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Comment Hmm.... (Score 1) 804

I suffer from hyper mobility in my fingers, if I wasn't allowed to use my laptop to type my notes I would have quickly fallen far behind as my writing speed is horrendous and painful.

They shouldn't assume that laptops act as a distraction to everybody, if a computer in front of someone else is a distraction to you then you're clearly looking for a distraction and just need something to blame.

Comment Re:FFS (Score 1) 392

It's because Abba are an embarrassing, cheesy group from the '70s/'80s.

And also the 4th most successful group of all time in terms of sales.

Oh and the movie based on their music "Mamma Mia" is the highest selling musical of all time and the highest selling film of all time in the UK when it was released. (Although since superceded by Toy Story 3 and Avatar)

Comment Re:Defaulting is worse! (Score 1) 809

Speaking from the other side of the pond, from what we can see Obama is doing a much better job and is a far more competent leader than old Dubya.

Despite the moronic cries of "OH NOES TEH SOCIALISM IS EVULZ!" from a lot of people especially online he seems to be doing a damn good job from where we stand (Europe) as far as we see it your entire country is still strongly right wing. Socialism works, well perhaps some of you should wake up and realise that.

Expanding on that I don't know anyone who thinks having a certain Mrs Palin as the head of the most powerful country on earth would be anything less than exceedingly dangerous.

Comment Re:Walt Disney's Kill Bill (Score 2, Insightful) 412

Like Disney, the company is very dependant upon protecting their image as wholesome and family-friendly now

Yet explain how a Disney subsidiary green-lit Kill Bill.

I would have thought that was obvious, Miramax was bought by Disney in 1993 in order to allow them to release more adult orientated films without hurting their brand. A disney subsidiary green lit Kill Bill precisely because it was a subsidiary and not the main brand.

Comment Re:Issue with linking to an ever-changing site... (Score 2, Interesting) 169

You could always host a full copy locally just in case the link does die/the article is purged for some reason and only publish it in that case. Loss of revenue would be invalid in that case as they wouldn't be generating of course this only works in the case of NPO's

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