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  1. Re:Sorry guys... on Mr. Ballmer, Show Us the Code · · Score: 1

    You read the text? I ran away screaming at the horrible compression fragments on the JPEGed logo. Do we still hate GIFs that much? What did PNG do to hurt you?

  2. Re:fair-use community? on AACS Device Key Found · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or it's people who expect to be able to exercise their fair-use rights getting together and forming some kind of, you know, community in order to achieve that.

  3. Re:Okay that does it on AACS Device Key Found · · Score: 5, Funny

    "What is the final ACCS "key"? How many levels are there?"

    It seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you.

  4. Re:Please choose one on Microsoft Apologizes for Serving Malware · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe the article was dictated to a Windows machine.

    "Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all."

  5. Re:Ridiculous on Google Loses Cache-Copyright Lawsuit in Belgium · · Score: 1

    Are you overclocking your machine by 25%?

  6. Re:Yes on Are TV Pharmaceutical Ads Damaging? · · Score: 1

    "A friend of mine works in research for a generic drug maker, and he *always* insists on the brand name version over generic."

    A presume then that your friend is an idiot or a marketeer or both.

  7. Re:Imagine if this malnfunctioned on the freeway on Toyota Creating In-Vehicle Alcohol Detection System · · Score: 1

    Which part of the world do you live in that serves wine but doesn't have ambulances?

  8. Re:Imagine if this malnfunctioned on the freeway on Toyota Creating In-Vehicle Alcohol Detection System · · Score: 1

    "*maybe* mandate this for those who are convicted of driving trunk,"

    Are you typing trunk?

  9. Re:So flights in Europe will take several minutes. on Space Plane to Offer 2 Hour Flight around the World · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. In a few more years you'll be able to travel in economy class and you won't *want* to finish your chicken!

  10. Re:Diversity on Good Vintage Computers? · · Score: 1

    More on Acorn / BBC and all the rest here : http://www.oldcomputers.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm The BBC ran quite a few programmes on home computing including a radio show called Chip Shop which used to broadcast programmes to save on tape in a feature called the Chip Shop Takeaway. They used a system called Basicode which enabled the same programmes to run on different types of computer and had originally been developed by the Dutch broadcaster NOS. More on that here : http://www.xs4all.nl/~lennartb/basicode.html

  11. Get your own house in order on Seven Search Engine Evolutions for '07 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Let's hope it's better than the author's search engine, hakia.com. Just used it to search for "nike stores in the uk". First result is an etailer in the US, all the others are spam sites. Looks like we've got a long way to go before search engines actually understand what I'm looking for.

  12. Re:Still waiting for the following paradigm shift. on Seven Search Engine Evolutions for '07 · · Score: 1

    Fortunately that's going to peak in 2007 as well. At least according to Gartner for what that's worth http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6178611.stm

  13. Re:Risk and consequence on MySpace, U.S. Address Sex Offenders Online · · Score: 1

    Fucking children is illegal. These people have still done it. Having an email address they don't declare is going to be a walk in the park for them.

  14. Always has been on Consumer Ad Blocking Doubles · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Consumers have always been fed up with ads - they just never had a way to avoid them before.

  15. Obligatory on Apples Are For Grannies? · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Korea only old people use Macs on the internet.

  16. Re:Ill give you a reason for upgrading... on John Dvorak On Vista's Launch · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what happens to your liver when you drink all day every day?

  17. Re:They find out NOW? on Former Spy Poisoned By Radiation In UK · · Score: 1

    I don't have a medical background either but given that polonium emits alpha particles which are blocked by most substances including human tissue I doubt a geiger count would have picked much up.

  18. Re:This isn't a clash between science and religion on U.S. Classrooms Torn Between Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    but there's not denying the fact that he was indeed crucified,

    There's a lot of denying that Jesus ever even existed let alone that He was crucified

  19. Re:This isn't a clash between science and religion on U.S. Classrooms Torn Between Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    Christianity" has nothing to do with that - first of all, it's *people* who proselytize, And what do you think Christianity is other than a bunch of people doing stuff?

  20. Re:because it doesn't on Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Of course you're not locked in to OS X. You're quite to welcome to move to another OS and take your data with you. Where are you imagining this DRM?

    And don't start whinging about not being able to reinstall your copy of OS X on new hardware, you can't do that with an OEM copy of Windows either.

  21. Re:*all* posts from "/." must be rejected on Novell Injects MS Lawsuit Exploit Into Open Office · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dear sir,

    I am intrigued by your non-sequiturs and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

  22. Re:maybe they can merge on Healthcare Giant Faces IT Nightmare · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That's not as far-fetched as you might think. Many NHS Trusts go to the States to visit Kaiser and see how their methods can be used in the NHS: http://www.dearden.co.uk/kaiser.shtml

  23. Re:Spencer != Sparks on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's like a nickname. Marks and Spencer is widely referred to as Marks and Sparks in the UK. Don't ask me why. It just is.

  24. Not so bad on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Given that the RFID tags are on disposable paper tags I don't see the problem. If you're too dumb to take off the label before you wear your new clothes you deserve all you get.

  25. Re:catchy name on Biggest IT Disaster Ever? · · Score: 1

    Sadly you're not far from the truth. NPfIT was recently renamed Connecting For Health. Much like we renamed Windscale to Sizewell so that it ceased to be a nuclear disaster site.