I always new the SF genre was in trouble

when Science was changed to Speculative.

Ad industry least innovative

I worked for a short while at a regional office of one of the big agencies (this goes back only about 4 years now) and sat in on a presentation by a web marketing guru. He asked the agency bodies attending what they thought would appeal to the youth as an online marketing strategy and some geniuses stood up and said "How about an on-line mall".

It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad. Needless to say said agency almost went tits up a year later.

Watching TV through 1-way glass

so Big Brother can watch himself trying to watch me...

too much for...mega-company to exclusively own

For which we give thanks to our respective deities every day.

solution

nothing a date with a wooden spoon can't fix.

The more MS pushes people to rent their software

The more people will realise what a stupid idea that is and move to something they can actually own.

The one feature that makes Office 2013 a sure bet

The ability to open the latest word doc format.

why not let the victims decide compensation

Hmmm, let's say 100k a pop. Now that would be more than a slap on the wrist.

Uh, no they don't

That's all that needs to be said.

if nothing else

it will make a great learning tool for those unable to afford the up to date version.

nothing left to lose

she already owes more than 200k so what's a few hundred thousand more?

Is that a helicopter I hear?

Nope. It's Steve Jobs spinning in his grave again.

What's that whirring sound?

Steve Jobs spinning in his grave...

Uuum yeah

because under 12s are capable of making informed decisions about technology rather than just wanting something because their friend has one or because an asshole in a clown suit tells them they need it.

outsourced by the outsourcers

wonder how low the pay cheque will be.

Wait until the licence fees go up

as they inevitably do with microsoft. nothing is ever really "free" with them.

The only thing that camera will see

is a real expensive video camera and sound recording setup as it records the content on my tv screen for later viewing. Piracy will soon be an extreme sport.

I bet they're stinging

Yup, that 50k is really going to hit them where it hurts. It's pathetic fines like this that ensure systems are not fixed. Of course, were it, say, a million or two, and perhaps a month or six in lock up for the line manager involved, well, there would never be a chance of another similar incident ever occurring again.

I'm ranting. I am tired and in a lousy mood. Also I hate insurance companies.

still mourn the loss of Dark Forces 2

Made the mistake of leaving the CD ROM in my PC over night. Thieves broke into my house and removed said PC with disk in machine. I never finished the game and could never find another disk either.

I thought he used a .38 spl in Dr No

I could be wrong. I am getting old and its been decades since I read the book (or saw the movie for that matter)....

Find it hard to forgive my mother

I was 8 years old when she dragged me to see this. Scarred me for the rest of my life. I'm still scared to put my feet all the way down to the end of the bed. And don't get me started on swimming.

no mention of Zune?

wunner why...