* Posts by LarsG

2091 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Oct 2011

Lincolnshire cops to chuck £200m at G4S in ICT deal

LarsG

ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO......

waste tax payers money.

In six months to a year they will be back cap in hand asking for more money because of cost over runs and the fact that they deliberately bid too low.

I also wonder if the bidding process is on the lines of what used to happen in the public building sector.

The bidding firms all have a nice chat with each other then each takes their turn of a project. The others deliberately bid too high so G4S get the project. Next time round it will be another firms turn to 'win' by the same process.

Keeps the bids all in house and excludes other businesses from bidding including small businesses that 'would be offered the chance of bidding for' government contracts which was stated by the present government.

Obviously not and it smells bad.

Blocking Twitter, Facebook during riots not such a hot idea - MPs

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THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD.....

Of not knowing anything about IT being advised by people who have self interest in ripping the tax payer off for their own gain.

Being so stupid also makes them dangerous.

Tablet LCDs: seven-inchers outsell 9.7in panels

LarsG

I'VE SAID IT BEFORE.......

I'll say it again, more than a handful is a waste, small it beautiful!

Steve Jobs gets posthumous Grammy AND a bronze statue

LarsG

IDOL.........A PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE

Idol worshippers unite, a place of pilgrimage at last.

A new book will be published, the Steve Jobs Tales, compulsory literature in schools, 6 tales of pilgrims making their way to their idol.

Chaucer will finally be relegated to the bottom draw.

Hooray.

Motorola Pro+ Qwerty Android smartphone

LarsG

UGLY THING

may be they should buy Rim and get a prettier design.

Sony Tablet P split-screen Android fondleslab

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AND THIS IS MEANT TO CHALLENGE.......

Apple?

Ho Ho Ho Ho and a Merry Christmas to all of you who still believe in elves and Santa!

Ho Ho Ho

O2 denies Nokia WinPho handset cull

LarsG

Nokia? Nokia?

What the f***s a Nokia?

Iran spy drone GPS hijack boasts: Rubbish, say experts

LarsG

THERE IS A SIMPLE EXPLAINATION.....

Sgt Duffer and His ground crew forgot to top up the fuel tank. It ran out of super unleaded.

Sgt Duffer is now a private stationed in Alaska. You wouldn't want to admit to that error would you.

It's so simple it is painful.

ISP ordered to drop 'three strikes' rule against pirates

LarsG

EVEN IF

The terms and conditions state that the ISP has the right to pass on your details to these vultures we all still have a fundamental right to privacy and freedom under the ECHR.

The freedoms stand above everything. Passing you details on is a breach of your privacy, cutting off your internet or putting restrictions on what you can see or search for is a breach of freedom especially considering the importance on the internet in todays society.

When will the class action against the vultures start because there is a case. Sue the record industry for curtailing your rights.

Maybe a law firm will be brave enough.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine pirate caged

LarsG

THE EMPIRE

IS already in decline.

Software bug fingered as cause of Aussie A330 plunge

LarsG

ACTUALLY... TRUE.

Airbus crash at French airshow, crash in Austrian Mountains, crash Russia, Crash China, Crash Nepal.

Over complexity, and pilots attempting to avert disaster tried emergency maneuvers which the aircraft computers deemed outside the flight envelope and refused to allow. The aircraft would probably have survived the move.

An over ride system was then installed.

As to the pan call, I've used it once, it means 'this is bad but I'm not about to die yet'. Mayday means 'scrape what's left of me up'

Yes I had a significant fuel leak.

LarsG

IF YOU WANT TO BLAME THE......

Passengers for their injuries then make it compulsory to wear a seat belt at all times instead of making it advisory.

There is a history of computer problems with airbus, from the pilot not being able to overide the controls that would have prevented a crash (the computer knew better) to spurious flight controls and numerous glitches. Read up on the history of airbus crashed and the words over complexity come to mind.

May be they are trying to mitigate the compensation, the word AR*E comes to mind.

