Posts by Andy Tunnah
74 posts • joined Thursday 24th May 2007 15:36 GMT
orson welles even...i thought that looked wrong..
Ah you bunch of miserable gits, I thought it was a really good go at aprils fools...what the hell do you expect, a gag of such of wit and discombobulatiion (yeah, I'm not sure that's a word..) that it rivals the radio broadcasts of orvell wells ?
In any case, I likes
Re: Sounds like America
You forgot to put the troll face icon because there is no way this is a serious post.
This is the sort of post I expect from one of the RSS-educated plasticgeeks who forms their opinions from whatever fart-thoughts are discussed the loudest.
Let's assume you're not trolling for a second. For one it's not politics involving itself in his business, it's a politician's abuse of power using a police unit under his command to execute his plan of extortion.
For 2...you know what, I can't carry on, you are trolling, if I'm to keep this little bit of faith in humanity intact, I need to believe you're trolling.
Re: What bus route?
Oh bravo sire, bravo!
Giggled a bit too much at that one
Posted in Samsung unwraps 17in Ivy Bridge beast
Back to your cave troll!
Apple are probably doing it because people can only be ripped off for so long, now that other companies are doing these high end sexy laptops at a fraction of the price, Apple's market is dwindling.
HA!
I laughed far too hard at that last bit...
But as a thought how many of us have gotten none-powered electronics wet only to let them dry off and they be working fine afterwards ?
Re: I'm sorry
...You do realise servers don't just get setup and left alone ? Running costs are enormous, then there's all the work that goes into after market DLC, be it paid or not.
wow that went over your head a bit now didn't it ;)
See this is why footballers are truly the pinnacle of athletic ability, not only can he chase down his victim, he can assult him, finish off, then instantly get up and try to chase the ball again
*salutes*
...on second thought that sounds like I'm saluting sexual assault...
Posted in Game of Thrones Blu-ray disc set
Can't be thronies, too close to bronies - how about thronitians ?
Posted in Hitachi GST lays 4TB Easter egg
They've had an internal 4tb drive out a while (albeit not enterprise) in the form of a 5400RPM drive.
Posted in iPhone 5 gets a 5in screen
Unlike the missus...
...I am completely satisfied by 4", it's just such a perfect fit
Re: For the prices charged for the latest Apple kit ...
It's not naive at all, with pretty much all other expensive electronic components a higher level of work force is behind it. In fact it's because of the higher level of work needed that the prices are high, and that's pretty much the standard in the tech world.
Apple are very smart though, in that they modelled their manufacturing processes in the same way as the only industry that gets away with that crap - the fashion industry. They make something everyone will want, create frequent updates to keep in trend, and most importantly farm out that design to the cheapest manufacturer while maintaining a high price.
I wonder if apple charged a normal price for their products, would they have the same snobbish fanbase ?
Posted in Sony KDL-40HX723 40in LED 3D TV
judged purely on picture ?
this perhaps shows why it would be good to have groups of ratings rather than a single score
sure this set has a knockout picture, one of the best - but so it bloody well should for over a grand for a 40" set!
and while it may be a show stealer for the eyes it's a pickpocket when it comes to features - no drive for DVR, single tuner, no MKV support, and no wireless dongle ?
and not to forget the lack of glasses. i could understand this in 3-5 years time when maaaybe someone is upgrading their 3DTV so already has the binlids ready, but not now whilst the tech is still in it's infancy and pretty much every 3DTV purchase is a first born
Posted in Ten... earphones for mobiles
reply replee reploo
wanted to reply to several comments
first, bluetooth headsets - no matter what reason you have for them, no matter how discrete or stylish they may be, you will always look like a cock using it to talk
sennheisers do break but even so they're so worth it - i'm not an audiophile, and i listen mostly to metal or drum and bass; fast, loud. deep music and i've not found a pair that spits out more bass than my CX-300s (apart from a mate who had this £200 pair of earbuds but that is ridiculous..o well each to their own)
funny thing is one bud did stop working..didn't work for months, then out of the blue i put the wrong bud in my ear (only use 1 anyway, riding a bike and listening to music is suicidal) and they were fine again
$179?!?!
for a muddyfunkin' book?!
london ? psh
it would never happen in the UK, the owner would sue the goverment for the cost of the car, plus millions in damages for personal suffering, and demand that the road where it happened be legally theirs as that would be the only way they could ever get over this tragic event
Posted in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
finally!
been waiting a long time for this. when i first heard about it i was expecting a half-arsed attempt at a reboot, some studio trying to cash in on the legacy while not appreciating the source
started getting my hopes up a few months ago after seeing footage, then i read an interview with the art director ( http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/118/1180786p1.html ) and i was hooked
it was never going to be as good as the original, and you have to expect some pandering to console gamers so it's not gonna be a technological leap forward either, but at least they were reasonable faithful to the legacy
wonder if it still plays ok with a mouse & keyboard though..
