* Posts by Nev

399 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Jan 2007

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French get unlimited mobile for €20

Nev

Maybe you're paying the...

... non-resident-coming-over-here-inflating-our-house-prices rate?

Profs call for harsh taxes on sweet carbonated beverages

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33 Hour Lunch Break..!?

Don't be silly. No one in France takes a 3 hour lunch break.

We wouldn't have enough time in the day to plan our 48 days of holiday if we did that!

The Commodore 64 is 30

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Joke

"and I don't even recall reading about the C=64 at the time"

Not only were there specific Commodore mags but also C64 specific titles too.

Many a day spent typing in programs from the backs of such magazines.

You must have been looking at shelves in your local WH Smiths other than the ones with the computer magazines on them....

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"No, don't argue with me. "

I'll bow to your parochial, UK-centric world viewpoint then.

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Ahh, Good ol' C64...

The model that did more than any to bring computers into the reach of normal folk.

Just look at the price differentials!

Memories of games by the cassette-box full and my 'O' Level Computer Science project, including linked lists and some natty 6510/6502 assembly language routines.....

UK's solar 'leccy cash slash ruled unlawful

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PV: Red Herring Technology

Yet more bogus eco-technology.

PV is an expensive, energy and resource intensive technology to manufacture.

It is a very inefficient way to generate electricity and all the inflated generation figures are

based on panels installed in the California desert that track the sun.

Panels (in there limited lifespan) are unlikely to generate as much energy as was used to manufacture and install them. Especially fixed, dirty ones installed on non-optimally placed roofs.

The biggest part of the con is that generating companies will just gouge customers to pay these absurdly high feed-in tariff.

Start with the simple stuff: insulation and double-glazing.

Nissan Leaf battery powered electric car

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FAIL

Plug-in electric cars in countries....

...where >65% of electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels ....?

Illogical ecology.

Ministry of Justice dreams of £1bn mega IT framework

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FAIL

Will they ever learn...?

This just in: More money to be spunked away on late-delivered, non-functioning, over-priced pie-in-the-sky government IT system.

Phone-hack saga: Cop bung probe nets seventh suspect

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FPCA

Hopefully there are some 5-year jail terms waiting for some NI corp bosse in the US is the prosecution goes all the way.

Bonus!

Wi-Fi may damage sperm, boffins warn

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Good.

There's too many of us.

7 Billion and still rising.

iPhone 4/4S 'self combusts' in airliner inferno

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It's a feature.

It's meant to do that.

Apple will be applying for a patent soon.

Chief Rabbi: I admire Jobs and Apple and use my iPad daily

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WTF?

I don't see why he felt the need to add the PS...

Sounded like a pretty fair and reasonable viewpoint.

Was he threatened?

PETA riled by Mario's raccoon skin suit

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Copyright

Let's hope Nintendo sue these terrorist supporting extremists for copyright infringement.

My fur coat, if you'd be so kind.....

New pics of giant black sphere hurtling toward Earth

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Mushroom

Forget the Earth...

It almost clipped the moon!!!

Bill Gates drops $1m on laser-based malaria fighter

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FAIL

@McBeese

Controversial thought, or just utter bollocks?

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Loving the comments...

...from people who don't suffer from a big Mosquito problem.

I'd love one of these puppies!

BSkyB earns more dosh out of fewer new punters

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F1 on Sky workaround...

Equipment: French TNTSat Box

Channel TF1

Connected TV watched in 42m homes

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FAIL

France

You actually can't get an ADSL or fibre internet connection in France without being forced to pay for IPTV as part of the package if you have been LLU'd.

So instead of €15 all ISPs charge around €30 per month.

So pretty sure the actual figures of people watching IPTV are lower.

Rip off.

Toyota Yaris 2011

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Fresh as a lemon enema.....

http://sniffpetrol.com/2011/09/23/as-fresh-as-a-lemon-enema/

Seattle superhero arrested for assault

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FAIL

Not so much Watchmen...

... more like Defendor.

Viz Profanisaurus

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Bubblyduck

That is all.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro Qwerty Android smartphone

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Major step up from the X10 mini pro

On paper this doesn't seem like much improvement to the X10 mini pro and it is physically a slightly bigger phone.

But in terms of stability and usability it is actually a good step forward.

As mentioned above the front facing camera isn't actually able to be used for UMTS vid calls or Skype at present, which is a sham.

Moxier Pro is bundled too, which is better than the standard mail tool, especially for MS Exchange Active Sync support.

