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This is a link post Torrent of all Auntie Beeb's soon-to-be-lost sites
I expect H2G2 is included in there, but frankly I didn't care enough to check.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post he is right about the lib/con alliance carrying on
where labour left off with the hutton enquiry whitewash
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post h2g2 is in there, apparently it's going to be sold off or given away and "maintained by volunteers"

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post The Beeb should be praised as they are deleting
www.bbc.co.uk/lilyallen

and

www.bbc.co.uk/horneandcorden
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Two good reasons why BBC Three should be deleted...
and everyone associated with it executed for crimes against humanity.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 15:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post i hope the bbc in general dies a horrible and painful death.

(, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 15:17, , Reply)
This is a link post I hate Macs - Charlie Brooker
"Ultimately the campaign's biggest flaw is that it perpetuates the notion that consumers somehow "define themselves" with the technology they choose. If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. Of course, that hasn't stopped me slagging off Mac owners, with a series of sweeping generalisations, for the past 900 words, but that is what the ads do to PCs. Besides, that's what we PC owners are like - unreliable, idiosyncratic and gleefully unfair. And if you'll excuse me now, I feel an unexpected crash coming."
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post What about people like me,
Who use a Mac because it supports Logic Pro 9, which is my favourite music production software?
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm was Logic user for 8 years, and nearly spent 1300 quid on a macbook so I could carry on using it
But, I didn't. Instead I spent 400 quid on a PC and spent a few hours learning the miniscule differences between Logic and Cubase.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^this^
Plus, there's lots of silly little music programs & vsts that just aren't available for macs.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post vice versa
Supercollider, plus huge swathes of Max/MSP (and Jitter) objects/externals and abstractions, being most notable.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Uurgh, Cubase!
Last time I used it (for a uni assignment) it crashed while I was saving (at 4am - 11 hours before the hand in deadline). Then wouldn't load the song, saying it was corrupt... turned out during the crash it had somehow flipped all the ASIO inputs and outputs, so instead of having just 2 inputs and 12 outs, it was looking for 12 ins and 2 outs.

mmmm, ASIO, full of work-roundery goodness. Which is all ASIO is - a software work-around that allows audio apps to communicate with the CPU - whereas Macs have Core Audio, specifically designed for it.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's true, Cubase is a *bit* crash-y.
I wonder if the new versions are any better?
(still uses cubase sx)
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've never had a problem with it
I have a beautiful MOTU soundcard, and the ASIO drivers present no issues. Every day I write electronic music, and record live guitar/vocals/melodica.

I'm not denying that a spanking Mac Pro with the latest version of Logic would be even less likely to break, but it's hard to justify the gargantuan extra cost.

edit: I use Cubase 5.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post I have produced on Cubase before, and I do know what you mean, they are fairly similar
However, I still didn't really get on with it. Logic's user interface is a bit more intuitive, everything in Cubase seems to be buried in reams on menus. Also, I rely quite a lot on Logic's built in synths and plugs such as the ES2 synth (which I couldn't live without)! Cubase does sound good though, it's got a far nicer audio engine than something like Ableton (in my opinion).
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post Trolling, are we?
10 PRINT "MACS ARE OVERPRICED SHITE"
20 GOTO 10

That'll get the ball rolling...
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Trolling?
I just thought it was a funny article..

eat my balls.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post i'll eat them , if they are part of the 75% of you that is jam
i'll spread them on some toast...
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post time & date & place

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post no, you eat my balls, Hitler!
I win by going reductio ad hiteram.

Posting Mac or Windows bashing articles (even if they are written by Our Lord Brooker, maker of true judgements) often leads to flames that last for pages, that's all.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post why is it so absurd to
ask you to eat my balls?

i have them right here for you....

also, try not to get your knickers in a twist :)
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was about to say "not here on b3ta"...
but then I remembered some real humdingers on here which were only defused when I threatened to get my cock out!
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post go on then,
get it out! i have a magnifier handy so i can actually see it...
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post the perfect way to end
an argument...
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post
10 Input "Do you use PC or MAC?";a$
20 if a$="MAC" then print "You are a cnut. Macs are based on 40 year old UNIX."
30 if a$="PC" then print "You are a cnut. PCs are based on 30 year old MS-DOS."
40 if a$="linux" then print "Sex is something that just happens to other people, isn't it?"
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post You spelt "cunt" wrong.
Twice.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post may i ask
how one makes one's writing all little like that?
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post <small>something inane </small>=
something inane
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 13:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post <small><sub>something even more inane</sub></small>=
something even more inane
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 13:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Consider yourself <i><b>ignored</i></b> moron.=
Consider yourself ignored moron.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 13:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post thank you!
lots and lots
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was being polite.

