Lame-ont.
It all goes to prove the theory that incompetence, like some turds, floats.
Mine's the one with dud cheques in the pocket.
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"And we all know that Apple never met a revenue stream that it didn't embrace."
And I wonder if that's why it has at least 25 billion dollars cash in the bank?
Um ... Apple is a big corporation that sells its products to consumers, and very successfully it would seem ... so why the snide comments? Duh!
I've never really understood the Second Amendment to the US Constitution ...
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Until now, that is!
Mine the one with the RFID tag sewn into the lining.
Proof (if any were needed) that you CAN'T fool all the people all the time. This congestion charge malarkey is one big con. if it wasn't, why would they need to spend £3,000,000 on an advertising campaign to convince us to vote 'yes'? Hoon's intervention is just the latest in trying to instill fear (and, yes, we SHOULD be afraid of government ministers!).
I am often minded of Vienna and its transport system. Admittedly, they were wise enough not to remove their tramways after WWII but when I'm in the city I can get a weekly ticket which gives me 7 days of unlimited travel on Bus, Tram, Night Bus, Local Railways and Metro within a large zone. The cost? €14.50, just over £12 ... that's about 3 days of Tram only use in Manchester. In Vienna I don't even THINK about how I'm going to get somewhere because I know the transport will be there. It's cheap, clean, safe and frequent.
Mancunians ... don't fall for the bribes and lies!
... just fine. I found a crack in the casing near the connector at the base. Truth to tell, it was probably me trying to force it into a dock connector which wasn't shaped to take the 3G iPhone. I took it back to my local Apple Store. They replaced it immediately and without question, even transferring all my stuff.
Result:
No lawsuit.
Happy (if slightly guilty) customer.
Such people give Americans a bad name. Where else would someone sue McDonalds for supplying coffee which was hot and not labelled as such. Makes them look stupid. But then again there's the Shrub!
Does this mean EDS will make fewer cock-ups in UK Government IT?
Let's face it, they've led a charmed life up to now. One EDS employee said to me, "There are still loads of government IT projects for us to make a mess of."
Personally, I'd have sacked them after their first debacle. It makes one think there might be some 'kick-backs' somewhere ... Gods forfend this be true!
Paris, 'coz she knows how to blow a good IT project.
Can you imagine taking an 'old-fashioned' Matron around a modern hospital?
"This is the Nurses' Station."
"What's that for?"
It's where the nurses stand around when they're not looking after patients."
"What do you mean 'not looking after patients'? That's their job!"
"Well, it's where they run their sidelines on eBay."
Rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat
(Sound of Matron using her Uzi on the nurses)
The update restores a medium screen brightness. You can change this in settings. It's a feature, baby!
Oh ... one for the moderators et al ... would it be possible to show where the posts originate (e.g. UK/USA etc.,) as many of the problems discussed here I don't seem to experience in the UK?
You can!
Windows Mobile gives instructions on how to get the comics on your WinMob device ...
Buy a copy of the New York Times (or newspaper of choice)
Cut out the comic strip of your choice
Discard remainder of newspaper
Buy glue
Stick comic strip to WinMob device
Remember to keep glue for next comic
There, see ... Familiar Software to Make your Life Easier!
Rob ... you almost got across some valid points and then you finish with ...
"Then i can tell them that finally they have reached the world of REAL computing and not just playing with pretty icons."
Which show you for what you really are ... a Tosser (and a bitter one at that!).
"Ok im only going to say this once"
and arrogant, too!
Ok, a concrete example ...
I recently had an issue with my iPhone syncing with my iMac desktop. I made an online appointment to see a 'Genius' in at a local (lucky for me) Apple Store and told them the problem. They couldn't solve it, stating they'd not come across the error messages before and promised to put the problem to the 'team'. Phone numbers were exchanged.
A week later I get a phone call from Apple Store ... head 'Genius' honcho asks if I'll bring my machine in for them to sort out free of charge (it's about 2.5 years old) ... oh, and if the computer is too heavy, phone from car park and a member of staff will help me. I'm going to take it in this week. This, by the way, follows them exchanging a non-working LaCie 1Tb drive for a new one when they couldn't even find my record of purchase!
It's all very well the naysayers having a go at Apple ... I don't know of another company which treats its customers like that and, oh boy, do I like it! And, no, Steve Jobs is not my lover!
"Many European iPod haters have prayed for the Zune’s arrival."
So, that's eight people, then (well, the religious ones who pray, at least).
And well done to Andy Hards ... admitting you have a Zune is the first step.
Paris, because she looks as though she's trying to contact 'The Social'!
Looks like just the thing they'll arrest you for (in the UK). You'll be arrested under the Terrorism Act section 47 ... "Any person an authorised person considers may be a threat to whatever the authorised person considers may be threatened may be arrested and their DNA and fingerprints taken and held indefinitely for whatever reason the authorised person thinks up at the time ..."
42 days in chokey for peering too closely with your iPhone. Well, if you've nothing to hide ...
Mine's the one with the hidden microchip.
and it works well for me ...
I don't need a 500 megapixel camera. I've got a camera for that. The phone one is handy for snapping accidents and the occasional conflagration or a Civil Enforcement Officer (formerly known as a Traffic Warden) being uncivil.
I neither know nor care about HSDPA, QWPRS, GPSQT or any other of those whatevers. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad some of you do care about them because it's how we move ahead, but personally I don't care.
I don't want to carry around a pair of Bowers & Wilkins reference speakers for my music ... the iPod bit's just fine for me.
If I want to get to talk to a couple of people at the same time I don't want to have to navigate through menus and get all complicated, I want to just press a button ... the iPhone lets me do that with ease.
I've got a GPS navigator thing for my car ... it's in a drawer at home because I don't get out much now petrol is £6 a gallon. However, it's nice to know I can use an iPhone to find my destination and route.
I don't have the kind of job which requires video conferencing.
I enjoy watching full length movies on a train journey. My iPhone lets me do that on a reasonably sized screen.
No doubt I am the ideal 'demographic' type for this device.
The iPhone ain't perfect but I find it interesting that it seems to provoke such massive interest after so short a time in production. Also, I've never seen such a flurry of 'me too' activity in the mobile telephone sector since the advent of the iPhone.
Oh, to the techno people I'm sure their N99s, M42s, P45s are superior but I often smell a little sourness in their offerings and the likes of W Phreaky just confirm that a new version of National Socialism is a mere breath away.