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Killjoy
12/08/09

In reply to Synth Britannia: As If Ken Burns Were To Explain Autotune
Not to mention the entire soundtrack of '63-'89 Doctor Who. This sounds like just my cup of tea, thanks for posting it.

OBLIGATORY PEDANTRY: Walter Carlos created the Clockwork Orange soundtrack. He became Wendy the following year.
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Joel Johnson
12/08/09

@Killjoy: Same difference! I default to her preferred name.
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Crashproof
12/07/09

In reply to Amazon To Open Physical Store in UK?
Aw. I was hoping to be able to test drive the Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank in person, and make sure there really are 128 fluid ounces of Tuscan Whole Milk in a gallon.
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Scotland
12/07/09

In reply to Amazon To Open Physical Store in UK?
Amazon.co.uk used to have very quick delivery and as such it was very useful (for me). However, a few months ago, they canceled a long-term parcel delivery contract with the Royal Mail. As a result, their delivery is now much slower -I recently bought a gift for someone and it took 6 days to arrive (it used to take 1 or 2 days.)

Argos = Amazon "walk-in store" ?

(I posted this comment three weeks ago - stupid new couriers)

#amazon
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Odin
12/07/09

In reply to Amazon To Open Physical Store in UK?
While in the past it's made sense for traditionally physical retailers to expand into the on line market I don't think the reverse has ever been true. In terms of cost it's just not worth it. While I wouldn't lay them to rest yet brick and mortar stores for certain products are a shrinking market. While stuff like groceries, clothes to an extent will likely always remain as physical stores. Places specialising in electronics, games and other specialist/luxury/non-essential goods are rapidly becoming irrelevant due to their online counterparts.

Games retailers especially. I look in them now and again but trying to find a good deal in most of them is like finding a needle in a haystack. Even used games aren't even worth looking at as you can find the same titles for cheaper online, and that's brand new as well.
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Die Fledermaus
12/02/09

In reply to £1bn Royal Navy Destroyer Still Unarmed After a Year of Setbacks
Well twist me nipple nuts and send me to Alaska. I always new that Kryten's groin attachments did more then just suck.
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Alfisted
12/02/09

In reply to £1bn Royal Navy Destroyer Still Unarmed After a Year of Setbacks
I thought toothless Brits were largely a thing of the past.
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FriarNurgle
12/02/09

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They may not have guns but watch out for those REALLY big billy clubs.
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BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
12/02/09

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Is that a lighthouse on the top?
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Kat Hannaford
12/01/09

In reply to Cellphones Mean Nothing to Londoners, Who Lose Over 10,000 in Taxis Each Month
I recently had a "night out on the town" and thought my BlackBerry had been nicked from my bag in the coat check room, and went mental on them the next day when I realised.

Turns out, yep, I left it in the cab. Luckily I was reunited with it, but it was still very embarrassing.
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Scotland
12/01/09

In reply to Cellphones Mean Nothing to Londoners, Who Lose Over 10,000 in Taxis Each Month
On the upside - "Four in five of the London cabbies quizzed said that owners of gear lost in taxis were reunited with their kit once they had found kit at the back of their vehicle."

"It used to be small items like brollies and briefcases..."
"brollies" = umbrellas (Is this word used outside of the UK?)
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Odin
12/01/09

In reply to Cellphones Mean Nothing to Londoners, Who Lose Over 10,000 in Taxis Each Month
I left my phone in a sushi bar in Birmingham a while back and didn't realise until I was on the train back home. Luckily I managed to borrow a phone, call home and get my mum to ring it and ask them to keep it there so I could get my friend to pick it up the next day. Said friend had left his phone in a taxi before and we had to trek to a police station in the middle of no where to retrieve it only to find out they'd closed their lost and found for the weekend.
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dragon:ONE
11/04/09

In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
In-car satellite TV never made sense - why waste $1300 and $20-30 a month on something you ever only use at most 30-40 minutes a day - and then only on maybe one or two days a month?

The driver doesn't benefit from the system - they can't watch the TV either way and there's no programming FOR adults (it's all cartoons - and crappy ones at that).

Only way in-vehicle satellite TV works is if you're going cross-country in an RV. And then I'd just stick with a prepaid DishNow system or else just use free-to-air (and accompanying hacks to get onto Dish). Or if I were smart, I'd stray towards RV parks with free WiFi and just Hulu all the shows I want to see when traveling. #gizmodoremainders
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Bigbadbikernerd
11/04/09

In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
There's a similar situation with a town listed as "Ioka, IA" near where I live. It's on Google maps, but there is literally one house there. #gizmodoremainders
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trs
11/03/09

In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
What the hell kind if mac fan website posts a video that can't be viewed on an iPhone? #gizmodoremainders
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Gordonium
11/04/09

@trs: Does seem kinda silly, yes. Should at least have a QT version available. #gizmodoremainders
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psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
10/17/09

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Ah thank goodness the baby came out alive. The mother is going to love him/her even more now. #gizmodoremainders
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