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  1. Re:Whats wrong with US society on Privately Owned Armored Trucks Raise Eyebrows After Dallas Attack · · Score: 1

    in the UK, ownership of a tank is perfectly legal

    Super Furry Animals had a super blue tank

  2. Re:Amazon is run by Nazis on Amazon UK Glitch Sells Thousands of Products For a Penny · · Score: 2

    The downside is that it has taken TD nearly 2 weeks to refund my money each time I have tried this, in spite of their stated policy to refund within IIRC, 48 hours.

    I am greedy and played unfair with a company, now they're playing unfair with me. Wah!

  3. Re:German autobahn is not an example for you guys on Montana Lawmakers Propose 85 Mph Speed Limit On Interstates · · Score: 1

    >The French are (statistically) terrible drivers, but the autoroutes are the places you're least likely to see accidents (in my experience anyway).

    Isn't that because they're almost always empty (in my experience anyway), maybe because of the tolls?

  4. Re:Technical People on The Billion-Dollar Website · · Score: 1

    "Lorem ipsum" is industry standard "filler" text for incomplete web pages

    But it never occurred to me to pop it into Google Translate! Many thanks, BringsApples!

  5. Re: What about the UK? on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 1

    Pi Day outside America is 31/4/2014. Next year will be the closest we have ever come to the perfect Pi Day as the date will be 31/4/15 in two digit year format.

    Thirty days hath September,
    April, June and November

    So bad luck there

  6. Re:What ? on Why Can't Big Government Launch a Website? · · Score: 1

    Or Belgium?

    But generally your point still stands.

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  7. Re:No need for cameras. on EU Proposes To Fit Cars With Speed Limiters · · Score: 2

    Hour is abbreviated "h", not "hr". The latter is the country code for Croatia (Hrvatska). Or hecto-roentgen in 7-bit.

    Why isn't there a mod option "-1 Boring"? .

  8. Re:More government! on Why the Japanese Government Should Take Over the Fukushima Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    So the whole time BT was saying "oh, it's only a little oil" they knew it was a load of crap

    BP, I think!

    British Telecom may be a rubbish company, but they've never polluted the Gulf Of Mexico (as far as I know)

  9. Re:Security and Market Dominance by Obscurity on Scores of Vulnerable SAP Deployments Uncovered · · Score: 1

    The software suite is a canned solution that you then slightly (or vastly) modify to tailor to your business needs.

    I always thought that you installed SAP, then re-configured your business to work with it :-)

  10. Re:Hm, wasn't aware there was any controversy on No Black Hole Or Magnetic Monopole: Tunguska Really Was a Meteor · · Score: 2

    Well, according to 2000AD Prog 81 (yes, I'm old), some researchers were sent back in time to find out what happened. They appeared over Tunguska moments before the explosion, were converted to anti-matter and Bob's your uncle. Florix Grabundae .

  11. Re:Have to say... on Kim Dotcom Outs Mega Teaser Site, Finalizes Domain Name · · Score: 1

    And the famous Mole Man of Hackney

  12. Re:Nice to know... on Hackers Steal Keyless BMW In Under 3 Minutes · · Score: 1

    As an owner of a Triumph Spitfire, I used to pop the bonnet (hood) and take the rotor arm with me.

    Good luck starting it up without THAT...

    On a related note, we Spitfire owners never lock our car doors because of the insurance excess payable on repairing a sliced-open soft top...

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  13. Re:Jesus, stop being pathetic! on Linux Users Banned From Diablo III Servers · · Score: 2

    ...why not support the studios that really *DO* support Linux instead of studios that treat it like a red-headed stepchild? Just a thought.

    a red-HATTED stepchild

    FTFY

  14. Re:Survey? on IT Desktop Support To Be Wiped Out Thanks To Cloud Computing · · Score: 1

    +1 for the "IT Crowd" reference - c'mon mods!

  15. Re:Crime solved when Police do their job, News at on Looking For iPad, Police Find 750 Pounds of Meth · · Score: 2

    If you're going to haul a metric shitload of dope across the country, make sure all your lights work and stay close to the speed limit!

    And make sure you don't get stuck in a tunnel!

    .

  16. Re:Great a new boom. on The Rise of Developeronomics · · Score: 1

    You know the score: write code, keep a low profile, go undergound for a bit, create new identity, apply for new jobs, rinse and repeat... .

  17. Re:The mules are always the ones who pay on Shady Reshipping Centers Exposed · · Score: 1

    It's the same the whole world over
    It's the poor what gets the blame
    It's the rich what gets the pleasure
    Ain't it all a bloomin' shame?

    - Billy Bennett - 1930

  18. Re:great for terrorists on Google Founders' Jets Caught On WSJ's Radar · · Score: 2

    What paranoia! How many terrorists do you think there actually are, and why would they waste their time on plotting to "off" someone who my grandma probably hasn't even heard of? It's this sort of thinking that, for example, allows governments to implement the ban on liquids in airplanes, and not rescind it even in the face of evidence. Sorry, but can we think before knee-jerking* terrorism into the debate? * (I think I just verbed a noun, by the way)... .

  19. Re:and so society dies out on Crime Writer Makes a Killing With 99 Cent E-Books · · Score: 1

    I like the idea of socialism... I like the idea of communism

    But which one's better? There's only one way to find out.... FIIIIIIGHT! .

  20. Re:first on Norwegian Day Traders Convicted For Manipulating Computer Trading System · · Score: 4, Funny

    As it's a Norwegian-related story, shouldn't trolls be modded UP? .

  21. Re:Bad puns aside... on Pirate Electrician Supplied Power To 1,500 Homes · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Lazy Fat People..... on Honda's Exoskeletons Help You Walk Like Asimo · · Score: 2, Informative

    What they do have is a huge number of really old people...

    Er, not as many as they thought they had...

  23. Re:Hooray for freedom on HDCP Master Key Revealed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    At some point, lawmakers will be from the generation that []

    Is this why marijuana is now legal in most western countries, the lawmakers being from the generation that first started widely using it...?

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  24. Re:Is it really plural, though? on US Students Struggle With Understanding of the 'Equal' Sign · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, we say "Maths IS hard", as in "Mathematics is hard" Not that it matters, I just thought I'd point it out. .

  25. Re:ok i'll say it on EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game · · Score: 0, Troll

    You possibly need to get out more... :-)