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  1. Re: Problem is more fundamental to RT on Microsoft May Finally Put Windows RT Out To Pasture · · Score: 1

    Actually if you've been paying attention Microsoft have been making Windows Phones (Or at least a portable OS for phones) for over 10 years it's apple that jumped on the me too bandwagon.

  2. Re:Shooting Itself in the Foot on Microsoft May Finally Put Windows RT Out To Pasture · · Score: 1

    Let me know when they finally make a profit on XBox

  3. Re:First search on Google Launches Voice Search Hotword Extension For Chrome · · Score: 2

    But there is no Any key

  4. Re:Well, isn't this nice on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    But there's nobody left alive who disagrees with me :)

  5. Re:ya know... on Getting Evolution In Science Textbooks For Texas Schools · · Score: 1

    Obviously I'm not trying to imply that the great linguine in the sky is either male or female :D

  6. Re:ya know... on Getting Evolution In Science Textbooks For Texas Schools · · Score: 1

    Speaking for the Pasta Faerie he doesn't care what you teach kids in school as long as they eat their spaghetti :)

  7. Re:Need more information on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Stop a Debt Collection Scam From Targeting You? · · Score: 1

    Obviously a nuisance call. Try getting the Fuzz involved and if they say that they can't do anything because its coming from outside their jurisdiction point out that it's being aided and abetted by a company (Your phone company) in their jurisdiction. HTH I know a few people who've had success with the above approach.

  8. Wow I guess we can throw away the plaster casts!

  9. Re:those numbers seem unsustainable on Glut In Stolen Identities Forces Price Cut · · Score: 1

    Convert it to bitcoins :)

  10. Re:Lets flood the web with faulty designs.... on ATF Tests Show 3D Printed Guns Can Explode · · Score: 1

    Who needs to print a gun in the middle east? They seem to be awash in Russian weapons and starting to build up an inventory of US made ones too. Obtaining one should not be a problem.

    Everyone thinks HP Invented the cartridge system actually it was Comrade Kalashnikov! You can buy an AK47 for $1 but the Ammo's $20 a shot!

  11. Re:All your sources... on Microsoft Releases Browser-Based IDE, Visual Studio Online · · Score: 1

    Actually it's just Team Foundation Service re-badged.

  12. Re:This is why we can't have nice things... on Solid Concepts Manufactures First 3D-Printed Metal Pistol · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Some are producing hospital equipment, however, that's not news.

    Although if memory serves the South African kid who's father 3D printed his prosthetic hand did actually make the FP in here.

  13. Re:The reason this will fail isn't the technology on UK Town To Get Driverless 'Pods' Mixing With Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what they said about Boris Bikes?

  14. Re:They built the best search engine, so punish th on Alleged Secret Google Antitrust Proposals Leaked · · Score: 1

    In the EU, for a European company, they actively promote that. Airbus. RBS. BP.

    Don't let the fact it's called British Petroleum fool you it hasn't been British for over 10 years.

  15. Re:FBI tradition? on The Silk Road Is Back · · Score: 1

    These are the same users who supposedly knew the difference between Java and JavaScript...?

    Ones coffee right?

  16. Re:Since the Earth's surface on Chelyabinsk-Sized Asteroid Impacts May Be More Common Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    Actually Antarctica will get relatively few as it presents an oblique angle to most of the asteroids the hit earth. Bear in mind that 95% of asteroid strikes are at dawn local time as it's just as much the earth slamming into the asteroid as the asteroid hitting earth.

  17. Re:Since the Earth's surface on Chelyabinsk-Sized Asteroid Impacts May Be More Common Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Sheffield :D

  18. Re:lower insurance? on Most Drivers Would Hand Keys Over To Computer If It Meant Lower Insurance Rates · · Score: 1

    Actually the ability to get out and let the car find it's own sodding parking space would be much more important.

  19. Re:And let's not forget... on North Korea Developing Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons · · Score: 1

    And let's not forget that the US has achieved democracy, developed a universal healthcare plan to cure aging and disease, and found WMDs in Iraq.

    Yes America has the best politicians money can buy

  20. Re:No electronics in NK anymore on North Korea Developing Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons · · Score: 1

    He'll be fine as long as he keeps them inside a Faraday cage :)

  21. Re: May they burn in hell. on Edward Snowden Leaks Could Help Paedophiles Escape Police, Says UK Government · · Score: 1

    - Stop the us vs them mentality. People need to realize We ARE the government

    Surely it's the US vs the rest of the world.

    - Second start demanding accountability and openness. Any politician caught lying should be banned for 25 + yrs from politics

    Surely Politician = lyer

    - Third remove money from politics and stop buying the vote. ALL campaign contributions are distributed at the end of every month to ALL parties

    Campaign contributions will just endup being made up in crack cocaine

    - Lastly replace the broken "First Past The Goalpost" with a run-off voting system.

    It is not rocket science just basic logic & wisdom.

    Why not try PR in stead at least that makes every vote count even if the "Captain Dumb Fuck Party" gets a senator because a tiny percentage of people actually voted that way

  22. Re:We're stuck on 9 on Google Ends Internet Explorer 9 Support In Google Apps · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Ahh Google shooting itself in the userbase again. RIP IGoogle

  23. Re:given its failure out of the gate. on HP's NonStop Servers Go x86, Countdown To Itanium Extinction Begins · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Faliure??? I know of firms and organisations that still haven't retired their old IBM3000 mainframes!! Itanium will be around for a while to come.

  24. Re:What the helium actually does on 6TB Helium-Filled Hard Drives Take Flight · · Score: 1

    Wow so how much could we fit on a vacuum drive?

  25. Re:Helium Leaks on 6TB Helium-Filled Hard Drives Take Flight · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I know where to store all my high pitched MP3's :D