Posts by Tom 35

Re: Dropped 11% in countries with blocking

Of course they manipulated the stats, or just pulled numbers out of their arse. That's what they always do.

Re: Set Top Boxes

They can't even do proper universal remotes (something that you don't need a computer to program, or a 40 page manual).

Re: Floppy drives

I had an Apple II+ and later a //e (still works) with the 5.25 SSSD drive at 147k. I had a purpose made punch that cut a second square write protect hole in a double side disc so you could flip it and use both sides.

Re: So many WTFs!

I think the question was why was he in Seattle? Did Microsoft "send him on training" to the US so he could be arrested someplace where they could find some cops that give a crap about MS "intellectual property"? Or maybe sent him an email saying he won a free cruse.

Re: GROS FROMAGE

Casu marzu

Re: 3 per cent?

China.

The Toronto Transit tokens had to go to two colour because of fakes from China being sold from corner stores. The Canadian two dollar (toonie) coin is also a two colour coin but the reverse of the new pound coin, steel on the outside, brass colour in the middle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twonie

How about Zuckerberg's Ego

Re: This is the excuse of the "analysts"

Just like Jobs was right and no one wanted a small tablet, have to sharpen your fingers and all that. And big phones? No one would buy such a thing. Apple know exactly what people want.

Re: A good decision

"Actually, it would be nice to read some of the internal m$ e.mails between the various departments while win8 was being built/tested......"

I'd like to see what followed the report "it seems people are using a registry hack to turn the start menu back on".

And who decried the best answer was to remove the code so the hack would not work any more.

Re: Altitude?

Look closely, it's hanging on a string.

Re: Relief

He wants to you to sell off 192.168.x.x and 10.10.x.x and give him all the money*.

*if you don't he is going to tell his mommy.

Re: Yelp ain't a bed of roses either

It works the other way too. A crap business can pay the fees to get rid of real reviews and push up the fake good reviews.

An OK burger place near me got bought by an idiot (who deep fried frozen burger patties, crispy on the outside, still frozen in the center) and right up until he was closed by city health had great reviews, and any bad reviews vanished.

Will it be a combination of neon pink and green and cause people walking by to get sea sick?

Re: Oh the joys of the text adventure...

Back to candy crush for you. You can go beg for more lives from your friends on facebook.

Yes the Pono site is a Piece of Crap

They start out with "Hi Friend".

Then continue with "There's an awfully good chance you heard about a revolution we're working on. "

maybe or I misspelled porno when I googeled.

Why is "There's Trouble In River City," running through my head...

Re: Strike 2, Ichan

Don't forget Dell.

Moto sold to Google? I think he is a little out of date.

Re: "electricity meters that talk to the grid to get you the best deals"

"Perhaps we'd buy from power stations and wind farms directly, with a fee going to the network (where the "network" is one of the old suppliers)."

That's more or less what we have in Toronto now. The "fee" is increased and electricity cost lowed by the old supplier until they are "competitive". They don't care if you buy from another supplier as all the profit is now in the fee.

Re: Alternatively

Free spying on 5 friends or government leaders.

Re: Why Can't Apple Do This?

Sure Apple could build the phone, but they don't have the experience in pork that Boeing has to let them sell it for $14,999,999.

Re: Only during the day

As long as the tree stands, or if it's turned into a table. But if it's burnt for power, or made into arse wipes and flushed it's back where you started.

They used to be connected by dial up modems, or over direct ISDN lines.

Re: Really ?

At least in Canada you can keep your number when you switch as I did last year. Even makes it easier as when you port your number it cancels the old account automatically.

Data roaming is outrageous here. Voice just a rip-off so no advantage there.

Re: Wouldn't this be making more money for the broadcasters?

The thing is that now the broadcaster, cable company, content producer, and advertizer are all the same company (and trying for a triple play of your phone/TV/internet). Aereo is some outsider upstart interfering with their business model so they will be stomped.

they didn't know Autonomy were selling HP kit?

Not quite. They were selling Dell kit below cost to jack up sales numbers. HP say that was one of the surprises they didn't know.

But they failed to sell HP kit at full price after HP bought them.

Re: Windows 8 tablet users are using Office 2013 already....

If you make it past the headline you will see... "The first tablet-optimized versions of Microsoft Office"

Office 2013 (and yes I have it on my POS Surface RT) is a desktop application with some touch bits tacked on.

As long as the keyboard is attached the current software is likely better then any not-Metro UI Office thing that they are likely to come up with but that's a different story.

Re: Atari 2600

And one of the cheap folding metal chairs that you expect to fold up under you if you shift your weight.

Re: Oooo, the shiny!

" i forgot about the six Thunderbolt 2 ports."

Who needs them if you have room for internal upgrades. Just plug in a card instead of some stupidly expensive external apple specific box.