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  1. Re:Stupid design on GNOME and KDE Devs Wrangle Over 'System Settings' Name · · Score: 1

    For KDE it's in System Settings -> Workspace Appearance -> Cursor Theme

    Or are you running Gnome + KDE and can't work out which System Settings is which?

  2. Re:Awesome work Pirates! on Climate Scientists Ask For Help Fighting Somali Pirates · · Score: 1

    They have done exactly that

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-14/scientists-call-in-the-navy/2795700?section=world
    asking the Royal Australian Navy to take nine of our floats up into that area on the next rotation to the gulf.

  3. Re:If Mozilla has no idea what to expect on Firefox Is Going 64-Bit: What You Need To Know · · Score: 2

    I've got the same thing 64bit Firefox running for ages, I even have flash 64bit so what is this news story about again?

  4. Blah Blah Blah on Australia's 2 Largest ISP's Start Censorsing the Web · · Score: 2

    Get your real info from here :-

    http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/cleanfeed

  5. Re:what about the mem leaks? on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 1

    KDE 4.anything leaks memory like it's going out of style. Plasma starts out as using ~100 MB, but in days it's over 500 MB, and in weeks, it's measured in GB.

    Please learn to read Linux application memory usage correctly.

    My KDE desktop has been running constantly for 15 days and the total SYSTEM memory usage is only 585MB ram + 261MB, by your reckoning I should be out of memory and the kernel should be killing random processes.

  6. Re:KDE4 ruined it for me. on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 2, Informative

    'scuse me... on my Hardy Heron KDE desktop, right click on the clock in the panel, a dialog appears, click on the "adjust date & time" option, a window comes up asking for password and then on succesfull verification, you are in the KDE control module for date & time where you can specify an ntp server to automatically adjust time with... that's what he wants with the clock in KDE 4.x... it doesn't allow him that freedom... it's gone backwards in functionality...

    Say what?

    Slackware 13.1 w/KDE 4.4.3 here and I can do the exact same thing.

    Maybe if these anti KDE / pro GNOME distro's stopped trying to kill KDE and actually gave the users the full experience you might have something different to say about it.

    As for stability this KDE session has been running since May 12, today is the 27th, so 15 days of up time for KDE itself is pretty good.

  7. Mention IceTV in summary but not DMS on Australian Judge Rules Facts Cannot Be Copyrighted · · Score: 1

    Interesting that the summary mentions IceTV but fails to mention the exact same problem that DMS had with Telstra over their phonedisc product.

    If someone would like to do some serious reading to find out why DMS lost but PDC won that might actually be useful.

  8. Re:US bullying and demanding other countries.. on Canada's Airlines Face a Privacy Dilemma · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Hakim_Murad_(militant)

    I'm sure some actual research would uncover plenty of information of people planning or implementing the use of an aircraft as a weapon.

  9. Re:Hardly surprising on Major Electronics Firms Support Ending Use of "Conflict Minerals" · · Score: 1

    Is there even a Tungsten mine in Africa?

    http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/tungsten/680398.pdf

    According to the US government most of it comes from China.

    I can't be bothered checking the other minerals but I doubt they are any different.

  10. Re:Floor mat, really? on Toyotas Suddenly Accelerate; Owners Up In Arms · · Score: 1

    I tested this over and over the night I observed it.

    Just curious but did you test pressing the cruise control up again after it started accelerating seemingly out of control?

    Nudging the cruise speed control lever down has no effect until I've done it about 10 times or more.

    Toyota default override is 10 times, can be used on a variety of things in the car that have sensors to control how far a button push will take something.

  11. Re:CO2 cutbacks cannot stop climate change on Maldives Government Holds Undersea Cabinet Meeting · · Score: 1

    I strongly suggest you learn to read financial statements before you do any investing.

    BP was only 2,562 M USD net profit for 3 months or only 2.5 Billion not 12 Trillion

  12. Re:That's bright! on Patent Claim Could Block Import of Toyota's Hybrid Cars · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Can't believe parent is only scored 1 but anyway ...

    Toyota Patent Filed: October 2, 2002

    Paice Patent Filed: May 8, 2006

    Toyota wins.

  13. Re:Turn in into advantage ! on Alabama Wages War Against the Perfect Weed · · Score: 1

    That has been tried a number of times, and each time ended in a epic fail. For a case study, talk to any Aussie about Rabbits or about the cane toad

    The irony here is this is a native grass in Australia and as such a protected species.

    This will teach the Americans a lesson for sending us bullfrogs.

  14. Re:I'm stunned on Australian Police Plan Wardriving Mission · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of places in Australia where there is no threat of robbery and as such there are quite a few people here who never lock their house or car.

  15. Re:Top Gear Veyron goodness on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 4, Informative

    The McLaren F1 been discussed is not the race track version but rather the road legal super car built in the 90's in limited numbers.

  16. Re:Missing the point on UI Customization and Capital Ships In Jumpgate Evolution · · Score: 1

    Have you tried the X series of games?

    The latest, X3 Terran Conflict includes capital ships in the data but aren't used in the game. The things are just too damned big.

  17. Re:water? on An Australian Space Agency At Last? · · Score: 1

    Asimov - The Martian Way

  18. Re:New World Record on An Australian Space Agency At Last? · · Score: 1

    You mean.. besides the Royal New Zealand Airforce?

    Which has the P-3C Orion as it's only combat capable aircraft?

    Just get it over with give the PC3's to the navy and the rest to the army.

  19. Learn to read your own Bills on New Irish Internet Tax? · · Score: 5, Informative
    The bill in Question Page 12

    "broadcasting service" means a service which comprises a compilation of programme material of any description and which is transmitted, relayed or distributed by means of an electronic communications network, directly or indirectly for simultaneous or near- 20 simultaneous reception by the general public, whether that material is actually received or not, and where the programmes are provided in a pre-scheduled and linear order, but does not include:

    (a) a service provided for viewing in a non-linear manner where each viewer chooses a programme from a cata- 25 logue of programmes, or

    (b) other audio and audiovisual services provided by way of the Internet;

  20. Re:Simple, right? on Star Trek's Warp Drive Not Impossible · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's what the Romulans did.

  21. Re:bastard australians on Star Trek Premiere Gets Standing Ovation, Surprise Showing In Austin · · Score: 1

    I think you should check the international time zones first.

    East coast Australia is 15 Hours in front of the east coast USA.

    Or in other words we get the movie 9 hours before which is less than half a day.

  22. Re:Whiny bastards on Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Provokes Bomb Scare · · Score: 1

    And all the airline security measures, the idiotic restrictions on liquids because of a fantasy threat that could never have been carried out are the same.

    Actually the liquid bomb threat was real though you should question why it took 10 years for security to crack down on it.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_434

  23. Re:stupid on Australia's Vast, Scattershot Censorship Blacklist Revealed · · Score: 1

    Um, we're a democratic republic, somewhat similar to your own country.

    Who is a republic here?

    Australia is a Constitutional Monarchy, talk of a republic is just that talk.

  24. Re:Torrent Freak on Big Swedish Filesharing Server Seized · · Score: 1

    The only important question is ...

    Will there be any delays?

  25. Re:Block The Internet on Australian Internet Censorship Plan Torpedoed · · Score: 1

    Would it have even worked? .cx is actually within Australian jurisdiction

    http://www.nic.cx/