Whatever concerns anyone might have about the NSA, however you think they could have possibly spied on you (whether they bothered or not) your lack of security means there are a thousand other parties just like them, to whom you're just as vulnerable.

Encrypt.

If you're worried about the NSA, and I'm not even saying that's dumb, then also worry about the Chinese, the Russians, the kid next door, and Nigerian spammers. Your plaintext is as equally visible to anyone who wants to read it. OTOH if you have your ducks in a row, then the NSA is totally confounded. That is, unless someone has already been waving that $5 wrench at you. But if that's the case, then you already know about it so the issue is moot.

And you can put a 68020 in your Amiga and leave all this "best 16-bit pc" talk behind.

It doesn't matter. Jack Tramiel's Mastercard limit is $230M.

Reread the post. I'm betting he lies somewhere on the autistic spectrum himself.

How are they doing on their quote of people flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong? Or is that more a Navy specialty?

B52s laugh at these silly newcomers to the flying game.

I would like to see some comparisons of average screen size then to IMAX today. Maybe it's the kid vs. adult perspective, but modern IMAX doesn't impress me as much as "To Fly!"

Tom Cruise and Will Smith both get some IRL downmods due to attempts to inject their religion into their movies. I think Cruise is mostly past that, but After Earth has some $cientology stink on it.

Not just movies, but plays and books as well. This article, the summary, and 90% of the commentary show how poorly read and informed 'geeks' are, and that more mandatory humanities courses should be required.

You've got to be shitting me. Since when? Shakespeare knew his crap was formulaic fodder to fill the cheap seats. Dickens got paid by the word, and it shows when served compiled into one tome instead of delivered serially. Where is this mystical, altruistic past where 'we did it for the art, man!'?

I bet you're the coolest guy in your wine tasting club.

Thank you for sharing your life with us.

I believe the poptarts he referred to are available in purple. As are donuts.

Can't speak to NZ, but the reason I posed the question is that the US show is edited quite a bit as well. I think they look for more confrontational events to make for more 'exciting' TV. I'm also wondering if what either of us see is the same as the twice edited shows that we can see in export versions.

Yeah, not doing this. I'm done.

You haven't presented 'facts'. You have presented interpretation and insinuation under the guise of impartiality. Persons like that are almost invariably wedded to their particular viewpoint and not worth the time. I'll pick an exemplar of where I think you are particularly wrong. You'll either minimize my criticism or point out that I didn't respond to the remainder of your laundry list. Boring. BTDT.