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  1. Nintendo might have something to say about that, in this case.

  2. Foul-Mouthed

    If you're going to lead with that, you should at least explain it in the summary.

  3. Youtube makes takedowns exceptionally easy, but the process of getting a video put back up can take months

    Can it?

    I had two of my videos blocked. They had always been flagged as having copyrighted content, but one day they got blocked completely. I filed counterclaims and the videos became available again immediately.

    As I understand it that's standard procedure. The next step is for the original claimant to take it further, if they wish to. They haven't so far.

  4. .. Bingo?

    Yes, Squiffy?

  5. Unfirst post on Google Appeals French Order For Global 'Right To Be Forgotten' (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I demand that this failure to get first post be forgotten.

  6. Re:Fire hazard? No shit sherlock. on US Bans Electronic Cigarettes From Checked Baggage Over Fire Risks (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    For those that do not know a "mech mod" is a very specialized piece of kit really only used by a handful that consider themselves "pro vapors"

    And considered by everyone else to be massive hipster douchebags?

  7. Well that's insightful.

    Perhaps you'd care to explain what, exactly, is BS. Do you not believe the statistics? If not, why not?

  8. Re:Don't tell me what to do on Don't Use Google Allo (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I just prefer news sites not to assume I'm stupid.

  9. Stolen bitcoins or stolen money? on Robin Hood Hacker Donates $11,000 of Stolen Bitcoin to Help Fight ISIS (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    Hang on, were the bitcoins stolen from the bank? Or was $11,000 stolen from a bank in some other fashion, then donated via bitcoin?

  10. Don't tell me what to do on Don't Use Google Allo (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't Use Google Allo

    Well that's a bloody condescending headline. Tell me why you think I shouldn't, or tell me that someone notable like Snowden has said not to use it, but don't tell me what to do.

    I'll use Google Allo if I want to*, end-to-end encryption or not.

    *I don't want to, but that's beside the point!

  11. Re:Very niche product. on Transparent Displays Are Here, But They're Pretty Useless · · Score: 2

    The problem is, you need to refocus.

    You need to do that anyway if you're going to look at your dashboard or your satnav's display.

  12. Didn't that used to be about.com's business model?

  13. Re:Ahem on ISS Completes 100,000th Orbit of Earth (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    They contributed very little.

    Yeah, only like entire modules, the robot arm, and the cupola. Just little tiny things like that.

  14. Re:undermining the Tor system on Developer Of Anonymous Tor Software Dodges FBI, Leaves US (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, but they know more about it than most people, and thus are in a better position to break it. That, or the FBI may want to utilise her standing in the community to push through unfavourable code without too much scrutiny.

  15. Growth growth growth! Money money money!

    Until the robots pull their shiny metal socks up and get their act together, someone still has to be down at the bottom of the ladder unblocking toilets.

  16. Re:Yet another mistake on Google Unveils 'Gigapixel' Camera To Preserve and Archive Art (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    It's pretty common usage. A 5 megapixel camera belongs to the set of "megapixel" cameras.

    Anyway, the sensor in this thing has less than a billion pixels, so it is a bit of a lie, but for different reasons.

  17. Live-Action Tetris Movie

    Yeah. I'm sure the plot for that won't be contrived as hell.

  18. Re:Doesn't Google Translate already do this? on Gadget Claims To Fit In Your Ear and Translate Foreign Languages In Real-Time (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    $129. But in any case, I can offer you that opportunity right now! Just send $129 to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace...

  19. Contrary to the claims of America's top spies, the details of your phone calls and text messages -- including when they took place and whom they involved -- are no less revealing than the actual contents of those communications.

    No less revealing? Really?

    I might text a friend at 5pm to ask if he can help me move house. Or I might text him to ask if he can help me move a body.

    I'd say content'd be pretty revealing in those cases.

  20. And it can make claims, too on Gadget Claims To Fit In Your Ear and Translate Foreign Languages In Real-Time (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Gadget Claims

    Surely the real news is that there is a now a gadget that is able to make claims about itself. Run! It's the singularity!

  21. Re:Doesn't Google Translate already do this? on Gadget Claims To Fit In Your Ear and Translate Foreign Languages In Real-Time (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The, err, benefit is that you can stick it in your ear.

  22. Cor blimey guv, that'd be a rum do and no mistake me old china.

    That's how rednecks talk, isn't it?

  23. its only copy of a mammoth Senate torture report

    So that's why they died out!

  24. Ahem on ISS Completes 100,000th Orbit of Earth (phys.org) · · Score: 2

    The International Space Station, the space laboratory that showcases cooperation between Russia and the United States

    and Europe and Canada and Japan...

  25. Re:Much better ways to hurt the US economy on Al-Qaeda Calls For the Execution Of Bill Gates and Others To 'Damage the US Economy' (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    And yet they don't do any of those really simple things. I wonder why? You don't even need real bombs. Just plant a fake one at 1% of airports and you'll probably shut down the skies.

    Seems like the only terrorist attacks that happen in the US these days are spree shootings, and let's face it, people aren't quite as shocked at those as they once were.