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  1. Re:Dirty thieves on Expensive Books Inspire P2P Textbook Downloads · · Score: 1

    I don't think there's any way you could force an institution to issue a grade, no matter how much you've deserved it...

    I suspect you may just be right, but given the expense involved in attending college and the potential impact on one's career I think someone who had been denied a fair grade would have good cause to sue for damages (although IANAL). The university would probably then be open to negotiation.

  2. Re:Social Engineering... on No-Fail Identity Theft – Live and In Person · · Score: 1

    Ever heard of mustard squirters?

    Real Hustle (BBC) - The Mustard Dip

  3. Re:It *is* based on measurable quantity... on Roundest Object In the World Created · · Score: 1

    But a pound is defined relative to the Kilo, as agreed in 1958. (0.453 592 37)

  4. Re:Just to clarify on Google Begat the End of the Scientific Method? · · Score: 1

    ... and I have inadvertently supported my own point by misspelling analyse. Damn.

  5. Re:Just to clarify on Google Begat the End of the Scientific Method? · · Score: 2, Funny

    The second is the Google way: analyse every piece of text in the world,

    That should be analyase every piece of text on the Internet , which hampers the next step somewhat:

    assume that the majority knows how to spell correctly
  6. Re:January 2010 on No XP Reprieve; Windows 7 Release Set · · Score: 1

    Actually he was right to say Kaypro - a company that first 'won', then went bust.

    Although MS going bankrupt is perhaps stretching things a little, at least in the foreseeable future.

  7. Re:About time. on RIAA Throws In Towel On "Making Available" Case · · Score: 1

    If I may play Devil's Advocate, it could be argued that a computer which is making one-for-one copies of the bits that make up an audio file, rather than capturing the audio in real time, should not be regarded as 'recording audio'.

  8. Re:At least... on UK Can Now Hold People Without Charge For 42 Days · · Score: 1

    Or like saying that all Dutchman are from Holland.

  9. Re:Post on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 5, Funny

    No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

  10. Re:Pianos on EBay Pressured To Block Sales of Ivory Products · · Score: 1

    Antiques are exempt from the legal restriction, presumably because their trade does not increase demand for new ivory.

  11. Re:Sounds like a on Why Google Should Embrace OpenOffice.org · · Score: 2, Informative

    You're confusing my pedantism with whining

    I believe the correct term is pedantry.

    </pedantry>

  12. Re:Retroactively screwed up? on Firefox 3 Hits Release Candidate 2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Neith

  13. Re:It's just business? on Dell Found Guilty of Fraud, False Advertising · · Score: 2, Funny
  14. Re:Comment from said "hacker" on Stealing From Banks One Cent at a Time · · Score: 5, Funny

    What makes him a "hacker"?

    He used a computer.

    Heck he even wrote a script. In the eyes of your average Joe that makes him a diabolical hacking genius.

  15. Re:What's so hard about re-usable materials? on Greenpeace Complains Game Consoles Aren't Green Enough · · Score: 1

    What's the boiling point of steel?

    Probably in the region of 3000 Kelvin, but I don't think we need it quite that hot.