Try making a point without resorting to hyperbole. On the other hand if you actually think your abortion analogy is reasonable you may wish to take break from tech* for a while**.

* and asterisks.

** and seek help***

*** For the tech addiction, not asterisks.

This is why the term 'die' isn't valid for this situation. Your XP install will still work and as such so will your printer.

If you were forced to stop using XP then you may have had a point.

If they didn't think to turn it off in their login script then they didn't deserve said quids.

I got this one.

Let me explain

See, Apple is the name of the company that produces iOS but it's also the name of a fruit.

Now pay attention as this is where it gets a bit botanical or what have you.

The thing about your basic apple (the fruit) is that it has a quality that could be described as "fruity" and the thing about Apple corp, your basic Apple corp thing, is that it's named after said, fruity fruit. So the writer of this article decided - and I hope you are prepared for this humdinger of a pun realization - to use the term to describe Apple.

I hope I have been able to put your mind at ease by explaining this clearly enough. If you need further assistance the El Reg news desk may be willing to borrow Anna on a consultancy basis so she may try her hand at explaining.

I can't see advertising changing enough that it would prevent such services from selling advertising space. We have had advertising for a long time and it only seems to be increasing both online and out in the real world.

I'll admit that I know sod all about advertising but the only way I can ever see Facebook having trouble selling adverts is if the advertisers decide that they aren't reaching enough users. This could happen if Facebook's user base plummets or if major shopping websites (e.g. Amazon) start to have a more effective form of advertising i.e. not suggesting that people buy the same product (or type of product) that they purchased 5 mins ago

Re: FUD

@Eadon

Last year some time I tried to update Ubuntu but as they didn't have time to fix a major OS bug (that was known prior to release) with a popular graphics card before the code freeze it locked up mid install and rendered my system unbootable. I never reinstalled, I was only installing it to give it a spin to see what it was like these days. Now I use Windows & BSD, the former handles Binary updates well and it seems the latter can compile from source smoother than Ubuntu handles binary updates.

I seem to recall mentioning this before on El Reg in the past and it didn't go down well. But yeah, I have good reason to have uncertainly, fear and doubt over the update processes of Linux distros.

Quite. If this is the response they get then they may as well not have bothered with relaxing the agreement.

No pleasing some people. I found the Microsoft is dead to me chap(ette) the most amusing.

On my last install of Windows 8, after installing updates, it wouldn't stop giving me the damn browser choice screen. Had to manually disable it via the registry.

Which? There are two versions of IE10 on Windows 8. One Metro styled and one desktop. You can choose which you use and they share data.

Re: Can I have Andrew's MWC ticket?

Would that be because he questioned a high profile open source project (Firefox OS), questioned an "open" source product (Android), made a small remark that could cast WP in a positive light or some other reason?

I suppose you could object to the overall tone but I found it quite amusing whilst still being news.

Re: Puzzled

"The fact that it only comes to less than 200MB is exactly my point - if I have GBs free, why can't I use it?"

As said, Google are in the business of gathering data on you, storing it, and using it to sell you stuff. If you are offline then they can't gather data about you. Arguably they could have it all uploaded later when you go online but this would be harder to spin as they couldn't use the "necessary to provide the service" excuse.

Updates are pushed out from phone makers, not Microsoft.

You will need to narrow it down a bit. Was it one that blew up too?

Samsung makes you scream but nobody is allowed to hear because Apple patented it.

If anyone can an Aussie can.

Re: Quick, get me Saul Goodman on the line!

That would be rather unfair considering it had nothing to do with Google.

Re: Desktop Wars!!!!!

Only one? Hardly. Handy how you relegated the Office wars to "Next we will have", Eadon. Instead of saying that they won. And Chromebook is Google competing on the desktop now is it? So it's going to compete with tablets, desktops and presumably laptops? That means it's a potential trouble for Linux too then.

Back soon, throwing all my stuff away so I can replace it with a Chromebook.

Re: American Broadcasting Corporation?

They already have us covered. El Reg has a "Vulture Central units" converter

http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/page/reg-standards-converter.html

Re: Well...

Adblock branded ear protectors in order on your next visit.

Re: Its a sad day

"when stupidity means you cant even name your shop after the product it sells."

Next time I'm hankering for a golden delicious I'll head to an "Apple Store" then. Are they next to the iPhones or the iPads?

Yep, seems that it's going to cost the PSF tens of thousands even if they win. There should be a way to recoup the costs of objection when a trademark application is filed that's as obviously flawed as this.

Re: "free calls" ≠ "run up a colossal phone bill"

Whoops misread.