Archive for the ‘humour’ Category

“Unlimited”*

Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Alex Willmer

The term “unlimited” has been stretched in various ways over the last few years. Usually it’s been qualified, limited if you will, by some undefined fair use policy in the small print. Well now those hidden limits are getting aired. If you squint, Tiscali’s current TV ad admits a 3 GB limit for their headline [...]

Hello world!

Posted on April 7th, 2007 by Alex Willmer

I begin with evidence that Linux on the desktop is a reality, the bottom feeders have arrived:

Note the operating system, in red. I’m guessing they just query the browser’s user agent, but it still made me do a double take.