It seems to me that although it obviously has great multimedia capabilities, this isnt what computers should be about. If you want to watch DVD's, a computer screen isnt what you should view them with. If you want to listen to music, no sound card in the world can match a proper hi-fi system. For those truly interested in these areas, they will not turn to computers like these for the solution.
so not only do they get extra publicity from the shots, they also want to get money from the company from advertising it too? It seems they win both ways to me....
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"It's also the first major movie to introduce the non-tech public to the idea of open source, and in a positive, if confusing and not particularly intelligent way."
Even if it is presented as a way forward, if it is confusing, the general public will not think any more of it, except to say "it's all too complicated for me". It cannot benefit the open source movement if it is not clearly presented. The differences between free software and open source are difficult enough to distinguish, let alone open source by itself if presented badly.
One tends to get to know a highly respected, amazingly well known geek who pokes his nose about for you, and tells the world that "you need this guy!", and low and behold, a dozen highly paid perfect jobs await you. As many geeks dont actually have formal training (some naturally do, but a lot goes on past experience and jobs), a good reputation is all you need for companies to contact you, rather than the other way round. A handy tech-dir at VA or whatever you like is all you need, and a company will quite literally create a job for you.
I think that whilst such links are very much open to interpretation, it can do no harm to use mobiles in moderation. One cannot journey on a train without hearing at least 5 people talking to eachother on them. Whilst understandably invaluable for business and personal security, they should not be used to such an extent that they cause cancer- such usage must be excessive. For the everyday user, there is precious little threat from them, no more so than other every day devices.
Bill Gates certainly was going to have one, turning lights on as you entered rooms, music following you around the house, that sort of thing. I saw a huge newspaper article about it when he was first building his hi-tech palace costing millions.
Its ridiculous to try and compare advances in technology in terms of their success. Yes, the invention of the lightbulb has transformed society, but so has the computer, the internet, and a whole host of other technologies too. One simply can't compare them together. One cannot say the light bulb was a more important invention, because at the time it transformed people's lives. But my computer and the internet has transformed my life, and it has also transformed the business world of today. It's impossible to say which was the better acheivement. All great inventions have had a fundamental impact on the way society works. However I don't think we can claim one is better than the other- for successful modern living, we need both equally.
Although this does appear a very promising step forward, I think it might well lead to further poor coding as there will be some areas not easily branched between the two. I think we should appear the advancement with a touch more caution.
It appears we need mirrors for the trailer. Any suggestions would be appreciated, as I fail to see how more ppl can comment without actually seeing it (just a small observation).
I'm sorry, but this game just has to be mentioned. It surely is the most addictive of games, and you just have to keep on trying. Minesweeper is so simple, but completely addictive because of its simplicity. And then when you get down to the very last bomb, and you have to guess between two, and you guess wrong...
Aaaaah!
And you have to start all over again until you get it.
And then you get within one second of your best score... noooo!
And then, your dear sister goes and beats your best score...
I'm sorry, but this game must have wasted more hours of people's lives than any other.
Online learning still has a lot of problems, which no amount of technology and website design will overcome. To learn, one needs a teacher. To learn well, and be inspired, one needs a real, enthusiasting teacher. Learning online simply does not inspire a child. Yes, its all fun clicking on buttons, and undoubtedly one can learn very well online- I have done countless tutorials- html, c, java etc etc, but it's simply not the same as having a person there, praising you for an acheivement, which to others might seem small, but to yourself is a mammoth leap ahead. A computer simply cannot detect when encouragement is needed, and results should be rewarded.
Although a person like myself enjoys learning in a solitary environment, others simply need people there to encourage them, and so that they rise to the occasion. There is nothing like having an annoyingly intelligent brat in a class to make yourself try harder to beat him.
In short, although virtual learning has many benefits, and can be used successfully when other types of learning are not available, for children it should be used purely as an additional medium, and for consolidation purposes, and a little bit of fun.
