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  1. Hmmmm on Patent Granted on Sideways Swinging · · Score: 1

    For fsck's sake.

    Im away to patent breathing in the name of the UK.

    You can breathe if I can swing sideways....

  2. Hey, Ive done better than that. on Weirdest Case Mod You've Ever Seen · · Score: 1

    All I had to do was go to the pub.

    Admittedly I did leave both bars of the electric fire on after having just put may PC down in fornt of it.

    Interestig moulding effects....

    oops

  3. Re:Open Source anyone? on Kazaa Admits to Morpheus Shutdown · · Score: 1

    The whole point is to make this something that can not be attacked in the courts. That is, you can't attack what you can't see.

    I understand that this may be seen as necessary, however, I cannot help but think that this is a workaround rather than a solution.

    People should perhaps try and change the way courts deal with P2P issues, rather than changing their methodes if implementing the P2P network.

    One thing I do have to grant though,If a network can survive the courts,then its pretty damn robust, and will find more applications.

  4. Just found a copy of 0.4.25 on Blizzard, Bnetd Respond on Bnetd Shutdown · · Score: 1

    here at the missiles pad.

    Share and enjoy

  5. Re:Variation on a theme on Weather Balloons as Wireless Telephone Technology · · Score: 1

    How about if rather than trying to get the signal down a cable from the balloon, if an avtive (or passive) repeater was shoved up the baloon.

    Though in bad weather, it qould be interesting explaining to folks that the network is "down"

  6. Variation on a theme on Weather Balloons as Wireless Telephone Technology · · Score: 2, Interesting

    On a smaller scale this could also be done with the advertising ballons. Im looking mainly networking using systems such as consume, however hills, and weather become a major problem in the highlands of Scotland. An advertising balloon, with an antenna, a bit of coax as long as the balloons hoist cable, and you have an ariel that can get nice and high for coverage, and be winched back down for gales and bad weather.

    Im sure there will be many impracticality's pointed out in this idea, however, hopefully it will inspire some other ideas.

  7. Re:YaST & Sax on How to Fix the Unix Configuration Nightmare · · Score: 1

    >>"Everyone who uses windows knows about the control panel , no matter how stupid they are. Why can't like have a similar system on all versions ? "

    You forgot to prepend this sentence with "unfortunatly"

  8. Re:Other project ? on WINE May Change To LGPL · · Score: 1

    Glad to be wrong since it means I can have a play with winex....
    Cheers for letting us know.

  9. Re:Other project ? on WINE May Change To LGPL · · Score: 1

    Not too sure myselfe, but could also mean winex, transgamings modification.

    You need to subscribe to them ($5/month) if you want winex as far as I can see, and unfortunatly for me I couldnt subscribe as they dont accept UK debit cards.

  10. Re:Carefull what you order on Berlin's Robotic Pub · · Score: 1

    Given the nature of this article, do you recon I could get 5 pints rather than 5 points?

  11. Re:Not to beat a dead horse... on Govt Says: Internet Is Popular · · Score: 1

    "Or I could be really bored, have no idea what I'm talking about and feel the need to devote unused brain power to useless endevores"

    We may have something in common here......

  12. A case for IPv6 then ;-) on Govt Says: Internet Is Popular · · Score: 2, Funny

    So is 143 million is 54% of the population then the total population is around 265 million, and given 2 million more apearing on the net every month, that is a monthly increase of approx three-quarters of a percent per month. After a bit of analasys this gives the disturbing figure that in about 195 years over 200% of americans will be on the internet.

    Perhaps we should speed up the introduction if IPv6 to compensate for this.

    :offtopic: A state of mind usually reserved for friday afternoons.

  13. mailto::recruitment@automaten.com on Berlin's Robotic Pub · · Score: 1

    Will barter backups for beer.

  14. Carefull what you order on Berlin's Robotic Pub · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cant quite be sure what you'd get if you ordered a screwdriver ;-)

  15. Re:Like I trusted windows encription before on Export-level Encryption Proves Insufficient · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I should explain by 3rd party software, I mean 3rd party 128bit encription. Not exported from the US etc.

    I see that I failed to explain this in my previous post.

  16. Like I trusted windows encription before on Export-level Encryption Proves Insufficient · · Score: 1

    Lets face it windows may be the most distributed desktop operating system, but has anyone really taken its security seriously?

    In the UK for a long time we couldnt get 128 bit encripted browsers, and have adapted to using 3rd party encription systems developed by companies with a proven security track record.

    End of the day it wont make any differnce to anyone who takes security seriously.

  17. LAN Party in the carpark on Complete PC instead of a Car Stereo · · Score: 1

    Just watch out driving home after 24 hours solid of carmageddon ;-)

  18. A new logic on IBM Builds A Limited Quantum Computer · · Score: 1

    Does this mean we now have tha AND, OR, XOR, NOR and MABY gates?

  19. Some video reports from the BBC on Another Plane Down in New York · · Score: 1

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/
    has a link to a realmedia stream.
    Dosnt show the event itself, but shows the smoke coming up, and has a 15 minute report