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  1. Re:Collateral success vs indication of support nee on Corporate Mac Sales Surge 66% · · Score: 1

    The nearest authorised eeseller IS in Swansea (AT Computers just off the Kingsway). But the nearest authorised repair centre is just outside Cardiff.

  2. Re:I'm bombarded.... on The Rise of Filter Bubbles · · Score: 1

    I hope by now you've illustrated that there can be a third choice to your American friends.

  3. Re:Not just online filters.... on The Rise of Filter Bubbles · · Score: 1

    My Dad is Pro-British whereas I'm Pro-European. My Dad will always vote conservative, whereas I'll give my vote to the third major party; whoever that may be.

  4. Re:ha ha ha on NASA Banned From Working With China · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the video in your blog, it would be a comedy if it wasn't so tragic.

  5. Re:The future on Microsoft Buying Skype for $8.5B · · Score: 1

    I don't want to be, but I am not optimistic with this purchase.

  6. The future on Microsoft Buying Skype for $8.5B · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "wondering what it would mean for Linux users" - It means you're fucked! Sadly.

  7. Re:How'd have thought... on Anonymous Under Civil War? · · Score: 1

    Sadly on the Internet, only trolls live on Slashdot, and therefore deny us this feature.

  8. Re:There is no winner on In Indonesia, a Winner For Now In the Browser Wars · · Score: 1

    I've never heard the phrase 'winner for now' at all in my lifetime. I also don't recount seeing 'winner for now' in the Art of War unless your para-phrasing. I agree there is never a final winner but 'winner for now' just doesn't compute. Victors, winners and leaders sufficiently cover the related outcomes. I'm willing to change my point of view if you can prove otherwise.

    Simply put, Firefox is the market leader in Indonesia and that's how the title of this story should be described.

  9. Re:How'd have thought... on Anonymous Under Civil War? · · Score: 1

    Who'd = who would.

  10. Re:There is no winner on In Indonesia, a Winner For Now In the Browser Wars · · Score: 1

    'Winner' to me has always meant something that was final. A 'winner for now' makes no sense because the winner can still lose and therefore can't be a winner. When we have a word to describe the exact situation, 'leader' we should use it.

  11. Re:A new lawsuit on Spotify Challenges iTunes With iPod Support, Playlist Synching · · Score: 2

    I can't believe people simplify the issue to this extent (but reveals their bias). Even respectable sources for news have done it (FOTO8) and yet Nilay Patel has explained it in great detail: http://www.macgasm.net/2011/04/19/recommended-read-nilay-patel-apple-samsung-lawsuit/.

  12. Re:Because on Mystery Air Crash Black Box Found Sans Memory Part · · Score: 1

    Shame about SGU, I liked this particular two parter, even with its kludges.

  13. Re:My propaganda is better than your propaganda on China's High-Speed Trains Coming Off the Rails · · Score: 1

    Explain it to me then.

  14. Re:My propaganda is better than your propaganda on China's High-Speed Trains Coming Off the Rails · · Score: 1

    I think every person born before 1850 is now dead. Just a guess.

  15. Re:This is just not true on Last Typewriter Factory in the World Shuts Its Doors · · Score: 1

    In case nobody gets the reference, which I was sure somebody would, Tom Hanks is a Typewriter collector.

  16. Re:This is just not true on Last Typewriter Factory in the World Shuts Its Doors · · Score: 1

    Hi, I'm Tom Hanks and I can breath a sign of relief.

  17. Re:guilty eh? on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 1

    I'm normally down on America, but this problem is endemic everywhere on the planet sadly.

  18. Re:Ask the British... on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, when the old people die they can just stop using them. lbs is purely descriptive, the computers weigh in grams which meets the legal requirement.

  19. Re:Thankfully... on Are We Suffering Origin Story Fatigue? · · Score: 1

    Oh btw, the theory can't really work unless we ignore certain movie elements like Bond getting married. The Roger Moore and Dalton movies reference the events in the Lazenby movie.

  20. Re:Thankfully... on Are We Suffering Origin Story Fatigue? · · Score: 1

    In movie terms he never got the origin story but that's even better then isn't it? Since they never made CR with Connery, we were denied the origin story until 5 years ago and nobody DIDN'T understand the character before CR. It was simple, he's a spy, he's on a mission and he loves the ladies. Spiderman is a young chap bitten by a Spider, I get it, I don't really need to see it happen.

  21. Re:Thankfully... on Are We Suffering Origin Story Fatigue? · · Score: 1

    Maybe UK viewers are more accepting of having different actors playing the same characters? During Shakespeare's time they had men in female roles, probably stems from that? Or they are so historical it's ingrained in our culture (we know who they are) and we relish seeing famous actor x playing that figure.

  22. Re:Thankfully... on Are We Suffering Origin Story Fatigue? · · Score: 1

    I have and I like that theory. But I'm also happy with x number of actors playing the same character and not feeling indifferent towards it.

  23. Thankfully... on Are We Suffering Origin Story Fatigue? · · Score: 2

    James Bond never got an original story until 40 years after he was created, even then, it doesn't go into detail (2006 Casino Royale). Meaning we don't see him as a child, then at school, then in the Navy, then signing up for the MI6. We cut to the chase with his required double kill in the title sequence.

    That should be good enough, and it is, its great in fact, especially when there are 25 EON Bond films. Spiderman gets 3, then they want to redo the origin story again, less than 10 years to the previous trilogy? What short attention spans we have.

    Again, look at the Bond Franchise against the argument for a different actor requiring an origin story. We knew who Bond was, when Roger Moore, Dalton etc took over, just give us a new plot. The same can be done with Spiderman by carrying on from the third movie.

  24. Re:Why go to Barnes & Noble on Jesse Jackson, Jr. Pins US Job Losses On iPad · · Score: 1

    I wish the US had the guts to talk about the real issues in society instead of constantly procrastinating and doing things the hard way.

  25. Re:is it just me? on America's Tech Decline: a Reading Guide · · Score: 1

    Just start dating somebody who speaks Mandarin, much easier and fun.