Quote: Marc P @ October 29 2009, 2:42 PM BSTI have just paid one hundred pounds for Office for Mac!
Lumme! I didn't realise it was still that pricey. (Then again, you do have a Mac.)
I read the news today oh boy! Page 46
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 29 2009, 3:04 PM BSTLumme! I didn't realise it was still that pricey. (Then again, you do have a Mac.)
Well I don't yet. Well I guess I do, just bought one of those on the phone from John Lewis. Mini Mac for five hundred quid - picking it up on Saturday. Gonna make some movies! 
Well when I have some money to buy a camera. 
Quote: Aaron @ October 29 2009, 2:31 PM BSTWhat ISP(s) were these with? Did it mention any specific downloads, or just that they suspected you of torrenting?
Well, there's only actually one ISP where I live! They mentioned the files by name. The second one was Tomb Raider. I asked whether it was the movie or the game and the even knew it was the game. I'm not a gamer at all, there's no way I'd have downloaded fecking Tomb Raider, but I couldn't get out of it.
That is genuinely f**king scary. Get out of there ASAP.
It is. Unbelievable.
Or you could look into getting a VPN. I'm changing my connection as much as possible, as quickly as possible.
Quote: Moonstone @ October 29 2009, 3:37 PM BSTWell, there's only actually one ISP where I live! They mentioned the files by name. The second one was Tomb Raider. I asked whether it was the movie or the game and the even knew it was the game. I'm not a gamer at all, there's no way I'd have downloaded fecking Tomb Raider, but I couldn't get out of it.
Bloody hell!
I've been looking at alternatives but they all seem shit - more expensive or slower or whatever. What's a VPN though? Are you still with the same company that diddled you for a long while after your 'excessive usage'?
VPN = Virtual Private Network
(Even a computer illiterate quim like me knows that, Ian! 
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Quote: Leevil @ October 29 2009, 7:52 PM BSTBloody hell!
Tell me about it. It's not a bad service I will say that much, but it's the principle.
Quote: Marc P @ October 29 2009, 3:08 PM BSTWell I don't yet. Well I guess I do, just bought one of those on the phone from John Lewis. Mini Mac for five hundred quid - picking it up on Saturday. Gonna make some movies!
Well when I have some money to buy a camera.
Are you planning on using iMovie?
I have a friend wanting me to edit a film they made for charity, I can't wait to get my hands on all that footage to play with 
It's a murder mystery too, lots of cool sound effects and music to play with.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 29 2009, 7:53 PM BSTVPN = Virtual Private Network
(Even a computer illiterate quim like me knows that, Ian!
Well I'm a superquim, the biggest in the United Quimdom. I've never heard of one of those things. Do you have to wind them up?
Quote: Moonstone @ October 29 2009, 7:52 PM BSTI've been looking at alternatives but they all seem shit - more expensive or slower or whatever. What's a VPN though? Are you still with the same company that diddled you for a long while after your 'excessive usage'?
Nope, I moved.
A VPN is a virtual private network. It encrypts and routes your traffic through a connection elsewhere, so you're more secure and far less easily traceable.
Thank you, I shall look into it. I don't feel too worried with the new usenet stuff though, everything's been brilliant so far (albeit a bit poor in terms of d/l speed, but I can live with that).
Prepare to completely loose your shit on this one Aaron.
This is the motherload of French hate for the British:
A Quebec sovereignty group wants Prince Charles to apologize for the cultural genocide of francophones in North America.
Here is the best part:
n an open letter to the prince, which was released to the media and published on the group's website, the Montreal chapter of the Société St-Jean Baptiste says the heir to the British throne will only be welcome in Quebec during his Canadian tour if he atones for the alleged sins by the British after their conquest of North America.
SO REPENT BRITAIN FOR YOUR HORRIBLE PAST! 
F**k I hate separatists with a passion.