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  1. Re:Too late on ICANN's Brand-Named Internet Suffix Application Deadline Looms · · Score: 2

    Certainly true in the uk, and its own hierarchy is well used. Companies tend to sit on .co.uk ie. The Guardian (although companies are the ones most likely to go elsewhere if needed), universities sit on .ac.uk i.e. University Of Manchester, health related sit on .nhs.uk i.e. NHS Direct, charities seem to sit on .org.uk i.e. The Mens Health Forum, and government websites sit on .gov.uk i.e.HRMC

    True there are people who abuse it, but generally you can be assured that if you are on for example ac.uk, it really is an academic institute you are on and not some fraudulent university.

  2. Re:Innovation in a country with socialized medicin on UK Surgeons Are the First To Operate In 3D · · Score: 1

    Probably because socialised medicine is an innovation itself.

  3. Re:Near Infinite on Double-Helix Model of DNA Paper Published 59 Years Ago · · Score: 1
    Or...

    The number of organisms that ever lived... is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is...

  4. Re:My 0.02 on GNU/Linux Running On An 8-Bit Processor · · Score: 1

    1. Enjoy your job
    2. Make lots of money
    3. Work within the law

    For me I consider this much more challenging, as often the law is just plain wrong.
    1. Enjoy your job
    2. Make lots of money
    3. Work within your morals

  5. Re:75 MHz 286 on GNU/Linux Running On An 8-Bit Processor · · Score: 1

    I have run linux from scratch on a vortex 386sx, and let me tell you that is painful. The lack of the math co-processor rules out debian or pretty much anything else you didn't hand roll. Never again.

  6. Re:So much for the traditional 5-year lifespan on Why Microsoft's Keeping the Next Xbox Under Wraps · · Score: 1

    Or plug it into your tv via hdmi giving you 1080p. Connect the controllers wirelessly and you're flying.

  7. Re:Double irony award? on Kazakh Gold Medalist Is Played Borat Anthem · · Score: 1

    However, even the BBC gets fooled on occasion. I trust them enough that I watch them for my morning news while I eat breakfast - however they are in the end still human and prone to human mistakes.

    The BBC makes mistakes? Surely not!

  8. Re:It's Basic Infrastructure on Queensland Police to Look For Unsecured WiFi Spots · · Score: 1

    Then just set it up with your own encrypted wireless connection having better QoS, and that the open and free wireless connection has a leaky bucket approach to bandwidth that prevents anyone from abusing it.

  9. Re: Not Surprising. on Dutch Artist Admits Faking Viral 'Human Bird Wing' Video · · Score: 1

    Icarus crashed, not Daedalus.

    During flight testing, Daedalus 87 was damaged in a crash caused by spiral divergence

    The flight ended in the water (7 meters from Perissa Beach on Santorini, according to the official record), when increasing gusty winds caused a torsional failure of the tail boom. Lacking control, the airplane then pitched nose-up, and another gust caused a failure of the main wing spar. The pilot swam to shore.
    Much of the wreckage of Daedalus 88 is in storage at the Smithsonian's restoration facility.

    Seems they both did.

  10. Re:If wishes were horses on Apple Sued By Belgian Consumer Association For Not Applying EU Warranty Laws · · Score: 1

    I've helped friends similarly who had broken ps3/xboxes and the retailer wouldn't do shit to help. As soon as you quote the relevant law they realise that they can't pull the wool over your eyes and give up.

    Two things need to happen in the UK. We need better education of consumer protection laws, starting at school but also through government advertising and we to crack down on retailers who tell consumers it is out of warranty when legally it isn't.

  11. Re:What kind of kick-ass compression? on IBM Optical Chip Moves Data At 1Tbps · · Score: 2

    I believe the actual statement is "It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs"

  12. Re:Stick to the subject of the article. on Iran's Smart Concrete Can Cope With Earthquakes and Bombs · · Score: 1

    The problem with Iran is that its a polarising issue, everyone involved has already cemented their opinion. If I was Iran, I'd be bricking about now.

  13. Re:That'll work well. on Academics Not Productive Enough? Sack 'em · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you don't publish, what prevents people from investing time in that less effective scheduling algorithm again and again?

  14. Re:Mythbusters covered this on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 4, Informative

    A lot of the deaths occur from the bullet entering your shoulder and hitting your heart. Penetrating your shoulder requires a lot less velocity than your head. This paper "Can a Falling Bullet Be Lethal at Terminal Velocity? Cardiac Injury Caused by a Celebratory Bullet" seems to suggest that you can indeed be killed by falling bullets.

  15. Re:There may be the occasional hit on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 4, Informative

    None of that is to say it is a good idea or anything, but I doubt it is all that common for people to get injured or killed by it.

    Wrong, celebratory gunfire kills quite a few people every year

  16. Re:Linux *Implemented* It First on Windows 8 Features With Linux Antecedents · · Score: 1

    USB 3.0 works fine with Windows 7, you just have to install the drivers provided by the mobo/card manufacturer. Big deal...

    That's a problem with a specific driver, though, not Windows 7. Just look it up - ASMedia USB3 drivers have that problem, but not all others...

    Erm, you mean in other words USB 3.0 doesn't work just fine with Windows 7?

  17. Re:Sounds about right... on Nokia CEO Blames Salesmen For Windows Phone Struggles · · Score: 1

    cyanogenmod for me doesn't lag, but the stock version did.

  18. Re:Back to the future on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And building a moon base will be done by the Chinese.

  19. Re:What? on Zynga Accused of Cloning Hit Indie iPhone Game Tiny Tower · · Score: 1

    I remember something similar for championship manager. Another team would approach you to buy your player at some low price you have set. You clicked "I will consider it", then went onto the players options and set their sell price to 50 million. A few minutes later they would ask again to buy even at the inflated price. Fun times.

  20. Re:Emacs... on Ubuntu 12.04 To Include Head-Up Display Menus · · Score: 1

    I didn't realise Emacs was an operating system... oh wait.

  21. Re:All on one chip on Startup Combines CPU and DRAM · · Score: 2

    You are basically describing a system on chip. You have one in your phone.

  22. MV Tricolor on What To Do With a 1,000 Foot Wrecked Cruise Ship? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I found some interesting pictures of the MV Tricolor. I tried to find a video of the cutting process in action but failed. Does anyone know how this "cheese wire" actually works?

  23. Re:But it begs the question: Why? on OpenStreetMap Reports Data Vandalism From Google-Owned IPs · · Score: 1

    you guys are slipping.

    But that begs the question, why are we slipping?

  24. Re:Does the data reflect tires slipping on ice? on What a Black Box Data Dump Looks Like · · Score: 1

    No need to say more as in yes he very easily could have survived 40g?

    From wikipedia

    Toleration of g-force also depends on its duration. Shock is a short-term transient exitiation and is often measured as an acceleration. Very short duration shocks of 100 g have been survivable in racing car crashes.

  25. Re:we already fixed it. its called 'trains'. on Software Bug Caused Qantas Airbus A330 To Nose-Dive · · Score: 1

    Doing this by public transport typically either means catching a slow bus (slow because to get enough passengers to make it viable it has to stop frequently and drive on the slow roads through places rather than the fast roads round places) or taking a very roundabout train route.

    You have clearly never been to a city with well designed public transport. London's underground will get you very close to your destination and it will get you there quickly. Other cities such as Hong Kong are covered in trams that get you were you want to go. Manchester is currently rolling out more trams and has train stops in most of the places the trams don't go.

    Combine this with bikes (which you can bring on trains), this allows you to live a fair distance from the train station and from your work but still get in very quickly