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  1. Re:wga has yet to be cracked on Lawsuit Claims WGA Is Spyware · · Score: 1

    Don't feed the trolls.

    winlogin.exe (?) was patched years back and people have no problem patching, I mean replacing WGA with a better version.

  2. Re:Parents are always worried, it never changes... on Has Texting Replaced Talking For Teens? · · Score: 1

    You say that but, with predictive texting, I write my msgs wout ne shthand. Sorry, I write my messages without any shorthand. A lot of words are actually less keypresses and the 140 charater limit is redundant on modern phones.

  3. Re:Too much of a hassle on Drop in P2P Traffic Attributed To Traffic Shaping · · Score: 1

    You're doing it wrong. A little knowledge of the 'scene' goes a long way. A lot of knowledge means you are never disappointed after finding the files you want after less than 3 minutes searching.

  4. Re:Kill your cable on An End To Unencrypted Digital Cable TV and the HTPC · · Score: 1

    P2P streaming is next and only 2 seconds behind the broadcast. Watch this one explode soon sports fans...

  5. Re:This is high school? on Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days · · Score: 1

    English, I mean British here!

    Same as that. Sewing/textiles/cooking was also called Home Economics. Wookworking and metalwork drove me into engineering. This was from the age of 10.

    I continued piano, I mean music, until I was 16 as one of those 'fun' subjects. Massively enjoyed it with my fellow 6 students (5 girls, mmmmm). Gained a GCSE that I've never used apart from it being brought up in job interviews.

    American edjumacation sounds great!

  6. Re:Class scheduling is hard work, yo! on Bug Means High School Students' Schedule Errors May Last Days · · Score: 1

    You joke but that's how it was done 20 years ago. Maybe not the hotel and whiskey side...

  7. Re:wait... on Depression May Provide Cognitive Advantages · · Score: 1

    No short-term violence is the answer (see my previous post). Why top yourself when everyone else is the problem?

    I think I should book another appointment.

  8. Re:Speaking from personal experience on Depression May Provide Cognitive Advantages · · Score: 1

    I suffer regularly from clinical depression. Check my up and down posting history!

    Speaking from personal experience too, I suffer from violent fantasies during my depressive states. The answer to most problems involves short-term violence. Thank fuck I can still reason with myself or a lot of people around here would have pencils jammed up their noses. :)

    No one wants depression. Using it to solve problems is not an option for me. Unless the problem involves killing someone. Maybe a career as a hitman is my vocation?

    Happy, happy, joy, joy.

  9. Re:Non-Flash Equivalent on US Fed Gov. Says All Music Downloads Are Theft · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love these CBT flash thingies.

    I was asked to 'install' one not so long back. It was for a National Grid Electrical Safety Rules. There were 100 questions and a printable certificate at the end.

    On my third attempt, I got 96%. Higher than all the proper electrical engineers around here (I'm a keyboard monkey). My certificate is pinned to the wall. I am qualified. Really, I am, the computer told me so.

  10. Re:Blimps on High-Tech Blimps Earning Their Wings · · Score: 1

    Drones use lots of fuel? Why?

    I went flying one day and stayed up in the sky for over an hour. We used no fuel. The owner called it a glider.

  11. Re:How about negative reviews? on Gaming the App Store · · Score: 1

    It's happening more and more over the internet. Just the other day I was offered a Greasemonkey script that marked every forum post, that was not connected with my favourite sports team, 1 star. The rankings on the site are now pointless; poisoned out of existance.

  12. Re:Decriminalization in Light of the Drug War on Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession · · Score: 1

    Looking around me, cannabis props up the sagging car industry more than Al-Qaeda. BWM is popular around here along with Lexus. Most is grown in the spare bedroom or, on a large scale, in a whole 3-bedroom house. Once again, I talk about the UK.

