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I guess it makes them easier to spot.

Commander Raffaella Carra, the first Italian on the moon, plants the European flag and takes one step back towards the lander. Her pilot, Flt. Lt. Sabrina Salerno, takes a sequence of pictures that appear to show the flag waving in a non-existing breeze. In the future, ESA will have to publish a strongly-worded refutation of the vast and American- ( Read more... )

JHR (Last year).

Charlie Brooker.

G(r)od I'm good.

War3z d00ds, skinflints and the useless, front and centre.

You know, I'm now rather glad I didn't waste any dollar on going to see 'Sunshine'.

It's like a mob of useless tossers, but in space. With a broken plot.

Edit: dyllanne nailed it quite some time ago. I believe that film should be shown to systems architects and DR people as part of the hiring process. If they can't spot at least ten things wrong, you ( Read more... )

Via the splendid Ken MacLeod (an ever-correct and iron-forged weapon in the hands of progressive peoples everywhere), we find this. It makes my brains hurt and I understand about two-thirds of it, but that which I do understand surprises me not at all.

Still feel repulsive. Bugger.

i) Buy breadmaker.
ii) Put raw materials in breadmaker.
iii) Bread!

I don't know why I'm surprised. It's probably down to working with computers:

i) Commission hardware.
ii) Install OS and relevant applications.
iii) Space badgers!

Today we learn that the gummint (Revenue branch) really are a mob of hopeless tossers. Well, when I say learn I mean 'Will be featuring in this week's SANS newsletter, comp.risks (maybe) and many other places where people who profess to know/care about computer security will be able to point, laugh and go 'imagine my surprise ( Read more... )

F&SF bounced the thing only slightly less quickly than the Interzone chaps, but there's a big pond in the way ( Read more... )

It looks like now would be a good time to submit stories to Interzone if you're looking for a rapid turnaround ( Read more... )