Tim on June 29th, 2006

Spain is NOT the place to be right now if you’re the typical Internet user.
A drastic move, really, since as pointed out here, you could simply block P2P traffic.
Levying duty on storage media is an alternative often brought up to compensate the music and movie industries. I’m personally against it. The really big losers from [...]

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Tim on June 17th, 2006

I just happened to er, stumble across the Pirate Bay today and they've merged their pirate ship with a Phoenix:

For all the internet-newbies out there, TPB is one of the biggest BitTorrent sites, well-known for thumbing their noses at legal threats made against them. They took advantage of the fact that they were based in Sweden, where [...]

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Tim on June 16th, 2006

I'm sure most gamers appreciate how advanced the physics are in computer games, whether it be applied to a projectile in a first person shooter or anatomically, but apparently Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion takes the cake! Someone managed to set up a 3-minute domino display with the in-game editor. Probably a combination of having way too [...]

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Tim on June 14th, 2006

So on page 13 of the Star today (14th June) we have a full-colour, full-page ad from the Selangor government thanking our PM, “with utmost sincerity” for visiting the state on the 13th. According to the rates, such an ad costs 35k and needs to be booked a week in advance.
Remember: “elegant silence”, unless you need [...]

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Tim on June 14th, 2006

Cars was great. The trend of many cartoons animated features now is to opt for a simple plot, and stuff you full of graphical wizardry and funny characters. Only Pixar’s Monsters and the Toy Storys have had particularly original plots. The romance subplot was practically forced down our throats, although if you think about it carefully, it’s [...]

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