Posts by JDX

Re: ".....and admits to Moonraker being his favorite 007 film...."

MR is wonderful. Mainly for Jaws.

Re: "Free"...?

It's a bonus for Prime, forming a link between both services. Nothing more to it... Kindle users will be slightly more likely to take out Prime, Prime users will be slightly more likely to buy a Kindle as their next e-reader.

Re: beats me

The billions of dollars?

You say that like you think it's some cynical secret rather than simple common sense.

Still a better resolution than my 13" MacBook.

Re: Actually, I approve.

I think you might need an XBox Richard.

Re: Ballmer has plans for more Microsoft own-brand hardware

And all those news stories about XBox getting hacked

I can't see it being used much but I wonder, is it the same price for everyone? I thought when I looked it was £2 - perhaps it depends on your network size?

I can see RARE times it might be useful, because you can never tell who will see your posts otherwise.

Re: Windows8 Metro/ModernUI is the most lazy thing in IT ever

Apple had 0% of the smart-phone market and the tablet market, and decided what everyone needed.

I applaud MS for taking the bold move and pushing what they think is a step forward, even if it IS crap. If nobody tried to revolutionise for fear of failing, we would not get anywhere.

Re: 3rd generation iPad

Then people are stupid. The iPad they bought is still very fast, in fact the iPad2 is fast! They are NOT expecting people to upgrade every new version, which is why they've stopped numbering them.

Re: when you can get a 7in tablet for £160

>>I don't think he's suggesting you use a 7" tablet instead. He's just saying if you can make a 7" tablet for that price, can't you make a 4" mp3 player/tablet (or whatever it is) for less?

In technology, it's well known that the smaller you make something the less it costs?

Your device broke outside warranty and they only wanted £50 to replace it - the bastards!

Re: Best get those scientists out there to do their research

Nice as it is hear you bitter anti-religious zealotry (or not), what does that have to do with the topic?

You wouldn't like it if I used a discussion on the new x86 chips to strong-arm in a gospel presentation, I'd wager.

Re: "but that for some long-term Windows users it is simply too different"

You're just looking for a fight. They don't blame the users, they simply state users don't want so much change.

Get over yourself.

Re: App-store

You can certainly install plugins as normal... I have my own plugin installed.

Moving to nix just because you don't like W8 seems a big overreaction, if you like W7. Wait until W9 before deciding is my view... by that time the OS might genuinely be of little importance.

Re: Great!

So set it so only your contacts can IM you, and set it to "appear offline".

Re: Am I missing something?

I thought the same but assume they simply report the data they are given, and people hired on an hourly rate are paid less for different roles.

Re: I drink Lewis Page's tearshake

You miss the entire point. People act on what they think is true.

I've been thinking about Nokia quite a lot. But I don't really have the funds for such a high-risk speculation. Not until Apple stop messing about anyway.

Re: Wow..

Did you mean Anon or HSBC?

Re: We have all been there...

Great as it is to know better than everyone else Steve, you might not be aware some of us use the internet for important things.

Re: Ooh, syndicate

A simple refresh for hi-res displays would be enough for me! There is an open-source project, but I'm not sure what exactly they have created.

Re: I know why I dislike the google

Bad the google.

Re: Adobe, Autodesk, the Mafia...

Nobody is stopping you from using open-source alternatives. Hell, nobody is stopping you starting a project. If you all put your $1000 into a pot, that would buy some great developers.