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  1. Re:That... on iTunes Music Store hits Billionth Download · · Score: 1

    Most probably he slit his wrists.

  2. Re:REXX support on Keeping the OS/2 Flame Alive · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, on Windows there's nothing to stop REXX calling COM methods.

  3. Turin on Interview with One of ENIACs Inventors · · Score: 1

    He's the daddy!

  4. Re:People will moan and bitch about more free stuf on Google Windows Apps Coming To Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm just guessing but presumably they make money when you order prints from Picasa? e.g. Kodak pay them a referral fee?

  5. Re:Dragon 32 on What Was Your First Computer? · · Score: 1

    My first computer also. Pretty crap graphics and sound capabilities, but the 6809 was a great little processor.

  6. Re:For those of us who are unaware... on ReactOS Code Audit · · Score: 1

    Microsoft (presumably) use Visual C. I'm guessing that ReactOS uses GCC? If this is the case I think it's highly unlikely that both would produce the same output.

  7. Re:Not just Sweden on Sweden To Be Oil-Free By 2020 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's a good reason the US doesn't have the mass transporation of European countries.

    The United States is bigger than all of them put together.

    According to the CIA World Factbook the USA is 9,631,418 sq km. According to Wikipedia Europe is 10,030,000 sq km.

  8. Re:Awful default TTS on IBM Strives For 'Superhuman' Speech Tech · · Score: 1

    I know what you mean. I remember the speech functionality that came with my Amiga in 1989 was superior.

  9. Re:x86: Intel's biggest mistake on Intel Dumps Iitanium's x86 Hardware Compatibility · · Score: 1

    It was still a shit design!

  10. Re:Security by design on Mac users 'too smug' Over Security? · · Score: 1

    Remember the original Unix worm from 1988? That targetted BSD-derived versions of Unix and pretty much ground the internet (pretty small in those days!) to a halt.

    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

    Oh, and the Mac runs a BSD-derivative doesn't it :-)

  11. Re:Better than US GPS? on Galileo Sends Its First Signals · · Score: 1

    1m can make a lot of difference when landing!

  12. Re:Advantage? on Galileo Sends Its First Signals · · Score: 1

    9/11

  13. Re:Politics on Galileo Sends Its First Signals · · Score: 1

    Also, current GPS is currently useless for people like aircraft pilots, where accuracy is necessary.

  14. Re:Better than US GPS? on Galileo Sends Its First Signals · · Score: 1

    Try telling that to an airplane pilot!!!

  15. Re:Not another video player on A Look at Google DRM · · Score: 1

    Or the ffmpeg library for that matter.

  16. Re:Unnecessary ...WOW! A plane traveling at.... on Warp Engines In Development? · · Score: 1

    Unladen swallows?

  17. Seems to be available on Windows Update now on Microsoft to Patch WMF Exploit Early · · Score: -1, Troll

    Click here to download.

  18. Re:DICE is the proof? on Hot Tech Skills For 2006? · · Score: 1

    What has Dillons Integrated C Environment got to do with it?

  19. PRINCE MEGAHIT on Review: Prince of Persia - The Two Thrones · · Score: 1

    I wonder if it still works?

  20. Re:Atari Innaccuracy on 30 Years of Personal Computer Market Share · · Score: 1

    Erm, the Amiga could read PC disks just fine. DOS2DOS was around when I bought my first Amiga (1988?). However, the reverse was not true (PC could read Amiga disks). The Atari was popular for music apps because it had built in midi ports!

  21. Re:No Mac Clones on 30 Years of Personal Computer Market Share · · Score: 1

    What about Mac emulators? They were very popular on the Amiga, and run as fast as a real Mac because it used the same CPU.

  22. Re:Dramatic Final Episode on Reality TV "Astronauts" Lift Off · · Score: 1

    In libel cases it's only the lawyers that ever win.

  23. Re:I'm to be subjected to this language on Build a Program Now · · Score: 1

    Consider yourself lucky! I bet the majorority of people here had to learn Pascal!

  24. Re:The Slowness Of Java on Quake2 Ported to Java, Play Via the Web · · Score: 1

    I've never had a problem with Azureus, and only 256Mb here. Maybe you need to update your JVM?

  25. Re:Concerned, but delighted on Google Blocks Porn In Base, Patches Appliance · · Score: 1

    Also "The Foundation"

    Interesting article here.