Posts by Colin MacLean

Debunk

Looks like a spear of frozen urine flushed from a passing jet.

Pirates baying

I can imagine torrent searches would redirect to the iTunes store.

@Peter Mylward

Having seen the less-than-favourable reviews of Flash on the HTC Hero, I think you can most likely shove it.

Eugenius

The thing with the Genius Bar is that you'll be taking some Apple-branded hardware/software in for examination. If it's a genuine issue, the Genius is entitled to go backstore and get you a replacement or at least perform some repair on the spot or by sending your hardware away.

How will this work at the Microsoft Store when you take your Dell, IBM, homebrew etc. PC setup in? Are they going to say "nothing wrong with your software, contact the hardware manfucaturer"?

What a great help!

Uproar

Imagine he had made a donation and the Daily Mail got a sniff of it. Middle England would be an Apple-free zone...

Feel sorry for the oldies

The final salary pension was no longer available when I joined IBM in the late 1990s - my pension was/is at the mercy of the markets.

I was only with the company for three years, can't imagine how pee'd off I'd be if I joined as a mainframe monkey in the 60s/70s and now had the rug pulled out from under me!

It's no wonder that they didn't send the email until 5.30 (that is if they're still using Lotus Notes). ;)

A load of Schmidt

As Harrison Schmidt (Apollo 17) put it, 'To those who believe the moon landings were faked: Why fake it six times?'

Hmmmm...

Usually in-flight arousal will see you standing in-front of a judge at Isleworth Crown Court.

It still mystifies me why they sell porno mags in newsagents in the departures area.

Sounds familiar

I had a similar pattern of calls last year when I requested the convertion of my 3UK monthly contract to PAYG.

Mumbai obviously went into panic mode.

PPC moaners

As has been stated, it's clear that the whole point of Snow Leopard is to optimise the OS for Intel Macs.

I don't see the problem with sticking to 10.5 on PPC Macs. It's not like your computer is going to stop working the day 10.6 is released...

Chill pill for Will

Um, wasn't the APPLE Newton out long before the first Palm?

Idiots!

People who bought the original 2G on contract (non-subsidised) were able to upgrade to a 3G on a new contract (subsidised) AND keep their existing 2G (which they could then sell for a tidy profit).

Now these people are expecting to be let out of a subsidised contract, given a 3Gs and able to keep their 3G (subsidy not paid off) to sell for personal profit.

Bonkers!

Stop moaning, learn from your mistake in signing a contract and go PAYG next time.

Utter bobbins!

The WWDC keynote has NEVER been used to introduce new consumer-level hardware. It will instead concentrate on Snow Leopard and iPhone OS 3.

I'm guessing there will be a "media event" later in the month for any iPhone hardware announcements.

Alas...

From the description of his final pose, sounds like he would have made an excellent Tory MP.

Uses of bustard in Wiltshire

1) Some bustard has made a crop circle in my bottom field. Arrrr.

2) etc.

Internets r00l

I'm liking the video preview feature. It allowed me to watch the Bruno-Eminem get-together while at work!

touch me!

WIll it have touchscreen? That's surely a must-have for a device that's going to be in circulation for years into the future...

re: Andus McCoatover

"As thick as two Tom Cruises"?

Me too

I sometimes see Jesus at the bottom of a beer glass. Usually around my 8th of the day.

International call

Some chap called Silvio's on the line, says you can have his post any time.

Branson's actual mum

Does he have a virtual mum too?

Google squared

After looking at the source, typing 'times', 'be there' or 'alpha' has amusing(ish) results...

Parks across the water

I wonder if the people behind last year's Lapland Park fiasco were involved with this good 'un...

Don Draper's view

I for one am looking forward to seeing how this plays out in season 49 of Mad Men.

@IT Angle

How about FIFO?

Regal confusion

Maybe she held the joypad with her pinkies sticking out?

Where's the sensor bar?

I can see no reference to a Wiimote-like sensor bar. Maybe that will distinguish this of its obvious forerunner...

Title-uh

Englundh sounds more like a tribute to Mark E Smith...

credit rocks

Computer mortgages are the future.

Perspective

More people speak Hindi in Glasgow than there are Gaelic speakers in the whole of Scotland.

Where's their publically-subsidised TV channel? I'd love to see more Kabadi on the telly, anyway...

Finale

I'll be interested to see how the finale works with a gold-carrying elephant teetering over the precipice.

And the smutty spoof will be called...

Pron 2.0

And the moral of the story is...

Password lock your phone.