User: pibakic

Re:Evolve, Sir.

On: Ex-Britannica Editor Reviews Wikipedia

Actually I think you'll find that in Soviet Russia, the compromises reach you.

Re:According to Pete Waterman

On: UK Record Industry Sues 'Major Filesharers'

Actually, single sales are falling, it's album sales that are still on the rise;

"UK singles sales have more than halved since 1999, it says, when downloading took off. Sales of CD albums in the UK have bucked the global trend and continue to rise."

From the guardian's article about this

New

On: Senate Takes Aim At P2P Providers

here?

Are you?

Hmmm?

Re:Security headlines we need

On: Security Predictions of 2004

"extradition to the US" - I don't think extradition of spammers to the US is gonna be a problem, as thats exactly where most spam comes from in the first place.

Re:Students selling information

On: Spammers Using Students as Relays

Same happened to me, my .cs.man.ac.uk started receiving spam during last semester. Struck me as very strange because my uni address doesn't get used anywhere (well, nowhere that I don't trust).

The irony of receiving "Get your diploma now..." spam on my university mail account...

Top500 slashdotted...

On: $24.5 Million Linux Supercomputer

"This will be one of the top ten fastest computers in the world."

Anyone else find it amusing that the link to the top 10 fastest computers in the world appears to be slashdotted?

Pib.

Re:smokin!

On: Athlon MP Reviewed

...and how often ( in your normal usage of a machine ) do you have need to rip off the heatsink?

Does it ever just fall off by itself? ( No ;o))

Pib.

No Smoke without fire...

On: Athlon MP Reviewed

Anyone else amused by Hemos' particular choice of words there;

"Watching this thing smoke..."

in light of the recent clips of AMD chips burning with the heatsink removed ( yes I know that it was a bollocks video ).

Just amused me, thats all,

Pib.

Re:And as you can see, it's not using even...

On: A GEANT Leap Forward In Networking For Research

Did you even read the story? Its been there for 10 days !

.. and you expect it to be at capacity already!

Pib.

Re:Arnold, "The Austrian Oak"

On: Terminator 3: Attack of the Terminatrix

Two words for you sir,

"Kindergarten" and "cop", remember it?

Pib.

Re:laptop theft

On: Comdex Bans Bags From Show Floor

Yah, cos I bet all of the thieves read /. and know that people aren't allowed to take their laptops into COMDEX. Pib.

Re:No more blue screen of death?

On: Windows XP Has Arrived

Best to pick a good colour, you going to spend enough time looking at it.