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Actually, I remember having a hard time figuring out which Borges collection to buy. Collected Fictions was (and is) unavailable at Amazon.co.uk, so I ended up with Labyrinths. I might buy a more comprehensive collection at some point and donate the Labyrinths to someone.

This is actually a trailer for Molyneux's iPhone 3GS Frogger clone. (Interesting stuff! Looking forward to this.)

A month would be a minimum for me as well. You should actually consider announcing two books in the first cast (or a new book now) and in the following casts naming the book that is to be discussed in two months (or casts). Of course, collections of short stories and or essays can be discussed over multiple casts. Labyrinths by Borges has been sitting in my bookshelf for quite some time now...

Just finished it. Ridiculously good fun! I think everybody should buy it.

I would think that it'd be the easiest to just gradually stop breeding them. I can't think of a reason to get rid of all the cattle fast.

As far as I know (and trust me, I'm no expert in this), the modern dairy cows wouldn't survive in the wild without being constantly milked. And then there is the predator problem. So no, we can't just stop milking them without getting rid of them too. Also, there is dairy cattle and then there is beef cattle. I don't know which percent of the beef comes from dairy cattle.

It all makes sense now! The US is trying to circumvent the ban on whaling by labeling them as persons and then sentencing all the killer whales to death.

They stopped working at some point. The current spoiler thing is just bad.

The more specific, the more expensive the science books get. I have come across several 300 page books that cost more than £100 (and not because they are rare or anything). Scientific articles are also very expensive. Of course, neither of these are meant for the "general public", but still. I buy my books almost exclusively from Amazon.co.uk for several reasons, mostly because the books I'm interested in are hard to find in Finland or else they are very expensive. As I rarely buy new books, I can't really complain about the price. In fact, I have often marveled at how cheap the books are as compared to many other forms of entertainment or culture (thanks in no small part to Amazon I admit).

Or Ufomammut just for the shock. (What is this shit? Only two youtube links per post?)

UNKLE maybe? Their stuff is pretty varied, so you'll probably find at least one song that you think is ok. (The latter one is mostly just Mark Lanegan being awesome I guess.)

My god, having an Adam Sandler in my to-watch list feels wrong. Thanks!

I was kidding. I was kind of hoping that Orv would explain his view more clearly/thoroughly, though.

So basically any animal that can read, check.

And what is your definition of sentience, Orv?

My friend and I once chased the treasure goblin through multiple rooms filled with enemies, brutally killing everything that dared come between us and our trophy. I think we both experienced the same sort of hangover when we had finally slain the poor thing and were tracing our steps back to where we had started, the floors littered with leather boots and almost no recollection of some of the rooms: "I think we got a little carried away there." I think that is my only memorable experience with Diablo III so far.

Yeah, definitely worth 5 dollars. Except maybe for the hardcore oldschool Splinter Cell fans.

Good to hear that you managed to get rid of your neighbors from hell. I'm in the process of moving myself. I managed to find a flat very painlessly, considering that right now the streets are full of students hunting for apartments.

I'm afraid of change. At least do something to the blueish background.

In Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, the protagonist is tasked to find illustrations for a book on the history of metals with a focus on the curious rather than just the cold facts. I would buy this book in a heartbeat, if only it existed. This is why I am asking for suggestions on non-fiction that is interesting, informative and entertaining. I remember enjoying Stephen Hawking's A Short History of Time when I read it long time ago. Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything was okay, though its scope was clearly too large and, so I have understood, there were plenty of factual errors. A Long History of Electricity (there might be a pattern here) by a Finnish professor Ismo Lindell was an excellent read, especially since it deals so closely with the subject of my studies. In all the books, the "stories" are told, more or less, through individuals and mostly in chronological order (of discovery), which makes for a very pleasant and human reading experience. Speaking of humans, I also recently read Alan Weisman's The World Without Us. It had its moments but wasn't as well organized as the others and I often found it quite dull. So anyway, any subject will do, though I'm likely to skip A Colorful History of Tiffany Glass and will almost definitely not read one dedicated to war or economy. Feel free to suggest those too, however, as someone else might be interested. Illustrations are considered a plus. Thanks!

Awesome! I hope this will turn into a franchise one day. I can't wait to play a longer Citizen Abel (?) game. Brendon. I sent you a screenshot of the graphics glitch I encountered.

The sci-fi stuff that ties all the games together is absolutely horrible, in my opinion, and I have no interest whatsoever to see what happens next. Nevertheless, the three Assassin's Creed II games are very enjoyable and there is actual closure to Ezio's story in Assassin's Creed Revelations.

"Man the turret!" "It's not the end of the world. But you can see it from here." While somewhat cheesy and possibly borrowed from a shitty song, this quote sets the tone of Deus Ex: Human Revolution really well, in my opinion.

MOSFET scaling is one of those rare things in life where the benefits largely overshadow the drawbacks and you can get more transistors, higher speed and less power consumption at the same time without a significant trade-off (yet). The main problem of course is that reducing the linewidth ever further has become pretty fucking hard (as people in the industry probably would put it).

You could dip the fangs in curare, I suppose.