Posts by JDX

No businesses pay tax on UK sales. They pay tax on profits.

What makes you think supermarket chains don't use the same legal tricks Amazon do... if they don't Amazon will easily be able to undercut them.

Re: @Khaptain (Reg video still doesn't work in chrome)

Videos often stop working when Chrome gets out of date with the newest version, not sure if that's due to technical reasons or Chrome deliberately breaking so I'll update.

If they are leaving optical drives out because they think most people don't need them, it would be plain stupid to then include an external drive with every macbook - most people wouldn't use them and it would push the price up for everyone.

Can you buy a generic external optical drive or do they have to be Apple? Is there anything special?

Re: Windows - now that *is* a name from the past...

I wouldn't quit your day job for the comedy career Bob.

Just imagine, a Vistakin-Eadon double act... who would play the straight man?

Re: Why not intelligent sockets?

You don't need an intelligent socket to measure how wise an investment efficient bulbs are. You just keep a record how often you replace them and how much they cost compared to old-fashioned kind, and factor in the energy usage based on their Watt rating. A piece of paper and a pencil are quite adequate, or a simple spreadsheet if you want to be techy.

Re: So to summarise:

Yeah because the start screen/menu IS the windows UI. Oh wait it's 1% of the UI that you use a few moments of the day.

It is bewildering how many supposedly smart IT people are so stunningly stupid at learning how to use new things. Even if you don't like it, it should take about 5 minutes to figure out how to use it and get on with your work. Same with Ribbon... a few minutes and you're back to work, and yet supposed IT professionals still bleat about how they can't understand it. If you were regular users I could understand the difficulties but you're not... perhaps IT isn't the field for you and you should be looking at flipping burgers.

Re: Pulling a fast one.

Boo-hoo, one person CLAIMS they stiffed him.

Re: Agh, my poor brain

I don't think it's really a theory, merely a useful mathematical construct - to TREAT anti-particles as regular particles travelling backwards in time is nice for the maths solutions but that's all.

Their customers have not been screaming for a Start Menu. Reg Linuxtards have been screaming about how Windows users are apparently screaming for it.

In actuality, the lack of the Start BUTTON is the single biggest confusion to users. A giant screen full of applications and documents is pretty intuitive - click on the thing you want - but getting to that point is the sticking point because many people aren't aware of the windows key.

Re: High Street

I'm pretty sure free parking is a big factor. Why go into town and pay £3 when the out-of-town-mall is free? Even a small fee can put people off on principle.

Re: This seems rather half-arsed

Customers complained they can't find how to launch apps. MS add a start button. THe way apps are laid out is not the issue and in fact for "your granny" a single screen of apps is arguably better than delving through pop-up menus which close if you move the mouse a bit hastily.

There is also nothing really wrong with a full-screen start menu because you cannot multitask while the start-menu is open anyway.

I had zero problems using the W8 start screen, it's simply people complaining about change and deliberately finding things difficult (Reg Users anyway).

Re: Can I have my money back now please?

2 degrees would be quite nice in the UK. But it's not happening until after virtually everyone reading this will be long dead.

So now politicians have to keep everyone convinced that in the midst of recessions, it's better to spend trillions on something that will not benefit them or (in most cases) their children rather than helping them put food on the table.

I wonder if the pendulum of mass support for environmentalism will swing the other way in the next few years.

Re: "Foxconn Fire"?

Foxconn Troll?

Re: Bill is wrong

Except that in this scenario the role of the black people, who had no rights, is filled by the government, who make the laws in the first place. So it's not in any way the same.

Re: Tried it

This article is about Opera full-fat desktop version, not Opera Mini, isn't it?

Re: I'm still baffled ...

If you can't find an interesting/useful application for affordable wearable computing, you're not very imaginative.

Re: Tomatoes in the fridge - Nooooo!

I like chicken.

Grow up. Nobody is interested in your political opinions or your little life. Maybe watch less sci-fi and read El Reg comments a bit less, and go outside for some fresh air, clearly you're very easily influenced.