metadigital

To have something to look up and double-check? After all, what if some advanced conspiracy were hatched to fraudulently replace all the law books in the prosecutor's office to assist the defendent's case ... "

Thanks Baley, I'll check it out.

Do teh rocks portal, too?

Imagining Albion: The Great British Future Francis Spufford charts the history of Britain - through its Science Fiction. Francis won't quite be arguing that every starship in British SF is a milkfloat in disguise but the diversity of ideas in British SF means that these novels do give startling alternative snapshots of Britain down the years. Science Fiction has always been a genre of ideas, and so, contrary to its escapist image, can provide a hugely evocative record of the time in which it was written. In the work of HG Wells, therefore, we find Fabian dreams of a future without poverty; nightmares about overpopulation and dark eugenic designs. In Huxley, a fascination with intelligence, and how it can be achieved. In Iain M Banks, curious echoes of the benign Wilson-era Britain in which the author grew up. This series features some of the biggest names in British Science Fiction, past and present, including Arthur C Clarke and Iain M Banks. Francis explores the sometimes sinister history of utopian dreams, from Thomas More to HG Wells to Iain M Banks. Linkie

Maybe it would be tedious in the extended game, like Doom 3 was great for an hour or so, but then became snoresville fter that ...

I want diamond-encrusted platinum !

She is an amazing person; I have a copy of her History of God on my book shelf ... Currently storming through: Written before Freud published his findings, it is a piercing and searing expos

All the pansies that play American Football would not know what to do whithout all their nancy padding: try a real man's game of Australian Rules or Rugby Union.

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Major Geeks

Which is why Direct Download is just as good: I have a laser printer and I can choose the highest grade of DVD to burn, AND have it printed with the latest DVD writers ...

Tom Berenger is one of those great actors lost in the plethora of Hollywood also-rans.

What ordinal Sign of the Apocalypse have we just reached, I wonder ... :ph34r:

What annoys me is the marketing concept of a big, mostly-empty box with a tiny DVD-holder and a C5 piece of glossy paper that passes for "contents". Now if there was a cloth map or a coin ...

Come get some!

Mus? did you get the Alexander expansion with that? Apparently it's only available by direct download ...

Source HDR is software.

Baley, you look a LOT better than I expected (take that as you will) ...

Phantom of the Opera is superlatively written, acted, sung and directed (and produced, and set-dressed, and the properties are first-rate), but if you don't like musical theatre you may not enjoy it.

Disco.

My research concludes thusly:

For example, different personality types do not necessarily cooperate smoothly.

I would except that one light that flickers isn't affected by the OCP and I can't shoot it out. When I'm carrying a guy I move too slowly to get out of the way before it comes back on. Is there somewhere to sneak to I'm missing? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just knock out the soldiers. I did it first time.

The 7900GTX is much, much quieter than the 6800, even with the stock cooler. the 7900 uses the smaller die (60nm versus 90nm, IIRC = less power required, less heat given off and better, quieter operation besides).

I'd lay ten to one it was strangulation, followed by decap. Not that I'd know.