Gov to spread mobile masts to remote corners of Blighty

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WTF?

Vodafone (et al) don't make enough profits...

... or evade paying enough taxes to cover this then?

Renault Wind Gordini roadster

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FAIL

"A Dab of Oppo...."?

A even uglier Twingo with an electric Targa top.

Nissan Micra DIG-S

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Missing the line...

"The Nissan Micra DIG-S is a bitch. And I spanked it."

Renault Scenic Bose Edition 1.6 130dCi

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Nothing Special

Bose is an (expensive, for what it is) option on a number of car brands.

Why do Renault feel the need to mention it in the name of the car?

What next? The Michelin Twingo? The Valeo Espace?

Seven lessons from the HP Touchpad fire sale

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Go

Price Point

Didn't Jack Tramiel prove with the VIC20/C64 that if you get the price point right everyone will flock to buy your toy? Where's the scoop here?

NotW accused of hacking Milly Dowler's voicemail

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Brooks should be hounded...

... hounded like a paediatrician from their house.

Brit expats aghast as Denmark bans Marmite

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Too right...

... even Carrefour sells it.

And Hula Hoops too!

Remastered 4K, 3D Titanic steams towards cinemas

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FAIL

I'd rather watch a turd get flushed...

... in 3D.

LinkedIn goes ballistic following IPO

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FAIL

Can anyone else see Bubble V2.0 yet...?

Market Capitalization = x24 revenue?

Here we go again!

Fiat 500 TwinAir

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Blue and Me

I've been using it for 5 years. No issues.

Voice commands for phone dialling etc. blow every other system out of the water.

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Flashing Odometer...

..that's a CANBus error in Fiatworld.

Something has failed to respond in time during the pre-start-up checks.

Woman with 15 IDs gets 7 years for multiple VAT fraud

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FAIL

£118,000 is peanuts.

Why can't uk.gov go after some of the really big corporate offenders?

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Wrong.

Barclays got massive payouts from the us.gov bailout of AIG.

Maybe not UK taxpayer money. But it sure was taxpayer money.

Lasers set to replace spark plugs in car engines

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Engines...

... with frikkin' laser beams attached to the frikkin' 'heads!

BBC accused of coming out for porn opt-in?

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"She had never seen porn before..."

Until it was pivotal in her embarrassing expenses scandal episode that had her ridiculed thought the land.

I now what I find distasteful and it's (mostly) not pR0n....

Vodafone says sorry for pro-Mubarak messages

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They'll probably find a way to...

.... write this off against tax somewhere.

Murdoch & Co unveil iPad news rag The Daily

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Jobs Horns

Anyone who gets into bed with Murdoch...

... in this manner is really showing up the true evilness of their Corp identity.

Passenger cleared after TSA checkpoint stare-down

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Yup, driving licence is not an officially accepted piece of ID...

... in France either.

(Something to do with it not being compulsory to keep the address up-to-date....)

Anne Hathaway slips into catsuit

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FAIL

There's no way this film wil live up to the hype of the last one...

... unless they can cast a soon to be dead actor in the role of the lead villain.

Ford unveils all-electric Focus for 2012

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FAIL

All electric cars in countries...

...where +60% of electricity is generated by coal and gas.

Pointless.

Rethinking the iPhone

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Jajah

If you use jajah instead of Google voice then ther

is probably a Java app available for your mobile that will

initiate cheap VOIP calls directly from your phone/address book.

Monkey squad sent in to secure Commonwealth Games

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Monkey Tennis Please!

I'll watch the games if they put it on as an event.

Apple in 873-page legal claim to word 'Pod'

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Jobs Horns

Pods... Old as the hills

There was IEEE488 interface for the Commodore64 to use full size Pet Floppy drives with it.

That was in the mid 80s.

It was called an Interpod.

I think that pre-dates any other Apple "pod" tech product.

Undiplomatic tweet from French diplomats

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Brice Hortefeux

For those who don't think there's something very disturbing going on in France,

just Google M. Hortefeux and see the views of the openly racist (and recently convicted by a court)

minister in charge of these repatriations.

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Troll

I live in France too...

... wondering when they'll start the forced repatriation of narrow minded British expats.

Flaming work laptop toasts cottage

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Insurance

A clear case for making sure you've got adequate insurance cover?

ASA: You can't say 'f**k'

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Coat

Bill Hicks had it right...

"By the way, if anyone here is in marketing or advertising...kill yourself."

Bill

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