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  1. Re:Not Australia on Social Media Can Help You Fake Your Own Death · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dunny is any toilet in Australia, and togs are swimwear which is where our other nick name for budgie smugglers, DTs came from (dick togs).

  2. Re:Not Australia on Social Media Can Help You Fake Your Own Death · · Score: 1
    Your city sounds great I’m going to move there. A certain Queensland city that will remain nameless has gone crazy with power. Your 16 years of driving is also an advantage cause a lot of these laws came in recently and the cops target a younger crowd (although they seem fairly indiscriminate when it comes to the pedestrian searches here).

    Bad cops should be shot (with a camera).

  3. Not Australia on Social Media Can Help You Fake Your Own Death · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The problem with Australia, if you can get here (kiwis let every one in) is we have so many more asshole cops that want to check your licence at every set of traffic lights. Not to mention the obscene terror laws (that they use on anyone they want, no need for a search warrant in Australia), or the random pedestrian frisking and pockets searches.

  4. Re:News To Me on How Good Software Makes Us Stupid · · Score: 1

    I think the apps are a bigger problem then Google searches. Computer literacy dropped off significantly after the release of the iphone. Bring on the ubuntu phone.

  5. Re:ME! on Geocentrists Convene To Discuss How Galileo Was Wrong · · Score: 1

    When you believe that the universe is infinite then technically everything is at the centre of the universe. If the universe is infinitely big, then where ever I am I have infinite distance on all sides of me. Or it’s possible that the universe is some crazy 13 dimensional shape where it doesn’t have a centre, like how all points on the surface of a ball are the same distance from the centre. But it still looks like the earth goes round the sun.

  6. Re:Except wireless is low bandwdith on ARM Unveils Next-Gen Processor, Claims 5x Speedup · · Score: 1

    2) Your neighbours might start using your power, maybe even accidentally. So your bill goes up. ?

    Its possibly why tesla's wireless power never got completed. There is no where to hang the meter.

  7. Re:Docks on ARM Unveils Next-Gen Processor, Claims 5x Speedup · · Score: 1

    Friends we are thinking to small. HDMI cables and dock chargers is yesterdays tech. When these CPU designs make it in to systems on chips, then wireless hd will be in network cards (this is where DLNA is heading). keyboards and mice already work with Bluetooth, and inductive charging is starting to take off. Still one or two usb slots could still come in handy.

  8. Re:Er, on Film Industry Hires Cyber Hitmen To Take Down Pirates · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Its arguable that the pirates don't steal anything. personaly i see it as closer to some one taking pictures of a painting and the gallary sending some one to there house to burn down the walls, saying "lets see you hang your photo now".

    you wouldn't download a car

  9. Re:Apple? on Dual-Core CPU Opens Door To 1080p On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Your right palm os was around first, however i think pocket pcs were the first to get phone ability. Apple newton could of been cool with its fax and modem. Pitty it was about the same size of a low power laptop, and the hand writing recongnition was crap.

  10. Re:Apple? on Dual-Core CPU Opens Door To 1080p On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Of course, these aren't just phones anymore, they're pocket PCs

    You do realize that before there were either palm os or windows mobile 6 (or 5), there was pocket pc 2000 and pocket pc 2002 (Compaq, hp, Toshiba, dell and many others made pocket pcs). Small touch screen tablet software built on windows ce 3.0 (some versions with phone ability). If so your quite apt that apple sees a profitable market, moves into it copying other technology, and rushing its products to market. Only years latter to catch up. I agree with you good sir.

  11. Not like qualcomm this has a proper gpu on Dual-Core CPU Opens Door To 1080p On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Dual core 1 ghz chip with 1080p graphics, I’m pretty sure they followed NVIDIA and the tegra 2. By followed I mean they took a tegra 2 told NVIDIA they were going to make tegra 2 Samsung phones, but instead dumped them a few months latter. Only now to come out with a very similar chip but coincidently fixed a few of the tegra problems (bigger memory cache).

