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  1. Re:Democracy ? on UK Government Seeks New Web Censorship Powers · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that said speech is written by the ruling party in parliament, not by Her Majesty.

  2. Re:Is there any way to avoid disaster? on Yellowstone Supervolcano Larger Than First Thought · · Score: 1

    "Hydrogen bombs aren't used any more,"

    Hydrogen bombs have never been 'used', only tested.
    The only nukes that were used were a uranium fission bomb (on Hiroshima) and a plutonium fission bomb (on Nagasaki).

  3. Re:Lightning on French Military Contributes To Thunderbird 3 · · Score: 1

    I went on the mozilla.org ftp site and found a beta of 1.0

    But they should have warned us that lihtning was not compatible (yet) and that there is NO built in calendar (as advertised)

    I hope they have the calendar built in for Thunderbird 4 (as well as it being waterproof to great depths)

  4. Re:Um, what about inflation? on Hollywood Sets $10 Billion Box Office Record · · Score: 0

    This is about the domestic box office, so other countries aren't involved.

  5. Congrats on Slashdot Turns 100,000 · · Score: 1

    Congratulations!

    But whats so special about the number 100000 anyway? Shouldn't we be celebrating powers of two rather than ten?

    Lookingforward to a dupe of this story at 131072

  6. HTML does color on Five Top Publishers Plan Rival to Kindle Format · · Score: 1

    I'll keep reading in HTML, so no thanks.

  7. Re:Time Machine on AT&T Moves Closer To Usage-Based Fees For Data · · Score: 1

    "More like welcome to the telecom industry of the last century;"

    I think the original post said something like 'Welcome to the year 2000', which of course was last century.

    The 21st century did not begin until Jan 1, 2001.

  8. tom on Aussie, Finnish Researchers Create a Single-Atom Transistor · · Score: 1

    The active part is a single atom of Phosphorus ? While it might sound like you could get high density circuits with that, I hope they plan on using water cooling, given that phosphorus tends so spontaneously combust.

  9. Re:You can't beat the perfect cloak... on How To See Through an Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 1

    If your invisiblity device is 'perfect' then You can't see out.

  10. Re:Electric car with problems? on Electric Mini Cooper Has Rough Start · · Score: 1

    Openning the window may help with that. If you have enough dry air moving past the inside of the windscreen it won't fog/frost..

  11. Re:Electric car with problems? on Electric Mini Cooper Has Rough Start · · Score: 1

    Why do you need the cabin to be above freezing? Just keep your coat, hat and gloves on.

    And yes I do live in MN.

  12. Meanwhile on Air Cannon Ties Pirates In Knots · · Score: 1

    The pirates themselves are under no compulsion to use such non-lethal weapons...

    (Load the cannons with grapeshot me hearties, we'll sweep the decks clear before we board)

  13. Re:Why are people getting so worked up on Where the Global Warming Data Is · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But there are many people whose motive is Profit and who don't give a shit if a side effect of their economic activity is to mess up the environment.

    (of course they are not confined to the USA, or even 'the west'.)

  14. Re:there's an app for finding a new home? on iPhone App Store Rejects Find a New Home · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah thats what I thought when I read the title, that someone had written an app for 'finding a new home' and that apple had rejected it, maybe because of pressure from real etate companies.

  15. Re:Periods and commas. on Moving Decimal Bug Loses Money · · Score: 1

    I come form New Zealand - a country that has British conventions. We used the decimal point to separate the integer and the fraction part long before we had a decimal currency. So its not that the aremicans invented the 'period' (full stop in english) as decimal point.
    Do Europeans have commas in therr IP addresses too?

  16. Re:1 mW is just a single milliwatt? on Light Resonators Used To Move Nano-Sized Objects · · Score: 2, Funny

    As opposed to a married milliwatt?

  17. and for on How Heavy Is the Internet? · · Score: 1

    The next stupid question:

        How long is the Internet?

        How wide is the internet?

    and then calculate the area of the internet using standard units like football fields, or states of texas.

  18. theres a proverb on MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame · · Score: 1, Insightful

    about removing the log from your own eye before removing the mote from your neighbours eye.

  19. Re:Peter Hamilton Sci-Fi on Intel Says Brain Implants Could Control Computers By 2020 · · Score: 1

    Arthur C Clarke, the braincap, 3001

  20. sounds like on Firefox 3.6 Locks Out Rogue Add-ons · · Score: 0

    A good resson to stay with Firefox 3.5.x

  21. this would be.. on Apple Patents "Enforceable" Ad Viewing On Devices · · Score: 1

    Bad enough even if confined to product/brand advertising.
    But it could also be used for political/special interest agendas.

  22. Offspring on New Dating Sites Match People Through DNA Tests · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sounds like a way to 'improve' the genetic makeup of the children. The nazis would have loved the idea
     

  23. alternate universe on Alternate Star Trek TOS Pilot Found · · Score: 5, Funny

    do they have goatees?

  24. so on Commodore 64 Runs Again On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Where do you put the 5.25 in disks?

  25. Just one problem on Time To Ditch Cable For Internet TV? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My internet connection is via the cable company...