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  1. Re:A Tribute To The Greats on MPAA Goes After Gnutella · · Score: 1
    streetlawyer was my hero.


    The poor cook he caught the fits

  2. Re:(battlebots robotwars) && why on Robot Wars Coming Stateside · · Score: 1
    Well, lister (Craig charles) is alright, but the guy who voice overs the matches is *really* annoying

    Nothing compared to his football commentary, tho. Jesus, who thought a screaming imbecile added anything to the experience.


    The poor cook he caught the fits

  3. Re:Robot Wars has been on PBS for several years on Robot Wars Coming Stateside · · Score: 1
    Ah, but dear Philippa has left us, to be replaced by the nice, but not quite so lovely, Julia.
    As an aside, has anybody else noticed how Philippa used to get drunker as the series went on? I reckon she was nipping from a hip flask.


    The poor cook he caught the fits

  4. Re:No sportscaster crap. on Robot Wars Coming Stateside · · Score: 1
    Yeah, funny Gemini won the pinball tournament, wasn't it?


    The poor cook he caught the fits

  5. Re:"ceased to operate"?? on Humorously Bad Web Hosting Policies · · Score: 1

    As is 0800
    The poor cook he caught the fits

  6. Damn right on IDSA Goes After Abandonware · · Score: 1
    IMHO, Ultima IV on the Master System still ranks as one of the best RPGs I've ever played. Dead easy to control, beautifully thought out storylines, massive map, even the spell system worked.

    That's it, I'm off down the computer game exchange...


    The poor cook he caught the fits

  7. Re:Yikes.. DUH on When The FBI Knocks, A First-Person Account · · Score: 1
    grep -v fools_ip log_file

    You can't do that with fingerprints.


    The poor cook he caught the fits

  8. Re:Not fair? on Amazon Refunding The Overcharge Experiment · · Score: 1
    Customer A walks into Amazon, is quoted a price for a DVD, decides it's reasonable, pays it.

    Customer B walks into Amazon for the same DVD, in no more or less need than Customer A. Customer B is randomly quoted a price £5 higher.

    Can Customer B haggle for 15 minutes with the magic Amazon price creating machine. I think not. This does not happen anywhere but in the exciting new economy.

  9. Re:It won't work unless it has "ent" on the end on SCO Change Their Name to Tarantella · · Score: 1

    Bugger me, that's depressing.

  10. Re:Conservation on the moon on Could The Moon Power Earth? · · Score: 1
    How many other planets can you think of with a single, large moon?

    Not one. And it's full of robots.

  11. Re:Don't think MacGyver! Was: Re:What's Missing? T on Microsoft Openly Provides Kerberos Interop Specs · · Score: 1
    You seen any of the films? Oh, lordy they're poor. The one about the Lost Secrets of Atlantis (I think, doesn't matter) was especially bad. Started off with Mac' and Brian Blessed (putting in plenty of acting) robbing some grave in Eygpt, then getting trapped in a big hole with bars across the top, up to their necks in rocks. Opening credits; then:

    BB: I'll never forget how you got us out of that trap in Cairo, MacGyver, Ho, Ho, Ho!!

    Not once was it explain how they escaped.

    The film ended with the chamber of secrets collapsing due to the planets aligning (he watched them line up out of a hole in the roof, you could see the surface of Jupitor, for gods sake).

    Oh, and the 'Eastern European Military Camp', which was actually Battersea power station.

    And 'The London University', which was actually Royal Holloway University.

    Very poor.

  12. Re:PETA's press release on Court Orders Owner Of Peta.org To Give Up Domain · · Score: 1

    petaonline.org
    peta-online.org
    peta.com
    peta.org...
    how many domains do these people want?

  13. Re:XYZZY wasn't an Easter Egg! on Easter Eggs in Open Source? · · Score: 1

    It's back in Win2000. But they've re-scaled the end of game animation in sol, the one true test of a computer's useable speed.

  14. Re:Web Based Easter Eggs? on Easter Eggs in Open Source? · · Score: 1
    Awh, that's sweet.

  15. Licence fee - a clarification on Napster, Napster, Napster · · Score: 1
    From my licence demand (I've got one, they just don't a record of it):

    A colour licence currently costs £104.00

    The tourist rate is currently ~1.50. By my reckoning that gives ~$156.
    FWIW, I feel this is superb value for 2 national TV networks, a developing digital network, 5 national radio networks, a network of regional radio stations, a worldwide radio network, and one of the finest news gathering services in the world. Just my tuppence.

  16. Re:stuff and such on Privacy vs. Anonymity · · Score: 1
    It would be nice to be anonymous and legal.

  17. Re:attention trolls on Print From Your TV Set, Says HP · · Score: 1

    That is truly, truly brilliant

  18. Re:Linus Torvalds supports trolling! on 101 Keys Soaking Wet: The Flexboard · · Score: 1

    But TROLL VAIN SUDS is nearly on-topic.

  19. Re:Dunno about the virus... on I Love You "Virus" Hates Everyone · · Score: 1

    Bet she didn't send him a page full of porn links though. Pah.

  20. Re:56K UK user? Increase your bandwidth for FREE! on UK ADSL packages Announced By British Telecom · · Score: 1

    Unless you're stuck with DACS (?), BT's brilliant method of doubling their prof^H^H^H^Hlines. This allows them to put two lines down the same bit of copper. Knackers your line quality tho. Ask them to improve the quality and you'll be told that they only rate their lines for voice traffic and if you want to transfer data, buy Home Highway (BT's half-assed ISDN system).

  21. Re:Is this news? on Net Firms Running Out Of Cash? · · Score: 1
    Heh. Dutch ISP bubble.

  22. Re:Most startups lose money to start up!! on Net Firms Running Out Of Cash? · · Score: 1
    Eidos had a product to sell, rather than relying on the magic advertising revenue fairy.

  23. Re:Open Source Iridium on Iridium Hardware May Burn · · Score: 1

    I would have thought that a bc script would be ideal for this.

  24. Re:Bill Gates' Y2K Fireworks Show on Iridium Hardware May Burn · · Score: 1
    remotely rebooted your computer (he CAN do that you know...)

    So why does he only do it when I install something then?

  25. Re:gun control on Mattel Dislikes Being Embarrassed (UPDATED) · · Score: 1
    Guns don't cause violence, they are just first choice for a person who has one handy and wishes to be lethally violent. In the event that a gun is not handy, I strongly suspect that they'll use a knife or bludgeon rather than give up in frustration.

    Guns allow a person to be rapidly and easily lethal from a distance.