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  1. Are you taking the piss out of me ?? on Bill Gates Endorses Water From Human Waste · · Score: 1

    We drink filtered rain water from our tank, beautiful.
    After drinking some really bad water from various water treatment plants in cities and towns around Australia, can't go past rain water.
    There are a few water recycling plants in SE Queensland, but generally for non-drinking purposes.
    All my life I've known water is the most important ingredient for life.
    I thought Bill was a straight, never picked him for watersports (urophilia)

  2. can't fly straight on Study: Birds Slur Their Songs When Drunk, Just Like Humans · · Score: 1

    hey they can't fly straight either
    (really)

  3. Re:not just many eyes on 2014: The Year We Learned How Vulnerable Third-Party Code Libraries Are · · Score: 1

    hang on those dozen packages might still be reliant on the same broken library.

  4. come fly with me on Aircraft Responsible For 2.5% of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions · · Score: 1

    My partner wants us to fly all over the world and see all those wonderful places.
    I couldn't give a rats, because airplanes punch big holes in the sky and pollute like crazy.
    Thanks for putting a number on what I have felt for all of my life.

  5. f f f f fashion on Is the Tablet Market In Outright Collapse? Data Suggests Yes · · Score: 1

    Who says marketing doesn't work,
    they make it fashionable, sell lots, then bring in the next fashion.

    You're a flock of sheep.
    If they herded you to the edge of the cliff, you'd be all too happy to jump. .... sent from my rusty old beige box with the side off

  6. I'm a happy guy now on The Open Office Is Destroying the Workplace · · Score: 2

    Last job as a bench tech, I'd finish the required work, then do my own projects.
    The in shelves were empty, the out shelves were full, customers were happy,
    but the boss let me go.
    Now I can listen to Frank Zappa loud through speakers instead of quiet ear buds.

    "I'm a happy guy now on the day shift at the utility muffin research kitchen,
    arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a fully-charged icing anointment utensil."

  7. karma on Sony Demands Press Destroy Leaked Documents · · Score: 1

    First thing a lawyer thinks of is a non-disclosure to limit the damage.
    NDCs should be illegal. Transparency everywhere.

    If they did it and public knowledge is damaging,
    they caused the damage by their actions
    and deserve the karma to come back and bite them on the bum.

  8. predicted 10 years ago on Linking Drought and Climate Change: Difficult To Do · · Score: 1

    According to this modelling done 10 years ago

    http://thinkprogress.org/clima...

    it's not as simple as global warming
    I stopped using the term global warming ages ago
    and instead use the term extreme climate

    quote
    " ... we cannot say that climate change caused a particular drought, but only that it is expected to increase the frequency, intensity, and duration of drought in some regions and that such changes are being observed ... "

    More cyclones = more cyclone swells = more surf = great

    surfs up dudes

    and yes I blame man because of the rapid changes in extreme climate

  9. Azureus on Hollywood's Secret War With Google · · Score: 1

    Right next to this story is Sourceforge top downloads.
    3rd is Azureus bit torrent client.
    Not that we would use bit torrent to pirate, only share Linux dvd images.

    Arrrrr
    Where's yr buccaneers
    on yr buckin ead

  10. pirate bay un|blocked on Australia Pushes Ahead With Website Blocking In Piracy Fight · · Score: 2

    took a few minutes to circumvent the block yesterday
    justfuckingoogleit

    https://proxybay.info/

    take your choice

  11. same in OZ on Taxi Medallion Prices Plummet Under Pressure From Uber · · Score: 1

    We have a similar 'fixed' taxi system which creates the artificially high value of taxi plates.
    But it also includes expensive taxi insurance for high mileage, high risk which Uber drivers don't have to pay.
    So use at your own risk, you may not be covered by their comprehensive insurance in case of accident.

  12. man cave on Ask Slashdot: Making a 'Wife Friendly' Gaming PC? · · Score: 1

    OK
    you just got married
    first thing to do is get a man cave,
    put a beer fridge in cave,
    and a work bench and some tools,
    and a comfy old lounge,
    and a sound system, big screen,
    card table / chairs

    if all you can think about is gaming,
    you must be over the sex thing

  13. microscopic guys on Graphene May Top Kevlar As a Bullet-Stopping Material · · Score: 1

    Microscopic guys wrapped in microscopic graphene body armour,
    protected from microscopic bullets.

    It's the way of the future man.

    I want some of what he's smoking.

