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  1. Re:The end of an era on AOL To Discontinue LISTSERV · · Score: 1

    Good ol' Fidonet.

    I still remember my node (I ran a BBS), all these years later. (3:800/428)

    Now you've made me miss GoldEd on my old OS/2 box. =(

  2. Re:I stopped reading the responses after... on The White House Responds To We the People Petition · · Score: 1

    I think the word you're looking for is "Dependency"

  3. Re:Good luck... on Australian Malls To Track Shoppers By Their Phones · · Score: 1

    I know that I'm in S.A. and so don't matter much, but: http://www.rundlemall.com/

    And we even have our balls on webcam!

  4. Re:drug sniffing? on Cloned Drug-Sniffing Dogs Prove Successful In South Korea · · Score: 1

    Nah, they only sniff the drugs for leisure - recreational use. They have the Charlie Sheen gene in there somewhere.

  5. Re:Cmon on 175 MPH Student-Built EV Smashes Speed Record · · Score: 1

    That's the plan. The family car I have now is unnecessary and too large.

    Alas, it seems the only choices around here are the Toyota Camry or... The Prius.

    The point still stands, however, that the range of the EVs have got to change if they are to be suitable for distance driving. A trip across the 1,100km Nullarbor Plain would be impossible - unless you have a stack of solar panels and allow many days for charging.

  6. Re:Cmon on 175 MPH Student-Built EV Smashes Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Touché =p

  7. Re:Cmon on 175 MPH Student-Built EV Smashes Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Haha, just a bit.

    The next city from where I live in Australia is 250km away. An electric vehicle able to do 120-175km on a charge is a tad useless to me.

    I do trips where I'm driving 1,500km/day. I don't expect an EV to be able to get that far in a charge and would obviously have to change my driving habits to allow for an overnight charge mid-way (unless removable "swap'n'go" battery packs are adopted) - but I'd like to at least get from one city to the next in a day, rather than be stuck in the middle of nowhere.

  8. Re:Impersonating a dead person on UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Slippery slope? on Global Mall Operator Starts Reading License Plates · · Score: 2

    Except that this is Sydney Australia, not Sydney Florida.

    Paintball guns here require a firearms license. Such a low population of the country has said license, that they'd be able to quickly catch and prosecute the perpetrators for illegally carrying "firearms" in public.

    Yeah, a paintball or BB-gun will get you in the shit. =p

  10. Re:Moral of the story.... on After Firing CEO, Yahoo Puts Itself Up For Sale · · Score: 2

    Better example: Ray Kroc.

    He took a small hamburger place called "McDonalds" and made it into a slightly bigger hamburger place. You might have heard of it. ;)

  11. Re:good idea and on Using Stem Cells to Save Endangered Species · · Score: 1

    And there's some species (eg. Panda) that appear to not like sex that much.

    And others like the Cheetah that have been interbreeding too long, so that there's not enough genetic diversification.

  12. Re:In Coming... on Mario Gets a Portal Gun In New Indie Game · · Score: 2

    3. Challenge Nintendo to a Super Smash Bros Tournament

  13. Re:I hope Apple knows that China doesn't fuck arou on China Cracks Down On Fake Apple Stores · · Score: 1

    The Aqueduct?

  14. Re:Technology Blamed For Helping UK Rioters on Technology Blamed For Helping UK Rioters · · Score: 1

    Aha! You've admitted it on a social site!

    (Or is slashdot more anti-social?)

    You're going down, buddy! ;)

  15. Re:What countries? on Why Some People Don't Have Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Maybe once upon a time. Now it's compulsory for every non-citizen to gain entry.

  16. Re:What countries? on Why Some People Don't Have Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Try travelling to the US as a non-citizen.

    First time I've ever been fingerprinted. >=(


    I'll leave the "shithole" needing fingerprints comments to someone else, though. ;)

  17. Re:PC? on Spiderman's Politically Correct Replacement · · Score: 1

    Except "Fanny" has a different meaning to the rest of the world...

    And the idea of putting "Butt implants" in it is... Quite disturbing.

  18. Feature! on Australian ALDIs Sell Conficker-Infected Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    It will be repackaged and marketed as a 5-in-1 device now.

  19. Re:What is an Internet? on Is Twitter Rendered Obsolete By Google+? · · Score: 2

    A lot of duplication on it though, it seems. ;)

  20. Re:We talk about this need a lot at work. on Interviews: Ask Technologist Kevin Kelly About Everything · · Score: 1

    They're less of a server than a laptop is?

  21. Re:From the article: "without a legitimate reason" on Japanese Man Arrested For Storing Malware · · Score: 1

    And me without mod points. Somebody mod this up, please!

  22. Re:Face it on Australian R18+ Rating For Games? Not Yet; NSW Refuses To Vote · · Score: 1

    Except that the last time this got fucked up, it was by the South Australian Labor Party and their AG.

    The problem is that the Attorneys General are not directly accountable to anyone but their own electorate... So they just don't care.

    They know that people are too stupid to realise that in our elections, they're not voting for "their leader," that they are voting for their representative for their electorate. They know that the voters (who don't want to be there anyway) will number the boxes based on which party leader they like most/hate least.

  23. It's starting! =p on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When the Rapture Comes? · · Score: 1

    It's 2pm here, and it is starting! ;p

    We've got a small bushfire going on, about 1 block from where I sit as I type this.

    I refuse to believe in its existence though. The Smoke is just a smokescreen. ;p

  24. Re:OT, but... on What Developers Want From the Wii's Successor · · Score: 1

    Indeed, that is true. But I haven't been playing the lottery.

    And it's 4 times in 6 days now... I think they're just fucking with me now! =p

  25. Re:OT, but... on What Developers Want From the Wii's Successor · · Score: 1

    Make it 3 times in 5 days...

    If that's random, I'm going out to buy a lottery ticket! :-)