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I'm in a bit of a Bind here, a book is never 'binded' but 'bound'. Sorry to be picky and all that.
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And the reason its wrong is because the Romans used addition and subtraction with their date system. They didn't have to use SI units to manage their world, they had legions!
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Oh so predictable, and swift, to the benefit of Apple's retail business and most importantly CUSTOMERS. Hopefully staff morale will not have been too damaged in the long term. Us Brits said it wasn't a good idea.... If they want somebody f…
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Dick, I agree with your points - well made, the really interesting thing is how much has turned round - almost back to proprietary operating systems on custom silicon - Apple and IBM are the last remnants of an industry where every manufacturer …
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There's something wrong with the anodizing processes if there is: Discolouration and fading A surface that its easily scratched Anodizing is a process which 'grows' an oxide layer on top of the metal surface, the anodized layer provides …
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Had to check my posts - just in case I was going to repeat myself - I live in the UK, Dixons is renowned for the most shocklingly average customer service, i.e. NONE EXISTENT. Most of the stores are staffed by people with less knowledge than the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by franktinsley What Apple deserves to be protected from, as does anyone, is straight up wholesale copying. The kind that goes on in asian countries where they literally take products and cast molds from…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Multiple authorized resellers this week are reflecting stock outs of 15-inch MacBook Pros, suggesting that Apple is ramping down production of existing models before introducing redesigned offerings that w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Google's Android unit is rumored to be developing a wireless home entertainment system that is capable of streaming music throughout the home, and if launched would be the first consumer electronics produc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by WelshDog You are incorrect. On every level. Proof please for such a sweeping statement, it may be Off Topic but it cannot go unchallenged. AFAIK it IS A WELL KNOWN fact that more energy is consumed in creating …
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And why would this cable with power AND data not use Thunderbolt?, with PC free setup, storage and recovery over the ether the future for sync is over WiFi/3/4G, but you can possibly see the potential of an iPhone that has cable free slow trickle c…
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Bottom line is - Mr Jobs is a human being and is perfectly entitled to allow a biography to be written that sets the record straight. None of us are perfect and we all do things we regret later on in life when we've mellowed. If Steve is unw…
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Like many others have found, iPrint just works, it doesn't need a machine switched on to print. It found my photo printer attached to Time Capsule, it found my PSC6210 attached to a 175X print server. Neat. Looks like Docs to Go will have…
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Hmmmm for the first time I'm actually offended :-(... I don't consider myself old or handicapped, BUT I AM LONG SIGHTED, which means options for bigger fonts are very welcome. You can't wear reading glasses if you are walking along the pavement …
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Quote: Originally Posted by ThePixelDoc Point 1, which references the name "iPad"... I guess it's here to stay for better or worse. Apple will win the lawsuit. Why would Apple win?, Fujitsu is also a 400lb gorilla with over 150,000 employees …
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Why would we ever see Flash?, its a resource hog, and opens the door to ANY flash software no matter how indifferent the application- enabling Flash is a gateway to losing control of the platform and that's not going to happen.
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Apple and 17 other companies were named in a new lawsuit filed this week over two patents related to accessing computer software from remote systems. What a joke, ever seen an IBM green screen 3270 te…
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In the UK some banks, mine included, have secondary authentication beyond card number and security ID from the back of the card. Many transactions result in a pop-up window which requires a password. Strong Security and reliability are key to …
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I think post 29 summarises it neatly, coffin chasing lawyers.... truly pathetic.. Quote: Originally Posted by nofear1az You do realize that Wifi still uses the Ethernet standards and same protocols, right? That's why it's called a Wireless …
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Quote: Originally Posted by desides I highly disagree. Microsoft's problem is not the pursuit of profit. Actually I beg to differ, Microsoft's purpose these days is to prop up the share price, the X-Box is a loss leader with the sole intent …