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Solomaxwell6

RMS Oceanic wrote:

Thanks to the existance of promo versions, I have gotten the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus and God of War PSP collections for £15 less than I would have if I had bought them from the shop.

That's a total of £45 I've saved by hunting around for promo versions.

The Ico/SotC collection is currently the biggest argument for me buying a PS3.

Solomaxwell6

Also, someone has released anonymous threats that a few places, including my old college, will be firebombed if the rich don't get a bunch of new taxes.

We are the 99%?

electricitylikesme

Christ Ubuntu have got to streamline rolling out fixes for bugs.

Even when it says "fix released" - where precisely the fuck that fix is or how you get it is usually really god damn nebulous.

Donkey Kong

Solomaxwell6 wrote:

Also, someone has released anonymous threats that a few places, including my old college, will be firebombed if the rich don't get a bunch of new taxes.

We are the 99%?

Sounds like someone needed to get out of an exam.

Daxon

I think I just had the shortest lasting bout of fresher's flu ever.

Yesterday I woke up with sore throat feeling pretty bad.

Gradually got more feverish over the day and last night was really feverish but it broke some time in the night and now I wake up today and I've got barely a sore throat left and feeling completely fine.

IMMUNE SYSTEM OVERDRIVE

RMS Oceanic

Solomaxwell6 wrote:

Also, someone has released anonymous threats that a few places, including my old college, will be firebombed if the rich don't get a bunch of new taxes.

We are the 99%?

Maybe it's a false flag operation.[/Conspiracy]

RMS Oceanic

Solomaxwell6 wrote:

RMS Oceanic wrote:

Thanks to the existance of promo versions, I have gotten the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus and God of War PSP collections for £15 less than I would have if I had bought them from the shop.

That's a total of £45 I've saved by hunting around for promo versions.

The Ico/SotC collection is currently the biggest argument for me buying a PS3.

Allow me to dump the inFamous series onto that pile.

Kalkino

So it seems England is going to get a thrashing.

Daxon

Kalkino wrote:

So it seems England is going to get a thrashing.

Going to?

Getting, more like.

Wow they're doing badly.

japan

I have actually not watched a lot of the Rugby World Cup because the website with the fixtures list on it posts the scores during the matches, so I keep inadvertently spoiling the results before the repeats are broadcast.

Apothe0sis

Rugby Union is a shameful pursuit of the Australian upper classes. One might ask "How do I know I shall be up against the wall when the revolution comes?"

Rugby Union, you rah-rah scum.

Daxon

Some Aussie rules was on the tele at a pub I went to last weekend.

It looked insane, but brilliant.

Would really like to watch more.

ronya

so many books

so little space

Aldo

Daxon wrote:

Kalkino wrote:

So it seems England is going to get a thrashing.

Going to?

Getting, more like.

Wow they're doing badly.

We were watching that a moment ago (against France, right?) I think the English' only salvation might come from growing awesome sideburns.

Daxon

Time to watch The Glassblower's Children

Based on the novel by Maria Gripe, this is the story of two children, Klas and Klara, growing up in the poor Swedish countryside of the mid-19th century. Their father Albert is a glass-blower, famous for his beautiful vases, but still unable to earn enough money for his wife Sofia and the children. At a spring fair a distinguished gentleman arrives and buys all of Albert's glassware. After this nothing will be the same again. Klas and Klara are kidnapped and taken to a strange castle...

This movie used to terrify me as a child, but it was really cool as well. It is very Swedish.

Elki

So, if I want to switch wireless carriers, and I order a new phone from one of them online, can I use my number on the old carrier until I receive my phone from the new one? How does that work?

Aldo

It's such a bummer when a D&D thread moves in a completely uninteresting direction for me after I bother to write a post that gets ignored by everyone.

It makes me the online equivalent of a tree falling in a forest with no one around to observe it. My post never happened, unless someone finds my tree lying rotten in the forest with squirrels scurrying over it and mos all over my northern side.

Daxon

http://yfrog.com/h87pd3j

So guy got that tattoo.

Have to say

It looks shitty.

Aldo

Daxon wrote:

http://yfrog.com/h87pd3j

So guy got that tattoo.

