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  1. Re:Did he do it at work or at home? on Man Fired For His Online Customer Service Game · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Years ago when I had a phone job - I got pulled in to the office for drawing at my desk. I said everyone here doodles. Apparently there is a skill level limit to the doodle. Bored managers amusing themselves by being awful never helps a bad job.
    Good job this guy didn't work there http://www.biro-art.com/

  2. Re:PC games on China Reviewing Game Consoles Ban · · Score: 1

    Interesting. My game says made in China.

  3. Re:no surprise there on Can a New GPU Rejuvenate a 5 Year Old Gaming PC? · · Score: 2

    Consoles have held back the PC a ridiculous amount. I hope they get their new new generation out soon.

  4. Re:Polarized sunglasses? on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, stop using your eyes the way you are supposed to!

  5. Re:Polarized sunglasses? on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity? · · Score: 1

    No. I just tried with a pair on my screen. On this Dell LCD is seems to increase the distance between the text and the glass(plastic)? So whatever polarized coating they use in manufacture, gives all of the head ache and none of the 3D effect.

    HOWEVER! Just one lens is fine. So using two rights of lefts will be fine and is the best way to watch a 3D film.

  6. Re:Hopeful on Microsoft May Replace Xbox Live Chat With Skype · · Score: 1

    Does PC mean Sony and Nintendo to you?
    I wrote PC game (sic) & "PCs cost more". Also I wrote "Consoles" x2 so that would be all the big 3.

    I think the main points of the post would be:
    1) Its about Consoles VS PC.
    2) The PC being better value for the consumer on both games cost and after sales value.
    3) PCs cost more than consoles; but you can do more with a PC (if you need justification for the costs).
    4) XBOX LIVE = rip off. Expectations for console users are lower than PC users.

    Did you know computers network very well without a central thing charging money to be able to do so?

  7. Re:Substance abuse? on Fukushima's Fallout of Fear · · Score: 1

    Sadly means alcoholism on the rise.

  8. Re:Hopeful on Microsoft May Replace Xbox Live Chat With Skype · · Score: 1

    Consoles games typically cost more than PC game. Consoles charge you for online connectivity and they charge you for DLC. Where is the good deal there? Sure PCs cost more upfront (not that much more for a standard games rig); but you can do so more with them. XBOX LIVE = rip off for those that don't realise it.

  9. Re:Blood is on the NRA Hands on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    The downloadable spread sheet listed many types of crime. I addressed incorrect point that the UK stopped reporting violent crime. They are reported. OVERALL violent crime in the UK doesn't end in murder. Just a fight in the pub between the same two people next week. Free service makes fighting financially viable :)

  10. Re:Blood is on the NRA Hands on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    Norway allowed adults to have guns. The children he killed would always have been unarmed.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Norway

  11. Re:Blood is on the NRA Hands on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    And if you'd like to see the UK "Use of weapons in violent incidents,1 2001/02 to 2011/12, CSEW " stats they are downloadable from the UK office for national statistics.
    http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/search/index.html?newquery=gun+crime
    An AC that is wrong? What are the statistics for that? I@M sure you can down load more detail from other places. Can't be bothered looking.

  12. From Wiki. "The atmosphere on board the ISS is similar to the Earth's.Normal air pressure on the ISS is 101.3 kPa (14.7 psi);[139] the same as at sea level on Earth." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station
    Should be fine. Not too sure if would be ok 5-10m below sea; but it would really have gone wrong before that. So they may not build in any crushing force resistance at all.

  13. Re:Oh no! 18+ on Game Receives First R18+ "Adults Only" Classification In Australia · · Score: 1

    In the UK it is legal at 18 to party.

  14. Oh no! 18+ on Game Receives First R18+ "Adults Only" Classification In Australia · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been drinking, watching porn, playing games long before I was 18. I have a Job, house, kid, pay my bills and cry myself to sleep at night like the rest of the world. Put the age to 40 and give people something to look forward to..

  15. Windows 7 64bit on Adobe's Strange Software Giveaway: Goof, Or Clever Marketing? · · Score: 3, Informative
  16. Re:Adobe knows damn well what it's doing. on Adobe's Strange Software Giveaway: Goof, Or Clever Marketing? · · Score: 1

    That is how all big ticket item software should be. It is not a lost sale when a 99% of the people can't afford it.

  17. Re:Finally... on Anonymous Helps Find Evidence In Gang Rape Case · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm sure they'll say the evidence isn't admissible.

  18. Re:Typical underfunding. on Britain Suspends Exploratory Drilling of Antarctic Lake · · Score: 1

    There would be even more money for that crap if the investment money put into UK project was by UK companies and not US firms. I'd point to ARM in Cambridge to say that's how its done;but as Apple and VLSI are US based investors ... bugger.

  19. Typical underfunding. on Britain Suspends Exploratory Drilling of Antarctic Lake · · Score: 0

    British ingenuity pissed all over by lack of funds yet again. Being cynical and miserable is fun; but without a good does of U.S. level investment you can't come first. Second place with a better idea is shite.

  20. Re:Sounds crap. on Give Us Your Personal Data Or Pay Full Fare · · Score: 1

    Its only useless to those that can't see how it would be used.

  21. Re:What's the problem? on Give Us Your Personal Data Or Pay Full Fare · · Score: 1

    But what is "full fare" ? Please log in to find out.

  22. Sounds crap. on Give Us Your Personal Data Or Pay Full Fare · · Score: 1

    Set up a site and have people post what they paid or what they are being shown for a flight. Use transparency to see through their bull.

  23. Chilling Guidelines?? on Chilling Guidelines Issued For UK Communications Act Enforcement · · Score: 2

    They are trying to outline "common sense" from what I've read thus far. We don't get freedom of speech as a constitution right in the UK; but if we can't take the piss out of someone, then take it and dish out more back, what's the point?
    Being a sarcastic bell-end is a must! Ludicrous threats for violence too, and if my train is cancelled again I'm going to find the head of south western rail and stick the first 4 coaches of the 7:50 London service up his arse.

  24. Re:Shit on Australian Prime Minister's Spoof "Apocalypse" Speech Goes Viral In China · · Score: 4, Informative

    Too much salt will make you a ghost and or zombie. High blood pressure is a killer!

  25. Re:In before Soviet Russia jokes on Zero Day Hole In Samsung Smart TVs Could Have TV Watching You · · Score: 2

    Pointing that out just keeps getting older?!?!!