Recent content by KrisW

@herb HHGTTG isn't really an adaptation of a book, though, given that the book was itself an adaptation of the radio plays. I agree it was a mess : they tried to get everything in and just ended up with a confusing mess where we didn't hat time to care about the characters. I'd put all of the...

The Dune film did a good job of telling the story, explaining the world in which the characters live, and making you care about them. That's what a film does. A film can never be entirely like the book; all it can do is capture the same feeling that the book has. You're better off to approach...

I consider those MBPs to be the last true "professional user" laptops that Apple made. Everything since has been compromised. I used to use Macs exclusively (my first two jobs were at Motorola so long ago that they still used Macs, then five years or so at Apple), but the first job I had where...

I charge at home. In petrol terms, I pay 25c/litre to fuel my car (2.4 kWh ≈ 15 km ≈ 1 litre of petrol), or less if the sun is shining. Main-dealer service was €119. Of course there's a bigger capital expenditure up front, but on running costs, an EV is hard to beat. And the surplus of used...

"What is money?" is a fascinating philosophical question. But whatever it turns out to be, I do believe that it will still be a tool, a medium, or a vehicle. It has no agency or preference as to how it is used. Take QE. There really was nothing in the orthodox understanding of money that...

For goodness sake... "Flammable" is not a judgement any seller is qualified to make, and they should never answer that kind of question, lest it be used against them in court by a dissatisfied seller years in the future... All a seller should do is provide a copy of the material specification...

All search engines support the "site:" command, which limits search results to a particular site address. Adding "site:pinkfishmedia.net" to your query will limit your results only to this website. (that should be 'colon, p' not an emoji) This works by matching the end of the website address...

Cars are an acoustic nightmare, so don't worry too much about sound "balance". What you should aim for is to reduce distortion (and this increase dynamic range), and that could be why others suggest just using a better tweeter. Putting a two-way into the door will not work well, as you'll just...

For Florence, if you're staying in the city, the trick is to avoid the hordes of cruise-liner tours (many of whom have zero interest in being there judging by their expressions). 1030 to 1530 is the very worst time for those, so get up early, have breakfast, take a stroll around in the city in...

... and Gestapo is not wriiten in all-capitals. If you feel you have to stuff capitals into it, then I suggest "GeStaPo". ("Geheime Staatspolizei" = Secret State Police).

That's a Robin Williams gag, from one of his standup shows.

Yeah, it's those E-numbers, innit. Well I've developed a revolutionary technique that will cleanse your body of any surface E-175 deposits. Only £100 a treatment, and please leave your jewellery on...

@Bob McC. It does, and if you watch, this is shown in the programme. To travel, the ships first "burn" to constantly accelerate, then at some point half way, they turn around (causing a brief period of floating as there is no acceleration) before engaging the engines in the opposite direction to...

No, and I wonder how much of his comedy you've actually seen if you think that. Basically, this law is there to make the act of calling someone a "papist faggot" while kicking their head in a worse offence than simply kicking their head in. I know, ****ing Nanny State..

Selective quoting on the original post. Follow the link and read the whole paragraph, and you see that the characteristics listed are things that aggravate an offence. Commentary on those things alone is not illegal, or an offence. Insults on those grounds are also not an offence until they...