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  1. Great! on LOTR: The Two Towers · · Score: 1


    It was wonderful. I loved the tree things. I can't wait until the Return of the Ring next year.

  2. Numbskulls. on Great Views Of Saturn · · Score: 0, Troll


    The story is that Saturn has its rings facing us.

    space.Com and cnn.Com both have pitcures of Saturn with the rings edge on.

    Does no-one make any sort of effort to be correct anymore?

  3. Moore. on PHP5 Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    Who says Moore's Law is obsolete

  4. Re:Any Linux users do wireless stuff? on DOD vs. 802.11b · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Network -> Wireless Lan.

    Click on advanced, switch to the "access" tab, click on "advanced", click on "driver settings", set the encryption radio button to "high".

    Then, right click on desktop, choose properties, switch to the "screen saver" tab, in the drop down choose "Trusty Penfold". Press OK.

    Reboot.

    Wait 10 minutes.

    HTH, HAND.

  5. Mouse balls. on Geek Christmas Gift Ideas · · Score: 1, Funny


    Using your hand as the mouse is all well and good ... but what happens when you need to clean your balls?

  6. Move North. on Escape from California? · · Score: 2, Informative


    There's loads of software jobs in the Seattle area.

  7. What sort of idiot? on Will Your CD Player Tell on You? · · Score: 5, Funny


    What sort of idiot has their firewall configured to let their CD player send packets out?

  8. Uncertainty on 100th Anniversary of Quantum Physics · · Score: -1, Redundant

    2002-1900 = 100?

  9. Not possible on DARPA Has $3.2M to Sniff You Out · · Score: 2, Informative


    Body odours are, as the proposal points out, the result of carboxylic acids.

    Although the term carboxylic acid covers very many molecules - basically anything with a HO-C=O somewhere on it, the molecule has to be volatile to have a smell. The problem is that not many acids are volatile - the very composition of the molecule means it makes hydrogen bonds with others easily, and even light acids are involatile liquids or solids.

    This means there is a small pool of molecules to pick from so the chances of an individual having a unique blend is very small.

  10. Cost on Mandrake News · · Score: 4, Funny


    Who would pay $30 for Linux when you can download Windows XP for free?

  11. Re:light pollution SUCKS on Geminid Meteor Shower · · Score: 3, Informative

    Orange street lights produce less light pollution.

    The light is produced from a single transition in the Sodium atom, therefore the light is confined to a single wavelength and is trivial to filter.

    The light from the white lights is, obviously, spread across the spectrum and is therefore hard to filter.

  12. Environment, on Network Aware Screensavers? · · Score: 3, Insightful


    Turn the monitors off and save a whale.

  13. MMORPG on LucasArts Embraces Game Mod Community · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    LucasArt's big project is a MMORPG based on Star Wars - "Star Wars Galaxy".

    Surely they can't be allowing mods to that without introducing the risk of cheating!

    Of course, my first mod will be to introduce an "Enterprise NNC 1701" class starship and sort out those Usenet arguments once and for all.

  14. It is quite easy. on Lessig Spins Copyright Law · · Score: 0, Redundant


    It is obvious how copyright applies to ebooks.

    If I write something then I own the copyright on it. If you copy it, you are in the wrong.

  15. I failed! on Human vs Computer Intelligence · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I did the gimpy test.

    Results
    Result of the Test: FAIL

    You entered the following words:

    school
    tall
    warm

    The words possibly displayed in the image were:

    able
    tongue
    tongue
    full
    train
    pictur e
    shelf
    It switched pictures on me! Honest!!

  16. Donate. on User-Adjustable Glasses · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't forget to donate your old glasses to charity as well!

  17. Re:Too Late! on Shreve Systems is Dead and Going · · Score: 4, Informative
  18. Too Late! on Shreve Systems is Dead and Going · · Score: 2, Informative


    Shreve Audio bought the domain name.

  19. RC? on KDE 3.1 Delayed - For A Very Good Reason · · Score: 5, Insightful


    Obviously delaying the release until the security holes are fixed is the only course of action.

    Since the betas and RC are now going to be exposed to the world for longer, are the security holes going to be disclosed so that we can take some action to secure our systems that are running these pre-release builds?

  20. Re:Accessibility on Should Every Retail Outfit Have A Webpage? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then you'll be wanting Monkeymeat.com

    HTH. HAND.

  21. Accessibility on Should Every Retail Outfit Have A Webpage? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As the accessibility expert said earlier today; every company should have a website. For example, a clinically obese person may not be able to physically get to the candy store. Therefore under the Americans with Disabilities act, the candy store is obliged to provide candy some other way.

  22. Re:What about Windows OS? on Known-Good MD5 Database · · Score: 1

    Oooo yeah! Bacon, eggs, blackpudding, beans and fried bread please!

  23. Re:What about Windows OS? on Known-Good MD5 Database · · Score: 3, Insightful


    You can't compile a explorer.exe with a nice back door added in unless you've got the source to explorer.exe.

    Of course you can - it is trivial to alter the behaviour of a Windows executable; viruses do it all the time.

    Append the backdoor to explorer.exe, fiddle with afew bits so the backdoor gets executed first, and find a way to drop it onto the system.

  24. Real Link. on GeForce FX And More From AGDC 2002 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Instead of a link to some forums, here is the real link to the Australian Game Developers Conference

  25. Babel fish translation on Columbia Japan Music On Demand, On CD-R · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is the babel fish translation of the FAQ.

    1 " The - the work other than the title which is published to the catalog of é board " sale service with " the - can be bought the é board ", concerning 1. purchase? There is no excuse, but " the - title other than the catalog of é board " searching does not sell. " The - it can purchase the é board " somewhere, it is is? " The - the é board " of entire country you handle and the record store and " the - the é board " handle and can seek with Internet shop. After ordering, it enters into the hand in about several days? Because receiving order it becomes production after, after receiving order, the - approximately to arrival of the é board 2? 3 weeks are required, but furthermore there are times when period is required depending upon title. In addition, the plural - there are times when in case of order, separate you report the é board.