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19 posts • joined Friday 22nd June 2012 10:24 GMT

Panzerbjorn
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If only...

...all judges would write using a sci-fi heavy wording...

Panzerbjorn
Facepalm

Skype is awful...

For IM'ing. It might be great for free VOIP, but for instant messaging it's just awful. So, like just about everyone I know, I'm now using Facebook even more.

While the Facebook desktop app isn't perfect, it's a darn sight better than Skype for IM...

Panzerbjorn
Happy

I am already looking forwards to The Daily Show following this.

I shall have to get my new popcorn machine up and running ^_^

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Interesting

This looks very interesting, but I would definitely want to handle it before sinking any cash into this...

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Watered down?

Or enhanced?

Given how utterly rubbish the prequels were, they really can't do any worse, and if they get some decent writers/directors/actors on the case, it could be good...

Panzerbjorn

Re: *you* only need the internet.

Connect virtually any modern viewer to your TV (PC/PS3/Whatever) and you can watch TV using the internet. And you are still watching it on a device called a television. Not really much difference...

Panzerbjorn
Holmes

Re: Squeezing the last drops

This is to a large extent true, but for this to work, the content needs to be available legally at least as fast as the downloadable shows.

I could give you examples, but I think The Oatmeal does it best:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones

Panzerbjorn
Facepalm

Just a shame it's HTC. After two of their phones I'm staying well clear of them...

Panzerbjorn
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Re: Generosity

Vista? No.

windows ME of course :-D

Panzerbjorn
Pint

Re: Axis of weasle

And at least their licensing deals must be relaxed enough that it's easier to pay than to risk getting products forced off the shelves like Apple vs Samsung...

Panzerbjorn
Facepalm

I see a way through this crisis...

If we run out of little pigs, there's always 'longpig' ;-)

Panzerbjorn
Pint

So, about that HTC...

Having had two HTCs, I'm not going to risk getting another one.

My next phone will be an S3 or Note 2...

Panzerbjorn
Mushroom

Mmmmm, delicious...

Dammit, time to buy up whatever stock I can get my hands on.

American pancakes with eggs, bacon and maple syrup is ridiculously delicious...

And I, for one, will happily support the war effort if it means I don't have to worry about my maple syrup supply...

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Re: Of course it is a phone - its the newfangled VOIP

You must live in a country that has decent 3g then.

I live in London where T-Mobile, Orange and O2 are all useless for the kind of consistent data transmission required for VOIP.

Panzerbjorn
FAIL

What exactly does it say?

So I'm wondering, what exactly does the system requirements say.

It seems to me that most games will say something along the lines of 'Internet connection required to play'...

A bit fail not to report that as well...

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Re: Blizzard

Because if you have a battle.net account, then you should also have an authenticator.

If you don't, then the biggest problem isn't the lack of case-sensitivity.

Panzerbjorn
Meh

But will it have the necessary backend

If it doesn't have something really clever to make it incredibly easy to get music from Amazon and your own collection, then it's a dead duck indeed.

And it will have to be dirt cheap since most phones have more space than that.

Panzerbjorn

Re: Hypothetically speaking

I realise that I'm not everyone and that this is just my opinion, but yes, I would happily pay if they could provide me with what I want.

Here, this is basically what I mean: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones

Panzerbjorn
FAIL

Re: But on the other hand...

Nope, that was my being fat fingered and not proof reading my comment properly -_-

I meant to write 75 in a 70 zone...

Fail icon because that's what I did ^_^