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  1. Re:Your Windows monopoly money at work. on Microsoft Bought Sweden's ISO Vote on OOXML? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are their products that poor?

    Yes ?

  2. Re:Uhm. on Sun's Trading Symbol Going From SUNW To JAVA · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually it stands for Standford University NetWorks... :)

  3. Re:well on British Traffic Wardens Issued CCTV Head Cameras · · Score: 2, Informative

    "I say we should all ask for the footage of us on camera under the Data Protection Act and swamp the government/businesses with stupid amounts of administrative paperwork."

    I was thinking of doing this and encouraging others to do so, but at £10 a go it soon gets pricey :/

  4. Re:Open access point==permission? on Michigan Man Charged for Using Free WiFi · · Score: 1

    Indeed - as it's been said before on slashdot, his DHCP client said "can I have an address to access / use this network please?" and the Access Point replied with "Sure - here you go".

    I'd call that authorised access.

  5. Re:Shouldn't we all stop fighting? on FBI Target Puts His Life Online · · Score: 1
  6. I doubt it on Earth Bacteria May Hitch A Ride To The Stars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To quote the late Douglas Adams:

    "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."

  7. Family Guy on Lip-Reading Surveillance Cameras · · Score: 1

    Stewie: Well you have ultra sensitive hearing.. hear this..
    (Stewie mouthing to Brain)
    Stewie: Fuck You.
    Brian: I'm telling.
    Stewie: No no! I said vacuum! Vacuum!

  8. Re:OS X as well... on BBC To Create 'Catch-Up TV Player' · · Score: 1

    But typically no Linux support - TV licence fee reduction for me please.. :P

  9. ...and they still get it wrong on IT's Big Spenders · · Score: 3, Interesting

    $6.58 billion on R&D and they still have dialog boxes like this.

    Incredible.

  10. Heh on Oil Soaked Servers Coming Soon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bring a whole new meaning to Oil in a rack...... geddit..

    *grabs coat*

  11. Re:Finally! on Mind How You Walk - Someone is Watching · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Big Brother alive and well in the UK on Mind How You Walk - Someone is Watching · · Score: 1

    Oh, they're also planting cameras in baked bean cans to catch people who put their rubbish out on the wrong day.

    Nice eh?

  13. Re:Big Brother alive and well in the UK on Mind How You Walk - Someone is Watching · · Score: 4, Insightful

    From the article you linked to:

    "The mobile units cost £15,000 each and are similar in design to the cameras used in the reality show Big Brother in that they can rotate 360 degrees."

    I'm amazed people don't see the irony here..

  14. Re:Google is insane? on Ballmer Says Google's Growth Is 'Insane' · · Score: 1

    Give it up for meeeeeeeeeeee!

  15. Contact the maker? on Finding an Innovation SSI 2001 Soundcard? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Contact the people that made it ?

    I'm sure they'll have some old stock sitting in a warehouse somewhere or know where you can get one, especially if you point out thats the only card missing from your collection.

  16. Re:Appropriate venue? on Administration Ignored Bin Laden Intel · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Uh, WTF does this have to do with "News for Nerds"?"

    It has "Intel" in the story title :)

  17. British banks ? on Bank Accounts of 5,000 UK Terror Suspects Tracked · · Score: 1

    "Accounts at such reputable British banks as HSBC" ..which stands for Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. British indeed.

  18. Seems to be up on MySpace Down Due To Power Surge · · Score: 1

    Hmm.. seems to be working with a direct link to the homepage...

  19. Re:Never works? on SAP Exec Disparages Open Source As IP Socialism · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would refer to someone who purchases their software as a 'poor sap' but the irony would be too much to bear

  20. Re:Chicken Shit on Deadly Version of Bird Flu Found in Romania · · Score: 1

    You forgot "Sorry for my english :("

  21. Writely? on No Office Suite Google · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You could always use Writely :)

  22. Deja vu on Windows Interoperability in A Linux Distro · · Score: 1

    My.. that sounds awfully like what SUSE Linux Office Desktop did over 2 years ago.

    Do keep up.

  23. Re:Apple System 7 ?? on GNOME 2.12 Previewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's referring to nautilus's spatial tree file view.

  24. Re:Do as I say, not as I do on Hotmail To Junk Non-Sender-ID Mail · · Score: 1

    hotmail.com. TXT IN 3600 "v=spf1 include:spf-a.hotmail.com include:spf-b.hotmail.com include:spf-c.hotmail.com include:spf-d.hotmail.com ~all"

    Looks like a version 1 record - not version 2

  25. Link to the actual image on More Info on Google's 3D Maps · · Score: 4, Informative

    To avoid loads of db queries and ads, the actual (rather uninteresting) picture is:

    http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/Go ogleGarage.jpg