What, the brush was moving too? It (actively) hit the iPhone 4? That's one Fandroid bush!

Sadly, I think Charlie's having a prolonged manic episode. People enabling somebody that's probably bipolar to do batshit crazy things constantly is wrong, however amusing people find it.

In the UK, PAYG phones are getting data thrown in for free with top-ups. The equivalent of ~$16/month in top-ups will get you unlimited internets + some reasonable amount of mins and texts to go with some reasonably inexpensive but good smartphones, like the Sony X10 mini. If that sort of pricing went down in the US, this phone would have a chance. I thought it was quite nifty.

Sorry, I thought you had read my original post above in this thread. EMI own Virgin Records. NTL own Virgin Media (the broadband provider). There is no link there. Hey, Virgin Media can collude with *iaas, I don't know, but I do know the label and the telco share only a name.

And EMI do not own NTL. There is no connection.

Yes, but the "Virgin record label was sold off to EMI years ago."

No, you're being confused by the Virgin name. Virgin Media (the broadband provider) was sold to NTL. Although Branson owns shares in the company, it's not the same company as the record label -- indeed Virgin Media pay Branson a yearly fee just to use the Virgin brand. Further, the Virgin record label was sold off to EMI years ago.

My nephew (aged 3) was singing "America: Fuck Yeah" -- turns out he can operate DVD players with the Team America: World Police DVD in the drive. Mind you, I was trying to teach him the word "bollocks" from the age of 18 months... heh.

I had the same idea with my HTC Desire on a recent trip to Belgium -- without a mobile network, the GPS was useless -- the phone goes into roaming mode -- no data -- and with no (expensive, roaming) data, no GPS fix. However, I'd previously unlocked the device; got a local pay as you go sim, bought 10 euros worth of data -- all good. YMMV in other countries -- but it's nice to be able to use Wikitude/Facebook/Twitter etc. as a tourist in a foreign country.

Man gets so drunk, he passes out. Gets a toe injury. While blisteringly drunk. No memory of losing a bit of toe. I don't think blaming the dog for it is the logical conclusion. It's not like blaming the dog for a particularly noxious fart, you know.

No, I wasn't being sarcastic (I usually use ellipses when I am...) -- this time, I was ignorant of the DS emulator.

Sadly lacking the Microsoft Courier OS. Oh well. Any Nintendo DS emulators out there for Windows 7?

Mod points if I had them. This is terrible science and not worthy of slashdot.

I don't really think people should have "moral problems" with embryonic stem cell research. Human embryos left over from IVF are (mandated by law) thrown in a bin. Is IVF immoral?

Embryonic stem cells have many, many reasons going for them over adult stem cells, not least of which a lower potential for developing into cancer. In terms of basic medical research, they are - for want of a better phrase - a godsend. Adult stem cells are not as good.

Why should "moral issues" about trash from a process that brings the joy of children to many stop genuine medical advances?

Anyhow, clinical trial entry in the US is dependent on the person receiving the trial therapy signing a waiver saying that they understand what they're doing. The worrying thing in this circumstance is that these people are desperate, which never helps clear judgement.