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  1. Re:Still not fair. on Voting Machine Attacks Proven To Be Practical · · Score: 1

    Hey, you must have read "Wildcat's revenge" by "Claude Balls" then?

  2. Can I join in? on Opera Being Composed On Twitter · · Score: 1

    Assholes are cheap today, cheaper than yesterday...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRABshOnfCU

  3. The downloading I can maybe believe... on Man Accuses Cat of Downloading Child Porn · · Score: 1

    ..but did his cat also drop the pr0n into folders classified by sub-genre?

  4. Re:1984 on Student Suing Amazon For Book Deletions · · Score: 1

    He'll have to cut his losses.

  5. Re:Is it just me or anyone else notice this? on Microsoft Uses Human Computing Game To Tune Bing · · Score: 1

    I think you have been listening to too much Metallica are going deaf. The hum is your ear saying goodbye to that frequency, or it could be a medical condition. Check out 'Tinnitus" and "hum".

  6. 55% of nothing... on Bing Users' Click-Through Rate 55% Higher Than Google Users' · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is still less than 2% of something.

  7. OOPs on U of Michigan and Amazon To Offer 400,000 OOP Books · · Score: 1

    I thought they were Object Oriented Programming books :( Had me going for a minute there...

  8. The search sucks on Medieval UK Battle Records Released Online · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I guess it's only a start, but speaking as someone who works on database searching from a website the search method they use really sucks. You practically have to know what you're looking for in order to find it, and once you do there's precious little information apart from a couple of names and a campaign. there's no hyperlinking (er, this _is_ the web in 2009 yaknow) and there's no way to just browse the data (see commanders in a campaign for instance) to pick up interesting facts or trends. In short, useless. Most people will look up a couple of names then forget about it completely.

    I hope I'm wrong.

  9. Re:Nice on NASA's LRO Captures High-Res Pics of Apollo Landing Sites · · Score: 1

    It's good how they can resolve 2 pixels into a VIN :)

  10. Re:The law is on London's side on UK's National Portrait Gallery Threatens To Sue Wikipedia User · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's true. I was in the Nat. Gallery a while back and I would have loved to take a photo of two Japanese ladies wearing stunning kimono, but would probably have been thrown out for whipping out my Canon.

  11. Re: Why doesn't he just buy New Orleans? on Can Bill Gates Prevent the Next Katrina? · · Score: 1

    Or...build a "new" New Orleans 100 miles inland. He could even call it Gatesville or something.

    Does anyone see the enormous lawsuit coming up if his dicking around with the ocean currents goes wrong?

  12. You should have already made your decision. on Tech Or Management Beyond Age 39? · · Score: 1

    So the question is irrelevant - that is, if you are going to be a good manager. Of course, if you are a good techie then similarly, you've already made the decision. Either way, you're just looking for confirmation of one choice and will ignore any arguments for what you don't want to do.

    So I'd recommend you retire and go fishing.
    But you've already made your mind up anyway, go ahead and do it.

  13. It's an automatic "Boss" key!! on Gaze-Tracking Software Protects Computer Privacy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I could have used this when I was playing Prince of Persia on one of my previous contracts!!!

  14. Re:Inferior translated holy works on British Library Puts Oldest Surviving Bible Online · · Score: 1

    Well you better sign up first _before_ you steal something. Otherwise start learning to write with your foot.

  15. Re:I could be wrong here... on New Zealand Creates Safety Billboard That Bleeds When It Rains · · Score: 1

    If fluid came out of my brake lines in raging torrents like it seems to do on the billboards I personally wouldn't call it "bleeding".

  16. I could be wrong here... on New Zealand Creates Safety Billboard That Bleeds When It Rains · · Score: 2, Funny

    but I don't think it's really blood. Seems to be some kind of red liquid to simulate blood, I think.

    "Leaking" might be a better word to describe it, I wouldn't use "bleeding" myself.

  17. Re:I got your controller right here! on Sony Files Patent On "Any-Object" Motion Control · · Score: 1

    IANAB (Biologist) but I don't think you could ever have a completely male species. The word you were looking for, I believe, is 'gender'.

  18. This really doesn't surprise me... on Railway Workers Get Daily Smile Scans · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Japanese take their railways seriously, and why not - they probably have the best railway network in the world. Trains are punctual, spotlessly clean and a pleasure to ride on, from the Shinkansen down to the smallest electric tram. The cost from Kyoto to Osaka can be as little as 400yen. Larger stations are packed with shopping and food malls and have a life of their own outside of the railways. You can get from anywhere, to anywhere on the train.

  19. Re:How do you get infected? on Symantec Exec Warns Against Relying On Free Antivirus · · Score: 1

    I've been using computers for 20 years and have never been infected.

    I've been using computers for 20 years and have never, to my knowledge, been infected.

    There, fixed it for you.

  20. Re:Clocks on Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight · · Score: 1

    Prototype lost to clock with bacteria digester system

    Which then exploded after ingesting the high-density Lithium batteries...

  21. Been there done that on How To Get Out of Developer's Block? · · Score: 1

    Try taking 2 weeks off and going to Japan.

  22. Re:How is adware formed? on Lenovo Software Update Stealthily Installs Adware · · Score: 1

    Is that even English?

    Nope, it looks like odd English to me. And you can trust me. Cos I'm English.

  23. Re:Worked at a place like this on Ideal, and Actual, IT Performance Metrics? · · Score: 1

    Sounds just like the place I worked at some time ago...that's why we renamed "Helpdesk" to "Hinderdesk" because all they did was hinder you from finding a solution.

  24. Porn is probably not the real reason on On iPhone, Searching For Kama Sutra = Porn · · Score: 0

    It's probably because Apple are coming out with their own reader and don't want the competition.

  25. Not the dumb terminal scenario again? on The Future Might Be BIOS and Browsers · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew I'd kept my old 3270 hanging around for a reason!