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  1. Very Square? on Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed · · Score: 1

    For a man who loved rounded corners it does feel very...square

  2. Re:Truth or dare... on Mysterious Algorithm Was 4% of Trading Activity Last Week · · Score: 2

    Holy shit a three digit user! This is like seeing a unicorn!

  3. I think I speak for the majority of Brits on Ecuador Grants Asylum To Julian Assange · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To say I am ashamed of the actions the the Government to even threaten the Ecuador embassy with stripping it of its diplomatic status. For the alleged crimes Assange has committed this action is way way way over the top and obvious for all to see.

  4. Why Off by Default? on Microsoft Wins Congressional Backing For Do-Not-Track Default In IE10 · · Score: 1

    I may be about to open up a shit storm upon myself but this needs to be said. I'll hold my hands up and say I am an internet marketer (aka SEO & the rest to those who have heard of it) and I know the majority of people hate advertisements especially here on my much loved /. but it's kind of needed unless folk would like a pay wall on every website? In regards to tracking this is useful to create more relevant ads (usually), it's not perfect I'd admit but unless you want to let us marketeers to read your thoughts that's the only way it'd be truly relevant. However if you think marketing is annoying at the moment imagine what it'd be like if we couldn't track anyone to supply the current type of advertisement. We'd have to resort to TV style adverts or pay walls on every website. So tell me do you prefer the current adverts on Slashdot or would you prefer a 3 minute video every time you came here? If marketeers can't target specific people in specific(ish) ways we'd have to resort to the broader style of marketing and I would hate the web if it became like that.

  5. Least Disrupting DRM on Steam Now Offering Free-To-Play Games · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I don't understand some of the hate here for Steam, sure I use it and may be a little bias but it is the least most disruptive DRM, you can take your games to a different PC if you want (all you need is a login) and is so easy to join in games with friends if they are already in a game.

  6. Fallout New Vegas?? on Construction On Spaceship Factory Set To Begin In the Mojave · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should call this facility REPCONN Aerospace

  7. Re:Impossible? on Left-Handed Gamers Getting Left Behind? · · Score: 1

    I'm right handed and live in the UK so all those things are on my left hand, does that mean the UK's being discriminating against use righties!? Being serious, I don't think I could use the gearstick/radio with my right hand now.

  8. Re:For how long after release? on Digital Distribution Numbers Speak To Health of PC Game Industry · · Score: 1

    Through Steam that is >.

  9. Re:For how long after release? on Digital Distribution Numbers Speak To Health of PC Game Industry · · Score: 1

    Borderlands was a whole £10 though a week or two ago, now it's gone back up to £30

  10. Re:Playstation, ask the Xbox how this one turned o on Sony To Detail "Premium PSN" Plans At E3 · · Score: 1

    No Sony would never degrade the free online multiplayer as it's a huge selling point just like the other OS option is a huge selling point, oh wait...

  11. Re:Security on Massive Power Outages In Brazil Caused By Hackers · · Score: 2, Funny
  12. Re:Is there a plan for equipment failure? on LaserMotive Finds Success In Space Elevator Competition · · Score: 1

    half way between the Earth and the Moon!? ha I'm wondering what would happen if the cable somehow snapped when the elavator was in space?

  13. Re:Not until it stores the maps local on the devic on Will Google and Android Kill Standalone GPS? · · Score: 1

    Did you RTFA from Google? http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/announcing-google-maps-navigation-for.html I'm sure there will be some bugs but it looks like it ticks most of your boxes. Also better pricing? the software itself is FREE, the only down side is carrier charges to access it.

  14. Re:Call for desperate measures on Obama Looks Down Under For Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    That's so crazy it may just work, I think we need to look to the French for inspiration for this one though

  15. Attention Australians! on Left 4 Dead 2 Approved In Australia After Edits · · Score: 3, Informative

    Make friends with people around the world to get around this, simply get them to buy you L4D2 as a gift through Steam and because your buddy bought it in a 'unmodded' country, you'll get all the gore! BTW - this does work, a friend buys a German guy all his stuff so he has the gore and then PayPal's him back the cash

  16. Re:authenticated e-mails on Why the FBI Director Doesn't Bank Online · · Score: 1

    You what!? Banks install software on a machine? Whats to stop the fraudsters from doing this and having access to the whole machine *shudders*

  17. Reporting on Verizon CTO Argues For Metered Pricing · · Score: 1

    The harder thing ISP's need to do is set up some sort of reporting to show how much you have used up so far. Nobodies going to believe what the ISP tells them if there's no way to check themselves. Also I'd welcome something like this as long as it's per GB not something daft like per hour (and fairly cheap, aka £1 per GB max)

  18. Quick! on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions · · Score: 1

    Someone tell the UN about Vault-Tec in case there's a nuclear war

  19. Re:BING: But... It's Not Google! on Yahoo Filing Reveals Details of Microsoft Deal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Remember that's $50 million a year, plus 9£% of all revenue from their own sites for JUST search, plus they free up 400 peoples wages. Also Yahoo have still got Flickr, Delicious, Yahoo Mail and others to rely on. There's also a number of get-out clauses too so Yahoo can just walk away, Microsoft have come out on top of this deal but Yahoo it's not all bad for Yahoo

  20. Re:Creativity on Ads Retroactively Added To Wipeout HD, Soon Others · · Score: 1

    Or the King from Burger King in Fight Night Round 3? That worked pretty well and was a few giggles

  21. Re:Tarnished reputation on Google Considers Taking Beta Tag Off Gmail · · Score: 1

    Perhaps because Google still doesn't believe it's 'ready' yet? Google are forever changing stuff on all their products

  22. Re:not my children on Database of All UK Children Launched · · Score: 1

    I have a brother who's 11 and have heard nothing about having him opting into this database. The British Government have already got the children's details and they're already on the database