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  1. Is there any analysis available on this yet? on EU to Redefine Scope of Software Patents · · Score: 1

    Not sure I'm following the significance of this. Does anyone know if there's any analysis on this out there for idiots?

  2. Re:Malfunction, Will Robinson! on United Kingdom Leads the World in TV Downloads · · Score: 1

    In England, that is not a problem.

  3. Re:Malfunction, Will Robinson! on United Kingdom Leads the World in TV Downloads · · Score: 1

    In England, that is not a problem

  4. Re:Day of the Triffids on First Artificial Aurora May Lead to Night Sky Ads · · Score: 1

    And the only person left unaffected was David Blunket..

    Oh, Wait..

  5. Hmm.. sounds... convincing on Nanotech Brings Battery Life Extender for Mobiles · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if this thing will speed up the cold fusion generator I am using to run my water polymerisation machine..

  6. What's the big deal? on High-Speed Video Using a Dense Camera Array · · Score: 1

    I've seen the bullet hitting the tomato in slomo before..

    What makes this special?

  7. Re:I'm sorry to say this on Major Climate Change 5,200 Years Ago Could Repeat · · Score: 1

    Sorry, are you telling the poster or Winston Churchill? There's an important difference. The first means polite tutting, the second one (if you are still in England) will probably mean shitting your teeth.

  8. Re:Oh no! on Major Climate Change 5,200 Years Ago Could Repeat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it will stay plenty warm enough where Dick Cheney's going.

  9. Oh man... on SCO.com Defaced · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's ace. I even saw it before it was slashdotted/removed!

  10. Re:Or they'll have until only 2022... (etc.) on Kyoto Treaty to Enter Into Force · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A commonly held misapprehension.

    In the UK, you don't have a gun, the police call out an armed response unit and shoot you in the back of the head for carrying a table leg in a plastic bag.

  11. Re:The problem with biometrics on Hardware That Recognizes You · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've been mugged loads of times, and so far I haven't been murdered. I used to live in Nottingham, high gun crime for the uk. Nonetheless, we got 20 or so muggings a night in the city. Roughly 1 murder a month. Almost all of the murders involved firearms. Your average criminal can persuade himself that mugging some wealthy students is ok. It takes someone pretty diseased to thing killing someone for a wallet is ok. Statistics back this up. So your point is just paranoid bullshit.

  12. Ooh goody! on Drilling Under the Sea · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think it's great that we do all this drilling and practicing with submarines. After all if we're drilling up even more oil, we'd better get used to the under sea life.

  13. Re:Infinite Wisdom? on Calculating A Theoretical Boundary To Computation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    By existing outside the universe, and acting on it, (Through Jesus), God would invalidate the conditions of this model. (That and the pillars of Salt, the 40 days and nights of rain, etc) God is adding or removing energy from the equation.

    All that aside, should God be the only infinite being, it rather bodes ill for the old 'Heaven' concept.

  14. Re:There oughta be a law... on Scientists Claim They Cloned Humans · · Score: 0

    Bush

  15. Re:In other news on SCO Complaint Filed -- Including Code Samples · · Score: 1

    Depressingly enough, that's true.

    My aren't I in a cheery mood tonight?

  16. Re:Raided them for what? on Kazaa Offices Raided · · Score: 1


    Surely that would fall outside the remit of their investigation, and they would be unable to confiscate, or make any arrests based upon its discovery...?

  17. Re:So what does it actually do? on New Worm Spreads Via MSN Messenger · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A friend of mine, who knows a bit about this kind of thing (no, he isn't) suggested that this is the kind of thing someone would do if they wanted to cause a lot of damage, but not get caught. The harmless version will be widely propogated, and then it's only a matter of time before some script kiddie loads up a far more harmful payload. This will probably be the person that takes the rap for the whole thing, leaving the original virus creator scott free.

  18. Re:Why do they -need- this response from their 600 on SCO Gets More Desperate; Sends More Letters · · Score: 1

    Sorry to have to ask, but what's IANEAP?

  19. Re:Seriously... on U.S. Continues Biological Warfare Research · · Score: 1

    Or you could strike the balance perfectly.

  20. Re:This is the Future on New Optical Chip Claims 8 Trillion Operations/sec. · · Score: 1

    You'd be surprised how many military applications DO rely on consumer-grade PC100 memory ;)

  21. When is this going to court? on SCO Calls GPL Unenforceable, Void · · Score: 1

    As far as I can tell (and I may well be wrong).. so far all we've seen is plenty of posturing and plenty of claims and counter claims.. At what point will this appear in court? When will judges be looking at it? When will we see a verdict? THis bores me witless and I want it to be over.

  22. Re:you assume on 4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car · · Score: 1

    I stand corrected. Thanks. :)

  23. Re:you assume on 4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car · · Score: 3, Informative

    What are you suggesting? There is no shortage of clear proof that this is where the oil comes from. Coal contains clearly fossilised plant material.. oil and coal and natural gas are often all found together. The process of generating them can be simulated very easily.

  24. Re:The real question! on Snail Mail As E-Mail · · Score: 1

    Do you mean.. you email them, and they send a letter for you? I think the Royal Mail tried that a while back, I don't know what happened to it.

  25. Re:Semi-digital cryptography? on Paper Capable Of Playing Videos Developed · · Score: 1

    Hmm.. it would have to be a really short secret message in that case.