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  1. Shortcomings addressed on Ogg Format Accusations Refuted · · Score: 1

    So can we expect to see a working example of bitrate peeling some time soon?

  2. Re:Just give us a name on Police Seize Computers From Gizmodo Editor · · Score: 1

    You haven't spent much time in a courtroom have you?

  3. Re:Security through obscurity? on Don't Talk To Aliens, Warns Stephen Hawking · · Score: 2, Funny

    Though if they decimated us 150 times we'd be left with $POPULATION*0.9^150, or 821 humans, assuming you start out with six billion.

  4. Bollywood.

  5. Re:Happy retirement on Leonard Nimoy Retires From Star Trek · · Score: 1

    Do you even know who I am?

  6. Re:The thing is: Quinto as Spock looks like Nimoy on Leonard Nimoy Retires From Star Trek · · Score: 1

    That he did, though the permanent frown did look a little forced at times.

    I'd say Simon Pegg nailed the Scotty role.

  7. July 2008? on Fate of Terry Childs Now In Jury's Hands · · Score: 1

    So.. he's already served over 20 months for something he may or may not be guilty of. If they just manage to drag out the case another three and a bit years it won't matter if he's found guilty or not!

    And people wonder why we complain about the legal system.

  8. Re:the usuals.... on Adding Some Spice To *nix Shell Scripts · · Score: 1
  9. Re:As a developer, there is an annual fee. on In Defense of Jailbreaking · · Score: 1

    Just remember that of those great riches your software makes, 30% goes straight to Apple. Even if the customer demands their money back.

  10. Re:Order from Apple on Heavy US Demand Delays iPad's Worldwide Release · · Score: 1

    Apple won't deal with corporate customers unless they're resellers.

  11. Re:Low frequency radio? on New Europe-Wide Radio Telescope To Look For ET · · Score: 1

    I hear there's some pretty weird flux in there...

  12. No surprise on Heavy US Demand Delays iPad's Worldwide Release · · Score: 3, Interesting

    PR stunts aside, I'm not surprised by this at all. Living as I do in New Zealand I can get PC hardware no problems, but if I have to buy a Mac for someone it's like pulling teeth. There's plenty of Apple resellers about touting the latest wares, but try actually buying say a MacBook Pro and you'll be lucky to see it before two weeks. If it's a recent-release you're looking at closer to six weeks. Not that it bothers me since I don't personally use nor encourage Apple products, but occasionally I have to do purchasing for work.

    I'm pretty sure we're near the bottom of the distribution chain, with the US at the top. Does anyone know of the official distribution hierarchy?

  13. Re:The iPad will redefine the industry on Heavy US Demand Delays iPad's Worldwide Release · · Score: 1

    Funny thing is, I believe Jobs was responsible for both those quotes.

  14. Re:2K38? on Something For (Almost) Every Developer · · Score: 1

    That still doesn't stop people saying "double-you double-you double-you" instead of "world wide web", or the dreaded "dub dub dub".

  15. Re:-1 False Assumption on Red-Light Camera Ticket Revenue and Short Yellows · · Score: 1

    I don't get it. Who gives a flying toss what the letter of the law in each state says for such basic principles?

    No one should ever enter an intersection without reasonable expectation of a clear destination lane, period. This is basic driving skills, folks.

    Here's another one for free: You never have right of way until the other person gives it to you.

  16. Re:Child endangerment on Kid's Single Lady Dream Is Crushed · · Score: 1

    You... do know that YouTube isn't a place, right?

  17. Re:Question on Fossil of Ant-Eating Dinosaur Discovered In China · · Score: 1

    That's nothing. One time I saw a man eating chicken.

  18. Re:Why Not? on NZ Draft Bill Rules Out Software Patents · · Score: 1

    So is cooking. What's your point?

  19. Re:And Sony will respond by... on Hacker Will Try To Restore Linux Support On PS3 · · Score: 1

    I don't and, thanks to Apple's policies, never will.

  20. Re:Be sure to vote with your wallet on Nvidia Drops Support For Its Open Source Driver · · Score: 1

    ...unless you're using Fedora. For some reason nouveau and kernel mode-setting are badly broken in F12.

    The proprietary drivers still work nicely, though I'm not sure if they've worked out the issues with compositing on the GeForce 8xxx series.

  21. Enlightened parents, huh? on Fixing Internet Censorship In Schools · · Score: 1

    Students from more affluent areas have access to the Internet at home and, often, more liberal parents who can let them access information blocked in schools and libraries.

    FTFY

  22. Re:Poor choice of verb. on Best Buy Offers Bogus "3D Sync" Service · · Score: 1

    People use the term "sync" when it has nothing to do with synchronization.

    'N Sync

    QED

  23. Wall linings on Piezo Crystals Harness Sound To Generate Hydrogen · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If these can be manufactured cheaply enough, I imagine boards of this being made and marketed by Gib for any place where you want soundproofing or a room with 'dead' acoustics.

  24. Microsoft Security Essentials on What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows? · · Score: 1

    Next question?

  25. Re:Back door? on Disgruntled Ex-Employee Remotely Disables 100 Cars · · Score: 1

    Not the iPhone hardware itself as far as I know, but the apps can all be remotely killed.