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  1. Re:We should have known! on Australia's Largest Police Force Accused of Widespread Piracy · · Score: 1

    The eye patches, hooks for hands and tendency to say "Argh" a lot should have been a dead giveaway!

    Also not much of a handicap down under :)

  2. Re:Can't we detect something that size? on Asteroid the 'Size of a Minivan' Exploded Over California · · Score: 1

    NASA & the rest of the space agencies do actually have some object collision coverage however I think in total and on-mass this covers about 7% of the observable sky so yes we are going to miss this kind of shit a lot. We are much better once the object gets up to the size of a football stadium but wouldn't be able to do much anyway.

  3. How Long? on India Test Fires Long-Range, Nuke-Capable Missile · · Score: 1

    Before one of the scientists/engineers involved sells the tech to North Korea and don't say it wouldn't happen how do you think NK got nuclear tech in the 1st place!

  4. In other news YouTube lose case in Germany on Australian ISP Wins Case Against Movie Studios · · Score: 2

    "YouTube could face a huge bill for royalties after it lost a court battle in Germany over music videos. A court in Hamburg ruled that YouTube is responsible for the content that users post to the video sharing site. It wants the video site to install filters that spot when users try to post music clips whose rights are held by royalty collection group, Gema. The German industry group said in court that YouTube had not done enough to stop copyrighted clips being posted. YouTube said it took no responsibility for what users did, but responded when told of copyright violations."

  5. FFS on Neal Stephenson Takes Blame For Innovation Failure · · Score: 1

    "Neal Stephenson worried that the gloomy outlook prevalent in modern science fiction may be undermining the genre's ability to inspire engineers and scientists." Wow I didn't realise the idea of dystopia was so recent well I guess that lets H. G. Wells & Philip K. Dick off the hook!

  6. Re:Few is not the same as none on Egg-laying, Not Environment, May Explain the Size and Downfall of Dinosaurs · · Score: 1

    Of course there's plenty of reptiles who actually pre-date the dinosaurs who still survive today Crocodiles for Instance.

  7. Re:funding on Light Table: A New Spin on the IDE · · Score: 2

    Isn't comparing it to Smalltalk kind of the Techie equivalent of Godwin's Law? :)

  8. IP Traffic into the future on The First Universal Quantum Network · · Score: 1

    So basically we could have one of these nodes orbiting Mars and communicate with it instantaneously when actually the node orbiting Mars is 18 minutes or more ago but it could communicate to our past the same way..... Oh dear my head just exploded!

  9. Re:Count still too low? on Statistical Analysis Raises Civil War Death Count By 20% · · Score: 1

    Not to mention towns raised & civilians killed.

  10. Re:Macs don't get hacked on Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting · · Score: 1

    Awaits the "There's a Hack for that" pitch

  11. Re:The real hero on Why Hubble Broke and How It Was Fixed · · Score: 4, Funny

    > I guess the flawed optics were another example of NASA's short-sightedness... Groan.... I should have seen that coming!

  12. Re:Hypothetical legal question on Murdoch Faces Allegations of Sabotage · · Score: 1

    Also the Company I worked for back then has was one of their45 creditors so might be able to track that line however that firm went under about 3 years ago :(

  13. Re:Hypothetical legal question on Murdoch Faces Allegations of Sabotage · · Score: 1

    I believe the majority of shares were owned by Granada TV & Carlton.

  14. Re:Not legal in the USA on Millions In China Live In Energy Efficient Caves · · Score: 1

    It's not unheard of in Europe though (Mostly in Espane)

  15. Re:erm... whoops? on Disaster Strikes Norwegian Government Web Portal · · Score: 2

    Should still have been picked up if an adequate amount of load, spike & endurance testing had been performed.

  16. Re:heh on Why Linux Can't 'Sell' On the Desktop · · Score: 1
  17. Re:heh on Why Linux Can't 'Sell' On the Desktop · · Score: 1

    Hmm are you sure? Photoshop V2 - V5 Supported under Wine with some issues for version 3 Acrobat Supported under Wine Sharepoint It's a website!!! or were you planning to host it on a desktop????? Call of Duty Supported under Wine (Can I get a job where they work???) Quicken Supported under Wine!! Turbotax Reasonably supported under Wine. Support for their lousy $50 printer/copier Tell them to pretend its an Eposom FX 80 like we all did back in the old days

  18. The shame of it is on Satellites Expose 8,000 Years of Civilization · · Score: 1

    Its going to be 8000 years before we can send someone to investigate given the current political climate :( /Cynicism

  19. The old fasioned approach on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Priorities Inflation In IT Projects? · · Score: 1

    Just take the two stake holders who are giving you grief and lock them in a room with one sandwich :)

  20. Re:oh dear on Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors — the Future of Energy? · · Score: 1

    Ah yes Ivanova in Babylon 5

  21. Re:VMware's got an app for that on Microsoft's Killer Tablet Opportunity · · Score: 1

    Indeed it's hardly like I can't RDP off my mobile phone although it's bloody hard to read :)

  22. Begining of the end? on Google's First Employee Departs · · Score: 1

    Obviously rats leaving a syncing ship :)

  23. Grren Fuel? on NASA Wants Green Rocket Fuel · · Score: 1

    Why not just do like the Russians have done for most of the last 55 years Paraffin & LOX

  24. Re:Two choices... on Ask Slashdot: How To Deal With Refurbed Drives With Customer Data? · · Score: 1

    Personally I'm just going to continue with my policy of getting my HD's from Skips (Dumpsters if you are from across the pond)

  25. My happy thought on Autonomous Vehicles and the Law · · Score: 1

    This debate reminded me of my happy thought "A world without lawyers!!!"