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  1. Re:What a ridiculous notion on Playing Ball in Space · · Score: 2, Informative

    Also, I'm guessing these guys are in their thirties. Now, had they been in a weightless environmentr for those 30 odd years they could easily catch a ball in those conditions, but I bet they'd fail to do it in our gravity.

    This isn't an "inbuilt" ability, its practise

  2. Sppolq on Split Print Job to Color and B&W? · · Score: 1

    SpoolQ reckons to split print jobs on an ad hoc basis, but not automatically colour and B&W, Sorry.OTOH a modern colour laser printer shouldn't cost more for B&W than a mono oneHTH
    Al

  3. Comparisons on Email And Cell Phone In One From RIM · · Score: 1

    Having just ditched my trial Nokia communicator (OK PDA but a crap phone) I'm interested in knowing how the blackberry compares to the Treo .
    Anyone tried them?

    Are either any use.
    alnapp

  4. I think I'll wait on Announcing Slashdot Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the oppourtunity to subscribe early, but I think I'll wait to find out just how annoying these ads are.

    (Thinks are 1000ads more annoying than a couple less beers)

  5. Re:Astronomy Picture of the Day on Coming Soon: Comet Ikeya-Zhang · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's a log of viewing details so far

  6. Re:Bikes on BART: Ruled Out by Rules on Personal Transport? · · Score: 1

    you could try one of these STRIDAs which are apparently reasonabley ridable, very foldable and lightweight.

  7. Re:Daily Excuses on Bastard Operator from Hell II (Son of the Bastard) · · Score: 3, Informative

    wot, like this?

  8. Re:Straw Poll on EPIC Urges State AGs to Pursue Microsoft Passport · · Score: 1

    No, really, Which state attorney generals do you think will go for M$?

    Will any of them appreciate or understand the case the letter presents?
    Genuinley interested

  9. Straw Poll on EPIC Urges State AGs to Pursue Microsoft Passport · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Quick Question

    Which state attorneys generals do you think will go for M$?

    and which won't

  10. AOL on Palm Releases New Wireless Handheld · · Score: 1

    So it will have some AOL tie-ins. That put me off. However, if they start sending these thro' the post instead of all those coasters they might even get my (trial) custom

  11. Re:Don't we have enough junk in space? on Satellites on the Cheap · · Score: 1

    Could be a cool, regular firework display tho'

  12. Re:Why rent when you can buy? on Rent Music Over the Net · · Score: 1

    What a remarkabley sensible approach, what's the catch? There must be a catch.

  13. Re:People Don`t Like Change on This is IT? · · Score: 1

    When the C5 flopped, they gave them away to schools. We got one and it was so cool and great fun.

    The C5 was miss-marketed, if Sinclair had flogged it as an executive toy instead of a serious form of transport, people would still be buying them.

  14. Nostalgic on Pixar Finally Offers Animated Shorts on Pixar.com · · Score: 1

    This is great, When I first saw "Luxo Jr" it just blew me away. It was one of the things that got me into computers, although I was dissapointed I couldn't create thes films on my BBC home PC.

  15. Re:Does it Work? on Da Vinci Bridge Built · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that from dictionary corner ;-)

    As an afterthought, I hope it does work seeing as they've built the bugger

  16. Does it Work? on Da Vinci Bridge Built · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    IIRC

    Some gorup finally built his bird man contraption and it, dissapointingly, failed.

  17. Or perhaps on Black Hole Sans Donut Puzzles Astronomers · · Score: 1

    If its a very big black hole, its a really big Donut and they just need to zoom out a bit.

    Just a theory

  18. Re:Hindenburg on Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft == Anti-Terrorist Device? · · Score: 1

    ;-)

    But, seriously, Hydrogen fuelled as opposed to filled, would, I suspect be safer than the Hindenburg & normal avialtion fuel.
    However, if it would have caused less damage at the WTC is debateable as I belive the explosion only had to weaken the metal substructure for the buildings to fall, and a large aircraft is still a large aircraft, whateer its fuelled by.

  19. Fuel Cells on Motorola Makes Gasoline Powered Cell Phones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Could this be the "Killer App" for fuel cells?
    They won't get cheaper untill there's a mass market, cell phones could be the answer.

  20. Re:Affordable on OS X 10.1 Coming Today (Sorta) · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, Apple doesn't have a Monopoly to screw us with

    Apple DID have one and it didn't and now its a minor player.
    Whilst I don't like it, its not suprising MS do now they have.

    Does that make sense?

  21. Re:My card on the moon...ok... on TransOrbital: The Commercial Race To The Moon · · Score: 1

    I guess you could ask them to lay it out on the surface and buy a really big telescope, but even then I'm not quite sure who you'd impress by doing it.

  22. Lack of imagination on World's First XP System Sold · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, I suppose that if your imagination only runs to the extent of calling a PC company "The PC Company" its not suprising you'll be first in line for Mr Gate's latest.

  23. KneeJerks on Blaming Encryption · · Score: 1

    Sadly a typical knee jerk reaction. its not like the organisers of these attrocities would be posting "lets fly a plane into a building" e-mails.

    Coded messages would be as unfathomable to "the authorities" as any encryption but encryption now seems to be the scapegoat for the 11th.

    Personally, I'd put lax security (just a random yahooed example) at the top of the list.

  24. So, you might want to wait before on Chipmakers Angling For Support · · Score: 1
  25. Re:"Space craft Manned by Mice" on Mice Headed for Mars? · · Score: 1

    On linguistic grounds if no other
    Surely "Space craft miced by Mice"