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post if a$="Amiga" then Print "You are just too fucking awesome!"
.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 13:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Finally
A use for me "Awesome" badge!
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahah excellent. i have a pc, it never crashes
also the comments are well funny.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post As anyone who follows Brookers' writing will know...
.. he has since purchased a Mac.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha
seriously?
that is hilarious :)

link?
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post
www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=28525
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post yeah much like he went from criticising shit telly
to being balls deep in it
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^This^

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 13:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post 4 year old article.
If I could afford it, I'd bet a substantial amount of money that in those four years he has bought himself one.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is stupid
By saying what is better "Windows" or "Mac" is rather pointless,
You may aswell say, what is better "Apples" or "Oranges"
It's just whatever works for you and what you want to do,
and what Operating System you prefer to use,
/rant_over
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post ha ha ha
You've changed your tune then... www.b3ta.com/links/401124
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post that is gold

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Exactly :D
The full conversation was cock-all to do with operating systems, so you can imagine my suprise when this appears!
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't know what's more sad
You saving or finding a flippant or jovial comment I made 2 years ago
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Apples are better

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post You always have to contradict me woman, even if we post at the same time.
..honestly, I can't take you *anywhere*.
And wipe some of that lipstick off. You're not in your mother's bordello now.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not Apples,
by the measure of the arguments here.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post same as all apple products
whack a stainless steel back on it and hide all the buttons and menus and you can charge three times the price
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post I agree
But this is just the veneer and design of the item,
the root is all about the 'Operating System' (and how stable that is)
and what you want to do with it and what you want to use it for.
Unfortunately, Mac have gone down this 'Lifestyle' road, where people feel that they want one,
rather than they need one.
Personally, I like the OS
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Although I fear this may get me some strange looks
I use both!

My freelancing work is done on a PC laptop, it meant I could get something that was 4 times the spec of the highest price macbook at the time, but I often do some work for a company that only uses macs.

I mainly use potatoshop and its equally as stable and quick on either machine. Both machines are stable, the last time I had a crash on either was when I asked CS4 to do an automated pano test on 26 52mb files at once.................

The only difference I have a problem with is the buttons being in a different place on this mac.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post what the hell is with
his picture atop that article? It looks like someone told him not to react while a rent-boy tickles his balls.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bootcamp keeps me happy

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:58, , Reply)
This is a link post Get ahead in business! Probably. I made this!
This is about how to be successful in business or something.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:55, , Reply)
This is a link post Oo-er missus!
It's totally sfw, especially mine. And I am not a sex worker.

The fact it's the "Original" gets me - have others been ripping off the Index Knobber?
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:50, , Reply)
This is a link post Bacon Alarm Clock
Not made from bacon - that would be silly.

What a great way to wake up!
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post hehe
but the stench of rancid pig fat in your bedroom might get a bit tiring after a while
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post It hasn't so far ;)

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's just weird

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post ...ly arousing!

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post i might save that for the day itself

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:25, , Reply)
This is a link post Did you fun my wife?
Or did she suck your cake?
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post suck my lozenge you muddy funster
classic
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post haha - This film has been specially ruined for television

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha
fun you earhole
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post nitwit
thank you for inducing laughter driven tears. *click*
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'd forgotten this was ever made.
Cheers.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:36, , Reply)
This is a link post Koala playing the electric guitar...
This is asking to be videoshopped or whatever the kids are using these days...
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:54, , Reply)
This is a link post Jedi gangbangers
What look like a normal fight soon turns into a battle of master and apprentice
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post I saw this last week, but I did enjoy it.

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:53, , Reply)
This is a link post The most common phone number
Slightly geeky but interesting explanation of why so many businesses have the same phone number.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:27, , Reply)
This is a link post An Open Letter To Stephen Fry
Pretty and talented lady wants to have his babies...
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Someone should probably tell her that
she's barking up the wrong tree
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post She starts off by making that point

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ah
I'm too busy to ACTUALLY watch videos. I'm limiting myself to sarky comments.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is fucking fantastic
Go on Stevey boy!
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post she can have mine if she wants.

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post A bit of internet detective work and I have discovered
The Stephen Fry thinks its very sweet and is almost tempted to take her up on the offer.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oddly
My plan for improving the human race involves slaughtering all these uke toting youtube twee cunts.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 11:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post one up the bum
no babies.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:36, , Reply)
This is a link post Legend of Zelda 1987 Trailer
If only this was for real...
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thankfully it's not

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Really enjoyed that
Would watch it fo'sho'
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:55, , Reply)
This is a link post Louis Theroux meets Crazy jews NSFW
Louis in the West Bank meeting self indulgent dangerous mentally retarded jews with alot of power and money.
Shockingly entertaining and distrubing as always from the big man (louis, not god or baby geebus). Maybe NSFW due to guns and religous extremism.

This is the whole hour long episode.

Peace in the middle east please!
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 7:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post religous extremism = zero spirituality

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post There's no such thing as evil or The Devil
but those who believe in them 100% often do a damn good impression.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wasn't the greatest trick the devil ever pulled convincing the world he didn't exist?
Whether or not His Satanic Majesty exists (he doesn't, just to clarify), evil does, in the same way that truth, justice, mercy etc do.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post isn't that just a quote from The Usual Suspects???

