* Posts by MrPloppy

3 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Aug 2015

Microsoft's big Tuesday reveal: New mobiles and slabs? Win 10 shock?

MrPloppy

Re: Retail

I agree that MS need to innovate (stop laughing)

Apple and Android seem to have settled into a pattern of incremental upgrades. The only way MS are going to make a significant impact in the market, is by coming out with something very different. I know holographic screens aren't realistic. But they need to show us more than another rectangle for surfing. Blow our minds then take our money. Otherwise I think most people will be content with what they have.

Well, what d'you know: Raising e-book prices doesn't raise sales

MrPloppy

There is an upside to the higher prices.

It got me looking at the indies and self published stuff. Sure you’ll find the ebook equivalents of Sharknado. But there are also a lot of gems out there.

AIDS? Ebola? Nah – ELECTRO SMOG is our 'biggest problem', says Noel Edmonds

MrPloppy

Re: Hang on - he might have a point...

But the great one said it better than him.

Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration—that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves.- Bill Hicks.