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  1. Re:What a load... on Cloud Computing Democratizes Digital Animation · · Score: 1

    You can get actors to work for free or very little money.
    http://worldfilm.about.com/od/indieactors/American_Independent_Actors.htm
    Having a project good enough they'd want to join in would be the hard part. Also the opportunity to be able to tell them about it would take effort. Not impossible. i'd say the Blender project have enough eye candy to be able to get a "star" on board if they loved the story and character enough.
    http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/blender-open-projects/

  2. If they pass the law on Wikipedia Still Set For Full Blackout Wednesday · · Score: 2

    Could you shut down the Disney site as The Lion King is a copy of Kimba?

  3. Re:Is this even a crime in the USA? on US Government Seeks Extradition of UK Student For File-Sharing · · Score: 2

    If you don't have a lobby group to back you up it is.

  4. Re:His extradition has been granted on US Government Seeks Extradition of UK Student For File-Sharing · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is going that way, and the UK will be just behind. I hope the UK doesn't get Bible Bashed into the middle ages of science too.

  5. Re:Hire document experts on How To Get Developers To Document Code · · Score: 2

    That reminds me. Must get a gymnast for a mistress.

  6. Does it have to make the sound? on $10M Tricorder X PRIZE Kicks off · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope it has to make the sound.
    /or it could go ping; but it wouldn't be the same.

  7. Re:cost and location aside on UK Green Lights HS2 High Speed Rail Line · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why you think there will be delays.

    Leaves on the line. A bit of Weather. Sun warping the tracks. Cold warping the tracks.Industrial disputes, Million pound carriage with door problems, toilet problems, signalling problems. Not to mention the crap people using the trains. passengers taken Ill. People stealing miles of copper.
    Maybe the money will include a side road for the rail replacement bus :)

    * I believe this would even be the case for the approx. half mile section in Camden that links HS1 to HS2, if they make the obvious bridge widening and track realignments with the North London Line.

    I was wondering how they would move about London. thanks.

  8. Dear Apple on Timothy Lord Checks Out Keyboards & Tech At CES · · Score: 1

    I know you bought this company so you could do something with it; But until you do, please can we have the FingerWorks TouchStream back.

  9. Re:cost and location aside on UK Green Lights HS2 High Speed Rail Line · · Score: 1

    Nice, you've misread and reworded the text from each Paragraph to make a contradiction which wasn't there. Also, both paragraph as you've put them, can still stand and not be a contradiction - This project is waste and doesn't represent a decent invest in infrastructure as it only returns *treble* the capacity.

    No matter-
    Paragraph 1: this is a huge and pointless waste of money. - To explain what I said - the extra time made up will be taken up by delays. So it will cost billions to go no faster. A joke that made a whoosh sound over head I guess.

    Paragraph 2: we should invest in infrastructure - I did say we need to invest; but scale that up - Build the system so it can expand easily, so 100 years from now, those people are not stuck in the situation we are in now. We can't widen all the bridges and tunnels built. it's a shame they didn't build them to be able to take 3-4 train lines to allow us to upgrade and not disrupt the system.

  10. cost and location aside on UK Green Lights HS2 High Speed Rail Line · · Score: 1

    Or course this will cost billions more and reducing time to Birmingham for that amount is pointless - Train delays will add this back on.
    It's just a shame by 2030 that amount of money only buys a system which is years old by today's standards. Why not aim higher? Or build in space to allow for greater. It will need to be done at some point.

    Make work, tax pump up the economy money debt should be used to build some infrastructure. Infrastructure second to none to get something that will benefit generations. Make space for ultra wide, mega long, triple decker trains. There will be 120million people in the UK soon and our grandchildren will have to fix this, why not start now? Ohh that's right, only invest to the next election.

  11. Re:FTFY, DMCA on Newspaper Articles Not Copyrightable In Slovakia · · Score: 2

    You've just made that filthy. Well done.

  12. Re:Amusing on Are Programmers Ruining the Design of eBooks? · · Score: 0

    You typed it so don't have to, thanks. It was an awful site and I couldn't read it.

