Posts by John McCallum
98 posts • joined Wednesday 7th September 2011 17:59 GMT
Being billed twice
every time that I have had an error in any payment by chip+pin I have been given the erronious till recipt without having to ask if you donot get the reciept chalenge it there and then not maybe 3or4 weeks later when you get your statement.
Re: £29 e-reader dodgy marketing?
I got the same reply to my attempt to buy a tablet and simple then to top that there was a phone call from the bank to confirm that it was a genuine purchase by yours truly or had I lost or had my card stolen.
Re: is everything you read actually true?
Then why do it underwater when it would be easier to do it where the cable comes ashore.
Re: Am I just too cynical?
Why do you think that they announced this article pre publication?
Let there be LIGHT
Bugger 70/100w I prefer a single 90/130w and if it is lined up right plod couldn't care less.
Re: 666
since we are wandering of topic great book but he didn't half ramble near the end/last third....
Devil icon as that is what the bad guys look like,aparently
I seem to remember that this was given as the reason why binaries were thought not likley to have companion planets.
I'm glad someone else remembers that these arseholes said that it was OK to bundle and salami slice oversold morgages from the US market that destroyed alot of companys and also many Billions of £/$ of savings.
Re: Unlimited may be a word..
No you have it the wrong way round there arseholes don't eat shit they dispense it.
Re: No word is "just a word", words are the basis of civilisation.
I dare you to send that to Verizon go on I dare you.
Re: Do not forget....
Well bully for him IF they want to give their products away then let them,but don't expect others to go without their due payment.You can't pay your bills with "beer and hugs" even if you are an amateur.As for the free ticket(s) what concert would they be for.
Re: not been an intern ever then eh?
No every job that I have had has paid me the going rate be it £2.00 ph in the '70's or £300 a day in 2000.
Pass code?
123456 is this for real? sounds like the default pass word
Re: I have a fair solution
A very good way to piss of your customers that is and a very good way to make sure they don't come back
Re: Seriously?
So sorry but at the time of writing I cannot justify the expense mortgage comes first maybe this time next year.
Re: Idiots
If only Edinburgh Council had had the cOjones to find out the uselessness of the main conrtactor for the trams debacle they would by now have a tram line that went somewhere rather than one that only went to the airport and back to Princes St.
Re: Seems to be a legit company.
It would have to be significantly larger than the fine that they are about to be slapped with,watch this space.
Adverts
As far as I am concerned all adverts lie to some extent or other so it is just a shite storm in a toilet bowl
Default ON
Or default OFF or user ON or user OFF it seems to me that they are in effect the same thing it is either on or off,so tell me how does a piece of software or programme on a server somewhere know whether it has been turned on by the user or turned off by the user or is on or off by default?Can you explain in normal language what the differance,if any,is.
"If they cant find a willing resident, then the site that has the least % of footprint to pavement ratio should be used.. "I think that is what these councils want but the percentage is 0%,and the only way to do that is to recess them in to a wall Expensive!
Re: Seriously
They have a hobby it's called objecting(to everything and anything).
Re: probably preserved it better than the library would have
By George I think he's got it (don't know what it is but he's got it)!
Court Martial
As this ExOfficer Opted to take his licks in a millitary court and got 41/2 years his time in a military prison is not going to be a walk in the park,he is going to feel like he has done at least double that.
Posted in Barnes & Noble Nooks bound for Blighty
Nooks
This is all very well as long as they donot assume that $1=£1.If they charge the same as in the US they will compeate very well even with the cheapest eReader Simple touch $99=£78 inc VAT App Simple touch with glow light $139=£108 inc VAT
Re: Hmm 'nother biker here
That depends on what makes them slippery diesel or cow shit give me cow shit any day
Re: The "substantial part" is more of a worry
The short version is will 140 carecters breach the copyright of something or other,yes or as close as you can get.
Re: Why and Why Now?
More than likley they have a better software package and are doing this to promote the fact,just like some firms do on the CD/DVD on the Dennis computermags(PC Pro&Computer Shopper)
Re: Time for a new law
"Req 1: The driver must be able to change any bulb within 5 minutes. Only tools forming part of the standard toolkit may be used."This is a joke isn't it?
Software defined radio
Well it looks as if they or somebody ckacked the weight problem see here http://www.army.mil/article/73608/
@Jay Zelos
I would not be surprised if it wasn't the same product.
Re: So its official
Too late damm right it is too late.They have been looking stupid since 1910ish after they had actors in Imperial German Army uniform swagger around London pushing and being generaly obnoxious.
Re: Interesting
Not necessarily I know some people that have been building their own PCs for decades and think Linux is a dirty word.
Games on Linux
As most games have DRM on them will the Linux fans buy them.
Re: @Craigness
Do samsung offer a beter deal to retailers then or is apple as tight as a gnats chuff.
Parents(and others)buying games
This is imaterielthe law is to stop,or try,underage people from buying these games
Re: Alcohol was a possible factor
Or a very painful one.
Looks to me that t' Management are getting their brass out before everything goes titsup.
Posted in Ten... alien invasions
Re: V
I think that was the Martian Chronicles.Been a long time since I last saw that on the box.
Re: I'm a bit confused...
No magic involved the right hemisphere of your brain controls the left side of your body and of course vice versa,basic biology.
Re: Last time I looked
That scenario is also applicable to industry generally above the level of general labourer:-ie WANTED
skilled pipe fitter must have twenty years experience,but if anyone with that level of experience were to apply they would be told that they were over qualified.
Re: An Oldie Recalls
Oh the good old days,fond memories of school dinners.I had the same sort of choice at several schools in Fife,some had their own kitchens some were supplied from central district kitchens so the meals were overall cheaper to make and a lot better than these.On a some what related subject when I joined The Forces in the late '60s the ration allowance per man was something like £5 per week and at least in the RN you got prety good if plain food three times a day plus a mid morning snack if wanted.Beer 'cos we got that instead of the Rum ration.
Re: Big Ben Comparison?
That may or may not be the Big Ben he is talking about.What with the Ausie way with uphamisims and all that.
Re: Same old same old
Probibly because comp is not a factor until several days or perhaps weeks of down time have lapsed.In other words the civil servants have had rings run round them again.
Re: Good news for the UK
Yes thePound is booming but we are not safe from the Euro if it fails around 60-70% of our exports are to the Euro Countries.
Re: Motorola no longer exists
I belive that this court case started when Motorola was one company so it is still treated as if it is still one company as far as the court case is concerned.although I could be wrong on that.
Posted in Biennial boner blights Beemer biker
Not
...a very experienced rider is he I have regularly done longer runs than that 2 hours each way bloody amateurs but then he is a Yank.
Maybe
...this is the replacement for Microsoft Reader for Windows 8
OK I'm going no need to shout.
Re: Hmmm
"If the DOJ should succeed, you can kiss any promising new author that won't sell a million copies with a debut novel goodbye" Bullshite all they have to do is offer it to one of the smaller publishing houses,ok they wont make their name overnight but if it is any good they will make a living.
Posted in Eight... Rugged Cameras
Re: Where's the Hero2 HD?
"200mph motorcycle motorway nutjobs" who you calling a nutjob.Great fun on the quieter stretches like north of the border.
