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  1. Online Remote Operated Surgery on Security Firm Predicts "Murder By Internet-Connected Devices" · · Score: 2

    Given that more & more surgery is being done remotely over the internet surely Windows Automatic Update has already achieved this!

  2. Re:I gotta say: on Security Firm Predicts "Murder By Internet-Connected Devices" · · Score: 1

    Never mind 2 Girls 1 Cup worked :)

  3. Re:Not again... on 30 Days Is Too Long: Animated Rant About Windows 8 · · Score: 1
    FFS the only people I've heard winging are people who only ever try any version of Windows for 1/2 an hour so they could say they tried it and didn't like it. It's been out for nearly 2 Months now and the only complaint I've had from anybody whose upgraded is "How do I get the Porn off my start page?" because in the metro interface the Media player option was set to give a thumbnail preview of what you were last watching by default. :)

    Also if its so crap why is the linux community starting to emulate it?

  4. Re:To ride out the end of civilization on Vivos Founder Builds an Underground City Where You Can Ride Out the Apocalypse · · Score: 1

    Give me a tent, water purifier, food to hunt and wood to burn.... oh and Heather Graham Grrrrrrr :)

  5. Can I Have an Automatic on UK Government Changes Tack and Demands Default Porn Block · · Score: 1

    Opt Out David Cameron Filter?

  6. Re:Best of luck on Julian Assange Runs For Office In Australia · · Score: 1

    Yes I'm sure these worthy people he's talking about haven't spoken to those who posted his bail!

  7. Re:Why C? on New Contiki OS Network Regression Test Framework · · Score: 1

    Anyway I don't use frameworks/libraries/languages that are neither oo nor functional, my time is me to valuable.

    Not functional??? Have you ever even programmed in C?

  8. Re:Contiki is still around? on New Contiki OS Network Regression Test Framework · · Score: 1

    Welcome to MSDN :)

  9. Re:Historical significance on Linux Nukes 386 Support · · Score: 2

    MS only fully dropped support in Server 2008

  10. Re:Fond Memories on Linux Nukes 386 Support · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely that must have been Debian does Dallas :)

  11. Re:Now I Want... on Linux Nukes 386 Support · · Score: 1

    It's ok give it a few years there will be an i386 Ubuntu emulator just like there are speccy & C64 emulators now :)

  12. Re:What's next? on Text Message Spammer Wants FCC To Declare Spam Filters Illegal · · Score: 2

    Ok right so now we have both Free Speech and The Right to Bear Arms in this thread! Awaits prohibition :)

  13. Re:What's next? on Text Message Spammer Wants FCC To Declare Spam Filters Illegal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Surely the simplest solution is make spam filters optional but default them to Opt in.

  14. Re:How about a direct link to the original article on Windows 8: a 'Christmas Gift For Someone You Hate' · · Score: 1

    *Installs Concurrent CPM* Hey Squirrel can I have my nuts back?

  15. Re:How about a direct link to the original article on Windows 8: a 'Christmas Gift For Someone You Hate' · · Score: 1

    What is this Word of mouth of which you speak? Everyone I know who's installed it likes it so it doesn't have a start menu big deal I've got a button on my keyboard for that. Not to mention it'll happily run on an old single core xp netbook. The only people (Outside of articles) I know who are dissing it haven't used widows since 3.1 never mind actually trying W8. Why not go back to burning books you haven't read!

  16. Re:Nah on New Theory About the Source of Pioneer Space Probe Deceleration · · Score: 1
    This is Slash Dot you could post the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) and someone would complain about the smile.... Hang on Hang on did I just refer to the Mona Lisa on a thread that's going a bit Dan Brown???

    That's it I need a holiday!!!!

  17. Re:Not sure but... on Star Wars Fans Plan Full-Size Millennium Falcon Replica · · Score: 1

    |Just let me know when I can stop geekasming!

  18. Re:Not sure but... on Star Wars Fans Plan Full-Size Millennium Falcon Replica · · Score: 4, Informative
  19. Re:Half the length of a novelette on Adobe EULA Demands 7000 Years a Day From Humankind · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just remember once reading the EULA of a computer game which told me that the game wasn't licensed for running Nuclear Installations! What Zork really????

  20. Re:Interesting figure on Yahoo "Loses" $2.7B In Mysterious Mexican Yellow Pages Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    I know it seams like a large figure. This is another hurdle the new Yahoo CEO is going to have to deal with. I never realized how much of a mess yahoo really was until lately.

    Sorry but Ya Who????

  21. Worlds Gone Mad on Apple Patents Wireless Charging · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Haven't they seen that there are already wireless charging standards???

  22. Re:I am having a vision of the future... on Researchers Create New Cheap, Shatterproof, Plastic Light Bulbs · · Score: 1

    Hold on lads I've got an idea :)

  23. Re: I can assure you... on Hello, I'm a Mac. And I'm a $248 Win8 PC. · · Score: 0

    Not all AV software is from Norton some of its quite good but as you have no AV I'll blame you for all the spam/ddos I encounter fucknugget

  24. Re:I can assure you... on Hello, I'm a Mac. And I'm a $248 Win8 PC. · · Score: 1

    Your objection can't take away the fact that this really is the rule: "What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away." The rule is not just about performance - it's also about freedom to use your own data.

    Did you post that from you walled garden Ipad? /sarcasm

  25. Re:Obvious on Sandy Island, the Undiscovered Country · · Score: 1

    Funny H2G2 created by Douglas Adams a former script writer & editor for Dr Who :) the conspiracy plot thickens