* Posts by Barry Crosby

2 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Nov 2007

Campaign to name US street after Douglas Adams

Barry Crosby
Coat

@Anonymous Coward

"That's like saying that it's always possible that some Reg readers haven't seen Star Wars - surely neither is a serious possibility..."

As a big fan of Mr. Adams' work, I fit into one of these categories. However; I've never seen Star Wars (or at least all the way through), for reasons of laziness.. in other words, I've fell asleep during the films. Also, other than the flight sequences (mostly robbed from 633 Squadron) and 'light' sabre fights (insert numerous swash-buckling or-the-like films circa 1920s onwards) they're relatively boring adventure films.

I'd much rather watch something like Indiana Jones, The Battleship Potemkin or Metropolis. They're much better films depicting the genres of adventure, the fight of independence versus imperialism and sci-fi. Then again, I'm not knocking the Star Wars films, just not of the opinion they're as ground-breaking as everyone seems to think they are. I'll get my coat, after all, it is Friday..

Government acts on Land Registry fears

Barry Crosby
Alert

Never mind Lilley..

..I'm more concerned that criminal gangs use first generation iMacs to steal our identities. Maybe Jobs' mob hid secret powers to steal identities within the depths of Mr. Ive's designer silicon?

On a more serious note, was the stock shot of "a woman at keyboard" necessary to illustrate this news item by the Mail? I'd imagine it was a close call between "woman at keyboard" and "lesbian asylum seeker stealing identity to lower house prices".