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  1. Re:America, for one, welcomes... on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 1

    England didn't conquer Scotland. They had no royalty left so James VI took over their crown in 1603. Then in 1707 they paid off our government to adjourn and move to London.

    Both of these events had centenaries recently and neither was celebrated.

  2. Re:America, for one, welcomes... on Visitors To US Now Required To Register Online · · Score: 1

    It's different in Scotland. They don't keep the fingerprint data if you are not convicted.

  3. Re:sort of there already on CNET UK Credits Claim That Apple Will Release Networked TVs · · Score: 1

    EyeTv which comes with the Elgato USB things can pick up the Apple Remote. It's not part of FrontRow but the remote does work.

  4. Re:Don't Care on Jerry Seinfeld Will Plug Vista · · Score: 1

    There is no 2.5 GB RAM limit on the MacBook. All you had to do was go to their web page and you find this:

    two SO-DIMM slots support up to 4GB

  5. Microscope on Mars Lander Snaps the Most Detailed Pics Yet · · Score: 1

    'Taking the images required the highest resolution microscope operated off of Earth and a specially designed substrate to hold the Martian dust,'

    How many microscopes do we know of which operate off of Earth?

  6. Re:Brain battle on Brain Will Be Battlefield of the Future, Warns US · · Score: 1

    I haven't seen the remastered versions.

    I did notice we are about to get remakes of The Day the Earth Stood Still and Pelham 123. Klaatu barada nikto.

  7. Re:Brain battle on Brain Will Be Battlefield of the Future, Warns US · · Score: 1

    Memory Alpha has it as:

    "Brain and brain! What is brain?"
    - Kara

    Not one of my favourite episodes.

  8. Re:Brain battle on Brain Will Be Battlefield of the Future, Warns US · · Score: 1

    How about:

    "Brain and brain. What is brain?"

  9. Brain battle on Brain Will Be Battlefield of the Future, Warns US · · Score: 5, Funny

    So George Bush has lost that one already.

  10. Re:May's song on relativistic time dilation on Brian May, Rock Legend, Publishes His Thesis · · Score: 2, Informative

    '39 is also the 39th track on Queen's albums.

  11. Re:My opinion on Brian May, Rock Legend, Publishes His Thesis · · Score: 1

    One story was that the video for "I want to break free" killed their US sales because people in the US didn't get the joke.

  12. Re:I don't remember macs in the enterprise on Macs Gaining a Bigger Role In Enterprise · · Score: 1

    How do you think transparent aluminium was invented?

    Yes, on a Macintosh Plus.

    "Hello computer!"

  13. Re:EULA Love. on First Looks at Microsoft's New "Live Mesh" Platform · · Score: 1

    What did you think "sync"meant?

    Turn off sync and manage manually to do what you require.

  14. Re:Um. on UK Banking Law Blames Customers For Insecure OS · · Score: 1

    I've got one for the RBS and the memsahib has one for... errr... whatever bank she is in.

    I like the way they don't ask for the whole password and number but I wish they gave you more than two gos before you get locked out.

  15. Re:Got em. on UK Banking Law Blames Customers For Insecure OS · · Score: 1

    I'm with the RBS too but they have never asked me to use the wee calculator thing. Perhaps I don't have enough in the bank to make it worth while.

  16. Re:Scare tactics on UK Banking Law Blames Customers For Insecure OS · · Score: 3, Informative

    Do you mean the things which look like pocket calculators and your card slides into the top? We have a couple of them already but the bank hasn't asked us to use them yet. They didn't charge for them.

  17. Re:It's a Buddhist phrase (and philosophy) on China Continues to Shut Down Video Sites · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The London Labour government tried to placate Scotland with a devolved parliament 10 years ago. Their stated aim was to spike the nationalist guns. We now have a Scottish Nationalist Party government here and things are moving along nicely.

  18. Re:Just what we suspected... on Dell Documents Reveal Microsoft's Pre-launch Vista Errors · · Score: 0, Troll

    They don't even need to buy VMWare, they bought VirtualPC from Connectix years ago.

  19. Commies on Bill Gates Calls for a 'Kinder Capitalism' · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sounds like Billy has turned into one of those darn commies.

  20. Re:Failure? Definately on Why Microsoft's Zune is Still Failing · · Score: 1

    The earlier poster was in London. You can get pretty much any electronic device you want in Tottenham Court Rd.

  21. Re:A BBC Website - Some Stats on BBC "Not In Bed With Bill Gates" · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't giving the stats in such detail make you easy to identify?

  22. Re:What about the insecure default settings? on A Closer Look At Apple Leopard Security · · Score: 1

    It's not quite the same as no security. You need physical access to the machine. You need a boot device. You need time to do it. The user will know something has happened because the passwords will have changed.

    It could be locked down but I still think that for most people there is no need for that. They would be more pissed if you told them their computer was bricked because they forgot their password.

    If you want to explain that to my auntie then be my guest. I'd rather be able to reset it for her.

  23. Re:What about the insecure default settings? on A Closer Look At Apple Leopard Security · · Score: 1

    I suspect they leave the defaults as they are for people who forget passwords. Lots of people forget them. It's useful if you can boot from the installer CD and reset them. If you have data which is important enough to warrant it then it is possible to lock it down and encrypt the data but for many people this would be the wrong option.

  24. Re:The Vista bashing is starting to get old.... on OS X Leopard Ships On October 26th · · Score: 1

    Version 6, the first one didn't have a .x number.

    Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah)
    Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma)
    Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar)
    Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
    Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
    Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

  25. Re:The Vista bashing is starting to get old.... on OS X Leopard Ships On October 26th · · Score: 1

    10.100 on my computer would be bad. Not as bad as a 10.200.