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  1. Re:China! on English, The Global Internet Language? · · Score: 1

    a child reading a book but not understanding the words seems pretty pointless exercise to me

  2. Re:China! on English, The Global Internet Language? · · Score: 1

    no most ppl can handle both, the differences are not that great

  3. pardon me for being thick but... on Lighting The Future: Lasers And (Wild) LEDs · · Score: 1
    "And unaccountably, Effugas has linked that "A" to something awful."

    linked what to what??

  4. Re:LEDs on Lighting The Future: Lasers And (Wild) LEDs · · Score: 1

    gee you're so 1999

  5. Re:Got the Order Right! on A Devil Of A BSDCon · · Score: 1

    both!

  6. Re:Its a Daemon, dammit on A Devil Of A BSDCon · · Score: 1

    naa the lil' devil thing is cute... better than that gay penguin anyway

  7. Re:What bothers me... on A Devil Of A BSDCon · · Score: 1
    "Linux is better than BSD on almost all fronts"

    are you serious??

  8. Re:Closed source is not necessarily a bad thing on Whole Slew Of Commercial Linux Apps? · · Score: 1
    well a certain BSD based OS has QT and blows the pants off Linux...

    (i bet this is marked as flamebair)

  9. Re:Now they will have 2 monuments to poor foresigh on Civil Engineering with Atomic Detonations · · Score: 1

    uh read your chinese history again dude

  10. Re:They'll be bringing down the mountain... on Civil Engineering with Atomic Detonations · · Score: 1

    to be fair to the chinese the russians and british have also sacrificed their soldier's lives to see the effects of nuclear weapons on man. states are wonderful eh?

  11. Re:U.S Wanted to build Panama Canal This Way on Civil Engineering with Atomic Detonations · · Score: 1

    not the Panama canal, which dates from the early part of this century, but a second canal nearby i think u mean?

  12. Re:The Nature of explosions on Civil Engineering with Atomic Detonations · · Score: 1

    for a nuclear device in tibet to accidentally destroy taiwan it'd have to be a pretty big accident dude!

  13. Re:dog bless you gun loving people on Civil Engineering with Atomic Detonations · · Score: 1

    "dog bless"? haha excellent

  14. Re:why bother? on Hong Kong Smart Identity Cards In 2003 · · Score: 1

    well they got cards already so i don't see how "freedom" is eroded any

  15. Re:why would Hong Kong do this? on Hong Kong Smart Identity Cards In 2003 · · Score: 1

    well to the user a "smart card" is just the same as a normal boring old legacy media card (i.e. paper) so i don't think grandpa will have much trouble really

  16. Re:The use of biometrics is dangerous on Hong Kong Smart Identity Cards In 2003 · · Score: 1

    why don't you go to HK, and then travel to shenzhen with a few HK ppl and see exactly what u have to do?

  17. Much respect on VIC20 As Wap Client · · Score: 1

    ah the VIC-20, my 2nd computer and the first one i could do anything with - with a huge 19K of memory heh. massive respect to these geeks for achieving this mad feat.

  18. Re:fight for this on Music Owners' Listening Rights Act · · Score: 2

    lets fight for this after we've fought for an end to world hunger / exploitation / environmental destruction / an end to torture et cetera

  19. Re:It had to happen sometime. on Xerox Trying To Sell PARC · · Score: 1

    don't bother, the apple haters will never believe you no matter how many times you say it

  20. Re:28/9/1997 eh? on BountyQuest vs. Stupid Patent Ideas · · Score: 1

    dunno but we're gonna have a look =D

  21. 28/9/1997 eh? on BountyQuest vs. Stupid Patent Ideas · · Score: 1

    i built one of the first e-commerce websites in the UK back in 1996, i can't remember when we got something like the one-click system on it though, some time in 97 anyway! i don't think we can prove smeg though...

  22. Re:My Opinion on Computer, Arise From Your Grave · · Score: 1

    well also they want to fleece the ppl by releasing "arcade classic" packs for their current consoles so you can use your latest 128 bit uber console to play a 1982 game

  23. Re:So what if it is a crime? on Computer, Arise From Your Grave · · Score: 1

    imagine being sent down to do hard bird because of jet set willy II

  24. In fact Burgin said: on Computer, Arise From Your Grave · · Score: 1
    "I'm no lawyer but I believe that copyrights from the 1980s will still be valid today," said Burgin.

    whats so surprising about that remark? er i don't see why the d00d who submitted this had to add his flamebait comment to be honest

  25. Re:Roll your own archive... on Deja For Sale · · Score: 1

    i like the idea of that, was there ever a HD that big?