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  1. Re:UK Law vs US Law on British Hacker Loses Review of Asperger's Defense · · Score: 1

    You're not really replying to the question I asked, but I'll take your answer as a 'yes'. Enjoy your soon to be gone huge fuckload of money.

  2. Re:it's karma on British Hacker Loses Review of Asperger's Defense · · Score: 1

    So good to hear that the US is on the lookout to avenge the wrongs done to Iceland.

    Oh, that's not what you meant ? Please tell me what you did mean, then, because from where I stand my neighbour killing his wife gives me no right whatsoever to kill him in turn.

  3. Re:Extradition Act 2003 on British Hacker Loses Review of Asperger's Defense · · Score: 1

    The US government is a victim of the stupidity of their systems administrators. Had he not left a note, they would eventually have been victims of random idiots who either fuck up their systems or sell whatever they find to the highest bidder.

    He may have wandered in unannounced, but he did them a damn good favour. The subsequent cost of auditing all the systems, is money that they should have spent on audits anyway.

  4. Re:UK Law vs US Law on British Hacker Loses Review of Asperger's Defense · · Score: 1

    So let me get this right, you would prefer that me, do-gooder that I am, blatantly ignore that you left your door wide open, and not warn you, so the first no-good bum that passes by can just walk in and take the huge fuckload of money that's lying around on your table without leaving a trace ?

  5. Re:The glaciers are retreating! on Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released · · Score: 1

    Not to mention distant, even frigid.

  6. Re:Oh Noes! on 26 Years Old and Can't Write In Cursive · · Score: 1

    > Speaking every every word

    Didn't leave this post for a few hours, did you :-)

  7. Re:OMG! on Cure For Radiation Sickness Found? · · Score: 1

    I'm quite confident the regular kind would be, too.

  8. And soon after it's installed... on Shiny New Space Fence To Monitor Orbiting Junk · · Score: 1

    ... it'll detect a vast, pitch-black cylinder hurtling towards us ?

  9. Re:Meh. It's local knowledge for *everyone* on Is Sat-Nav Destroying Local Knowledge? · · Score: 1

    I honestly hope it'll show me where I can get some actual food, not CrapDonalds. Preferably some small place with local specialties - if I want the same stuff I have every day, I'll stay at home.

  10. Re:Uniforms for soldiers? on MIT Develops Camera-Like Fabric · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Of course. I'd love to see what's inside of that burly sergeant's uniform.

  11. Re:Cloud computing-Clouds in Elephant Units on How Heavy Is a Petabyte? · · Score: 1

    Added to my units.dat.

  12. Re:Is that supposed to be a joke? on Wind Could Provide 100% of World Energy Needs · · Score: 1

    Well, if god wanted us to run on wind energy, he'd have given us propeller hats, wouldn't he ?

  13. at the same time, on another continent... on Senators To Examine Exclusive Handset Deals · · Score: 1

    ...Europe is trying to tell Belgium that it should abolish the ban on linked sales, and thus allow this kind of exclusivity deals. Since when did you lot get your hands on our common sense ?

  14. *sigh* on NASA To Trigger Massive Explosion On the Moon In Search of Ice · · Score: 1

    If the only way we have to determine if there's water on a planet (or moon, in this case) is to blow part of it up, then maybe we shouldn't be going out there, yet.

  15. Re:The bootprint is might be getting fuzzy by now on Protecting the Apollo Landing Sites From Later Landings · · Score: 3, Funny

    > doesn't mean we shouldn't make wildlife preserves

    Mmm dodo jerky.

  16. Blargh. Corporate whiney bitches. on Publishers Want a Slice of Used Game Market · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In other news, car manufacturers complain that they're still being deprived of important revenue streams because the used car market offers consumers a convenient alternative for buying a new car.

    No, wait. Car companies *don't* complain, they got into the secondhand market themselves, and offered an added value by doing a full checkup and offering limited brand warranty on the used cars, too.

    I realise engine checkups aren't really possible on used games, but if they want a piece of the pie they should work for it, not sit on their arses complaining.

    As a related item, btw, the renting of video games is being put to a stop in Belgium - no more additions to existing rental collections as of a few days ago, and no more renting at all from the end of the year. Is this a trend that's happening in other countries, too ?

  17. Re:Wierd! Just read Terry Pratchett's on Hydraulic Analog Computer From 1949 · · Score: 1

    The compact paperback versions I have don't have that note. Makes it all the more fun to discover stuff like this, tho :-)

  18. Re:And Slashdot couldn't even link to it? on Microsoft Bing Search Launches Early Preview · · Score: 1

    http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Google&word2=Bing should answer your question.

  19. blah. on College Papers Won't Rewrite History For Alumni · · Score: 1

    This is just the modern-day equivalent of your mother showing baby pictures and telling embarrasing stories to your friends.

    It may not be fun, but it "builds character", for want of a better word - it shows that you're human, and make mistakes just like the next guy. If I gotta pick a new colleague, given equal skill I'll go for the one who looks like more fun.

    And, like many have said before me, if a prospective employer won't hire you because you've been skinnydipping when you were young, you'll be much happier working for someone who doesn't have their head stuck quite as far up their arse anways. Bad breath, yanno.

  20. Re:You can't touch military spending. on GPS Accuracy Could Start Dropping In 2010 · · Score: 1

    "worked", past tense ? I wasn't aware the american military was a private corporation ?

  21. Re:Yes, but.... on MySQL Founder Starts Open Database Alliance, Plans Refactoring · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah. Oracle doesn't run all that well on the less-than-16-gig market.

  22. Re:sounds like vegimite on Rotten Office Fridge Cleanup Sends 7 To Hospital · · Score: 1

    like cream cheese, only a lot less fattening. Maybe you should try it again :-)

  23. Re:could someone explain what the issue is here? on Dealing With ISPs That Use NXDomain Redirection? · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I see no problem setting your dns servers to IP's that are hardrouted through the VPN when you connect.

  24. Re:Remember... on When Hacked PCs Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    Only if it's *good* porn.

  25. Re:So which is it on Star Trek's Warp Drive Not Impossible · · Score: 1

    A simple analysis indicates that you are directly linked to the machine, possibly because the feedback loop passes through you. Kindly remove yourself from this reality, so the machine stops working.