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The truth is that he has fallen out of favour with the government since Torchwood uncovered evidence that he is working with Davros.

Personally, I think the government shouldn't be in the business of giving out meaningless awards and I would refuse one on that basis.

Kill your parents. Then, kill yourself.

b3ta Oh wait, it just happened...

And apparently the creator of Solitaire - Wes Cherry - would like nothing better to pass the time on a desert island than "Robotron 2084"...

Full interview for those who missed it:

http://b3ta.com/interview/solitaire/

It seems that Wes would himself prefer Robotron 2084 to Solitaire.

Foolish HP. Leaving out the Optical Drive is futile. Kids can get around this. If they feel like it, they will probably write their own games. And who can forget many of the open source classic games that are included with KDE and GNOME.

Remember kids:
./configure
make

make install

I keep finding out famous people died or tragic events happen through b3ta because suddenly everyone's photoshopping pics of the people/event, then I pop over to news.bbc.co.uk to find out what really happened.

You mean like this? http://b3ta.com/board/8052659

They should complete this survey so we know exactly how far we can go before offending them.

I always quite liked this one http://www.b3ta.com/test

I think B3TA have long had the best example of this:

those were the days
next n

on the subject of on off switches and dates i feel compelled to introduce you to grey bloke

Grey bloke tells a joke

Mac's used to represent the resistance against conformity. Now they encourage their own form of conformity with their iMacs and iPods and iPhones and iJustDon'tGiveAHoot.

This is something to think about if you own anything made by Apple after 1998.

Surely there is someone out there that remembers 68k Macs that can cheer up the Woz?

I think what the Woz really is concerned is that there are too many people who play around with all the fancy programs that computers have but no appreciation for how it all works.

I love this map, but even at full-size there's a lot of detail that you can't make out, which frustrates the hell out of me. I was also annoyed by the fact that the little peninsular west of the Bay Of Trolls isn't allocated to b3ta... Still, a staggering and witty undertaking, worthy of much praise.

I actually asked Randall if I could have the image at a higher resolution so I could project it onto my wall and trace it out, with all the little names that you can't make out. He hasn't replied yet... :-(

Should we tell Rob Manuel so he can update Name That Beard?

http://www2.b3ta.com/namethatbeard/

The problems B3ta posters have had with Nuts and Zoo magazines spring to mind. Hey, these guys aren't making money from their amusing images, so its OK if we publish them and fail to credit you or even ask first.

The problems B3ta posters have had with Nuts and Zoo magazines spring to mind. Hey, these guys aren't making money from their amusing images, so its OK if we publish them and fail to credit you or even ask first.

Old hardware, ZX Spectrums. Gotta be an opportunity to mention

heyhey16k

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Rich

Any conversation along these lines reminds me of Hey Hey 16k

Well it's in here, near Crocodile Dundee

The best response ever to that ad comparing piracy to theft, beginning with "You wouldn't steal a car..." is posted here.

The best response ever to that ad comparing piracy to theft, beginning with "You wouldn't steal a car..." is posted here.

I first read Your Sinclair and Sinclair user. I then discovered crash and never looked back.

If your in the UK then pick up GamesTM, I think a number of the crash writers work on it and it regularly features some of the crash feautures as articles in the retro section.

While im at it, to all those who remember the good old days and want a trip down memory lane, check out http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/ .
Yes thats how games used to look and we were glad for it. Uphill to school, in the snow, both ways with no shoes...kids today dont know theyre born...

Hey Hey 16k

Specifically, Jetpac, Knight Lore, 3D Deathchase and Quazatron along with better versions of Elite, Head Over Heels, Spindizzy and R-Type mean C64 LOSES.

great song

http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

I have:

four Sinclair Spectrums (rubber key 48K, two Spectrum+, and a toast rack Spectrum 128)
a MicroVAX
a Sun Ultra 5 (used as a server)

Out of all of them, the Sinclair machines are the most fun.

A little song that sums up why the Speccy was (and still is!) so much fun:
http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/heyhey16k.swf (warning, flash)

Actual text of the email

Hey, we already have a term for these people, let's call a spade a spade, and a coward a coward.

With that said; if you paid for this service, vote with your dollars, and go pay someone else. If you're using a free account, stop bitching. They're giving it to you for free! If they want you to identify yourself by your high school nickname, you should be grateful... even if they did call you "logger".

This was on b3ta.com recently. Personally, I doubt whether the old company I used to work for had much Christmas spirit. Read it and weep.

b3ta to links to a site which had text under the banners to say something like "Thank you for blocking adverts. Now I will have to spend money on bandwidth that I would otherwise have spent feeding my kids". It was flash movies and the like, probably got zillions of page views. Now I've no idea what percentage of bandwidth costs get met my ad revenue, so maybe they were just taking the piss, but you never know. Maybe looking at the funny flash movies with adblock enabled is like eating at a diner and not tipping. I click on ads on sites which are interesting and bogged down anyhow. What's the time you save not doing it?

Here's a link to a marvellous Birmingham infotainment-video, for those who don't know much about our City of Sunshine:

http://www2.b3ta.com/birmingham/

And this too (requires sound).

Some get clippy to help with their homework, but others get arrested for using one of these instead.

http://www.browzar.com/stories/index.html do a search from a block of text in some of the stories and most of them return results from b3ta.com http://b3ta.com/questions/googleruinedmylife/post4 8612/

Been done already I'm afraid - I present the iFrige (work safe link).

Obligatory b3ta post.

i prefer barbie kthxplz :)

He also built http://www.b3ta.com

This flash vid says it all.

Hey Hey 16k.

Enjoy! (Original site was down. For reference it's http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/)

...which reminded me of this image, just posted over at B3ta...

--
onedotzero
thedigitalfeed.co.uk

Or you could go to B3ta anytime http://www.b3ta.com/ or worth1000 once you get good.

No, no, no. It's Spider-Man who will make you gay.

http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

Jonathan

Oscar The Grouch Does California, Nevada & Arizona - http://www.mccormackj.fsnet.co.uk/oscarthegrouch

"Hey Hey 16K" by MJ Hibbert: http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/ "We bought it to help with your homework"

http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

Oh the memories ...

http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

You must be one of those people who lurk on b3ta, with a kitten obsession like that.