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1956 posts • joined Tuesday 13th April 2010 14:17 GMT

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"set up an easy system for people to report offensive tweets."

Really, thats very subjective. All tweets are offensive to me! Your don't hear me crying like a little girl.

Honestly, I'd sue right back.

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fixed that for you

"An iPhone is the last thing in the world that you need, if you really wish to end your loneliness"

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More iShite.

Honestly, what a bunch of wankers. We all know that iFolk are sad followers, but this takes things to new depths.

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I'd rather have the feeble minded become catholic than islamic.

Sorry, but time and time again its the islamists in the headlines for their extreme actions.

Which would you prefer, a bomb or a bake sale?

Tho, I'd much prefer all to be educated and not brainwashed by religion.

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Re: Romans 16:17-18

"Romans 16:17-18

Nuff said."

For those who have never, and never will, read the bible, WTF?

Quoting fiction now?

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Re: Gentle voice of reason! Do me a favour.

"Or to put it another way, too much information is counter-productive to the aims of religion.

Or to extrapolate, education is the enemy of religion."

Yup! The muslim exteremists are an excellent example of this.

They fear that once the individual has the knowledge, they start to disbelieve.

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Netflix is for the cheapos in society who don't want to pay for Sky!

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"or a Windows user I would suggest a usb stick with Linux for banking transactions."

Why?

I've been banking online for years and years on a windows machine. NEVER EVER had a problem.

Though, I have at least 1 brain cell. 1 more than the average PC user tho.

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Re: Windows Kiss of Death

"Now, if they all just switched to Linux, it will all be sweetness and light and we can love one another and the world again."......until "software nasties" are written for 'nix machines.

Honestly, pointless!

(I hate twenty-teenagers)

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"which leaves us in the comfortable realm of idle speculation.

This is just guessing of course"

What a NONE STORY! Thanks for that WASTE OF TIME.

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Re: To our continental friends -

Cameron is the UK's Bush!

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Re: Referendum is not very likely

"the chances of the Conservatives winning the next election are not very big."

Don't bet on it! The fuckwit British electorate have put us in this position to start with.

I never underestimate just how selfish/retarded the British REALLY are.

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"More like:

Cameron: "If you don't do as I say I'm not playing"

Europe: David, you lost the election remember? You aren't Prime Minister any more""

Let’s hope so, because the blues are steering us into the dark ages! I don’t trust the UK population to know what is right or wrong. Look at the mess we are in right now! UK last to recover from the largest theft of funds seen since the last time the bankers put us here. Well done Dave!

Pulling out of Europe makes the UK look like backward, tempered kids. It’s just inconceivable.

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"The current government with obsessed with Smart Meters, convinced that once we know our 1KW heater is consuming 1KW of energy we'll immediately turn it off"

Well put.

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I'm not a cyber-mug. Now't on me guv!

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"Developers can allow users to log into their applications using Twitter or Facebook using the OAuth authentication standard - which saves the user time as well as minimising the number of account login credentials he or she needs to remember. But certain miscreants are abusing the security feature to implement workarounds which violate users' privacy."

Good! I hate it when people try to cut corners.

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Re: Pot, kettle

"How can MS say it's the fault of the OEM's for not producing hardware at launch when they're only shipping their own Surface Pro in February?"

Cause Ballmer is a w*nker with no idea. He'll bring them down. Get rid now.

I stil like windows. I get what they have done with the start screen, some how, 1,000,000's have missed it.

Too stuck in their ways to change.

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Re: Consumers don't want it.

"consumers are voting with their wallets"

Of course, because the consumer market has always been their largest??

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Ballmer can't bully the makers!

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of course they do!

That led display doesn't run itself.

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Re: More proof

"More proof - Sheeple can be led most anywhere."

the AC can not be justified, ever, but I have to say well done for highlighting what most can not see.

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Re: Why this video works...

"Americans love an easy dance craze (usually so they can do something at weddings). Gangnam Style's simple dance moves can be easily copied (see also The Electric Side, All the Single Ladies, and the Chicken Dance- otherwise known as the Birdie Song to us over here)."

It ain't just the 'cains that love easy dance crazes. Dads have to have something to attempt to dance to.

You know your a pleb when you enjoy this shite.

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Every year the Plebs go crazy for generic crap.

This is it!

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Rik!

Who cares?

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Rik!

Who cares?

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Re: If this happens

"how long until these companies go "This is too expensive" and shift their business elsewhere?"

You make £1M and pay 20% tax.

You decide "this is too expensive" and move your operation. Lost jobs, lost revenue. Yeah?

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Lost customers, the market in which you earned £1M is no longer open to you.

So your decision to move your operation elsewhere cost you 100% and not 20%.

Simple.

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Re: Re Capt Blue Bear

"whilst my brother, who effectively worked for the Government, has pots of money"

AH! I see! That's where the truth lies.

Your greed.

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Re: We are not doing anything illegal or immoral

This whole Jesus/religious story you are preaching is fiction! Let’s stick to the facts and not waffle on about wastage or how tax is spent in ways you do not approve of.

Schmit and his kind need to be brought back to earth, because they are definitely not living on this planet.

