Tech Society 3.0

Original post by mangoh

LOL haha

I was talking about Puma but you can get my runners up complement.

"cheers runners up person"

I agree, my misinterpretation of an ambiguous statement that could have applied to any of six people mentioned did cause a bubble of mirth to escape my lips.

I think you, http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/member.php?u=820241 and http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/member.php?u=881642 could all become good friends. You seem to have a lot in common.

Original post by Dez

I'd forgotten the first Tech Soc discussion was about porn. Start as you mean to go on I suppose. :p:

I read an article on scaling porn sites yesterday - http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/4/2/youporn-targeting-200-million-views-a-day-and-beyond.html

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alexsheppard11

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Original post by Dez

I'd forgotten the first Tech Soc discussion was about porn. Start as you mean to go on I suppose. :p:

ahhh tech soc 1. the time when we didnt have to worry about what base to call the next thread after

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Chrosson

Original post by Ape Gone Insane

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I see you thought better of it.

I think people should be encouraged to learn new languages. If that means making their own language, so be it.

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Original post by mangoh

just wondering.

What a lad.

What the **** does that mean? :lolwut:

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Chrosson

Original post by Mad Vlad

What the **** does that mean? :lolwut:

According to the indispensable resource 'Urban Dictionary', a 'lad' has skills including (but not limited to) "Binning Pints, exposing genitalia and getting naked in public places, throwing up after copious alcohol consumption, spousal abuse and getting kicked out of pubs/nightclubs for being overly offensive".

How any of this pertains to starting a series of threads centred around discussion of tech, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps mangoh is implying things about Puma's history of genital exposure in public places?

I believe this may be slander, a serious offense. Any punishment should be proportionately brutal.

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I increased the movement speed on my trackpad significantly (like, practically maxed out) for the first time ever yesterday, and I thought I'd got the hang of it. Trying to use it this morning and I'm all over the place, it feels like being drunk :ahee:

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Trackpads are for mortals :pierre:

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Original post by Mad Vlad

Trackpads are for mortals :pierre:

I have my mouse back at uni for when I have my second monitor (Guess the brand Vlad, guess ;D), the trackpad suits me fine when I come home for the holidays and spend most of my laptop time in bed or on the sofa.

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Trackpoints are where it's at.

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Original post by Mad Vlad

Trackpoints are where it's at.

Those are the little red thingies on ThinkPads aren't they? Never used one.

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Yes they are. Frankly, they're excellent.

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Y__

Original post by Mad Vlad

Yes they are. Frankly, they're excellent.

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I could never buy a laptop without one. I bought my Thinkpad 4.5 years ago - for 600 quid, I got a 1680x1050 nonglare screen and a trackpoint. These days, decent systems with these specs seem to be much more expensive :s-smilie:

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wizard710

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Original post by Mad Vlad

Yeah, they're quite rare. You tend to find DataMatrix barcodes on items these days. QR Code is quite specialist.

My first name is... urr... Mad? :p:

and... ROFLCOPTERS at that :biggrin:

It's a shame I can't find the original post

EDIT: Sorry about the bump, pressed reply and thought it was automatically going to post in 3.0

(edited 12 years ago)

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wizard710

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Original post by Chrosson

According to the indispensable resource 'Urban Dictionary', a 'lad' has skills including (but not limited to) "Binning Pints, exposing genitalia and getting naked in public places, throwing up after copious alcohol consumption, spousal abuse and getting kicked out of pubs/nightclubs for being overly offensive".

How any of this pertains to starting a series of threads centred around discussion of tech, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps mangoh is implying things about Puma's history of genital exposure in public places?

I believe this may be slander, a serious offense. Any punishment should be proportionately brutal.

Brilliant

I quite like the look of this mouse and I'm thinking of investing when I come to build later this year.

Also, my parents have just asked me what I'd like for my 21st

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