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E-cigarettes help you quit – but may not keep you alive

Wednesday 21st May 2014 07:27 GMT Matt Gerrish

e-Cigs are not for quitting

This is a common misconception with e-Cigs. They are not, and have never been a device to help quit smoking.

In order to be a quit smoking device, they would need to be classed as a medicine, which they are not. Simply put, they are an alternative to smoking lit tobacco.

I've been using ecigs exclusively for approx. 2 years now. I am however, still a smoker in every sense aside from the part that involves tobacco (and the lungs)

The problem being faced currently by ecigs goes beyond that of government & tax. There's also the fact that big pharma is getting more than a little upset by people choosing to switch to e-cigs and forgo the traditional NRT (nicotine replacement therapy) approach.

Then there's the lack of understanding in the wider sphere as to what vaping actually is...

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IT job seekers can't smell spell

Wednesday 2nd March 2011 14:52 GMT Matt Gerrish

CV

Many moons ago, when running my own small PC repair firm, I had a CV sent to me in the mail.

Among the bullet points, the author proudly proclaimed

'IT illiterate'

I had to give him a call and explain that no, I couldn't offer him a job, and that he might want to proof read his CV before sending it out to anyone else.

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RoboCop statue fundraiser hits $50k

Thursday 17th February 2011 11:47 GMT Matt Gerrish

Mayor

Bing ?

Does he use Google?

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Thursday 17th February 2011 11:27 GMT Matt Gerrish

Or indeed...

Bitches, Leave!

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Apple's casual Xbox: Apple TV seeded for online gaming

Thursday 10th February 2011 15:34 GMT Matt Gerrish

Not apps, but XBMC

XBMC is now running on the apple tv 2

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Install_XBMC_on_ATV2

Seriously considering getting one now - a small £100 box under the TV instead of a full HTPC? yes please.

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GAME sells Xbox DLC content over the counter

Thursday 10th February 2011 15:34 GMT Matt Gerrish

Piracy?

So what safeguards are in place to stop someone buying the flash drive with the DLC on, copying it, and letting someone else use it?

Seeing as this is targeted towards those with no internet connection, the 360 will obviously not phone home to authenticate.

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Super-thin materials could POWER our WORLD

Monday 7th February 2011 15:29 GMT Matt Gerrish

hmmm

Don't give Gillette any more ideas now.

To be honest, I'm surprised they haven't gotten an old washboard, stuck razors & a handle on it and called it 'Gillette Sensor Max Extreme R2 Awesome!'

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Acer Revo RL100 media centre

Friday 4th February 2011 11:00 GMT Matt Gerrish

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Perhaps the TV doesn't have a built in tuner.

Perhaps the TV isn't a TV at all, but a monitor.

Perhaps you want to record more than one program.

£600, I'd expect the thing to have dual tuners. Especially when dual tuner cards are pretty cheap thesedays.

I suppose you could attach a USB tuner to work around the problem, but you shouldn't have to.

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Italy sues Microsoft for box-bundling bungling

Tuesday 25th January 2011 10:40 GMT Matt Gerrish

True Story

I was in PC World just before Christmas, purchasing a laptop (yes, I know - could've ordered one online. but snow and delivery problems messed that up)

When I informed the loitering sales gimp that I wanted to purchase *that* laptop, nothing else, that one, he then asked me what I was going to use it for.

None of his business of course, but I replied "development"

"Ok" he replied, "would you be wanting an anti virus product ?"

"No" says I, "I'll be removing Windows and installing Linux"

Taken aback by this he retorts

"You mean, you'll be removing Windows ?"

I respond that indeed, I'll be removing Windows.

He then proceeds to inform me that by doing this, I'll be voiding the warranty on the laptop. He further goes on to ask me if I wish to have a copy of office, and would I like a years subscription to their 'Tech Guy' service.

.....

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