  14. Re:Well if two google engineers say so on Two Google Engineers Say Renewables Can't Cure Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Dinosaur business models just go broke, who cares, the world moves on.
    What happened to the horse and cart ? We had less shit on the streets and the shit kickers went out of business.
    Our old inefficient steel mills went out of business and those cities struggled to re-invent themselves.
    Mining towns have become ghost towns when their mines became unprofitable. Just a quick shift in global prices and they shut down.
    How much warning do you need to pull your money invested in coal shares ?
    How fast do they go off-line ? Really fast ?
    The business / financial world moves really fast and they move to the next money maker. And they don't give a rats, only interested in their profits. For how long do you throw good money after bad ?
    We don't care where the power comes from, so long as it comes. My solar cells make my power bill lower, that's all I'm concerned about.
    I have notice a number of Reg articles supporting old school, non-green, climate deniers.
    People at The Reg need to pull their heads out of their asses.

  15. Re:The number one thing on Ask Slashdot: Minimizing Oil and Gas Dependency In a Central European City? · · Score: 1

    got your own solar water heater ??
    No they're not very good for the area a standard solar water heater uses
    and they often need a gas or electric boost to make the shower nice and toasty.
    We're in Brisbane with an abundance of sunshine, still need boost.
    Hang on are you talking solar thermal power storage, the molten salt stuff, don't think so, they're industrial sized.
    I've looked at water distillation/purification and it takes a reasonable area to give a good quantity of water.
    http://www.fcubed.com.au/
    We've got some solar voltaics but you need a large array to make a decent amount of power,
    no way is it free energy.

    Go for the wind power, get some batteries, check out Edison batteries, NiFe, made in China, run some of your devices with DC - lighting, computer(s), audio, etc, collect farts to run a generator.

    The best way to heat is good thermal building design, insulation and thermal mass collecting solar energy.
    Sell up and move down under or just suck it up.

  16. collect tax when the money is spent on Amazon's Luxembourg Tax Deals · · Score: 1

    If banks became the tax collectors in the country of purchase/payment, taxes would be payed where they belong.

    GST is currently collected by the companies who want to minimise their tax spend.
    Banks don't care, it's not their money, and they're really good at grabbing other peoples money.

    Simplify tax laws, tax a reasonable amount in the first place, don't have tax refunds.

  17. Re:The US tech industry on Ballmer Says Amazon Isn't a "Real Business" · · Score: 1

    That's the entire CPU industry minus these guys.
    What clock speed, no clock !!
    144 processors in one chip for $20

    Moore's Law (Chuck Moore)
    Less is Moore

    http://www.greenarraychips.com...

  18. Re:Balmer is a smart man. on Ballmer Says Amazon Isn't a "Real Business" · · Score: 1

    Ballmer's a dick who talks crap, and Severus Snape is obviously young because he can't spell. Ballmer put Micro$oft down the toilet.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

  19. Debian on Ask Slashdot: Software Issue Tracking Transparency - Good Or Bad? · · Score: 1

    I have used Debian for nearly 20 years because they hang the dirty washing out for all to see. Point your marketing team to Debian. I have always been very happy with their bug fixes and transparent development cycle.

  20. induced coma on Fasting Triggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged, Old Immune System · · Score: 1

    I was put on a heart lung machine in an induced coma for three days when suffering congestive cardiac failure.
    Came out feeling great, as well as seeing flying elephants up around the ceiling when I was coming to.

  21. China's putting us to shame on Fixing China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions For Them · · Score: 1

    A tariff collected in the importing country doesn't contribute to China's efforts to install more solar or wind turbines.
    China is currently installing massive amounts of solar and wind generation capacity.
    They appreciate future savings and independence from imports.
    Solar is cheaper now because it is made in China.

    Just look at Australia's dumb government, a pack of climate change doubters.
    Going backwards on carbon trading, undoing incentives to install green energy.

  22. put in the hard yards on Consumers Not Impressed With 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    3d design and modelling isn't for the faint hearted.
    In this world of digital consumers, not as many are digital makers.
    Taking those steps from concept to real solid output has a complicated tool chain.
    It might become easy to copy existing items when software can take a photo
    and convert it to a solid object with one click.
    But creation from an idea will always be for those willing to put in the hard yards.

  23. cheap assed bludgers on F.C.C., In Net Neutrality Turnaround, Plans To Allow Fast Lane · · Score: 1

    The internet is expensive in infrastructure, management, security and power requirements.
    We must accept that sending a video across the globe costs real money and carbon pollution.
    Why should little old ladies sending a couple of emails subsidise an idiot constantly streaming HD video.

  24. Re:Wow... in my house I avoid WiFi for critical li on Wi-Fi Problems Dog Apple-Samsung Trial · · Score: 1

    Yep I've got a blue wire under by desk, but she believes in wi-fi and just seeks my help and advice every time she looses connection, such is life.

  25. shares are investment in a company on Australia May 'Pause' Trades To Tackle High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 1

    This is the wrong approach. Shares are there to provide capital for a company to do something. Make the investor leave the investment in the company for a minimum of one month. This will cause people to be more careful in their investments and change the focus to what the company is going to do in the longer term, not immediate speculative gain.