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  1. Re:Ubuntu £inux Parasite on BitTorrent Sees Sync Users Share Over 1PB of Data · · Score: 1

    the mars rover is tracking and recording our brainwaves also

    That would explain this

  2. Re:This will probably kill people. on Motorcycle App Helps You Ride Faster, Turn Sharper, Brake Harder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or it could save people by letting them realise just how awful their riding skills are, with some pointers to improve them. Watching people try to drive or ride on a twisty road shows you just how poor most of them are at picking lines, making corrections if required, and judging entry/exit speeds. This is supposed to be used on racetracks, which means the local fun roads will be tracked/mapped about 3 seconds later.

  3. Point Break on How Hair Can be Used To Track Where You've Been · · Score: 1

    The ex-Presidents are surfers!

  4. Re:I'm pretty smart on Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder Goes Live · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't be afraid. There's nothing harmful to click on on the internet! Oh, right. CSIRO.au links are generally going to be safe, though I'm sure someone somewhere will find something objectionably. Call it Rule negative-34: someone on the Internet will find *anything* offensively pornographic!

    Short answer: The SKA is (as the name suggests) a whole heap of radio telescopes spread out over 1 square kilometre. By using interferometry you can treat them as a giant dish about 1km across, which lets you detect much fainter signals and also increases the resolution, or ability to see detail.

    This pathfinder is a proof of concept that may be rolled into the full thing. At the moment it looks like the main SKA will be in South Africa, while a similar array with fewer dishes will be in Australia. The Australia version just had its official opening, which is what the story is about. But three paragraphs is too long for a submission, so there were links to sites with further info.

  5. Sounds pretty! on Google's Nexus Tablet To Be Unveiled Next Week · · Score: 1

    I want one, just so I can call it Rachael.

  6. Countersuit in 3...2...1.... on In Australia, Apple Fined $2.5 Million For '4G' Advertising Claims · · Score: 1

    I'm now waiting for Apple to turn around and countersue Telstra for making a 4G network that is not compliant with the capabilities of the Ipad. Clearly Telstra are advertising a 4G service that isn't compatible with a 4G device, which is misleading!

  7. Re:Holy Shit Batman! on The Nearest Supernova Candidate To Earth: IK Pegasi · · Score: 2

    640 ly ought to be enough for anyone

  8. Re:Updates? on MacControl Trojan Being Used In Targeted Attacks Against OS X Users · · Score: 1

    OK, so I've been playing with 2004 from memory (possibly even earlier), and that's been changed. This means the exploit shouldn't actually affect too many people - if you blindly click "OK" then you'll already be patched. Thanks for confirming.

  9. Re:10,000 hipsters abandon the Mac on MacControl Trojan Being Used In Targeted Attacks Against OS X Users · · Score: 2

    Wait, fixies are passé now? Awesome, I can ride mine without people demanding I wear tight jeans and a sour expression!

  10. Updates? on MacControl Trojan Being Used In Targeted Attacks Against OS X Users · · Score: 1
    Interestingly Office for Mac (at least, the version I have access to) doesn't seem to have automatic updates enabled by default, if it has them at all. It's not my computer, so I'm not going to dig that much - correct me if I'm wrong.

    I've used Libreoffice, Neooffice or OO on my mac, and all of those prompt me to update reasonably regularly - certainly more often than every 3 years! While it can be annoying, it's probably better than a compromised computer.

    ( Insert Microsoft bashing for karma-whore points here)

  11. Burial in space on Anne McCaffrey Passes Away At 85 · · Score: 1

    I've no idea whether she had a preference for the disposal of her remains, but I think there's a certain attraction in "burial" in a decaying orbit. It's been about 20 years since I read much McCaffrey, but ISTR that was a major aspect of threadfall from a planetoid in a weird harmonic orbit with Pern.

  12. Re:Google account required? on $80 Android Phone Sells Like Hotcakes In Kenya · · Score: 1

    One would expect Korea to be Korea, I'd say.

    Only in Soviet Russia!

