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  • andrew llewellyn,

    I smirk at your gravatarless... ness

    Hey, JP, I just noticed (and I say this with the utmost respect) that yours looks like the standard baby's dummy gravatar, with a condom on it. Is that just me?

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • JP Hansen,

    I use mine for discounts on meatball subs at Subway.

    Waitakere • Since Nov 2006 • 206 posts Report Reply

  • JP Hansen,

    It's based on this icon that I use on a number of messageboards;

    http://www1.theforce.net/jc/icons/thephantommenace/tc-14.gif

    And what sort of condoms do you buy, anyway?

    Waitakere • Since Nov 2006 • 206 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    And what sort of condoms do you buy, anyway?

    The "to scale" ones from Lucasfilm that resemble R2D2.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Hadyn Green,

    Prestige Hadyn, you got it or you ain't.

    Well there is definitely a class system building here

    And what sort of condoms do you buy, anyway?

    That may be a whole different comment stream

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 2090 posts Report Reply

  • JP Hansen,

    Yeah, I feel like a star-bellied sneech.

    Waitakere • Since Nov 2006 • 206 posts Report Reply

  • Juha Saarinen,

    Man, this really is the Internet... there are some nastily prurient people in here!

    I like it.

    Since Nov 2006 • 529 posts Report Reply

  • merc,

    I have a star remover machine...

    Since Dec 2006 • 2471 posts Report Reply

  • JP Hansen,

    Speaking of George Lucas and Digg;

    Dig vs. Digg. Calling LucasLegal...

    Waitakere • Since Nov 2006 • 206 posts Report Reply

  • 3410,

    Geez, it's hard work keeping up to date with the requirements of geekiness. What the hell is "1337"?

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report Reply

  • Juha Saarinen,

    Elite. N00b. LRN2133TSP33K. LOLZROFFLECOPTERS!!!~~~~

    Since Nov 2006 • 529 posts Report Reply

  • 3410,

    Geez, it's hard work keeping up to date with the requirements of geekiness. What the hell is "1337"?

    Elite. N00b. LRN2133TSP33K. LOLZROFFLECOPTERS!!!~~~~

    Yeah?... Well "58008" to you.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2007 • 2618 posts Report Reply

  • Ben Gracewood,

    I am also ambivalent about Vista. Had it on my desktop for a while, but it was just a slow dog, even with 2GB of RAM on a Core2 Duo (Vista 'experience' score of 5.2 or something).

    I am excited about Windows Home Server however. Just got in on the beta and am now building a box to run it on. Apparently using the 'single instance' storage some users have backed up 220GB of various crap around the house onto 60GB on Home Server.

    Basically it stores every file (well, cluster actually) only once, and keeps pointers if multiple computers share the same cluster (e.g. portion of the same MP3 file or Windows dll or image). Great for people that have a similar collection of stuff on both a laptop and a desktop.

    Orkland • Since Nov 2006 • 168 posts Report Reply

  • Hamish,

    Yeah?... Well "58008" to you.

    Bwahahahahaaa...

    The A.K. • Since Nov 2006 • 155 posts Report Reply

  • Juha Saarinen,

    (Type 58008 into a calculator. Turn calculator upside down.)

    Since Nov 2006 • 529 posts Report Reply

  • Hamish,

    FYI, RB & Matt - Planet of teh Journals seems to be munted right now - hasn't updated the 'last posts' gadget since 22 Feb

    The A.K. • Since Nov 2006 • 155 posts Report Reply

  • Murray,

    Love the new "Scoopit" buttons on each PA post footer.

    Wairoa • Since Feb 2007 • 3 posts Report Reply

  • tim kong,

    RE: mystery Telecom spam

    Don't know if it's the same one - but I got email from Telecom telling me that

    "In accordance with instructions received, your Telecom account is no
    longer subscribed to Bill Online. The invoice(s) for this account will no longer be
    delivered to you electronically. Your next invoice(s) will be paper based."

    Except I haven't emailed them since I registered, and I really would prefer to keep getting my bill online thanks.

    Thought it was a hoax - but the number is the correct Telecom one - so tried calling - but no answers as yet.

    I'll be slightly pissed off when/if I start getting boxloads of tree through my mailbox again.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 153 posts Report Reply

  • Tom Beard,

    Dell are still selling XP machines, but you have to find the link that says "Do you still want to buy a computer with XP?" before they'll show them to you. Most of the high street stores (even Quay computers, which I used to think had a bit more nous than the others) are 90% Vista only now, and look at you strangely if you say you don't want it. Mind you, any place that thinks WXGA counts as a high resolution screen isn't worth your time.

    In the end I went with ascent.co.nz: that's a really sueful filter engine they've got there.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1040 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Capewell,

    On the subject of Geekstuff, Russell, what of Chumby?

    Manchester • Since Nov 2006 • 62 posts Report Reply

  • matthewbuchanan,

    On Safari slowdowns, seems Dave Hyatt has already fixed the underlying issues in recent nightly builds, and that Macenstein have re-run their tests and confirmed huge improvement:

    Just wanted to let you know that as per your request we ran our tests again using your latest WebKit builds, and the improvement is dramatic.

    @Hamish: Planet of the Journals seems to be back on track, eh.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 163 posts Report Reply

  • Peter Cox,

    Cool. So I selected my gravitar and feel empowered by a sense of individualism. Do I need to do anything to get it up on the blog or will it just happen in its own sweet time?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 312 posts Report Reply

  • Simon Grigg,

    Vista...My understanding is that with both XP and Win 95/98 there was a clear public move to quickly upgrade existing machines which led to the mass surge of the OS after release. This clearly is not happening with Vista...I actually don't know a living soul whose rushed out and bought an upgrade for their existing machine.

    New machines, since most people don't buy a new PC every year (or even two), will take a lot longer to penetrate the online users mass

    Just another klong... • Since Nov 2006 • 3284 posts Report Reply

  • andrew llewellyn,

    Do I need to do anything to get it up on the blog

    No

    or will it just happen in its own sweet time?

    Maybe :)

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report Reply

  • Juha Saarinen,

    This is geeko-political, but you'll be pleased to know, everyone, that The People's Republic of China approves of Public Address. It is available in the Middle Kingdom for public consumption, it would appear.

    Not so with my blog and Geekzone though... :\

    Since Nov 2006 • 529 posts Report Reply

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