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  1. Re:movie on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1
    'Race the Sun' (1996)

    'highly fictionized' - what? An American film highly fictionized? Never....

    *cough*
    Saving Private Ryan
    U571
    Braveheart
    Titanic
    *cough*

    :)

  2. Re:Hey Britfuck, ever heard AMERICAN song "Route 6 on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1
    But we're still not as fat as the average American. Plus, we call fries 'chips' over here, and no-one eats crows. That'd be the same as asking if you'd like some fries with a red indian.

    (Except we didn't kill all the crows and steal their land, reducing them to making a living from casinos out in the styx, whilst symultanously destroying their ancient culture and sacred land).

  3. Re:Jokers complaining about 'cross country' - read on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1

    Well, since you put it so eloquently, I must comply.

  4. Re:Hey Britfuck, ever heard AMERICAN song "Route 6 on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1

    Ok. You just mentioned 1/30,000,000 of the population. By that example, if I find 10 people in the US who are ugly, then I'd have proved the US to be equally as ugly. Let's make a start: How many people in your mother's family?

  5. Re:Useless fact of the day on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1

    I've heard 'em on Cops say 'rowt' when talking about roads. Funilly enough, he didn't mention Cisco routers, though...

  6. Re:Hey Britfuck, ever heard AMERICAN song "Route 6 on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1
    Whatever, sunshine.

    'Genetically fucked up'? Please explain.

  7. Re:Blatant plug on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1

    The Queen?

  8. Re:Useless fact of the day on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1
    Hey - you want contradiction? President Bush. ;)

    I have no idea why we pronounce them differently, but as I hardly ever even see DIY equipment, let alone mention it in public, I'm prepared to live with it.

  9. Re:Useless fact of the day on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1
    No. We pronounce it as a series of high screams, followed by some abdominal grunting.

    Oh Cisco router - yeah. 'Sisko rooter' would be about it.

  10. Re:MAybe I'll Sue you on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1

    Your shares are not a business, but an investment. As you invested, you would have been shown a bit of paper saying that the market can go up as well as down, and that you have no recourse if it does go down, taking your portfolio with it... ;)

  11. Re:Jokers complaining about 'cross country' - read on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1
    But you can cross a river on a raft, but not necessarily all the way.

    If you look at the definition here you will see that there is a definition for everyone's argument, but the fact that there is a definition that suits the article, means they're not wrong. I'm not trying to prove everyone else wrong, but that Dorm's right in what he says. Stop being so competative.

  12. Re:I bet you anything... on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 2

    But the only thing they give out are harmless gasses such as oxygen and hydrogen. The difference with solar cars and petroleum cars is that the sun's power is already where it's being used. It's analogous to the wind that powers ships. Whether you use it or not, it's still there, and if you do use it, the effect in the environment is little or none.

  13. Re:What next ? on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 1
    But if the gas prices are so high, how can they develop new vehicles? They'll still need parts shipped, and with no gas they'll be stuck.

    No gas = no cars = no solar cars

    The only way we'll get them is when the powers-that-be realise that petrol is on the way out (perhaps physically, or just ethically). That way it'll still be around to be used to make the next-generation of car engines. It isn't going to happen over night :)

  14. Jokers complaining about 'cross country' - read on Cross Country Solar Race · · Score: 3
    cross (krôs)
    n.
    A movement from one place to another, as on a stage; a crossing.

    So, cross country is moving from one place to another, within a country. Oh look - that's what they're doing. Now give it a rest, please.

  15. Re:The BEST Linux laptop one can buy? on Installing Linux On The New Apple iBook · · Score: 1

    Because it crashes all the time and I won't be able to get anything to work on it... need more? :)

  16. Re:If you can stand an Intel processor, I guess... on Installing Linux On The New Apple iBook · · Score: 1

    I'd rather use an intel than a chip I like which can't run anything I want.

  17. Re:Works in the UK on Webvan Out Of Gas · · Score: 1

    But surely the chepest land is going to be the stuff miles away from anyone, which adds to the running costs of the vehicles. They were on a loser to begin with.

  18. Re:Ongoing abuse of the German language? on Google Reveals Popular Search Patterns · · Score: 1

    It always reminds me of war films. I guess that's because war films are where most people hear German. When I was in Frankfurt Hahn Airport in Germany, the security guards at the checkpoint asked for a man to follow them to one side to be searched. They barked this command, and the guy put his hands in the air like he was surrendering. I laughed, anyway.

  19. Re:Ongoing abuse of the German language? on Google Reveals Popular Search Patterns · · Score: 1
    And of course, when people in the US say these French words, they pronounce them perfectly, much to the glee of French people everywhere.

    I sincerely hope that was a joke! :)

  20. Re:Who? What? Huh? on Google Reveals Popular Search Patterns · · Score: 1

    That's because Billy Bob in his trailer wouldn't know what roue de la fortune was.

  21. Re:Not Flamebait on Google Reveals Popular Search Patterns · · Score: 1

    But as long as they don't store any data that ties individual users to the queries, then that's fine. It doesn't violate anyone's privacy.

  22. Re:Haha... on AOL Picks Cable ISP Partners · · Score: 1
    The mac is a PC - It's a computer, and it's for personal use. Whether it uses intel/amd/motorola/microsoft/ibm/apple/redhat whatever, it's still a little computer-shaped thing on your desk. :)

    Microsoft and AOL aren't in this to promote the net, they're in it for the money. Fair enough - nothing wrong with that. If they hadn't shoved money into the pc market years ago, we'd all be using 286s. They've given so much to the PC community, but all anyone can ever do is complain about what they did 2 days ago.

    And Windows is stable. It's very stable. I can run it indefinately on all the PCs I come into contact with, and without crashes. Where people get the idea that Windows crashes all the time is a mystery to me. I've been using it since before windows 3, and it's always been very stable. And I have developed on it extensively, and it's very resiliant.

    I bet this gets modded as a troll because I'm not kneeling before the penguin...

  23. Re:American Way on Chinese Linux Developers Allegedly Violating Licenses · · Score: 1

    800lb gorilla? More like the 3 year old child having a tantrum every 5 minutes, wanting an ice lolly or a cookie. The rest of the world has got used to your 'I want it now' attitude. Hopefully, the US will calm down a bit. Until it does, it's straight to bed, with no dinner.

  24. Re:Never Said *I* Was Great... on Chinese Linux Developers Allegedly Violating Licenses · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't fret about it - it happens every day of the week.

  25. Re:Never Said *I* Was Great... on Chinese Linux Developers Allegedly Violating Licenses · · Score: 1
    Yeah - really great:

    * Supersonic aircraft - stole documents from foreign governments to complete
    * Manhattan project - used breakthrough technologies from foreign laboratories to complete
    * Space projects - Used stolen V2 rockets destined to other allied countries after world war two, as well as a truck-full of Nazi scientists.

    The US is not that great a country. Last time I checked, the US has a spiralling national debt, some sort of trained chimp as a president, a terribly fascist foreign policy, a large but poorly trained military... the list goes on.

    The reason you don't hear everyone else saying their country is number one is everyone else has realised that means nothing. Everyone else has grown up. Can't you?