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• Commented on Holding pattern
  This might be a good place to ask - is it known what sort of interval there's likely to be between publication of the volumes? I got to read the first Merchant Princess straight through (when the UK editions came...
• Commented on The regular holy war ...
  "Linux says, "I really enjoy messing about with my computer as a hobby." I think the moving might say that, but I'd disagree that Linux does. I too used to be in the 'happy tweaker' camp, and these days I...
• Commented on The regular holy war ...
  Slightly disappointed I seem to be the first Fedora user to weigh in, it clearly being the One True Distro. Ahem. I've been a mostly KDE user since the period Charlie was still writing for Computer Shopper and I don't...
• Commented on On Syria
  "If you handle nerve gas victims without taking precautions, you WILL get a dose of nerve agent yourself, and if you survive this you will not do it again. The videos I have seen even show scenes from the makeshift...
• Commented on On Syria
  "I cannot comprehend how anti-war folks can look at the use of chemical weapons and believe that turning away is the right path, or a moral choice" I'm not sure how much the opposition is making a moral choice at...
• Commented on On Syria
  Well, it would appear that, for Britain at least, the war is over. If the government can't get even today's fairly middle of the road motion through, that's it. It'll be interesting to see how the Right in the US...
• Commented on On Syria
  "War crimes tribunals are all well and good, if you can physically get the accused out of his palace and into a prison cell in the Hague" Indeed, though while we're considering blowing things up instead, I've never quite understood...
• Commented on On Syria
  "You do not want to send in troops because that would be invading a sovereign country" I'm not sure that's something that we ought to care about per se; a country is nothing more than its people, and while there'd...
• Commented on Cheap Reads!
  "Boycotting Orbit's ebooks doesn't send a signal that they have the means to receive. And torrenting a warez copy then thumbing your nose at me or my publisher isn't terribly helpful either" Is there anything a consumer can do that...