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  1. & I thought... on Magnifying by Powers of Ten · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...planetary orbits weren't visible.
    I stand corrected.

  2. Mod this parent up! on Real Gun Pulled At Counter-Strike Tournament · · Score: 1

    it does have some humour in it.

  3. You Know You've Been On Slashdot Too Long When... on On Videogame Characters And The Poochy Effect · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..in gaming, from a goateed main character to dark themes..

    Hands up who thought this meant something else when you first read it?

  4. Okay okay, it looks like a massive advert on Websites (or Books) for the Camera Novice? · · Score: 1

    but this place is basically an ad for quite a good book which goes into the digital-photography techniques, rather than only the basics etc..

  5. Re:Googlites? on Roll Your Own Yahoo! News RSS Feeds · · Score: 1

    Should be Googlytes - & that doesn't even exist yet.

  6. For all those not just out of nappies/diapers... on Xen High-Performance x86 Virtualization Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, you mean this then?

    (sry NYI)

  7. Hmmm... maybe... on MSN Cuts Unmonitored Chatrooms Around the Globe · · Score: 1

    ..they want the bandwidth that had for this?

  8. netop on Teleffect for Win2k and WinXP? · · Score: 1

    I've been using this for a while. Nay too bad.

  9. Re:Stupid on Newest Half-Life 2 Movies Impress · · Score: 1

    Agreed. 50mb for that?

  10. Re:Well on Toshiba Introduces A 17"-Screen Laptop · · Score: 1

    Ditto - what we really want is 3 x 15" 16k x 12k LCDs (the left & right ones unfold from flaps at the back (so that we can still use the main central one by itself if we need to)

    mmmm 4800x1200.....

  11. Re:submarines on Battlefield Pirates - BF1942 All At Sea · · Score: 1

    It's called 'humour'. Live with it.

  12. HP were using a riser card in '97.. on Dutch Firm Says Dell Motherboards Violate Its Patent · · Score: 4, Informative

    ..in their Pavilion 32xx desktops.

    I wonder if Tulip knew that?

    (but I can't be arsed to go in the attic, dig the dead box out & see if there's a (c)Tulip on the mobo).

  13. ...& when you fire that 8514 up... on Online Repository for Hardware Configurations? · · Score: 1

    ...I bet that'll "*BZZZT* and smoke" soon too.

    (happened to me 2 yrs ago, near enough same situation. It took 2 weeks to do it, so watch it).

  14. Re:Hmm. on 3DO Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    I use 'Light' mode & it's coming up in 'pretty' mode.

  15. What I Do . on How Do You Store Your CDs? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    1. Number CDs in YYMMDD-char(base 36) format (I'm unlikely to burn > 36 a day)
    2. Get an empty CD can
    3. put in the oldest 10/20 CDs in chron' order.
    4. put a bit on platic sheet - size of a cd + a 1/2" x 1" tab - threaded onto the spindle, and write on the tab the number of the cd it's sitting on.
    5. repeat steps 4 & 5 till can is full.
    6. lock it up & label the can case.

    when you open the can, the tabs spring out.

    (Do I need to explain the rest?)
    job done

    (oh yes - a little spreadsheet too : cd number,subject type (e.g mp3,pdf,app),extra info (e.g. for albums- artist,album,#tracks,bps,vbr/cbr....))

  16. So is this the reason Gearbox ditched CS:CZ? on Preview Of Halo For PC Finally Sighted · · Score: 1

    Which would get them more money/kudos?

    Discuss.

  17. Re:Formula on Microsoft Wants to Take on Google · · Score: 1

    :)

    sorry for truncated twit reply - cs'ing & alcohol y'know

  18. All I wish to say to this is..... on Microsoft Wants to Take on Google · · Score: 2

    ......bastards.

    please ignore sig on this point - you will be more likely to gain nirvana on your 2nd journey - me

    (& apparently "there is no aitch in nirvana")

  19. But.... on Palm Sued Over Multiplayer PDA Games Patent · · Score: 1

    don't these things do that sort of thing already?

  20. Re:Dunno.... on The Ethics of Stealing Wireless Bandwidth? · · Score: 1

    & yes. I'm currently pissed as a fart, updating databases in thr office, its 5am , wanna play cs & currently think my opinion's better than anyone elses.

  21. Re:Dunno.... on The Ethics of Stealing Wireless Bandwidth? · · Score: 1

    Here's a better anaolgy...

    I assume that in your 'neck of the woods' that it's typically flat-rate net access (e.g. not by per Mb). I would suggest it's more like 'oh dear, my frisbee has fallen into your garden. You're not around/not going to possibly notice me- but if you do, sure I'll back off. So I pop in, 'trespassing on private grounds', pick it up, & out'
    - no harm, no one (probably) loses out - all is happy. ....well, it's better/more altruistic than the 'locked doors' analogy.

    & yes, if you can get into mine, & I'm not awake, I couldn't give a fuck

  22. Re:my advice on Game Console Organization? · · Score: 1

    well, why the f have you got 3/4 consoles then?
    Do you test them or something?

    sounds sad to me.

  23. Re:How? on New UK Law Criminalizes Copyright Violation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    & probably another one of those "get it through the door whilst everyone's watching the pretty fireworks in the Gulf".

  24. bye bye .binaries... on New UK Law Criminalizes Copyright Violation · · Score: 1

    ...hosted in the UK then.

    (ok, let's say most .binaries groups, shall we?)

  25. Re:Too many pixels on Dell Introduces Laptop With WUXGA · · Score: 1

    Been around a long time:

    IBM A21(p) - which was nice - & now A31(p) which is nicer tyvm.