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  1. Re:The Onion said it best on Qualcomm Says Eight-Core Processors Are Dumb · · Score: 1

    then shave it off.

  2. Re:Drooling Insanity on QANTAS Wants To Monitor Frequent Flyers' Home Internet · · Score: 1

    pretty sure its actually illegal to send the data overseas if the privacy regulations are less than in Australia.

  3. Re:Its not just size on Did B&N Pass On the 6.8" E-ink Screen That Kobo Snapped Up? · · Score: 1

    and your large format magazine looks really nice in 6 inches. or for that matter magazine or large format child book. You can even load them onto your 4inch phone, and that still isn't particularly satisfying. The larger colourful items want a larger colourful device, ie 10inch tablet, for best experience. But viewing the ebook equivalent of a paperback novel in a paperback novel sized ebook would be so much more satisfying than using these sub-sized 6inch ebooks.

  4. Re:Its not just size on Did B&N Pass On the 6.8" E-ink Screen That Kobo Snapped Up? · · Score: 1

    ok, looking at my bookshelves, yep most of the e-book sized books are novels, not picture books or how-to books or atlasses, so no colour is not important in an e-reader used primarily for novels. What is important is to get away from ridiculous small readers and get 7 inch readers,- go on, measure a standard novel, it aint 6 inches.

  5. Re:MORONS!!! on Gamer Keeps Civilization II Game Going for 10 Years · · Score: 1

    there does seem a lot of people who don't care who care enough to both read and post about this story. Who was the Moron again? And yes, it actually is a very interesting story, and techy, and nerdy. now tell us again why euro crisis, kremlin protests, drug running is techy and nerdy?

  6. Re:Would you call Stanford University a patent tro on Is Australia's CSIRO a Patent Troll? · · Score: 1

    could you be more wrong?

  7. obsolete fairly quick? on Researchers Push Implanted User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    "user buttons, pressure sensors and LEDs " Why would you want to interface this way? This will obsolete very quickly. Its direct brain interfacing you need. This is when it gets truly useful.

  8. Re:Solar on Electric Airplane Ready For Production · · Score: 1

    no because with hypoxia (see other comments), you can no longer do simple maths, and so the maths of the drag won't affect anything.

  9. Re:Phew... on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    You are doing ONE drive of only 300 miles in 5 months time and that's your excuse for wasting petrol? That's barely a commute here in Aus. And yes, we would love to replace petrol usage for these trips, that's where the investment should be happening. And yeah, you sound like an Aussie WRX driver too, WRX is short for wanker (does that translate?)

  10. Re:Let me guess, a bunch of stuff from 40+ years a on Flowchart Guides Readers Through the 100 Best SF Books · · Score: 1

    Stapleton: Last and First Men and Starmaker are possibly two of the best books ever, but I would have been surprised to see them on the list. Just read them and consider the concepts he is presenting and the timeframes he is covering.

  11. Re:The Silmarillion on Flowchart Guides Readers Through the 100 Best SF Books · · Score: 1

    Precisely, its not the first to read, but its one of the greatest. And very deserving of being on the list.

  12. Re:Its getting to the point where on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1

    actually Fosters is the waste product after making beer.

  13. Re:because it's not at all difficult... on Rock, Paper, Shotgun Call For Worldwide Game Release Dates · · Score: 1

    I really wish Civ V could have been delayed in Australia by an extra week and then I could have seen the reviews and not wasted my money. (Yes, firaxis are now on the don't buy for a month after release list now, as is the Total War series, 2 weeks of reviews to go before I consider Shogun 2)

  14. Re:Induced pluripotent stem on Team Use Stem Cells to Restore Mobility in Paralyzed Monkey · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't we at least do the research to find out?

    There's lots of things we can find out by experimenting on live human bodies. We should at least do the research. Starting on you.

  15. Re:Unfortunately it's still the Disneyworld on 400 Turns of Civilization V · · Score: 1

    Of course Spearmen can destroy a tank. Didn't you watch Avatar? Use your imagination, if you had a spear and there was a tank you wanted to destroy, I'm sure you could work out several ways of doing it (knock on the hatch, spear the commander when he opens, ...).

  16. Re:How long since you were in school? on TI vs. Calculator Hobbyists, Again · · Score: 1

    A hammer resets every calculator in existence. But seriously - why are there calculators in these exams anyway? What are they teaching you?

  17. Re:Okay then. on The Chicken May Have Come Before the Egg · · Score: 1

    no, Australia has emus. This must be Austrian. Eggs are harder since they have further to fall.

  18. Re:Am I a cheap bastard? on Fastest Graphics Ever, Asus ARES Rips Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    I've never ever read such rubbish. will this discussion ever finish?

  19. Re:1934 on AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra' · · Score: 5, Informative

    wrong band. Peter Garrett was Midnight Oil.

  20. Re:What happens at night? on Possible Breakthrough In Hydrogen Energy · · Score: 0

    granary? you're not playing it right. Barracks and units is all you need.

  21. Re:Doomed on HP To Buy Palm For $1.2 Billion · · Score: 1

    Enough with the fools. Everyone is a fool. HP (now) is from HP (then). Agilent (now) is from HP (then). HP (now) could quite easily have been given the name change. The HP instrumentation division, which is what we are talking about, is essentially the same division with a company name change. Of course, half of it is now closed off or sold off anyway.

  22. Re:Doomed on HP To Buy Palm For $1.2 Billion · · Score: 0, Redundant

    agilent is HP. Fool.

  23. but are they interesting? on 90% of the Universe Found Hiding In Plain View · · Score: 1

    90% more galaxies, but are any of them worth visiting?

  24. Re:More realistic? on Civilization V Announced For This Fall · · Score: 2, Funny

    still happens - didn't you watch avatar?

  25. Re:Hmmm... on Google Buzz — First Reactions · · Score: 1

    so she ends up breeding and adding to the gene pool, and he ends up in slashdot. such is life.