  13. Re:"As a digital download" on Apple Ships OS X 10.7 Lion 'Gold Master' For July Push · · Score: 1

    Cocklebiddy, whose sole claim to fame is that it has a Wikipedia entry.

    Hey, I saw that and thought of the caves immediately. There was a doco on ABC years ago about those, so the wikipedia article is not the "sole" claim to fame.

  14. Re:What is the point of this story? on Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 2 For Developers · · Score: 1

    If beta 2 is out then it's indicative that iOS 5 isn't too far from public release. There are enough people who aren't registered developers but who may find this interesting that it's worthwhile running.

  15. More details from the CSIRO on Aboriginal Sundial Pre-Dates Stonehenge · · Score: 5, Informative
  16. Holidays.. on Aussie Government Competition To Predict Commute Times · · Score: 1

    If ((Easter || Christmas) && road==F3)
    {
    delay = 6 hours;
    }
    endif
    (You know the traffic's shit when you can play cricket on the 3 lane each way freeway.)

  17. Spartacus! on Apple's Game Center Shares Your Real Name · · Score: 4, Funny

    As far as Apple is aware, I'm Steve Jobs.

  18. Re:Precisely on How Much Math Do We Really Need? · · Score: 1
    Instead of just teaching the essentials in the early years and allowing them to choose their classes in high school, they force you to take classes which have nothing to do with your desired profession.

    So you know *at age 16* what you want to do for the rest of your life? Congratulations! I'd suggest a large number of people here have changed professions/desires at least once since that age, and it's increasingly rare to stick with one basic job for life. Being multi-skilled makes changing paths much easier.

  19. "A consistent stream of thought" on CyberForensics · · Score: 1

    "A problem with books of collaborations such as this is that they often lack a consistent stream of thought."
    A problem with this reviews is it lacks a consistent stream of thought. I know that this is /., but I really have trouble taking a review seriously when the author can't string two sentences together without my having to reread due to a change in tense or subject. I'm certainly not going to buy a $180 book on the word of a review like this.

  20. Re:expresso and missing words on The Great Typo Hunt · · Score: 1

    E*x*presso?!?! Get out!
    mumblemumblemumbleespressomumblemilleniumhandandshrimpmumble

  21. Re:You think that's big!?!?!? on Scientists Discover Biggest Star · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Two theories, now let's sit back and see who's right

    No theories, but two hypotheses. One of which is actually based on modelling and thought, the other on intuition that the Universe is a big place.

    You may be right, but because the Universe is such a big place I *don't* think it's likely to be broken soon, since it's bloody hard to look around. The Tarantula Nebula is nice because it's recent, dense and relatively close, which means this could be found. Of course, they're all relative terms. We've been looking at the Tarantula Nebula for at least 250 years, and we've only found this one now...

  22. Re:Astronomical Historiography? on Forensic Astronomer Solves Walt Whitman Mystery · · Score: 1

    YYEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!

  23. Re:Tank body castings. on The Big Technical Mistakes of History · · Score: 1

    But a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away it was discovered that sloppiness around exhaust ports on weapons platforms could lead to unanticipated attack vectors. Obviously the person in charge chose to learn from this mistake, although it wasn't widely known until 1977!

  24. Re:The reality is... on Review of HTC Desire As Alternative To iPhone · · Score: 1
    Your comments about unlocking and tethering aren't limitations of the iphone. They're limitations of the customisations your carrier has put on them (yes, I'm aware that in the US if you want an iphone not on AT&T you're SOL). I recently went to Europe from Australia. I phoned my carrier the day before I left asking for my phone to be unlocked, and was guided through the procedure (and SMSd the instructions as a backup!). I bought a prepaid SIM, synced with my laptop, set up the appropriate APN for the carrier, and I was away.

    I also have USB and cable tethering available. Don't whinge about the iphone when it's AT&T being arseholes.

  25. Re:Who cares? on Cox Discontinues Usenet, Starting In June · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Superseded" normally implies improvements. While Google/Deja provide a long term archive and searching support, they're nothing like as useful as a dedicated client to a newsgroup server for actually taking part in discussions. It's similar to the reason people use mail clients rather than just Gmail: you have more control over how you interact with others.