It's not for us to declare the sega console as dead- a bit of smart advertising and promotion could make it come alive in a big way. The only reason playstation is doing so well, and the playstation2 is in such high demand is the vast advertising campaigns Sony has run for them. If sega did the same, they might well mind a renewed market for them.
Myself being a certified geekette, and also 16, still relatively novice to be perfectly honest, (so a really true geek might dispute what I have to say), I turned to computers as a result of being unpopular at school. I was very quiet, but couldn't help but shout out the answer to two people squabbling over what Au stood for the other side of the room during lunch breaks. I got branded a "boffin", and I used too long words, and worked too hard at school (although not at home, -during that time I played the piano all evening- now I'm on my puter, and playing the piano at school all the time). And I was too shy to make friends, and was horrified by the lack of intellect of these people. So I became lonely, and when I finally got the internet, I spent all my time on my computer, as I had nothing to do in real life, and I had become disheartened on the piano.
Originally I just used my puter for ICQ and IRC, and I started finding people similar to myself, and people who genuinely liked me. I knew it wasn't the same, but it was all I had. Several of these people were geeks, and I started to become seriously interested in computers, programming, all sorts really. So although now I wouldn't go back to being a fully sociable teenager for anything, my situation arrived as a result of the lack of friends at school. Yes it's now just become a vicious circle, but I do have my online friends who are there for me much more than those I might have had in real live ever were.
My other geek friends however, all male, seem to have spent their childhood on sinclairs and amigas, and were on linux by the time they were 11, and progressed naturally along the geek lines from an early age. Perhaps this is because boys are naturally more interested in technology than girls, who like to dress up in pretty clothes and suchlike- indeed although I liked computers when I was 8, and we did "logo" at school, making circles and suchlike, I never saw anything more in them than just a little fun. At this time I was a perfectly happy little girl, with 2 friends who were equally intelligent as I. It was only as I moved from school to school and became more introvert, shy, and alienated from other people that I found myself turning to the computer.
Reading through all that has happened, I can only praise the linux community for its acheivements. The sheer length of the site simply shows how busy it's been, and how the advancement is escalating at a rate of knots. There have been delays, set backs etc, but certainly it has been a wonderful year with so much happening, and a much larger shift to the open source approach, which can only be highly praised.
I think a congratulations is in order for all those who have contributed to the development of all things Linux related over the past year.
A child of 9 may well have a very high IQ indeed, but this doesn't give him the mental capability to cope with the information he is learning. Just imagine yourself as a 9 year old progidy. You will be completely aware of how exceptional you are, you will have far more intelligent insight than anyone else, and a craving to learn more and more. The child is already isolated from the world, already classed as different. And there is no point attempting to make him completely normal, because it simply wont work, and the child will have the intelligence than to see through any plans to make him so. I'm 16, by no way a progidy, but intelligent enough to feel completely isolated from normal people. Until I was 13 I went to a highly selective girls school, where I enjoyed my time, and had a friend much more articulate than myself, and brilliant at English- I was the mad-scientist-to-be, she was the next Charlotte Bronte. It was a nice balance because I didn't have her ability in English. Then for reasons I'm not going to discuss- I went a bit off the rails, and decided to leave and start at a new school. This new school was not selective, and was about the same size as my last. From being relatively happy, pushed by my friends, with people better than I, I simply could not bring myself to interact with these people, who just seemed incredibly unintelligent. I could not see how they could possibly not understand what we were learning. I was frustrated and had nobody to have conversation with, who shared my love of learning. This child is most probably already far beyond this situation. So yes, teach him all you like, but find him another child progidy to learn with. Give him a friend to learn from, to communicate with, and have fun with. Contrary to some of the beliefs expressed here, the child can have so much fun learning, he will absolutely love absorbing new information, but he will be infinitely happier if you find him a friend to learn with. If this does not happen, he will become introverted, locked up inside his own world with nobody to talk to. And he simply will not be able to cope with this, and his abilities will be wasted. I know this isn't in direct reply suggesting how to approach tutoring him, but all I ask is that you find him a friend to learn with.
