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It already is to be honest, it won’t be sold in a lot of countries it seems. Yeah, future support is questionable indeed, but I’m really drawn to those unique type of phones. Design wise it’s ok, spec wise it’s good apparently (but not top of the line), but the interface is great. I wish Nokia would’ve given its OS alternative a bigger chance, but alas. Personally I don’t care about aps, all I need is a calling ability (really), and some internet that is better than on my 3-4 year old phone. And the sim-free availability is only a good thing in my opinion. If I’d be in the market for a phone right now, this would be a great contender, along with the Iphone 4. But it’ll have to wait for several months.

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Meego :p [Nokia N9] It actually seems to be quite good, and you’ll have a pretty unique phone. It’s just rolling out in Europe, I believe you can buy it in a month.

I never had my packages opened yet (at least, not by customs, fucking neighbours). The fact that I only shop with big shops who always put the actual value of the order on the package, and their reputation, probably prevents that. Or perhaps customs are more lazy here in The Netherlands :p.

Yeah, but at least you still know the exact price you pay (disregarding currency conversions) when you finalise your order, and you won’t get charged extra after. With the Tachikoma and catwoman I ordered, I can expect to pay around one third extra after it arrives.

For someone who went to so much trouble to get his first GBA (imported from Japan, but through a friend who bought it for me there and brought it with her), and imported a second GBA because I just had to have it (but the micro famicom is just that sexy), I own shockingly few games for it. The list contains: - Golden sun 1 (JP) (my first game for it) - Golden Sun 1 (EU) - Golden Sun 2 - Metroid Fusion (in fact the first Metroid game I owned) - Metroid Zero Mission - Banjo Kazooie: Grunty’s revenge - Zelda Minish cap - The Castlevania 2 in 1 - Drill Dozer (JP) (last game I bought) - Zelda oracle of ages (yes, GBC, but as the GBA was my first actual GB, this is what I played it on) And well, Tales of Phantasia (US I believe) but who cares about that. Apart from that, I own both the Nintendo MP3 player and the Play-Yan Micro. More for collection purposes, but the MP3 player actually got some use in that time. Oh, and I got the GameCube GBA player, also bought purely for collection purposes.. A store was selling some old stock of it for € 10,- so I just took one. So.. 9 games, and 3 dedicated devices to play them on (plus my DS lite) . When I don’t have any other priorities, I’ll see if I can catch up and get some other great GBA and GBC games (like Shantae for ƒ 400,- or something). At least the games I had for it (apart from Phantasia) are all fucking great. Edit: Oh and as for the hardware: I never missed a backlight on the original as I mostly played at home. It was great in the hand yes, but I didn’t found the micro to be uncomfortable either. I missed the SP, fortunately. I wanted the Famicom one, but didn’t have the money to import one. Then came the micro along, which was much more sexier! Since it’s so small, I actually still carry it around with me along with my DS. Edit: Arrgh! I forgot I have Rhythm Tengoku, but I can’t find it! Phew! :p

It’s complicated. Dunno, the specific, and what I know applies to The Netherlands, but: Officially, you always pay VAT. The difference between ordering something from within the EU (is most of Europe with the exception of a few countries like Switzerland), that if you order something, the VAT is already included in the price, so you pay it automatically (the shop handles payment like buying something in an actual shop in your own country), but if you order something from outside the EU, VAT is not included, and you have to pay that manually to customs. If that’s not annoying enough, you often have to pay custom charges for ordering something outside the EU (but never from within). These things can be.. Avoided, if you shop with more shadier shops (“shady” is a relative term, I just mean shops who don’t care much for taxes and VAT for foreign customers, but may be outstanding shops apart from that. Or not). Shop with a big shop like Amazon, and VAT and custom duty charges are guaranteed. Then something Dutch specific, I don’t know what the deals are in other countries, but we are allowed to import from outside the EU VAT and custom charge free for a very small amount (€ 25,- or something, enough to buy a blu-ray), and customs duty free (but not VAT free) for a higher amount (around € 150,-). http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000014&propertyType=document#P17_1572

Don’t they pay untill you’ve sold at least a specific amount? Like £ 100.-?

Haha, Paj, pirates was not what I was going for! Love what you did with my caption though . Edit: Ah, and I now see where Coolness gets his drawing from. I found it a bit.. Abstract, when I got it .

