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  1. Re:uuuuuu...huh? on Serenity Trailer Finally Released · · Score: 1

    Because when it comes down to it, most of us would rather have sweet explosions and bass while watching battles in space than sit there listening to silence for half the movie... If you're really that worried about realism in a movie, maybe you should stick to documentaries?

  2. Re:Well, in all fairness on Microsoft's Tips for Buying an MP3 Player · · Score: 3, Informative

    Please introduce yourself to the wonderful new technology of NiMH... only NiCd need complete discharge cycles to maintain full capacity.

  3. Re:Bend over Aussies and... on Australia-U.S. Trade Agreement Takes First Strike · · Score: 1

    "Our" beer is safe, most of it is either owned by New Zealand(Lion Nathan) or Japanese corps...

  4. Re:Bonus sneakpeek of... on 'Make' Premier Issue · · Score: 1

    You know renaming a bitmap file to .jpg dosn't actually make it a real jpeg file

  5. Re:How can they sleep at night...? on FBI Warns: Many Tsunami Relief Pleas Are Fake · · Score: 1

    Don't deal with passable english? You must have a hard time buying PC hardware, or do you just avoid reading all the included manuals?

  6. Re:Two questions - read programmers on Examining Bittorrent · · Score: 1

    Possibly, or it could be your ISP shaping the bittorrent ports, as a few have been caught doing already.

    I typically max my dl speed (160k/s) but im always upping close to max as well.

    Try using an alternate client (azureus.sf.net) or similar that lets you change ports from default if you arn't already.

  7. Re:Hello, paranoid much? on Gunshot Tracking Cameras to be Deployed in LA · · Score: 1

    Exactly my thoughts, why did this stupid bit need to be included on the end of the post? Should we have all news posts like: This developer says they will support linux, but their previous work on windows systems seems to suggest otherwise?

  8. Re:**Warning Spoilers** on Review: Half-Life 2 · · Score: 1

    Spoiler! >> A short way into the game you can read some newspapers and you'll notice that earth's governments have (since the end of HL1) surrendered to the Combine and now apparently work with them to quell resistance.

  9. Re:I want to, but should I? on Review: Half-Life 2 · · Score: 1

    Yes you do, but you can also burn off the steam directory to a dvd or a few cd's if you really want to keep it on physical media.

  10. Re:no no no on Hacking Vodka · · Score: 1

    There's also Arak from indonesia, which is made from fermented palm sugar. Tastes a lot different to Uozo, it's generally drunk mixed with cola.

  11. Re:Then they need to...... on Wilco on P2P, Digital Music and the Internet · · Score: 1

    I think it was more a contract based limitation (i.e. agreement with their record company not to sell stuff behind their backs) wheras they may have gotten around the clause by "giving" it away for charity.

  12. Re:In other news... on Disney to Make Toy Story 3 Without Pixar · · Score: 1

    They were good movies, but the stories for all three were taken from elsewhere, mostly all disney had to do was draw some animation.

  13. Re:Mod chips? on Building a Linux XBOX Cluster · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I know in Australia at least a judge ruled a while back that modchips are legal, and I know several large* companies that offer them here.

    *not large as in wal-mart, but large as in major electronic part suppliers.

  14. Re:Finally enough horsepower... on RC4 Code Achieves 319 MB/s On AMD64 Opteron · · Score: 1

    Don't worry about running it yet, the 3drealms crew seem to be having trouble *compiling* it.

  15. Re:Largest network in the southern hemisphere? on Australian Government Agency Moves Towards Linux · · Score: 1

    Huh? You're claiming a *national* govt. dept processing welfare payments, student payments/assistance, healthcare assistance, employment services and many other services, with multiple offices in every large town, let alone city and state has less nodes than the dept of education in just victoria?

    I'd like your to show your sources for such a claim...

  16. Re:Is anyone else torn between... on Half Life 2 Goes Gold · · Score: 1

    Yes because Sierra has almost nothing to do with the Steam side of things, they are dealing with the physical distribution, Valve are running steam.

  17. Scary to think people actually take them seriously on Neopets Gambling Controversy · · Score: 1

    Anyone who watches Today Tonight or A Current Afair, with the least bit of intelligence knows they are nothing more than trouble makers who almost always take the most controversial side of arguments just to generate viewing numbers and get people angry. The fact that major corporations (McDonalds) actually listen to them is really scary if you consider the amount of unprofessional journalism and general lack of any real understanding of the stories subjects they use every week.

  18. Re:Tin foil hats for everyone!! on Google Desktop Search Functions As Spyware · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Someone using a single user OS like Home shouldn't really be worried about having unprotected files against local users.

  19. Re:Anyone have a working copy? on First JPEG Virus Posted To Usenet · · Score: 2, Informative

    As of writing the latest clamAV (windows ver) with latest virus DB does NOT find this.

  20. Re:power of boycott on Ireland Cracks Down on Online Scammers · · Score: 1

    How many legitimate companies with overpriced premium only phone lines would be on small south pacific islands? Incase for some reason there is, customers can get the number whitelisted anyway.

  21. Re:Nice attempt... but competitor's already there! on XM Radio Plans Online Music Service · · Score: 1

    That's why I like audioscrobbler it loads as a plugin to your favourite media player and creates lists of people with similar interests to your own, you can then view their play lists and find new songs you might never hear of otherwise.

  22. Re:lucky on New Google Toolbar Brings Browse By Name · · Score: 1

    Hmm it's worked for me in Windows since quite a few versions before 0.9.3, you haven't done any config editing or run one of those firefox "optimizer" programs? Type about:config in the address bar, goto keyword.enabled and make sure it's set to true

  23. Re:so let me get this straight.... on Warez Suspect To Be Extradited, After All · · Score: 2, Informative

    You cannot buy music through iTunes if you live in Australia (you just get a messsage stating tunes are only for sale in the US and Europe.)

  24. Re:different cables on ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't listen to quality remarks from anyone obsessed with Monster (ripoff) cables. Really any half decent cable (not the 2c stuff, but not some stupid overhyped brand name) will do perfectly well with any TV quality signals.

  25. Re:Uhh... on 10Gbit to the Home by 2010 · · Score: 1

    There's a problem with this? To be honest I didn't think Doom3 was all that great, and being able to rent it online for a couple of days for less than the cost of buying it would be great.