re UK Apple / Samsung iPad copy apology - humour

2012-07-19 Thread Brian Risbey
Hope this okay to pass on: http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1717.html Brian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -

Re: re UK Apple / Samsung iPad copy apology - humour

2012-07-19 Thread wa...@realworldcomputing.com.au
Hi Brian, That cartoon is not too far off the mark. Personally I think the judge is taking some sort of mind bending substance. U.K. Judge Colin Birss has ruled that Samsung can continue selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the region because the Android tablet is 'not as cool' as the iPad and

Nostalgia / humour question

2011-08-17 Thread James Devenish
Hi, I'm pretty sure, many years ago, an official Apple User Guide had an illustration of an iPod being used by a server administrator as a disk to install software on an Xserve or something. Anyone remember what document this was, or have a link to it online? James -- The WA Macintosh User

Re: Humour (or is it horror?): Why Microsoft shouldn't try to be cool

2009-01-27 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 27/01/2009, at 9:17 AM, Mark Secker wrote: I mean if the Zune wasn't a big enough wake up call to Microsoft that they can't do cool then Songsmith should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E honestly I couldn't even get past around the 20 second mark it's so bad that it

Humour (or is it horror?): Why Microsoft shouldn't try to be cool

2009-01-26 Thread Mark Secker
I mean if the Zune wasn't a big enough wake up call to Microsoft that they can't do cool then Songsmith should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E honestly I couldn't even get past around the 20 second mark it's so bad that it breaks the Sontag Notes on Camp theory and

Re: Humour (or is it horror?): Why Microsoft shouldn't try to be cool

2009-01-26 Thread Chris Griffiths
Is that ad for real or is it a joke?? Regards Chris G On 27/01/2009, at 9:17 AM, Mark Secker wrote: I mean if the Zune wasn't a big enough wake up call to Microsoft that they can't do cool then Songsmith should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E honestly I couldn't even

Re: Humour (or is it horror?): Why Microsoft shouldn't try to be cool

2009-01-26 Thread Mark Secker
On 27/01/2009, at 9:23 AM, Chris Griffiths wrote: Is that ad for real or is it a joke?? Regards Chris G if the New York Times is correct apparently not: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/business/25digi.html?_r=1ref=business -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Humour (or is it horror?): Why Microsoft shouldn't try to be cool

2009-01-26 Thread Glenn Nicholas
This is a truly awesome development. Mac sales already up 9% last year, and now this :) By the way, check out 'Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith' on youtube. Roxanne is pretty good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypycpKQxXR0 Glenn. 2009/1/27 Mark Secker m...@biz.uwa.edu.au: I mean if the

Re: Humour (or is it horror?): Why Microsoft shouldn't try to be cool

2009-01-26 Thread Chris Griffiths
Thank goodness for Apple ;) On 27/01/2009, at 9:56 AM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: This is a truly awesome development. Mac sales already up 9% last year, and now this :) By the way, check out 'Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith' on youtube. Roxanne is pretty good:

Windows humour.

2004-05-05 Thread Oldham, Toby
I'm still working away transitioning my office to a primarily Windows Operating Environment. I just noticed the acronym works out to be 'WOE'. *sigh* ;-) T.

Re: Windows humour.

2004-05-05 Thread Craig Ringer
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 14:08, Oldham, Toby wrote: I just noticed the acronym works out to be 'WOE'. A Windows CE migration of mobile devices is even worse, given the typical abbrevation WinCE. Craig Ringer

[Humour] for the nerds

2003-09-12 Thread Andrew Schox
Hi all, For those of you who are programmers, I just found the following site: http://mindprod.com/unmain.html on how to write unmaintainable code. Enjoy! Andrew

Re: [Humour] for the nerds

2003-09-12 Thread Mark Secker
Beat this: when I used to cut code one of my then managers used to use go-to's in Cobol report writer... and the code between the go-to condition and the go-to point was basically fluff to up his line of code per day count. über-coder? über-bonus scammer more like it. if you know Report

[humour] Latest Switcher Ad?

2002-10-07 Thread Christopher Scopa
Hi Everyone, Okay I don't normally send joke emails, but this switch ad takes the cake http://www.macboy.com/cartoons/switch/gates/ This won't be a regular occurrence, hope the group doesn't mind. Chris.

