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  1. Re:no, just use it. on IBM Stops Disclosing US Headcount Data · · Score: 1

    As a fellow European (Irish) unity100, I can tell you that many of us do not mistake Refah (or whatever they call themselves today) for ALL Turks. We recognise the diversity of opinion and look forward to welcoming you into our community. It is long overdue.

  2. Re:Swell plan on Apple Disables Egyptian iPhones' GPS · · Score: 1

    If you make a molotov add sugar to the petrol, it gives a napalm effect... or so my Cooperation North buddy from Andystown, Belfast told me as he prepared some one balmy summer evening back in 1983.

  3. Re:Swell plan on Apple Disables Egyptian iPhones' GPS · · Score: 1

    Also you should English to him, just VERY LOUDLY AND SLOWLY so he can understand.

  4. Re:Anonymous Coward on Apple Disables Egyptian iPhones' GPS · · Score: 1

    Motre to the point, how many of the scooters were cars?

    Dude I think your T and R keys are coupling...

  5. Ireland isn't part of the UK on LHC Forces Bookmaker To Lower Odds On the Existence of God · · Score: 1

    I know it's tough to remember but Ireland isn't part of the UK, at least 85% of the island is not. Paddy Power is an Irish bookmakers with UK operations.

  6. Re:Sigh... on Doing the Math On the New MacBook · · Score: 1

    And I've used them for 18 years, and twice have lost laptops to this precise problem.

  7. Re:suspend / resume on Doing the Math On the New MacBook · · Score: 1

    You could argue that...? I'm failing to see how.

  8. Re:No less rigourous? on The Life of a Software Engineer · · Score: 1

    Entertaining myself here, but if that question were to be posed to you today, you should respond "I DID just tell what it is in real money." Hubris will be my downfall.

  9. Re:Goldfinger meets Pogo on Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "If the Iranians are sharing our music and movies then we've probably already "won"."

    Astonished at your naivete here. The Putinjugend of Nashi also love American-style b-ball hats, etc. Consumption of pop culture does not mean adherence to the reigning ideology in the culture's country of origin.

  10. Re:No less rigourous? on The Life of a Software Engineer · · Score: 1

    I hear you... bad news for Canadian exports to the US, but is a much more accurate reflection of the "true" strength of the Canadian economy. Back when the pound Sterling blew out of ERM (Exchange Rate Mechanism, a way of converging currencies and having them float within a narrow band relative to one another, a precursor to the introduction of the euro), around 1992 or 1993 I think, the Irish pound was briefly the highest valued single currency unit in the world. We celebrated until we realized what it would do to our export-driven economy! ;-)

  11. Re: Cheap Software on The Life of a Software Engineer · · Score: 1

    Bet John Denver's family wishes he had...

  12. Re:No less rigourous? on The Life of a Software Engineer · · Score: 1

    Oh Beardo, how I love that you slipped in your little currency jab... the Loonie is having it's day.

  13. Re:He not only made the tube, on Hand-Made Vacuum Tubes · · Score: 1

    I believe it is, but it's been a long time since I last visited or read that book.

  14. Re:Proprietary I.T.=No Advantage on Is the IT Department Dead? · · Score: 1

    SAP is a bit more than a black box... it's highly configurable during the installation / setup phase -- in fact, that configurability is one reason why it's so popular.

  15. Re:Slashdot Culture on DS Games for Pre-readers? · · Score: 1

    Absolutely... I read the first 20 or comments and the vast majority were boorish advice of an intrusive and arrogant nature. What a bunch of fucking wankers.

  16. Re:Not for Win32 compatibility on Native Windows PE File Loading on OS X? · · Score: 1

    My experience is that most Dutch speak English *better* than native speakers... nicely done, Wouter!

  17. Re:Don't believe the hype! on Fans Cheer as Apple's iPhone Finally Hits Europe · · Score: 1

    A Londoner.

  18. Re:HIstory of the dial tone on GOOG-411's "Biddy-Biddy-Boop" Sound Backstory · · Score: 1

    I'd actually be interested in that...

  19. Re:Where? WHERE? on Annual IT Salary Survey Finds Dissatisfaction · · Score: 1

    OK, I'll bite and feed your ego; let's see... hmmm... US$30,000/p.a.?

  20. Re:Theft is theft on UK Police Cracking Down on Broadband Theft · · Score: 1

    It's 'leeching'. As in 'leeches'. Blood sucking primitive organisms.

    From wikipedia.org:

    Leech (computing), in computing, someone who uses others' information or effort but does not provide any in return.

  21. Re:Hmmm. on UK Police Cracking Down on Broadband Theft · · Score: 1

    Is that Colin who worked at B&L Hoofddorp 96 to 98ish...?

  22. Re:seriously? on Couple Bonding Through PC Building · · Score: 1

    And you wouldn't have had the pleasure of reading about this seemingly intelligent girl (shocker) had her boyfriend not generously decided to "let" her build her own machine -- mighty white of him! What a guy!

  23. Conditioner on Couple Bonding Through PC Building · · Score: 1

    Cute girl, needs to condition her hair though; very dry looking. Other than that, what a fucking lame article. A new low...

  24. Re:yes but on MacBooks to Feature iPhone's Multi-Touch? · · Score: 1

    Core Duo machines are limited to 2GB RAM, e.g., the orignal MBP -- I have one. They are indeed 32 bit.

  25. Here's number 8... on Did We Really Need Seven New Wonders? · · Score: 1

    Newgrange, Ireland. Older than the Giza Pyramids. Looks way better than Stonehenge. Awesome.