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  1. Re:Cross country? on Transporting a 15-Meter-Wide, 600-Ton Magnet Cross Country · · Score: 1

    I assume they ruled it out for one reason or another. I live in the UK. I don't have enough local knowledge to comment further sensibly.

  2. Re:Cross country? on Transporting a 15-Meter-Wide, 600-Ton Magnet Cross Country · · Score: 1

    It's going by barge for most of the journey. From the article: "It will float from New York Harbor in June, down the East Coast, around Florida, up the Gulf Coast and up the Mississippi River by July."

  3. Re:You can stop wi-fi, but you can't stop 3G on Some LA Coffee Shops Are Taking Wi-Fi Off the Menu · · Score: 1

    If there is a pub in London left that still doesn't have a TV I'd love to find it.

    http://www.thepeasant.co.uk/ ... some reasonable beers too.

  4. Re:It's called... on Watch TV On Your Satnav · · Score: 5, Funny

    Umm... it's called *reckless* driving!

    Wreckless driving is desirable.

  5. Re:Why does it need internet access on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    Why does a particle collider need internet access?

    For the porn. Where else will it get all the Large Hardons to collide?

  6. Re:Ow ow ow. on A Good Reason To Go Full-Time SSL For Gmail · · Score: 1

    I wasn't saying your head is under your 'heals'. Standing upright (like this) puts the head above and slightly in front of the heels. Rotating the linked image clockwise and the head arcs over the heels; hence, falling head over heels.

    Also try this: "You can't continue to have your cake after eating it and eat it too".

  7. Re:Ow ow ow. on A Good Reason To Go Full-Time SSL For Gmail · · Score: 1

    You'd think that would be the case, but oddly enough, there are plenty of idiomatic phrases that really don't make sense. For instance: "Falling head over heels", or "you can't have your cake and eat it too".

    Fall backwards: your head will arc over your heels.

    Put a cake in front of you, then eat it. Is the cake still there?

    I hope that helps.

  8. Re:Police thugs on "War On Terror" Board Game Confiscated In UK · · Score: 1

    Not to mention all the police officers in Northern Ireland are armed.

  9. Re:Huh? on Growing Plants on the Moon May Be Feasible · · Score: 4, Informative

    Northern Ireland is part of the UK but not Great Britain. The Republic of Ireland is in neither the UK or GB.

    Side note: these days Polish is a pretty common first language in the UK.

  10. Re:Meta tags on Senator Proposes to Monitor All P2P Traffic for Illegal Files · · Score: 1

    I wasn't disagreeing with you; I just don't think that it's likely that a legislator and President are likely to reauthorise/reenact those laws.

    I think automatic expiration is good for most laws, apart from those controlling the length of time before expiration and those limiting the power of the legislator.

  11. Re:Meta tags on Senator Proposes to Monitor All P2P Traffic for Illegal Files · · Score: 1

    three laws I'd like to see to stop this incrediblt stupid bulshit:
    1. It is a felony punishable by prison to accept donations from anyone who isn't eligible to vote for you
    2. It is a felony punishable by prison to "contribute to" more than one candidate in any given race
    3. All federal laws expire after five years unless reauthorized by the legislator and resigned by the President
    ...except these three, maybe?
  12. Re:No April Fools articles this year. on New 20" iMac Screens Show 98% Fewer Colors · · Score: 1

    Then the April fools articles would have happened yesterday

  13. Re:my rebuttal on Is Apple Killing Linux on the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    "Granted the one that has a name with a duck in it (can't remember what it's called offhand even though I used it) is free..."

    Cyberduck

  14. Re:Memory Leaks? on First Look At Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    Or maybe he just wants us to use a better browser...IE Firefox!
    So that's what MS are doing for version 8...

  15. Re:New tech, old idea on Japanese Airline Rolls Out Wireless Chip Check-In · · Score: 1

    In my experience, it's the row in front of the exit row that doesn't recline.

  16. Re:It's the right way. on New UK Initiative - Make Science Easier · · Score: 1

    Or the bar could be raised for the "less demanding subjects", but that would make the politicians look bad.

  17. They should call it... on Supercomputer On-a-Chip Prototype Unveiled · · Score: 1

    kobatan.

    I wonder if they can get the domain cheaply?