Posts by Stig2k

Re: 1984

Well yes obviously. i mean I *like* curry, but now that we have the recipe . . .

Optional

Perhaps - People for the Enthusiastic Termination of Animals ?

British bobbies

Finest and most dedicated in the world. Coz if a British police man wants to kill someone, he has to kick him to death

- Al Murray

Re: They don't actually need this

" . . . Whatever happens, you are responsible. if you kill someone while driving, you should be cited for vehicular homicide, as you caused the car to hit the person (if the person 'just jumped out in front of you, you were driving recklessly, too fast for the conditions... its still your fault). . ."

How the hell has this utter nonsense earned 8 upvotes ?!

Switch to Three because in just over 5 years I've never needed their customer service.

Hence the funny-because-it's-true-joke "Linux is only 'free' if your time is worthless"

Re: No one really grumbled back then

I know, *actualy* thrown in jail, just for saying you're British! You can't even take an electric fire in the bath anymore!

Re: Dear Linux user..

Linux users have an odd definition of the word 'free' too

Linux is only 'free' if your time is worthless.

Re: it was the music

Upvote for the reminder of Turrican 2. Gonna have to dig out the emulator this weekend :)

Re: providing the world's population with the protein it needs to survive.

"Don't kid yourself, Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!"

How is a question

an accusation? Over-reaction much?

Re: Nice distinction there

I don't think 'means' means what you think it means. In other words, it 'meant' clear and precise but now it 'means' pleasant.

Re: I'm not surprised they're going under though

I checked online first. Ordering direct from Google gets it delivered in 3 days time at a saving of £0.04. I 'd rather play with it now thanks ;)

Re: Freedom for the corporations

"This development has been ongoing for long time now. It is older then me already."

Not wanting to appear too picky, but surely it always was, or never will be older than you. Unless you're aging at a different rate than everything that goes on around you.

Re: This is not a title

"I call bullshit"

You can call whatever you like, doesn't stop it being 100% true. The laptop is a touch screen acer that I picked up ex display. The win8 developer preview was highly anticipated specifically because of the touch screen capabilities of the laptop. A week after I began using it, the compulsary Metro interface was pretty much impossible to navigate. I had office, visual studio, numerous IDE's and the CS suite installed, along with lots of other tools. every single Metro panel was identical. A typical installation that might result in a folder containing 5 or 6 easily identifiable icons in the old windows start menu will result in another half screen of virtually identical plain coloured metro panels. I haven't 'run off' to anything. I have a spare laptop that I couldn't wait to get the Win8 preview off so thought I'd try Linux. I'm baffled by the complexity of Linux for the most part but since every other machine I have is running Win7 I think it'll be nice to stick with Linux on the laptop for now and see how it goes.

My point was that when Vista came out there was a huge number of people who decided to 'upgrade' their new computers to WinXP. This time I think things will be far worse for MS. Non-technical users who have become accustomed to the look of Win7 will be more open to the idea of switching to Linux than ever before.