randomenigma's past comments

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    randomenigma

    The diet drinks don't appear to be making me eat more, so I call bullshit on that claim.

    Posted in: Coke takes anti-obesity campaign global

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    randomenigma

    The change which annoys me is that menus now fly out to the left of where I click the mouse.

    I realise that they probably did this for tablet users who are using a pen or a finger, so the menu flying out to the right would usually be covered by your hand. But it does this even on computers which don't have any touch devices and it isn't even consistent between all applications on the computer. So I've completely lost the ability to predict where a menu will be when right-clicking now.

    Posted in: Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes

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    randomenigma

    My history of Google+:

    I was one of the idiots clamouring for the service in the early days and happily used it alongside Twitter for about a week.

    A week in, I noticed that nobody else was actually posting things on there, just copying the things they had already posted on Twitter anyway.

    A few more weeks in, Google banned my account because they didn't think my name looked like a "real name", whatever that is. Presumably they kicked off a large number of authors and actors at around the same time, leaving the site devoid of anyone who was actually interesting to follow.

    So I happily lived without it for 2 years.

    About a month ago, I was just visiting YouTube to watch some videos, when suddenly, Google pop up a dialog saying "hey man, I notice you're using your real name on Google and your alias on YouTube - do you want to: (1) use your real name on both, or (2) use your alias on both?" I chose (2) and as a side-effect, they created yet another Google+ account for me.

    So essentially, just because Google+ had an increase in users doesn't mean people are joining the service voluntarily. A lot of us were forced there by a misleading dialog box on YouTube. This also makes it very easy to explain why it looks like people aren't posting there much. It's because we don't f***ing care.

    Posted in: Google Plus racks up followers, but not all are devoted

  • 0

    randomenigma

    had a lot of spunk

    I see what you did thar.

    Posted in: School flasher identified by semen left at scene

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    randomenigma

    Microsoft could reimplement the entire Windows API on top of Linux and write a portable executable loader. Then everything would just work and they would never have to put any more work into the operating system ever again. Might have to do some interesting hacks to put back drive letters, assuming that anyone wants those (I certainly don't.)

    Posted in: PC sales plunge as Windows 8 flops

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    randomenigma

    A 13 hour day, coupled with bringing work into the home environment? No thanks.

    Posted in: Kirin implements ‘work at home’ system

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    randomenigma

    Listening to streaming music is fine, but it's going to be tough for them as there are plenty of free places I can listen to the music I want.

    That said though, for music I actually want, I buy physical CDs still.

    Posted in: Big Tech tests the waters of the music stream

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    randomenigma

    What's he talking about? Multi-tasking has been possible on the iPhone for a while now.

    Not really. You can switch between apps but only one app can be running at a time still.

    Posted in: BlackBerry CEO says iPhone is outdated

  • 0

    randomenigma

    Negi on a pizza works fine.

    Posted in: Domino’s Pizza launches fleet of special Hatsune Miku delivery bikes

  • 0

    randomenigma

    I don't spend tens of thousands of yen every day grocery shopping...

    Posted in: Tokyo hotel shrinks in new-style urban demolition

  • 1

    randomenigma

    Groinal unit when?

    Posted in: Head spa massage unit makes you look like Robocop

  • 0

    randomenigma

    @JeffLee You say these things as if they are good things.

    Posted in: Google challenges Apple with high-end laptop

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    randomenigma

    Dutchduck, you're supposed to use multiplication for that, not addition. Time to go back to school?

    Posted in: Smoking out tobacco: The rise of the e-cig

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    randomenigma

    A bunch of people are calling him famous, but the first I heard of him was in these news articles. So if they were trying to make him famous by arresting him, I guess they succeeded. Now demand for his stuff will be even greater.

    Posted in: Fashionistas defend 'obscene' photographer Leslie Kee

  • 0

    randomenigma

    Does anyone remember the KFC Double Down?

    Yeah, I had one only a few weeks ago. They reintroduced it here for a while, only it was possible to order it with the zinger sauce, which was a major improvement.

    Posted in: KFC goes bunless again

  • 0

    randomenigma

    Depends who's doing all the work, I guess. If the girl is a dead fish in bed, she probably won't burn much.

    Posted in: Sex to burn calories? Authors expose obesity myths

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    randomenigma

    If the one in Tokyo were really better, it probably would have placed somewhere on the list...

    Posted in: Robuchon outlets top Asian restaurant poll

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    randomenigma

    Yeah, I never understood this "try to cause inflation" logic either. We were taught in economics class way back in high school that inflation was a negative thing in an economy but unfortunately something bound to happen if you tried to reduce the other negative things like unemployment. From the recent articles about Japan it sounds like they're trying to make it happen... I am just hoping that it's something lost in translation.

    Speaking as someone not being paid in yen though, this exchange rate lately is fantastic!

    Posted in: Adviser hails 'Abenomics,' saying dollar can rise

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    randomenigma

    Nice job duplicating effort. Now we have two sites with superficially the same information, and no indication at all on the "obsolete" one that you should be using the newer one instead.

    Posted in: Wikipedia group launches online travel guide

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    randomenigma

    Most of the drinks in that screen cap are the normal, high-calorie trash.

    Posted in: Coca-Cola addresses obesity for first time in ads

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