I for one will have this book as pride of place on my bookshelf, and for any of you non-geeks wondering what to get your partner as a gift, this will be simply the bestest you could ever have. I don't think it's right to say he's too young- he surely has achieved quite enough for an autobiography. Perhaps a sequel can be written in a few years time. I often think how interesting it would be to see how one's opinions of one's life changes with time. I can't see how anyone can possibly say anything negative about it, except obviously it should have been published by Penguin...
Anyway, I await with eagerness for it, and I'm sure it will live up to expectations.
--Demand the establishment of the government in its rightful home at Disneyland.--
--
did anyone else get really confused on that site as to whether you can see an aurora or not? I've spent a good few minutes trying to work it out- maybe I'm just being a little hopeless but has anyone else had problems trying to comprehend the logic behind their step-by-step way of telling if you can see one?
I agree with the consensus so far that such a site would be a good idea. However I do wonder about its functionality- if a server is down, then your email simply wont work. You tell it is down because it doesn't, there is little point going to a site which says "Yahoo's SMTP server is down. They are fixing it and hope for it to be working again shortly". I wouldn't actually use such a service- I'd simply revert to using another email account. If it were a major problem with their servers I'm sure they will find some way of letting people know more directly. To be perfectly honest when an email account does not appear to work I don't bother unduly about it- I use another one. If after a while it still doesn't work then I get a little worried, and check it's not me. If after a long while it isn't working then I go looking around seeing if it's them. If it is, you can be assured in a little while things will be up and running again as usual. Nevertheless a quick way of checking it's not your own fault is a useful idea, but in practice unless you've been fiddling unduly with your settings it is unlikely to be your fault. Also most people have more than one email address, and so if others work then it is a good indication that the problem with the one that doesn't isnt anything you have done.
Well naturally dear chap, what did you expect? One does not have a formal British education to be beaten by Americans who cannot even spell the name of the country to which they wish to aspire. I would like to take this opportunity to remind the Americans reading/. of the Revocation of Independence, a reply published to a recent post. Those readers interested in such a revocation will have enough motivation to find the relevant reply, and therefore there is little point in my including a link.
I do apologise- a slip of the tongue... or should it be fingers, it should have been "Holy Grail" rather than "Life of Brian" in the above comment.
Sincerest Apologies
biscuit
I was greatly excited when I first heard of this new and innovative way of celebrating such a truly wonderful film, however the models themselves bear very little resemblance to the Monty Python team. Quite how one is meant to recognise such charicature persons as those who comprised such a wonderful team is beyond me. My fond anticipation of seeing the Life of Brian reinacted by lego- another favourite of mine, was met with disappointment that such a feeble effort could have made slashdot news. Admittedly the combination of the two great films, and the use of lego does lend itself to this community, but such a failing attempt to combine the two together only results in it being insulting to both the Monty Python team, and lego, and ultimately to the slashdot readers who were expecting something slightly more worth while after clicking on the link.
In the light of your failure to elect a President of the USA, and thus
govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your
independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchial duties
over all states, commonwealths and other territories(Except Utah, which
she does not fancy). Your new prime minister (The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair,
MP...for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is
a
world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without
the
need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
A
questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of
you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following
rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation guide. You will be
amazed
at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. Generally, you should
raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary".
Using the
same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like"
and
"you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.
Look
up "interspersed".
2. There is no such thing as "US English". We will let Microsoft know
on your behalf.
3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents.
It really isn't that hard.
4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as
the good guys.
5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The
Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want
you to
get confused and give up half way through.
6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one
kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a
very good
game.The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your
borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football.
You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play
proper
football. Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It
is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be
allowed to
play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not
involve
stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body
armour like nancies). We are hoping to get together at
least a US rugby sevens side by 2005.
7. You should declare war on Quebec and France, using nuclear weapons
if they give you any merde. The 98.85% of you who were not aware that
there is a world outside your borders should count yourselves lucky.
The
Russians have never been the bad guys. "Merde" is French for "shit".
