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Comment Re:Immature and Gun Happy (Score 1) 1141

In fact, none of those people except Napolean ever successfully invaded another country.

hmm, and silly me thought that Hitler successfully invaded Poland as soon as 1939, with other countries following soon (Belgium, Holland, France (yes, even if it was split in 2, it was still invaded), most macedonian countries, greece, as well as large chunks of Northern Africa. If you mean "establish a non-military government", then OK, but they sure as heck were invaded!

Comment Re:This is good news (Score 1) 216

Why can't they just make good new films instead of doing re-hashes constantly! There are stacks of good books out there that are just screaming to be filmed, but nope.... On another note, I'm really pissed off at the recent filming of Rosemary Sutcliff's "Eagle of the Ninth", it's just been crammed into the now traditional and boring CG battles format.

Comment Re:The root cause IMO (Score 1) 227

I agree. What happened to the implicit agreement that flaws are first reported to the software manufacturer, and only if they block any cooperation does it get released to other research groups to see if they can mend it and then and only then to the public to force the manufacturer to do something?

Comment Re:Top 10 (Score 1) 459

Oh no you don't! The system here ( in Germany) creates a split much too early (The kids are channelled at age 11), with very little (OK, let's be honest: none whatsoever) say by the kid, hardly any by the parent and once you're in one channel you can always drop down but cannot be "graded up". Additionally, there's a massive social stigma attached to the lower tier. It's the harshest and most unfair system I have witnessed so far (having been to school in France and the UK and now living in Germany)

Comment Re:Drumroll for the new Paint! (Score 1) 369

Woohoo! Buy Windoze 7, komes wiff impwoved Paint!! Wow, what a feature. Ermm, does anyone actually use Paint? (Apart from my boss on his powerpoint jobbies) Like the parent, no matter how great a job they've made of it, it's still a joke as an upgrade justification! I mean, even my 5 year old daughter thinks Paint is crap!

Comment Re:Who cares? (Score 1) 664

What a fuss you guys put up! Here in Hamburg, we were informed of the date when the analogue signals would be turned off and that was it. If you want to watch digital, go and buy a receiver! There's plenty of choice, and if you don't like DVT then get a satellite dish and you're good for thousands of DVS channels. It's the way technology works Now the common old lightbulb is going to be banned (from sale) and the same trend continues: adapt! It's not up to the government to make sure you can live a coochy life if you're too lazy to do anything about it!

Comment Re:Oh the irony (Score 2, Insightful) 15

I agree. It's time we stop this political correctness rubbish of pandying to everyone's wishes, and that people accept that sometimes the truth is uncomfortable. Tell them they're fat, no, actually acutely obese, and they should learn to cope with it and not try to force everyone else to pretend its a norm.

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