limpid Posted June 8, 2022 Administrator Share Posted June 8, 2022 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: far as i know , Apple own the patent on USB-C anyway so presumably they wont lose out in all this , even if they might have to redesign the iPhone at some point It's not true, but repeated so often that people believe it. Apple owns a patent on a very similar reversible connector, but not USB type-c. Apple is a member of the USB Implementers Forum whose existence means that any patent application would fail the "prior art" test. The first two devices which used it were (from memory) a Macbook and a Chromebook. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 I have to say i bought some USB C from wish and no suprise absolute dog shit. Lasted a day. My own fault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 What’s the most impressively sober thing you’ve seen someone do after 5+ pints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 6 hours ago, KentVillan said: What’s the most impressively sober thing you’ve seen someone do after 5+ pints? You good KV? Having a few right now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seat68 Posted June 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2022 7 hours ago, KentVillan said: What’s the most impressively sober thing you’ve seen someone do after 5+ pints? Was at Leeds festival. My wife was hammered, been drinking all day and this was around 7 o'clock. We had just been to the bar and were carrying full pints each. She tripped and fell flat on her face, all the time holding the pint upright, never spilled a drop, she went from from standing to face down in a split second, but the pint remained intact. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 5 hours ago, TheAuthority said: You good KV? Having a few right now? All good (and sober!) but thanks for checking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 14 hours ago, KentVillan said: What’s the most impressively sober thing you’ve seen someone do after 5+ pints? At uni we got Gran Turismo 4 and more than race head to head we spent more time doing time trials and trying to beat each other. At the same time my housemate worked for a bar, and their chain was doing a competition where whichever bar sold the most Guinness won a trip to Dublin for all the staff. So we decided to go to his bar and drink guinness all night. The target was ten pints and we hit it, plus a couple of guinness cocktails and a shot. When I got back my mate who hadn't come out was playing gran turismo. I asked for a go and beat a couple of the times he'd set He still brings it up to this day as the most impressive thing he's seen a drunk person do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 46 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: At the same time my housemate worked for a bar, and their chain was doing a competition where whichever bar sold the most Guinness won a trip to Dublin for all the staff Well, dont leave us hanging, did your effort help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, Tegis said: Well, dont leave us hanging, did your effort help? Haha yeah they won to be fair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KentVillan Posted June 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Seat68 said: Was at Leeds festival. My wife was hammered, been drinking all day and this was around 7 o'clock. We had just been to the bar and were carrying full pints each. She tripped and fell flat on her face, all the time holding the pint upright, never spilled a drop, she went from from standing to face down in a split second, but the pint remained intact. I did something similar at a wedding once. Was a winter wedding, reception was in a big country home. After dark, I wandered outside for a cig with a pint of Guinness in my hand, and didn't notice that the lawn had been sculpted into a series of ledges (like those terraced farms they have in Asia). To my complete shock, I walked off the side of one of these and landed flat on my back, holding the unspilt pint above my head. Was very proud of myself. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 16 hours ago, KentVillan said: What’s the most impressively sober thing you’ve seen someone do after 5+ pints? I rapped Public Enemies 'Bring the Noise' word perfectly once at a Karaoke party. I was easily past the 5 pint mark and still managed a faultless delivery without using the screen There was a video of it somewhere but I don't know where the bugger is (not that I'd share it on here anyway!) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 54 minutes ago, KentVillan said: I did something similar at a wedding once. Was a winter wedding, reception was in a big country home. After dark, I wandered outside for a cig with a pint of Guinness in my hand, and didn't notice that the lawn had been sculpted into a series of ledges (like those terraced farms they have in Asia). To my complete shock, I walked off the side of one of these and landed flat on my back, holding the unspilt pint above my head. Was very proud of myself. Must be a VT skill. I once did it it in a beer garden with a similar terrace. Fell down about a four foot slope, arse over tit, holding a full pint. Didn't spill a drop. The VTer's gyroscope. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 At the end of an all day session, I once caught a full (unopened) can of red bull that was aggressively launched at my head from fairly close range, maybe two metres away. Just plucked it out of the air without thinking about it. Pure flex reaction, wouldn’t have been able to do it again. I can remember the mate who threw it had a momentary WTF look on his face as we continued our disagreement without missing a beat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Designer1 said: I rapped Public Enemies 'Bring the Noise' word perfectly once at a Karaoke party. I was easily past the 5 pint mark and still managed a faultless delivery without using the screen There was a video of it somewhere but I don't know where the bugger is (not that I'd share it on here anyway!) Back in the early 90s and there is a new intake of redcoats at Butlins, it was tradition to have a meet up and drinks on their first night, hosted by us older hands. As all redcoats are performing seals we went to a bar that had karaoke. A fair few pints in, the first impression of me to these wet behind the ears redcoats was me on Karaoke singing The Macc Lads Fat Bastard over the top of Sweets Blockbuster. I was banned from that bar as a result. Edited June 9, 2022 by Seat68 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted June 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2022 48 minutes ago, Designer1 said: I rapped Public Enemies 'Bring the Noise' word perfectly once at a Karaoke party. I was easily past the 5 pint mark and still managed a faultless delivery without using the screen It's great when you're pissed and think you're doing something really well 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: At the end of an all day session, I once caught a full (unopened) can of red bull that was aggressively launched at my head from fairly close range, maybe two metres away. Just plucked it out of the air without thinking about it. Pure flex reaction, wouldn’t have been able to do it again. I can remember the mate who threw it had a momentary WTF look on his face as we continued our disagreement without missing a beat. Call me a spoil sport but I feel like a mate launching a full can of red bull at your head from 2 metres is a bit of a dick. That would have taken your head off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 32 minutes ago, Davkaus said: It's great when you're pissed and think you're doing something really well It's interesting how many of these stories involve the poster himself displaying superpowers. We may need to get VAR involved here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 28 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Call me a spoil sport but I feel like a mate launching a full can of red bull at your head from 2 metres is a bit of a dick. That would have taken your head off Oh yeah, it could have been much more unpleasant. But in the moment, because we were both drunk it did just seem like a more acceptable retort in the argument, so it wasn’t as big a deal as it should have been. He did apologise for his reaction the next day, not specifically for throwing it. About a year later, he fell out massively with another mutual friend at a wedding (no throwing of any beverages involved) and kinda removed himself from the friendship circle, so as a consequence I haven’t seen him in over six years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2022 1 minute ago, KentVillan said: It's interesting how many of these stories involve the poster himself displaying superpowers. We may need to get VAR involved here I had witnesses, who applauded. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted June 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2022 38 minutes ago, KentVillan said: It's interesting how many of these stories involve the poster himself displaying superpowers. We may need to get VAR involved here "And anyway, to cut a long story short, 3 flights of stairs later, I got up and hadn't spilled a drop" Other observers: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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