* Posts by Charles Ullman

7 publicly visible posts • joined 3 Jul 2007

David Blaine tw*tdangles into Urban Dictionary

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@ratbert - Brigstocke Seconded

I second the Brigstocke kudos. Surely he came up with gitwizard and twatdangle first?

Brits allowed in to OLPC's 'give one, get one' scheme

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OS Agnostic, right?

Why does everyone seem to think they are installed with Windows?

Royal Society: Schools should show creationism 'respect'

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Re: Clarification

Good work AC. Everyone commenting here should read the Royal Society link above. The Royal Society are explicitly against teaching creationism. The point was that if a child asked a question about creationism, the teacher should take the time to explain why it's bollocks, and not just say "whoa, too political, I'll leave that one to the RE teacher."

Ubuntu chief ushers in the age of Intrepid Ibex

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Corrected

I stand corrected. Thanks.

Charles Ullman

Goats do Roam

Also, "Goats do Roam" is the name of a wine from Stellenbosch in South Africa, where Shuttleworth went to university, "fact-fans".

And obviously the name of the wine itself is pun on Cotes du Rhone.

What's Auntie for, exactly?

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School Governor? I think you mean oil lobbyist

For more info on the supposed "plucky persistence of the underdog" high court ruling, I refer readers to http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/10/

for a quick rebuttal. In summary, the film was not wrong in any respect, and the guy prosecuting the court case is by no means disinterested.

Russian copyright wars to continue despite AllofMP3 shutdown

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DRM-Free Alternative

I switched from allofmp3 to emusic about nine months ago, and I've got to say, I think eMusic's really good. The catalogue's not as big, and obviously it's more expensive. But nonetheless, it is a viable alternative, that I would recommend. It's not so good for the latest pop releases, as their list is more Indie and classically focussed, so I'm quite lucky in that that's the sort of stuff I tend to buy.

I think the reason for the narrow selection is that many of the bigger publishing houses don't want their songs available in DRM free format (which is missing the obvious point that if it's available on CD then it's already available DRM-free). Maybe that will change over time. I hope it will, anyway.