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  1. Left hand doesnt know what the right hands doing on UK Gov't Considers Expanding Open Source Use · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's a shame that as one part of the government expands its OSS use, another part Implements the DMCA

  2. Re:Uptime? on Ten Years Of The Linux Counter · · Score: 1

    I've done 100+ days even on crappy hardware - stuff where you get a data loss writing to the HDD so have to keep it mounted read only. Stuff where the CPU fan runs at 60dB, and the whole machine vibrates. I still ran it as a firewall for months on end though, only to have a brownout and have it reboot

  3. Worth it on Online Journalists are ISPs? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Surely a little onconvienence and loss of a tiny it of liberty for a few people is worth it is we can stop terrorists. Wont somebody think of the children?

  4. Re:Pretty case? on How a Computer Case Is Built · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In fact it's the ugliest thing in my room.

    Until you look in the mirror

  5. Re:Yes, I'm a lawyer . . . on Can You Sue Over Loss of Personal Information? · · Score: 1

    try contacting law schools in your area or your State Bar Association

    I agree, contact your nearest bar immediatly!

  6. Re:Costs less than $1 at a hardware store... on Astronauts To Repair Shuttle Tiles With Foam Brush · · Score: 1

    What, you dont really think they spend $50,000 on a toilet seat, $40,000 on a hammer do you? How else would they fund Area 51?

  7. Re:If you are too cheap for an AV program.... on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    It's a placebo in'it. Makes granny happy but doesnt do shit. Bit like grandad really.

  8. NO NO NO on Eddie Izzard As ... Doctor Who? · · Score: 1

    The new Dr Who should be Will Smith!

    Unless he's tied up being the next James Bond

  9. Re:If We're Afraid Of Building Balancing Scooters. on Build Your Own Segway · · Score: 1

    The terrorists won (in america) a long time ago. Knock a yank down and he stays down.

  10. Re:Not Likely a Good Idea on Build Your Own Segway · · Score: 1

    Or the terrorists

  11. Re:What the hell? on MS Psychologist on How We Read · · Score: 1

    All corporations and large companies do, but when I was getting interviewed for my job It was a bit worrying to know one of the panel was a pschologist.

  12. Re:Ion drive is cool, but... on Ion Engine Propels Probe to Moon · · Score: 1

    15 months? The moon vanished 4 years ago. Whats left is a giant lightbulb to limit peoples fear

  13. Re:Amazing on Nigeria Joins the Space Age · · Score: 1

    A blitzkreig to moscow should to the trick. A few diplomats up the railroad to get zone of control, followed by some armors, and take them by surprise.

  14. Cue on Nigeria Joins the Space Age · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Cue dozens of posts about how Nigeria should concentrate on fixing its own problems on earth before launching into space

  15. Re:In case the site starts to struggle... on Fanimatrix - The Matrix Re-done By Fans · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is isn't it? Most of them seem to be left wing loonys

  16. Re:In case the site starts to struggle... on Fanimatrix - The Matrix Re-done By Fans · · Score: 1

    Amazing how many people still use windows AND explorer

  17. Re:Uranus is a Gas Giant? on New Moon System Around Uranus · · Score: 1

    Volume of planets (relative to Earth)

    Jupiter - 1400
    Saturn - 850
    Uranus - 65
    Neptune - 60

    Diameter
    Jupiter - 11
    Saturn - 9.5
    uranus 4.0
    Neptune - 3.9

    Mass
    Jupiter - 320
    Saturn - 95
    Uranus - 15
    Neptune - 17 (smaller, but denser, than U)

    Surface Gravity

    This is fun, as its proportional to mass, but inversly proportional to the square of the radius)

    Mercury - 0.39
    Venus - 0.91
    Earth - 1
    Mars - 0.38
    Jupiter - 2.6
    Saturn - 1.1
    Uranus - 0.88
    Neptune - 1.14
    Pluto - 0.05

  18. Re:Uranus is a Gas Giant? on New Moon System Around Uranus · · Score: 1

    J and S are bigger, and roughly the same size as each other. U and N are smaller, but also roughly the same size.

  19. Re:BitTorrent on Doctor Who Comeback · · Score: 1

    Would you pay for it? How much? Would you *really* pay for it even if you can get it for free?

    The BBC is in a pretty unique position to be the first to roll out online sales - as they dont rely on adverts. Of course they'd never justify giving out free content to america - reducing the money BBC America et. al. would pay at the cost of the license payer.

  20. Re:Oh come ON! on Doctor Who Comeback · · Score: 1

    We had a sugestion on breakfast this morning - howabout the next doctor being a woman?

  21. Re:Real outlaws use Mozilla on Smartcards to Track London Commuters · · Score: 1

    At the very least firewall off windows with a linux box. I wouldnt even NAT, just allow a proxy connection

  22. Re:The solution! on Workweek Causes Climate Changes · · Score: 1

    A mandatory 0-day work week, with 0-day warez to keep us busy!

  23. Turtle on Creating Your Own Printer? · · Score: 1

    A BBC micro and a turtle is all you need. Simply write a postscript - turtle filter (we did the reverse as Bsc coursework) and away you go. Want colour? Use 3 turtles.

  24. Re:Real outlaws use Mozilla on Smartcards to Track London Commuters · · Score: 1

    The fight for privacy begins at home

    Or just use linux, which is much easier.

  25. Re:Actually has some benefits too... on Smartcards to Track London Commuters · · Score: 1

    They do provide large pictures of priests sitting on a tube telling us we love a sunday service though