Is this not a joke?

It reads like a joke. It sounds like a joke. It even looks like a joke.

Surely the whole thing is a joke?

"... close the knowledge gap."

That's a phrase which causes me to invoke the "one channel up" hand TV control gesture. It's such a fine piece of management-speak that we should salute it appropriately.

Aren't most CVs full of cobblers?

Right so... Zardoz?

I know SF author Gary Gibson says its reputation needs rehabilitated but... Zardoz... over Silent Running...

More egregiously... No STALKER?

And you have Close Encounters on there... Whut?

I thought this was a hardcore list?

Other than that it's not a bad list.

I'd also chip in Strange Days.

If you like Gattaca then check out Code 46. It's great.

Also if you haven't seen it yet Robot and Frank is *brilliant*. Funny, moving AND thought provoking. Seriously this film packs a lot in on zero budget and a short running time.

Hm.

"This contrasts with the public, which consistently calls for stiffer penalties for digital rights infringement when it's asked."

This particular line really struck me.

The public doesn't know what it wants.

Ask someone who the pirate is and they will tell you it's someone else ... then turn back to their torrent site and download MP3s because... After all they only do it occasionally so where's the harm in that?

This attitude - which is perfectly normal - effectively undermines your statement. The vast majority of people are incapable of seeing the wider picture.

Is widespread copyright infringement an issue? Without a doubt yes especially if you are a small time (yet popular) writer/musician or whatever.

Although the entertainment industry has upped it's game it is STILL lagging behind what the consumer wants. Why is my selection on Netflix different to the US subscriber? Why is it that we still see geographically staggered film distribution? It's all facepalming stuff. Remove those barriers, do the job properly and people will pirate less.

The problem isn't sticks it's carrots. Like it or not.

Weirdly I'd forgotten how good looking Carrie Fisher was back in the day... I just looked up some pics for research purposes!

Whoa wait a minute. Didn't the Daleks need these power strips at first!

I agree with everyone here (including those pointing out that it's coming with a shutter).

Putt aside 1984 for a moment it does also remind me of the TV service Stand on Zanzibar...

... no, not a good thing. Count me out.

Let them bear flintlocks

I'm pretty sure that's what they had when the constitution was written!

Reg is a bit late to the party. This has been reported widely for the last few days.

House of Cards?

Isn't this just a "remake" of the original Richardson House of Cards?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards_%28UK_TV_series%29

Oh yes ... it is.

So I couldn't possibly comment.

It was very interesting reading about Word but ...

I actually use Scrivener. Admittedly I wouldn't roll this out around the company but I find I can do just anything I ever wanted to do with it.

I know it's a bit of a left field suggestion for some people now that I've switched I'm very happy. And it's comparatively cheap.

As for the whole Office suite question.

In my company we're being more-or-less forced to upgrade from Office 2003 now because of document compatibility issues with clients. It's frustrating - especially as the staff do not have the technical expertise to understand what is going on.

There's no way we would roll out an Open Office solution to the people here. They just wouldn't cope. I've never found a satisfactory way to rejig a flavour of OO so that it 'looked and behaved" like MS Office - if anyone has a suggestion I'd be pleased to hear it.

I don't have a telly.

I have a pc. I watch everything on my nice big monitor. Yes it is only a 22" one but I've never seen the need for a 46" mega screen in my tiny living room.

From a personal viewpoint I'd be happy if we just had inexpensive large monitors.

I haven't needed or used an actual TV in years. And I also thought the emerging paradigm was that people were very likely to stop watching broadcast telly in the near future too.

I might be more interested if we had decent colour e-ink screens by now. /offonatangent

Maybe I would have more sympathy if commercial content hadn't moved in the direction of less content and more advert breaks or if there was a minimum quality level for adverts (I think some adverts are actually really interesting or amusing to watch).

I'm thinking of binning Lovefilm. The selection is poor and the searching is worse.

Um

Wouldn't it make more sense to reduce the amount of crap packaging companies stick on things? Less waste on things means less being thrown away.

Good Grief

Geohacking Is NOT the solution.

For crying out loud. Read the literature.

Harumph

I just wish they would give us Half Life 3 or episode 3 of 2.1 or whatever it's called.

Bit surprised at the choice of the Quatermass Experiment. It's fine but not as great or as eerie as Quatermass and the Pit. I believe it's the only TV show to cause the houses of parliament to take a break.

The Hammer remake is good too.

By far my favourite Quatermass story.

I've not used Chrome, stock android or Firefox on my phone since I started using Dolphin. It's great and I recommend it.

Is it suddenly 15 years ago?

Or even longer.

I studied this stuff at Uni.

I wonder if this is the same sort of system we've had in Edinburgh for the last decade.

No mention of The spaceship at the end of the Fountain?

Other than that an interesting article.