Monday 13th November - Bloody Vista (to the Editor of ITWeek)

I am seething with rage at the industry's willingness to be screwed by Microsoft yet again. Sensibly, I have everything important on Macs but one always needs a Windows PC around (& a Linux one, as it happens). In no other business sphere would a firm be allowed such a monopoly position as Microsoft has without government regulation moving in. As Intel produce more computing power, Microsoft add extra useless features in a new version of the operating system to gobble up that power & eventually stop supporting the older ones, without putting the code into the public domain, as they should. Linux would wipe out Windows if it was not for the dreaded word 'tweak', which seems always to be needed. I cannot understand why our government does not sponsor a tweak-free 'standard' Linux with a standard version of Wine, so we can escape the blackmail from Redmond.
Yours sincerely, Ken Baldry (42 years experience)

Wednesday 8th November - Democrat victory (in the USA - they actually published this one)

A great victory for the Democrats and this was after the Republicans had pre-stolen about 4.5 million votes by interfering with the registration process to throw off black and hispanic voters.

Wednesday 1st November - Climate change: Carbon allowances

The Carbon Allowance Year had better start on September 1st, so people who have carelessly used up their points will be washing in cold water in August, not December. We will have to think about these things when carbon allowances come in. as they will have to.

Tuesday 31st October - Saving money through climate tackling

Neil Holmes asks what he could spend all the money he saves by cutting his carbon use. The answer is that some luxuries will become very expensive, so his expenditure will probably balance out. His low-energy light bulbs will pay for his no-longer-cheap airline tickets.

Monday 16th October - Crosses and veils

Peter Hain is wrong to call a ban on crosses 'loopy'. If we are going to pressure members of the Moslem superstition to give up the veil, then some reciprocity is due. The Christian superstition should give up their crosses & the Judaic superstition, their hilarious furry hats.

Thursday 5th October - Climate change

If the World is looking to Britain, then we should show some leadership by making a move. A flat rate petrol ration of, say 500 litres per car per annum would show both the World & British citizens that this is a serious matter requiring actual sacrifice. Those citizens who exercised their 'choice' of a 4x4 will obviously do less miles than a Smart car owner but that is choice for you.