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From: J.J. O'Shea on 28 Jan 2010 12:59 On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:31:32 -0500, Woody wrote (in article <1jd1f6h.1idr0c419g3mtiN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>): > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > >> James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >> >>>> Yes, he is received that way by a particular section of the public. >>> >>> IS this the PD arrogance people keep talking about? Shame really, >>> you've usually been fine with me. >> >> Arrogant? Yesterday he said he preferred prostitutes to me. Arrogant's >> not even the word. The guy's unbelievable. > > Honestly I think that wasn't a rejection as such, more an issue of > relative cost. > And value for money. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 28 Jan 2010 13:01 On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:27:54 +0000, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >On 2010-01-28 11:25:49 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > >> On 2010-01-28, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Yes. Also not so convinced about universal appeal - I personally find >>> him irritating but that's me. To me, he does come over smug and >>> arrogant. >>> >> >> Ah well, different folks etc. He can come over a wee bit smug, but arrogant? >> Never personally thought that of him. >> >> Jim > >I wonder if it's not seeing the guy and that's not an excuse either. He >sonds rather smug and perhaps i'm interpreting his tone wrongly. I'm >guessing. I go with this. I can't stand to listen to Fry on the radio, but I adore him on telly. >Not so convinced on it being normal to have 20 phones though. It's bad >enough keeping up with all the apps on the current one thanks. He likes new toys. He's got more spare cash to fritter on them, and a rather strangely structured working life that can easily bend to accomodate sitting and messing around. Cheers - Jaimie -- "First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns, and I speech nothing because I no verbs." - Quoted by Peter Ellis, afp
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 28 Jan 2010 13:03 On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:10:01 -0000, "James Dore" <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:58:44 -0000, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-01-28 10:38:37 +0000, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: >> >>> On 2010-01-28, Rowland McDonnell >>> <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >>>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> <http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/> >>>> Who cares what pundits think about a gadget? >>>> >>> So far as most of them are concerned, I agree. In Stephen's case >>> though I >>> actually am interested in his views. >>> Jim >> >> I don't see it makes much difference. People won't buy it because he >> likes it. He's not that respected. >> > ><cough> Blackberry might disagree. A significant slump in the sales of >their touchscreen device was attributed to his execrating of it on twitter. On the other hand, it actually wasn't very good so that has some considerable significance. Cheers - Jaimie -- What part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" don't you understand?
From: Pd on 28 Jan 2010 13:12 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > IS this the PD arrogance people keep talking about? Shame really, > > > > you've usually been fine with me. > > > > > > Arrogant? Yesterday he said he preferred prostitutes to me. Arrogant's > > > not even the word. The guy's unbelievable. > > > > Honestly I think that wasn't a rejection as such, more an issue of > > relative cost. > > He said it was because he didn't think I was good enough for him, > basically. Oh for godsake, if I'd realised you were going to go all hurt about it, I'd have bloody taken you up (fnarr) on the offer. But really, this childish sulking is most unattractive and I'd be struggling to maintain any appearance of pleasure. -- Pd
From: D.M. Procida on 28 Jan 2010 13:19
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Phones aren't really my thing. I did buy an entirely unnecessary set of > screwdrivers the other day, just because they were beautiful and emitted > a kind of RDF that convinced me I needed them. They did include a Torx 7 > which I don't have in the Torx I've bought individually, every time I > need to work on a MacBook or something that uses a different size from > the last Powerbook I took apart. No doubt if I get an iPad, it will > require a different driver from anything I have in any set I've bought > so far. A chisel? Daniele |