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Because, what, exactly ? Because you can trust a capitalist to be guided by certain principles.... But you can only trust a politician to be a politician. Or is that just a tad too jaded and cynical?

Yes. its.. "game footage" where they keep flipping the view point around in non-game manner. Or at least that's the way it comes across.. You get used to them producing slick trailers and then they throw something like that at you... Edit: But for the good point, it at least had decent music..

New trailer for those in need of a fix, a bit of new combat, but nothing too special.. ME3 Squad Leader Trailer

Dang.. Sorry to hear that Nepenthe. That is major suckage.

It's a government thing. The common public perception is that we don't want the Government to be in the EU, so for the past couple of decades the various pro-EU faction of the government have been signing documents up to a certain point... As long as they can get away without going too far and a referendum being held to stop them. I think it's hitting a point where no-one really knows how much we're connected to the EU or not...

And it's baaacck. Looks like now the riot news is down, they're trying to get focus back on Murdoch's shenanigans.. Hacking "Widely Discussed" at News of the World - Letter released by MP's

Not strictly a new science thing.. but I kind of found it a note of quirky interest.. Teenager talks Mercedes GP team into getting him a bionic hand..

And for just a few weeks (or well, 10 days) till release and they show a new "teaser trailer" DE: Darwin Teaser

... Could this be the excuse for people to take advantage of the way EidosMontreal have geared up for the three screen FoV and upgrade and expand?

Well in another case.. a 23 year old University student with no previous criminal background has been sentenced to a 6 month jail term for looting a single ?3.50 bottle of water from a supermarket during the rioting.. Telegraph - Water Thief Jailed for 6 Months Of course, the key thing about the riots.. is that now no-ones really bothered about the phone-hacking scandals... Wait, have the conspiracy theorists started up that Murdoch was actually behind the riots yet?

and Happy Birthday Malcador.. You've survived another year.. Well it is worth it for the total lack of political correctness alongside the general exuberance and enthusiasm of the presenters.. Trying to wake my mind up today, had a rough night's sleep and feel as if I'm not exactly firing on full cylinders. Which I need to start pushing into a proper zone of usefulness rather then lackadastical idling.

I'm not sure I'd have said cool.. but it was a little interesting to see how the process went and how the art got developed..

Tsk.. and there I'd just shaved after going four or five days with general beardy growth...

Really ? Sure are scraping the barrel for media items here Sometimes folks get interested in the strangest things...

For the quirky interest, a small bit about how the box art was developed... DE - The Story Behind the Box

Is it just them or everyone in there with them ? I guess it does satisfy this need for 'retribution' the media here keep saying Brits seek I think the first one that was on the news was the rioter and his mother. It's legally part of the council's lease with anyone they provide a subsidized council flat for, that criminal activity committed by any member of the household can result in eviction. But it's rare for it to actually happen. I think part of it is pushing the whole "parents should be responsible for their kids" so they're doing the whole..maybe now parents will realise that if their kids screw up like this, it's possible for the parents to suffer.

Dang.. having one of those slightly light-headed saturdays where I want to just kick back and relax.. but I'm not sure with what. There's no games calling my name that I'm in an urge to play.. I haven't got any fresh books to read.. the weather outside is grey and overcast threatening to rain.. Guess I'll have to figure something out.

The police caught one guy who had actually driven up from Winchester to get to London for the "looting"... But now they've actually doing things like evicting tenants from Council Houses who were involved in the riots and looting. Which could have some.. interesting fallout. But I guess it's one form off added "punishment".

A chunk of the 2nd mission gameplay for Saints Row the Third... Skies over Steelport Although warning, the language is probably nsfw if anyone tries watching it in public

Well for the random interest.. I ended up picking up an MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin-Frozr which seems to be certainly a lot smoother and quieter then my old card. Also dug into the savings to pick up a nice 24" LED widescreen monitor, and changing to that dvi connection provides a little bit crisper and sharper image. So... I'm happy. If more broke.

Apparently a recent psychological study in San Diego has produced evidence that spoilers can actually increase enjoyment in reading books or watching films... Spoiler's don't ruin enjoyment...

Righty-ho, on the slightly cheerier note for the day, I've just spent the last couple of hours getting out to pick up the new graphics card and monitor, then uninstalling the old one, doing one major de-dust and cleanup, and install the new ones, plus the whole update software and assorted minor "admin" things related. Now it's all nice and shiny. I'm pondering whether to attempt to have the old monitor as a 2nd screen for the current setup... But right now I'm going to grab a fresh cup of tea and do a stop and pause for a moment.

Depending on your relationships with great difficulty. Or with really warped humour. Case in point - one of my australian cousins was discovered to have multiple brain tumours just before christmas one year, and my mother was flying out a few months into the new year to visit the family there. Derrek refused to have chemo because as he said "it's fatal regardless of what they do, but I'd rather have a few clearheaded months to spend time with my family and build memories for them, then to drag everyone down for a 5 months while I feel crap and can't do anything." Anyhow, he insisted he would be at the airport to meet mom. My mother's response "Just as long as you're not counting your wife at the arrivals gate holding a bucket with your ashes as meeting me." Which he did get a laugh out of. They were batting that back and forth over christmas time. Unfortuntely, he did pass away before she arrived. But when mom landed, his wife was waiting there. With a bucket.

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Nasa releasing fresh pictures from the Mars Rover after 13 miles and a three year journey... New Pictures of Mars Crater