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Re: Missing iTunes.msi problem – resolved!

Jmfix — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:18:59 -0000

We spend too much time searching the morass of crap on the internet trying to find solutions to problems, but alas the solutions are out there. Thanks so much, Locksley!

Re: Missing iTunes.msi problem – resolved!

Locksley McPherson Jnr — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:39:56 -0000

Does the error message look like this? http://www.locksleynet.com/...

Where is the file icon when you run it? For example, is it on desktop, or in 'downloaded items' within the browser etc...

Re: iPhone 4 vs HTC Desire

Locksley McPherson Jnr — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:32:33 -0000

Very true! I think the other phone brands have jumped on the iPhone bandwagon and just copied it way too much. Even the way some models show the apps is just too similar to iPhone.. I agree, the Vivaz is good and it uses the Android software from Google..

My only fear of Sony Ericsson was that pre-Android, their software was awful. All these 'Sony only' file transfer suites and it was a joke to update them too. If they have completely got rid of that, then I'd consider them a worthy competitor once more.

Re: iPhone 4 vs HTC Desire

Locksley McPherson Jnr — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:32:28 -0000

Hey Bianca, nice to see you drop by :-)

The file transfer thing was mainly about files other than music, for example some people would like the ability to transfer Word documents, or Spreadsheets etc or other files attached to emails if they use it as a business phone.

The speaker quality is not very good. Compare it to even some new Sony Ericsson phones and you'll soon see the difference. Try a call on speaker phone and compare the sound to your old phone. I think your old one will sound better.

But, like I said, despite the small gripes I have, I still think the iPhone would be the 'most satisfying' phone I could get right now.

Re: Missing iTunes.msi problem – resolved!

Help — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:59:33 -0000

Ahhh!! I've downloaded the msicuu2.exe file from THREE different websites, and it won't work on my computer. I don't know what to do... I saved it and then hit run, but an error message always pops up.
PLEAS HELP! I'm going crazy here!

Re: iPhone 4 vs HTC Desire

Bianca_so — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:07:53 -0000

ah forgot to add... i have heard the wonders of the ip4's competitors, like this htc desire you mentioned and also the samsung i think, and also motorola hav taken a stab at it. but they all bloody look the same! lol. why go for a look-a-like? if i couldnt afford the ip4, then i wouldnt get a cop-out look-a-like, i wud get one of sony ericssons new models, like the vivaz or the other new ones.

Re: iPhone 4 vs HTC Desire

Bianca_so — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:05:31 -0000

hahaha, its always interesting reading your reviews, they're detailed if anything. interesting facts about the ip4, but i challenge a few of the negatives you mentioned;

-the speaker quality is fine, (tho sound comes out of the bottom of the phone lol)
-i dunno about the file transfer problem, but for me i just drag and drop songs i want from my laptop and into my ip4 (yes using itunes).

i agree it is reliant on using itunes to access the media on the phone, (and to be honest i dont reeaally need 2 copies of every song i own on my laptop) however, as far as apps go, i can browse the internet, download what i like, and transfer it to my ip4 and it wont affect my tariff at all! i only understand half of your... vent/being annoyed at Apple, because my old phone was a sony ericsson c902, which was great but then it was just a normal phone. now i have a mini netbook in my hands! =D

my only gripe, is the battery life. the more apps/games/net surfing u do, the more the battery goes down. obviously. but used wisely it can last all day.

but overall as a newbie to the iClub, i am pretty pleased with my new mini laptop i mean iphone 4.

Re: Love Louboutin? Love this!

Bianca_so — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:45:30 -0000

woah, feeling better after letting out some steam? =P
i like it, i like it! the 2nd one if my fav, tho not sure about the beads i love the back of the shoe design.

Re: Missing iTunes.msi problem – resolved!

Locksley McPherson Jnr — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:22:43 -0000

Good to hear it worked :)

Re: Missing iTunes.msi problem – resolved!

Jomar1 — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:45:10 -0000

I love you !!!!!!! i have been trying to get this fifed for 14 hours now. On phone with apple, microsoft, toshiba tech supports none could help. This worked my iphone is working again ..........

Re: Spirited Away

Naruto Shippuden — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:04:06 -0000

I agree, Spirited away is the best his made, I don't think that will change.

Re: Boyfriend leaves girlfriend to get hit by ball!

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Re: To all the unqualified dentists among us

CEO of Steradent — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:24:14 -0000

I agree - keep drinking my friend!!

Re: To all the unqualified dentists among us

Locksley McPherson Jnr — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:21:49 -0000

Hi there Craig (AKA Ceo of Coke). Thanks for the 2 comments.

There is the general rule and there are the exceptions. I also drink Coke, other fizzy drinks, eat chocolate and drink beer - yet have never had any fillings or sensitive teeth. But then, I am 24 so there is still plenty of time for that to happen. It speeds up the process, it does not 'cause' anything.

Re: To all the unqualified dentists among us

CEO of Coke — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:47:38 -0000

Coke does not erode you teeth!!!!

Re: To all the unqualified dentists among us

Craig — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:46:21 -0000

Craig Here. If coke erodes your teeth why have i had about six can a day my whole life and never had a filling or sensitive teeth.

Re: To all the unqualified dentists among us

Locksley McPherson Jnr — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:25:51 -0000

Well, I tried to cheat and use a calculator, but it must be broken. It keeps suggesting 50:50 = a draw. Damn.

Ok, yeah, we won't discuss the effects of acidity or sugar in Diet Coke at work. Tomorrow's topic - Is there a god? Discuss.

In fact, no no no. Philosophy sucks.

