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  1. Re:Why? on Full-Body Scans Rolled Out At All Australian International Airports · · Score: 1

    When were the scanners put in at Schiphol? They weren't there last August...

  2. Re:Lesson of the day: on Google In Battle With Its Own Lawyers · · Score: 1

    How many lawyers are politicians and thus can make law? Last I heard it was a distinctly significant number.

  3. Re:Ban the use of faucets! on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 2

    ... thus depriving the owner of that property" F(inished)TFY

  4. Re:A good start, but... on UK Green Lights HS2 High Speed Rail Line · · Score: 1

    So they'll just jack up fares and when the numbers drop off they'll use the lack of passengers as the excuse to reduce the service. This is commonplace.

  5. Sour grapes? on Doctor Warns of the Hidden Danger of Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    Aww, did ickle diddums not get the iPad he wanted for Christmas?

  6. Re:Eventually on The Doomsday Clock Is Moved Closer To Midnight · · Score: 1

    First thing I thought of on seeing "Doomsday Clock" in the headline was Watchmen; didn't know it still existed.

  7. Re:YOU must let your boss know on IT Salaries Edge Up Back To 2008 Levels · · Score: 1

    What is this "annual review period" thing you speak of? If you mean the time just before you tick over a year of employment where you get dropped to save redundancy payment amounts then I'm familiar with it. If it has anything to do with pay rises then this is an alien concept that only executives seem to get.

  8. Re:Wasn't the GPS issue fixed? on Samsung Reconsidering Android 4.0 On the Galaxy S · · Score: 1

    Have you tried CM7 with an updated radio? 2.3.7 with JVK works fine for me with 15s GPS lock.

  9. Re:Seriously? on Apple Files Patent For Fuel Cell Laptops · · Score: 1

    If they have actually _made_ a laptop powered by a hydrogen fuel cell that resembles the diagram and can demonstrate it (it doesn't even need to work, just exist) then I have no problem with them patenting it as that is the point of patents. If all they've got is a picture then they can sod off as they are trying to patent something that doesn't exist or might be made in the future in order to leech fees.

  10. Re:They're at it again on Apple Files Patent For Fuel Cell Laptops · · Score: 2

    Dammit Cohaagen, give dose people ayuh!

  11. Re:What this means on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    15 hours? Basically two working days? Where I come from doctorates are measured in years of work.

  12. Re:So out of curiosity, on Domain Theft-for-Ransom Hits css-tricks.com and Others · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Status: clientTransferProhibited FTW. Set by a checkbox in a settings screen. GANDI never forget that your domain is yours (unlike other registrars who consider it theirs and you're just borrowing it from them).

  13. Re:Pretty bad when EA seems more appealing on More On Why It Stinks To Work At Zynga · · Score: 1

    We have burndown charts as well, only they aren't for management's eyes but the team so that we can see where _we_ have shortfall and adjust appropriately. We estimate pretty accurately and haven't missed our targets in months because we don't commit to work we can't complete before end of sprint and never allow new stories during a sprint unless there is spare capacity. Ever. Management knows this but is happy because we deliver what we promise. It's not rocket science.

  14. Re:only going to get worse... on Smart Meters Wreaking Havoc With Home Electronics · · Score: 2

    Any device that decides it can dictate when something that requires to be on continuously like a freezer should turn off will end up a twisted lump of trash in the street. I'd rather pay the extra couple of cents than risk food poisoning.

  15. Let the feds do it on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive Anti-Theft Vehicle Tracking System? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Become a person of interest to the FBI and they'll track you with their superior equipment free of charge.

  16. Re:...and patients who don't complete the course on Drug-Resistant Superbugs Sweeping Across Europe · · Score: 2

    At least it won't be lupus.

  17. Re:But but.. on British Police Accused of Stealing Software · · Score: 1

    Moths must be really expensive in the deep ocean if you can only afford half of one...

  18. Re:Violation of the Data Protection Act on Facebook Is Building Shadow Profiles of Non-Users · · Score: 1

    Facebook is not the data subject, so that argument doesn't apply.

  19. Re:From TFA on Australian Malls To Track Shoppers By Their Phones · · Score: 2

    Indeed, a citation is needed. Fuck the "struggling retail sector", you don't track me unless you're in possession of a warrant.

  20. Re:And squirrels on Rat Attack Causes Broadband Outage In Scotland · · Score: 1

    There's so many of them that we need to thin out their numbers!

  21. Re:WARNING: The summary is WRONG! on Web Hosts — One-Stop-Shops For Mass Hacking? · · Score: 2

    Don't you try to out-weird me. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.

  22. Re:Asus Transformer TF101 on The (Mostly) Sad Fates of 32 First-Generation iPad Rivals · · Score: 0

    This last sentence. Oh, hell yes, this last sentence. I watched the ad where the student does that and wows his mates and took it as marketing hype until I did it and got the same reaction...

  23. Re:no terminals on London Needs 70,000 Cells For 4G · · Score: 2

    Agreed. Sort out the crap HSDPA data provision I get in central London before adding another underperforming network.

  24. Re:Misleading summary is incomplete. on Verizon Kills Free FTP Access · · Score: 1

    That would be when my UID was considered to be in the "newb" group

  25. Re:Most people don't travel or do business so glob on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    Two teaspoons = one dessert spoon. One and a half dessert spoons = one tablespoon. Four gills in a pint. Two pints in a quart. Four quarts (hence the name) in a gallon. I don't see how that is difficult ;-)