Apple wins skirmish in HTC-Google patent war

LarsG

YOU MISS THE POINT

EU protectionism does not count as the phones are not made but only sold there.

So this decision was probably made as a result of fear that the US might start up a trade war such as taxing EU goods even more than they do now.

However, US firms filing in the US have a distinct advantage, just like the disadvantage British boxers enjoy having to fight US boxers in the USA.

They cheat to win

LarsG

I SEE THAT

the new Apple 4s has a pull down notification bar?

Is this not something HTC Sense pioneered......

No wait, Apple have filed a patent!

They would file one for penicillin if they could and be pedantic enough to not allow anyone to use it.

LarsG

USA PROTECTIONISM

WHAT do you expect?

Nissan Leaf battery powered electric car

LarsG

VERY.....

UGLY, why can't they make a pretty car?

E-book reader sales to boom as prices plunge

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SADLY I HAVE

Agreed to a kindle as a Christmas present, the smell and touch of paper will be a distant memory. Is it waterproof and will it survive stopping the table wobbling?

Will it provide kindling for a fire when I am marooned on an island. Will it provide paper for a self rolled cig?

Book are so muchmore versatile than e readers.

Asus Zenbook UX31E

LarsG

HOW MANY MODELS DO THEY....

need to bring out before someone buys one.

iPhone users get iJustHadAShag bedpost-notch boast app

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COULD LEAD TO

Legal action. If you are faffing with your phone you are not giving 100%, a not so satisfied lady might object to the publication of your 'GOAL'.

It's true your honour, he was always playing with his phone.

Fans lose grace with Star Wars MMO

LarsG

ONLINE GAMERS....

spend almost as much time playing online games as working.

Now that's what I call quality of life.

Apple's founding contracts sold for $1.59 MILLION

LarsG

AT EVERY AUCTION......

There is an idiot.

Paul Allen latest plan: Space rockets on MEGA PLANE

LarsG

THE POINT OF THIS IS?

Rich people's play thing perhaps.

Microsoft adds iPhones to SkyDrive party guest list

LarsG

A FUSION OF SORTS...

Soon, it will be APPLESOFT, OR MICROPPLE.

Acer TravelMate Timeline X TM8481T 14in Core i5 notebook

LarsG

EVERY OTHER WEEK.....

someone brings out a new laptop.

It seems to be a scatter gun approach by manufacturers, including phone makers.

Produce anything with anything they've got and hope they sell, if not produce something new and start again.

Strictly Come Dancing in 3D: the facts

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IT'S BAD ENOUGH....

When my wife records it to watch again and again, now she wants to know why we can't get it in 3d.

I told he in no uncertain terms, you can fleckle (fleckerl) off if you think I'm going 3d fro that!

Malicious apps infiltrate Google's Android Market

LarsG

WHEN THIS PROBLEM GETS WORSE......

They will begin to check all apps in the market place, maybe not as walled as Apple, but check they will because it is inevitable.

It will all be about trust. If you lose your trust in Android you won't stay.

O2 rents out latest iPhones to tease panting fanbois

LarsG

MADNESS.....

I have a business, I have a sim only contract, 500mins,unlimited text 250mbs, £14 per month.

Call of Duty is hottest selling entertainment product ever

LarsG

PLAYED BY 10 YEAR OLDS....

whose parents should know better.

Apple stores getting close to overload

LarsG

THOUGH IT STICKS.....

in my throat, they have a product that sells, a decent wage and no hard sell to flog you something you don't need or want or what their bosses are trying to push on to you.

Good on you.

Motorola parks tanks on Apple's German lawn

LarsG

IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY...

YOU WILL hear the sound of how the mighty has fallen.

New account of Flight 447 disaster published

LarsG

Not all flight crew are equal...

Publishes book on the technical aspects of air disasters.

As technology advances it takes responsibility away from the pilots, the computer flies 98% of the route because it is more fuel efficient and cost effective. As a result pilot skills decline.

