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• Commented on Minor hiccup
  We only know about the Laundry - it's possible that there are other UK organisations that Bob isn't aware of that are just as bad as the Black Chamber. Just because Bob thinks he knows the score doesn't prove that...
• Commented on The last refuge of scoundrels
  Really wasn't expecting anything else from this government. Boringly predictable....
• Commented on Obituaries
  " and led the way for most of the Conservative crap that followed." Sorry, make that Conservative / New Labour / etc. crap, the big sell-out of the welfare state and the poorly paid by successive governments regardless of alleged...
• Commented on Obituaries
  I heard about Margaret Thatcher's death on the radio while shopping yesterday afternoon, which stopped me from doing a little dance for joy, my first reaction. She and the government she led destroyed my professional career structure (by taking out...
• Commented on How I feel this morning
  The Opera browser might work for you - it has a built-in RSS reader and you can synchronize between different computers which I think (but haven't checked) includes synchronising feeds. http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/en/feeds.html I should stress I don't use Opera this way...
• Commented on Thinking the unthinkable
  A small PS re Scottish oil - today the SNP published a paper saying that an independent Scotland will own huge amounts of oil and will be very rich. Which was immediately followed by a statement from the Shetland Islanders...
• Commented on Unbreakable (part2)
  I've often thought that it would be very interesting to compare real crime statistics - male versus female perpetrator in particular - with some of the top TV crime shows; all of them seem to have some bias towards showing...
• Commented on Fang Fuckers: some reflections (in a mirror)
  I would have thought that Polidori's The Vampyre (1819) was reasonably mainstream http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6087 to the point that by 1820 it had been adapted as a stage melodrama: http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff6/vampire.htm Not precisely the Dracula model of vampire, but close....
• Commented on What are the big issues of 2013 going to be?
  Beat me to it - I really applaud the open source model, but I think that the big market penetration breakthroughs for 3D printing will come when you can buy a proprietary off-the-shelf printer for a relatively low price and...
• Commented on What are the big issues of 2013 going to be?
  I was just at a party and two different arrivals started talking about 3D printing, the second had no idea that the first had been talking about it. Neither were what I would call nerds, they were both interested in...
• Commented on Understanding Reader Reviews
  Things could be worse. Back when I was writing for White Dwarf their reviews were... interesting, for some values of interesting. They gave stuff to their writers to review, and since everything reviewed was sold in their shops, and most...
• Commented on The ticking clock, stopped
  No-brainer for me since I'm 60 next year and can afford the stuff - I start taking it and look at ways to extend my income into the indefinite future. I'm planning to retire next July and have my finances...
• Commented on National Talk About Something Else Day
  Ooops - Nullnix, sorry, not Bellingham...
• Commented on National Talk About Something Else Day
  Forgot to say in my previous comment that around the time that Elite for the PC launched I was working part-time for Morgan Computers, who had their shop directly underneath you, if I remember it correctly. Wondering if we ever...
• Commented on National Talk About Something Else Day
  MANY thanks Bellingham - I have been after a decent Elite-equivalent for ages, Oolite is just what I needed, especially since I have a Windows box at home but a Mac laptop and Linux netbook....
• Commented on National Talk About Something Else Day
  Trying to buy a motorbike and failing miserably - I decided to hell with it, I really don't like scooters despite needing a bike less than I used to, so I've been bidding on another classic BMW; ended up unsold...
• Commented on It's made out of meat.
  Since advertising has driven many major advances in technology I don't see this as a problem. All we really need is kill files that take out the sender as well as the messages......
• Commented on Books I will not write #7: To Boldly Blow
  Amazingly, the most realistic take on this I've seen recently was an episode of CSI: Miami (yes, I know, it's like looking for accurate CETI data in the Weekly World News) which featured a commercial shuttle (considerably bigger than anything...
• Commented on Cage Match!
  Re vampire finches:...
• Commented on Cage Match!
  Who says there has to be a winner or a loser? They unite to eliminate the disgusting ape-descended life forms (while making suitable replacement feeding-ape arrangements for cats, of course). If that doesn't appeal, Hexapodia is the true insight, and...