Prior Art
I used to have to pick my old Epson printer up and give it a shake in order to get the fecking thing to print anything.
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There will be many an iFan queuing to buy it..... even the ones that already own an iPhone and an iPad, because there will sometime somewhere a moment when the iPad will be just too big, and the iPhone will be just too small. I personally can't think of one, but I'm sure they will.
I can certainly see the case for the W8 tablets and phones to have the same look and feel, but I see no reason why that should really be carried to the desktop. I think they would be better spending their time getting a more more seamless integration between the mobile devices and the desktop without attempting to turn the desktop into something it's not.
I'm a climate "denier". I also applaud the US for their achievement in putting men on the moon, that Princess Diana was killed in a car accident because the driver was probably over the limit. I think birthers are over zealous conservative idiots, and that parents who do not get their children vaccinated are irresponsible. I didn't know either way about WMD's as I was not privy to any information either way and I gave up smoking because of concerns about my health.
Does that mean that the theories of climate "believers" are stupid and those that are more likely to believe them are idiots.
I don't mind a favourable review, but wtf. Is Reg trying to get back on Apples invite list or what. It sounds more like the reviewer was having a jizzfest with the phone rather than reviewing it properly.
Oh and by the way, in reply to... "If you’re an iPhone user, you’ll want to move on up to what is surely the classiest handset from Apple yet".
Ermmm.... No not really, I see nothing about the iPhone 5 that makes me feel the need to rush to replace my 4S. Anyhoo, the reviewer may get himself out of here, I have a feeling there is a queue he needs to be getting into.
"The money has been on lavished on studio time, a luxury booklet, and an abundance of expensive promotional material."
I would hardly say lavished, studio time is pretty expensive, as is promotional material. As for a luxury booklet, I know that if I was contributing a few hundred dollars on Kickstarter, I would be pretty pissed off if my reward was a home burnt CD wrapped in a sheet of A4 paper with a few pictures printed on it with an inkjet and shoved in an envelope.
I say fair play to her.
Or does it look like they have designed the extra colours with only females and flamboyant or extroverted males in mind. Baby Blue and red/salmon/dog's dick pink..... whatever the fuck colour it is, I mean FFS. At least give us Ferrari red, Navy blue or Xbox green to choose from.
I simply trust that those working on the subject have a good grip on what's involved and how to avoid blowing us up... so far this mutual agreement of my blind stupidity and ignorance and their intelligence and knowledge has worked out well in the non-blowing up of us... well me in particular, fuck the rest of you ;-)
I therefore am assuming that finding this bosun of Higgs is a great advance in our.. and when I say our, I mean their... understanding of the universe, life and everything. In which case. Well done guys, a remarkable achievement and thank you once again for confirming my trust by not blowing me up.
So really you need to combine EVERY SINGLE version of OSX to surpass what is one of Microsoft's least popular OS's. However as Apple insist each new version is a new OS then it must be treated in the same way as Windows different versions, and in that case it's still firmly planted in fourth place.
There is a difference with the South Sea Company though. In that case the stock shot (or rather was insider traded to) sky high levels before crashing back down again to around the same level it was at, in Facebooks case the opposite has happened. Stock started at sky high levels (rather iffily so in my opinion) and has pretty much been crashing ever since. Whether it recovers or not in anyone's guess, personally I think unless they manage to start bringing in a lot more cash, then I doubt it.
I don't know what it is but anytime I see an article about Facebook shares, I get an image in my head of Don Ameche and Ralph Bellemy shouting Sell, Sell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8H2FIf1oH4
I tried watching Chopper Chicks in Zombietown on Youtube a few months (mainly because a friend asked if I knew where he could get it, and as I like zombie movies, I gave it a go). Notice I said TRIED to watch, I really tried hard, but in the end I had to give up due to it being so mind numbingly bad. I wasn't actually expecting it to be great, but on the list on stonkingly bad movies it rates somewhere just below Murder Dot Com and just above IRA: King of Nothing. So I am doubtful as to whether I could even bring myself to attempting to watch another of his movies.
I agree, the App store fine and dandy, but who really wants to bother with the locked down Kindle Fire when we now have the Nexus 7 on the market. I think Google have probably stole Amazons thunder on the low cost 7" market now and like yourself, I won't be buying a Kindle. I'm definitely considering the Nexus 7 though.
The Thermaltake Spedo PC case has a little bent metal spring thing to metal contact switch between the door and case which cuts out the fan when the door is removed and removes the need for a cable connection between the two. Simple and effective with no moving parts. Would do the same job and pretty easy to knock up your own similar kind of thing.
http://techreport.com/r.x/2008_11_23_Thermaltakes_Spedo_Case/in-02-600.jpg
http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/lemonlime/cases/thermaltake_spedo/spedo_inside9_sm.jpg
..are a moron of the highest degree. You are a simple nobody who has done nothing noteworthy to be remembered for. Like most of us, you will die and be forgotten by all but the few who may happen to care about you. Whether you in your complete stupidity believe he didn't go to the moon will make no difference to history for THAT is what he will be remembered for long after your headstone has crumbled back to dust.