  12. Re:The reason why on Australia To Fight iPod Use By Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Ouch, but fair enough. In my defence I wrote that from my phone with its auto correct, and because I didn’t get hit by a car while doing it I don’t feel completely stupid. My apologies, apart from the mistakes the comment was over complicated I should have stuck with natural selection has its advantages.

  13. Re:What about cell phones? on Australia To Fight iPod Use By Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    If you cross roads not by looking at the road in the directions of traffic flow, and instead using your dare devil super hero sonar ability, and a lower volume doesn't help. Then alas you can't listen to music in either ear. Possibly you could use a in-tooth jawbone vibration speaker phone thing.

  14. Re:What about cell phones? on Australia To Fight iPod Use By Pedestrians · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can easily see how all this electronic noise can be a danger. When I first bought my new multimedia phone (before smart phones) I tried walking to work with headphones on. After the first trip, I just couldn't do it again. I felt so cut off and not being able to hear my surroundings actually scared me. Save the headphones for the bus, train or killing time.

    You could just use one of your earpieces. I feel to claustrophobic with both earpieces in. It might take a bit of getting used to but you should be able to listen to office conversations while grooving out, and you'll defiantly hear a car. Even though you should be looking before you cross the road anyway. What if a prius was coming down the street?

  15. Re:The reason why on Australia To Fight iPod Use By Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    It’s incredibly dangerous, almost as dangerous as eating while walking, (the forwards acceleration helps lodge food in the wind pipe). So the only option to do is to hire people (properly with low intelligence no one else could bare the job) and train them to patrol the streets looking for people eating hot dogs and listening to ipods. When these eating, listening, criminals are found they will be dealt with by on the spot fines or court appearances. This wonderful system results in more stupid people not getting hit by cars, or choking on very large bites of hotdog; thus creating a vibrant pool of stupid people that wouldn’t normally be in this world. The same people that wouldn’t be here if some one didn’t repeatedly fine them for not chewing properly aren’t going to be hired as a rocket surgeon. So the government will need to find a job for them; not wanting to pay hard earned tax dollars on imbeciles that should have been hit by cars years ago; we will give these people a type of badge, a uniform, and send them out to collect there own wage by patrolling the streets looking for stuff that only idiots would die from. Who needs to think for them self with the government wants to do it for you.

  16. Re:iPod touch vs. Galaxy S on Sony Continues To Lose Ground In Mobile Gaming · · Score: 1

    Thats just the way it is, my old 486 doesn't run windows 7. the Nintendo 3ds games wont work on the original ds just like ps3 games don't work on the original ps, and thats the way i like it. I'm a privileged person, and if i want to buy the latest gaming machine i can usually find a way to fit it in to the budget, so i don't want some new fan-dangled super 3d game stopped by some kid cause it wont work on his gameboy. Even apple is doing it the old i-touch and i-phone things don't run ios4, at least not very well. If your trying to decide between a ipod touch and a galaxy s personally i would recommend waiting for 6-12 months cause there will be some really cool shit out there then (dual core phones with 1080p graphics). but thats always the case. as for after that i'm willing to put up with the $50/month, cause it means they give me the device; i only have one gizmo in my pocket; and data comes in very handy. if i wasn't going to bundle it all together i would wait for the next pocket gaming system with analog sticks and a few buttons. Playing a fps on a touch screen looks a bit painful.

  17. Re:More than two on Sony Continues To Lose Ground In Mobile Gaming · · Score: 1
    the Nintendo 3ds will kick ass (3d screen without wearing glasses). if the rumars are right then the next psp will run off the same chip as the 3d Nintendo (nvidia tegra 2) giving nintendo a clear advantage(if it has the same power, more screens, and 3d). which is why Sony might be thinking of cheapening the psp and selling it to the younger ground. i don't know much about apple but i don't see it as more than a very casual gaming platform, they simply don't have the great titles that the other guys have been throwing around for years. what will be interesting is if windows phone 7 gets some good handsets because they have a huge back log of great games, and phones will be just as powerful as a xbox 360 soon (i don't want a windows phone but i would dual boot if it meant i could play mechwarrior and halo).

    there are android pod touches its just cause they haven't got apples crazy markup so you get a phone thrown in as well. android's problem is the phones usually lack great graphics cards, but the Samsung hummingbird in the galaxy s does quite well.

