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  1. Re:SPOILER!!!!!! on Stargate Universe · · Score: 1

    You missed the first point - it would be sliced in half, with the event horizon in the "middle" of the tube. essentially at no point would ther be a hole from one side to the other.

  2. Re:SPOILER!!!!!! on Stargate Universe · · Score: 1

    Series 3, where T'ilc fires a rope through to attach to the "cave" roof while he is still on the SGC side, indicates that this safety mechanism nicely fails whenever they need it to :D

  3. Re:I'm sure it didn't help. on Did Chicago Lose Olympic Bid Due To US Passport Control? · · Score: 1

    Biodiesel

  4. Re:Mental illness is no laughing matter on Jack Thompson Sues Facebook For $40M · · Score: 1

    I think Wilde would have approved of Cock Jockey....

  5. Re:I think that on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: 1

    Expert or just gay.

    Although I *do* like it there, just have some friends who don't. Either they don't do anal at all or are just total tops.

    Hard to believe that not all gay men are alike, sorry if that shocked you. IF you're ready for another shock then not...not all gay men are camp scene queens! Incredible isnt it.

  6. Re:I think that on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And not all gay men take it up the ass

  7. Re:You know the answer on Japan's Cell Phones May Get DRM, At Music Industry Behest · · Score: 1

    Which allows you to terminate the contract with no penalty.

    At least it does in the UK. UTCA controls this

  8. Re:Private Car Cameras on Trust an Insurance Company's "Drive-Cam?" · · Score: 1

    Having a driving test that a monkey doesn't have a 90% chance to pass?

    The UK has a fairly strict test: 40% pass rate for the practical. Germany is even lower, and you have to have a minimum of 100 hours driving registered both at night and on autobahn.

    Don't even talk about Finland - mandatory skid training, in addition to the above.

    The result? Far lower mortality rates amongst young drivers.

    People need to realise that driving isn't a right, and that far too many frankly shit drivers get licenses.

  9. Re:How does this affect them? on Church of Scientology Proposes Net Censorship In Australia · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Which is why the US has "in God We Trust" on its currency I guess?

    Seperation, whats that?

  10. Re:Why the BBC rocks on How 136 People Became 7 Million Illegal File-Sharers · · Score: 1

    You only need a licence for your own television if each bedroom is considered a seperate domicile - in other words it has a lock on a door which makes it "yours", wiht a seperate rental agreement. This is why Halls require individual licences, but shared houses don't (as a general rule)

  11. Re:Why the BBC rocks on How 136 People Became 7 Million Illegal File-Sharers · · Score: 1

    It already does.

    If you receive ANY realtime television transmission, regardless of the method used to receive it, you are required to obtain a license.

    This covers internet, satellite tv, etc. Only if you exclusively watch non-live programming are you exempt. Such as the iplayer....

  12. Re:Her boss wanted her gone on Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email · · Score: 1

    Nope, in any place with sane employment laws (most places outisde the US, for example) the employer has a duty of care to employees (its called a social contract - don't be afraid of the word "social" there, it doesn;t make it commie) which extends to only firing for cause.

    If you are fired illegially then you are entitled to compensation.

  13. Re:Her boss wanted her gone on Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email · · Score: 1, Redundant

    But when the company illegally fires her for no reason and with no warning she has a right to complain.

    You have some screwed up employer yay! mentatlity.

  14. Re:Up the BBC on James Murdoch Criticizes BBC For Providing "Free News" · · Score: 1

    .....bullshit

    The most consistently impartial (independently verified!) news broadcasting outlet in Europe, if not wider.

    If you don't like the BBC, move out of the UK or stop watching live TV. Your complaints have no merit.

  15. Re:Government sponsered on James Murdoch Criticizes BBC For Providing "Free News" · · Score: 1

    The level of fee is set by the government, however the collection is through the licensing arm of the BBC and is not connected to the government at all.

    It has also been happily doing this since radio licenses were around: it is a system that works, producing some of the highest quality programming on the planet.

  16. Re:Great on AT&T Makes Its Terms of Service Even Worse, To Discourage Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Yes - in any contract of adhesion, or any where there is no standard meeting of minds )i.e. one side wrote standard Ts and Cs and you have no power to negotiate) they CANNOT put terms in that are beyond what would be considered fair.

    A contract is a meeting of minds, and cannot be altered after the fact by one side. If you want this power, you MUST give the other side the option to terminate the contract at zero cost.

  17. Re:13 whole days to lawsuit on GPL Case Against Danish Satellite Provider · · Score: 1

    So it takes 13 days to write a letter stating you are looking into this, and promising a response in Y days?

    Hope I never have to deal with your company, ever - sounds like communication is not a strong point.

  18. Re:13 whole days to lawsuit on GPL Case Against Danish Satellite Provider · · Score: 2, Informative

    14 days, or 10 working days, is sufficient time to require a response - not necessarily a solution but to acknowledge that they have received the letter and X is doing Y or Z to resolve the issue.

    If you do not receive one in this time, and have proof you sent and they received the correspondance, go ahead and sue - you have attempted to limit (mitigate) your costs, they chose not to respond.

  19. Re:Public Event on Burning Man Responds To EFF's Criticism of Policy · · Score: 1

    No they cannot.

    To control your images taken in a semi-public space (to be a private space only members can be invited: these tickets are available to the public) copyright must be assigned to them, entirely or through exclusive license. USC17 s204 requires that this is with a PHYSICAL SIGNATURE - it MUST be written.

    Buying tickets over the phone means that they cannot assign copyright.

  20. Re:Full refund on Danish FreeBSD Dev. Sues Lenovo Over "Microsoft Tax" · · Score: 1

    The EULA stastes you can return it to the manufacturer - if you cannot do so then the EULA is even more likely to be void than before.

    Given Lenovo know these terms are there 2no action" isn't acceptable

  21. Re:Not enforceable in/from a public place on EFF Says Burning Man Usurps Digital Rights · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Title 17 requires that a physical contract is formed that explicitly does so. No such contract exists - no signature.

  22. Re:Who owns the property this event is on? on EFF Says Burning Man Usurps Digital Rights · · Score: 1

    Unconscoinable contracts have no force in law, certainly not in the UK. In addition if, as is common, the Ts&Cs are on the ticket they are further unenforceable - contract after the fact, no meeting of minds.

  23. Re:That shows a serious lack of initiative on College Credits For Trolling the Web? · · Score: 1

    Looking at something and pointing "creator did it!" is not evidence.

  24. Re:It's unclear why this is a bad thing on College Credits For Trolling the Web? · · Score: 1

    They are not evidence: all you state can be shown by sheer chance - after all the odds of randmo events creating a world with the internet where we can discuss this is EXACTLY 1. It has to be.

    Nothing you have can demonstrably point to a creator. Nothing,.

  25. Re:Great on AT&T Makes Its Terms of Service Even Worse, To Discourage Lawsuits · · Score: 5, Informative

    Except that, in the UK at least, the Unfair Contract Terms Act requires that you give an option to end the contract if the terms are changed and you do not agree to them. Unilateral changes to contracts voids the contract, as you have lost the meeting of minds.