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  1. Re:FoxPro for DOS 2.6 on How To Write Unmaintainable Code · · Score: 1

    We're still using FoxBase. I *wish* we was using Fox 2.6 for DOS.

  2. Re:Iain M. Banks on Top 20 Geek Novels · · Score: 1

    Couldn't agree more. I only recently discovered Banks. Amazing stuff. Hadn't read such an 'addictive' novel for ages.

  3. Re:Great! on Drink Decaf and Die · · Score: 1

    You should lay off the Red Bull for your teeth's sake! The boost comes largely from the sugar content.

  4. Re:A monopoly is a monopoly on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Did the US invent the WWW too? I think not. It was a British guy working in Switzerland.

  5. Re:and who better than the US... on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Because the US government doesn't spy on its people does it? VOIP? No problem, as long as the Feds can listen in.

  6. Re:How about Safehouse? on How Long to Crack an 'Encrypted' HD? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not true (yet). That part of the RIPA Act is not yet in force, probably due to the fact it's would be unworkable in practise.

    I forgot the password Your Honour!

    Now prove I haven't. Also you have to remember that real terrorists probably have quite strong convictions and wouldn't easily give up a password that would damage their cause.

  7. Re:Young's Double Chocolate Stout on Nestle Patents Coffee Beer · · Score: 1

    Not all chocolate stouts have chocolate in them (but the smooth toasted malt gives a chocolaty flavour), however Youngs does:

    Young's Double Chocolate Stout has an intriguing twist. Chocolate malt and real dark chocolate are combined with Young's award winning rich, full flavoured dark beer to craft a satisfyingly indulgent, but never overly sweet experience.

    Pale ale and crystal malt, chocolate malt, special blend of sugars, Fuggle and Goldings hops, real dark chocolate and chocolate essence.


    Mmmmmm!

  8. Re:RTFA on Nestle Patents Coffee Beer · · Score: 1

    People have been using coffee as an ingredient in stouts for years!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_stout

  9. Re:What will LAMP's success mean to M$? on Apache Webserver Surpasses 50 Million Website Mark · · Score: 2, Informative

    4 GB maximum database size

    Looks a bit like MS SQL Desktop Engine. That's been around for a while - originally bundled with Visual Studio, some Office versions and other MS stuff, but downloadable recently-ish from MS for free.

  10. Re:Copy protection is pointless on Disney Encrypting Screener DVDs to Prevent Piracy · · Score: 1

    Just use a IR filter. But every camcorded film I've ever seen is crap quality. What with the shitty quality people getting up for the toilet during the movie...

  11. Re:Can common/civil law override these licenses? on End User License Gems · · Score: 1

    Or one that violates your statutory rights (you do have this concept in the states, right?).

  12. Re:Unloading ships? on Ships Turned Away As Aussie Customs' IT System Melts Down · · Score: 1

    Not in Australia. It wasn't 'discovered' until the 18th century.

  13. Re:My karma can stand it on Homer Becomes Omar · · Score: 1

    I think you meant: Many grocery stores in the world are run by people from southern India.

  14. Re:No firewire! on Ars Technica Vivisects A Video iPod · · Score: 1

    More like: Nobody has firewire, but everyone has USB.

  15. Re:I wonder on The Problems with Broadband in America · · Score: 1

    FYI the French situation as you describe it is exactly the same in the UK.

  16. Re:20 years? on Pillows Dangerous for Your Health · · Score: 1

    No childhood nosebleed stains? Mine have a few...

  17. Re:Genetic Engineering... on RFID Tags to Track Your Food · · Score: 2, Funny

    Speak for yourself, banana boy! :)

  18. Re:not new at all on Lloyds TSB Pushing New Online Security Protocol · · Score: 1

    Er, no they don't.

  19. Re:57 years late on Happy 60th Birthday IBM Research · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm pretty sure Turing's first computers at Manchester University had magnetic storage too, and that would pre-date 1955 (possibly the Enigma cracking machines had magnetic storage too?)

  20. Re:uk.co.ackwards.bass on Internet Power Struggle Reaching Climax · · Score: 1

    IIRC the UK has always used .co.uk. uk.com is something entirely different and not a UK domain.

  21. Re:Value for Paris, None For Us on Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn't Add Up · · Score: 2, Interesting

    trip to a photo processing place
    Huh? Who uses those. Use an on-line photo printer. Delivered to your door in a day or two and probably cheaper too (one of them always has a special offer on).

  22. Re:Unintended consequence of regulation and contro on Consultant Convicted For Non-Invasive Site Access · · Score: 1

    Normal police don't carry guns but some specially trained ones do (anti-terrorism). Also major police stations have armed rapid responce units.

  23. Re:Nice. on Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've had luck unzipping the extension, changing the version number in the XML file and re-zipping.

  24. Re:TV problem on BBC Releases P2P TV Client Test · · Score: 1

    He said cable, i.e the local cable channel broadcast BBC 1&2. It was the same when I was living as a student (I'm British) in the Netherlands. I assumed the local cable channel had made a deal with the BBC. BBC seemed quite popular with the Dutch (in general the Dutch have excelent English language skills).

  25. Re:Unlimited Use on 24 Mb Consumer Broadband Launched · · Score: 1

    Nah, I was using unmetered dialup for years. I paid a flat fee of GBP 9.99 a month.