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  1. Re:It was nice while it lasted on Last.fm To Start Charging International Users · · Score: 1

    I can make coffee better, but I still buy it at the coffee shop before work because I have better things to do with my time.

  2. Court Case? on The Art of The Farewell Email · · Score: 1
    Dear X,

    I have filed a case with the XXX Court under the XXX Act, NNNN, regarding the previous two months wages.

    Best Regards,

    Me

    The company ran out of cashflow, and stopped paying wages, so after two months I stopped showing up. The CEO would have had to tell the shareholders about any court case, so he coughed up a personal check, which cashed the day before they liquidated.

  3. Graphviz on How Do You Document Technical Procedures? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    There does seem to be a gap in the market place for a useful dynamic hierarchical graph drawing package. For very complicated procedures I use Graphviz, a freeware by Bell Labs, pretty old now. It takes a bit of hacking but you can create very pretty graphs with high numbers of nodes automatically.

    For simple procedures, I just use Powerpoint, and have extra, separate graphs when a particular task can be expanded to a subgraph.

    If anybody has any other graph packages to recommend, I would really appreciate upgrading.

  4. Waste of tax money on UK University Making Universal Game Emulator · · Score: 1

    Okay, we all pay for that, by paying tax, and by paying university fees. Surely those resources could find something equivalently challenging, but that would have a tangible output for those who are paying!!!

  5. Re:3D Movies? on UK Cinemas Get 3D Projection Rollout · · Score: 1

    My bloody valentine.

  6. Parental Responsibility on I'm a PC and I'm 4-1/2 · · Score: 1

    Surely her parent or guardian is responsible for agreeing to the contract?

  7. Re:Chrome? on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 1

    Ah, yes, well, I think you get what I mean. Ahem.

  8. Re:So what about global warming ? on Scientists Reconstruct Millennium's Coldest Winter · · Score: 1

    It is not black or white. I have typically found the absence of clear instructions is caused by haste, or poor writing standards, rather than a desire to obfuscate.

  9. Chrome? on Average User Only Runs 2 Apps, So Microsoft Will Charge For More · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If Google Chrome opens a new thread for each tab, will Windows 7 Starter recognise this as one app or multiple?

  10. Re:What a credible argument against OSS on UK Conservatives Slammed Over Open Source Stance · · Score: 1

    They are running Vista (realistically, XP) and MS Office.

  11. Re:Hmmmm.... on UK Conservatives Slammed Over Open Source Stance · · Score: 1

    I think, given the amount of media we encounter today, the standard is to be slightly more educated about politics. We may find ourselves surprised.

  12. Mad Max on Oslo Buses to Run on Sewage · · Score: 1

    If this is possible, then why was petrol such an issue in (the rather disappointing) Beyond Thunderdome?

  13. The good, the bad, and the ugly. on Web of Trust For Scientific Publications · · Score: 1

    The good: A. This reduces the key man risk of getting rejected by a single biased reviewer. That is really, really annoying. B. Studies that show no statistically signficant effect are often left out of the literature. Having a more comprehensive database could improve meta-analyses (studies of lots of studies). The bad: A. You probably cannot publish to a good journal with copyright and also to this system. B. Cheating, but let's assume cheating can be minimised. C. I cannot envision how this would look on my academic cv. "So, everybody can publish on this?" "Erm, but I ranked highly..." Is that really going to fly? The ugly: Democratising science? Never gonna work.

  14. Linux does what windows does... on Torvalds Rejects One-Size-Fits-All Linux · · Score: 1

    but linux is still comparatively hard to use, full stop. Many computer users have never even installed an operating system, never mind trying to get their home scanner folder shared across their house using samba. Also, Ubuntu is ugly, a minger, a dog, beaten down. That has to change too. As to the specific post, linux is better with competition methinks. The lack of competition is precisely why Microsoft get away with being so trousers at everything.

  15. Too difficult to be submerged for that long on "Subhuman Project" Human Powered Submarine · · Score: 1

    There are a couple of comments on the new scientist site about his skin probably blistering off due to being submerged in a wetsuit for that long. Ouch.

  16. Whiskey Byproducts on Power In Scotland From Tides and Whiskey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Powered by Glaswegian headbutts, and horrendous hangovers.