* Posts by Jason McLaughlin

13 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Sep 2008

We seem to have materialized in a universe in which Barney the Purple Dinosaur is designing iPhones for Apple

Jason McLaughlin

Re: iMac G3!

The mullet appears to be on a 17/18 year cycle. It was only de rigeur in Shorditch in 2002/3.

Google Maps adds all UK public transport timetables

Jason McLaughlin

I think you'll find my early play of the DLR rendered Tudor Court Rules obsolete (as they should be - but I'd rather not get into the politics of what should be an enjoyable game). As it looks like we're playing the National Variant, I think Robin's move stands. Although, as I'm sure you're aware, if we're not back in London in 6 turns, the whole game might be forfeit. And that's not good for any of us.

Let's play nice people.

Jason McLaughlin

Re: Cockfosters?

Hmm, you've obviously been practising. But your blocking tactics are just a little too obvious. Forced onto the DLR - Royal Albert.

Jason McLaughlin

An unusual opening move, I know, but I'm going to play Cockfosters.

Apple to flush '£37bn' down the bog if it doesn't flog cheapo slabtops

Jason McLaughlin

Er...

"While some iPad owners are replacing laptops with the device, we believe that most use the iPad as a supplemental device to either a laptop or desktop PC. If iAnywhere allowed these users to flexibly use an iPad as both a PC and a tablet, we believe that many would elect to own simply one device."

But Apple don't want their customers to buy one device. Selling them both an iPad and a MacBook is better for their bottom line. It's always been about the halo effect and ecosystem lock-in.

* beaten to the punch by poopypants :( *

A history of personal computing in 20 objects part 2

Jason McLaughlin
WTF?

Re: Surprised...

Is this a whoosh?

Why I love Microsoft’s vapourware tablet

Jason McLaughlin

Re: Almost

And could run a Linux, as well as Windows and the aforementioned Mac OSX...

Zanther Taposé

Jason McLaughlin
Angel

Widescreen

I think this might work better on a widescreen tablet.

2008's top three MP3 players

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Stop

Why...?

Why the Touch at Number 3 when both the Nano 4G and Sansa Clip beat it in their review scores?

Beeb reprieves Xmas Top of the Pops

Jason McLaughlin

Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates

In my opinion, it's partly presenters of the calibre of these two that were partly to blame for the death of TOTP. They should bring back forcing Radio 1 DJs (or even better 6 Music DJs) to present the show on rotation like the good ole days - nothing beats the amusement factor of having the likes of John Peel presenting the latest crap in the Top 40.

Dawkins' atheist ad campaign hits fundraising target

Jason McLaughlin
Jobs Halo

'probably'

Why the insistence on the wooly adverb 'probably'. The atheist position is surely that god definitely does not exist - anything less than that and you can't class yourself as an atheist.

Daily Mirror trapped in Wikicirclejerk

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Now...

...all we need is for Omonia's fans to actually start calling themselves The Zany Ones and start wearing hats made of shoes to complete the circle.

The Google-isation of all the net's access points

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Thumb Up

@Alex Wright

It uses Webkit (http://webkit.org/) which is fully open source and based on KHTML. The current builds of Webkit of the most standards compliant renderers out there, passing the Acid 3 test 100%.

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