The weather got bad - cold and rainy and just two days ago I was wearing shorts.
Ever been pissed by being forced to use certain programs because they came pre-installed with your hardware?
French consumer association, UFC-Que Choisir, has won a court case entitling consumers to return their pre-installed copies of Windows XP for a decent discount. More about the case
here.
This is for you poor people who got Vista forced on you.
I always say that what Microsoft calls new system is actually a beta version that becomes usable only after first few service packs. First however some poor millions have to suffer as test subjects.
On Gough Island, former seabirds breeding paradise, a horror story is unfolding.
Giant carnivorous mice eat the chicks alive. They attack by nigh and in packs. Some of the bird colonies face extinction. Now I believe in
Popiel.
Brittle Star City on subpolar undersea volcano. Millions of
brittle stars feeding on food brought by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.