Recent content by James

I should have kept my list going. Manicures/pedicures, knock-off watches, little ornaments, jade of various types, and cheap (cheap) clothing. The weird thing is you can be being assaulted in the street ("sir, sir, you come for pedicure and massage!") and then when you say no, they say "DVD...

Yes, I just went across the border from HK to Shenzen and people literally come up to you in the street and offer to sell you DVD movies and pirated software (PC, Xbox, PS2...). Oh, and to sell you manicures/pedicures, knock-off watches, The weird thing is what is on offer. I mean, games I can...

I thought it was really good too, but I saw it in the cinema which adds a certain impact to the first 15 minutes of the movie (ie. immediately before he picks up the piano). Recommended.

Why penalise users elsewhere in the world? Why single out China and Taiwan?

I don't care what they call the outlines, I just want them so I can do actual maps of Asia. These are respectively sovereign states, recognised by the UN, why would Microsoft express an opinion on their legitimacy or otherwise? Given there are more than 45 million Intenet users in China, that...

So, is the nForce going or staying? 'Cos I want one to mess around with!

PST Response: Visio 2002 Professional Chinese Maps Support Reference Number; 2Q-1HP3U3 Hello James, Thanks for your enquiry regarding the availability of Chinese maps (People's Republic of China and the Republic of Taiwan) in Visio 2002 Professional. For diplomatic (geo-political) reasons...

Obviously since The Oracle died during the filming of Reloaded without doing any scenes for Revolutions, they will have to do some plot adjustments. Carrie Anne was pretty far advanced in her pregnancy by the end of the filming so I suspect less and less leather outfits in Revolutions.

I'm pretty sure that's the definition of "bread and butter." To continue the food analogy, the SCSI drives would the "cream."

Went to see it on Friday. I was disappointed by the first 20mins or so, but the rest of the movie was even more of a rollercoaster ride than the first one - very exciting. Overall not as good as the first but still pretty good.

Yeah, probably. Sort of like thinking of that great comeback to the guy that pushed in front of you in line, only weeks too late. :) I've just been flat out at work...

6 dead, 2 injured.

5 dead and 3 injured is my best too. As far as I can tell there's a fair bit of luck involved depending on how the pedestrians start out. Sometimes there's a nice cluster of women and children you can shadow until there's enough bystanders to make it worthwhile.

Two break-ins, both while I was home. The first was during the day, the person opened the kitchen window and took some cash, a mobile phone and a laptop. First thing I heard was the back gate slamming. The second was about 5am on a Sunday morning. I woke to the sound of a wooden-sounding...

Don't knock it until you've seen it.