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  1. Re:I didn't RTFA on New Dating Sites Match People Through DNA Tests · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't think anyone's stupid enough to think there's a single correlate to mate selection.

    I think you underestimate the market-share of stupid.

  2. Re:Oh no on NASA To Try Powering Mars Rover "Spirit" Out of Sand Trap · · Score: 4, Funny

    They should just call for a mulligan... no wait, that's for water traps like on the moon.

  3. Re:Anyone else see the skeletal hand? on Heart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA · · Score: 1

    You should have marked this NSFW!

  4. Re:Reminds me of a joke on The Ultimate Limit of Moore's Law · · Score: 1

    He breaks the rules... but gets the yummy yummy cake!

  5. Re:This is a bad bug, yes, but... on Major Snow Leopard Bug Said To Delete User Data · · Score: 1

    c) Automatically backup over an internal network to a fileserver in your basement

    I do a full backup over the internal network and a backup of particularly important data (college work, encrypted financial data etc) using online storage (UbuntuOne offers a free 2GB account).

  6. Re:Or to put that in other words on Left 4 Dead 2 Approved In Australia After Edits · · Score: 2, Informative

    South Australia doesn't have a Governor General. She represents the monarch in the whole Commonwealth. Perhaps you mean the South Australian Governor. Governors are appointed by the Queen on the direct advice of the relevant state Premier.

  7. Re:Or to put that in other words on Left 4 Dead 2 Approved In Australia After Edits · · Score: 1

    iiNet agreed to join the internet filtering trial scheme around the same time (Nov 08) as the film companies sued them, so the timing isn't right for Conroy to have pushed the litigation. Not that AFACT would need any pushing.

    In Australia there is some interaction between politicians' Christian beliefs and legislation but much less than other places such as the United States.

    But the idea that Christians can cram their religions down people's throats through legislation has unfortunately been with us since the 4th century and Emperor Constantine. A more helpful Christian view on the place of government I think is the approach taken by the framers of the American Constitution. Christians (and all other religions) should be free to practice their religion and persuade others of its virtues (a form of freedom of speech, after all), but ought not to impose this by force (military, political or legal).

  8. Re:Or to put that in other words on Left 4 Dead 2 Approved In Australia After Edits · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Disclaimer: I am a Christian and an Australian. Christian politicians are pushing some stupid things in this country, such as the flawed Internet censorship proposal. However this ratings decision has not been influenced (AFAIK) by the government, Christian influence or not. The link in which you refer to the iiNet copyright case seems to be influenced by corporations, not Christians.

  9. Re:Fear mongering on Wireless Network Modded To See Through Walls · · Score: 2, Funny

    You owe me a new mind's eye, I had to poke it out to get rid of that mental image.

  10. Re:Lamest rebranding on Comcast In Deal Talks With NBC Universal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    World's lamest rebranding in my book: The Australian icon Vegemite being renamed iSnack 2.0. Sounds like a joke, but...

  11. Re:Haha.. no on AU Government To Build "Unhackable" Netbooks · · Score: 1

    Or 9.04 involves alt-dragging the offending window.

  12. Re:MS must have given a great on AU Government To Build "Unhackable" Netbooks · · Score: 1
    A big proud changeable sign that was up from at least 24th August outside a New South Wales Public High School in my area: "APHS, The First School In The World to have Windows 7!"

    WTF?

  13. Re:Summary is wrong. AAPT are wankers. on Legal Group Says Unlimited Broadband Promotes Piracy · · Score: 1

    8pm - 8am is exactly what they are offering on the front page of their website, as well as the billboard I drive past on the M4 in Sydney. They do note in fine print (though not so fine I couldn't read it driving past) that "Speed will be reduced on and off peak if peak usage exceeds 5GB". Sounds like a different plan than the one you are on.

  14. Re:Oh no on Garlic Farmer Wards Off High-Speed Internet · · Score: 1

    Did you just solve the halting problem?

  15. Re:ext3 on Which Filesystem Do You Use On Portable Media For Linux Systems? · · Score: 1

    A common danger: those 750GB USB disks are notoriously heavy!

  16. Re:Sure, why not? on Steve Ballmer Directing "House Party 7" · · Score: 2, Funny

    Installing Windows 7 IS a birth control option.

  17. Re:Don't worry on Mount Wilson Observatory In Danger From L.A. Fire · · Score: 1

    Nobody? I have the highest respect for our Australian firefighters, but...

  18. Re:I have a better idea... on Apple Kicks HDD Marketing Debate Into High Gear · · Score: 1

    Better yet - do something about it: Obligatory XKCD

  19. Re:University Assignments. on Dirty Coding Tricks To Make a Deadline · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What I learnt in Physics: First draw your lines-of-best-fit, THEN plot your points.

  20. Re:Experiment is not the only knowledge on Obstacles Near Emergency Exits Speed Evacuation · · Score: 1

    Rubbish - I can only get to know my wife through scientific experimentation, which is why I've given up on conversation and shared experiences and I've resorted to taking cell samples and have implanted a tracking device. I have a brain dissection planned for next week... that should yield lots of knowledge about her.

  21. Re:Rational PI FYI on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 1

    Surely 360 degrees comes from an approximation of the number of days in the year? The position of the stars in the night sky shifts by approximately one degree per day.

  22. Re:Wrong base... on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 1

    Oops - let me try that again. pi in base pi is 10. pi in base sqrt(pi) is 100 And the volume of a cylinder with radius z and height a is pi z z a

  23. Re:Wrong base... on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 1

    It's 2 in base sqrt(pi)

  24. Re:Yeah, but... on Open Source Tech Used To Monitor Afghan Election · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately a politician will win. They always do...

  25. Re:When will China have their 'sixties'? on China Ditches Compulsory Green Dam Plans · · Score: 1

    Sounds like it's high time for the USA to have another 'sixties'.