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  1. Re:Tell whom precisely? on Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED · · Score: 1

    Of course DNS contact details aren't necessarily the same for a website hosted on that domain and other systems use scripts to browse websites looking for email addresses to build up spamming lists so there is a tendency not to leave the email address lying around, so it's not a guaranteed way of finding a correct email address.

  2. Re:Tell whom precisely? on Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but domains and websites are really the same thing. I doubt if Internode would appreciate getting info about all of the websites they host as an ISP.

  3. Re:Tell whom precisely? on Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED · · Score: 1

    Stands corrected Master Redlou.

    So it would boil down to if a webmaster registers with Google so they can inform them of any problems, then they should otherwise they shouldn't.

    So the original poster was informed, but not informed in detail?

    So their problem is...?

  4. Tell whom precisely? on Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED · · Score: 1

    Look for the webmaster's email address on the pages, assume it's webmaster@domain.com or try root@domain.com? All these could bounce or simply disappear. Should Google put the effort into finding out who the webmaster really is?

  5. Re:TLAs on Geekspeak Baffles Web Users · · Score: 1

    Or ETLAs or VETLAs or even VSLTLAs. IM is only two letters so it's a just TLA.
    My favourite TLA is IBM's 'AMD' which means Air Movement Device. It's a TLA replacement what was originally just a TLW.

  6. Re:Depends on What You Consider a PC on What Happened to Media PCs? · · Score: 1
    You have a good point!
    The good points on the z500 are:
    • So far my z500 has failed to fail to play any media file.
    • The upgrade of the firmware was easy(It was the first thing I did).
    • The forums are frequented by zensonic's developers, tester and admin people.
    • Rezoning and dezoning the DVD was easy, and doesn't void the warantee.
    • Talks to uPnP and smb
    The bad points are:
    • Doesn't mount a VFAT USB drive, so have to mount it through a SMB share
    • It sometimes looses my network, but that is the fault of the router positioning not the z500
    IMHO it's worth the $AU500(Actually street is closer to $AU450)
  7. Re:Depends on What You Consider a PC on What Happened to Media PCs? · · Score: 1

    A number of UPnP PC out there.
    Best? in my view it's Zensonic's z500 series.

  8. Re:Why this is important on Scientists Figure Out How Bees Fly · · Score: 1

    God and science aren't mutually exclusive.
    In the same way that spaghetti trees and apple trees aren't mutually exclusive!

  9. The greatest prank of all time... on Great Hacks and Pranks Of Our Time · · Score: 1

    ..of recent years anyway, has got to be "Intelligent Design".

  10. Re:OO.org does not have perfect file compatibility on OpenOffice.Org in a Corporate Environment? · · Score: 1
    Of course, there is the question as to why the need for using MS office files. If it is purely so others can easily read them then remember OO.org produces PDFs which makes easier as PDF readers are free and easy to use.

    If there is a edit/feed back/exchange requirement, then office files might still be needed, but is this really needed in this case?

  11. Re:Coincidence? on Computer Associates Sells Ingres DB Tech · · Score: 1

    I was at a Ingres Users Group meeting when they announce the Open Source thing. CA repeatedly emphasized that they weren't competing against MySQL as MySQL didn't have stored procedures.

  12. Re:Doesn't anybody remember the W.O.P.R. on How About a Nice Game of Global Thermonuclear War? · · Score: 1

    And yet there is a scene from here that's even better. (Although the memorable quotes section only contains the tail end of the scene)

  13. Re:Er. on House-Sitting Robot Hits Store Shelves in Japan · · Score: 2, Informative

    We have a monitored alarm system, and the police are not the first to be called, mainly as they do not like being annoyed by all of the false alarms etc. I guess this would be the same thing.

  14. Just avoid using the name Linux on Linux Trademark Protection In Australia · · Score: 1

    Perhaps linux support groups should simply call themselves GNU support groups from now on!

  15. Re:We are free to patent anything we make laws for on Why Bill Gates Wants 3,000 New Patents · · Score: 1

    No we are not.
    Math, for example. We cannot patent that 2+2=4 and we should never be able to patent that. Could we patent that the sky is blue? No we cannot. We cannot patent truths or ideas.

    The question that needs to be asked, here, is where does it end? As a simple example; in Excel does Microsoft patent Excel, the idea of a spreadsheet or the ability to calculate the sum of two cells next to each other? At what depth do we stop. Does Intel patent their microcode(which is more likely as it is embedded in something solid), so no-one can write anything for an Intel chipset without patent infringement?

    The original post tells us that there are no patent on story types, just copyright on the stories themselves. It is a valid arguement against software patents. The ideas, concepts behind the software cannot and should not be patented; the specific solution should be as is protected by copyright.

    As to patents encouraging more invention, that is quite wrong. It implies that prior to software patents invention and progress in software wasn't encouraged that much. We had minimal worthwhile software and no arguments about code bloated software. What does encourage innovation is good competition, which I am sure I don't need to point out to anyone here is the reason why Microsoft is applying for the patents.

    Open source software is rarely, if ever, patented, and tends to contain some of the most inventive code I have seen.

    On a personal note, I have developed two OSS projects, and if the company I worked for had patented the one I began there, it would have remained limited and useless, particularly after a junior programmer took it over and never listened to me or looked my design specifications for it and turned it into a pile of shite.

    Patents will block innovation, not encourage it.

  16. Re:SPOLIER SPOILER SPOILER on V For Vendetta Trailer · · Score: 1

    Suicide bomber!?!
    You what?!?

  17. Earthquakes and shinkansen on Japan Tests New Bullet Train · · Score: 2, Informative

    The shinkansen has been running since 1-oct-1964, and in that time it has had one derailment(only minor, no injuries) and although it was due to an earthquake, since 1964 Japan has had a number of large earthquakes.
    The track is beautifully put together and the ride supurb, unlike here in Australia where the track width varies upto a quarter of an inch.

  18. Re:Yeah but... on Building the World's Most Powerful Laser · · Score: 1

    The sixth comment before a Real Genius reference.
    May I first complement you on you choice of footwear!

  19. Re:Prepare to be flamed on Review: Star Wars Episode III · · Score: 1

    I was a huge fan years ago, and now my friends love it when I go into a rant about why episode I was bad, they find it fun, even those who still are huge fans. I might have to steal the "inbred tie-ins" phrase, it is very good!

    All those little tie-ins for the fans, but Lucas has been telling us it was aimed at the next generation of fans.

    And then it got really silly when baby Gredo turns up.

  20. Re:Easy fix on Software Glitches Stall Toyota Prius · · Score: 1

    Using a 2 byte, unsigned integer for the speed value?
    65.535 mph

  21. Easy fix on Software Glitches Stall Toyota Prius · · Score: 1

    Don't you just close all the windows and restart the car...

  22. Re:Woah.. on Exploring Superstrings in the Lab · · Score: 1

    Ultracold means very cold - the rest is up to you!

  23. Re:ROTS Movie Info ... on The Star Wars Money Machine · · Score: 1

    Does that happen?

    So , at least he got that bit of the story right.

  24. Re:Firefly on Serenity Comic Book Series · · Score: 1

    No, no, we're talking about the Joss Whedon Firefly here.

    Sorry about the confusion.

  25. Re:Oh no! on Serenity Comic Book Series · · Score: 1

    Um, no, it is not based on a comic. If anything it is the other way round, and it isn't even that.