You are what is known as a sad pathetic little conspiracy nut... Enjoy your epitaph to your life.
In some aspect I would tend to agree with you, but my point is I don't agree that Samsung ARE mimicking Apple's products, I don't think they look anything like each other. I have the Asus Transformer and the dock on it looks "quite similar" to my iPhone dock, does that mean Asus slavishly copied the dock connector. Crafty salesmen, confusing displays... c'mon. If a salesman is a bit dishonest he will be that regardless, and any store I've been in that stocks Apple products have them all in their own Apple section. If someone is planning to spend £500 on a product, the very least they should do is ensure they know what product they are picking up. According to Samsung's survey of Best Buy returns, only 9% were attributed to market confusion but most were for malfunctions. I have a feeling though that market confusion was spread over all the tablets with people buying those instead of iPads as well and not just the Tab.
"Let's hate hate apple and support one another by up-voting the most hateful comment about apple and fanboys. This is what ElReg's commentators are known to do anyway.
They are experts in everything, I mean, they are know it all. Visionaries, judges, lawyers, politicians, elitists and never wrong.
Get some girlfriends and be quiet for once."
.......Says the ElReg commentator
iPhone owner here, and Android Tablet owner, also considering buying an iPad and I really fancy a Nexus 7 as well, so neither a Fandroid or iFan but instead a tech lover and personally I think you need to be completely blind and/or mental to confuse Samsung and Apple products, either on the shelf or when ordering one. It's a sad day not just for Samsung but for technology.
Compartmentalized security. Assange needs to be captured, he is one of the officers assigned to catch him, therefore he has a need to know. As to WHY Assange needs to be captured at all costs he is unlikely to have access to, as he does not have a need to know.
It's the same reason that the US president or British PM for example don't know every secret. They can certainly request the information, and will likely be granted access to it, if they have a need to know.
I'm not a huge lover of Assange myself but for what should effectively be a simple extradition they seem to be going to an awful lot of trouble to make sure he gets captured and extradited. Covert Operations... Counter Terrorist Unit, stationed police officers with a capture at all costs note and all for a withdrawal of consent so you raped me charge and extradition. I believe we did go to the moon, that LHO was the lone gunman, AQ bombed the towers, and that Marilyn Munroe overdosed... so I'm not exactly a conspiracy nut, but something really really stinks about what is really going on here and I honestly think this is all a back route to get him back to the US.
I would rather it was robots getting killed in war than our troops. It may not reduce deaths on the enemy front, but it sure as hell reduces them on ours. As General Patton once very wisely said.
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his"
Now I'm not exactly a lover of war, but if we are going to be in one, then I'm damn sure I want to make sure we are on the winning side of it.
If you are going to correct people you really should try to ensure you use the correct spelling yourself.
As an example, it's "You're starting to look"
I'm not saying that he has used the word bore incorrectly as he hasn't but the incorrect use of you're drives me nuts.
1. Get rid of/merge half your stores
2. Get shot of most of the warranty shifting idiots you call salespeople and replace them with staff who know what they are talking about and might actually aim to sell PRODUCTS instead of a warranty.
3. Pay staff a proper wage in the first place instead of relying on sales commissions to bolster their pay. That way you may get staff who care and will give proper customer service instead of staff who are worrying about what crap they need to do to get themselves a decent wage for that week.
4. Stop trying to fleece customers by trying to flog them cables for £20 that they can buy at H&M for £2
5. Keep your stock more up to date instead of doing a "Woolworths".
6. Pray that the many customers you've managed to piss off over many years give you another chance.
All very interesting, but it still doesn't stop Siri from not having a fucking clue what I want most of the time. I have a five minute journey to my brothers house. If I try to use Siri to call him and say I'm on my way I'm usually there before El Thicko even manages to figure out who I want to call and on what number. I've tried using it on numerous occasions but it rarely gets things entirely accurate and I give up and do it manually which usually works out quicker. Hopefully IOS 6 will improve it. but I'm not holding my breath.
As others have said not entirely accurate, but you are correct in your statement that rowing is generally better suited to taller people as is swimming, whereas shorter people are better suited for longer distance running. As with everything of course there are often exceptions to the rule, Usain Bolt being a prime example of someone who doesn't have the typical sprinters build but excels at his sport. Personally I admire any athlete purely for the hard work, dedication and passion they have, in many cases for little reward other then the pride of their nation and a bit of metal on a ribbon.
Right up until the day the bonnet latch broke while I was driving at 60 up a country road. Luckily it was a straight bit of road and I managed to drive in a straight line as I braked, I looked out the window seeing nothing but the entire bonnet propped against the front window and rattling in the wind, I thought to myself, I've got to get myself a new fucking car. I get the feeling that if I buy Windows 8 I will just need to change the word car for OS.
As for a new name for Metro, that's easy. you just need to take inspiration from the car...... Shite.