tiberiousr: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17897522
tiberiousr: lul
tiberiousr: "The words the ASA objected to were that God can heal you physically, and what I say is, if you're not allowed to say that any longer, it's the same as saying God is not real, God does not exist. "
tiberiousr: well... And?
tiberiousr: "We should not be stopped from making that very modest claim - because it happens to be true."
tiberiousr: He then goes on to provide no evidence for this claim...
tiberiousr: *facepalm*
evilerik: You'd think that if God was real and actually gave a fuck he'd be lightning-bolt crazy on teh gheys and mixed-fabric wearing and shellfish eating people like a motherfucker
tiberiousr: No-one would be safe
tiberiousr: Can't even shave under the rules in leviticus
tiberiousr: or have tatoos
tiberiousr: tattoos*
evilerik: every bacon roll would come with eternity in hell after a big-arse fucking zap
tiberiousr: so worth it
evilerik: true

This is so fucking idiotic it's unbelievable. It's so galling when some moron of a journalist who clearly hasn't got a fucking clue about how this technology works sits there and basically asserts that

• a)parents shouldn't be responsible for monitoring the media their children access and
• b)therefore the entire internet should be subject to censorship at the behest of idiots who can barely turn a computer on, let alone use one productively.

ISPs should not police content for the same reasons that the Royal Mail shouldn't tell me where I can and can't send letters. They are carriers not enforcers. And most importantly of all the responsibility for keeping children safe online lies squarely on the shoulders of their parents.

Which is sad but it was good while it lasted and that's how I plan to remember it.

From now on, whenever someone abbreviates your or you're to 'ur' on any form of electronic media I'm going to send them this.

Backstory

I've just bought a new laptop as my old one was pretty conked out and I wanted a reasonably cheap machine that would be ok for casual gaming. I wasn't looking for anything stellar but a reasonable graphics card was a definite must have. I went online and sifted through various things until I came across the Dell website. Now anyone who's bought a Dell knows, or at least should know, that they're much cheaper if you buy them directly online. I ended up getting an Inspiron 15R, it's a sweet little machine for £459 and it runs wonderfully. Plus I can integrate my linux applications seamlessly into the desktop using virtual box which makes my job much easier. I can now test web pages and applications in multiple browsers on Linux and Windows simultaneously. Awesome.

So what has this got to do with Crapple?

I know a good few Apple fanboys and the way they talk about their Macs you'd think the machines were encased in solid gold, that they bred unicorns whilst running on the power of joy rainbows and that Steve Jobs was in fact the second coming of Christ. Personally I consider them to be expensive paperweights so I thought I'd look into things and find out how much a Macbook with similar hardware to my Dell would cost.

And here we are, direct your attention to the 15 inch: 2.2gHz machine. The hardware is roughly equivalent, the Mac has a slightly better processor but that's it. The Dell has more storage (140GB more) and a much better graphics card. Now compare the prices:

• Dell: £459
• Macbook: £1,549

Wow, that's one hell of a rip off. In conclusion I'd like to give Apple a big "Fuck you" for clearly ripping off their customers, and Apple customers a similar admonishment for being stupid enough to waste money on overpriced junk.