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post The sad thing about this program
Was that it brought into sharp relief just what any peace process has to contend with, and therefore how unlikely it is that such a thing can ever succeed. There are, of course, unreasonable parties on both sides, but the onus is on Israel to be the most reasonable, and yet they continue to actively enflame the situation by building settlements for religious fruitloops like these.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post it's almost as though
they have a long term plan of taking the whole place and no interest whatsoever in peace or a two state solution. a one state solution is unaaceptable too (too many palestinians) so that leaves colonising the west bank for a few more decades followed by a bit of hard core "ethnic cleansing". many serious commentators reckon that palestine is finished as an idea.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 12:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post it's not going to happen in our lifetimes
b3ta.com/links/571188
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nuke the entire site from orbit etc.

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post only way to be sure.

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post this is horrendous
the only thing worse than the racism on that video are the fucking judians peoples front! SPLITTERS!!
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 17:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post I watched the whole thing the other night on iplayer the other night.
The bit that got me was where Louis asked a guy that bought up palistinian houses for Jewish families, or rich Jews abroad could move into in predominantly Palistinian areas "Do you think Palistian people are your equals?" and he replied with something like "ofcourse not, no"

Louis failed to ram home the similirity with the nazi party during the 30's. They also started out as a minority, extremist group and we all know what happened there.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post *the other night, the other night and my lack of correct punctuation disturb me!

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:57, , Reply)
This is a link post What a shower of cunts.
Especially that little tory-boy Hague who is doing a particularly shite job as foreign office wanker.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 6:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post I see the video thing is still fucked up on b3ta.

(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha
bunch of tossers
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:19, , Reply)
This is a link post More of "Whats been in my ear today" NSFW
Macarbe. Dog guts.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 4:03, , Reply)
This is a link post Plaid - Eyen
Would be better if this video was better quality and sound. Plaid are like a very moody Orbital. Zamami by Plaid is also another great track. I will fight people who differ.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 3:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Plaid (played, not plad. far more fun :D) got a bit of slack for being the definition of 'IDM' i.e. the term that became synonyms with emo electronica: "oh hey Guys I make sine waves sound all wavey and VHS like". I'm talking about 2000's forum nerds who deciphered it as:
1)something they could easily do
2)something they didn't do as it was so easy.

Only Aphex and BoC stand in front of plaid. Autechre (for me) are right behind them. They're incredible. Their output is simply sublime.

Zeal is my fav Tune.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 3:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've been a fan of Plaid since they were Black Dog
But I didn't know that Plaid were Black Dog until a friend brought me Not For Threes in 1997!
My favourite song by them is Marry - www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7xO3srD1mo
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 7:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post they're good
but not better than Autechre. THAT IS A LIE.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:09, , Reply)
This is a link post Gilbert's Fridge With Rustie Lee In The Kitchen
:D

GC ......totally worth it.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 2:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post OMG
when was this around, im 25 and remember this.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 2:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Twas'
In the 80's , i'm 31 and only just remember it.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 3:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I'm 41 and remember this
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post
I'm 81 and, where am I and what's going on?
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^pfft
Keeping with the theme, I'm 34 and remember this very clearly.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Gilbert was awesome
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:28, , Reply)
This is a link post Bill O'Reilly is a Tool Bag
There, I've said it now...
; )
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 2:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post
If the UK news goes down this route Im moving to mars. Bill O'Reilly is a cunt who can go die in a fire.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post
actually, anything on Fox is despicable oxygen theft
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post I have to watch at least an hour a week
to remind me that in comparison, our news is fucking awesome
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 8:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post To be fair
the atheist guy is also a zealot. I hate people who turn any sort of personal belief into a system of religion, even if it's a religion based around the lack of a god.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bravo
xkcd.com/774/
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ah ha ha.
I love you*
(*may not be true)
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post I have an insult for the old guy...
...you're an idiot (as in the old guy is, not you, Darklord!)
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post I thought tides were affected by the moon.
Now I know its some guy on a mountain called Theo or something. Thanks America :)
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 9:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post Have to admit,
I'm not hugely impressed with the way the atheist guy handled that. He fell into the trap that lots of people do with Bill O'Reilly and he was trying to engage with Bill's 'arguments'. The fact is, he needn't bother. So much of what Bill says is just rhetoric, and he knows that, it's just a way of tying people in knots.

Also, if I was him, I would be keen to clarify that organised religion and theism aren't the same thing. Some people are theistic but non-religious (spiritual individualism) and some religions are non-theistic (buddhism, for example). An argument about the merits of organised religion doesn't necessarily have to lead to an argument about the existence of God. If that had been clear from the start, the atheist guy could have completely circumvented the stuff about "how the tides go in and out".
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 10:50, , Reply)

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