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  1. Re:The Matrix Re-Edited on 10 Best S/F Films That Never Existed · · Score: 1

    I would _love_ to have a copy of this.

  2. Re:Here's a question: on Privacy Concerns On Google's 30 Day Data Policy · · Score: 1

    Because then you'd have to transfer the key in some way - and for most people, that'd mean transferring it through Google...

    Oh, plus this is part of their searching functionality - you can search the stuff you're storing on their servers - hard to do when it's encrypted.

  3. Re:What can they offer me I can't do myself? on Google and Skype in Startup to Link Hotspots · · Score: 1

    being a "Linus" means that you get free access to the hotspots of all the other "Linus"es out there. If you don't open up for free then you have to pay to use other people's hotspots.

  4. Re:of words and the english language on Dental School Blogger Punishment Reduced · · Score: 1

    Would this be the same English language that's thrived through adopting new words faster than pretty much any other, and being flexible enough to change with the times?

  5. The government should act as an intermediary here on U.S. Ecommerce To Be Broadly Taxed? · · Score: 1

    Set up a nice simple webpage/web service that you can enter your values into and it'll tell you what you owe, and distribute it to the right people. That way, rather than you having to pay to every state you ship to, you only have one point of contact...

    I mean, if they're going to take more of your cash, they can at least make it easy for you...

  6. Oh no it's not on Mozilla Thunderbird Gets Firefox-style Tabs · · Score: 1

    Because it's not nicely formatted for use on mobiles.

    IMAP is where it's at - because I can access it from a client if want to, or from a web client if I'm somewhere I can't use a normal client from.

  7. Both! on Balancing Use Between the Keyboard and Mouse? · · Score: 1

    I build GUIs at work to replace/front-end the mainframe apps we use. They _all_ have short-cut keys out the wazoo, because they increase speed. So you can_ use the mouse to move from place to place, but if you want to learn the speedier way, it's there for you.

  8. Yay! on Faster DNA Testing · · Score: 1

    it's a significant step towards the Brave New World

    Ooooh, when do I get my Soma?

  9. Nearly as useless on What Workplace Coding Practices Do You Use? · · Score: 1

    Can I asked why you called your counter "counter"?

    If your code read

    processedMessageCounter++;

    in the first place, then the code itself would tell you what it was doing. That way there's no way you can update the code and forget to update the comments, because the code itself _is_ the comments...

  10. Agreed on Blog Software Smackdown · · Score: 1

    I want to write about stuff and keep in touch with a few friends. The last thing I want to do is worry about hosting things, upgrading software and dealing with it all going wrong. I chose Livejournal because (a) it's got an RSS reader built in, so I can read what my friends are up to in one place and (b)I don't have to worry about the technical side of things any more than I want to.

  11. Actual Figures on Console Launches Good And Bad · · Score: 1

    Albeit 4 months old, can be found at:
    http://biz.gamedaily.com/features.asp?article_id=1 0257&filter=
    where it can be seen that the DS and PSP are damn close in terms of US sales, and the DS is miles ahead for Japanese sales.

  12. Oh My God - You're Right! on US Passports To Recieve RFID Chips · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nobody else will have thought of this!

    No testing will have been done!

    Of all the people on the planet, only you will be aware of these issues!

    Thank goodness you brought it up!

    The government must be informed - at once!

  13. Re:Still working on it? Yup, and a long way to go. on Napster's Learning Curve · · Score: 1

    We might as well not even have a fair use / home copying law.

    There is no "home copying law" in the US, nor in most of the rest of the world.

  14. Re:Should we make everyone "normal"? on Anxiety Disorders Discoverable by Blood Test · · Score: 2, Informative

    Only people who aren't coping would be even tested, let alone treated. Nobody is talking about mandatory treatment of anyone.

  15. Re:Shocking! on Blog Network to Sell For $20 Million Plus · · Score: 1

    But it's amazing how people will stampede towards anyone who says they know how to make a quick buck.

    Hell, it's that or work for a living.

  16. Shocking! on Blog Network to Sell For $20 Million Plus · · Score: 4, Funny

    People write about things that interest people, and then make money off of advertising!

    I'm sure this has happened before, but I can't quite place it...

  17. Re:New features on MySQL Moves to Prime Time · · Score: 1

    Submitters: Use Coral Cache!
    Before: website.com/path
    After: website.com.nyud.net:8090/path


    Actually, as I'm behind a corporate firewall that _doesn't allow ports other than 23 and 80_ I'd rather they didn't...

  18. Re:Where'd that price come from? on Music Labels Charge Too Much For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    That's the _subscription_ charge. On top of which you pay _nothing_ per song.

    But they all go away at the end of the month.

  19. Aieeeee! on What's Your Command Line Judo? · · Score: 1

    We all have our CLI amor

    No, no we don't.

  20. Re:Better translation? on Origen 360 Revealed in Less Than 12 Hours · · Score: 1

    Gosh. You sound like those people who say "When I think of the internet I think of...." and you're about as accurate.

    Personally, I think of all the friends I've got both in Edinburgh, the rest of the UK and abroad who use it to keep in touch with each other.

  21. Re:Better translation? on Origen 360 Revealed in Less Than 12 Hours · · Score: 1

    Just incase no one wants to visit someone's LiveJournal (gag), I'm posting the guys translation here:

    You're right - we shouldn't go and see what people have to say if their homepage is on a domain we don't like!

  22. And with good reason on Origen 360 Revealed in Less Than 12 Hours · · Score: 1

    The average player of Console games has no idea what a texel even _is_. Anyone geeky enough to actually be interested in pipeline count and bandwidth can go look it up easily, but for the majority of people these numbers mean nothing - and with the architectures being so different, there's no easy way to really compare the systems anyway.

    All next-gen systems will "Look Really Pretty" and have "Games That Are Fun" - more than that passes straight over people's heads.

  23. The need for Story on Origen 360 Revealed in Less Than 12 Hours · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Something Big is Going to Happen."

    All we need is a hint of a mystery and the story-creating parts of our mind go into overdrive. What could they be about to announce? How amazing could it be? The answer is, of course, that it's going to be more details to do with the XBox 360. We all know that, and we all know that in the greater scheme of things a more powerful console is to be expected, not a shocking revelation.

    But all it takes is a little bit of "What if?" sprinkled around the edges and suddenly people are drawn in, because maybe this time something groundbreaking will happen and they'll be there when it does.

  24. Re:Amazing, Isn't It? on Peerflix Launches P2P DVD Sharing Service · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1) Put DVD in drive
    2) Click on "Clone DVD"
    3) Wait for popup message to say "Change disks"
    4) Change disks
    5) Write name of DVD on disk.

    Gosh. That's _much_ harder than learning Linux.

  25. Re:Theft on MasterCard To Distribute RFID Credit Cards · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Will it ask you which of the 4 cards in your wallet you want to pay with?