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Shameless shock article to get attention. And it worked. You dumbasses.

I only got my second full recipe last night (and some flour), my last apple pie failed. I assume the game continues if I win, but I can’t guarantee it to be honest. What I can guarantee is I won’t win if town or mafia wins. I need to stall this game as long as possible, and since the mafia seem to have the advantage here.. I really like to hear if anyone one of you has some ideas. If all fails, I guess we can try the inactive, though that’s generally not my preference. Perhaps MadDog can send him an PM.

I generally share your sentiment, but it’s really a question of finding the right radio station for you. They are out there. In general I want: - DJ's that mainly announce the titles / artists. Music related talk is ok when kept to a minimum. - Music I like (yes, really) - Club DJs (as opposed to typical DJs) are great / either live or pre-recorded mixes are great - concerts What I don’t want: - Typical DJ talk. About the weather or something or popstar gossip. - News. Not interested, and then to hear it every hour or even more! - Commercials. They’re needed, but please keep them to a minimum.. - Traffic reports. For God’s sake. A great advantage of being unemployed is not having to be exposed to the typical radio crap. Most of them are exactly the same, most of the rest are more or less the same. I probably don’t have to tell you this, but internet is your friend here. My favourite radiostation is internet-based. Of course, this doesn’t help you in your car. Perhaps it’s good to look into DAB. Over here, it isn’t popular at all, but they happen to broadcast the other radiostation (of 3 in total) I listen to. UK is bigger, perhaps there are more stations that suit your taste.

Love this show. It’s streets ahead.

I generally stay out of this situations like this. I’d just like to say this: I never had a problem with Kurtle, his posts seemed normal to me, all the ones outside the dating thread that is. Even the kipling post. People overreacted to it by taking it out of context (by involving his posts in the dating thread). He doesn’t like those cakes, big deal. He only made bad posts in the notorious dating thread. He needs to realise that, simply, in general, they were right and he was wrong. Again, outside of that thread, Kurtle never annoyed me. It’s a shame to see one of his flaws escalate to this proportion.

At night we do R-rated Isketch . Oh, and I copied stole your salmon Aqui1a, it was a succes .

If anyone's up for some late night Isketching, 3 people playing at the moment.

“Salmon†by Aqui1a “Overkill†by me Like I said, I’ll try to save more of them, also from others, but if you want them as a souvenir, save them, as I’m not likely to keep them around forever.

Looks better. I personally do like the empty space on the sides. Plus, it probably fits (or at least fits better) on tablets, and it fits better on an half window (on the same resolution).

I’ll wait for a reply from Dazz. I think.

I’ve sent my entry to Jimbob, Paj, and Moma. Updated list Jimbob - Complete Peeps - Complete Cube - Complete jayseven - Complete EEVILMURRAY - Complete Coolness - Complete Sméagol - Complete Paj! Rez Rummy Dannyboy Diageo Moogleviper heroicjanitor

In general, I’d go for the newest format, what’s likely to be the standard for the foreseeable future. It’s not about “does it add anything?â€, but “what is or will be the standard?â€. In 10 years, I don’t think we’ll have moved on to quad HD yet, and if then you’re in the mood for some Lost or whatever, it’s nice to have it fit the whole screen of the television you’re likely to have at that point. If you have a choice, I’d say always go blu-ray.

Hmm, I think I’m not a fan of the template. Slightly too “busyâ€, eventhough all the information is clear enough. Hard to explain. Not hard to explain examples: I think you’re on-hover effects can stand out more. Like left in the menu, you go from dark grey to lighter grey, doesn’t really stand-out. I’d change them to have more contrast, while still keeping with the overall colour theme. The other thing is submenus above, the transparent effect makes things more confusing. I’d make it opaque. As for me.. I should really get into making sites.. The problem is content. I don’t have any. So motivation is a bit low. Anyway, I should fix that, while working on my Java (and perhaps start PHP), and then SQL. I know the basics, but not enough to get a complete interactive and dynamic site working yet, with a simple CMS.

In all honesty, some of the lines are still prett funny even if they’re not the famous “somebody set up us the bomb†or “I am error†etc. And his face is just hilarious and spot on! My favourite isn’t even from a game I have played. It’s .

UK or videogames? Room is N-E as usual. Gone for UK as usual as well, next time I’ll do videogames again!