Avoiding tax is no different than stealing from you. Tax pays for our public services. No tax, no public services.

I was raised believing that we must pay our own way. There is NO ONE out there with responsibility for your care. You work, you pay your tax, and you consume public services. Schmitz et all need to rethink their position and pay their fair share.

Morality isn't dictated by the bible (what a farfetched piece of literature that is), it is dictated to us by what we feel is right or wrong. No one would say that rape was a moral act. Tax avoidance is just as immoral. The majority of sane people believe that.

Trying to avoid your burden doesn't make you clever; it makes you anti-social and a SPONGE, a drain on society. These actions make you lower than a snakes cock.

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Re: what we all love.... I <3 BOOBS!

@OMGROFLSKATES

What the F is all this shit about?

What a twat!

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"T&Cs, which says users will not use the service “To post or transmit, or cause to be posted or transmitted, any Content that is libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, or that infringes any copyright or other right of any person;”

Apples T&C's mean you can't use your phone for any kind of fun, unless you think facebook updating, twattering or downloading 1000's of fart app is fun.

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Parents are responsible for censoring the web.

Why haven't they turned on protections such as a blocker at the carrier level?

There are numerous solutions available, but parents haven't got a clue!

They are solely to blame.

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I'm sick of hearing the same old shite on the site.

WinPhone8 is great. I don’t care that the world is full of sheepish "people" who have no opinion of their own, following the crowd and waffling the same crap time and time again, with 99% not having any hands on experience.

The first person to mention apps needs killed. Who cares the Crapple App store has thousands of USELESS and CRAPPY apps? A few useful apps is all one needs.

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Skytech and the college were extremely embarrassed by the affair.

He should have known not to go anywhere near it once he'd reported it, and certainly not check that the hole had been sorted. That was not his responsibility.

Still, expelling him is too severe and clearly demonstrates just how embarrassed Skytech and the college were. No one likes to have their weaknesses highlighted, especially by a student.

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Re: Steps..

"Humans like sitting down, the connected chair cometh I reckon.

Ive is at it right now."

It'll be a pile 'o shite then.

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Re: You have got to be kidding

"Google rings would really single you out as a nerd and a plonker, flash it in a bar 'hi babe I'm connected' will probably single you out as the guy to avoid. You will never have sex and you will be alone for the rest of your life."

Bitter much?

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"does nothing to remove infections from compromised drones - which are, don't forget, innocent users' Windows PCs."

Innocent users? They are not innocent.

Ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law.

If these "innocent users" kept their PCs up to date and knew how to use the internet, thoses botnets would not take hold and cause disruption for everyone.

Innocent my arse.

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I hate hypocrites

The kiddies watching the tweenies would not have a clue what all the fuss daddy was making was about.

Too many "think of the children" around.

Shame they don't take that stance when it comes to protecting them from drunken and violent daddies.

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We regularly hear that the app stores are the driving force behind mobile OS's.

Lovely phone, but no apps, ain't going to go down well.

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Only sad, fopish, iFannys would tell their "i"device they love siri.

The shame.

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Theres a gap

"But no one expects to be able to Facetime a Skype ID, or Yahoo a Google+ account, so interoperability obviously isn't as important as it once was."

We need to! One client which can hook into these different services is exactley what is needed.

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Amazing isn't it?

You have to tell adults to keep their business to themselves! Kids have a better idea than their parents.

Doesn't bode well does it?

Welcome to stupidville.

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He was convinced that the graphical user interface he saw at Xerox, along with the mouse, had the potential to shape the future of computing. He was right.....copied the idea in a flash and was successful in sucking in his followers to believe he is the messiah.

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Well done Martin, your observational skills are second to last!

I did say "MOST MEN", not all!

100% for posting before reading. Don't worry tho, you're part of the majority in the UK.

Also, I’m not under the thumb so not dragged round by “wor lass”.

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Waste of time and money.

The 'mericans don't care about each other never mind someone elses kids.

Nothing will happen and they will continue to buy up guns, as many as possible.

Boys with toys, what else can you say?

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"NFC has loads of potential"

Not according the the "i" owners!

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"You're forgetting the men who are taken shopping by their women."

There's no thumb print on my forehead.

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""I seldom went in with a specific purchase in mind, but always came out with piles of CDs," "

You are so Fakebook.

I would not dream of going shopping for the sake of shopping. Only females do such a thing!

Most MEN, only go to a shop because they have a specific purchase in mind. (e.g. I need some socks)

Whilst there, you would of course compare pricing and styles, but the initiator was the need for a specific item.

WOMEN, go shopping for the sake of so called "retail therapy", not MEN.

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I don't give a sh*t about the technicalities.

If I have to pay tax, then every entity should be paying their share.

Someone who purposefully avoids paying their share is a scum sucking leech and doesn’t deserve to breathe god’s clean air!

Avoiding tax doesn't make you clever, it makes you lower than a snakes belly and demonstrates that you are not part of society; you are no better than the 10 year dole claimants the Tories hate so much.

Those found to be avoiding tax should be made an example of! Instantly fine them half of their personal wealth, no matter where it is.

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Re: 100,000

"100,000

Still lower than Facebook's requirements."

Who the F cares about Fakebook?

Only the Fake users.