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  1. Re:But... on Nissan Gives Electric Cars Blade Runner Audio Effect · · Score: 1

    and i'm assuming the driver of the vehicle got sued for causing injury due to not being in proper control of his/her vehicle. Here in the UK at least this falls under the criminal offense of driving without due care and attention.

  2. read further on Microsoft Says No TCP/IP Patches For XP · · Score: 1

    and maybe you ought to look a bit further down at the table of effects where it says the maximum effect on xp is denial of service.

  3. Re:Yeah, right on Microsoft Says No TCP/IP Patches For XP · · Score: 1

    not having a firewall protecting your machine from 29 THOUSAND others even if they're supposedly 'safe' is crazy in all situations, not just now theres a known hole

  4. Re:you're right on Judge Won't Lower $5M Bail For Jailed SF IT Admin · · Score: 1

    that's assuming the whole thing isnt thrown out as the pointless ridiculous exercise it really is

  5. Re:too easy on Judge Won't Lower $5M Bail For Jailed SF IT Admin · · Score: 1

    then he launches the lawsuit?
    or his evil army of trained monkeys instead?
    cue lawyer/monkey jokes. . .

  6. Re:Classic New Labour on UK Plans To Link Criminal Records To ID Cards · · Score: 1

    no mis-identification because names match (which happens on "no fly" lists), just a link of an ID to a crime.

    >

    Ding! we have a winner!
    do you really think that those of the criminal mindset are going to carry one?
    do you really think that the data integrity side of cards is fool proof? (proof against fools maybe)
    do you really think that the biometric side of the card isnt a total white elephant?
    do you really think that it'll be any extra help at all at all above and beyond the original criminal records data against criminals without the card, if just the database part exists? (assuming that a different political party would actually bother to scrap the cards?)

  7. also on UK Plans To Link Criminal Records To ID Cards · · Score: 1

    i'm not getting the urge to launch something heavy at the set in frustration either!

  8. Re:hey, UK on UK Plans To Link Criminal Records To ID Cards · · Score: 1

    not a chance, sadly. i hope we skip a generation of royalty, the inbreeding had a bad effect on charles ;)

  9. Re:Well, we all know what to do... on UK Plans To Link Criminal Records To ID Cards · · Score: 1

    the liberal democrats are too. guess who's getting my vote. . .

  10. Re:Schedules are important. on Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days · · Score: 1

    until their funding is cut, cut, and cut again due to plummetting pupil numbers. eventually the only option would be closure

  11. nope on Drop in P2P Traffic Attributed To Traffic Shaping · · Score: 1

    and since when does sitting in a darkened room whilst watching a film and not talking count as socialising, in fact how much does it differ from your average basement geek?

  12. Re:Schedules are important. on Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days · · Score: 1

    heh, so that's what the conflict was over! Silly me i thought that the primary reason was, er, slavery.

  13. Re:Schedules are important. on Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days · · Score: 1

    I'd like to see what the Brits would say if the EU said it was taking over the NHS!

    From what i understand, this isnt so much a taking over of the states' health care programs for those not in medicare or medicaid, as actually providing a meaningful minimum health cover where there was not one previously. In any case, get the hell back on the topic of the article!

  14. Re:Schedules are important. on Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days · · Score: 1

    it'd be the death of your public schools. maybe that's for the best, haven't got an opinion either way

  15. Re:Do you have non anecdotal evidence? on Why Is Linux Notebook Battery Life Still Poor? · · Score: 1

    it is perfectly fair to compare macbooks to a laptop machine, if the os being tested is the one that shipped with the laptop. They ship the device as is, their os choice is not relevant to how you should rate them for battery life

  16. someone has one in the thread on Why Is Linux Notebook Battery Life Still Poor? · · Score: 1

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1347015&cid=29187931

    I'd say though, that this level of customisation of linux in order to get decent battery life in comparison with xp is a barrier to takeup. the Linux kernel dev team, and various package maintainers need to switch on to this.

  17. RAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA on British Video Recordings Act 1984 Invalid · · Score: 2, Funny

    mod this +1 funny!

  18. Re:Good news for others on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 1

    abuse>dev/null

    It's still illegal, since using the software in a manner in breach of the EULA means that in effect you are not agreeing to the EULA, this means you are using the software without a valid license. This means a breach of copyright no matter how you try and pretend that it's not!

  19. Re:Good news for others on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 1

    its still infringement of copyright, so err, yes.

  20. Re:Good news for others on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 1

    if you are using software in violation of a EULA then you are technically using it without a license

  21. Re:Yeah? So? on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 1

    try 'litres'. . .

  22. Re:Learn new tricks from an old dog on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 1

    nobody is left out.

  23. Re:Good news for others on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 1

    technically violating the EULA in this manner means that you are using the software Unlicensed. This is the same as warezing it

  24. Re:So will it be region locked? on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 1

    i think he meant other operating systems, not the local market/bittorrent/usenet.

  25. it sure does! on Production of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again · · Score: 1

    corrosion caused by water has even killed people _on_ airliners!