Comment Re:Just for the record, only UK subjects (Score 5, Insightful) 366
Yet it doesn't stop you coming over in large numbers to hang around outside Buckingham Palace taking photos of the Changing of the Guard.
Comment Re:Services to literature since 1998? (Score 1) 366
Another way to write it would be.
Since 1998 he has been a member of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Services to Literature.
get it now?
ACM Urges Obama To Include CS In K-12 Core 474
jmcbain writes "The ACM issued a set of recommendations supporting Barack Obama's stated goal of making science and mathematics education a national priority at the K-12 level. The ACM is urging the new administration to include Computer Science as an integral part of the nation's education system. 'The new Administration can play an important role in strengthening middle school education, where action can really make a difference, to introduce these students to computer science,' said ACM CEO John White." Is CS such a basic subject, at the level of science or math, that it makes sense to (try to) teach its principles to every elementary school child?
Comment GOD DRAM IT! (Score 1) 494
that's all folks
Google Chrome Is Out of Beta 444
BitZtream writes "This morning Google announced that Chrome is out of Beta, and showing improvements for plugin support, most notably video speed improvements. It also contains an updated javascript engine, claiming that it operates 1.4 times faster than the beta version, and work has begun on an extensions platform to allow easier integration with the browser by third parties."
Comment Why "N word"? (Score 1) 437
You're fine with "gook", "kraut" and "haji" but can't bring yourself to say "nigger"?
Don't get me wrong. I think racism is despicable, but surely referencing the term like that shouldn't offend anyone.
Comment Already on mininova (Score 2, Informative) 292
In fact it's been there since the 20th November.
Comment 1.7 million disappointed people (Score 1) 404
I wonder how many of those 1.7 million downloaded copies remained installed for longer than a few days.
Comment Would people have even used it? (Score 1) 268
Seriously? Anyone who uses Pirate Bay regularly is going to go there to look for their movie/book/warez before they think of buying it on Amazon.
All Amazon have done is publicise something that most people wouldn't have used in the first place.
Top Marks!
Comment Re:up 300%? (Score 1) 425
Just to be pedantic about myself before anyone else. There should have been a comma before "but" in my last sentence.
Comment Re:up 300%? (Score 1) 425
nice try.
'a' and 'an' are the indefinite article. 'the' is a definite article. Articles are words.
To say 'a' isn't a word is like saying 'the' isn't a word.
Sorry to be pedantic but I teach English Grammar and Writing at university in China.
Comment Re:up 300%? (Score 5, Funny) 425
wow. I mean, like.. wow
Where the heck do you guys get 4 from?
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I can sum it all up in three words: Evolution is a lie.
I guess you worked out "Evolution is a lie" is three words using the same calculation you made above.
Comment Oh dear, hype machine (Score 2, Interesting) 100
Hmm, film is released in less than a month and journos are shown a sneak peak of 30 minutes worth of clips?
That sounds like the studio has seen it, it's not good, and they are shitting themselves. Best thing to do is get the hype machine rolling with some choice clips to the press.
Hell I could pick 30 minutes of clips from 300 to make it look like a promising film but when you watch the whole film it's pretty boring. My guess is this is going to be the same deal.
Shame, because I loved Sin City
30 Minutes of Frank Miller's The Spirit Reviewed 100
An anonymous reader writes "Thirty minutes of footage from Frank Miller's forthcoming The Spirit were shown to journalists in London yesterday. The description paints a picture of a highly stylized movie, somewhere between Sin City and Crimewave ..."
Comment Re:No danger whatsoever (Score 1) 295
And that's because being a party member is the only way of getting anywhere in this country.
But let's change the topic now...
Too late.
Don't you recognise me? I'm the one who sits at the back with the tape recorder and the big notepad
