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  1. Re:Who else should comment on your games? on Biggest Headache For Game Developers: Abusive Fans · · Score: 1

    And if you're over 16 and judging others on how they spend their free time on an internet forum, you are a loser, also an asshole hypocrite, and probably a troll.

  2. Re:How many knew that it was a global release? on Despite Global Release, Breaking Bad Heavily Pirated · · Score: 1

    I get Foxtel in Australia. I pay for a full package. It is riddled with advertisements, the DVR box is ok but is very short on storage for a family. I like to watch stuff on my android tablet, and win7 PC, but the box has HDCP encrytion. I could bypass that and rip the streams directly then go to the hassle of cutting out the advertisements, or I can download the torrent ahead of the evenings air time and have it on my tablet before the wife wants to watch some reality TV drivel.

    TV execs, I do pay for your product! I just receive it from someone willing to supply it to me in a more convenient format.

  3. Re:Waste of money on NASA To Send Poems To Mars · · Score: 1

    DVD movie weighs 0.034 lbs, Average Cost-per-LB to GTO $11,243. Gives us a cost of $382.26. That's just to geosynchronous orbit. I will leave it to you to extrapolate the cost of that DVD going to Mars.

  4. Re:The title of this post... on Rooting SIM Cards · · Score: 1

    As an Australian I can safely say the best and fastest way to root a sim card is to stick it in the microwave oven for 10 seconds.

  5. Re:Ah yes, government control of health care on Obamacare Software Glitch Will Limit Penalties Charged To Smokers · · Score: 3, Informative

    Then I invite you to look at Australia with a similar system and an economy not in the toilet.

  6. Re:Penny Arcade's Response... on Microsoft Reacts To Feedback But Did They Get Windows 8.1 Right? · · Score: 1

    Because he needs "Sheet" to work with "Mattress" but his "Sheet" vendor stopped selling "Clean Sheets" and only offers "Sheet Shit" or "Sheet Shit Stains" options now? Sure he could go to a third party dry cleaner to get rid of the "Shit" or "Shit Stains" or Stick with "Clean Sheets" But "Clean Sheets" doesn't offer a fitted Sheet that conforms to his new Mattress.

    He could try another Sheet vendor entirely but that my require purchasing of new Blanket add-ons and he simply doesn't want the "Flannelette Sheet with Shit".

  7. Re:Start Button in 8.1 is useless. on Microsoft Reacts To Feedback But Did They Get Windows 8.1 Right? · · Score: 1

    And that is why it is removed from all my keyboards on my home machine. So advice of using windows key + whatever shortcuts is completely moot to me. Just give me the fucking start menu accessed through the start button back!

  8. Re:won't help with audible on New Zealand ISP Offers "Global Mode" So Users Can Circumvent Geo-Restrictions · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they won't sell it to you, pirate it. That's obviously what they want you to do.

  9. Re:doesn't help people take games seriously either on Sexism Still a Problem At E3 · · Score: 1

    If I were to post a link below to a nude picture of Zooey Deschanel, everyone would click it,

    Hey! Don't you dare say those things unless they're true!

  10. Re:We need more than that on Birthday Song's Copyright Leads To a Lawsuit For the Ages · · Score: 1

    Crap, copied wrong amount for '93 it should be $5242.88

  11. Re:We need more than that on Birthday Song's Copyright Leads To a Lawsuit For the Ages · · Score: 1

    That seems like an acceptable variant. The advantage with the double method is that eventually everything falls to public domain, but if your IP is making money hand over fist you can retain it for quite some time. Of course both methods will tend to hit viable cap at about 30 years. If we were using this system now IP made in 1983 would be up for $5,368,709.12 I do not think many items made in 1983 would be making that sort of money now. IP made in 1993 would only need a paltry $5,368,709.12 I can see some IP making these sorts of royalties now. This is plenty of time for your average IP to turn a healthy profit.

