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  1. Re:Fight dirty on Retailer Refuses Hardware Repair Due To Linux · · Score: 1

    I had a summer job as a stack 'em high sell 'em cheap outfit on Tottenham Court Road (when they actually built boxes there).

    The one thing that was sure to elicit an improvement of attitude was the threat of being reported to the BBC's Watchdog programme. If you're lucky, they'll pick up your cause, make you a TV interviewee (which is tantamount to being a celebrity), and you'll be famous across all of Old London town. If you're not lucky, the sheer threat of being dragged across the radio is enough to put the willies up senior management that you'll get your hinge fixed.

    Watchdog, You and Yours, London Tonight (I guess ITV has something similar). And Which? magazine. Screw what the warranty says. Blaming a broken hinge on software is indefensible in the press. And PC World know it.

    At a push you could mention it to The Register. At least you'll get a punny headline from them.

  2. mmm... coca-cola water on The IOC's 'Clean Venue' Policy · · Score: 1
    Fans will be allowed into the Olympic complex if they are drinking Avra, a Greek mineral water owned by Coca-Cola
    is this anything like the bottled thames tapwater they were seilling in the UK?
  3. Never seen FUD like this on Why You Should Choose MS Office Over OO.org · · Score: 1

    Whenever someone posts a link to some kind of MS
    FUD, it's usually too subtle to fully appreciate.

    This article is awesome in that anyone with even
    2^-1 a clue will see straight through this.

    Have MS completely disposed of subtlety?
    Or am I giving them too much credit in believing
    they had any in the first place.

  4. Re:What a shame.. on MSN Cuts Unmonitored Chatrooms Around the Globe · · Score: 1

    It's not a van, you numpty... it's a Range Rover. And it's a necessity. Otherwise the kids would run the risk of getting some exercise on their way home.

  5. At least it won't go walkabouts on Rebuilding Colossus · · Score: 1

    Collossus should be a damn sight heavier than
    the Enigma machine. So it should be harder to
    kidnap. (one would hope)