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  1. Nope on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    "4 a.m. means 4 a.m. for everyone. Got a flight landing at 3 p.m.? 3 p.m. now means 3 p.m. for everyone"

    Unfortunatly now at the top of my head I don't know whether 3pm means I'm going to land in broad daylight or in the middle of the night.

    Maybe we should have an ADDITIONAL time (call it Standard Internet Time) or whatever, but for day to day use its silly.

    Shops here open at 8 and close at 7. I can assume in most countries its the same. So if I go on a holiday with the new system I need to either convert EVERYTHING in my head or remember that in country A shops open at 2am and close at 5pm.

    No thanks. Its rather silly. I'd go for an ADDITIONAL clock, but not a reaplacement.

  2. Re:This gave me a great idea on Celebrities Flock To Reserve .xxx Domains · · Score: 1

    With a nickname like "gaygirlie"...

  3. Re:This is stupid on Celebrities Flock To Reserve .xxx Domains · · Score: 1

    ... and ATM are the best.

    I love Automated Teller Machines.

    Yes I know what it also stands for, but when I read that through the first time I was imagining a woman getting money from a bank and was wondering what is wrong with some people.

    I still wonder now though.

  4. Re:This is stupid on Celebrities Flock To Reserve .xxx Domains · · Score: 1

    What about:

    - Artwork? Paintings? Photographs?
    -- Would you count "The Birth of Venus" as pornography? She has got a bit showing.
    - Nudism?
    - Certain Prose?

  5. Idea on Celebrities Flock To Reserve .xxx Domains · · Score: 2

    I wonder if I can register a .sucks TLD.

    I'm sure businesses will clamour to register the companyName.sucks domain to prevent competitors messing it up.

    Win.

  6. Re:Oh, and since when did they have ownership of.. on Celebrities Flock To Reserve .xxx Domains · · Score: 1

    They don't, which is why they're snapping up the domains before someone else can.

    Otherwise they could just wait and then pull an Atari.

  7. Re:This is stupid on Celebrities Flock To Reserve .xxx Domains · · Score: 2

    Only for a server though right? Unless you're planning on hosting your own server you won't need those open.

  8. This is stupid on Celebrities Flock To Reserve .xxx Domains · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't just mean the reservations, but also the whole domain.

    If I wanted to see porn of the Celebrity named Jane Doe, I wouldn't go

    JaneDoePorn(com/xxx)
    PornJaneDoe(com/xxx)
    JaneDoePron(com/xxx)
    JaneDoePics(com/xxx)

    et cetera

    I'd open Google and type in "Jane Doe Porn" and see which links look good.

    If you're going to flood the xxx domain with useless garbage, then the whole concept of it is useless.

  9. Re:Uh No Thanks on GameStop Offers $50 Certificate For Coupon Fiasco · · Score: 1

    by giving you the value they stole from you.

    Except that you're going to use this value at their stores and not be able to take a peek at a competitor's company which you just might like more.

    Its a win for GS. Allright the customer gets an equal value, but its not that fair IMHO.

  10. Re:Corporate humility at its best on GameStop Offers $50 Certificate For Coupon Fiasco · · Score: 1

    In most countries in Europe that really wouldn't work, either due to there being enough choices to punch whoever tries this in the face, or due to it simply being illegal.

    We have them here. We only have 3 companies and they're pretty much reached a balance between them. They've always had the cap so nobody saw it strange.

    That said between midnight and 6 is free, so I tend to download all my stuff that time, and end up going over the cap 3-4 times.

  11. Re:Did I miss something? on Razer Announces Dedicated Gaming Laptop · · Score: 1

    Well right now I'm playing Empire:Total War which according to steam has Disk Usage of 15,091MB
    Napolean:Total war is over 20GB.

    And these aren't latest games. At all.

    Of course YMMV depending on what you like playing, but I usually keep them installed in case I feel like playing a quick game of something or other.

  12. Did I miss something? on Razer Announces Dedicated Gaming Laptop · · Score: 2

    "320GB 7200rpm SATA HDD"

    For a gaming laptop? With games now taking 10-20 GB of space each? You'll either need a hell of an connection and stay deleting/redownloading using steam or whatever, or an external drive which will ruin the look.

  13. Re:"competing freeware program" on RealNetworks Sues Dutch Webmaster Over Hyperlink To Freeware · · Score: 1

    suggests Real initially assumed the site was actively distributing the software.

    How stupid can you get? Nobody thought about checking the link the download was coming from?

  14. Re:Value on Massive Diamond Found Orbiting Pulsar · · Score: 1

    What they'd need is Wesley Crusher on board.

    The little [expletive] can solve everything.

  15. Re:Value on Massive Diamond Found Orbiting Pulsar · · Score: 1

    Well played. That was hilarious

  16. Re:Value on Massive Diamond Found Orbiting Pulsar · · Score: 1

    If you get it to an orbit around earth, wouldn't it act like a more shiny moon? Or would it not sparkle?

  17. Just make sure on Massive Diamond Found Orbiting Pulsar · · Score: 1

    That the missus doesn't read this article. Otherwise I know what she'll want for her birthday.

  18. Why is this on /. again? on Why Nobody Wants You On OKCupid · · Score: 1

    We've got no chance , no matter how much theory we know.

  19. A Victory for Consumers on Dutch Court Says Android 2.3 Violates Apple Patents · · Score: 1

    "but said that Samsung could get around this simply by upgrading its phones to Android 3.0."

    Good, I've been waiting for an upgrade to 3.0.

    Thank you European Court.

  20. Re:Software patents in the EU?? on Dutch Court Says Android 2.3 Violates Apple Patents · · Score: 1

    Software patents aren't valid.

    HOWEVER, if you can make your software patent sound like a normal patent you might get around it.

    "Use of a computer device to display images controlled by swiping motions" (something I just made up) doesn't sound much like a software patent.

  21. Re:Smelly room? on New Video Brings Portal To Life · · Score: 1

    right of the sink. Sorry*

  22. Re:Smelly room? on New Video Brings Portal To Life · · Score: 1

    Look to the left of the sink at around 39 secs. You can see a toilet.

  23. That was brilliant on New Video Brings Portal To Life · · Score: 2

    Wasn't expecting that ending. At all.

  24. Re:That is seven kinds of awesome on New Video Brings Portal To Life · · Score: 1

    I would so watch this if it was a movie.

  25. Re:People still believe that? on Evangelical Scientists Debate Creation Story · · Score: 1

    ""Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed onto all men, for all have sinned.""

    Doesn't really prove it was literal. Romans is a letter, he could have referenced something everyone knew. Now, the whole sin thing was because man wanted to eat from the forbidden tree. This is full of metaphor don't you think?

    The snake is a snake because the nearby cultures had a snake-god (I think it was the Sumerians, though don't quote me on that)
    The sin itself was just disobeying God.

    Again, all metaphoric. Its something everyone would know and therefor can be referenced.