Have to say

It looks shitty.

Like nearly all tattoos. :F

Daxon

Aldo wrote:

Daxon wrote:

http://yfrog.com/h87pd3j

So guy got that tattoo.

Have to say

It looks shitty.

Like nearly all tattoos. :F

I mean, why have all the faces got red noses or are blushing?

Are they all drunks?

Kalkino

I still have trouble accepting the fact that Union is an upper class sport in some countries. League has a little bit of a class aspect to it (traditional working class in Auckland), but not really.

RMS Oceanic

So I let a lady stab me in the arm this morning, under the premise this will render me semi-resistant to flu.

Now some toast.

Aldo

Daxon wrote:

Aldo wrote:

Daxon wrote:

http://yfrog.com/h87pd3j

So guy got that tattoo.

Have to say

It looks shitty.

Like nearly all tattoos. :F

I mean, why have all the faces got red noses or are blushing?

Are they all drunks?

The tattoo artist copied Jon Pinto's art


The Ten Doctors by Jon Pinto by Brian Sibley, on Flickr

japan

Kalkino wrote:

I still have trouble accepting the fact that Union is an upper class sport in some countries. League has a little bit of a class aspect to it (traditional working class in Auckland), but not really.

"Rugby is a game for hooligans, played by gentlemen, and football is a game for gentlemen, played by hooligans."

Daxon

Aldo wrote:

Daxon wrote:

Aldo wrote:

Daxon wrote:

http://yfrog.com/h87pd3j

So guy got that tattoo.

Have to say

It looks shitty.

Like nearly all tattoos. :F

I mean, why have all the faces got red noses or are blushing?

Are they all drunks?

The tattoo artist copied Jon Pinto's art


The Ten Doctors by Jon Pinto by Brian Sibley, on Flickr

Bad art.

Re:sports

I'm still astonished that you can watch American football for 2 hours and still only have seen half a game.

Seriously, wtf?! That's like cricket levels of SLOOOOOOOOOOOOW

RMS Oceanic

Yay hot buttered toast.

Elki

So, I'm getting an iPhone. There go my GSII plans.

Daxon

iPhones are for lameos

A true hero uses googletech

RMS Oceanic

Elki wrote:

So, I'm getting an iPhone. There go my GSII plans.

What swayed you?

Kalkino

I am trying to decide between a basic HTC Sensation, one of the upgraded Sensations (XE or XL), the SGII or the Nexus Prime. I would prefer the latter, if only I knew when it was coming. I am actually phoneless right now, so I cannot keep on putting this decision off

Elki

RMS Oceanic wrote:

Elki wrote:

So, I'm getting an iPhone. There go my GSII plans.

What swayed you?

$0.00

Daxon

Nexus Prime would be epic

it looks very very cool.

I really want a job, so I can buy myself sweet swag like that.

RMS Oceanic

Elki wrote:

RMS Oceanic wrote:

Elki wrote:

So, I'm getting an iPhone. There go my GSII plans.

What swayed you?

$0.00

This is a pretty strong argument.

Aldo

I don't use my phone enough to justify spending more than 60€/yr on it.

(forever alooooone)

Elki

Daxon wrote:

Nexus Prime would be epic

it looks very very cool.

I really want a job, so I can buy myself sweet swag like that.

I kinda drooled when I saw it this morning.

Kalkino

Well I lost my phone a month or two back, then got 250 or so pounds insurance. So buying a new phone isn't going to be a big cost (depending on model). I don't want to simply replace like for like though, as the Desire was starting to have trouble with memory

bloodyroarxx

Wait so Samsung held off the launch of the Nexus Prime because of Jobs's death? that's kinda weird.

RMS Oceanic

I will now be a good little Hiberno-Britannic Archipelagoist and throw my support behind Wales.

bloodyroarxx

Also speaking of mobile toys, I really want an iPad but the cost of entry is fucking silly.

RMS Oceanic

bloodyroarxx wrote:

Wait so Samsung held off the launch of the Nexus Prime because of Jobs's death? that's kinda weird.

I suspect there's a non-zero chance maintaining their current schedule would draw accusations of being insensitive. I wouldn't understand such accusations, but I suspect that sentiment exists.