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  1. Re:But we weren't there so SEE... on Britain's Eastern Coast Yields Oldest Human Footprints Outside Africa · · Score: 1
  2. Re:It'll be fun to watch. on OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive · · Score: 2

    They use 64 bit naming.

  3. Re:My Computer, One Drive? on OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive · · Score: 1

    SkyNetDrive?

  4. Re:It'll be fun to watch. on OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive · · Score: 1

    Launching tomorrow, TwoBillion-OneHundredFortySevenMillion-FourHundredEightyThreeThousand-SixHundredFortyNineDrive!

  5. Re:It'll be fun to watch. on OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive · · Score: 4, Funny

    Twodrive, Threedrive, etc. The possibilities are (literally) endless!

  6. Re:Robber barons have no incentive to serve on An Iowa ISP's Metered Pricing: What Will the Market Bear? · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's a cooperative, you numpty.

  7. Re:Cry me a fucking river... on Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password · · Score: 1

    It is possible to have a binding constitution within a Westminster system - look at Australia. Might be tricky in the UK though. One way might be to have a panel of senior judges (like Germany's constitutional court) that the monarch can ask for advice on signing legislation they thought might be unconstitutional. Then amend the convention that the monarch can only act on advice of the Privy Council appropriately.

  8. Re:I'll be in trouble on Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password · · Score: 1

    In the UK? Life imprisonment without trial, under section 49 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

  9. Re:Cry me a fucking river... on Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password · · Score: 1

    Except where Parliament otherwise decides, like in this case.

  10. Re:So what happens to the hydrogen? That's usable. on Revolutionary Scuba Mask Creates Breathable Oxygen Underwater On Its Own · · Score: 1

    No, it's not doing what *you* think it's doing. It's not actually cracking water molecules into O2 and H2, it's separating the dissolved oxygen like fish gills. Although of course it's not doing that either because it's some design student's "ooh shiny" render and not actually a real thing, but if it was - that's what it would be doing.

  11. Re:Paranoid much? on Ask Slashdot: How To Protect Your Passwords From Amnesia? · · Score: 1

    Get them to start all their passwords with A1.

  12. Fiasco on Chinese Icebreaker Is Stuck In Ice After Antarctic Research Vessel Rescue · · Score: 1, Funny

    What a fiasco.

  13. Re:CP on CSI Style Zoom Sees Faces Reflected In Subjects' Eyes · · Score: 0

    Then the ones who don't abuse children can use them to take beautiful nature shots to distract themselves from their urges as therapy. Win-win!

  14. Re:"$1,474?" said the Federal Government, on Wisconsin Begins Using Cheese To De-Ice Roads · · Score: 1

    Except I can't use my mod points now I've posted :)

  15. CP on CSI Style Zoom Sees Faces Reflected In Subjects' Eyes · · Score: 1, Troll

    So we should be giving really high res cameras to pedophiles. That way the photos they take will have more than fear in the eyes of their victims.

  16. Re:"$1,474?" said the Federal Government, on Wisconsin Begins Using Cheese To De-Ice Roads · · Score: 1

    It's the OP's fault for putting content in the subject and not in the body.

  17. Re:Mission accomplished on Antarctic Climate Research Expedition Trapped In Sea Ice · · Score: 0

    It'll yield a lot more that's relevant to sarcastic climate denier blogs. Well done Dr Turney, another PR triumph!

  18. Re:It is... on Is Ruby Dying? · · Score: 1

    Couldn't agree more. You can have a conversation on reddit too, not so easy on slashdot.

  19. Tipping point on Belgian Telecom Becomes First To Accept Bitcoin · · Score: 2

    Could this be the tipping point for both BitCoin and payment by mobile phone?"

    No. Hopefully this particular hopeful news article questioning doesn't last as long as the "Is this the year of Linux on the desktop?" one.

  20. Re:Aircraft facts on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's comparable to the Eurofighter. Except that the JAS 39 NG has the much better radar.

    It's in no way comparable to the Eurofighter. The JAS aircraft actually works, it's not a political football, it's not a vast waste of scarce defence money and it is fit for purpose. The Eurofighter fits none of those criteria.

  21. Re:Remote control? on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 1

    The F-18 Super Hornet is a whole new beast. It's not long in the tooth at all, and the only reason it shares a designation with the original Hornet is political. They wanted to avoid the "new plane" procurement nightmare.

  22. Re:Remote control? on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 1

    How many divisions has the pope?

  23. Re:About time on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 1

    By which you mean the 1780s.

  24. Re:About time on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 2

    Actually that's exactly what happens when you imprison people for minor crimes - they get better and try the major ones.

  25. Re:Yay! on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 3, Informative

    F-18, not F-16. Honestly, reading the article might be too much effort but at least try reading the summary now and again.