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No-one believed them last time out. Linux is cheaper, but no-one's really migrating[1] to that, so maybe they'll drop that one and start saying "it's better for you" or similar. [1] Linux on the Desktop will never be a success until they can ship a Linux without a console/terminal application.

At a guess, not long.

A little too much HDR, maybe, but it works. There's a lot of photoshop in it as well, as I had to paint out a lot of lens flare dirtying the strap while leaving in the pretty flares below the watch intact. It's a shot I'm happy with in places, especially the composition and balance, but I'd have liked better equipment taking the original photos.

Today, it's an old favourite: my Panerai 187 on a rubber diving strap: This is it on leather: ... and on my wrist:

They close posts discussing it over there. People always feel a need to discuss this sort of thing. The thing is, we all love forum drama. We love saying how much we hate it even more, though. If it weren't for the occasional flare-up, we'd all get bored. I just wish they'd not close and delete the battles as that could have given us days of entertainment picking over the subtle nuances of what he said, what she said and woken everyone up from the slumber of lurking. RepGeek is unusual in so far as it allows political discussions, and sometimes they can get a little heated, but no-one's ever been banned over it. This latest drama (banning Dave123) was the mods picking a side in an escalating flame war, as they usually are, but it was, ironically, rooted in handbags.

21 seconds to generate a page? Something's up somewhere. Oh, and I like the new look.

The first since NT4, you mean.

I use one of these:

Tritium dialled watches are rarely worthless.

I think the iPhone version of the site shows unstyled content. We need to get Admin to load a pile of stylesheets for the iPhone.

Is there anyone that's not Trusty or Andrew selling it? Those two would most likely not sell to me. I still can't believe they're selling it with the PR set to zero, though.

Nicely done. Congratulations.

Nah, it's just that TJGladeRaider and me are back.

People are too busy reading the quality content.

You've been away so long there's actually an aswer to that one now: bklm1234 does the best Subs.

If you're a serious gamer, you've already got a PC. Also, on all the price comparisons I've seen and done, the way you get much cheaper PC laptops is by cutting corners. If you were to spec a PC to exactly the same as a Mac, you're looking at the same price. Try it.

You can only access the shared drive on an Airport if you know how to set up the firewall or if you subscribe to Apple's Mobile Me service ($59 a year). With a Mac (Not MAC, by the way. MAC in all caps means something else and calling a Mac a MAC only confuses networking people) you get iLife which gives you a webpage writing app, a class-leading photo organiser, iMovie for editing movies and Garage Band for recording and making music. You also get iChat (an AIM- and Gmail-compatible chat app), an email application and a browser. What you don't get is a word processor, spreadsheet or presentation app, but you have the choice of buying iWork (Apple's office suite) or Microsoft Office. Or, of course, you can go like the modern kids and use Google's free online apps for words and numbers. Also, if you insist, you can buy VMWare, which allows you to run Windows at the same time as Mac OS X, if you have a Windows license. Stuff you don't need: Anti-Virus (not yet, anyway. I doubt you'll need one for at least a year, either), Anti-spywear (same as AV) or backup app (built-in to Mac OS X 10.5). I run servers for a living. I've been a systems administrator for over a decade and I've managed large Windows LANs in my time, but these days mostly manage Windows and Linux web and application servers. At home, I have a MacBook and a Mac Mini (plugged into the TV) and the missus has a MacBook as well. At work, I have one of the most powerful Macs you've ever seen (lots of Xeons, 9GB RAM, 2x24" HD displays ...) and I can run copies of my servers in virtual environments on my Mac simultaneously without a slow-down. Macs aren't perfect, but they get in the way of what you want to do a lot less than Windows PCs. Oh, and here's me being controversial, they're not that much more expensive. Yes, you can get cheaper laptops, for instance, but you can't get an equal laptop for the same money, or if you manage, you'll be saving $100 at best. If you want a PC to play games, get a Mac and an Xbox.

Yes. Yes, it is.

I've just modded this one by taking a K2222 AR sapphire off a white-dial Breitling that didn't really need it: click to embiggen Just to prove there is a crystal, here's a reflection: ... and here's a pre-mod photo:

Where are you guys getting the gen datejust cases and dials? I'd love a steel case and silver or white dial.

That should have been your first clue. Thanks for the warning.

Great upgrade. Looks better on an iPhone, too.

It's always fun to see people's collections. Thanks for sharing.