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This thread reminds me of a friend of mine, who, in the early-mid '90s, went to a business seminar with some guy who was quite high up in the CBI.  The seminar was all about a fangled new way of buying things that was being billed as 'internet shopping'.  After the seminar had ended, CBI guy turns to my friend and says, "that'll never catch on".

I remember saying the same thing about text messages (who'll type fiddly messages on a phone keypad when you can just press one button and speak to them?)and bottled water ("nobody in this country is going to be daft enough to actually pay for something that comes out of the tap for free")!

I once went for an interview as a games designer and the interviewer told me in no uncertain terms that the internet was "a passing fad"

On the subject, I think it's really exciting that you potentially could see the comics we read morphing into something much more interactive. Having downloaded a few free iTunes ones on my phone (out of sheer curiosity) I can see that it would be an altogether different way of reading, but that in itself is no reason for it not to work, and work well.

The only thing I can't figure out is how you would answer phone calls on the Tablet without looking a bit silly...

Find: ... (three full stops)
Replace: ... (ellipsis)

Excuse my ignorance, but what's that/them/those

Hoping to make to Orbital this week. But no, I wouldn't give that page up either...

US ad that made me cackle 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvAj6qfmFQ

Im assuming you included a train fare on that, Grimm!

Got mine a couple of weeks ago but I think it was an early bird offer for those who'd gone last year. I have the email adress of the guy to contact if you guys are still stuck. 

Replica face hugger?! Sign me up! Sorry Radiator, I'm easily pleased

I think what Peter was alluding to is where do you draw the line in what you can accept? What we're witnessing on tv and from news sources about Haiti is borderline conspiracy anyway. People are dying and yet the powers that be seem to be interested in lining their pockets first. Shock Doctrine in itself is conspiracy. No politician would dream of standing up in Congress or Parliament (and in front of cameras), to put it forward as a proposal for Haiti. Yet there it is. Happening.

The sickening thing is no one is in a position to point the finger at them. It's conspiracy on such a massive scale that you actually miss it unfolding in front of your eyes.

Sorry, went a bit off my initial point there, but you get the idea.

Slightly off topic, but I'm intrigued. Ok, if you buy into the theory of people remotely triggering earthquakes - which I would agree probably isn't beyond the realms of possibility, at least in terms of getting boffins to find a causal effect (French nuclear testing wasn't far off) - how the hell do you purposely trigger a volcano?

I once had a pair of trainers (no laces, just velcro straps, cool I know), that I thought would make me run faster. My mate thought it was hilarious and said the only way to run faster was to drink Lucozade. This means nothing if you haven't seen the Daley Thompson ad.

Another Safari convert here. I did uninstall IE (awful awful bug-ridden menace)and now Windows Media Player doesn't work either. Happy days as far as I'm concerned!

I have it on good authority that when Windows does its updates there are some bits of code deliberately designed to screw with other browsers so less informed folk go back to IE.

One of you is Willie Rushton and I claim my five pounds.

[Finger of suspicion]

Finger of suspicion still makes me laugh now. The bit with the crisp packet is genius.

The name of that font should win a prize on its own!

Bloody hell, I missed three in a row? Peter you really need to get that scanned - it looks great just photographed but I want to see the full picture!

Some brilliant stuff here!

Wow this rocks! Oh god, there really isn't a lot of time left before the deadline is there.....