this is just pathetic
why do people have to go whinging and crying over eeeevery little thing nowadays ?
so you lost a few items, lodge a complaint, ask for it's return and i'm sure it'll be done
the problem is with the advent of the litigious society we've become that every little hiccup that happens warrants some massive outcry and backlash, and it's permeating every aspect of our lives
perfection - or nearest cash value
Posted in New DVD discs claim 1,000 year life
o rly ?
just to test this out i dug out a dvd i burned in 2002, plays absolutely fine
LIES, ALL LIES
Posted in Apple sues NYC mom & pop shops
cmon guys..
we can sit here and say omg this is horrible they're just using the name in a clever way but we all know it's gonna be some really bad knockoff shop with dodgy chinglish and crappy...everything
although i'd never spend silly money on designer gear i also don't buy knock offs of it for 1 simple reason - the conditions may be poor but the quality is high, knock offs are 99% of the time inferior and in the case of good immitations it can damage a brand
also, is it racist that the second i thought of apple shops in china town all i could think of was the apple logo with a rice paddy hat and 2 south park-esque slits for eyes as the sign ? :D
o dear lawd
imagining 3.84tb of flash storage makes me think this page should end in .xxx
Posted in Apple iMac 27in
not a PC/Mac argument, more a practical one
I understand that you pay for the looks, that's a given in life (I've bought many a sony vaio for a few hundred extra purely because they look loads better than other lappys) but if you wanna match this machine by it's only other stand out feature, the screen, then go for the Dell 27" A04 (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-dell-u2711-a04-wqhd-widescreen-lcd-2560x1440-hdmi-2xdvi-d-display-port-5-xusb-8in1-reader) or any other monitor that has an IPS panel. It's no Apple magic that causes their screens to be better than all others, they just always use IPS panels.
this is such a classic example of people not being impressed anymore
i seen a standup do a skit a few years back can't remember who and he made the point of how amazed we all were when like, portable tape players came out, or when sky first arrived here..it was amazing!
And how nowadays kids get given what would be classed as a supercomputer 20 years ago in their pockets and they just want more..
They've created a bloody artificial leaf! How about a few "wow! that's pretty freaking clever!"'s before questioning its operatability (is that even a word).
I dunno i just think that's bloody fantastic, ignoring all it's claims and if they're viable..the very fact that they did this is just incredible.
hmm
i know you pay extra for quality and all that but it seems just down right retarded to pay £900 for a 37" when you can get a 50" plasma for £550 nowadays
yeah the picture quality will be worse etc. but you're not gonna have the other set sat beside it to compare it to
if you're that bothered..
..just grab the result manually and paste it into the address bar :P
Posted in Sky bags UK HBO exclusive
good for those who don't pirate
with sky buying them up won't it mean they'll be on a lot sooner than the several year gap currently being employed ?
and ppl saying it'll give more reasons to pirate, yeah right, everyone pirates it unless its on the same or next day anyway :P
Posted in Mobile Broadband Best Buys
what happened to comments ?
not a suggestion just a massive thank you, my sis' birthday is coming up and the new sprog is stopping her setting up home broadband and was gonna get her mobile as a prezzie, this guide is exactly what i needed
then again its more a present to me, if i get 1 more google-something-for-me phone call i think i'ma kill her ha
bet their eyes hurt
from squinting so hard if they actually engage from that range
just because they have that range doesn't mean they fire from it
o reginald, i disagree!
*hugs the creator of AUTH TLS*
measurements
sorry to double post but why is everyone so obsessed with working it all out as a percentage of something else ?
none of us would get a 2gb limit because we know whats out there and spend more of our time finding stuff rather than clicking links in emails
20mbit (or whatever) with a 2gb limit is excellent for the none-computer savvy home user who has no concept of internet slowdown (who here hasn't been asked to fix the computer because a website loads slow?) because at the end of the day all mine yours and everyone else's mum wants is the latest facebook pics to load instantly so she doesn't panic and wonder why shes got half a face
a love letter
did nobody read it properly ? it states 2 packages
i have sky and absolutely adore them, if they asked i would probably let em take my brown cherry for the service i get - i'm connected at 14.4mbit, and my downloads are never slow, i regularly download 2tb+ a month..oo i'm all tingly
automagically
has now been firmly wedged into my vocabulary
Posted in First Freeview HD TV goes on sale
pricey
seems if you're gonna shell out that much for a TV you probably have enough money for a sky subscription
Posted in Pioneer BDP-320
75% seems a bit generous
when buying an entertainment system like this, i rarely look at the tech specs and all the extra filters etc. as i've found once its setup and running i'm always perfectly happy with the picture (after all, i'm not comparing it to better or worse models so i don't really have a yard stick)
what i do look at is the stuff i'm gonna have to live with day after day, and this unit seems to lack those basic functions - backlit remote, in-film menu access, pre-HMDI support, returning to where you last were in a movie, and what i personally find the most infuriating of all, a long boot up time
maybe need 2 diff ratings, one for its technical prowess and one for its basic user satisfaction
Posted in Sony Bravia KDL-46W5810 46in LCD TV
did sony pay for this review ?
