Honestly I think it's a fascinating project. I agree when he says architecture students will want to come to Cupertino just to see the building.

Even being a guardian, he had to overcome challenges. Like not sticking out as a guardian (even though there was a myth surrounding the "lonely Roman"). He also had to go where ever the box went, without looking suspicious. He had to learn different languages. And I'm sure he didn't spend 2000 years twiddling his thumbs. :) He must've been involved in something.

I don't deny that Rory is a compassionate character. But I don't think his compassion is due to waiting around 2000 years. I think waiting around 2000 years was due to his compassion. Sure his memory of being an Auton gives him a unique perspective on what the Flesh has to go through, but I think his character is just the sort that would be more accepting regardless.

My point is, he has experienced, first hand, the progression of humanity from sword swinging conquerors to modern day civilization. He's GOT to have grown. I would enjoy seeing more of that, and less of "this situation is dangerous.. to prove it, let's kill Rory.. again".

Rory really is an untapped goldmine in this series. He's what, a thousand years OLDER than the doctor now? I'm rather surprised that waiting around for Amy to get out of the Pandorica hasn't matured his character any.

Has anyone heard anything about a North American release of the live action Space Cruiser Yamato movie that was released in Japan at the end of last year? The trailer looked amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzK4aKGTP3E&feature=related

That reminds me of one of my favourite old 8-bit games, Alternate Reality by Datasoft. Instead of the usual dungeon creatures you'd face, a backup copy would pit you against an FBI agent who attacked you with "The Long Arm of the Law". A lot less subtle, but fun to try and beat with your high level characters.

It's called Epic Citadel, and yes it's free. Screenshots look cool. Downloading it now! :)

2nd paragraph in TFA: The plan, known as usage-based billing, will apply to people who buy their internet connection from Bell, or from smaller service providers that rent lines from the company, such as Teksavvy or Acanac. Sounds like it applies to Bell's own customers too.

Absolutely true! I am currently restricting my calories, but occasionally, I can spare enough to get a happy meal. Without the toy, I might be more tempted to get a full "adult" meal. :(

The thing is that Sony shouldn't get to decide what I do with my hardware. Yeah I'm sure this relates to the linux thing too, but they're telling me "We know we told you you could do it, but now we've changed our minds and if you want to continue using your PS3, you never will be able to install linux in the future." What's next? BluRay movies get disabled? I bet more people would care then, or would we just hear "So what? It's a games machine, not a video player."

In addition to withholding OnStar, the car just won't drive on any new roads.

This argument always seems short-sighted to me. Eventually this generation of consoles will become irrelevant. So instead of having an old PS3 that only plays old PS3 games (or even older PS2 and PS1 games) sitting in a corner gathering dust, why not install linux on it and give it a new purpose? Maybe as a media center? MythTV front-end? MAME box? Shouldn't I be able to decide what to do with the hardware? Maybe I don't want linux on it NOW, but in the future it would keep it useful. Sony is trying to limit my options, and since there's no way to downgrade, it's a permanent limitation.

That is a good solution, except, my hosts file got so huge it slowed down all internet access like I was dialup again.