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  1. Re:silly made up word on Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Protein ... and Now Fat · · Score: 1

    best tell the japanese....

  2. Re:Wikipedia?! on ImageShack Hacked, Security Groups Threatened · · Score: 1

    yes. thought it was me.

  3. Re:Guilty conscience? on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 1

    ALERT! Difference of opinion expressed! For god sake, what's with mods these days?

  4. Re:yeah, and? on Cheap Scanners Can "Fingerprint" Paper · · Score: 3, Informative
  5. Re:For the Record on BBC Micro Creators Reunite In London · · Score: 1

    me neither...

  6. Astrology is garbage on Should Scientists Date People Who Believe Astrology? · · Score: 1

    I realised that commercial astrology was just a money making machine when Jonathon Cainer was interviewed by Jools Holland at the new year hotteny-wotsit, and said something like "it will be interesting to see how much influence the newly discovered sedna has on our lives". What, you mean, now you know it's there? Surely it would always have had an affect?

  7. Re:Solution?: Use DRAM SSD for email storage on Corporations Face Problems with Employee Emails · · Score: 2, Interesting
  8. Re:Just shift deleted items to another's sister si on Call For Halt To Wikipedia Webcomic Deletions · · Score: 1

    I agree. The policies towards trivia are a little harsh; if I'm bothering to go to wikipedia to look something up, then it's probably the trivial I want to know. Take the Simpsons or South Park; being British, I often don't get the "in" jokes, and I want to know why they're funny.... I've always thought that wikipedia should record everything possible about a subject, and if that causes long articles, so be it. Splitting articles into numerous pages is even more annoying. Still using a modem, if I download a page, disconnect, read it, then find that the info I want is actually in a sub-article really irritates me....

  9. Re:Not surprising on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 1

    It's GoLive code, I believe.

  10. Desktops are made in Hungary on Replacing a Thinkpad? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The last lot of Lenovo desktops we brought were made in Hungary. Get one of them instead...

  11. Re:Good on Law Student Web Forum: Free Speech Gone too Far? · · Score: 3, Informative

    But that's not the issue here - there is nothing wrong with criticising others in public, but if you actually read the article (it's a lot to ask, i know), there's a lot more at stake than make factual claims about an individuals shortcomings.

  12. Re:Good on Law Student Web Forum: Free Speech Gone too Far? · · Score: 1

    Not under English Law at the very least: one should not defame an individual in a manner which causes them loss in their trade or profession, or causes a reasonable person to think worse of them.

  13. Re:Slander anyone? on Law Student Web Forum: Free Speech Gone too Far? · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's libel in this context.

  14. 1997 called... on Law Student Web Forum: Free Speech Gone too Far? · · Score: 3, Funny
    It wants it's forum software back...

    That really is the most god awful website i've seen in years, and putting aside the fact that the presentation is horrendous, I'm concerned that this is what passes for my fellow law students.....

  15. Re:Predictable Reaction on UK Taps 439,000 Phones, Now Wants To Monitor MPs · · Score: 1

    Wow, common sense for once! You must be new here :D

  16. Re:One wiretap for every twelve crimes? on UK Taps 439,000 Phones, Now Wants To Monitor MPs · · Score: 1
    >> I'd be interested to know how many convictions involved wiretap evidence.

    None. Wiretap evidence is inadmissable in court.

  17. Re:The UK is a parliamentary dictatorship on UK Taps 439,000 Phones, Now Wants To Monitor MPs · · Score: 1

    It was withheld last in 1708 by Anne. The 1999 action was not withholding assent, she refused to allow it to be heard. And as a ten minute bill, it was not a significant piece of legislation, more the personal plans of a single MP.

  18. Re:The UK is a parliamentary dictatorship on UK Taps 439,000 Phones, Now Wants To Monitor MPs · · Score: 1

    I addressed this in my other post in this thread, but the House of Commons can pass law without the House of Lords (see the recent hunting act), and Royal Assent is pretty much a given. While I agree that it still has to be passed by the House of Commons, it is possible to bypass it altogether. In times of "national emergency", the Civil Contingencies Act allows Parliament to use the Privy Council to enact legislation.

  19. Re:The UK is a parliamentary dictatorship on UK Taps 439,000 Phones, Now Wants To Monitor MPs · · Score: 1

    We don't need the House of Lords. The House of Commons can pass a bill for a second time to become law, even if the HoL rejects it. Also, Royal Assent has not been withheld since the 1700's.

  20. Sterilising Baby's bottles on Microwave Experiments Cause Sponge Disasters · · Score: 4, Informative

    of course, those of us with children and bottle sterlisers know that placing water and objects in a microwave leads to the steam cleaning them... "well duh" was my reaction when i saw this "news" item yesterday....

  21. Re:Now we can get the RIGHT version made !!! on Peter Jackson Will Not Be Making The Hobbit · · Score: 1

    Actually, that was the one part of the film that continually bothered me. The Agent Smith character is so strong in my mind, I kept expecting him to say "Good Morning Mr Baggins" or something.

  22. Re:Police found fake card. on Man Used MP3 Player To Hack Cash Machines · · Score: 1

    erm... you could always carry the credit card sized portion in your wallet, couldn't you?? I got pulled over once for having "intermittent brakelights", and they were quite happy only seeing one half of my license. They were quite happy with it when my wife got pulled over on New Years Eve for "driving overly cautiously" too.

  23. Assembly Language Step By Step on What Good Technical Books Adorn Your Library? · · Score: 1
    http://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Language-Step-step- Programming/dp/0471375233

    This is the only book on Assembly you need, and it covers linux at the back.

  24. Re:What's printed on the T-shirt? on Scientists Create Air Guitar T-shirt · · Score: 1

    Denied!

  25. Re:Network Adminstrator on Are IT Job Titles Getting Out of Control? · · Score: 1

    Network Admin here. To the vast majority of the 1200 people I deal with, the servers are the network. I do the lot, LAN, WAN, Servers, clients, software. I suppose technically I should be a 'Systems' admin.....