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1442 posts • joined Tuesday 4th October 2011 20:11 GMT

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The developers should

Get the hint, that they would sell more aps make more money if they stopped the demand to harvest all our details.

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FAIL

Fu*ck up the contract, fail to deliver and get paid. No one had the balls to kick them where they deserve.

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Until they leak out the truth a few months later.

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I hope

The iPhone 5 doesn't look like the Samsung S3

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HOW MANY OF THESE

Don't we know about yet?

Might find it is endemic in that there is no proper vetting of Android aps.

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Written

Written by American scientists and organisations that promote Growth Hormone in cattle and GM crops from the fattest nation in the world.

Hmmm believable.

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Even with

Irrefutable evidence US courts tend not to allow appeals, usually because it might make the Sherriff look bad.

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Food for uranium?

Except for the fat guy in charge most of the population of North Korea is starving and reliant on food aid.

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Protectionism or

Is there a genuine threat?

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And they hold their hands up and deny deny deny it.

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What!

What they say they will do, and what happens are two different realities.

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Honest Guv

I didn't sell it to them...... Directly!

Ok so I knew the reseller would pass the product on, but who am I to complain, I only want to make money after all. Not my problem!

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A Fake?

Its marketing Jim but not as we know it.

Regular little 'snippets' released every couple of weeks keeps the speculation going and the interest alive.

This is all about Apple marketing 101, the next release a couple of weeks from now will be another 'leaked copy) until finally two to three weeks before the official announcement someone will accidentally leave a real one in a bar somewhere.

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I'd like

The choices we may have in 2112

A new phone please.....

A new microwave....

A new computer.....

A new fridge.......

A new cooker.....

A new watch........

A new toaster.......

'certainly sir we stock all these Apple products'

'any other brands?'

'not since the great patent wars of the early 2000's

'nothing but Apple?'

'once you've made your purchase why not celebrate in the pub next door, a meal in the Dog and Apple, I hear the real ales, brewed locally in the Apple brewery is quite nice!'

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That's rich

Thats rich comming out of the mouth of Peter Hain the 'former' minister who was always out of his depth in politics. Why on earth do people listen to him or give him the time of day.

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Re: Can you hear

Ah, but I hear the apple fanbois... Laughing, but there is always THE APPEAL,

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And now in the US Samsung has lost the case and must pay Apple a cool billion... Ouch!

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If I'm Turkish

Then I'm a flamin Dutchman.

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It is a change

It is a change to compliment the new Win 8 interface,

That says it all......

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He walks out of the door

And continues the circuit of well paid jobs for the boys.

Next we may hear he is CEO of some council, then when he fails he moves on to the next one and the next one and the next one and the next one.

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It's all in the small print of nearly every contract you sign...

Section 108.9 (C5)

Subsection 24.2i (2)

Paragraph 345.9 (z)

Sub paragraph 23 (a)

Which states

'whatever we promise to deliver we can change at any time, now or forever in the future, and that if you feel you are being butt-fuc**d you probably are, but there is nothing you can do about it. So cough up the cash or f**k off, unless you are tied into our 3 year contract in which case we've got your ar*se and you are my bi*ch.'

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Re: Dear Facebook....

There was never any doubt, it had already been decided.......

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Re: Flawed methodology

Realistically it's the one you don't see that causes the most damage.

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Some people are surrounded by a reality distortion bubble.

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Remember what happened

Remember what happened to the ACS Law here in the UK. Was it the demand letters or the way they were menacing that stuffed this firm.

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The big question

Will Karen Gillan have a future in television after this, other than the odd ghostly guest appearance?

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Yet the

Company can remain anonymous! Where is the fair and open justice in that!

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Eventually

Companies will pursue anyone who says anything against them which could set legal precedence over free speech.

While 'nasty' trolling is unacceptable, just remember that if you put yourself out there you have to expect a bit of this and that back.

Celebs that complain, for instance, after tweeting/facebooking how great their car is, the amazing products they use for their hair, nails, face (product advertising for which they get paid) and then get upset when a few people point out how crap they are, should expect a bit of trolling.

They need to grow a thicker skin and not throw their dummy out of the pram every time it doesn't go their way.

Companies are begining to do the same thing, if they get insulted or get a bad review they demand the comments are removed or threaten court action. So far the courts have taken a fair look at it but who knows what the future holds.

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T-mobile Vivacity

Double take, thought it was the iPhone then saw the branding.

In answer to why Apple have not come knocking, easy answer.

It is crap, won't sell much and will have no detrimental effect on profits, unlike the S3 which does everything as well, if not better.

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If the FLA say its true then it must be?

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Re: Le Reg foreign desk,

Losing a key and changing the locks is one thing,

But changing the infrastructure of an entire building

Is entirely different!

It's nice to see the French commit a faux pas!

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Re: Have smartphone; DS gathering dust

Exactly, have smart phone, plenty of games, always with, give to children to keep them quiet when waiting, games fraction of cost. No brainier.

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Within less than a year all the jobs will be in India, there are never any safeguards on jobs that prevent an outsourcer from moving jobs once they have been outsourced.

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Disagree with me and I will cut you off.

Disagree with me and I will jail you.

Disagree with me and I will torture you.

Disagree with me and you will disappear.

Insult me and just see what happens....

USA, INDIA, BURMA, IRAN, SYRIA, ZIMBABWE, CHINA, THAILAND, RUSSIA...................

Feel free to add more.....

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ANOTHER WEEK ANOTHER OPERATING SYSTEM FLAW

These flaws are dropping out of the sky like birds*it.

It's the ones that haven't been found yet that are dangerous.

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And what did

Moto do with the tech they claim to be their patent?

Nothing.

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Well

If Disney say its true then it must be......

No wait.....

Don't the Americans like to make films that distort History, you know stuff like, America saves the world, invented everything that sort of thing!

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Re: I always thought the values America was founded on

Their values have always been self interest.

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Re: Now that is truly hilarious

And it will be a Win 8 tablet! Just so they don't break with their consistency.

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I do a lot of outdoor work and have had problems with fingerprint scanners in the past, my old Dell XPS had it, luckily it recognised all my finger prints, but sometimes three of four on my right hand would not scan.

Personally I will stick with passwords.

Imagine the good old USA getting hold of a world fingerprint database?

Makes me shudder

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You've really got to feel sympathy....... With the Judge over this.

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Put up job

A put up job if ever there was.

Bet if you asked him he wouldn't know what twitter was anyway.

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An

iPhone with Blackberry printed on it!

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Re: Hmm...

An honest article that tells us all to beware of the product review, and never rely on just one. It becomes apparent who is being paid by whom when you read reviews from several different reviewers.

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Re: Judge Lucy

A sensible comment made by a sensible person to a group of petulant childish adults.

Do you really think they will listen?

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A sensible ruling

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Really

They have never been out in Birmingham at 3am on a Sunday morning the morning after jthe night before.

They must have worked on this in laboratory conditions, field trials would show their theory stinks.

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Kudos

Its great to see the Judiciary working in the correct way. It shows the independence of the Judges in New Zealand that they can stand up to the bullying of the US. Justice is not one sided there.

Unlike here in the UK where senior Judges have their hands tied by the Government that when the US comes demanding they hold up their hands and say they can do nothing about it. Bullies always prey on the weak, and that's what we show ourselves to be.

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Re: I don't have a cellphone

Mobile phone

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And they want you to buy the new Windows operating system!

Not a great time to remind Win Mobile users that they have no upgrade path other than buying a new handset.