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  1. gestures on Mesh Compression for 3D Graphics · · Score: 1

    Could the same techniques be used to reduce mouse/pen gestures so that things like joined up handwriting recognition become possible

  2. Re:Disaster! on Hosting Service Closes 3000 Blogs Without Notice · · Score: 1

    There paedophiles disguised as 15 year old girls.

    Jesus some people will wank over the slightest hint of white cotton panties and a gym slip....

    Right back to the blogging.

  3. Re:Newsflash... on Hosting Service Closes 3000 Blogs Without Notice · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've got many a dead page from google cache it works wonders, well unless it's hosting service goes down again.

  4. Re:I feel a disturbance in the force. on Hosting Service Closes 3000 Blogs Without Notice · · Score: 0, Redundant

    what there shutting dowm slashdot too..

    looks like I'll be doing a bit more work then.

  5. Censored music and software abandonware on Lessig Legal Team Needs Your Copyright Stories · · Score: 2, Interesting

    'Censored music and software abandonware need not apply',
    Why not,
    I've had a number of CD/vinal stolen in my time and have had to resort to possibly ileagal distribution methods to be able to listen to them,
    since:
    a) I don't know where my copy is.
    b) I can't get a copy from anyone because they won't do a run of one out of print piece of vinal.

    This to me has been no great loss, but I'm sure there are people who have lost more valuable copyright materials due to fire or thieft.

    The only time I have ever wanted to get a copy of an Old book I was able to, because it was more that 75 years old. I'n this case I, and the distribution company benifited because the book was out of copyright.

  6. Points of interest part 2 on Valve Announces Half-Life 2 Code Theft Arrests · · Score: 1

    Well, it's a good job I haven't been able to get hold of the code for linux, especially those pre-relase versions and dodgy inhouse patches.

    Someone stole a hair from my head the other day, and that joke I told in the pub, now everyones ripping it off..

    I was it first, no I did, well i've looked at it longer than you have...

    Jesus when will these kids grow up.

  7. Linke wise london on Sony Launches Three Linux-based In-car Navigation Devices · · Score: 1

    Anyone whose ever tried:sic to drive through london will know that the road signs are next to useless, and the wide pavements are a great way to avoid going around the one-way system? yet again.

  8. Re:Be warned HCI is crap on Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out · · Score: 1

    I can use about:config to easly change it, and I can probably hack my pref files. It doesn't make the HCI any better though.

    Why not just ask me the first time, so I don't have to go poking around to stop files being put on my desktop, please....

  9. Re:Be warned HCI is crap on Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out · · Score: 1

    'Konqueror does prompt when quitting with multiple tabs open',
    umm yes it does.

    'if Firefox is supposed to notify the user that it has begun downloading something, I'd rather it not do something that changes the window focus',
    I agree, Blink the cursor, make the link do something, anything just tell me that it's worked please...

    It would be nice to have a dialogue the first time around (very first time ever), so that I can select my default download path instead of using the firefox assigned one (currently desktop under windows).

  10. They do this in the UK on RFID License Plates in the UK · · Score: 1

    There already OCR your numberplate in the UK to see if you are a regular non-payer.

    however, everyone I know that's ever driven off without paying uses numberplates they stole about 5 minutes ago.

  11. Re:Hold on! on Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out · · Score: 1

    some of the HIC problems are by design, designed to make the UI simpler, but, unfortunatly sometimes it's so simple that is complicated.

    anyhow why is it unfair to warn people that a pre 1.0 release has poor HIC?
    Would it be unfair if I said it formatted you HDD when you clicked on an image?

  12. Re:one word on EIOffice 2004 vs. MS Office 2003 · · Score: 1

    it is if you use a four byte word length.

  13. Be warned HCI is crap on Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Firefox has great standards compatability, but has piss poor HCI.

    URL fails to load -> url blanked

    Switch from one tab to another while url loading -> old url displayed.

    Page fails to load because of DNS lookup -> stored in the menu bar cache!.

    Download -> gets sent somewhere whithout asking, doesn't tell the user that anythings happended.

    Download again -> creates a new file blar+1 no continue/overwrite prompt or anything.

    Close browser while downloading -> canceles all your downloads.

    Download more than one extension -> get anoying prompts that are incorrect!

    etc... etc.... etc.... etc.....

    Firefox has to be one of the most anoying pieces of software I have ever used.

    I only use it because it's more standards complient and faster than the alternitives.

  14. Re:How about FOR profit? on Gentoo Officially Not-For-Profit · · Score: 1

    Lift wingers like to party and have as many people around as possible, but don't take pride in 'how many people we had round'

    Right wingers like to build bigger fences so they can try to forget that the neighbours exist, and do take pride in 'how big there fence is'

  15. Re:Okay, a question... on Gentoo Officially Not-For-Profit · · Score: 0

    .... Gentoo is aimed at those that really loves [wanking over porn] while waiting for a compile. :)

  16. Re:Of course they're not for profit... on Gentoo Officially Not-For-Profit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There American , isn't not-for-protif implied.

    'The estimated population of the United States is 294,256,444
    so each citizen's share of this debt is $24,535.31.'

  17. dosenu on A Former Microsoftie Forecasts Microsoft Doom · · Score: 1

    Does a far better job than windows if your a bit of a retro gamer.

  18. It's a good job... on Microsoft Receives Patent For Double-Click · · Score: 1

    It's a good job I'm about to start working on next-gen gestures, that work using vectors, splines &co, not just a moving box like current implementations.

  19. Re:In response to the anticipated flood ... on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1

    My mum.

  20. 'you can always die' on Engineering An End to Aging · · Score: 1

    But i'm not the problem.
    Anyhow, do you know how hard it is to kill yourself.

    'I'm feeling a bit bored to day'.
    'Stop moning and kill yourself then'.

    "I don't like what the artcal says".
    "Kill yourself then".

    A life of bliss and all it takes is to kill youself.

  21. Re:The average person on Europeans, Tweak Your Representatives On Patents · · Score: 1

    What idiot, I thought the US just ran it's self with comunist bliss.

    I would however expect that someone who has a lot of control in the US is looking at being a defendant in a war crimes tribunal, his name escapes me, Hitler?

  22. The average person on Europeans, Tweak Your Representatives On Patents · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So you would elect just an 'average person' to represent you in all things that have to do with europe.

    Personally I'm going to vote for an Idiot so I can just ignore them.

  23. Re:You call that true black. on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 1

    You can't display black, and definatly not true black.

    So what is the colour of the display?

  24. You call that true black. on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 1

    If my white piece of paper emmits no light why doesn't it display true black.

    What colour is the 'virgin' screen?

  25. Re:Is Organic LED == degradable? on OLED Displays Technology Primer and Forecasting · · Score: 1

    Good film, the chance would be a fine thing.

    Films are at the cinima are about 1 dpi, blured to hell, poor contract and flicker like hell, that bit of bluring on you home screen will just help the effect along.