Saturday 28 July 2007

Vista

Don't have Vista myself,but don't think I want it with what I have read about it!
Dear Microsoft Corporation,

I’ve read through hundreds of online reviews and comments about Vista. I’ve asked IT guys and Microsoft Certified Professionals. I’ve read the PC magazine reviews. I’ve given it a spin on my friends’ laptops.

You’d think at least someone (other than your PR people) would find something to like about a piece of software that took an industry leader five years and a gazillion dollars to develop. But I’ve yet to hear anyone say “Wow!” about it.

A Windows worshipping gamer acquaintance told me it took literally seven or eight hours of churning to install his Vista Home Premium (sic) upgrade. After staying up all night, he found none of his device drivers worked.

With the tales of the new DRM lockdown, the User Account Control nagging, the virtualization restrictions, and the priced-to-upsell $400 product – your credibility is about as good as OJ Simpson’s.

I just don’t trust what you say anymore.

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Thursday 26 July 2007

Richard Bacon


Enjoyed this on 'This Morning'

Tuesday 24 July 2007

BBC Boobs

Oh dear,this is worrying--the BBC is NOTHING if it is not honest!
clipped from digg.com

Grylls was filmed building a raft by himself, whereas the crew had actually put it together and dismantled it beforehand, to ensure that it worked. And in a further episode, supposedly "wild" horses rounded up by Grylls had come from a local trekking facility. So why eat the bugs??

Man Vs Wild Exposed as more BBC programming frauds unfold.

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Sunday 22 July 2007

Carnoustie

What an exciting afternoon!
clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
Padraig Harrington


Padraig Harrington pipped Sergio Garcia in a four-hole play-off to clinch the 136th Open Championship at Carnoustie after one of the most dramatic finishes in recent years.

The Irishman won his maiden major title despite blowing a one-shot lead in the Barry Burn in regulation play in scenes reminiscent of Jean van de Velde's infamous collapse in 1999.
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Ice melt

Remarkable evidence of the vanishing glaciers!
clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
Introduction
While the effect of human activity on the global climate is hotly debated, physical signs of environmental change are all around us.


Some scientists say an increase in the rate of melting of the world's glaciers is evidence of global warming.


Argentina's Upsala Glacier was once the biggest in South America, but it is now disappearing at a rate of 200 metres per year.


Other scientists say its reduction is due to complicated shifts in glacial dynamics and local geology.

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Saturday 21 July 2007

Clipmarks

Obviously I have been successful in achieving my aim:to be able to post my Clipmarks to my blog.I am chuffed as I have been trying to do this on Vox for the last few hours!

Floods

Oh dear!what a summer!
clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
Families were forced to spend the night on the M5 while about 20 special needs children remain trapped in a school. Thousands slept in emergency centres.
Rescue teams are dealing with the aftermath of severe flooding which has wreaked havoc across England and Wales.
Floods in Pershore, Worcs. Photo by Andrew Neale
Sixteen severe flood warnings are still in place with more rain expected in the Midlands and north of England.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is having telephone calls with Cabinet colleagues to assess the government's response.
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Carnoustie

They sure are finding the going tough,with Tiger 6 shots behind the lead!
clipped from news.bbc.co.uk


"A lot of breeze, a fresh breeze. I don't know what you'd call it. A minor breeze, a little zephyr."
Ernie 'Met Office' Els runs through the Beaufort Scale in his attempts to explain exactly what the wind was doing at Carnoustie on Thursday morning.


"The weather is going to come in sideways."
Miguel Angel Jimenez tries to out-forecast Els with his prediction of how the weekend's weather will arrive in Carnoustie. And I think for 'weather' we should read 'rain'.

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Start

I am hoping that by starting a blog here that I will be able to post my clipmarks-something I have been unable to do on Vox!