Tag: Computers

It is an irony of technology that the deeper it sinks into everyday life, the more remote it can come to seem.

 Don't get me wrong, I'm hardly a massive Microsoft fan.

 Broadening the question, I think there are so many issues regarding lack of take up.

Having seen it first on the BBC six o clock news on Wednesday evening , the reporter said that the intention was to revive the values of the very early days of computing , with the likes of the BBC...

Printing out photographs, using public telephones and recording television shows on VHS are other activities which are dying out because of digital advancements.

It's been deafeningly quiet on here the past week or so ! Thought it was about time somebody sparked up a discussion.

Well of course it's free with all the stuff it puts onto your computer when you download it, and the information it sends back to them about what else you have on your computer.

Funny old world – this is the Ofcom survey re online – funny how the headline changes.

I surprise everyone that knows me by being a complete gadget and computer junkie , or - yes ,anorak , but there are still a few things that i deem to be too critical to trust to computers and the...

 I think you're missing my point. It's not a question of accepting or not accepting it's the user's fault for being conned.

 Hi Eric Not taking anything away from your reply, but the problem arises when you have computer users who are not computer-savvy.

In article <6c42f35ab57990d74c009ca81a9eef50@com-wc.kinomi.com>, (Address removed) (gloworm558 .) wrote:

In answer to your debate point. Some parents; 1. are on such a tight budget that having a computer is like teasing them like putting them in a sweet shop and saying you can't buy anything.

On December 12, 2007, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a radio play about the case, The McKinnon Extradition by John Fletcher.

Well, the latter might be the case of course, but the real problem is how structured commercial radio output is. The Programme Controller will load up the computer, maybe even weeks ago.

Thanks for your reply Eric. So now I have splashed out on the final ingredient to make my Windows 8 experience even more amazing lol.

Google has warned Google Apps users that they will be unable to download documents to their computers in Microsoft Office 1997-2003 formats from the start of October.

Ah, Simon, you're missing out!

 Exactly, I've a client I've been seeing for around 5 years and he still does that, despite me telling him over and over.

Following on from my discussion thread about Google Chrome , i got thinking about mobile internet - for mobile phones and smartphones.

Has anybody else suffered the dumping of what appears to be malware on their computer of 'Browser Choice': http:/​/​www.browserchoice.eu/​BrowserChoice/​browserchoice_en.htm Apparently this is...

A while ago on the Mattress Crocodile Zip-up Shoes List, someone suggested that I might have Autism.

Despite not getting interested in computers until about 15 years afterwards , i do remember the ones they had at my school in the last year or so i was there.

By what i have read , Microsoft will not be offering an upgrade version of windows 7 to consumers in the UK and Europe – only full versions.

Yes , interesting. For most viewers the BBC iplayer is a computer thing so is only used on a computer and the bulk of what they watch on their main TV is likely to be linear broadcast programming.

Google is developing an operating system (OS) for personal computers, in a direct challenge to market leader Microsoft and its Windows system.

 You know, Chris, Apple represents a lot of what was wrong with the computer world prior to the PC-compatible.

The Government has been trialing giving computers to help children in two areas, families with needs, one area is Oldham Lancashire, they get a credit card with £600 to spend in a computer store,...

Crikey. I am not a computer expert and have been chuffed that I have been able to teach myself what I can do up to now. All I want is to post to AN now and again. Obviously, if this post works, fine.

Tell your presenters not to say anything but to play all the songs in bunches of three or four at a time back to back (segued).

Just for fun, how about answering the following about yourself: First time you used a computer.

Then Google's offline sync feature kicks in on your regular computer and shows you the email just like an offline reader would have.

Quoting a previous Andy contribution:- Be very aware of all the rubbish that Limewire puts onto your computer, and forces you to download in order to operate, not to mention, is attached to some of...

But what's the answer? How do you put that peg in the ground? It's a bit like the age-old upgrading computers argument.

I've just found an XP disk, but my disk drive doesn't work. maybe I could take the drive out of this computer into my computer.

Crikey. I am not a computer expert and have been chuffed that I have been able to teach myself what I can do up to now. All I want is to post to AN now and again. Obviously, if this post works, fine.

Well, I've been using them personally (the Google ones mainly) for around 4 years, and professionally for about 2, maybe 3.

Christopher England <(Address removed)> said:

The below is from a reviewer at Amazon. Microsoft doesn't express things quite as bluntly. Is this correct?

The below is from a reviewer at Amazon. Microsoft doesn't express things quite as bluntly. Is this correct?

In article <24bfa1b152ea404e960e21887946fef3@jiglu-wc>, (Address removed) (Jay BS) wrote:

I have to say John – what's wrong with getting computers to kids? Eric .......................................... Eric,

2009/​7/​29 Christopher England <(Address removed)>:

Christopher England <(Address removed)> said:

Bloomin 'eck la', you still muckin around with them old fashioned CDs? Wassamatter with mp3s?

Bit of a red herring the ID card. The databases are already there in one form or another.

Alan, 2009/​6/​21 Alan Milewczyk <(Address removed)>: I kind of agree and disagree with you here.