he already took many lessons from him.
I only wish he also learned to duck, 'cause now he's more popular then ever.

I watched an analysis of the last few moments leading to the aggression.
It's surprising how the whole security team spectacularly failed at protecting him.
The aggressor had several seconds to actually take aim from a few feet away.
This is a little beyond incompetent. I'm not sure how far beyond...

The only certainty is that this event did wonders for his falling popularity.
Here in Italy everybody is cheering for him at the moment.

I can tell that you, sir, are not currently living in Italy.
To us Murdock is now a beacon of freedom and independent journalism!
Really!!

I use the same mechanism.
Unfortunately it is somewhat defeated when some crazy rules are forced on your password (i.e. specific length, numbers only).
I found more than one place that did this.

very well put.
the only difference I see from your approach is that I am moving away from physical copies, which are mostly pointless (not many cloth maps of Britannia these days).
unless it's some collector's edition worth its name, there is nothing in a dvd case I cannot download straight from the developer and own forever without any drm or other strings attached.
there are more and more independent developers doing just that.

of course, I lose the resale value, but that's inconsequential to me.
as long as I can try a game out, which I expect to, I always know that whatever I'm buying is worth staying with me.
I just replayed my copy of UFO Enemy Unknown (X-COM) from 15 years ago, and expect to be able to do the same in 15 more years.

Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri

that game was so brilliant and so deeply flawed, it should be given a real chance to shine.
Looking Glass will nerver stop ruling.

I just completed the game again with my original copy after 15 years.
I ran it in DOSBox on Linux, and it was flawless.
No reason it should be any different on Windows.

This game is guaranteed not to disappoint even today.
I only suggest that you replay it at a high difficulty level, as you will notice your hard earned understanding of the strategy and logistics resurfacing again, and you will have more of an edge against the aliens as you make many wise decisions in advance.

did you mean "una bella figa"?

figura = figure/shape/illustration
[fare] bella figura = to look good/make a good impression
bella figa = nice pussy

Welcome to *change*.

Whenever some element of our life is made to change, for the better presumably, some amount of mental effort is required.
I just wouldn't call it "surprising".

Changing to the Euro is proof it can be done with minimal loss of life.
It was a little chaotic, but now the benefits exceed the pain for everyone.

are you telling me all their webservers now redirect to apple.com?

ha!
not in Italy!
here you must be part of the Order of Journalists, a gem we cherished since Mussolini originally instituted it to control information during fascism.

yes, english phonetics could be described as a bloody hell...
but hey, with tons of omophonies you at least get great puns.

actually that's a very sensible statement.
in an age of global communication people begin to communicate in whatever common language is available.
the fact that the US has been on top of things for the last 60 years or so is just incidental.
of course being on top of things also means exporting most of the current culture, like programming languages.

english also just happens to be a very flexible and concise language with a large vocabulary using a limited set of characters, which is quite effective for technical uses.
it also sucks at other things, like phonetics, but I think we might be worse off.

I also feel that being a non-native english speaker and being *forced* to learn a second language is actually a big advantage, for the reasons stated in other posts.

I don't mean to bash the parent or anything, but how can a post beginning with "I suspect" be Score:5, Informative ?