These people are opposed to what we believe in and what we stand for, far more than what we do. If you imagine that you can buy immunity from fanatics by curling yourself in a ball, apologising for the world - to the world - for who you are and what you stand for and what you believe in, not only is that morally bankrupt, but it's also ineffective. Because fanatics despise a lot of things and the things they despise most is weakness and timidity. There has been plenty of evidence through history that fanatics attack weakness and retreating people even more savagely than they do defiant people.

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The ironic ambience will return from an all new undisclosed location next week. Until then, why not try one of these fine blogs:

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Okay, so it's a micro-ATX motherboard. Things are a dime a dozen.

Okay so it supports 4 channels of SATA II. And 4GB of DDR2 memory (533 or 667 MHz, your choice). And has gigabit ethernet built in. And video. What's so special?

Here's what's so special: It also supports the new Pentium D. Dual core, up to 3.2GHz, in a micro-ATX case. (Well, I'd limit myself to the 2.8GHz if I didn't want things to melt.)

If you happen to be in the market for a small but powerful web server - on a budget* - this is it.

Now, where is that ram disk on a card, Gigabyte peeps?

* Which I am, for obvious reasons.

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Bloody hell.

Uh, can I change my mind now?

Update: My boss is friends with some guys who do removals - they moved our office - and they can do it much much cheaper, probably about one third what I was quoted.

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I'd say more, but dammit Jim, I'm dead again.

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What I hadn't realised before now was that Jared Diamond is a complete loony. Andrea Harris has the goods.

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I sort of want one, but I already have a T3, so I'm waiting for a higher resolution screen, more memory, and a faster processor. The 416MHz Xscale is fine for most tasks, but falls flat when it comes to displaying video. Apparently the LifeDrive is better at this than the T3, but the T3 is complete crap for video, so that's not necessarily much of a recommendation.

On the other hand, 4GB! On the third hand, disk drive. Just what I need, more rapidly spinning mechanical components in pocket devices. I have a 1GB SD card in my T3; 2GB cards are available though not, as far as I can see, in Australia, so while 4GB is cool, it's not that cool.

On the fourth hand, I've been listening to the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy again recently, and it struck me that with something like the LifeDrive, you could, well, do that.

I still want at least a 480x640 screen, though.

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Dr. Dead
From Russia with Death
Deadfinger
Deadball
You Only Die Twice
On Her Late Majesty's Secret Service
Diemonds Are Forever
Die and Let Die
The Zombie with the Golden Gun
The Spy Who Killed Me
Graveraker
For Dead Eyes Only
Deadpussy
A View to a Corpse
The Dying Daylights
Zombeye
Tomorrow Dies
The Afterworld Is Not Enough
Die Yet Another Day
Never Say Nevermore Again

* Tricky since they were born thirty years apart...

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