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Commented on Pratchett's "Unseen Academicals" - a gift to Discworld lovers and an argument for the importance of sport
I've just finished the audiobook and I can safely say that there is only one author who is allowed to end a book about football (or about life around football) with "It is now." Well done, Terry, may this not...
Commented on C-Box personalized condom dispensers are perhaps a bit too personal
That's why I don't date croupiers...
Commented on New Mac Mini has better specs, same bargain price
@18: All I have are a handful of 1080p trailers, seeing that my ISP's old traffic shaping made transferring whole 1080p movies rather difficult. That said the trailers play well if you use the right player (i.e. boxee, which copes...
Commented on New Mac Mini has better specs, same bargain price
Sorry, but it's got a faster bus? More cache? The base model has the same processor as my current one, and although I only have 1GB of memory that's ample for X 10.4.11. I bought mine, oh, about two years...
Commented on Video: Jean Michel Jarre synths China's face clean off (1981)
Saw him live in Berlin a long time ago and then was fortunate enough to be in China when he played there again at the Forbidden City, which was broadcast live on TV. I used to have all his albums...
Commented on Japanese porn moves to USB Flash Drives
The sticks in question appear to be PQIs Traveling Disks. http://www.pqi.com.tw/product2.asp?cate1=19&proid=277 I recognise them and it's scary because we got a number of those from a supplier in the Philipines as personalised Christmas gifts. No pr0n, though....
Commented on Even the title of this video isn't safe for work
Someone had to: It's rather good....
Commented on Obama Chia Pet
You know what I hate? What I really cannot stand? It's those little people that suddenly walk into a web page and start talking....
Commented on Black Friday starts early (but double-check the specs)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8090401 and: http://www.mfi.co.uk/...
Commented on Black Friday starts early (but double-check the specs)
Started our Crimbo shopping today and got 20% off in Woolworths (which has gone into administration here in the UK), and sales have begun in Clarks shoes, where I got an extra £5 off a pair of shoes that was...
Commented on Onion Goggles for the Bono of Onion Dicers
Listen to the man, he speaks the truth. Nothing works better against tears than a really really sharp knife. The main reason you cry is juice from the onion being spattered everywhere as as blunt knife squeezes the cells causing...
Commented on The death rattle in the Mac Mini's throat
The Mini is still only full 1080p resolution away from being the best HTPC out there. Of course I have one hooked up to my TV, where it happily plays anything I throw at it and makes less noise than...
Commented on Action Mobil Globecruiser adventure vehicle
Yes! If I ever do win that £11M in the lottery, this will be the first thing I buy....
Commented on Pinhole Camera Fashioned From 150 Year-Old Skull
I think there is a difference between a camera and a toilet brush holder, wouldn't you say? You only made that comment to troll. Personally I would prefer if people took whatever organs could be harvested, whatever other tissue can...
Commented on iPod-like gadget from 1979 gets new life battling patent trolls
It's a shame, but this is how patents work. In other cases we'd be screaming about companies unfairly trying to lengthen the lifespan of copyrights and patents... I used to live in Hitchin... it is a strange place....
Commented on Help the tech industry pick an interesting new letter for marketing gadgets and stuff
I'd go for P, especially when it's silent. My favourite author is called PTerry already anyway....
Commented on Keith Barry's "brain magic" on TED Talks
The bottle is prestressed glass. It's cooled in such a way that it can take a lot more pressure from the outside (you can literally hammer nails into wood with it), but extremely frail from the inside, so that it...
Commented on Top 10 TED Talks
I've recently added all TED feeds to my Miro, and have been watching quite a lot of them. Quite a few nights with too little sleep, but so many new things learnt......
Commented on Honda razzle-dazzles with a 2010 NSX supercar
They are called "Erlkoenig" in German, after the famous poem by Goethe... Who rides so late through night and wind. Something to read up on, remember and impress your friends with. They are indeed designed to disguise details and cloak...
Commented on Shocker: TV news hacks want you to spend your rebate check on televisions
I wouldn't say so. If I had bought the 32" model then next year I would be regarding the bigger model with envious eyes, and slowly and surely draw my plans to get one. Although when you said "base model"...
Commented on Shocker: TV news hacks want you to spend your rebate check on televisions
Not that 42" is that big these days, but when I bought a TV recently I made sure it was full HD (1080p) and had a digital TV tuner built in as well as plenty of inputs. I would call...