  13. Global TV or any other TV. on Google Giving Google TV Another Shot · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm sat in the UK and want to watch content from Japan (not porn!) - Apart from streaming or putting a dish on the roof (not an option) howelse can you get it apart from streaming / downloading it? Swap the ads to sell local crap and show me programs I want.

  14. Re:He identifies with the voice now on Glimpse of Stephen Hawking's Computer · · Score: 2

    It does have a software version. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECtalk

  15. Re:DecTalk is a warhorse on Glimpse of Stephen Hawking's Computer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe he want to keep using it as it is now *his* voice. Beyond any technical issue, that bit of kit is synonymous with him and he doesn't want it replaced upgraded or changed.

  16. Re:In Slovakia.... on Newspaper Articles Not Copyrightable In Slovakia · · Score: 5, Funny

    You sure? These comments are original works of me, my opinion, my creation.

    You have to see the difference between information and creation. That Hydrogen is the lightest element in the periodic table is not copyrightable. It's information. Even if I create an elaborate statement that culminates in its essence in this and little else, there's no chance that I'll retain copyright of it. Because the main part of what I created is still just the information that hydrogen is the element with the least mass.

    A fantasy story about various atoms coming together and having a party, while playing puns on their weight and some of their properties (and look how fat uranium looks, any more yellow cake and she's gonna blow!) is a different matter. That IS copyrightable.

    Does this mean I can't use the quote button?

  17. Re:Pirate Bay to blame for SOPA on Finnish ISP Forced To Block the Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    So do I blame the internet now. I'm confused?

  18. Re:Can't we all just get along? on Firefox 9 Released, JavaScript Performance Greatly Improved · · Score: 1

    private browsing = on the internet all day and you've looked at nothing.. Hmmm?

    It really isn't this bad. It's just a habit I got into.

  19. Re:Can't we all just get along? on Firefox 9 Released, JavaScript Performance Greatly Improved · · Score: 1

    and plant the seed of doubt!

  20. Can't we all just get along? on Firefox 9 Released, JavaScript Performance Greatly Improved · · Score: 1

    At work I use FireFox(3.6.x) for some websites and Chrome for others. IE when forced to
    At home I use FireFox for most websites and Chrome with no desktop or start menu icon for other websites. Sure we can share a login and desktop and you can see the web history dear. :)

  21. I'm shocked that you are shocked on Google Deal Allegedly Lets UMG Wipe YouTube Videos It Doesn't Own · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sounds like a reach around deal to me to keep each other happy. Youtube isn't a need or a right and they owe you nothing.

  22. Photo Editing Freelance jobs just took a hit! on US Watchdog Bans Photoshop Use In Cosmetics Ads · · Score: 2

    Put a disclaimer on the photo and provide links to the source images used. If you're interested you can look it up.
    A few years ago in the UK they ran a Dove soap advert with real women. They ran it just about everywhere. After a week of looking at those real women on my morning commute, I longed for the fake photo shopped lie. I don't expect pictures of beer gut real men on the cover of men's health either. Real is grim, lets live the lie :)

  23. Re:Cheaper on Clothier Slammed For Using 'Perfect' Virtual Model · · Score: 2

    When they do ... This place will have a lot less ANGRY ~ TENSE ~ COMMENTS!!!!! Sorry, lets hope they invent something decent SOOON!

  24. Re:What are the odds ... on UK Announces "Cyber Strategy" · · Score: 1

    I go one further and try my best never to get opinion from a paper; but I get your point. They have to be right some of the time don't they. Is it possible?

  25. How to build a Satellite on UK Plans Space Based Radar System · · Score: 1

    If you're interestes and able to watch it - On the BBC they've just shown a programme about satellites being made by Astrium. I'm glad to say we still have the skills in the UK to get this project done.
    // As an aside I'm happy for tax money to go towards make work project to keep those skill alive; but I'd rather the tax was used for travel infrastructure. //
    But that's not the point. Watch the show. It's interesting.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lysc9