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  1. Whose brains, exactly? on Valuable Objects Stimulate Brain More Than Junk · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So would all people find a Ferrari more stimulating (neurologically speaking) than a Nano or does it depend on culture?

    If it is inbuilt and not a cultural difference perhaps it is possible to extrapolate an idealised design of an object people will perceive as 'valuable'. Could be useful for marketing purposes.

  2. Re:Didn't they choose Communism? on Vietnam Imposes New Blogging Restrictions · · Score: 1

    So have the Vietnamese authorities defined what a 'Blogger' is? Because no one else seems to have a clear definition.

  3. Re:Anonymous Coward. on Cryptol, Language of Cryptography, Now Available To the Public · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Second Post!

  4. Re:What a fucking stupid idea! on New Font Uses Holes To Cut Ink Use · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just installed this to have a look at it. Didn't appear in OpenOffice. OK, guess I did something wrong. Fiddled about, removed, reinstalled, regenerated font-cache.

    Nope.

    Checked another applicaion...nope no 'Ecofont'

    *30 infuriating minutes later*

    THE FONT NAME IS 'SPRANQ ECOFONT'? Dear holy frak that took me ages to find. Who the hell prefixes their goddamn font with a company name. No one. God that pissed me off. MOTHERFUCKING *VENTING* GRRRRR.

    Nice font though.

  5. Re:Yes, but this wasn't a prep piece on China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch · · Score: 1

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet?

  6. Re:What's next, a fake moon walk? on China Announces Launch-Success Details — Before Launch · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This would be funny if it wasn't so disheartening that a government so glibly warps reality.

  7. Re:Undisclosed? on EA Hit By Class-Action Suit Over Spore DRM · · Score: 1

    It's presented at install time, you can get a refund if you don't accept it.

    Actually scratch that..thte eula is available here, and doesn't mention anything about refunds, that's pretty shitty.

  8. Re:Undisclosed? on EA Hit By Class-Action Suit Over Spore DRM · · Score: 1

    It's presented at install time, you can get a refund if you don't accept it. The more important point is that companies use the eula as a tool to bury relevant tidbits of information (like, say, only three installs per disk) which would hurt sales if they were well publicized.

  9. Re:ed -- the question mark! on The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time · · Score: 1

    Were you typing that with vi or something?

  10. Re:Courtosy download? on Playstation 3 Video DRM Only Allows One Download · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You pay for the right to download it. Once. To a system that you know is closed. Why would anyone expect Sony to allow their bandwidth to be re-used for free?

    It's not like they're being anything other than upfront about it.

    If you move to another system where you no longer have the movie in future: just buy it again. It will be cheaper (in terms of YOUR PRECIOUS TIME) than fiddling about with moving files from one machine to another.

    *irony ends*

  11. Re:This Just In on Palin Email Hacker Found · · Score: 1

    Maybe the cracker is a /b/tard who harbers a grudge against some suburban kid who's gonna grow up to be a volvo-driving banker.

  12. Re:Screw blackness on New Diablo 3 Images; Design Wins Over Darkness · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks good to me, the foreboding blackness of the text ('Error establishing a database connection') contrasting relentlessly with the bleak and brilliant white background.

    Magic.

  13. Re:A few simple steps - on YouTube Bans Gun and Knife Videos In the UK · · Score: 1

    Bullshit!

    Guns - banned in the UK for years
    Knives - banned on the streets (concealed/lock knives/fixed > 3 inches) for years
    Drunken Louts with theit angry fists - unlawful behaviour for years (public order acts)

    Pulic Demonstrations/rallies - Happen all the time. Literally, people do this in London every day of the year for some cause or another.

    Any dissent at all? Satire, and general piss taking of government policy is as strong as it ever was.

    This is just alarmist prose. If you think it needs to be said - then at least say why.

  14. Re:'cause everyone knows on YouTube Bans Gun and Knife Videos In the UK · · Score: 1

    I have never once in my life seen a knife that was designed to be a weapon.

    Sure hope that stays true. You don't want to see a flick knife/gravity knife, butterfly knife whilst walking home at night. In the UK it is an offense to carry and of these knives: They are all specifically designed as weapons. It is also an offense to be carrying any knife with a fixed blade greater than 3 inches on there person. There are provisions for carrying cuttlerey home from the store.

  15. Re:'cause everyone knows on YouTube Bans Gun and Knife Videos In the UK · · Score: 1

    Well, people do get hurt for the sake of videos. Look up 'happy slapping'. I'm not sure what YouTube is expecting to achieve here though. Any speculation as to their motives?

  16. Re:Idiotic on Judge Rules Defense Can Get DUI Machine Source Code · · Score: 1

    So if Mr. Schwartz could demonstrate that the machine consistently and accurately measures the blood alcohol content of a known sample, that be satisfactory without seeing the source? If on the other hand if this can't be proved, then the read out shouldn't be admissible, and seeing the source is irrelevant.

  17. Re:No not really on Jedi Knights Course Offered By Queen's University Belfast · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sure it is a BurgerFlipper degree
    No, it is a one day course.

    Universities love serving up shit like this because it's an easy way to get funding for having lots of students without having to have pesky stuff like chemistry labs and professors that know a thing or two.
    Not really. This is a one day philosophy course. I'm beginning to suspect you may not have read the article, or at least understand it.

    Perhaps this is at least stupid enough that it gets the attention of parliament etc to rethink the role of universaities.
    Parliament decided to make students pay for tuition through the nose long ago - anything that allows universities to raise cash will not be looked down onby the government. And.. I don't think this is stupid. I really hope this attracts people who'd otherwise discount any form of educatoin as viable.