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Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Miss Demeanour on November 27, 2011, 08:00:45 PM
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All new gadgets now seem to come with touch screens ( puters, phones , cameras etc) .....whilst they are really easy to use does this not almost guarantee you having to take out some kind of insurance on them; as the likelihood of them not working has got to be significantly more ?
Or is the Growler effect seeping into my thinking ?
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All new gadgets now seem to come with touch screens ( puters, phones , cameras etc) .....whilst they are really easy to use does this not almost guarantee you having to take out some kind of insurance on them; as the likelihood of them not working has got to be significantly more ?
Or is the Growler effect seeping into my thinking ?
I used to sell the very first touch screen PC.... cloud9:
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But a new gadgety thing with a touch screen shouldn't be any less reliable than any other.... noooo:
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Yes, but now we eschew Vaseline ::)
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All new gadgets now seem to come with touch screens ( puters, phones , cameras etc) .....whilst they are really easy to use does this not almost guarantee you having to take out some kind of insurance on them; as the likelihood of them not working has got to be significantly more ?
Or is the Growler effect seeping into my thinking ?
I used to sell the very first touch screen PC.... cloud9:
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But a new gadgety thing with a touch screen shouldn't be any less reliable than any other.... noooo:
Still using it....... rubschin:
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All new gadgets now seem to come with touch screens ( puters, phones , cameras etc) .....whilst they are really easy to use does this not almost guarantee you having to take out some kind of insurance on them; as the likelihood of them not working has got to be significantly more ?
Or is the Growler effect seeping into my thinking ?
I used to sell the very first touch screen PC.... cloud9:
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But a new gadgety thing with a touch screen shouldn't be any less reliable than any other.... noooo:
Still using it....... rubschin:
I wish... it was a great machine - I sold container loads of them.... cloud9:
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I can see it.... It is awesome! cloud9:
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I can see it too... eeek: eeek:
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I can see it too... eeek: eeek:
Awesome eh...? :thumbsup:
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I can't see it noooo:
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I can't see it noooo:
happy100
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I think they mean this post .... I can't see it either.
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But a new gadgety thing with a touch screen shouldn't be any less reliable than any other.... noooo:
But everything I've always had with a touch screen has had issues with the screen , and just look at all the feckin ticket dispensing machines that you struggle with because they are not working or unresponsive rubschin:
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Wimmin with daft brains and stubby digits noooo: noooo: noooo: noooo:
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Oh sorry Mr Gazelle ::)
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cloud9:
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But a new gadgety thing with a touch screen shouldn't be any less reliable than any other.... noooo:
But everything I've always had with a touch screen has had issues with the screen , and just look at all the feckin ticket dispensing machines that you struggle with because they are not working or unresponsive rubschin:
It's your rough hands.
Change to Fairy Liquid.
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Oi ....I'll have you know I have had many comments about how soft my hands are !
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But a new gadgety thing with a touch screen shouldn't be any less reliable than any other.... noooo:
But everything I've always had with a touch screen has had issues with the screen , and just look at all the feckin ticket dispensing machines that you struggle with because they are not working or unresponsive rubschin:
Choccy covered fingers.......... rubschin:
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Don't be daft , I wouldn't waste any of it anywhere noooo:
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Don't be daft , I wouldn't waste any of it anywhere noooo:
Its licking it off makes them soft.
Initially. . . .
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shutup:
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The latest Toyota concept car, complete with touch screens. noooo:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2067262/Toyota-Fun-Vii-The-car-thinks-smartphone.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2067262/Toyota-Fun-Vii-The-car-thinks-smartphone.html)
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Looks impressive but if it goes into production I can see it costing a fortune to repair when the local chavs either key it or nick the screens. noooo:
On the other hand BM could potentially turn the garage into a larger minema. whistle:
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My very first 'taste' impression and experince of 'touch screens' last night in the freshly upgraded gym was not a good one....at all. noooo:
I shall be concealing an 'ammer in me shorts tonight in readiness for it not responding to my constant thumping. Banghead crash:
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I shall be concealing an 'ammer in me shorts tonight in readiness for it not responding to my constant thumping. Banghead
Snigger! redface:
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Not a happy thought noooo:
Unless MIss D was doing it eyes:
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I shall be concealing an 'ammer in me shorts tonight in readiness for it not responding to my constant thumping. Banghead
Snigger! redface:
Quite. redface:
I wasn't actually meaning to be 'suggestive/whatever either. redface:
I tend to type with the anger and frustration of the moment, the best way imo. whistle:
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And how is your snake? Dies it eat mice? angel1
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I shall be concealing an 'ammer in me shorts tonight in readiness for it not responding to my constant thumping. Banghead
Snigger! redface:
Quite. redface:
I wasn't actually meaning to be 'suggestive/whatever either. redface:
I tend to type with the anger and frustration of the moment, the best way imo. whistle:
Have you read your PMs like...? ::)
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I shall be concealing an 'ammer in me shorts tonight in readiness for it not responding to my constant thumping. Banghead
Snigger! redface:
Quite. redface:
I wasn't actually meaning to be 'suggestive/whatever either. redface:
I tend to type with the anger and frustration of the moment, the best way imo. whistle:
Have you read your PMs like...? ::)
No. Why?
Oh. redface:
In fairness, the only ones I usually receive are from the ginger one, so they tend to get ignored. whistle:
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I shall be concealing an 'ammer in me shorts tonight in readiness for it not responding to my constant thumping. Banghead
Snigger! redface:
Quite. redface:
I wasn't actually meaning to be 'suggestive/whatever either. redface:
I tend to type with the anger and frustration of the moment, the best way imo. whistle:
Have you read your PMs like...? ::)
No. Why?
Oh. redface:
In fairness, the only ones I usually receive are from the ginger one, so they tend to get ignored. whistle:
His never have a subject - mine always do.... whistle:
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I shall reply later after I've smashed the gym up. :thumbsup:
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I shall reply later after I've smashed the gym up. :thumbsup:
I'll send you another as I have a plan.... :thumbsup: