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  1. Re:Slashdot plagiarizes again on Unofficial Windows98SE Patch · · Score: 1

    Its not plagerizing its CODE REUSE!

  2. Re:Travellers blog, on Video Games - Lost in Translation? · · Score: 1

    Is it not possible he noted that geographicaly they were all close? I mean far be it from me to assume most european languages are in some way similar to their neighbours. Or that peoples taste in sports is largly based on geography (with the possible exception of soccer, thats popular everywhere). Seriously go find something else to winge about, no racism here, move on.

  3. Re:My First 10... on First Ten Programs on New Install? · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a huge index of all your files designed to help you search them faster, how often do you need find? Can you wait an extra 15 seconds or is it worth a couple of hundred meg of space on your disk?

  4. Re:But they're all supposed to be equal... on People Feel Loyalty To Computers · · Score: 1

    Ever wonder why people get banned from casinos? It's not (usualy) because they are drunk and throwing up on the roulette table. Its because they are winning.

  5. Re:Host it on Freenet? on After DeCSS, DVD Jon Releases DeDRMS · · Score: 1

    Well he could be lying, there is no real proof that he did actualy insert it, he could be lying to get attention... or karma.

    That said this is freenet we're talking about so there will be no real way to verify that he did put it on for another 6 months whilst someone downloads it.

  6. Re:Lead Free is nice but... on VIA Announces Lead-Free Motherboard · · Score: 1

    Damn. Stright.

    Motherboard makers,
    Please bring back the turbo button, I would be quite happy to be chugging along at 500mhz when I leave my computer downloading overnight or when I'm word processing, I only need the 2.4ghz when I am playing games.

    A Consumer.

  7. Speed of light pfft.... on Data Transfer Has A Speed Limit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Once you've tried IP over bad news you'll never go back. Ofcourse all pr0n is Goatse and online gaming always involves you being on the wrong side of a headshot but aside from that its aces.

  8. Re:Amiga on AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Pre-release · · Score: 1

    Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the creater of altavistas babel fish.

  9. Re:My Grandmother: a story. on GNOME for Grandma · · Score: 1

    Help her he can, yes.

  10. Re:Write to my MP on Pay Attention To .Au/.Us IP Trade Law · · Score: 1

    Actualy given that the MP is currently treading very thin water with the whole Iraq situation, the GST and a number of other bad things he may be very receiptive. The FTA is very unpopular, not just with tech crowd too, farmers hate it and so do many other organisations. Furthermore if you ask anyone whether they agree with the Oposition Leader Mark Latham's comments that he is (quote) "an arse licker" I'm sure most will agree.

  11. Re:What do you expect from a bunch of ex-cons on Pay Attention To .Au/.Us IP Trade Law · · Score: 1

    Furthermore most went to Tasmania and, if you ask anyone on the bulk of Australia, that inbread rock in the ocean doesn't count. /me climbs back under bridge and goes back to gnawing on a billy-goats leg

  12. Re:Fuck FCC, not Clear Channel if you want to on Clear Channel Plans To Roll Out Digital Billboards · · Score: 1

    Only in a country like America would its people, who "pride" themselves on their free speech, allow a radio station to be fined for saying the word Fuck.

    Christian fundamentalism is as worse as any other.

  13. Re:Unintended player behavior on The Trouble With Using D&D Rules In Videogames? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I once had DM make a seriously long quest to retrive a new mirror for a town's lighthouse before a ship was due in. We had three days to complete the quest so I wispered to my comrades a daring plan that would involve much drinking and doing not a lot at all. After three days of drinking and resting in the local tavern (and the local lockup due to an impromptue brawl) I walked up to the lighthouse, put my hand on its wall and cast glow.

    The DM was so annoyed by then he had the towns people chase us out of town pitchforks and all due to the fact they now couldn't sleep... pfft ungrateful fools.

  14. Re:Why on The Blues for LEDs · · Score: 1

    Okay seriously I like the suggestion but I have to point out that there is a common household substance that light CANNOT go through that is paticulary common around this time of year.

    Aluminum foil... A little dot of that under your masking tape and you'll save plenty of tape.

  15. Re:How to control it... on Scotts Testing Genetically Modified Grass · · Score: 1

    Well Myxomatosis worked quite well and guess what! It was geneticaly modified!

  16. Re:An example from Australia- How not to do it on States Link Databases to Find Tax Cheats · · Score: 1

    You'd be well advised to fight it, Studys on Centrelink suggest that they have made over 1 million mistakes within four months. From personal experiance they NEVER get anything right, I will never ever send a form into the office because for some reason it will be redirected and processed in Makay (I'm in Rockhampton) and will invariably be lost. There is such a blacklog on Auststudy form processing that if I fill out a renewal form and send it in on the day that I get it my Ausstudy will be cut off before the form even gets processed. Centrelink is an embarrisment and seeing as almost half of all tax goes into that department it is running terribly inefficient. If you do manage to get a payment out of them that seems even remotely genrous you can garrentee that you have been overpaid and will have to pay them back. I have friends who have recieved $2000 bill from Centrelink for months of overpayment.

    It has often been said that if a terrorist was able to fully disable Centrelinks operation, no one would realise for at least a month.

  17. Re:what do you want? on US Expands Fingerprint and Mugshot Program for Visitors · · Score: 1

    Perhaps that you dont know the words "they" and "them"?

    -1 Language Troll

  18. Re:Alright, this isn't even funny. on US Expands Fingerprint and Mugshot Program for Visitors · · Score: 1

    Also let us not forget they would really be no worse off being home or being in iraq from a security viewpoing, the only differnce is that it isn't costing millions per day.

  19. Re:this is interesting news on Nuclear Fusion Real Soon Now · · Score: 1, Funny
    Omega EP will produce an astounding 2.6 PETAWATTS(million billion watts!!)


    Thats all well and good but can you strap it to a freaking shark?
  20. Re:On a more serious note, this extension is GREAT on Firefox Extension Lets You Pick the Name · · Score: 1

    You honestly suspect someone would rue sex? Child or no its physicaly impossible to rue sex.... unless she was ugly... or not always a she.

    *silently rues to self*

  21. Re:Nothing New Here on WTO Wants USA to Gamble Online · · Score: 1

    You know slightly off topic here but I've just reciently found out that I could have been buying pornography in Australia since I was 15, fat lot of good that does me now I'm 19 but it goes to show if you dont tell kids these things they will never know.

  22. Re:They'd try to change the countries laws on Extradition of Warez Suspect Blocked · · Score: 0

    Anyone who publicly declairs our current PM is an "arselicker" deserves my vote, if not just for making me smile. I will be voting labour this year

  23. Re:Thats a new twist on Extradition of Warez Suspect Blocked · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We'll deal with the Aussie word right after we deal with Americans calling emu's Emoos, that realy pisses me off!

  24. Re:After seeing the prices they are asking, on A Ready-Made MythTV Set-Top Box in Australia · · Score: 3, Funny
    AUD$500 effort?

    This is redhat where talking about

    *ducks*
  25. Re:Computers will never win because of 2 things on Game Wars 2 - Battle for the Living Room · · Score: 1

    Well presumably you do, just have to have a sound card to go along with it and I'm sure anyone with the gear you have wouldn't mind shelling out the money for one worthy of that setup.