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  1. Re:Sorry for OT but this needs to be said again on April Fools Sees Fake Extra Millions For Users of Brokerage Site · · Score: 1

    Isn't it hard to keep track of replies if you post as an unregistered AC?

  2. Re:Why We Don't Need Paperless Statements... on April Fools Sees Fake Extra Millions For Users of Brokerage Site · · Score: 1

    Sigh. Yes, you *might* get to keep the interest but that is all.

  3. Re:Why We Don't Need Paperless Statements... on April Fools Sees Fake Extra Millions For Users of Brokerage Site · · Score: 1

    Your statements are sent to you on the back of a metaphorical postcard? (I'm referring to the unencrypted ones you refer to latterly). Doesn't this worry you?

  4. Re:Call me an optimist but... on April Fools Sees Fake Extra Millions For Users of Brokerage Site · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And what happens when you're forced to resell at a loss?

    Just because my credit card company keeps increasing my limit doesn't mean I go and throw it all on the markets straight away. Note, this glitch was only on the available balance, not on the account assets. All this was was an error on the amount allowed to be borrowed... if there's anything the recent recession has taught us, it's that just because someone wants to loan us the money doesn't mean we should take it.

    Or am I missing something?

  5. Re:What about those who were ahead on trades? on April Fools Sees Fake Extra Millions For Users of Brokerage Site · · Score: 1

    That's the real 'situation normal; all fucked up'.

  6. Donkey Ears on Interview With the Author of "Mastering Cat" · · Score: 1

    It's gone midday. Donkey ears for you.

  7. Re:The enigma is.. on Spam Back Up To 94% of All Email · · Score: 1

    It's sounds like setting up a filter to label your automated emails would be appropriate (and possibly bypass the inbox too).

  8. Re:devil's advocate on How Do You Deal With Pirated Programs At Work? · · Score: 1

    Offtopic shit is shit. STFU.

  9. Re:Or maybe you're pulling that from your ass on Did the Netbook Improve Windows 7's Performance? · · Score: 1

    Interesting thread. All I can say is, I know where you're coming from with most of your gripes... but all of them are really because you've got a Windows hat on whilst trying to use Linux. I promise that if you persevere you'll soon see the light and you'll be the bitching and moaning when you're forced back onto Windows ;-)

    Bash isn't perfect, but it is pretty powerful. There are other, supposedly superior, shells available but bash is the best one to start with simply because it's ubiquitous.

    The point about spaces in filenames? Soon it becomes second nature to 'escape' the space by inserting a backslash before it. The backslash tells bash not to treat the space as a special character. Another way is to put the whole filename in quotes (single or double, although they do have slightly different uses in the example of not treating space as a special character they work the same).

    Keep at it and expect to have to unlearn some of your Windows skills.

  10. Re:Like the phonograph.... The what? on Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format · · Score: 1

    A lot of people love the pops and crackles from vinyl however. Are mp3 artefacts really any different?

  11. Re:You Have Stolen From Your Bandmates & the R on Lars Ulrich Pirates His Own Album · · Score: 1

    For good usenet experience you need to pay - for the server and for the nzb searching.

  12. Re:Say It Ain't So on The Real Reason For Microsoft's TomTom Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    They HAVE to distribute the code on demand.

  13. Re:Too young on Good Robot Projects For K-5? · · Score: 1

    Merely short for, 'Your statement is wrong'. ;-)

  14. Re:Too young on Good Robot Projects For K-5? · · Score: 1

    I was doing LOGO robotics from 7 years old. You're talking shit.

  15. Re:YANAD, hopefully on Why Doctors Hate Science · · Score: 1

    Minor errors are minor.

  16. Re:Ethernet on $100 Linux Wall-Wart Now Available · · Score: 1

    My home server is a C3 900Mhz with 256MB ram. And it enjoys encoding a DVD as a day's work.

    Kids these days indeed.

  17. Re:Good on UK Child Abuse Investigators Resent Being Charged For ISP Data · · Score: 1

    Watching it creates the demand that causes someone else to produce it. They're as bad as each other.

  18. Re:How much more... on An FBI Agent's 3 Years Undercover With Identity Thieves · · Score: 1

    Does the FBI not investigate sex crimes or drug trafficking, then?

  19. Re:So,no more DRM on Apple Intros 17" Unibody MBP, DRM-Free iTunes · · Score: 1

    The only thing sadder than the apple-fanboy is the anti-apple-fanboi. Really, get over yourself and get out more.

  20. Re:Darn... no Mac Mini update on Apple Intros 17" Unibody MBP, DRM-Free iTunes · · Score: 1

    10 years ago it was decided that plugging in a display, speakers and a usb hub really isn't that much bother.

  21. Re:whats the point anymore? on Legal Troubles Continue To Mount For Diebold · · Score: 1

    Quite. That's the whole point of democracy - to replace one corrupt politician with another. Basically the system limits the amount of damage any one person can do, and the damage that is done heals itself when the next corrupt shithead is in power.

  22. Re:What Microsoft should really have considered on Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05 · · Score: 1

    I imagine by that time it'd be on to 'OS XI' and using the species of another genus. Or using a different naming system altogether.

    Does anyone else think the move from Leopard to Snow Leopard is a bit of a cop-out?

  23. Re:The UK on Game Makers Accusing Innocent People of Piracy In the UK · · Score: 1

    You're really quite ignorant about the UK.

  24. Re:eDonkey/eMule anyone? on Researchers Decentralize BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Comments on thepiratebay website are often useful to judge a torrents authenticity and quality.

  25. Re:eDonkey/eMule anyone? on Researchers Decentralize BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    With a very new torrent, everyone should get the file at the initial seeder's upload speed. This is usually pretty limited with ADSL, but at least that one uploader's bandwidth is not being divided amongst all the peers.