8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 8th will be a new
national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive
Day".
9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is for
your own good. When we show you European cars, you will understand
what we
mean.
10. Please tell us who killed JFK. We are most eager to know.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Now correct me if i am wrong- I haven't seen this week's copy of NS, but there was certainly a lengthly article on slime in one a good few weeks ago. Are we referring to that one, or is there a new article in this week's New Scientist too, in which case I really do think they should find more things to talk about between repeating articles. Could anyone please tell me if this is the article from a while back, or a new one on the same area? Sorry if I'm talking nonsense, just the article rings bells for me...
looks rather nice, but i do think it coulda been slightly more...i don't know... sexy? It's a bit "hard", although obviously very lovely indeed, I think I would in fact prefer that nice new Sony one that came out recently instead. It just looks so much more beautiful. Oh I could stare at that all day. This one probably requires head movements- asking a bit much I think... particularly for the price. I mean, what do they think we are? I've perfected the art of not moving anything other than my fingers unless absolutely necessary. Even if it only requires the movement of eyes I still think it's a bit much...
Still given the choice between that and my present lovely monitor, I think I'd probably go with that one any day...
Slashdot Mirror
It seems to me that although it obviously has great multimedia capabilities, this isnt what computers should be about. If you want to watch DVD's, a computer screen isnt what you should view them with. If you want to listen to music, no sound card in the world can match a proper hi-fi system. For those truly interested in these areas, they will not turn to computers like these for the solution.
so not only do they get extra publicity from the shots, they also want to get money from the company from advertising it too? It seems they win both ways to me....
Even if it is presented as a way forward, if it is confusing, the general public will not think any more of it, except to say "it's all too complicated for me". It cannot benefit the open source movement if it is not clearly presented. The differences between free software and open source are difficult enough to distinguish, let alone open source by itself if presented badly.
One tends to get to know a highly respected, amazingly well known geek who pokes his nose about for you, and tells the world that "you need this guy!", and low and behold, a dozen highly paid perfect jobs await you. As many geeks dont actually have formal training (some naturally do, but a lot goes on past experience and jobs), a good reputation is all you need for companies to contact you, rather than the other way round. A handy tech-dir at VA or whatever you like is all you need, and a company will quite literally create a job for you.
I think that whilst such links are very much open to interpretation, it can do no harm to use mobiles in moderation. One cannot journey on a train without hearing at least 5 people talking to eachother on them. Whilst understandably invaluable for business and personal security, they should not be used to such an extent that they cause cancer- such usage must be excessive. For the everyday user, there is precious little threat from them, no more so than other every day devices.
Bill Gates certainly was going to have one, turning lights on as you entered rooms, music following you around the house, that sort of thing. I saw a huge newspaper article about it when he was first building his hi-tech palace costing millions.
Its ridiculous to try and compare advances in technology in terms of their success. Yes, the invention of the lightbulb has transformed society, but so has the computer, the internet, and a whole host of other technologies too. One simply can't compare them together. One cannot say the light bulb was a more important invention, because at the time it transformed people's lives. But my computer and the internet has transformed my life, and it has also transformed the business world of today. It's impossible to say which was the better acheivement. All great inventions have had a fundamental impact on the way society works. However I don't think we can claim one is better than the other- for successful modern living, we need both equally.
Although this does appear a very promising step forward, I think it might well lead to further poor coding as there will be some areas not easily branched between the two. I think we should appear the advancement with a touch more caution.
Surely there isn't any money in these businesses- if they're bad, that means they are losing money. There is therefore no money to transfer.
It appears we need mirrors for the trailer. Any suggestions would be appreciated, as I fail to see how more ppl can comment without actually seeing it (just a small observation).
Aaaaah!
And you have to start all over again until you get it.
And then you get within one second of your best score... noooo!
And then, your dear sister goes and beats your best score...
I'm sorry, but this game must have wasted more hours of people's lives than any other.
Although a person like myself enjoys learning in a solitary environment, others simply need people there to encourage them, and so that they rise to the occasion. There is nothing like having an annoyingly intelligent brat in a class to make yourself try harder to beat him.
