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  1. Re:What's in a name?? on Some Demote Pluto To Non-Planet · · Score: 1
    When does a town become a city?

    here in england thats decided by HMG. but they make weird choices. city of wolverhampton for christ's sake!

  2. Re:Why Only Unix/Linux? on Ask David Korn About ksh And More · · Score: 1

    Mac OS X is a "unix-like" OS

  3. Re:Sissy, meaningless toys on Complete Transformers Generation One Set on ebay · · Score: 1

    old git

  4. Re:Luser, I support a shitload of legacy systems on Tucows BSD Section Goes Down in Flames · · Score: 1

    sorry dude, it was late

  5. Re:I know what they mean on Tucows BSD Section Goes Down in Flames · · Score: 1

    they got to be nice to him, then he'll want their money again

  6. justin goldberg stands for on Tucows BSD Section Goes Down in Flames · · Score: 1

    I Am A Troubled Smelly Teapot. just kidding!

  7. Re:Luser, I support a shitload of legacy systems on Tucows BSD Section Goes Down in Flames · · Score: 1

    not true, that alien guy Ackbar got to be boss of a whole fleet of warships baby

  8. Re:Luser, I support a shitload of legacy systems on Tucows BSD Section Goes Down in Flames · · Score: 1

    i agree with most you say but that crap about only in america can u choose what OS you use is sad man. we have heard of unix in the rest of the world you know. theres geeks who can hack perl and hack bsd everywhere. even in brum.

  9. Re:Is It Getting Hot In Here? on Tucows BSD Section Goes Down in Flames · · Score: 1

    like i said on another site, it should not be about winners, losers, OS wars et cetera. that crap is for people with small willies. choice and diversity is good innit

  10. Re:Birmingham has had Maglev for years on First Maglev To Be Built In China · · Score: 1

    yeah they had a demonstration train before our maglev but i reckon the "world's first commercial train to float on magnetic fields" is still the dear old brum maglev!

  11. Re:Not the first commercial Maglev - BHX on First Maglev To Be Built In China · · Score: 1

    well i do remember it broke down quite a bit, but i dunno if thats why

  12. Re:Birmingham has had Maglev for years on First Maglev To Be Built In China · · Score: 1
    u mean brum airport to the train station

    ah yes i remember well, back when i was a lad, going to the airport for a bit of plane spotting. a trip or two on the maglev was essential

    s'pore airport got one too i thought, it was dark when i was on it though

  13. Re:Excluding the one in Germany? on First Maglev To Be Built In China · · Score: 1

    er no, birmingham airport to birmingham international railway station, which is a few hundred metres away

  14. is it the first? on First Maglev To Be Built In China · · Score: 1
    birmingham airport have had a magnetic train since the early 80s, its called the Maglev funnily enough

    though it was shut down recently.

    this one is a lot longer though, 30+ km, the brum one was more like 300m

  15. haha this is great on Microsoft's DNS Down · · Score: 1

    microsoft's site being down is wonderful, and cheers me up no end. if only it was down permanently...

  16. typical! on Sega Kills Off The Dreamcast · · Score: 1

    a month after i finally buy one!

  17. Re:There are two fanless computers already on Cooling Hardware With Microfans · · Score: 1

    oh i know all about substance thank you, sorry for having a different opinion than you dude

  18. Re:There are two fanless computers already on Cooling Hardware With Microfans · · Score: 1

    apple hardware has style *and* substance

  19. Re:There are two fanless computers already on Cooling Hardware With Microfans · · Score: 1

    sure now? i got one of the latest imac models (though a few months old by now) and i can't hear any fan in it guy. the older imac does have a fan

  20. Re:BeOS is where we all want to be on A Glimpse At Apple's New Core · · Score: 1

    oh do be serious

  21. Re:Whoops on A Glimpse At Apple's New Core · · Score: 2

    also, has anyone yet said that they'd love to use apple hardware but they think its so much more expensive?

  22. Re:Whats all this IE hate? on A Glimpse At Apple's New Core · · Score: 1
    i don't like IE because its more likely to crash my mac than any other program, in fact nothing else does - apart from entourage and word now and then. hmm i wonder who makes them too?

    IE also has an ugly interface and doesn't have the fabulous features of a certain browser from germany...

  23. Re:partitions NOT needed on A Glimpse At Apple's New Core · · Score: 1

    its prudent to have separate partitions, and had an unexpected bonus for me. my classic partition got corrupted so i was able to save it using X and not lose any data. kewl.

  24. UK != Police State on What Privacy? UK DNA Database Could Grow Fast · · Score: 1

    if there are any that think that then they ought to go to some real police states and see exactly what happens there.

  25. Re:Camera on me, please! on What Privacy? UK DNA Database Could Grow Fast · · Score: 1

    not really, crime has been cut where there are cameras, still is some though