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  1. Re:New techniques for science on What, Me Worry? · · Score: 1

    I think you'll find that large rocks from space will manifest themselves more regularly than deities.

  2. Re:BBC shouldnt report we are not going to die on Slashback: Assembly, Avoidance, Civility · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just because he's not fearing death by 2059, it doesn't mean he isn't fearing deafness...

  3. Compare the size to a paperback book... on PDA and Subnotebook Killer? · · Score: 1
    From their site
    4.1" x 2.9" x 0.9" / 105mm x 74mm x 22mm; less than 9 oz. / 250 grams

    My pocket diary is 150mm x 85mm x 10mm. Paperback books are larger. And you are calling this thick? On the other hand, paperback books are rather cheaper, and you don't have to worry about battery life (well, unless you're reading them by torch).

  4. Re:Sticky Umbrella on More on Orbital Space Debris · · Score: 1

    Perhaps sticky isn't the word, it's going to have to be made like a bullet proof jacket. Those little bits of debris can meet the dish at high speed.

  5. Re:Canadian.biz on Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz · · Score: 1
    Does anyone know if--irony of ironies--Molsons has non-Canadian owners, like Labatt's?

    You can buy their shares on the stock market if you're so inclined. So it is quite likely that someone who owns some of it is non-Canadian...

  6. Re:My two Canadian cents... on Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz · · Score: 1

    Ah, of course. Hence the continued existence of Canadian.com. And of course, you have to use .biz rather than .tm for that, as .tm belongs to Turkmenistan. Suddenly, all is clear.

  7. Re:My two Canadian cents... on Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz · · Score: 1

    Surely thought a trademark does not give you absolute and total rights to the word in all situations?

  8. Re:Oh Canada! (TM) on Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz · · Score: 1
    The record is unrefuted that Complainant has extensive trademark rights in the word "CANADIAN" for use in association with food, alcoholic beverages and a wide variety of clothing items.

    What, no more Canadian Bacon?

  9. Re:My two Canadian cents... on Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz · · Score: 1
    Molson owns the freakin' copyright, and registered trademark on the word for christ sakes!

    On the word 'Canadian'??? Just possibly when applied to Beer, but I'm sure you can find lots of businesses which use the word 'Canadian' in their name that aren't going to be sued by Molson anytime soon. 'Canadian Broadcasting Corporation' for example...

  10. Re:so they steal but you guys don't? on Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, I suppose the argument would be that when you copy music over the internet, the original still remains in place, while if Molson owns Canadian.biz, the original owner no longer has it.

  11. Re:Government challenge? on Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz · · Score: 1

    Next - "King", "Beers" and "of" are registered trademarks & copyright of the Budweiser corporation...

  12. Re:Americans always lose on Chariots of Silicon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Generalisations are bad enough, but generalising inaccurately - I mean, Kenya isn't known for its sprinters. I'd suggest that being largely at high altitude and having a culture of long distance running helps distinctly. Kenyan kids want to be long distance runners in the same way that English kids want to be footballers.

  13. Re:Air, water, food... on Will Earth Expire By 2050? · · Score: 1
    There's more than one type of food, no more cows to eat, try looking for fish

    Yeah, try looking for them off the Grand Banks or in the North Sea...

  14. Re:no, not 50 or 5000 years, try 10-30 years on Will Earth Expire By 2050? · · Score: 1

    re: the railroads. Maybe your statement applies to the Americas, but Europe has a lot of electrified lines, so they probably are running on electricity generated from coal or natural gas.

  15. Re:It's a solved problem - USA just needs to catch on Telemarketers and Cell Phones? · · Score: 1

    Doesn't seem crazy to me. I'm on that sort of tarriff with my phone company in the UK. This I do by paying a larger monthly fee. If I wanted a lower monthly fee, I could pay for local calls. Are you saying that Americans don't have that choice?

  16. Great. on Flip-Pad Voyager: Dual-screen Laptop · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now you can run your batteries down twice as fast

  17. Re:America still works - sometimes on 2600 Magazine Defeats Ford · · Score: 1

    You think politicians abroad don't lose their jobs for having affairs? You've never heard of Britain's Conservative Party, have you?

  18. Re:interesting on Built For Use · · Score: 1

    If you are a hired to do some work with a specific aim in point, then it is not good to be so intent on showing off that you make the original purpose impossible. It's like claiming you should be allowed to have 28 disciples, three Jesus Christs and a kangaroo in a painting of the Last Supper.

  19. Re:Skeptical on "Living robot" Escapes Lab, Makes It To...Parking Lot · · Score: 1

    It wasn't a malfunction - it was doing what it was programmed to do. Chase light around. In this case, it just followed it out of the door.

  20. Re:Books vs. serials on Results of Another Web Publishing Experiment · · Score: 1

    Publishing in installments never hurt Dickens...

  21. Re:sounds great! on The Years of Rice and Salt · · Score: 1
    When you get right down to it, who has the time to read traditional media such as books anymore?

    What, like no-one ever went to the cinema again after TV became widespread? OK, flippancy aside, a new form of media doesn't automatically replace any previous forms, and I'd suggest that those who declare they have no time to read a book need to consider their time management. Books clearly still have a role in the propagation of information. The usefulness of paper is clear by the complete failure of the 'paperless office' concept. While the internet is perfect for the rapid distribution of personal ideas, it isn't the best format for an in-depth, elaborate, well researched and intricately constructed vision by one author. The collection of ideas in a self-consistent whole, intended to be worth perusing more than once, in an easily portable format, that is cheap to produce and once constructed requires only an external light source to be accessed, is clearly still worthwhile to me.

  22. Re:This isn't how you list top movies on The Wired Top Twenty Sci-Fi Movies · · Score: 1

    Some people's opinion is that good vision and accuracy can make a movie good. Others movies just need the 'wow' factor. Some people prefer 'wow', some prefer insight. Some are happy with a mix of both. But anyway, chill out. There aren't insisting that you have to watch these films...

  23. Re:London (England)? on Prestigious Art Gallery To Exhibit Video Games · · Score: 1

    Isn't London (Ontario) one of the ten largest cities in Canada?

  24. Re:Chip cooling? on Ultra Efficient Chip Cooling Passes Boeing Tests · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh come on, everyone knows they were invented in Belgium. And what you call 'chips' were originally sold as Saratoga Crisps, so we're right there too.

  25. Re:Non Wintel Os's on Matrox Parhelia 512 Preview · · Score: 1
    Hmm, well I looked at the specifications - first page of the link given in the article, and under 'Operating Systems' it says 'Linux' and under 'Platforms' it says 'OpenGL 1.3'.

    Is that enough to qualify as a 'mention'?