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  1. Re:Not to defend Shatner... on Oscar Screener Leak Traced · · Score: 1

    (oops - i mean making those changes to the INDIVIDUAL copies to be released)

  2. Re:Not to defend Shatner... on Oscar Screener Leak Traced · · Score: 1

    Not really to do with movies, but i have to produce traceable confidential items, my method is to prepare a master document and then go through and make very slight changes to punctuation and / or UK/US spelling / Capitalization.

    Just my 2p worth.

  3. Re:WTF? on Photoshop CS Adds Banknote Image Detection, Blocking? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Once, while having dinner with an attractive you lady i had met - a smarmy and arrogant (clicking his fingers all the tim) guy on the table next to us decided to write a cheque on his napkin...much to the amusement of his date. The waiter graciously accepted the payment, and took it through back. At which point the 7 foot chef came out, picked up the guy...firemans lifted him out the restaurant, came back in and asked the lady if she could offer any other form of payment. She burst into tears.

    It was the most amusing date i ever had.

  4. Re:Blocking porno would be a bad business move on Photoshop CS Adds Banknote Image Detection, Blocking? · · Score: 1

    That only works for US currency, where for some reason they choose ALL bills to be the same size.......other currencies such as GBP, EUR etc have always had different size notes partly to negate this problem - and also to aid consumer recognition (ie a lot harder to mistake a 50 from a 5 in a dark pub/club)

  5. Re:28 countries exempt on U.S. Begins Digital Fingerprinting In Airports · · Score: 1

    Everyone SHOULD be allowed to go where they want.

  6. Re:Yeah on U.S. Begins Digital Fingerprinting In Airports · · Score: 1

    Its men/women like you who make me refuse to be anti-american...........if only your type were more vocal!

  7. Re:28 countries exempt on U.S. Begins Digital Fingerprinting In Airports · · Score: 1

    Just to clarify...i am of course referring to US citizens "captured" or arrested and held.

  8. Re:28 countries exempt on U.S. Begins Digital Fingerprinting In Airports · · Score: 1

    It doesnt matter a damn what rights the US constitution gives to someone. All it requires is for the US government to deem someone "outside" those rules.......ie guantanamo bay...."sure we caught in war operations..and they are prisoners...but the AINT prisoners of war"....

    The US constitution only applies when it is convienient. When its not they either ignore it or draft an amendment. You gotta love the yanks.

  9. Re:me too on Alarm Clocks for Heavy Sleepers? · · Score: 1

    Mobile phone in your pillow ? Yeah! Only, you might wake up with brain cancer one day from your daily/nightly frying?

  10. Re:Mars Rover Spirit Lands, Goes Radio Silent on Spirit Rover Lands Successfully · · Score: 1, Funny

    I all seriousness, me too! Im convinced it was the surface roaming martian overlords who are to blame. I for one, welcome them.

  11. Re:Take that Beagle 2! on Spirit Rover Lands Successfully · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    what a pathetic little man. Rather than be sad that valuable science wont be done with the demise of beagle 2, you start whooping at USA being #1. Pathetic narrowminded asshole. Wait till the twin probe kills this one by friendly fire.

  12. Re:Sphere? on Has The Poincare Conjecture Been Solved? · · Score: 1

    Jeez, and i thought chem geeks (such as myself) were bad. My fading memories of undergraduate maths never prepared me for discussion such as this.

    Im off to put my head in a vice.

  13. Re:Who needs spam when we have... on "Nigerian" Spammer Arrested · · Score: 1

    BTW - before i get raided by the feds, i should point out that it was of course a (poor) joke....i got the email address from:

    http://potifos.com/fraud/2003-07-31.html ..which is a website detailing our very favourite type of email fraud...but i am hoping that a spambot will pick up the email address and ruin the guys life :D

  14. Re:Who needs spam when we have... on "Nigerian" Spammer Arrested · · Score: 1

    HELLO,

    I wish to begin by the way of introduction.

