tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post7410918931909599169..comments2024-03-12T18:18:10.646+13:00Comments on How the hell does this work?: Isn't Modern Technology Great?Twisted Scottish Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-80095018706000763362011-12-29T09:32:57.073+13:002011-12-29T09:32:57.073+13:00Patience_Crabstick:
Ah, that explains a lot. You ...Patience_Crabstick:<br />Ah, that explains a lot. You are under their control?<br />I actuallylove the Apple design concepts, it's the subtle and not so subtle ways they differ in their mode of operation from Windows products that drives me mental.<br /><br />Here's a little thought I had.<br /><br />They named their company Apple. I wonder what would have happened if they had gone with Pear or Orange instead.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-12020078973702668712011-12-29T01:06:33.123+13:002011-12-29T01:06:33.123+13:00Apple, with its minion itunes is my Dark Master.Apple, with its minion itunes is my Dark Master.Patience_Crabstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860012969550268614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-45459666959418015342011-12-27T15:52:38.780+13:002011-12-27T15:52:38.780+13:00YONKS: ANOTHER bottler of Balvenie, you lucky thi...YONKS: ANOTHER bottler of Balvenie, you lucky thing you. If you really don't want it you can always send it to poor Malt Whisky Deprived Moi c/o Nuova Lazio High School.<br />If it becomes a habit, don't worry, it beats the hell out of most others.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-81125490812371025232011-12-27T15:50:42.508+13:002011-12-27T15:50:42.508+13:00anonymous Deletion: Nyah, Nyah
Richard[of RBB]: ...anonymous Deletion: Nyah, Nyah<br /><br />Richard[of RBB]: Just because you're not on the "Good Boy's List"<br /><br />Anonymous (ex-Clive): I never said your a train spotter, but I expect you could spot a train spotter.<br />Want a go on my remote controlled rotary flight evaluation model? Beats silly train, 'cause trains can't fly. Except when they fall of models of the Raurimu Spiral.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-37167557299223428312011-12-27T15:38:58.351+13:002011-12-27T15:38:58.351+13:00Shackleford Hurtmore: Hail Geek. Beware of Geeks ...Shackleford Hurtmore: Hail Geek. Beware of Geeks bearing gifts.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the new bloody iF*ckingPod needs iF*ckingTunes to upload new software and to fix the f*cking FAT32 file system which it managed to corrupt.<br /><br />I already use VirtualPC to run CivII in Win98 conformation, but once my iF*ckingPod no longer needs iF*ckingTunes, I'll try your suggestion, thanks.<br /><br />Wow, formation flying with choppers. I feel kind of inadequate.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-69748100853728189082011-12-27T15:34:16.517+13:002011-12-27T15:34:16.517+13:00Alistair: Strange. Santa must have photocopied th...Alistair: Strange. Santa must have photocopied the "good boy" list.<br /><br />Mine is NOT a toy helicopter, it's a remote controlled rotary flight evaluation model. <br /><br />AND it fires missiles!!!! <br /><br />Well, it's my raisin d'ĂȘtre.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-43495034646016058912011-12-27T15:31:28.909+13:002011-12-27T15:31:28.909+13:00Laoch of Chicago: I agree it's very small, but...Laoch of Chicago: I agree it's very small, but size isn't everything. I do like the swipey method of moving the icons, but I did prefer the "wheel of fate". <br />Damnit, buttons were good enough for Bill Gates of Immortal memory, so they're good enough for me.I'm not sure of Skype.<br /><br />I admit it, I'm completely paranoid, I just don't like giving anything access to my system, without my specific and informed consent.<br /><br />I've also got this wierd Logitech TalkVideo that came with my webcam, but that's peer-to-peer sharing as well, so that's out.<br /><br />I'll have a look at Google Talk, but last time I went to Google, they wanted me to change my name form TwistedScottishBastard to Twisted Scottish Bastard, and it did not make me happy.Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-49242500043809981672011-12-27T14:40:02.335+13:002011-12-27T14:40:02.335+13:00I got a bottle of Balvenie amongst other things. I...I got a bottle of Balvenie amongst other things. I think there may be a worrying pattern developing here!<br />DiYONKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659751063643621817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-48607986398592235202011-12-27T11:56:01.843+13:002011-12-27T11:56:01.843+13:00Don't talk to me about train spotters - I hate...Don't talk to me about train spotters - I hate them.