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  1. Re:Last year's news, changes a long way away on British PC Tax to Replace TV License? · · Score: 1

    Of course! Very true!

  2. Re:Last year's news, changes a long way away on British PC Tax to Replace TV License? · · Score: 1

    to deal with 'unresponsive male found in gutter next to empty bottle of listerine' brought in by ambulance - because the ambulances don't go there. Listerine??? Does fresh breath require emergancy treatment over in the US?

  3. Re:What problem? on Microsoft Anti-Spyware Removes Norton Anti-Virus · · Score: 1

    Only that the poor reputation of the consumer version tarnishs the image of the corperate version.

  4. Re:Good. on SeaMonkey 1.0 Goes Beta · · Score: 1

    I beleive its specifically the obj-tabs in the adblock preferances that causes the problems with flash.

  5. Re:Science subject on Man Cures Himself of HIV? · · Score: 3, Funny

    :) wheres the mod points when you need them!?

  6. Re:Virus data on Korean Mozilla Binaries Infected · · Score: 1

    IIRC thats a criticism I've seen made of the Mozilla distribution before. Sure, I got the download from the Mozilla site, but its downloading from somewhere totally different.

  7. Re:Virus data on Korean Mozilla Binaries Infected · · Score: 1

    Besides the bact the virus is over 3 years old? There is no excuse for this! The files should have been checked for viruses when uploaded onto the Mozilla site.

  8. Re:Oh yeah, that's why we threw their tea away on British Police Demand Access To Encryption Keys · · Score: 2, Insightful

    One of those rights is the right of silence. If when someone's arrested they don't have to answer any of the questions the police ask them

    True, but if you're arrested and withhold information which you later rely on in court the fact you withheld that information may be taken into account when deciding if your guilty (or not)

  9. Re:The annoyances of Mozilla products (Windows) on Firefox 1.05 Released · · Score: 2, Interesting

    1. Why do they still release just complete versions? I want an update to distribute to all our clients. Mozilla products are update hell.

    Scheduled to be fixed in Firefox 1.1

    2. Why do they still insist on supporting many profiles per user? If I would like multiple profiles, then I would also create multiple users on my Windows.

    Because it can be usefull to some people.

    3. Why are profile paths so strange? The mozilla creates something like ...\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.21a. That's hilarious. Seems pretty reasonable to me!

    4. Why do they use Application data folder for cache? It's making the users' profile LARGE! They should use ...\Local Settings\ like internet explorer! (local settings belong to the machine, thus they do not roam like the application data folder)

    Yeah that should be fixed! Although you can change the folder location manually.

  10. Re:More Questions then Answers on Harry Potter's 'Half Blood Prince' Leaked · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't think JKR is offering that...

  11. Re:Let's do a Slashdot ISP rating. on PC World's ISP Service Rankings, as of June 2005 · · Score: 1

    Yep, PlusNet are pretty good with good prices too. Cheapest service is £14.99 (approx $30) for 2Mb down, 256up (best you can get in the UK without using cable or a LLU provider. Support is generally pretty good, and I can only remember one outage about 2 years ago.

  12. Re:Mandriva on Firefox Faces Trademark Issues · · Score: 1

    Or appeal to the mass public and call it "The Intarweb"...

    How about Intarweb Explorer? No?

  13. Re:Will copying work *all* the time now? on Firefox Deer Park Alpha Available · · Score: 1

    So its not just my computer then???

    Thank god for that! Its been driving me mad

  14. Re:Rule of thumb: Wired Wireless on Cell Phone Service as High Speed Internet Link? · · Score: 1

    "A network enginner always carries a short length of Cat 5 cable with him. If he ever gets lost in the wilderness, he simply buries that cable, waits, and asks the backhoe operator for directions"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Bamford

  15. Re:the reason on Goblet of Fire Teaser Trailer Released · · Score: 2

    Well...that explains why the first two movies are so much better than the third.

    Which movies did you watch? The scenery, sets, characters, and acting have got progressively better with each film.

  16. Re:the BBC on BBC to Provide Extensive RSS · · Score: 1

    Well done!!! You just offended the Licence payers who live in Scotland, Wales and Northen Ireland.

  17. Re:Not very expensive? on Will America's Favorite Technology Go Dark? · · Score: 1

    #2 Common what?
    Wiki: Common Land

  18. Re:Two Questions on Human Hibernation on the Horizon? · · Score: 1

    Where will they find a conveniently unattached prince? He got married.

  19. Re:Nice but not up to date on Google Maps, Local Expand To UK · · Score: 1

    Its a huge improvement over AutoRoute, as it includes M6 Toll and the local (to me) Great Glen bypass.

  20. Re:uh oh on Google Launches Google Code · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe a decent search too...

  21. Re:But they've been rich for a decade... on IE7 Details Emerge · · Score: 1

    I guess the Kia I had was built during there poor period

  22. Re:Haha on Microsoft to Offer Patches to U.S. Govt. First · · Score: 1

    I seriously hope that the US gov system admins dont leave the computers to auto check the windows update site. I would hope that they use something like SUS, or better

  23. Re:On this subject on Firefox 1.0.1 Released · · Score: 1

    If the advert hadn't happened then the number of download might have slowed?

  24. Re:FP and the Sites Down! on Star Wars Episode 3 Play-By-Play In Pictures · · Score: 1
    Having served up almost 4Gb to ~750 I might remove my above links from the server... heres a e[donkey|mule] link:
    ed2k://|file|starwars.zip|6989760|2EE374BB479A8464 A50B5E82B73118C3|/
    (slashdot don't allow that as a link??)
  25. Re:FP and the Sites Down! on Star Wars Episode 3 Play-By-Play In Pictures · · Score: 1

    Also a Bittorrent here