What I don't understand is why Google has to follow robots.txt at all. Is this part of their "do no evil" slogan?

Imagine Bing does get all the exclusivity deals in the world and Google is left with nothing. What would stop them, from just indexing the site anyway? I can't think of anything as it should be up to the website to block/prevent access.

Why on Earth would this bother you at all?

Actually it's only if you watch TV signals that have been broadcast in the past 3 seconds. That means if you can watch it through your computer (TV card, streaming) you would still need a licence. Also, if you have a TV and there is no cable connected to it (or near it) or a fork in the back so it can't pick up signals you can say you use it exclusively for gaming (which is often the case).

Source: the twenty or so a year TV licence reminders/warnings/death-imminent any student moving into a new house will undoubtedly get. (Don't get me started on those "reminders"... carefully worded scare tactics)

Who is a "frothy-mouthed free software type"? Someone who uses it? Someone who releases software under a free license? Someone who advocates the use of free software? Someone who advocates that all software should be free?

I agree that experience will trump all, but it has to be relevant, useful and challenging. Doing the same thing over and over for a few years won't put you in the same position if you're constantly challenged.

Other than that, the advice I was given was: if you want to do a PhD, don't do a masters; otherwise do a masters.

I figured that I'd rather do a PhD as it is at a higher level and would be something I'd rather achieve and can start in a few years.

I suppose, but that timeline looked liked it contained quite a few events on it, and I'm sure there will be more to come and yet geekmux feels like he's ready to do away with it entirely.

It just felt very dismissive, perhaps he shouldn't look for his entertainment in the news?

Israel and Palestine conflicts have been going for a long time (Timeline_of_the_Israeli-Palestinian_conflict) why would you feel that it's no longer newsworthy?

I have a really big problem with low ammo games: I never end up using the high-end weapons until I'm at the very last fight scene; I'm usually walking through the majority of the game with a pistol, or whatever the worst weapon happens to be.

How does this contribute to the fun or value in games? I can see it fitting a title like Resident Evil quite well though, it's normal to not have to fire off your grenade launcher at an average zombie.

So his/her opinion is worth less because he has infringed on someone else's copyright before? Assuming, of course, that he has infringed at all.

*Forcing people to create music without pay is not theft*

Careful here, how does copyright infringement force people to continue making music?

Why do you feel that one individual with a gun should have so much power as to decide whether he wants to remove a single politician person of his choosing permanently from society?

Living fear is something I choose not to do, and I would prefer to extend that to everyone, including politicians.