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Power-switch Glitch Hits Some G4 Macs
News Afterwards, there was a faint smell of something burning. The failure is usually accompanied by the smell of burning circuitry, and even small amounts of smoke. Users claim that the burning smell has occurred both when the computer is on and off.
[November 15, 2000, 10:01]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback i doubt that ver much.infact it smell like a yank or a brit, or even our good old neighbours who are trying to pull off a fast one.i would like you to know and understand that we as a nation are full of diversity.speak a little over 850 languages...
[May 22, 2006, 7:43]
To Use Linux, You Must Also Pay Microsoft.
Talkback M$ has done many "shady" deals in the past , but I think this one has a real smell. Why would you want to pay M$ for something they don't own, have no control over, and is free? Let M$ sue everyone running Linux and then open their code for...
[July 24, 2007, 14:03]
Linux Laptops Get Centrino Inside
Talkback Rob Herman needs to wake up and smell the coffee. If IBM offered a supported Linux laptop, all kinds of people would buy them, not just engineers. I don't know if Herman was making excuses to avoid rocking the OEM cradle that keeps the cosy...
[January 20, 2005, 16:44]
Chris Long's Column: Of Buttons And Fuses...
News I noticed a burning smell. A sort of mania came over me, I thought, if I pressed the button on the front a bit quicker maybe the power supply would 'catch' and the machine would stay powered up. It is some sort of denial I guess: 'NO, this...
[June 30, 1999, 7:36]
Dell Admits Indian Mistake
Talkback Ask anybody in the world and they will agree that Indians smell like curry and because of eating that rich oily curry they grow fat and repulsive. Just because I said the truth I would be a racist. I would hide this feeling in my heart to my grave...
[October 16, 2006, 17:31]
Laptop Buying Advice
Forum I want that fresh out of the box smell, and the fun of setting it all up! Would love to think I could experiment with a Mac as they look great, but just don't think I'll be able to get to grips with them.
[July 15, 2006, 23:34]
V21 - Netservicesplc.com Hijack V21 Customers Into New Contract
Forum Does anyone smell a rat here, or a whole cageful? Having said that, I would obviously prefer to be compensated, or indeed stay with my current provider as, until the past couple of months, I was reasonably happy with them as ISP's go.
[November 17, 2006, 13:50]
Jane Wakefield: Why We Need A Slice Of American Pie
News You can smell the money on these people. I was to spend the week visiting high-tech firms in the legendary Silicon Valley (that is why no column appeared last week -- I would blame lack of Internet access but that would be a blatant lie.
[February 7, 2000, 9:00]
It's All About The Pentiums, Baby!
News Also last week, when a burning smell (from the kitchen -- not a demo! Intel isn't saying when the chip will be released or how fast it will be initially, but I would guess that we'll see it in the third quarter of this year at about 1.4GHz.
[February 22, 2000, 10:27]
TfL Oyster Deal Break Reason Smells Odd
Blog Add it all up and the reasoning about breaking the contract on a costs basis begins to smell a bit fishy. One of the people I spoke to said they thought the reason given by TfL was "completely bonkers", as the cost of procurement would be high.
[August 8, 2008, 17:48]
Jane Wakefield: The Dotcom Fairy Tale Is Over
News Now a dotcom party is more likely to smell of desperation and offer you a single glass of Blue Nun. I wish to God that when it is clear there are problems with these huge empires they would at least have the decency to say so and not try and...
[March 12, 2001, 9:29]
Al-Jazeera Suffers DoS Attack
News We still can smell gunpowder and smoke here. I thought the launch of this site would be quite smooth and wouldn't make too many waves but the reaction has been amazing - it has been almost surreal. That's the typical thing that I would suspect.
[March 27, 2003, 14:09]
Google Set To Woo Non-Internet Users With Voice Search
Talkback I would like to search my supermarket, as predicted in the article and smell the product, view it in 3D, get associated products - in fact have recipie(s) attatched. delivering new content, what about smell.
[March 24, 2004, 20:54]
Laptop-shooting Tops Computer Mishaps Poll
Talkback Laptops with sherry spilt on them smell nice. Laptops would fit nicely. I once had a client whose PC's powerpack was blown when the worksite it was at detonated the demolitions charges used to pull down a building.
[November 28, 2003, 15:28]
Friday
Blog That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. I don't suppose anyone other than physics nerds will care, but the company must be stuffed full of them. And as for production queen Laura's suggestion that it sounds more like half...
[January 10, 2003, 16:22]
We All Live In A Windows Submarine...
Talkback Do we smell a future cover-up here? As such I would strongly recommend a full scale investigation by truly independant people that do know what they're talking about. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if it turns out to be the case that this whole...
[October 26, 2004, 4:12]
Jane Wakefield: Glamorous Geeks Do Hollywood
News So possibly the new Fonz will be resurrected sporting not a leather jacket and quiff but an I LOVE JAVA t-shirt, a pair of bottle-thick glasses and a malodorous smell. Even so I can't help feeling that even with this hindsight I would still have...
[June 4, 2001, 17:21]
Gates: Restricting IP Rights Is Tantamount To Communism
Talkback Wake up and smell the roses. MS is a convicted monopolist that would happily beat every other software company to the ground, make programming for anything other than MS software illegal and force you to use YOUR computer the way THEY want.
[January 7, 2005, 7:31]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog With the exception of certain Linux fans, smell has yet to feature strongly in the world of IT. But smell and its somewhat moister cousin taste? Later, that data is used to run a mixing machine that takes nine base compounds and carefully mixes...
[August 25, 2006, 19:20]
