Use of Weapons is an excellent introduction to the Culture (IIRC it was the first Culture book he actually wrote) but structurally it'd be much better as some kind of serial fiction. Turn it into a three-act tale, and it'd lose it power.

The UK Post Office lets you ask for redelivery to your local post office, who hold onto it until you come along with some ID and the original "sorry you weren't in" slip. That'd work out about the same.

That's exactly what they've done in this instance. We have the previous, DAB-only version of this design in our lab.

You think that's bad, look at the battery percentage when it's got a 6 or an 8 in it. Egads.

They've been releasing the source in stages since then. S^3 was the first version that would be released.

I usually put my iPhone or Kindle in an ordinary "ziplock" food bag if I'm cooking. Touchscreen and buttons work fine and it's a shade more durable (and much more reusable) than cling film.

Siderant: engrossing, immersive portable gaming has been possible on screens much smaller than four inches. I think I spent more of the 2000s playing portables than I did home systems, feeling pretty thoroughly satisfied by the experience. While it's obviously less engrossing than similar gameplay on a good home…

Your argument from unimerssiveness is torpedoed by your own admission that good, engrossing gameplay, and engrossing 3D gameplay, is possible on a portable. So strike that.

"Wake Up Boo!" by the Boo Radleys. The title is appropriate, but more importantly the opening trumpet is more alarming than any klaxon I have ever heard in my life. Once you get used to waking in a state of complete terror every morning it's great.

Debit cards have all those advantages without any of the tediousness of keeping track of every single purchase you make. It should be obvious that taking away that convenience is a dick move, no?

"3D TV: Sony BRAVIA 46", 1080p, 3D LED-LCD HDTV $2,500"

So, autism is the new orientalism then.

On a related note, maybe it was someone having fun shooting down a helium balloon with a green laser.

Maybe?

Prince* includes VAT at 20%. Equivalent US price would be $667. Cheaper than the iPhone 4 16GB.

I genuinely had no idea it was on TV, and now somehow I've missed four episodes. I was rather looking forward to it, too.

Ironically, these kinds of photos look like non-HDR games.

I'm not sure I trust an analyst who's submitted quotes from his own analyses to "famous quote" websites.

Notch is on holiday for two weeks, you'd best try contacting someone else at Mojang.

@GreenishBlue: Yeah, I suppose it's the only name we've got after all.