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  1. Re:World of Warcraft and p2p... on Australia To Block BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    It's more likely to be LeeeEEEEEeerrRRROOOOYYYYYYYY JENNNKKKIIINNNNNNSSSSS!!!! at this stage...

  2. Re:Check out the patent on EEStor Issued a Patent For Its Supercapacitor · · Score: 1

    Thankyou, sometimes I forget how dumb I am.

    A full petrol tank will leak petrol down the side of your car if you attempt to keep filling it. The meter will keep ticking over and you will be charged for all that petrol you spilt.

    I don't know enough about capacitors to comment on that. I'm sure they'll find a way to charge you extra if they can tho.

  3. Re:Check out the patent on EEStor Issued a Patent For Its Supercapacitor · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily. Electricity isn't free, and those petrol stations that are smart will retool pretty quickly as electrical distribution stations - after all, they're already distributed pretty well all over the country. A danger is having a whopping huge spark occur near those petrol vapour remnants. Also, just imagine plugging your car in at the mall, forgetting to set a max out, and coming back to find you've downloaded 32 gigajoules, and that'll be 1000$ please sir.

  4. Re:ABit has been gone for a while now on Abit To Close Its Doors Forever On Dec. 31, 2008 · · Score: 1

    Gigabyte seems like the volvo of the motherboard world - kinda boring but safe.

    After returning an Abit board twice back in the late 90's, I stayed away. Asus, then gigabyte. I've also always had a softspot for Aopen. They seemed to offer something a little different. I don't even know if they're still around either.

  5. Re:Excel for statistics on The Manga Guide to Statistics · · Score: 1

    Experiment: Failure

    Hail!

  6. Re:would and do on Would You Add Easter Eggs To Software Produced At Work? · · Score: 1

    I am interested in your theme and would like to apply for your newsletter

  7. Extra Holiday on Would You Add Easter Eggs To Software Produced At Work? · · Score: 1

    switch (currDate){
        case xmas:
             banner = "Why are you working on christmas"
             break;
        case easter:
             banner = "Happy chocolate fest"
             break;
        case (year + "0713"):
             banner = "Celebrate the birthday of your future lord and master"
             break;
        case (year + "0101"):
             banner = "Happy New Year!"
             break;
    }

  8. Re:Why... on D-Link DIR-655 Firmware 1.21 Hijacks Your Internet Connection · · Score: 1

    I like Billion. Just my 2c

  9. Re:VNC/RDC/NetOP on Low-Bandwidth, Truly Remote Management? · · Score: 1

    I'm leaning towards submarine tra.. I mean whale tracking buoys.

  10. Preteen reccomendations on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 1

    I'm trying to remember what I read (and loved) in primary school. Preteen is much harder to remember than teen...

    Robin Klein - Halfway across the Galaxy & Turn left (has a sequel). She's an excellent author for juniors.

    David Eddings - The Belgariad (Fantasy)

    JRR Tolkein - The Hobbit - LotR maybe to hard till teens. I remember it taking me months to get through book 2.

    Asimov short stories, maybe the first foundation, but only after they have a thorough grounding in the 3 rules ^_^. the bicentennial man made me cry.

    Anne McCaffrey - Dragon Singer trilogy, The ship books.

    Cynthia Voight - The Kingdom series is vaguely scifi. The Tillerman books are fantastic, but very 'real life'

    Robin Mckinley - Damar books and short stories. Also her retelling of fairytales are fantastic.

    Piers Anthony - Early Xanth, before they all become about nakedness and sex... maybe not.

    Definately series mentioned above - The Dark is Rising, The Chronicles of Prydain, A Wrinkle in Time. The Discworld. Enders Game.

    Maurice Gee - under the Mountain - this took some research to find. I remember being at once excited and terrified by this. Alians in human shape, psychic powers, a mine? Great stuff.

    Jean Craighead George - My Side of the Mountain - not sci-fi. About a kid who runs away and lives in the mountains. He sets up camp in a hollow tree. I read it because the title was similar to the one above, and I thought it was maybe a sequel. It isn't, but it's great young fiction.

    Isobelle Carmody - The obernewtyn Chronicles - Great stuff

  11. Cite your sources on Satellite IDs Ships That Cut Cables · · Score: 1

    As a matter of fact, in an average year, around 50 undersea cables are broken. I'd like to know more about this
  12. Battery life and weight/form factor on Which eBook Reader is the Best? · · Score: 1

    It's not comfortable lying on your side in bed holding a laptop. And then the battery's die on the train.

  13. Look for a reb1100 on Electronic Paper's Past and Future · · Score: 1

    Best gadget I've ever bought. _SO_ good. Fictionwise have the rest of the stock and they've rebranded it, but its the same (awesome) device.

  14. Oh, Burn on Spirit Outlasts Viking 2 Lander · · Score: 1

    Made me wince, then laugh

  15. It's mentioned in book 2 on Deathly Hallows / OOTP Movie Discussion · · Score: 1

    Where Dumbledore tells harry something like 'Voldemort left a piece of himself in you, Harry'

  16. Make it narrower please on Are 80 Columns Enough? · · Score: 1

    I find it easier to read narrow columns than wide lines. I habitually narrow websites, and get annoyed at fixed width divs that don't scale. If u have infinite depth, why not use it? (scroll down)

  17. I'd buy Guitar Hero Redux on RedOctane Speaks Out on Guitar Hero's Future · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All the original songs, but the multiplayer features of GH2. Now I'm off to read this link which talks about getting your own songs onto Guitar Hero.

  18. Re:Pffft Yeah Right on Solar Powered Car Attempts to Break Record · · Score: 1

    Dammit, I knew I should have crossed the saddle on top of Ayers rock to sign the book. I was only 12, and the winds scared me.

  19. Colour me surprised on Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death · · Score: 1

    America found Saddam guilty of something. I am shocked!

  20. Some basic stuff on Securing a High School Windows XP Computer Lab? · · Score: 1

    You need to look up windows policy. This will take you a long time to read through.

    Every computer in there is compromised. You won't be using one of them as the base for a new image.

    Buy the copy of ghost that allows you to stream your images nightly. Daily reimaging will do a lot to prevent people installing stuff, as its always gone in the morning.

    On a secure computer, develop your image. Install windows, get the drivers required on there, install allowed software, get your policies set up. Keep this image. You'll need to access it occasionally to make changes as required.

    Zap all the pc's with the new image. Rinse. Repeat.

  21. Re:And in the real world on Switching a College from Desktops to Laptops? · · Score: 1

    don't u mean 'collage' ^_-

  22. And in the real world on Switching a College from Desktops to Laptops? · · Score: 1

    Your spec will be outdated in 2 months when dell offer a new web special. JIT warehousing at all the major manufacturers means that even ordering the same model in 3 months means you'll get a different motherboard and a harddrive with 20G more space. (That means its time to develop a new image. yay.)

  23. Re:Neat! on Policing Porn Isn't Part of The Job · · Score: 1

    ia cthulu, ftag'n ftag'n

    When the deep rises...

  24. Re:Well duh... on Craigslist Sued For Violating Fair Housing Laws · · Score: 1

    And why did I click on the Madeline link first?

    (and while she may be very small, on the inside, she's tall!)

  25. Yes on Training - A Company or a Worker's Responsibility? · · Score: 1

    It is common. Get over it, stop whinging.