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  1. Re:Fine, but... on UK Government Ads Link Games With "Early Death" · · Score: 1

    Whoops, wrong link. Here.

  2. Re:Fine, but... on UK Government Ads Link Games With "Early Death" · · Score: 1

    Most of the posters are about getting people to eat vegetables, as well as do some exercise from time to time. See some here.

    And the adverts are about being healthy, not skinny. Exercise is a vital part of a healthy lifestyle.

  3. Re:Books are just as bad on UK Government Ads Link Games With "Early Death" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They don't single games out in the ads, there's a whole series of them. Most of the ones I've seen focus on what to do as opposed to what not to do.

    I'd be surprised if they didn't have others showing watching TV and using a computer. They're probably not going to attack reading any time soon though, given the amount of money they've spent trying to persuade kids to read at all, and excessive reading is not noticeably a problem in UK youth.

  4. Re:Ummmm on GM Cornered Into Defending the Volt · · Score: 1

    The money doesn't come out of thin air.

    You obviously don't know what quantitative easing means.

  5. Re:Another reason on State of Colorado Calls Firefox Insecure, IE6 Safe · · Score: 1

    It's the latest expansion of Civ4. Or if it isn't then I'll see you all in the winter.

  6. Re:Attention all personnel on State of Colorado Calls Firefox Insecure, IE6 Safe · · Score: 1

    For some reason I have Do The Hustle stuck in my head now.

    Skills.Suggestion.doTheHustle()
    Skills.Suggestion.doDoDoDoDoDoDoetc()

  7. Re:oh god, please no. on Nvidia Mulls Cheap, Integrated x86 Chip · · Score: 1

    I have to say, WC3 runs happily on my year-old MacBook.

  8. Re:Yay, the Aussie /. spam is back! on Timetable App Developer Gets Nastygram From Transit Sydney · · Score: 1

    Indeed, as you should have nearly as many stories about Mexico City as Australia.

  9. Re:The article doesn't seem to answer a basic ques on Amazon Releases iPhone Kindle Software · · Score: 1

    Disappointingly, it seems that it's only available in the US too. Very disappointing for us Brits.

  10. Re:FUCK ARTISTS on French President Busted For Copyright Violation · · Score: 1

    There are other ways of making money out of art and software. Moving from a good to a service is probably the best choice.

  11. Re:thats nice on Solar Panels Reach $1 a Watt · · Score: 1

    Radioactive decay is an equilibrium process if you are producing something that's unstable from something abundant (e.g. Uranium).

  12. Re:cell programming on Sony Makes It Hard To Develop For the PS3 On Purpose · · Score: 1

    ...fanboys who think console sales are everything.

    Otherwise known as shareholders?

  13. Re:"Borrows"? on Nintendo Reveals New Wii Controller · · Score: 1

    The sticks have moved further apart, if you look at the middle buttons for reference.

  14. Re:this isn't a new controller on Nintendo Reveals New Wii Controller · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not. You're confusing the new Nintendo product (or should that be 'new'?) with the existing third-party grip for the classic. The top image is Nintendo's offering, the lower the third-party.

  15. Re:Sounds better than VMK on Tabula Rasa Going Out With A Bang · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like someone had an unhappy childhood.

  16. Re:So.. on Microsoft Brings 36 New Features To Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    I assume your company is aimed at domestic and/or media users? Because for the corporate sector at large these don't matter.

  17. Re:I'm unimpressed. on Sony Blu-spec CD Format Detailed, Hits Stores · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah, but furry dice are much less energy-intensive and have nearly 50% of the effect, so I feel they'll remain the thinking man's automobile modification choice for many years to come.

  18. Re:I'm unimpressed. on Sony Blu-spec CD Format Detailed, Hits Stores · · Score: 1

    But Sony is trying to make out that this is an improvement to the end user.

  19. Re:USA is losing because we think we're winning on Bunnie Huang on China's "Shanzai" Mash-Up Design Shops · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because people are stupid and think economics is a zero-sum game. This leads to the chain;

    China is getting richer.
    If China is getting richer, someone is getting poorer.
    We are getting poorer.

    Whereas the only thing that holds is the first. If China is getting richer, it means they have more money to buy things from the US/EU and less competitive labour!

  20. Re:There wouldn't be any problems if.. on Doctorow Suggests Simple EULA Solution · · Score: 1

    Don't buy programs with overbearing EULAs.

    If that were to happen we'd need a consumer watchdog (e.g. Money Saving Expert) keeping an eye on which software does have these EULAs, as it's beyond the ability of most people to tell, and you normally have to hand over your cash before they tell you the EULA.

  21. Re:Straw and FOIA, best of friends. on UK Politician Criticised For Using Hotmail · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure why he'd think it's in public interest to keep a corrupt, incompetent, totalitarian regime in power?

    If you were in one, you would too. He's just looking after number 1.

  22. Re:Summary on US Antitrust Judge Examining Windows 7 Documents · · Score: 1

    I think GP's point is that the time to worry about skeletons in the closet is *after* the murders have stopped, not before. To drag a metaphor too far.

  23. Re:No so bold on Safari 4 Released, Claimed "30 Times Faster Than IE7" · · Score: 1

    I see your anecdotal evidence and raise you a hearsay.

  24. Re:Absurd! on UK Gov. Wants IWF List To Cover 100% of UK Broadband · · Score: 1

    Freedom from taxation perhaps

    One more freedom than you'll get in the UK at the moment then.

  25. Re:What next? I'll tell you what's next... on EU Says MS Must Offer Other Browsers; Now What? · · Score: 0, Troll

    I recently re-installed Windows and was literally enraged to find that it wouldn't install on any disk other than disk 0. This is SATA for crying out loud!