In short, although virtual learning has many benefits, and can be used successfully when other types of learning are not available, for children it should be used purely as an additional medium, and for consolidation purposes, and a little bit of fun.
It's not for us to declare the sega console as dead- a bit of smart advertising and promotion could make it come alive in a big way. The only reason playstation is doing so well, and the playstation2 is in such high demand is the vast advertising campaigns Sony has run for them. If sega did the same, they might well mind a renewed market for them.
Originally I just used my puter for ICQ and IRC, and I started finding people similar to myself, and people who genuinely liked me. I knew it wasn't the same, but it was all I had. Several of these people were geeks, and I started to become seriously interested in computers, programming, all sorts really. So although now I wouldn't go back to being a fully sociable teenager for anything, my situation arrived as a result of the lack of friends at school. Yes it's now just become a vicious circle, but I do have my online friends who are there for me much more than those I might have had in real live ever were.
My other geek friends however, all male, seem to have spent their childhood on sinclairs and amigas, and were on linux by the time they were 11, and progressed naturally along the geek lines from an early age. Perhaps this is because boys are naturally more interested in technology than girls, who like to dress up in pretty clothes and suchlike- indeed although I liked computers when I was 8, and we did "logo" at school, making circles and suchlike, I never saw anything more in them than just a little fun. At this time I was a perfectly happy little girl, with 2 friends who were equally intelligent as I. It was only as I moved from school to school and became more introvert, shy, and alienated from other people that I found myself turning to the computer.
Reading through all that has happened, I can only praise the linux community for its acheivements. The sheer length of the site simply shows how busy it's been, and how the advancement is escalating at a rate of knots. There have been delays, set backs etc, but certainly it has been a wonderful year with so much happening, and a much larger shift to the open source approach, which can only be highly praised.
I think a congratulations is in order for all those who have contributed to the development of all things Linux related over the past year.
A child of 9 may well have a very high IQ indeed, but this doesn't give him the mental capability to cope with the information he is learning. Just imagine yourself as a 9 year old progidy. You will be completely aware of how exceptional you are, you will have far more intelligent insight than anyone else, and a craving to learn more and more. The child is already isolated from the world, already classed as different. And there is no point attempting to make him completely normal, because it simply wont work, and the child will have the intelligence than to see through any plans to make him so. I'm 16, by no way a progidy, but intelligent enough to feel completely isolated from normal people. Until I was 13 I went to a highly selective girls school, where I enjoyed my time, and had a friend much more articulate than myself, and brilliant at English- I was the mad-scientist-to-be, she was the next Charlotte Bronte. It was a nice balance because I didn't have her ability in English. Then for reasons I'm not going to discuss- I went a bit off the rails, and decided to leave and start at a new school. This new school was not selective, and was about the same size as my last. From being relatively happy, pushed by my friends, with people better than I, I simply could not bring myself to interact with these people, who just seemed incredibly unintelligent. I could not see how they could possibly not understand what we were learning. I was frustrated and had nobody to have conversation with, who shared my love of learning. This child is most probably already far beyond this situation. So yes, teach him all you like, but find him another child progidy to learn with. Give him a friend to learn from, to communicate with, and have fun with. Contrary to some of the beliefs expressed here, the child can have so much fun learning, he will absolutely love absorbing new information, but he will be infinitely happier if you find him a friend to learn with. If this does not happen, he will become introverted, locked up inside his own world with nobody to talk to. And he simply will not be able to cope with this, and his abilities will be wasted. I know this isn't in direct reply suggesting how to approach tutoring him, but all I ask is that you find him a friend to learn with.
Anyway, I await with eagerness for it, and I'm sure it will live up to expectations.
--Demand the establishment of the government in its rightful home at Disneyland.-- --
did anyone else get really confused on that site as to whether you can see an aurora or not? I've spent a good few minutes trying to work it out- maybe I'm just being a little hopeless but has anyone else had problems trying to comprehend the logic behind their step-by-step way of telling if you can see one?
