http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 06:02:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766#post-109880 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:06:04 +0000 button 109880@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Missed this before but I love it. Did it get used? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766#post-109865 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:06:02 +0000 theumpire 109865@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Last summer, on a trip to the aforementioned island, I drove past a large sign proclaiming that here be a real "Isle of Wight Technology Park".</p> <p>It was - at that time - just an empty site. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766#post-106908 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:49:50 +0000 Major Clanger 106908@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>An IT consultant from Shanklin today advised against the purchase of the new technology for those who have red/green blindness. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766#post-106572 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:39:30 +0000 godly1966 106572@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Excellent, although obviously in the realms of science fiction for the Isle of Wight. 5 stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766#post-106560 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:41:29 +0000 dvo4fun 106560@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like this bonjo </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766#post-106548 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:28:12 +0000 Username 106548@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>How will they cope with those new paper clipping things, I wonder? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766#post-106541 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:39:12 +0000 bonjonelson 106541@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>That's just technology gone mad, VCG. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766#post-106539 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:37:59 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 106539@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>When I was about 8 I had a pen that had something like 16 different colours in it.</p> <p>It was sodding massive and really not very practical for actually doing anything with. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=37766#post-106537 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:26:10 +0000 bonjonelson 106537@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A leading research institute on the Isle of Wight has come up with the latest in high-tech devices aimed at bolstering the island's fledgling Information Technology sector - a pen with multiple coloured inks.</p> <p>Rather than needing empty your pen's ink reservoir and refill it from your ink bottle to change colour this new device contains four thin self-contained cartridges based on Lazlo Biro's patented system, one each for red, green, blue and black.</p> <p>At the touch of a button, a new cartridge with ball-point ink dispenser can be slotted into place, while the previous one disappears, allowing almost instantaneous transitions between black or blue ink and a different colour, such as red.</p> <p>The institute claims that time savings based on this new device within both the business and education sectors will be immense. An accountant switching between red and black ink when filling in a company ledger will no longer need to switch pens or change ink. A teacher, when marking homework, will be able to write corrections to his pupils' papers in red whilst simultaneously completing The Times Crossword, which of course muse be done in black ink. This new method of performing two independent operations at the same time is being termed 'multi-tasking' by experts.</p> <p>Traditionalists are urging caution - saying that the island may not yet be ready for such complicated devices - citing the mass confusion caused in 2007 after the introduction of the zip-lock pencil case. </p>