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From: Geoff Berrow on 21 Mar 2010 03:48 On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:40:48 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: >> And what's wrong with being seen in an Alfa? > >People might think it was yours! Wah! I love my Alfa. -- Geoff Berrow (Put thecat out to email) It's only Usenet, no one dies. My opinions, not the committee's, mine. Simple RFDs www.4theweb.co.uk/rfdmaker
From: Jim on 21 Mar 2010 04:00 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > Oh, and Jim, if you say that if something needs you to read the manual > then its badly designed, perhaps OS X is as I had to go RTFM to work out > keyboard shortcuts... Please point to a single post where I've said it's perfect. I haven't. OS X certainly has its faults. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 21 Mar 2010 06:14 On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:52:41 +0000, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >I never did buy an air. Wish I had in some ways. I'd like a mac without >a screen entirely so that the battery could last longer. Never will >happen though. True. But with the laptops if you use F1 (or fn-F1) to turn the screen down, when you hit zero it turns the screen off which must be nearly the same. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Wow! Virtual memory! Now I can have a REALLY big RAM disk!"
From: James Jolley on 21 Mar 2010 07:15 On 2010-03-21 10:14:59 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: > On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:52:41 +0000, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> > wrote: > >> I never did buy an air. Wish I had in some ways. I'd like a mac without >> a screen entirely so that the battery could last longer. Never will >> happen though. > > True. But with the laptops if you use F1 (or fn-F1) to turn the screen > down, when you hit zero it turns the screen off which must be nearly > the same. > > Cheers - Jaimie Fair enough - I always do this. Didn't realise the screen switched off entirely, thanks. Best -JAmes-
From: Steve Firth on 21 Mar 2010 07:58
Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > And what's wrong with being seen in an Alfa? The fact that the driver is often weeping with frustration. Particularly if they chose a SillySpeed model. |