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  1. Re:I'll miss the old school special effects on Classic BBC Sci-fi Series Blake's 7 To Return On Syfy Channel · · Score: 1

    It'll probably be written so that Blake is always around as well, instead of the first and last series.

    As to special effects, nothing beats a small Perspex box with a light rope in it to represent a supercomputer that was superior in every way to the "state of the art" Zen. The Liberator was the pride of the fleet until Blake nicked it.

  2. Re:Another day at the EC. on Competitors Complain To EC That Free Android Is a 'Trojan Horse' · · Score: 1

    Not only that, it's Patch Tuesday!

  3. Re:the more things change... on Rare Docs Show How Apple Created Apple II DOS · · Score: 1

    CGA was the standard for PCs until you managed to get a Hercules card (required for Autoroute with its special "hi-res" mode) to up the resolution.

    Plus Apples had the graphic designer advantage that what you saw on the screen was exactly the same size when printed.

  4. Re:"strong accent" indeed... on Cyber Criminals Tying Up Emergency Phone Lines Through TDoS Attacks, DHS Warns · · Score: 1, Funny

    Jedi Masters need to pay bills just like everybody else...

  5. Re:Only because people are dumb on Another Way Carriers Screw Customers: Premium SMS 'Errors' · · Score: 1

    When it comes to fraud, then yes, I certainly do deserve to have it sorted by the most expedient method available.

  6. Re:OUTRAGE! on UK Bloggers Could Face Libel Fines Unless Registered As Press · · Score: 3, Informative

    I *can* say Scientology has the behaviour of a cult in UK because that is directly quoting a High Court judge.

  7. Re: How about this? on Why Earth Hour Is a Waste of Time and Energy · · Score: 1

    This doesn't work for millions of people. So, continuing your theme of "accommodate the interest of society" as mentioned in a previous post, how does an outmoded and irrelevant idea translate to society's benefit in this age of international 24/7 business?

  8. Re: How about this? on Why Earth Hour Is a Waste of Time and Energy · · Score: 1

    Sunrise tomorrow is 0606. The clocks jump forward on Saturday week in UK, so it will appear that sunrise now will happen 47 minutes later. In other words, dawn has broken before I go to work (something I appreciate after months of dark starts), until April, when I again have to start my journey in the dark.

    I'll have to wait another three weeks before I'll be going to work after sunrise, so as far as I'm concerned, anybody who thinks this is a good idea is a fucking idiot.

  9. Re:They beauty of smart phones on Lamenting the Demise of Hangups · · Score: 1

    I don't have a problem with obsessive texters, just the sheer lack of common courtesy to others that would dictate that a loud notification going off all the fucking time should be muted especially when you know you're about to get a text and have the phone in your hand in readiness. But no, they just hold on to it while it yells out to all and sundry that they're really important because someone texts "lol" to them.

  10. Re:bs on Lamenting the Demise of Hangups · · Score: 1

    Happens all the time in what has been unofficially called The Clapham Triangle:
    "Yeah, that was fun. Look, we ought to get the others involved in this so we can organise this when everyone is free and then... hello? Hello?"

    "Are you still there? Hello?"

    "Hello?" *looks at phone, call appears to still be connected* "Hello? HELLO?"

    *other commuters express facial irritation. I mean, come on, you make this journey every day at this time and this always happens. What's wrong with you?*

    "Hello?" *rechecks phone, call has now dropped, exasperated sigh (FFS muttered by others)*

    *Stab redial button on screen, watch phone intently for successful dialling* ...

    "Yeah, hi, don't know what happened there. Anyway..." (seriously?)

    This is always an iPhone user BTW, but all phones bar ancient Nokias tend to drop calls between Vauxhall and Clapham Junction. I blame MI5.

  11. Re:They beauty of smart phones on Lamenting the Demise of Hangups · · Score: 1

    So you prefer the Apple way where half a train carriage fumbles for a pocket whenever one goes off?

    What pisses me off is the Morse code style SMS notification. It's always at top volume, goes on for ages and is the preserve of those having long conversations with the other person. If you've got that much to babble about fucking call them instead of "BIP-BIP-BIP BEEP-BEEP BIP-BIP-BIP" (twice) every minute. You're probably going to see whoever you're texting obsessively in about an hour anyway.

  12. Re:Reflections on Video Inpainting Software Deletes People From HD Video Footage · · Score: 4, Informative

    Have these people never seen Rising Sun? This was a plot point 20 years ago.

  13. Re:Eh, that's it? on Samsung Unveils the Galaxy S4 · · Score: 4, Informative

    A custom ROM would have helped.

    Sent using my SGS i9000 running CyanogenMod 10.1 M2

    Yeah I'll probably upgrade...

  14. Re:other countries have laws that phones must be u on US Government May Not Be Able To Fix Cell Phone Unlocking Problem · · Score: 2

    For the same reason petrol isn't reduced in price at the pump the day crude prices drop but is increased the day crude prices go up: fuck you

  15. Re:Severe Risks on Using Truth Serum To Confirm Insanity · · Score: 1

    Or he does a Hannibal Lecter and gives them a recipe for dip.

  16. Re:He obviously has to be insane on Using Truth Serum To Confirm Insanity · · Score: 1

    The virgins are on top? I'm converting right now!

  17. Re:Not Objective C on No Firefox For iOS, Says Mozilla's Product Head · · Score: 1

    Chrome on iOS uses the same WebKit version as Safari?

  18. Re:Fact finding by dragnet. on Copyright Trolls Order Wordpress To Disclose Critics' IP Addresses · · Score: 3, Funny

    And then fax it to them via an email to fax service taking care to invert the colours first.

  19. And The Bride, if your name is Budd...

  20. Round and round we go on Dotcom Wins Right To Sue NZ Government · · Score: 1

    Doesn't this make the appeal against the extradition stronger? Even given the minimal amount of evidence required to pass an extradition hearing doesn't the fact that this evidence is declared to have been obtained illegally render that evidence unusable?

    Or is that just the perfect world view?

  21. Re:Dear Prenda on Copyright Trolls Sue Bloggers, Defense Lawyers · · Score: 1

    You probably meant Arkell vs Pressdram to couch it in legalese...

  22. Filed wrongly? on The Web Standards Project (WaSP) Shuttered · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't this be filed under the "mission-accomplished" dept. as there's still a lot of work to do?

  23. Re:FreeSat and Elgato on Ask Slashdot: IPTV Service In the UK? · · Score: 1

    The closest relay to me doesn't carry HD channels (neither does my parents-in-law's) and won't until at least 2014 (it also went dark on switchover for 3 weeks as the digital channels weren't enabled. That's how shit it is). I had to point my aerial in the opposite direction to get Freeview HD from a much more remote transmitter.

  24. Re:FreeSat and Elgato on Ask Slashdot: IPTV Service In the UK? · · Score: 1

    Freesat doesn't carry all OTA Freeview channels. Conversely, OTA Freeview depends on what the transmitter carries; most relays don't retransmit HD channels. Neither carry The Discovery channel die to exclusive licensing with Sky And Virgin Media.

  25. Re:MythTV on Ask Slashdot: IPTV Service In the UK? · · Score: 2

    All cable services in the UK are supplied underground and tend to be terminated at the closest point in the property to the road / path outside. Unless you pay more / chat up the installation engineer that's going to be a ground floor front room.