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  1. Re:Without any evidence? on Online Forum Speeding Boast Leads To Conviction · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is not the same as admitting guilt. It's making a statement that has no supporting evidence. The article referred to made no mention of videos or pictures of the alleged infringement. When questioned by police, the person in question could just say ' I really didn't drive that fast, I just said that to compensate for having a tiny dick". It's not against the law to lie in a blog.

  2. Without any evidence? on Online Forum Speeding Boast Leads To Conviction · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What evidence was there, other than the bloggers post, that an offence had occurred? How could the police charge him without it?

  3. Re:Has anyone tested these? on Oscilloscopes For Modern Engineers? · · Score: 1

    Digital Oscilloscope DIY Kit DSO Nano - Pocket-Sized Digital Oscilloscope

    Useless toys for real work.
    You need to get a real scope.

  4. Re:Relax on Why You Never Ask the Designers For a Favor · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is clearly not a real email chain. It is what is known as a 'joke'. Why do all of the commenters take everything so seriously?

    Because everyone who posts to /. is an idiot.
    Except for me and the beloved Anonymous Coward of course.

  5. Re:Didn't Seem Like Any Designer I've Worked With on Why You Never Ask the Designers For a Favor · · Score: 2, Informative

    learning enough about it not to electrocute himself when scaling a photograph.

    Somebody is doing something very, very wrong here. Let me guess, you use GIMP.

    Shows how much YOU know! gimp is battery powered and is completely safe.

  6. Re:Gotta love our stupid laws on Google Found Guilty of Australian Privacy Breach · · Score: 1

    There's still a possibility that Google could be found guilty of infringing telecommunication laws and there are penalties for that.

  7. Election doubts on Australia Waters Down, Delays Internet Filter Policy · · Score: 1

    With an election looming, the government can't afford to alienate anybody as their chances of re-election are marginal at best. Every vote will count.

  8. Re:CRIKEY MATE on NASA's Space Balloon Smashes Car In Australia · · Score: 4, Funny

    I find this response insulting. Australians do not drink Fosters! It's for export only. Nothing is too bad for the rest of the world.

  9. Re:Put the word "Wikipedia" in quotes like me... on Aussie Tech-Focused Wiki Launched · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Annoying americans" isn't that tautology?

  10. Re:UUCP info you need on Need Help Salvaging Data From an Old Xenix System · · Score: 2, Informative

    If it's Xenix, then it probably predates UFS. I'd expect the original V7 UNIX file system.

  11. Not THAT stunning. on Space Photos Taken From Shed Stun Astronomers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nice images but hardly Hubble. There are other amateurs doing work that is just as good or better. Check out this guy http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002

  12. Re:PasswordSafe on Best Tool For Remembering Passwords? · · Score: 1

    I use PasswordSafe. I have Linux and Windows versions installed on a USB key along with the password database. That way I can access my passwords no matter which (or whose) computer I'm on.

  13. Refund for ISP? on Yemenis Should Be Incensed At Websense · · Score: 1

    Will the Yemeni ISP get a refund on their subscription now that Websense has blocked access to updates?

  14. Re:Good to see it doing it's job on Something May Have Just Hit Jupiter · · Score: 5, Funny

    The gas giants are there to act as a magnet for comets/asteroids etc, so they don't end up near us.

    I don't remember that part of Genesis...

    Which part do you remember?

    I remember Phil Collins great drumming and Peter Gabriels vocals. Of course this was the old Genesis not the reformed one.

  15. Re:Their ingratitude? on Terry Pratchett Knighted · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the Americans turning up late for World War II which started in 1939, not 1941. America didn't rush to protect Europe, it got involved because it was attacked by Japan. (FWIW, they were late for World War I as well. Don't know the excuse for that one)

  16. Re:LEDs are excellent idea. on New York City Street Lights To Go LED · · Score: 1

    Most traffic lights in Sydney are LED. As the old incandescent ones fail, they get replaced with the LED ones. I don't know what sort of power savings are achieved, but I see the repair guys a lot less at the major traffic intersection near me. Unfortunately, the streets lights are still either sodium or mercury vapour.

  17. Re:Copyrighting fact was not what they had in mind on Oz High Court Hears Landmark TV Guide Copyright Case · · Score: 1

    One of the things that IceTV can do is to skip ads when recording, or mute them when watching live.

    IceTV cannot skip ads. It has never had this ability.

  18. Re:The fallout from this case affects US pilots to on Oz High Court Hears Landmark TV Guide Copyright Case · · Score: 1

    and it is a royal pain in the ass,

    Shouldn't that be an Imperial pain in the ass?

    No, it's a metric pain in the arse.

  19. What women want. on Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? · · Score: 1

    You're definitely a geek if you're even CONSIDERING giving your beloved a wedding band made of anything but gold.
    It's a chick thing.

  20. Unrealistic! on R2-D2 Monitors Your Web Servers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you ever seen a network administrator RUN to fix a problem? I think not.

  21. Global what? on Climate Change Finally Impacts Important Industry · · Score: 1

    Finally! a reason to care about global warming.

  22. On the bright side on Astronomers Say Dying Sun Will Engulf Earth · · Score: 1

    I'll be long dead by the time it happens, however it happens.

  23. Plaster City? on X-Wing Rocket Launches, Disintegrates · · Score: 1

    What I find amazing is that there's really a place called Plaster City.

  24. Re:Twio issues on Australia Cracked US Combat Aircraft Codes · · Score: 1

    Kim has resigned from politics so probably doesn't give a shit.
    Still, it does illustrate how the US treats its so called allies.

  25. Web site on Entry-Level Astronomy? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have a look at http://iceinspace.com.au/ while it's run out of Australia, there are members worldwide.
    'Where to start' is a common question there.