I agree with the consensus so far that such a site would be a good idea. However I do wonder about its functionality- if a server is down, then your email simply wont work. You tell it is down because it doesn't, there is little point going to a site which says "Yahoo's SMTP server is down. They are fixing it and hope for it to be working again shortly". I wouldn't actually use such a service- I'd simply revert to using another email account. If it were a major problem with their servers I'm sure they will find some way of letting people know more directly. To be perfectly honest when an email account does not appear to work I don't bother unduly about it- I use another one. If after a while it still doesn't work then I get a little worried, and check it's not me. If after a long while it isn't working then I go looking around seeing if it's them. If it is, you can be assured in a little while things will be up and running again as usual. Nevertheless a quick way of checking it's not your own fault is a useful idea, but in practice unless you've been fiddling unduly with your settings it is unlikely to be your fault. Also most people have more than one email address, and so if others work then it is a good indication that the problem with the one that doesn't isnt anything you have done.
Well naturally dear chap, what did you expect? One does not have a formal British education to be beaten by Americans who cannot even spell the name of the country to which they wish to aspire. I would like to take this opportunity to remind the Americans reading /. of the Revocation of Independence, a reply published to a recent post. Those readers interested in such a revocation will have enough motivation to find the relevant reply, and therefore there is little point in my including a link.
I do apologise- a slip of the tongue... or should it be fingers, it should have been "Holy Grail" rather than "Life of Brian" in the above comment.
Sincerest Apologies
biscuit
I was greatly excited when I first heard of this new and innovative way of celebrating such a truly wonderful film, however the models themselves bear very little resemblance to the Monty Python team. Quite how one is meant to recognise such charicature persons as those who comprised such a wonderful team is beyond me. My fond anticipation of seeing the Life of Brian reinacted by lego- another favourite of mine, was met with disappointment that such a feeble effort could have made slashdot news. Admittedly the combination of the two great films, and the use of lego does lend itself to this community, but such a failing attempt to combine the two together only results in it being insulting to both the Monty Python team, and lego, and ultimately to the slashdot readers who were expecting something slightly more worth while after clicking on the link.
To the citizens of the United States of America,
In the light of your failure to elect a President of the USA, and thus govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchial duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories(Except Utah, which she does not fancy). Your new prime minister (The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, MP ...for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is
a
world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without
the
need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
A
questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of
you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary". Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up "interspersed".
2. There is no such thing as "US English". We will let Microsoft know on your behalf.
3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard.
4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys.
5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through.
6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game.The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football. Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies). We are hoping to get together at least a US rugby sevens side by 2005.
7. You should declare war on Quebec and France, using nuclear weapons if they give you any merde. The 98.85% of you who were not aware that there is a world outside your borders should count yourselves lucky. The Russians have never been the bad guys. "Merde" is French for "shit".
8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 8th will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive Day".
9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is for your own good. When we show you European cars, you will understand what we mean.
10. Please tell us who killed JFK. We are most eager to know.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Now correct me if i am wrong- I haven't seen this week's copy of NS, but there was certainly a lengthly article on slime in one a good few weeks ago. Are we referring to that one, or is there a new article in this week's New Scientist too, in which case I really do think they should find more things to talk about between repeating articles. Could anyone please tell me if this is the article from a while back, or a new one on the same area? Sorry if I'm talking nonsense, just the article rings bells for me...
looks rather nice, but i do think it coulda been slightly more...i don't know... sexy? It's a bit "hard", although obviously very lovely indeed, I think I would in fact prefer that nice new Sony one that came out recently instead. It just looks so much more beautiful. Oh I could stare at that all day. This one probably requires head movements- asking a bit much I think... particularly for the price. I mean, what do they think we are? I've perfected the art of not moving anything other than my fingers unless absolutely necessary. Even if it only requires the movement of eyes I still think it's a bit much... Still given the choice between that and my present lovely monitor, I think I'd probably go with that one any day...