Re: JunkMail... OT Humour

2002-09-24 Thread Susan Hastings
If beautiful women are attracted to an object, perhaps they could be reprogrammed to be attracted to something cheaper than a Ferrari!! On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 12:36 AM, Phillip McGree wrote: 1 bloke wants to share his secrets with me on how to pick up beautiful women - Yeah,

Re: JunkMail... OT Humour

2002-09-24 Thread Phillip Arena
Another easy way is to sneak up on 'em, grab them around the waist and hoist them high in the air. I use this method for picking up lots of things. :) Phil 1 bloke wants to share his secrets with me on how to pick up beautiful women - Yeah, buy a Ferrari derr... even I had that one

Re: JunkMail... OT Humour

2002-09-24 Thread themenubar
Seems that we are trowing around a lot of today You could just try hitting them on the head and dragging them off by their hair. I know it sounds a little old fashioned but it is guaranteed to work providing you also lock them up in their ivory tower, but they are more than likely grow their

Re: JunkMail... OT Humour

2002-09-24 Thread Greg Hosking
On 24/9/02 12:36 AM, Phillip McGree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1 bloke wants to share his secrets with me on how to pick up beautiful women - Yeah, buy a Ferrari derr... even I had that one figured out years ago! bloody hell I have so much to learn... I thought it was men who were

Re: JunkMail... OT Humour

2002-09-24 Thread Mark Secker
I'd take anything Phil say's with a pinch of salt. I mean we're talking about a guy who's fashion/transport sense stops at cargo shorts and trail-bikes every body KNOWS that chicks dig leather chaps/Harley's and Dianese leathers/Ducati's ;) (but don't believe me ether my

Re: JunkMail... OT Humour

2002-09-23 Thread Phillip McGree
1 bloke wants to share his secrets with me on how to pick up beautiful women - Yeah, buy a Ferrari derr... even I had that one figured out years ago! Rgds, Phil No Ferrari No beautiful women No chance at all . --

Re: Humour

2002-04-22 Thread Onno Benschop
- in the mean time I'm attempting to avoid words that are longer than three cylablle, no, words, not damn, how do you spell it, (went to the old NT box, fired up Word, looked it up) syllables. Humour is a funny thing. Everyones funny bone is in a different spot. -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |? ..EBCDIC

Re: Humour

2002-04-22 Thread John Currie
on Monday April 22 Onno Benschop wrote after selectively quoting from my off list message Humour is a funny thing. Everyones funny bone is in a different spot. A trite cliche, totally unscientific and if it were true what a sad old world with nobody being able to share a joke with anybody. What

Re: Humour

2002-04-22 Thread Matthew Healey
On 22/4/02 10:41 AM, John Currie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: onjay urriekay ..pig latin for John Currie Now THAT's funny! Regards Matthew Healey -- Matthew Healey Information Systems Western Orthopaedic Clinic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 (08) 9489 8700 Fax: +61 (08) 9381 8300 Suite 213 25

Re: Humour

2002-04-22 Thread Onno Benschop
On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 10:41, John Currie wrote: on Monday April 22 Onno Benschop wrote after selectively quoting from my off list message Sorry, that was a mistake... -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph:

Semi OT (Humour): Latest Microsoft update (worth a read)

2002-01-31 Thread Phillip McGree
http://www.microsoft.com[EMAIL PROTECTED]/nyheter/feb01/Q209354%20-%20HOWTO.htm The article covers and explains the RTFM term that is regularly used in computing. VERY worth having a look at, although once word gets around I think that particular web page will be taken down. People that

Re: Semi OT (Humour): Latest Microsoft update (worth a read)

2002-01-31 Thread Shay Telfer
http://www.microsoft.comitem=q209354@ The article covers and explains the RTFM term that is regularly used in computing. VERY worth having a look at, although once word gets around I think that particular web page will be taken down. The page isn't actually on Microsoft's site, it's just a

Re: Semi OT (Humour): Latest Microsoft update (worth a read)

2002-01-31 Thread Warren Jones
Getting technical here... Redirects through Microsoft? My understanding is that the URL spec is protocol://user:password@host:port/path I assume anything before the @ would treated as username only if there is no :. Therefore the URL http://www.microsoft.com[EMAIL

Re: Semi OT (Humour): Latest Microsoft update (worth a read)

2002-01-31 Thread Shay Telfer
Means go direct using http to hardware.no with username www.microsoft.comitem=q209354. MS has nothing to do with the URL or redirection. It's just a cleverly constructed username to make it look like its going too www.microsoft.com. Indeed. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay

Re: Semi OT (Humour): Latest Microsoft update (worth a read)

2002-01-31 Thread Logical Developments
on 31/1/02 10:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.microsoft.com[EMAIL PROTECTED]/nyheter/feb01/Q209354%20-%20 HOWTO.htm The article covers and explains the RTFM term that is regularly used in computing. Hi All, Sorry to disappoint you, this site is a HOAX.