Imelda Staunton absolutely nailed that role. Her portrayal of Dolores Umbridge one of the (fairly) rare examples of where the film version of a character feels more definitive than the book version.

Right. But that why phrasing is key. You have to make sure you're focusing on yourself and not the other person. That's the key difference between "I'm sorry I offended you" and "I'm sorry that you're offended."

I was wondering the same thing myself.

Dear TenaciousZack,

The "Gamergate" label is, and always has been, deeply intertwined with the harassment of women in gaming. To extent that anyone in the broader movement is interested in journalistic ethics, really the only option is to find a new banner to rally under and vigorously condemn those misogynistic pieces of shit who…

You're always going to be able to beat the custom PC builders on price if you're willing to assemble your own PC, though it might be difficult getting a case quite as elegant as a Bolt II. What you're paying for with a company like Digital Storm is assembly, testing, and warranty. Whether that's a good deal depends on…

While there are a bunch of case manufacturers out there, Digital Storm's primary business is the building computer systems, rather than selling individual components. So they have a strong business interest in having a unique case design that can't be replicated by other builders (whether businesses or home builders).

It's an intentional nod.

This sounds like an absolutely terrible idea. Remember why scientists are hunting for new antibiotics in the first place - due to overuse, many bacteria are now immune to the antibiotics we've been using for the past 70 or so years. What happens in 70 years (or sooner) when a bunch of bacteria are now immune to one of…

Poe's Law strikes again!

Probably an exchange student. The Queen's Birthday is an official public holiday in much of the British Commonwealth.

Close to the opposite, actually. No indigenous predators large enough to kill a human, no snakes or crocs at all, and only a couple of species of spider that are even theoretically venomous enough to kill.

This just in: Mike Fahey is a Dance With Rogues addict.

That's utterly bizarre, lawnmower16. What twisted logic does your friend use to argue for that kind of seating?

Indeed. Just another place to add to your bucket list of sights to see in New Zealand. (You do have a bucket list of sights to see in New Zealand, right?)

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Ah, the old Power Mac G5. Seriously stylish, but also seriously effective on thermal design. (Of course, it needed to be. The PowerPC G5 ran hot - I remember waiting for years for them to bring the heat sufficiently under control to put it in a Powerbook, but they never managed to do so.)

Learning a little empathy for women isn't the hard part. The hard part is unlearning all the fucked up social norms that suggest it's OK - or even admirable - to treat women as nothing more than sex objects.

I'm torn. On the one hand, these deals may well be the death knells of the free internet. On the other hand, perhaps TWC will now stop throttling my Netflix streams...

No, that'd be their new advertising strategy - dubstep gameplay trailers.

Fair enough. Obviously I disagree, but different people have different taste in rhetoric.