" or it could be "Will they suing the maker of knock-off iphones"

Peter Storm

"want a pet but cant handle a proper one like a dog"

On the other hand, I don't recall hearing of any cases where a cat has torn the face off of a small child though.

Peter Storm

Re: What A Load Of Homo Sapiens Bullcrap !

I think it's more likely that the ever increasing numbers of homo sapiens bred in captivity are having a greater effect on the wildlife population.

Peter Storm
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Re: Mine brings back fleas

Try Advocate for cats. Works great on ours. Frontline just doesn't work any more. It's crap.

Just try googling "frontline doesn't work any more".

Peter Storm

Re: This is why

Pass the mind bleach!

Peter Storm

Re: You've never needed a password to install malware on a Mac

"some use it because you can actually get work done"

Like having to use Final Cut Pro as part of your job, or even just using Photoshop on big files without continually having to restart it.

Peter Storm
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Re: Why not just...

"Why not print out the photographs and put them in an album?"

Good idea, but for longevity, it'd be a good idea to use a printer that uses pigment inks and not dye based inks.

Just sayin...

Peter Storm

Re: Oh

"your talking to educated people here"

Thanks for brightening up a dull morning.

Peter Storm

Re: Well Duh!

Along with punctuation?

Peter Storm

"excuse me The Black Hole is an Awesome movie"

Maybe you should go and watch it again. Any film that has a robot talking like a cowboy old-timer with a lisp is definitely NOT awesome.

Peter Storm

Re: You're all wrong!

They'll initially launch in Stilton variety, with the Gorgonzola version to follow soon after, but you'll actually have to wait sixth months for it, due to "veining inconsistencies".

Peter Storm

Re: Where do I sign up?

Nah, not really. I tried it once. Though it was pants.

I see I got a thumbs down, so somebody actually though I was being serious?

Peter Storm
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Where do I sign up?

I mean, how hard can it be? I've played Eve Online, so I'm all trained up and stuff.

Peter Storm

What puts me off Intel as their fucking jingle played at the end of every ad for a product with an Intel chip in it. Makes me feel like lobbing a large heavy object at the TV.

It is only surpassed in awfulness by the vomit inducing "I'm loving it" McDonald's jingle.

Peter Storm

Re: The employee was from Iran...

Yes I wondered about that too. So going by their own policy, I'm assuming they wouldn't allow their own employee to buy an Apple product?

Peter Storm

"Rather than improve the optics of the camera, the researchers focused on the electronics"

Put a poor quality lens on any camera and you'll get crap definition.

Which, looking at those examples, is precisely what they got.

Peter Storm

Re: Bring it on

"It'd look even funnier if you used the surface pro as a phone"

Only marginally .

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