  12. Re:We need more than that on Birthday Song's Copyright Leads To a Lawsuit For the Ages · · Score: 1

    Renewal every year doubling every year. First filing cost 1 cent. After 10 years it will cost $10.24 20 years $5242.88 30 years $5,368,709.12 40 years $5,497,558,138.88 By the time we get to the 100 year mark we are at $6,338,253,001,141,150,000,000,000,000.00 There we have provided the "Forever minus a day"

  13. Re:all for it... on UK Police Now Double As CCTV Cameras · · Score: 1

    Well my comment is alluding to the ability of skewing possible tampering against the police' own interest as a possible disincentivising of tampering.

  14. Re:all for it... on UK Police Now Double As CCTV Cameras · · Score: 1

    Or how about without video footage suspects automatically go free, in the case of police abuse no footage means officer is guilty.

    Oh wait I forgot I don't live in my idealized fantasy, carry on, beat the public and arrange false charges.

  15. Re: Profanity? on Linus Torvalds Promises Profanity Over Linux 3.10-rc5 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People who make these sorts of arguments against using profanity only convey "I will use and ad hominem to dissuade its use because I personally do not like profanity".

  16. Re:first on Linus Torvalds Promises Profanity Over Linux 3.10-rc5 · · Score: 1

    I got win xp to run on a p3 with 32 mb ram and an IDE drive. It ran like a slug but it did run.

  17. Re:Pics or it didn't on English May Have Retained Words From an Ice Age Language · · Score: 1

    No, that's more like "Aaaaaahhhhhh!"

  18. Re:Preemptively Posting on Injectable Nanoparticles Maintain Normal Blood-sugar Levels For Up To 10 Days · · Score: 1

    I'm not a bodybuilder but I have broad shoulders, I used to cycle a lot so my calves and thighs are rather bulgy. I never had a six pack or anything but I didn't have any weight issues ( I didn't look like I was over weight, and that's what really counts, not the numbers). While the BMI would make it look like I was over weight the BMI is bull shit. It doesn't account for body type.

  19. Re:Pics or it didn't on English May Have Retained Words From an Ice Age Language · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Brrrrrr....

  20. Re:Preemptively Posting on Injectable Nanoparticles Maintain Normal Blood-sugar Levels For Up To 10 Days · · Score: 3, Informative

    I developed type 2 after contracting pancreatitis due to complications associated with surgery to remove gall stones ( actually it was a second surgery to clear remnants of grit from the passage that ends at the bottom of the stomach). At the time I was 22 years old, 90 KG (about 198 pounds) and I am five foot nine. I am overwieght now but that is down to what diabetes has done to my metabolism. People shouldn't make assumptions about someones situation. Just because they are fat doesn't mean that's what cause their type 2 diabetes.

    Forgive me for the crudity of my medical terminology, I am not a medical student.

  21. Re:Equal rights on So What If Yahoo's New Dads Get Less Leave Than Moms? · · Score: 1

    And in many of those species the father supports the mother during that period.

  22. Re: Equal rights on So What If Yahoo's New Dads Get Less Leave Than Moms? · · Score: 1

    Basic income, everyone gets it, it is not means tested. That is going to offset the income tax somewhat, it will offset it a lot more ( or totally if your income is low enough) for lower income families and a lot less for high wage earners. It's a bit of a logical fallacy to just quote the tax rate and leave it there.

  23. Re:This is here, because? on Belief In God Correlates With Better Mental Health Treatment Outcomes · · Score: 1

    If atheism is a religion then bald is a hair color, and not stamp collecting is a hobby.

  24. Re:But what sort of porn? on No Porn From Public WiFi Hotspots In the UK Proposed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Someone in the UK aught to add that they want religious material blocked as well. After all if you're blocking "offensive" content you better make sure you block everything people find "offensive". You should block all "offensive" content or none of it. I personally find exposing children to religion is harmful, more so than pornography.

  25. Re:Africa, home to the most terrifying creatures on Giant Snails Invade Florida · · Score: 1

    Yes but in Australia the things that will kill you tend to hide. In Africa it's mostly apparent where the death is coming from.