Due to someone blowing up our storage, I worked 15 hours on Saturday and 17 on Sunday. Then I was in and at my desk by 09:00 today to deal with the fallout.

Why would anyone sane want to do that? Regardless of gender ?

Would anyone who has other options in life live this life? I know I wouldn't ...

I've worked at 3 Fortune 500 companies and each of these has had over 1000 Linux machines involved.

You're speaking bullshit.

Your sig... Care to expand ?

I can't even find my original of that LP any more :(

Some people have different tastes than others. Most of us consider this to be a good thing.

I remember back when I was watching Lost. This was the last show that I watched on broadcast TV when I had friends and colleagues in the US watching it. We were a few days behind the US for most episodes. After a specific episode, one of the non-media related websites I read had a headline to the effect of "Why Charlie had to die in the season finale of Lost". This wasn't a TV news site, and it was a headline, not a line in a story. It was almost impossible to miss.

The writers / creators of that show put some (debatable!) amount of effort into creating a story and telling that story, but due to their US centric view of broadcasting, it was ruined for thousands of people around the world.

I'd use legit sources in a heartbeat!

Unfortunately, none of the services you mention are available in the UK.

So I can either wait for my local stations to show the shows, and in the meantime read headlines on international news sites that totally spoil the show (without even reading the article!), or I can download illegally.

I remember back when I was watching Lost. This was the last show that I watched on broadcast TV when I had friends and colleagues in the US watching it. We were a few days behind the US for most episodes. After a specific episode, one of the non-media related websites I read had a headline to the effect of "Why Charlie had to die in the season finale of Lost". This wasn't a TV news site, and it was a headline, not a line in a story. It was almost impossible to miss.

The writers / creators of that show put some (debatable!) amount of effort into creating a story and telling that story, but due to their US centric view of broadcasting, it was ruined for thousands of people around the world.

Now, I download all of the shows I watch the day they air in the US, and I watch them the following day. I've seen similar stories or headlines since, but at least they've not ruined the show for me.

The only exception to the above is Game of Thrones. Someone over at HBO seems to have some sense, and as a result, the show is shown in the UK less than 24 hours after airing in the US. So I can watch this on broadcast TV and support the network, while having only minimal risk of spoilers. But other shows can have weeks or months of lag before they hit our screens. If I'm interested in a show, I want to see the whole of it, not have it spoiled. So I either download stuff, or just don't watch it.

I still pay my GBP27.00 per month for Satellite TV that carries all of these shows, so I'm legally entitled to watch them when they finally show here. I just don't use it for anything other than some cooking shows and game of thrones. I'm timeshifting forward instead of backwards.

You could get Photoship CS6 framework patches for the mac before I could even order it online.

I've paid for CS2, CS3 and CS4. I will probably be pirating CS6 at least for a number of months until I can afford the upgrade.

And the USA bans people from entering because they send tweets about partying. So what ?

Sovereign nations decide who gets to come in. Nothing new here.

What does the relationship between the Euro and the Pound have to a supplier based in the USA who trades in dollars ?

Looking at http://www.x-rates.com/d/GBP/USD/graph120.html , the pound has been very close to the dollar for quite a while now. They're both weakening on the global markets, but they're keeping pretty good pace with each other.