so its an ugly tv, crappy menus, crappy sound but decent picture quality, and that gets a 90% ?
also for this price you could easily nip down to currys and pick up a 46" LED TV with a stand by LG
that has helped my diet immensely
looking at those before my dinner break has ensured i won't be having one
thanks reg!
Posted in OCZ Vertex solid-state drive
nice colour coding
why are the colours for hard drives switched around for different tests ? really irritating :(
Posted in Robo-flower wilts as power burns
reverse it!
every geek out there is going to want this working in reverse - the more gadgets they have on, the more "bloomed" it becomes
well..thats what i want anyway
o common sense how i love thee!
this is one of those rare occasions when the suetards (i'm hereby copyrighting that word and anyone found using it will be sued) have been well and truly told to take a run and jump
good on the judge for throwing this absolute crap out!
photoshopaganda
best word eva ?
Posted in MS: Xbox will not go Blu
@John H Woods
how low do you have your volume ?
my 360 sits in the front room (or did before i sold it) and would play media all day and never noticed the whirring, any sound from the tv would usually mask it
twatdangle
best word eva
along with cockpocket (vagina)
and tardilarious (stupidly funny)
sky BB is sexier than the idea of a hundred core chip
i switched from pipex (bastards screwed me over royally tried to charge me £1000 because they switched my package without informing me) to sky 16mbit and i have to say it really does create a slight twinge in my groin area every time i go to download stuff
and i mean EVERY time, i regularly max it out at 1.4mb/s from places that allow such speeds, and from what i've seen they don't turn the dial down during peak times
i literally couldn't be happier with broadband, its like the first time i switched from dial up to adsl some 10 years back!
@@@Not much compensation
you sire, should learn to pick up when someone is joking..
Posted in Japan runs out of Xbox 360s
not exactly a wii situation
its a lil different than the wii situation, because in the UK eeeeverybody wanted one; stock was sold out because altho there were tens of thousands being sent here, demand was outstripping stock 5-1 easily (i got offered £300 for mine but that look my nephew gives me when hes disappointed could make birds fall out of the sky so passed it up)
so in JP all they've done is underestimated it by a few thousand
and good for 'em! the more consoles out there, the more competition, the more ppl are gonna work hard to create better games and better products
i don't know about you guys but i'm a GAME fanboy and all this favourtism etc. well..its a tad pathetic :x
Posted in Goldfish customers sent wrong bills
@Gordon - get a life!
its people like you who are causing this society to end up like the litigious shithole that is now the USA
why should anyone get 10% off their bill simply for having the wrong one sent to them ? did it cost em that much ? does it warrant that much personal damages ?
meh really gets my back up these sort of statements
Posted in Ubisoft pirates game fix from pirates
give em a job!
its been long established that DEViANCE/RELOADED crackers are some of the most talented coders around; these guys work tirelessly on stuff like this (and not just the illegal stuff)
give em a job :p
MY HAT MY HAT I CAN'T FIND MY TIN FOIL HAT!
i read el reg every day and barely a day goes by where i read a story and there's some random comment about some sort of conspiracy theory behind the post. And 99% of the time i scoff at it and think "get a life"
but my god does this whole thing sound shifty; the US passes this law which basically cripples the internet gambling business, while boosting the flagging real life gambling industry, and now they're dragging their feet on defining it..
...i'll leave the coat, i know one of you bugged it :p
meh!
altho the guy is well and truly worthy of wearing the FoTW badge, i just have to stick up for the poor lil bastards being slandered
the problem with staffies is the origins for which they come from. just like any dog, they can be vicious and switch if not treated right, but because they're a very tough dog, when they do switch they tend to cause a lot more damage
but also because they're tough, ppl think they'd make great show-of-force dogs, or guard dogs (they're SHIT guard dogs, too inquisitive, terrier nature) and its these ppl who are raising em wrong and raising them to be vicious
you check the stats for dog attack instances per breed over the last 20 years and staffies have only been rising since mid 90s or so when the prices dropped of pups (they used to be like 800, now can be 150) and they became another chavcessory that it started to rise
i have a staff and shes the sweetest dog in the world, and i've had 4 before her and never once have they gone for anyone, and when i play or fight with them they have an amazing ability to attack, pin, and subdue you without ever breaking the skin (very funny party piece btw)
we should just ban chavs from owning dogs and it will be fine :D