Re: To all the unqualified dentists among us

TheOffender — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:55:04 -0000

I'm not entirely sure how you mathematically justify a victory but then my maths isn't my strong point so I'll take you're word for it 8 ^ {/-}.

Do me a favour though, when I purchase a tasty can of Diet Coke tomorrow, as I undoubtedly will, don't bring any of this up. In fact, from now on, we'll only discuss things neither of us know anything about - I think academics call it 'philosophy'.

;oD

Re: To all the unqualified dentists among us

Locksley McPherson Jnr — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:28:54 -0000

Hey, thanks.

Yes it was a conversation between 3 people that I felt got a little carried away.. But I wasn't intending to character bash anyone, so I am sorry if it came across that way. My writing 'style' can come across pretty defensive with these things.

I know you don't think lowly of my opinion, it wasn't directed at you, more at the conversation - some of the things mentioned above didn't come from your mouth anyway. This really wasn't supposed to be a scientific contest, but just an example of when education comes up as a defence when no other facts are present. Also to show 'Mrs X' that it's not wrong to challenge opinions delivered as facts.

I do have the occasional blowout on this site every now n then (See - http://www.locksleynet.com/... ), so don't worry, everything is good. It's what blogs are for after all. :)

(I'd say we're about 50:50 on this one though so I'll claim victory as it was 2 against 1) :-p

Re: To all the unqualified dentists among us

TheOffender — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:18:25 -0000

Crikey - this did upset you didn't it? Sorry - it wasn't my intention.

What I originally said is that I was opting for Diet Coke because of my teeth, from there it got out of hand. If you remember though, I did concede that the diet Coke isn't harmless but I did make the error of attempting to quantify my claim for which I stand corrected. I do, however, retain my view that Diet Coke is better for my teeth. For time based reasons (and because you put down so many references which took me ages to read) I have only got time for 1 link: http://jada.info/cgi/conten... which states that research into the detrimental nature of phosphoric acid is preliminary (ie - not yet concluded).

In respect of your references, I would just like to say the following:

If you read your BDJ reference, you would realise that the children in the study were only asked about their 'fizzy pop' consumption and no differentiation was made between diet pop or otherwise so this cannot be used as evidence.

The NHS link, the mail and the BBC all use this same journal as the basis of their article and references made to diet drinks are not backed up by references and so cannot be used as evidence.

Note that in the Colgate uses the words 'could potentially cause problems'. This is because the article from which the citation came from was speculative and encouraged more research in this area. Again, no evidence.

Science daily uses no relevant citations, instead, the only evidence supplied is a paper on energy drinks compared with other drinks. (An article you might like to read :)).

Emed sites a paper that confirms that diet is better than full fat and again prompts for research.

WiseGeek is esentially a wiki under the charade of a respectable website using 'guest authors' with no credentials or citations.

Your associated content link is the best one but I have 2 reservations about his one. 1st, the author is the 'Featured Arts & Entertainment, Business & Finance and Music Contributor', I'm not saying her research isn't valid - but - this brings me to my 2nd point, that is that the research that she is citing is funded by 'Ion Life', a company that makes money out of selling alkaline water ionizers that are said to combat the effects of acid intake. This association removes the impartiality of the research and so I would be careful about quoting this as 'evidence'.

The CNN article refers to a professional giving anecdotal evidence about 1 patient. This is statistically significantly flawed and I would recommend avoiding this type of evidence when trying to substantiate scientific fact.

Finally, the Virgin link refers to phosphoric acid for which no research other than immersion testing has been carried out and then the effects have been described as on par with those of ethanoic acid.

Oh, and on the bulimia thing, you are right, however, your pH range is off. The normal range is 1.5 to 3.5, however, this tends to be closer to the 1.5 than the 3.5 in sufferers due to the repeated loss of gastric fluids and hence more concentrated acid. I'm not saying you're wrong, but, I thought this is an interesting aside.

I'm not trying to say you're wrong, but, I would be careful as to what you term as proof when trying to argue your point. I am still open to new references so please do send them out and I am more than happy to be proved wrong.

So , about the diet Coke thing... it's better than fat Coke, or at least that is the scientific consensus as supported by your own references. I do concede that I was wrong to make assertions about the quantitative comparison of the detrimental effects and I did go on to admit that my degree is 10 years old and urged you to look at the BDJ. I think you're right though, I should stop drinking it, but for now, it is the lesser of 2 evils. Or at least until they do more research into aspartame and I die at the age of 33 with some disease that hasn't been named yet.

I do sincerely regret that you felt the way you did yesterday and apologise, because certain things you said are true and, you are right, there are some traits that I have that I am not proud of and will work on. However, your assumptions about what I actually think about your scientific knowledge are way off and I don't appreciate the straw-man argument style character assassination as published above although I do understand that this was written in the heat of the moment.

If you really do think that I think so lowly of your opinion as your blog suggests then perhaps the only thing I can confirm 100% on this post without the need for research is that you are wrong my good man.

Re: To all the unqualified dentists among us

AW — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:11:44 -0000

Oh wow this issue really got to you, didn't it! Glad sugar isn't as bad as fizzy drinks (I hardly ever drink them... unless I'm at the pub because I don't feel like anything else)!

Re: Missing iTunes.msi problem – resolved!

James Jones — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:15:34 -0000

This was the best fix I ever did in my life. I did exactly what the directions said (and those were some easy directions) and I was up and running like Forest Gump!!!! You should work at Microsoft and show then how to do it right!!! Thanks a million!!!

Re: 3 weeks holiday

Locksley McPherson Jnr — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:20:54 -0000

Thanks for stopping by Chris. I'll check out the link - wish me luck!

Re: Missing iTunes.msi problem – resolved!

Anzellott — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:18:46 -0000

Man best luck to you my friend!!