Posts by andy gibson

Also bought one

Its an amazing phone for the price, and many who own the closest rival - the LG 540 Optimus - have said the Orange phone is better.

If you're buying one ask to see the "discount leaflet" that Orange produce (but don't hand out), it gives details of which workers can get a discount in store. Public Sector workers get 20% off (take your wage slip in store)

"professional drivers"

Are usually the worst on the road, especially taxi drivers. Flash or "pip" them for their failure to indicate, pull in wherever they want or perform dangerous U-turns and they just give you abuse. So much for professionalism.

ipod touch?

Really? When there are R4 devices and free DS games galore on the torrent sites?

Nothing new

I had a USB powered device (manufacturer may have been "Audiolink") like this about ten years ago. Cost £20 from Ebay, about the size of a packet of fags, but could only operate on three pre-set frequencies defined by DIP switches on the side (and was highly illegal of course).

Range was about 75 metres.

Somali Pirates

What happens if a nuclear vessel gets boarded by Somali Pirates? I'm sure any nuclear material on board a ship would be worth more than the ship or crew.

"How do you compete with a freebie"?

Easy answer. Just look at:

Outlook Express

Windows Media Player

Notepad / Wordpad

Internet Explorer

All free but avoided with the proverbial bargepole.

Ha anyone thought....

That the guy in question might just be a dick? These people bring grief on themselves. Lets hear from his recent employer as to why he was sacked.

I avoid

those pesky hidden cameras and subsequent fines and bribes by driving to the limit of the road. Its really not that difficult. If you are having problems give your local driving instructor a call.

How do you get a "great" web experience?

As it not being available on XP, boo hoo I'm so sad!

crumbs

That skirt is short and those legs are long......

what a difference

In the comments on this article and the ASA "f**k" one. Just goes to show what a diverse readeership we have.

And just in case you're not sure which camp I'm in - fookity fookity fuck. Twat. Piss. Balls.

Why is it

that the patches apply to XP, but also Vista and 7 - operating systems supposedly better and more secure than XP?

USB cables

PC Line USB cable, £12.99

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pc-line-a-to-b-usb-2-0-cable-1-8m-00773017-pdt.html

For a free writer

I recommend CutePDF. No programs, just a virtual printer that writes your PDF document.

The original reply

can be found here: http://advogato.org/article/1044.html

No excuse for using swear words in his argument though.

Cut out the "preventing accidents" tag line

and just say that speed cameras are there to catch dicks who can't or won't drive at the speed limit.

Decent US Beer

Aldi recently had a "US Food" theme and were selling Samuel Adams and Sierra Nevada ales for a reasonable price.

@ Supertim

I wholeheartedly agree. People only go into Warrington to fight or pull slags. If the soldier really wanted a drink there are loads of places he could go without issue.

Most Warringtonians invade my quiet trendy suburb of Stockton Heath - the women looking for a better class of bloke, the blokes looking for a better class of women, thus bringing that area down as well. So now we have to go elsewhere (not saying where though for fear of it being ruined!)

The film....

"First Men in the Moon" with the wonderful Lionel Jeffries

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058100/

SP3 issues

There are a number of SP3 issues which Microsoft haven't yet corrected.

One is when a user with a mandatory profile logs onto the network for the first time and is forced to change their password. It changes it but doesn't load the rest of the group policy and the profile doesn't get deleted from the client and gets corrupted, preventing further logons.

Isolation Chamber?

Seriously, WTF? I would expect a consumer review site to review the product like the consumer was going to use it.

So, are the reviews from this source only good if you like in an isolation chamber or going to work in space?

Somebody give George

Another trilogy he can "prequel" and f*ck up.

Dividends?

As the parish council stumped up a chunk of the cost, will they see any return on their investment?

Terror Flight?

Maybe, if "Terra" didn't mean Earth.

Car stereo

I bought my latest car stereo with integrated Bluetooth. It saves the need for looking like some kind of cyborg with a hands free headset.

DIsassembly

Obviously those of you moaning about the disassembly are too young to have ever seen, bought, or read "The Home Computer Course" magazine from the early to mid 1980's.

Each issue was eagerly awaited to see which 8 bit (now a classic) was opened up.

Her dad's evil monkey

Maybe it wasn't really evil but struggling to come to terms with his monkey wife having an affair?

/familyguy_evil_monkey_in_chris_griffin's_wardrobe