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  1. Re:Suggestion: Until Death of Creator on UK Copyright Extension Not Happening · · Score: 1
    So do dead mechanics, dead teachers, dead garbagemen, etc. They don't get paid after death unless they invested their money. Neither should artists.


    Yes they do. My shares go to my wife if I die. I don't know about you.
  2. Re:Obligatory Pigpile Rant on Laser Turns All Metals Black · · Score: 1

    Actually he doesn't have that many articles posted, maybe 1 or 2 a month tops. It's just people remember his outrageous name. Sure it's a lot compared to you, but you probably don't submit nearly as many as he does.

  3. Re:How black is it? on Laser Turns All Metals Black · · Score: 4, Funny

    Blacker! I'm talking black knobs with black legends on a black control panel black. It's so black it's frictionless.

  4. Re:Applications on Laser Turns All Metals Black · · Score: 1

    Well just because it absorbs radar doesn't mean it will be invisible. If it absorbs it too well then it is simply going to look like a big blank spot in a sea of otherwise random noise. Put simply, the lack of any reflection will be just as obvious as the vehicle would be without the coating.

  5. Re:anything special? on Laser Turns All Metals Black · · Score: 1

    Well because it is jet black I'd assume it probably absorbs heat from the sun pretty well.

  6. Re:stomwijzer on Web-Based Assistant Changes the Face of Dutch Politics · · Score: 1
    From the site:

    Alles voor mij.


    Classic!
  7. Re:A victim? on Students Put UCLA Taser Video On YouTube · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sure that's all true, but for which of those points would he deserved to be shocked the fuck out of five times?

  8. Re:Hmmm one big Botany Bay on Draconian Anti-Piracy Law Looms Over Australia · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Australian law is like that on Draconian Anti-Piracy Law Looms Over Australia · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Actually even before those laws the only time an Australian ever has true freedom of speech is if they are elected MP's and speaking on the parliament floor. Not saying the law doesn't suck, its just suckier now then it ever was.

  10. Re:Howard's a cunt on Draconian Anti-Piracy Law Looms Over Australia · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Please don't mod the parent down, he is totally correct in his assertion.

    Howard needs to be taken down a notch. He has been in power a long time and will probably be in power for a few more years. John Howard pulls this shit all the time, he just brings in lame laws that protect American interests and we Australians will just have to deal with it.

    Australian politics is in a bad way at the moment. Howard's liberal party holds a majority in both houses of parliament and is using this majority to make all manor of broad sweeping changes. The worst part is that the leader of the opposition is incredibly unpopular, so it seems likely that the Liberals would win in the next election anyway.

    As it stands the only way these laws, or any others, will be stopped is if a member or two crosses the floor.

    Regardless the fact is that everyone will ignore these stupid laws like they have been for the past decade.

    In summary, John Howard is indeed a cunt.

  11. Brainiac is the worst program ever on Everyday Objects Placed In a Microwave · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    EVER.

    It has none of the charm or actual science of Mythbusters and yet the people who make it think they're the coolest, funniest, sexiest people in the world. What they don't realise is that they're actually English.

    -caitsith01

  12. Re:It's a four lane highway that's why on Life Without Traffic Signs · · Score: 1

    You could, you know, put a round-about in there.

  13. Re:Good Luck w/ HDD's, Bad Luck w/ Power Supplies on How Often Do You Replace Your Hard Drives? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just a tip on the power supply sutuation. Spend a bit of extra cash and get a name brand one. The fans are quieter and the lifetime is a great deal longer plus they are generally a lot more efficient.

    I'd always stinged out on the power supply but ever since I took the plunge and got a good one I'll never go back.

  14. Re:Common Knowlage on Dell Customer Gets Windows Refund · · Score: 1

    Dude, somebody paid you not to use Windows ME?! Talk about a good deal!

  15. But what tag to use? on Sun To Choose GPL For Open-Sourcing Java · · Score: 0

    I don't really trust Sun to do what they are saying they will. I have an ominous feeling about this, as if I were walking into an ambush of sorts. Does anyone have any suggestions on what tag I should use for this story?

  16. Re:Far cry from legs on The Dolphin With Leftover Legs · · Score: 1

    With it's feet?

  17. Re:Not very big on Bomb Explodes At PayPal Headquarters · · Score: 1

    Now hold on, I'm no IRA supporter but at the very least they called in warnings before the bomb was detonated. Calling it an atrocity is a bit of a stretch.

  18. Re:Simple MP3 player needed... on Windows Media Player 11 Released · · Score: 1

    Winamp 2.8 was the pinnacle of sound player technology. Anything more is just a waste of space.

  19. What's with the GUI? on Windows Media Player 11 Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Can someone tell me what the deal is with WMP's GUI? I noticed around WMP 7 that they started breaking every Windows convention in the book. I stuck with Mplayer2 for a long time until I discovered Media player classic. Has the GUI improved? Does it blend in well with Vista's way of doing things and that's why its different? Or is it just poorly designed and confusingly implemented like I expect it is?

  20. Re:Mostly there, but not quite. on Motorola Develops Bare-Bones Phone · · Score: 1

    But the 5 should be huge. After all, it's the most dialled number.

  21. Re:WRONG! on How To Make Your Friends Call You More · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think it has to do with how US Mobiles are priced. For some stupid reason in the US the one receiving the call is the one who has to pay. The rest of the world goes the more sane route where the person making the call pays.

  22. Re:subvocalization on 'Tower of Babel' Translator Under Development · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well luckily I've changed the article, so now sub vocal recognition is easy

  23. Re:Natural Complexity on Lab Created Diamonds Come to Market · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bullshit! "Imitations" as you call them are more pure then the naturally occurring ones. They are chemically perfect and there is absolutely no way you would be able to tell with the naked eye.

    It's FUD like yours that keeps DeBeers in business. The complexity you speak of is the diamonds imperfections.

  24. Obvious really. on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amsterdam and you know damn well why.

  25. Re:I bloody hope Play-Asia aren't next... on Lik-Sang Is Out Of Business · · Score: 1

    OMFG I've been ripped off all this time. Xbox 360 games are typically $110 Australian. Play-asia games are half that!

    You've opened my eyes.