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Forum: News 08-13-2011, 10:35 PM
Replies: 116
Views: 13,328
Posted By Littermate
:offtopic: Just an aside...why not have...

:offtopic:

Just an aside...why not have threaded and hierarchical posts in these forums? Wouldn't be a problem working out who is replying to who then. <Re-lurk>...:blink:
Forum: News 07-31-2011, 12:23 AM
Replies: 86
Views: 11,016
Posted By Littermate
Whack a mole...

Way back in March it was reported that Newzbin2 was using TOR to avoid domain blocking. Sure, it isn't as straightforward as just going directly to their website but its a way around the block for...
Forum: General Discussions 03-31-2011, 01:33 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 17,269
Posted By Littermate
I giggled a bit when I first read the blog...

I giggled a bit when I first read the blog comments but now I just feel a bit queasy about it. People are just having fun jumping on her for no reason other than they enjoy it. No compassion. No self...
Forum: Lounge 03-03-2011, 10:30 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 6,416
Posted By Littermate
Talking Eat vegetarians. That way you get a nice balanced...

Eat vegetarians. That way you get a nice balanced diet; Lots of veggies and some good, lean, healthy meat. Stay away from Anthony Bourdain: You'll get belly ache from all that bile.
Forum: Book Clubs 01-24-2011, 03:35 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 42,752
Posted By Littermate
Just to expand on my previous comment a little....

Just to expand on my previous comment a little. Mostly Harmless.

HHGTTG is something that I find myself utterly unable to be objective about. It is ingrained into my psyche as deeply as any other...
Forum: Book Clubs 01-24-2011, 02:23 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 42,752
Posted By Littermate
Harmless.

Harmless.
Forum: Apple Devices 03-14-2010, 12:05 AM
Replies: 132
Views: 15,586
Posted By Littermate
Personally I have had numerous problems with the...

Personally I have had numerous problems with the iTunes program, the worst being when it was uninstalled it buggered my DVD drive. Not mechanically, but the OS could no longer see it. I had to...
Forum: News 01-31-2010, 04:31 PM
Replies: 262
Views: 33,814
Posted By Littermate
Note, its called a Waiting List. Its full of...

Note, its called a Waiting List. Its full of people waiting. :)

So there must be plenty who do not mind waiting at all, if there is some advantage to it; such as getting to read a book cheaper or...
Forum: News 01-17-2010, 04:37 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 15,408
Posted By Littermate
Not really impressed by the range of supported...

Not really impressed by the range of supported book formats. Only one of those models (the largest and presumably the most expensive) support Epub? And one of them only supports Txt, Pdf, and HTML?
Forum: Lounge 01-03-2010, 02:22 AM
Replies: 6,207
Views: 557,440
Posted By Littermate
Age is strange. When I began reading his books,...

Age is strange. When I began reading his books, Philip K Dick was way older then I. Now I just reached the age he will never go beyond.

I haven't even begun yet and he was already finished. ...
Forum: Lounge 12-31-2009, 03:24 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,778
Posted By Littermate
By the look of your avatar at the moment, that's...

By the look of your avatar at the moment, that's probably a good thing.

:)
Forum: Lounge 12-28-2009, 06:25 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,778
Posted By Littermate
Just finished reading the book (The Lost Symbol)....

Just finished reading the book (The Lost Symbol). It was absurd but a fun read, and gave me a few giggles.

At one point the evil do-badder is in his Sanctum Sanctorum fiddling with vials of blood...
Forum: Sigil 12-18-2009, 02:20 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,561
Posted By Littermate
Thanks Valloric

Well, that was a DOHH! moment for me. As soon as I woke the following day I realised what was happening with the renaming and pathing, and your reply confirms. I must have been wearing my stupid...
Forum: Sigil 12-17-2009, 04:00 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,561
Posted By Littermate
Question Missing images

Hi

Am trying to create an EPUB from a HTML file (saved from Open Office) and am slowly going bonkers.

The HTML loads in Open Office and in my browser perfectly OK. All images are stored in the...
Forum: Sony Reader 12-08-2009, 02:39 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,960
Posted By Littermate
Hi PortiaDaCosta Since you're a new owner of...

Hi PortiaDaCosta

Since you're a new owner of the Sony I thought I'd offer a little warning of something I found out the hard way. E-Ink screens are very fragile. They have a thin glass layer...
Forum: Lounge 12-07-2009, 12:25 AM
Replies: 399
Views: 30,240
Posted By Littermate
Its funny you should mention intimidation coz...

Its funny you should mention intimidation coz intimidating was one of my initial reactions to that avatar when I first began reading MR. Now, suitably encouraged, its probably worth mentioning the...
Forum: News 12-06-2009, 04:39 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 29,058
Posted By Littermate
And those kind of authors often ARE on the show...

And those kind of authors often ARE on the show and Colbert often displays his obvious respect for them. This time it just happened to be this author. So what? Personally I didn't consider what he...
Forum: Lounge 12-06-2009, 01:51 AM
Replies: 399
Views: 30,240
Posted By Littermate
If you don't mind me saying so, me being a newbie...

If you don't mind me saying so, me being a newbie around here and feeling presumptious being kinda personal, I find that avatar rather scary, in a Stephen King "IT"/psycho kinda way.
:eek:

I'm...
Forum: News 11-17-2009, 03:29 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 8,562
Posted By Littermate
One other point regarding Netbooks vs E-Readers:...

One other point regarding Netbooks vs E-Readers: The fragility of most netbooks these days.

My early EEE had a flash drive but they all seem to have regular spinning hard disks these days, and...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 11-16-2009, 08:14 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 29,412
Posted By Littermate
Just a little digging turned up three versions,...

Just a little digging turned up three versions, one of which is a reasonably nicely formatted HTML file with no glaring mis-scans; that I could see anyway, on a cursory glance through it.

I really...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 11-15-2009, 09:47 PM
Replies: 149
Views: 29,412
Posted By Littermate
I read that the dodgy e-book of Dan Browns "Lost...

I read that the dodgy e-book of Dan Browns "Lost Symbol" was out on the same day as its paper release, if not before. (I know the official e-book was out the same day too, but the dodgy copies were...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 10-28-2009, 07:04 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 13,692
Posted By Littermate
I almost hesitate to suggest anything at all by...

I almost hesitate to suggest anything at all by Guy N Smith in this thread. :)

Last time I said something less than enthusiastic about him I got flamed by a dozen fans. (Though I hasten to add...
Forum: News 10-27-2009, 08:36 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 23,134
Posted By Littermate
It does say :- *Trials begin at the Kansai...

It does say :-

*Trials begin at the Kansai Urban Banking Corp early next year, but you can check it out sooner at FPD International 2009 in Yokohama City, Japan, starting tomorrow.*

Doesn't...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 10-26-2009, 03:31 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 17,115
Posted By Littermate
10 Favourite books

First post here so basically an introduction. I find it impossible to choose and certainly to rank ten favourite books so here are ten number 1's.

01 Collected poems of Walter de la Mare
01 The...
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