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  1. Re:Dealing with incomprehensible patents. on Talk To a European Patent Examiner · · Score: 1

    On a similar note, would you support a European Directive mandating the use of plain language in official documents, including patents?

  2. Re:Shoulder buttons did it to me on Thumbs Are the New Fingers for GameBoy Youth · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, very interesting. That's exactly the opposite of what I'd expected: that the Playstation joypad with no fewer than four shoulder buttons would actually make the index and middle fingers more dextrous.

  3. Re:I feel your pain... on Nethack 3.4.0 · · Score: 1
    You only have one life
    You've obviously not seen this then:

    You destroy the Uruk-hai! But wait...--More--
    The Uruk-hai's medallion begins to glow!--More--
    The Uruk-hai looks much better!--More--
    The medallion crumbles to dust!

    The "standard" method of identifying the amulet of life saving.

  4. Re:Already available in UK on Self-Heating Can · · Score: 1
    My dad and I got a couple of these cans from a friend on the way back from an open day at the University of Sheffield. I live near Portsmouth, so it's a very long drive home. A can of coffee came as a welcome pick-me-up and refreshment.

    However, I thought the coffee itself wasn't too good. I normally take sugar with my coffee, but this coffee is so weak (or possibly milky) that I can do without. Not good.

  5. Re:*fix* Re:I installed RealPlayer recently... on Fair Software Installation · · Score: 1

    "This is also a nice way to disable the annoying "Critica Update Notification!!!" from popping up in the middle of a Counterstrike / Tribes2 tournament." In TweakUI there's a "Stop programs from stealing focus" option, which is supposed to prevent that sort of thing. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to apply to programs closing the Start menu just by opening a new window.

  6. Re:Open Source IE on Microsoft Seeks Dismissal with 9 Dissenting States · · Score: 1
    I would guess that the reason it loads faster is because more of itself is already loaded as part of windows.
    No surprise that Mozilla is just as fast if you use the Quick Launch option (from 0.9.8 at least).