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by lukey
Sun 22 Jul, 2012 01.03
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2524
Views: 1158261

Re: Another High Street Rebrand

It's more complicated than that. For an indefinite period TSB (under the Co-operative's ownership) will continue to run the Lloyds TSB system. Lloyds Banking Group have 2 infrastructures, their own and HBOS'. By the sounds of things, Halifax and BOS are going to be moved to the Lloyds TSB system al...
by lukey
Fri 20 Jul, 2012 18.35
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Phones, again
Replies: 12
Views: 5731

Re: Phones, again

My contract is up also, I'm waiting a few months because iPhone 5 will be around then. Unless you current handset is broken I'd hold off for a bit. This. Even if you go for the 4S you'll get a better deal come September/October. I have considered this, I also agree with On The Rocks that first gen ...
by lukey
Thu 05 Jul, 2012 08.26
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Olympics
Replies: 50
Views: 19056

Re: The Olympics

talk about a load of old shite. a random old women in a white tracksuit with a flame held aloft? no thanks. Actually she has been chosen by someone they know, voted to be a torchbearer by the local community, because they have made an influence on people's lives. More than just a "random old w...
by lukey
Sun 17 Jun, 2012 12.53
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: iThread
Replies: 33
Views: 14802

Re: WWDC 2012

I'm still a bit undecided. While the display in the new iPad was the tipping point for me to find it compelling, that's partly because as a closed ecosystem (apart from those pesky interwebs) you could rely on apps being updated to render natively. I'd have thought this display would introduce all s...
by lukey
Sat 09 Jun, 2012 22.37
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Your phone home screen + top apps
Replies: 37
Views: 15119

Re: Your phone home screen + top apps

Ok, I'll play.
Lock screen...
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Home screen....
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by lukey
Sun 29 Apr, 2012 23.00
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: TV Forum Watch News and Information Board
Replies: 9280
Views: 2694381

Re: TV Forum Watch News and Information Board

Pete wrote:
WillPS wrote:http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forums/post751552#post-751552

So where does the TumbleTower pastiche end and David's own madness begin?
Aside from the madness of thinking the Gene Wilder film is superior I se-<snip>
Get out.
by lukey
Thu 12 Apr, 2012 15.58
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The end of the line for fixed line broadband?
Replies: 12
Views: 7406

Re: The end of the line for fixed line broadband?

Definitely not. I don't really like that broadband is marketed on bandwidth, when really, after a certain point, increases in bandwidth offer such diminishing returns. Once you're past a few Mbps, latency is *everything*, except for HD video streaming and large file downloads (assuming of course the...
by lukey
Thu 05 Apr, 2012 21.06
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2008
Views: 906227

Re: The Tesco & Other non-Morrisons Supermarket Thread

Assuming for a moment the price point is kept the same (although - is it?) - trying to make budgo products falsely upmarket seems a bit odd to me. I thought the point of the 'value' race to the bottom was that there were would always be x% of people who will go for the cheapest rattiest gristly cat...
by lukey
Thu 05 Apr, 2012 21.03
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Where is the line drawn?
Replies: 16
Views: 5434

Re: Odd internet people

You've drawn a line between two totally unrelated phenomena here, it's hard to reconcile. We're all a bit mental here, but we know that. The fact that many of us have a spidey-sense that tingles if the kerning on a BBC News strap is a little off is weird - but apparently it's just who we are. If tha...
by lukey
Thu 05 Apr, 2012 20.55
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2008
Views: 906227

Re: The Tesco & Other non-Morrisons Supermarket Thread

Assuming for a moment the price point is kept the same (although - is it?) - trying to make budgo products falsely upmarket seems a bit odd to me. I thought the point of the 'value' race to the bottom was that there were would always be x% of people who will go for the cheapest rattiest gristly cat ...
by lukey
Mon 02 Apr, 2012 21.05
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Replies: 2149
Views: 852856

Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake

Game ... Can anyone comment on a suggestion, I heard, that the adminsitrators chose to close where HMV have a reasonable presence locally, so concentrating the estate where competition is thin? I think the situation is more as cwathen indicated - reducing a lot of the internal competition, strippin...