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Quote of the day

I’ve always admired the way that Poland ended Communism: The workers united, wrested control of the means of production away from the ruling class, and dismantled the oppressive apparatus of the state. It’s a simple, elegant, and ironic approach.

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via the ever-awesome supergee.

Delicious LiveJournal Links for 9-27-2010

• Indian actor thrown out of his home and disowned by his family for playing a gay man on-screen.
  (tags: india homophobia lgbt acting cinema)
• The complete Google Instant blacklist
  (tags: google censorship blacklist internet)
• Scientists identify faulty gene link to migraines
  (tags: genetics pain migraine)
• Stephen Fry to play Mycroft Holmes
  (tags: SherlockHolmes stephenfry)
• Abortion doesn't cause teen depression
  (tags: abortion depression)
• Milo's dead. And I killed him. - on Lionhead's rumoured cancellation of Milo and Kate.
  (tags: computer_games lionhead)
• Unions tell actors to avoid Hobbit films
  (tags: acting unions lotr thehobbit newzealand)
• New wind power in Thanet 13 times more expensive than nuclear power. Anyone got anything on this?
  (tags: power electricity government politics subsidies uk wind nuclear)

What the hell?

I've been keeping an eye on Tablet computing for a while. I'd love to own a decent sized Tablet for usage around the flat, although I can't possibly justify spending the money this year.

Anyway, there's a bunch coming out for Christmas, but I was generally expecting them to cost about £400.

So can someone explain why the £$%£$% Next have a 10" one sitting on their website for £180?

Either they're selling a cheap knockoff with horribly inferior quality, or they've really mispriced it. Anyone?


Edit: Ok, so if £180 is a reasonable price, why is the Samsung Galaxy Tab going to be priced at £600? And why are mobile phones with similar specs going for £400? Are 3G modules that expensive?

I hardly think that's fair.

octopoid_horror sent me this image earlier:

which is apparently of the world's awesomest wedding.

I forwarded it on to Julie with the words "can we?"*

The reply I got?

"I'm changing the locks."

*Not that we're planning a wedding at the moment. That's a fair ways into the future.