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  1. Re:Wow, that's hypocracy on Apple Takes Action Over Australian Logos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can see a similarity between the two. The question is if, when presented with the two, would I be confused into thinking that a Woolworth's branded product is an Apple product, and is it the intention of Woolworth's for this to be the case. The answer is no.

    I look at the Woolworth's logo and see an apple. I do not see an Apple apple.

  2. Re:Ouch on 2009 Ig Nobels Awarded, For Gas-Mask Bras and More · · Score: 1

    Bottles are useless in a fight.

    In the immortal words of Bas Rutten, BANG BANG BANG!

    Uhhh, I mean... "Create distance, and grab a chair!"

  3. Re:Is he selling these on eBay afterward? on Ben Heck's PS3 Slim Laptop · · Score: 1

    Maybe modding the console in the same way for in-car entertainment? There are thousands of car modders...

  4. Re:And.... on Americans Don't Want Targeted Ads · · Score: 1

    Indeed. In fact, I've coined a new term for the marketing spin that is applied to a product or system which is of no benefit to the consumer, only to big business.

    "Astroglide"

  5. Re:Exactly on Americans Don't Want Targeted Ads · · Score: 1

    I don't click them because there are too many malware sites using redirections.

    If I can't see the URL I'm clicking on, and I don't recognise it as being a legitimate website, I don't click it. http://www.alviramano.com/nc7834qyov9qywfnoc is not a valid URL to me, and often is a clickthrough link. I don't know where I could end up.

  6. Re:Jurisdiction? on UK Court Order Served Over Twitter, To Anonymous User Posing As Another · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Free Gary McKinnon?

  7. Yes, I do know on Choosing a Personal Printer For the Long Haul · · Score: 1

    HP Colour Laser 3600n.

    Single pass colour, affordable compatible cartridges, bulletproof performance, prints on anything up to 150gm card no problem through the bypass tray, entire paper path easily accessible for clearing jams, fuser, pickup rollers and pads, transfer belt all customer replaceable. It's a fairly old model, so drivers should be available for all platforms / included in the distribution, but that's the only thing I can see being wrong with it. It's a little large, but you wanted reliable. Any smaller and into the consumer lines and you get more plastic cogs, cheaper motors and clutches, and less consumer replaceable parts.

    If you wanted mono, I'd tell you Laserjet 1300n every time.

    I used to be an printer engineer working specifically on HP workgroup / enterprise laser printers and large format printers and plotters.

  8. Re:So, as someone with the homebrew channel instal on Wii Update 4.2 Tries (and Fails) To Block Homebrew · · Score: 1

    Disconnect it from the web and enjoy the product at its prime?

    If this patch bricks both hacked and stock Wii's, you're entering a lottery with the update no matter what you do.

  9. Re:Old News on Wireless Network Modded To See Through Walls · · Score: 1

    That was thermal imaging. I distinctly remember seeing Colonel Cochrane (Malcomn McDowell) chatting in a room with a couple of people several floors up, curtains closed with Frank McMurphy (Bruce Schneider) hovering outside in Blue Thunder looking at a false colour thermal image of the room contents.

  10. Re:I think I see a problem here. on Wireless Network Modded To See Through Walls · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which means they'll want WiFi access on the porch, the back yard - the patio and the sundeck.

    I think you mean the front observation deck, the firing range, and the snipers nest.

  11. Re:So, as someone with the homebrew channel instal on Wii Update 4.2 Tries (and Fails) To Block Homebrew · · Score: 1

    Stop buying Nintendo goods and services until they fix the issue. Tell them that, on the forums.

    Hit them in the wallet.

  12. Re:Awesome on Communicator Clothing · · Score: 1

    How long have you been waiting to use that?

    The first run was September 1987, so that joke could be over 20 years old.

    N.B. I looked it up on Wikipedia.

  13. Re:Combination of range *AND* charge time. on Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range · · Score: 1

    Then you have issues of logistics; How many batteries are stored, what happens when they have too many / not enough batteries, what if someone figures out how to doctor the meter, are faulty batteries to be replaced, and most of all, how do you get multiple megawatts of juice to a single forecourt with the current grid infrastructure? Bare in mind this will be hundreds of batteries per day, all charging.

    Logistical nightmare.

  14. Re:Games before hardware on Nvidia Discloses Details On Next-Gen Fermi GPU · · Score: 1

    why not hook up three monitors to one Radeon 58xx card and play it like this?

    Because not even in the publicity shot could they get that dirty great inch gap from between the top and bottom tiers of screens. The horizontal looks ok (but you lose definition in the resin overlay between the horizontal monitors), but that joint right in the middle of where you're looking would be very similar to constantly having a piece of masking tape over the middle of your current monitor.

    Why not just output to a high-def TV?

    N.B. Strategy games do not scale well to high-def TVs. The resolution is great, but for PC gaming you're usually around 1-2m away from the screen; Consoles could be well over 4m with wireless controllers. It becomes extremely hard to see what's going on, or read dialog (having played Empire Total War on a 1080p screen).

  15. Re:Herd immunity on Microsoft Blocks Pirates From Security Essentials Software · · Score: 1

    But that game trainer site said they've scanned all of their submitted apps with an up to date virus scanner, and that if your AV scanner shows an entry for a keylogger or trojan, you should turn it off!

    It's like inviting a trojan to your PC. (Note; I'm not stating that game trainers are trojans, just that trusting somebody with no culpability with some of the most precious information you have is extraordinarily daft.)

  16. Re:Anti-trust? on NVidia Cripples PhysX "Open" API · · Score: 1

    Up until Windows Vista, that was exactly what happened.

    Have you not tried to install Windows 2000 / xp after Linux? GRUB go bye-bye.

  17. Re:The cost-benefit analysis on OnLive CEO Provides Details On Cloud Gaming · · Score: 1

    Ah, that's the difference. I turn details down and run at 1920x1200.

    WoW shadows hobble the latest systems, and have done since WotLK. They did something very bad with particle effects with that release.

  18. Re:Kinda like a rotary... on Artificial Heart Recipient Has No Pulse · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pfff, stop being such a wankle.

  19. Re:Should sleep with a sign on chest/back.. on Artificial Heart Recipient Has No Pulse · · Score: 4, Informative

    Cardiac compression is the thin end of the wedge; Defibrillation would be real bad news.

  20. Re:TERRORISM!! on Massachusetts Police Can't Place GPS On Autos Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    andnothingofvaluewaslost

  21. Re:I have a better idea on Scientists Decry "Horrifying" UK Border Test Plan · · Score: 1

    No, my plan is to not add to the pool of people who fail their GCSEs.

  22. Re:already have this at home on 100-Petabit Internet Backbone Coming Into View · · Score: 1

    True, I didn't remove the months after I altered the math from years / months / weeks / days to years / days (to account for leap years).

    In that case, everything should be x12 and everyone should be even more impressed with this connection! :D

  23. Re:Three words: on $338M Patent Ruling Against Microsoft Overturned · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Judge decides that the jury didn't understand the technical nature of the issues involved.

    Yes, very ontopic.

  24. Re:The cost-benefit analysis on OnLive CEO Provides Details On Cloud Gaming · · Score: 1

    What's "most games"? I can pretty much guarantee you don't play FarCry 2, Crysis, or WoW with "full everything" on that computer, because I don't play those games with "full everything" on an overclocked 8800GTX, 4GB low-latency RAM, and a quad core Q6600 running at over 3GHz.

    Unless you're running it on an iPod screen.

  25. Re:[citation needed?] Re:It's working great for me on Microsoft Security Essentials Released; Rivals Mock It · · Score: 1

    I approve of your signature, by the way!