  13. Re:RROD is all about heat on Xbox 360 Failure Rate Is 54.2% · · Score: 1

    Same as that and everyone else I know who has a owned a 360. Don't put it on the carpet, don't put it in a cupboard, don't leave it on your bed,... Mine is on a big shelf, in the open. Some days, at the weekend, it can be on from 9am til gone midnight.

    I know anecdotal, me too, don't do it,...

  14. Re:"People..." on Predicting Malicious Web Attacks · · Score: 1

    Not sure I get your Ptech link but it reminded me of something.

    We used to get targetted many, many moons ago by people searching Google for "phpBB version x.y.z". If you want to predict web attacks, Google says:

    Results 1 - 20 of about 80,600,000 for "phpbb version x.y.z"

  15. Re:EPA on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: 1

    What? Explain yourself!

  16. Re:don't name by person just makes it harder to do on Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations? · · Score: 1

    As I said below, my company does the same.

    e.g.

    ebtgp3 or iydbdg

    Read them out, over the phone, and enjoy the sick humour.

  17. Re:KISS on Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations? · · Score: 1

    Do what they do at my place. Six random characters, for example: 3dpbgt and iyebdb (say them in your head). Oh the fun on the phone to desktop support.

    I bet the man who though of this no longer works here. I bet he's still laughing too.

  18. Re:DLC is used to fight second hand sales on Are Game Consoles Ruining DLC? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Probably true, makes sense anyway.

    Why don't they understand price though?

    I've been waiting for Assassins Creed on the 360 to drop below £10 second hand. This is the price I think it is worth and I know I can resell it for maybe £5 in a months time without issue. I can get it for £10 on eBay today. The local shops have it at £12, or £20 if you buy two games.

    Just this week Live have the whole game on DLC for £20 with a resale value of £0.

    Any child under 10 could tell you which is the best deal. Even if you explain the two day wait for a mail order purchase they'll understand. I'm nearly 40, so why do they take me for a mug?

  19. Re:Lottery, Stock Market, Gambling--All Sucker Gam on BetOnSports Founder Pleads Guilty To Racketeering · · Score: 1

    I lost a fiver on the English football today. Out of the 10 bets I made over the weekend, I won 3 of them but, most importantly, I lost the last one of the day. I'll probably lose another fiver next week and the week after that. These one pound bets hopefully wont bankrupt me.

    I wont play the lottery though because the odds are rubbish. The odds at a bookmakers is the game. If the bookmaker has it wrong then this where my money goes. And believe me, they do get it wrong often. If only I could gamble with hindsight!

    In the UK there is no such thing as a poor bookmaker and we all know it. You can even be the bookmaker on some websites but I'm not a hardcore gambler, so this is not for me.

  20. Re:Like a Word doc with "Track Changes" on... on Google Wave Preview Opens Up On Sept 30th · · Score: 1

    Forget Google's web implementation. It will be nice, clean and usable but I'd think most people would use a proper client with bells and whistles. Much like hardcore email users do today.

  21. Re:What is it? on Google Wave Preview Opens Up On Sept 30th · · Score: 1

    If it is not backward compatible with email or IM then someone will have to write a bot to handle that side of things.

    I see the bot-writing thing as Google's, or any other vendor's, main earner.

  22. Yeah on How To Stop Businesses Storing SSNs Indefinitely? · · Score: 1

    1. I wrote to the company, explained that our relationship had ended, quoted the data protection act and asked them to wipe all data held about me using a qualified database administrator.

    We don't call them SSN here though. They are called NI numbers.

  23. Re:"But it might be possible... on A Planet That Orbits Its Star the Wrong Way · · Score: 1

    +5 Informative. Well done!

    But what exactly is this showing?

  24. Re:ïI might vote for them, but it is futile on Why the UK Needs the Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    And who modded you funny? This is exactly why many people voting BNP.

  25. Re:Protected!? on Man Jailed After Using LimeWire For ID Theft · · Score: 1

    The folder containing the tax return spreadsheet was actually hidden. And named "secret". Probably.