    I am James Ugoma, the first son of the late Egoh Ugoma, one of the foremost black farmers in Zimbabwe recently murdere in the land dispute in my country.

    Before the death of my father, he has asked me to warn you of fraudulent African email. I feel it is my duty to warn you of such people, and ask your help in return. These emails have resulted in the gruesome killing of rich farmers(mainly whites and
    few blacks) and the unlawful posession of their properties by Mugabe's war veterans, under the disguise of fighting for the interest of the country.

    All i need is a trustworthy person to send me a mere 1 million dollars with which to publicise these fraudulent emails. If you send me this money, I guarantee you a $20 MILLION Dollar reward from the US Government by the way of thanks.

    We shall discuss details when you reply. I await your reply, while I implore you to maintain the absolute secrecry required to ensure a secure and hitch free transaction. I shall furnish you with more details on request. I WISH YOU THE BEST IN LIFE (GENERALLY) AS I AWAIT FOR YOUR POSITIVE
    RESPONSE.YOU CAN REACH ME ON MY E-MAIL ADDRESS:jamesugoma@netscape.net

    YOURS TRULY,

    JAMES UGOMA.

  15. Re:Good Samaritan.. on Microsoft Forgets To Renew Hotmail.co.uk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey! If it wasnt for hotmail i would have NEVER managed to increase my penise size 3-6 inches guaranteed. Thank GOD for generic V!AGRA ;-)

  16. Re:The current state of chemistry? on Protein Researchers Win Nobel Prize In Chemistry · · Score: 1

    Thats just simply not true! Well, at least not in the UK. There is funding available to a whole variety of chemistry disciplines.....you (as a researcher) just has to prove to the funding bodies that its worthwhile.

  17. Re:The current state of chemistry? on Protein Researchers Win Nobel Prize In Chemistry · · Score: 1

    Whilst not old and certainly not bearded.....myself and most of my colleagues ARE stuck in the lab working with smelly and dangerous chemicals......as well as our lovely biocatalysts.

  18. Re:Dissidents? on Fracturing P2P Networks · · Score: 1

    OOps - i have read over...and you werent actually disagreeing with any point of view....just clarifying a definition...which i guess is what i asked (albeit tongue-in-cheek). ...Dave...take three deep breaths and relax ;)

  19. Re:Dissidents? on Fracturing P2P Networks · · Score: 1

    I am an officer in her majesties armed forces, and am only too aware of the definition of Prisoner of War under the geneva convention...what i dont agree with is the current US interpretation of this. I disagree with you in that i believe these people should be conferred prisoner of war status. What is unacceptable to me and a great deal of my fellow officers and soldiers is that here we have a situation where people are being detained (in my mind illegaly) and with no charges having been brought against them. I have no gripes with america, and count many americans as very good friends...but i think you have a situation in cuba just now in which a future president is going to have a hard time apologising for.

  20. Re:Dissidents? on Fracturing P2P Networks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And maybe while we are at it: the difference between prisoners of war and "detainees".

  21. Im so unhappy!! on 2003 MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Winners Announced · · Score: 1

    I cant believe they overlooked me again....ahh well, i will hold out for my rightful recognition by the swedish academy of science.

  22. Re:Taking source code home on Valve Updates On Half-Life 2 Code Leak · · Score: 1

    Call me cynical, but what a fantastic way of getting LOTS of publicity......im sure valve are annoyed with the source being released like this.....but their publicity machine must be very very happy.

  23. Re:Paying for privacy... on Smartcards to Track London Commuters · · Score: 1

    I keep hearing these privacy issues being moaned about....what is it about the US that makes everyone so damn paranoid ? Man...bowling for columbine never made so much sense.

  24. Re:Does NOT work in practice on Search Engine Learns From User Feedback · · Score: 1

    Speaking as someone who (used) to know Ian personally, what you are saying is (at the best) deluded and (at the worst) plainly libelous. You have missed the whole point of freenet. I suggest you carry out some appropriate form of redemption to the gene pool by "experimenting" with tabun.