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  1. Re:Eastern European? on Using Excel As a 3D Graphics Engine · · Score: 1

    It's a euphemism for Romania because saying Romania out loud in Hungary is a big taboo.

  2. Or indeed cars. on How To Tell If It's Really Titanium · · Score: 1

    It's the brand name for Ford's higher spec models here in the UK.

  3. Re:Marketing BS on How To Tell If It's Really Titanium · · Score: 1

    To spread the heat from the flame as evenly as possible, avoiding hot spots, thus helping to prevent burning.

  4. Re:Leopard... on Ars Technica Reviews OS X 10.5 · · Score: 1

    Visual Studio and full documentation? Free. For the Express edition.

  5. Re:Different experience here on Vista Vs. Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 1

    Well, they could have, but for some reason decided to go about things the hard way.

  6. Re:Recommends Vista on Ubuntu On Dell After Four Months · · Score: 1

    Why it says that 'Dell recommends Microsoft Vista'?

    Because if they don't put that on every page, their licensing costs for Vista go right up, I reckon. I could be wrong, of course.

  7. Re:tight ships have less to gain on Wal-Mart's Faltering RFID Initiative · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily the tightest ship, though. Tesco has more able distribution systems, especially for smaller shop sizes.

  8. Re:02 on Does the UK iPhone Plan Add Up? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sorry, what's this company called Zero-Two? It's O₂. Although I guess O2's acceptable given that Slashdot really really doesn't like the idea of anything more than 7 bits to a character.

  9. Re:Try lowering VAT on Does the UK iPhone Plan Add Up? · · Score: 1

    VAT's not a cascade tax. Any company with a turnover greater than £40000 p/a will be reclaiming the VAT on their inputs as a matter of course.

    It's simple accounting. Mind you, the UK's simple accounting is different to the US's. Everyone uses double entry here.

  10. Re: SSH on A Gut Check On Gutsy Gibbon · · Score: 1

    Well, it's only one install to add dev-tools or whatever it's called. And presumably you're going to be downloading the source you want to compile anyway.

  11. Re:Bug in installer on OpenOffice 2.3 Released · · Score: 1

    would that be openofficeorg22.msi the version that is kept after installation in a subfolder of your Windows directory for uninstallation?

  12. Re:And who will pursue these violations? on GPL Violations On Windows Go Unnoticed? · · Score: 1

    Au contraire. I think your overestimating the scruples of the average small business owner.

  13. Re:How to not violate the GPL? on GPL Violations On Windows Go Unnoticed? · · Score: 1

    Err, why can't you link in software that's LGPL, and make offers to buy source from copyright owners if it's GPL. Or do your lawyers not like the former and the projects you want to buy from have too many contributors?

  14. Re:Things for Brits and Scots to remember re Wii on Wii Breaks Sales Records in UK · · Score: 1

    Just because you call your state parliaments houses of representatives doesn't mean we have to

  15. Re:You haven't fully experienced mobility until... on Airbus 380 To Have Linux In Every Seat · · Score: 1

    Yeah, or one who brings DVDs of it to play on his laptop.

  16. Re:useful yet? on Wine 0.9.44 Released · · Score: 1

    Never heard of coLinux, then? An excellent project for some things.

  17. Re:Dynamic dynamic range compression? on The "Loudness War" and the Future of Music · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't think it was a big cost/unit issue. And some car stereos used to have it in the early 90s.

    It is of course, a bit user complexity issue. Hence the problem.

  18. Re:Can't use IE, Firefox, or Safari on A Talk With Opera CEO · · Score: 1

    But its only similarity to Windows IE is the name.

    Unless you're talking about running IE under WINE, which should work fine.

  19. Re:Free promotional items on Tech Review Sites and Payola · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the bottom end laptops have at least as large an engineering effort put in as the midrange and top end ones.

    The manufacturing process will undoubtedly involve lower effort per machine, though, and that's what most of the engineering effort will go into.

  20. Commands through the colon on GNU Coughs Up Emacs 22 After Six Year Wait · · Score: 1

    Also, it's just insensitive on those of us who've had hemicolectomies.

  21. Re:Customers have no recourse on Who's Trading Your E-mail Addresses? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but that's not a legal contract term.

  22. Technology trends? on Where Do You Get Your IT News? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I find that http://www.primidi.com/ is the best place to get them. Editted by a Mr Roland Piquepaille.

  23. Not that safe. on Radiation-eating Fungi · · Score: 1

    I can't find the citations easily, but I have seen that there are suggestions that chemical processes may be able to moderate nuclear reactions.

  24. Re:FRAUD ALERT -- Slashdot sucked in again! on How Bad Can Wi-fi Be? · · Score: 1

    The story here is that a should-be-reliable investigative news documentary programme is being Fox-ish and grubbing up hysteria, not that it's likely wifi is harmful. At least, that's the way I see it.

  25. Re:Trade-offs on Simple Chemical Trick To Boost Battery Efficiency · · Score: 1

    I didn't know of any equipment that uses 9V cells any more. And as a decent AA/AAA charger is very small, charges in an hour and can take a variety of power sources, I can't see why you think it's a problem.