I think by default many of us make the assumption that we have unique qualities, quirks and opinions. Perhaps apart from those who strive to be like the rest of the crowd most of us notice these traits of our character and can become quite fond of them. I'm talking about things like if, for instance, you are the type of person who remembers small details about past conversations and gets satisfaction from recalling them or if you have a particular unusual outlook on something or if a quality such as kindness provokes feelings in certain situations you feel others would not know.

There are many many such things, none of which alone appear to be too unique for others to share but in total you would assume the chances highly unlikely, nearing impossibility to share near every such thing, hundreds of them, with another person.

However, how would you feel if you discovered just that, a person so similar in such respect?

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My car is out of action for this week and possibly Monday too, some problem most likely related too wheel bearings who knows? Anyhow I have been forced to travel on the bus like I did in the "good old days". It's always the case that you never realise how much you like something till it's gone. As humans we have a wonderful tendency to take anything and everything for granted. Well, true to this rule I now find myself realising just how terrible the buses are. Unreliable, annoying stop changes, cold, uncomfortable, no privacy and highly inconvenient. Needless to say I can't wait till my car is fixed.

Whilst travelling on the bus I listen to music for the entire journey. I do this for two reasons, because I enjoy listening to music and because I don't enjoy listening to a commentary of last nights TV programming, football results or general gossip all wrapped up in bountiful swear words and a thick black country accent to further drive one insane. However, two nights ago someone was having a rather different conversation. It must be noted that this is the first time I have ever heard such a conversation on a bus and so I consider it a great rarity.

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Okay so my post before last was also about Ubuntu 7.10 but how can I resist posting again? It was released on Thursday and over the weekend I decided to upgrade my desktop PC. So I had already been using it on my PC at work and my laptop and it had impressed me and sure enough it didn't fail to impress me on my main computer. Another flawless and oh so easy installation.

Ubuntu's default selection of software is pretty much bang on perfection. Previously I was a big fan of the Muine media player. I couldn't stand the default Rhythmbox, but as with every new release was tempted to check out what improvements had been made to it. After checking it out I have now stopped using Muine after about 2 years of devotion to that player meaning that now I have one less app to install to reach my perfect desktop setup. Three extra apps I install are Eclipse, mail-notification and Inkscape then I'm done. That's about a five minute task. Unlike Windows where installing every single piece of software takes up 10% of your lifespan I can type "sudo apt-get install eclipse inkscape mail-notification" and I have all the software I need

Ubuntu 7.10 is also the first version of Ubuntu that I haven't had to edit a text based config file for. Graphics card driver installation and configuration is not all point and click GUI work. Even installing eye candy such as Compiz Fusion is simply a config option away, same goes for video codecs.

Everything works and works so well, another great release

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Yeah, every guy knows they exist but are incredibly rare and elusive right? Like one in a million or something, it's hardly like there's more female gamers than male gamers right... not yet anyway.

Well apparently in Japan, yes there is... sort of. To quote the article "In Japan, the DS has a 53 percent female user base, while the Wii has a 51 percent". Well, the only word to sum that up is "wow". Nintendo have clearly done an excellent job appealing to a wider audience. Of course that's only for Nintendo's products but hey, it shocked me none the less

It's been interesting over the years to see computer/console games go from the realm of the geek to the masses much in the same way computers and the internet have. I'm guessing later on down the line no one will frown upon me for being an adult and buying a console

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Okay so it's not out yet but that hasn't stopped me from using it. It's currently installed on my desktop at work and my laptop at home. So what's it like, well it's like every iteration of Ubuntu pretty much exactly the same as the last one but better

What's the best thing about this version then? Well, I would say the fact that the whole system was up and running, all drivers installed customised to the way I like it within minutes and not once did I have to touch the command line! Everything either just worked or provided some easy method of getting it to work.

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