Chiefly British

One has to hope that when one is served pigeon, it is Wood Pigeon fat on field grain and not feral pigeon fat on discarded doughnuts.

@matigo I ate it. It was like rubber discs. Not like chicken.

@matigo Well your grandad sounds pretty typical for his generation.

How did the USB memory stick get from San Diego to Newfoundland? Bus power.

For fucks sake USA, pick a President.

@matigo Maybe it's taking so long because they're trying to get a human computer for you. You like niche computers don't you?

Serial ATA (1.5 Gb/s) …so no point trying to boot through firewire on the mac mini then. The iBook on the other hand is Ultra ATA/100 so that may benefit.

// @peemee

@jextxadore It's OK. It makes you feel like the Lord of the Computer. It will do as I command.

// @matigo

@peemee Wondering if booting from a CF card (through a firewire 400 port) would be faster than booting from an internal 5400rpm HD.

@hazardwarning I don't even have any unmarketable skills.