<br /><br />When I was driving trains on London Transport's wonderful railway (District Line, by the way - <i>real</i> trains, not those silly little tube things) they'd be up there at the end of the platform, wearing car coats (this was before anoraks became the uniform for spotters), spotty, and looking mentally defective. They'd stare longingly into the cab and make stupid comments.<br /><br />If they were so keen why didn't they join up, I wondered. Probably because they wouldn't be able to get up at 4am for early shifts, and were too dumb to cope with the training course.<br /><br />I avoid all those special train trips and occasions because they're full of these fools, wearing their engine driver hats. However I do retain a "professional interest in transport" (about as true as your insistence that your toy helicopter is really a "remote controlled rotary flight evaluation model"). That's why I have about 860 bookmarks relating to railways and trams.<br /><br />-- Clive<br />(What's this "ex-Clive" thing? I'm looking for a new personality and perhaps I've achieved it without knowing.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-57976737579075383972011-12-27T11:43:51.217+13:002011-12-27T11:43:51.217+13:00Shackleford, I expressed my feelings about old men...Shackleford, I expressed my feelings about old men and toys here...<br />http://richardsbassbag.blogspot.com/2011/12/tuesday-after-christmas.htmlRichard (of RBB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07245921253761836268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-28299783634431312162011-12-27T09:41:59.060+13:002011-12-27T09:41:59.060+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.THE WINE GUYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733085464695722440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-43260571391133951412011-12-27T09:02:15.932+13:002011-12-27T09:02:15.932+13:00Now the geek bit is out of the way, I'd like t...Now the geek bit is out of the way, I'd like to point out that there is nothing wrong with owning a remote controlled helicopter. Annoyingly, after several years, my controller has broken, so I'm looking for another one of exactly the same make/model, so I can try formation flying with two helicopters at once now.Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01962931483973457516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-5345930067387640652011-12-27T08:37:31.178+13:002011-12-27T08:37:31.178+13:00Caution! Boring geek comment follows! - try loadin...Caution! Boring geek comment follows! - try loading VMWare - you can create a virtual PC inside your real PC, sharing your RAM and CPU between the real and the virtual. Then in that virtual PC, load iTunes. That way, iTunes can't bork the rest of your PC setup when it installs QuickTime, Safari and whatever other shit it comes with nowadays.Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01962931483973457516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-5381574945898013832011-12-27T08:08:37.385+13:002011-12-27T08:08:37.385+13:00Well HELLO SANTA - I got a remote helicopter too a...Well HELLO SANTA - I got a remote helicopter too and very nice it is too.<br /><br />Once I'm fully in control I'll be starting the experimental lifts to see how much it can haul!!!!<br /><br /><br />I get the Apple/iPod thing too.<br /><br />{ps - nearly wet myself at your comeback on mine BTW}Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-530361463026668982011-12-27T08:06:03.116+13:002011-12-27T08:06:03.116+13:00I like my nano. Very useful for the gym and for w...I like my nano. Very useful for the gym and for work. I do think you have to give up and use I-tunes which is bad but what can one do?<br /><br />I have been using skype for a long time. It works decently well. I also use Google Talk which uses different technology so it sometimes works better for some Countries.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-18336212330271076382011-12-27T07:40:56.534+13:002011-12-27T07:40:56.534+13:00It's not a TOY helicopter Richard[of RBB], it&...It's not a TOY helicopter Richard[of RBB], it's a remote controlled rotary flight evaluation model.<br /><br />You'll have to ask ex-Clive about the Railway spotters.<br /><br />I've still got my Royal Artillery beret. Would that do?Twisted Scottish Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825025524038296192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556021846818907745.post-46874655518870972022011-12-27T07:19:18.473+13:002011-12-27T07:19:18.473+13:00You got a toy helicopter?
I will never see you in...You got a toy helicopter? <br />I will never see you in the same light again TSB. Just be careful that you don't go joining one of those mobdel train clubs - you know the ones where they all wear engine driver hats. I wonder if the Upper Hutt Model Railway Club would let a helicopter pilot in? You'll need an appropriate hat.Richard (of RBB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07245921253761836268noreply@blogger.com