Commented on Chargeback database protects merchants--unless you pay to be removed from it
I would guess that this "no chargeback" trend did not necessarily start at the dealer level. It sounds more like someone finding-slash-creating a market through exploiting business concerns....
Commented on Pocket Scale Masquerades as iPhone
Seeing cops are already being told to consider a scale "drug paraphernalia", making an effort to conceal it would surely make this even more suss....
Commented on TSA to punish fliers for facecrime
I'm scared of flying anyway, so I guess the fear wouldn't be a microexpression....
Commented on Dirt Devil Spot Cleaner with UV Stain Detector
Pet owners, mums and suspicious spouses. It's not just urine that shows up under blacklight....
Commented on Powerpan Vacuum Dustpan
And of course the lip looks slightly thicker than normal, which means there's more dust and small bits left after sweeping....
Commented on Standalone hard-disk eraser: Wiebetech eRazer
Or you could run a single pass over your disk multiple times?...
Commented on Miro kicks Joost's ass
#9: Sorry, I happen to love 2) and 3), although I doubt ON Networks, NASA, ESA et alt. would like their work to be called 'dicking around'. I wonder, have you ever even looked at the Hubblecast, or shows like...
Commented on Miro kicks Joost's ass
I have to admit I run both Miro and Joost (and Media Central and Front Row, because there's not a single app that can do it all properly), and I'm in two minds. I like Joost for the fact that...
Commented on LOLCat programming language: LOLCode
#4: You're not very familiar with the old cat macros, are you? http://macrochan.org/search.py?tag=Neutral%3AInvisible%20X...

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Shmuel commented on Pratchett's "Unseen Academicals" - a gift to Discworld lovers and an argument for the importance of sport
I'm with those who found Unseen Academicals to be one of Pratchett's lesser works. The people we already know all act out of character, the plot isn't the greatest, and Vetenari makes the exact same joke to Margolotta twice. (That the author would inadvertently repeat himself is understandable under the circumstances, but the editors really should have caught it.) But with all of that said, even lesser Pratchett is better than most other writers on their good days, and there were flashes of brilliance here and there. As for others named... Monstrous Regiment is pretty close to the bottom of...
Och aye the GNU commented on Pratchett's "Unseen Academicals" - a gift to Discworld lovers and an argument for the importance of sport
Well, unlike most of the horde, I loved this book- I'd definitely rank it among his best, and I found it almost impossible to put down until it was finished. Personally, my favourite is Night Watch. Monstrous Regiment, Small Gods and the Von Lipwig books come close, though. The more recent books with Rincewind (except this) are the more average ones. This is a classic....
flwombat commented on Pratchett's "Unseen Academicals" - a gift to Discworld lovers and an argument for the importance of sport
Loved Monstrous Regiment; it was my introduction to the series and the author. I thought UA was a wonderful gloss on many Pratchettish themes (redemption, tolerance, self-acceptance and confidence, the victory over ignorance by the forces of understanding) but I would only recommend it to people who are already fervent fans. There are plenty of other entry points I recommend to *anyone who will listen*, though, especially the Tiffany Aching subseries....
geekygirluk commented on Pratchett's "Unseen Academicals" - a gift to Discworld lovers and an argument for the importance of sport
I didn't read all the comments, and haven't had a chance to read Unseen Academicals yet as I bought it for an anniversary pressie for my bloke and he hasn't finished it yet. >:o( Hurry UP!!! My favourite Pratchett is Thud. The cave scene gives me goosebumps every time. Sam Vimes' darkness is the best. I love that he understands the worst in humanity (and dwarfs/trolls/vampires etc) because it's the worst in himself. I think TP has gone from strength to strength with the Moist books being among his best. I didn't like Monstrous Regiment the first time I read...
Omir the Storyteller commented on Pratchett's "Unseen Academicals" - a gift to Discworld lovers and an argument for the importance of sport
Now I know what to get my wife for Christmas. A present I can enjoy too! (Although I still need to read Thud! and Making Money.) Over at Stately Omir Manor we are big fans of the Tiffany Aching series, although I really enjoy the Witches, Watch and Death series as well. My secret ambition is to have my wife make costumes for us so we can appear at conventions as Lord and Lady Vimes; by the time she gets around to it my grandson should be about big enough to tag along behind us, carrying a copy of "Where's...

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