There are some advocates of pilotless airliners. Computers cannot think outside the box.

Remember, some pilots are naturals and others have to work to their limits to fly, they are not all equals.

I prefer to fly with the naturals, they make it look easy, not the adequate.

A pilot

Small biz owners plan for stingy Xmas celebrations

LarsG

IF YOU DON'T GO QUESTIONS...

are asked why, if you do go you are damned.

The worst ones are when they include spouses, then you never get a chance to sh*g the bosses wife or the office bike.

Apple poaches Brit sales boss from HP's PC group

LarsG

WHAT ARE THEY THINKING

in the UK these 'top' executives have a habit of flitting from one senior position to another on an 'old boys' network.

They generally fail badly, get a wonderful payoff for failure because they have written that in their employment contract, then move on to the next job. Like a game of musical chairs but where no chairs are removed.

Maybe apple will break the cycle..... Nope.

Google hands Britain’s eTown award to Scunthorpe

LarsG

THERE ARE TWO GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE PLACE...

The two main road leading out of there.

China pad peddler wins iPad name from Apple

LarsG

WHAT GOES AROUND

comes around.

British athlete puts self on eBay

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IS HE OFFERING........

Any EXTRAS!!!

ASA upholds customer complaint against eBuyer

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WHAT DO YOU EXPECT.......

Hype up a product to sell it?

This is what selling and advertising are all about.

I mean has anyone complained that the pictures of McDonald's burgers are never the same as what you get in the box.

If the item had 4 and a half stars and this guy was the only winger, it tells you more about the person than product.

Look at the reviews on amazon, there's always one person with an axe to grind.

100 good reviews to 5 bad ones= worth looking at.

100 bad reviews to 5 good ones= avoid product.

God particle may be within our grasp

LarsG

GOD PARTICLE?

Do you really want to p**s him off by finding it. Maybe its hidden for a reason?

Microsoft seeks to woo developers with Windows 8 store

LarsG

IS THIS THE BEGINING OF THE END.......

of APPLE??????

I don't think soooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Last of the space shuttle commanders retires from NASA

LarsG

OBAMA

HAS MUCH TO ANSWER TO canceling US manned space flight. History will surely condemn this decision. Wait till the Chinese set up a moon base.

Artists craft the ultimate iPhone fanboi holiday gift

LarsG

COOL........

I love it because it is sooooooo there!

Please make on with android adapters as not all of us suck up to Apple.

Carrier IQ VP: App on millions of phones not a privacy risk

LarsG

IF IT WAS SO ABOVE BOARD....

why was it hidden, why say nothing about it until forced to?

Imagine buying a car and only being told it is fitted with a tracker as standard 10 years after you buy it.

Very unsavory and very suspicious.

LarsG

Its

Bollocks you mean.

iPhone banned in Steve Jobs' ancestral home

LarsG

PROFIT AND DEALS

That's all its about, 4s retails in the UK at over £600, retails in Thailand £120 retails in Syria free with 1 years stay in comfortable state prison.

RIM swallows $485m charge to clear PlayBook tablet mountain

LarsG

DHOOOOOH

A pint of duff beer would be more useful.

Groupon grotty grotto rage forces Santa's chief elf to quit

LarsG

AND SO IT BEGINS.......

The downfall of the not so mighty.

When will businesses realise the fatal implications of 'going Groupon'.

US Senator demands answers from Carrier IQ

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THIS LOOKS LIKE A CASE OF.....

a red hot poker up someone's a***.

If true imagine the implications.

Apple files avatar automation, emotion patents

LarsG

APPLE PATENT PENDING

'breathing fresh air', endorsed by US patent courts, not surprisingly.

This kind of patent filing stifles real development.

Keep the utopians out of my fridge

LarsG

If it all goes......

Titsup, back to the dark ages, re-learn how to write a letter again. There maybe a delay.

Cruel new punishment for hackers: Twitter, Facebook bans

LarsG

BUT

It will be against their human right, call the lawyers!