  18. Re:That's a lot of oil to burn on MIT Unveils Oil-Skimming Robot Swarm Prototype · · Score: 1
    solar is nice and simple, if it wasn't for night time it would be perfect.

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    I don't think you could get a very good explosion out of the crude oil, but it should burn hot enough to heat and turn a steam turbine. It has plenty of water when its in the ocean. it doesn't have to burn very hot. there aren't many moving parts. it makes sense to use the oils energy if your burning it anyway, but it wont always be on top of oil.

  19. Re:Yeah! on MIT Unveils Oil-Skimming Robot Swarm Prototype · · Score: 1
    I believe the oil is heated up and burnt off the mesh on board the skimmer. So they don't need to tow the 33 barrels or have a nanofibre net that big. It would also allow it to run for a longer time unattended. .

    Also you would think 21.5 square feet of solar panels would generate more than a 100 watts, even if your saving power for night time running. .

    its a pity they cant generate some power from the oil burning to power the craft, or maybe its capturing a lot of the heat energy which is why the heating bill is so low.

  20. Re:how retro-futurist on Touchless Gesture User Interfaces · · Score: 1
    Asia dose all right in that regard, but the Muslims take the cake with MULTIPLE obedient wives. that's how the computer being a woman thing could work. Other wise it will get all jealous when you use that whore the toaster that goes up and down for anyone. not to mention what would happen if you came home with a new mobile phone.

    For the record crazy bitches can be a lot of fun.

  21. Re:how retro-futurist on Touchless Gesture User Interfaces · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In glorious future, we operate our computers as if they were girls!

    Don’t get me wrong I have had some great times with girls. But if I tell a computer to rewind the movie to the beginning of the scene I want it to rewind, not start an hour long story about what her day was like only to continue to, that I’m not doing enough house work, to giving me dirty looks for a while before starting a completely different movie (and thats not even in her special time of the month). Not to mention all the extra money you'll spend on flowers and chocolate, or how geeky you'll look when you take your computer out on the town after it refuses to play gta4 all week because you never take her any where special.

  22. Re:Law? on Nokia Siemens Sued For Providing Monitoring Equipment To Iran · · Score: 1

    We should also sue all the car manufactures of the vehicles involved, hand cuff vendor, prison engineer and the ‘torture house’ architect. When will these people learn not to do business with corrupt government thugs, or what they like to be called ‘police officers’.

  23. Re: how did George W Bush get in this on Scott Adams On the Difficulty of Building a 'Green' Home · · Score: 1

    It doesn’t always provide the desired amount of heat; it doesn’t suit all areas; its expensive to install, and incredibly expensive to install on existing homes. and if you get one hole in one pipe you have to dig up your back yard and pull up your floor boards. In 10 years we will be pretty good at it. To be honest it’s not geothermal (that would be if your taking heat from an old volcano or something) it’s actually closer to solar power.

  24. Re:Actually... on Lies, Damned Lies and Cat Statistics · · Score: 1

    You mean an iphone users might not actually be getting more sex than blackberry and android users. Even though they did a comprehensive analysis from a dating website poll, about the number of partners people say they have had.

  25. Re:Hypocrisy Isn't Free on Controversy Arises Over Taliban Option In Medal of Honor · · Score: 1
    I agree and i take you one step further, is there any part of life that is anything like a game. Not even the sims that is meant to simulate real life, is anything like the real thing. Is a poor street orphan about to stop the the next sims getting made, because he hasn't got the same opportunity as the pixels.

    More importantly isn't it in the art of war to know ones enemy. if you can't ever imagine what its like to be the other side, and to use their tactics. How are you ever going to know there weakness or for that matter ever have peace.