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  1. Re:rain cooled motherboards on Abused, But Working Hardware Stories? · · Score: 1

    could this be something to do with shutting off the phone if its wet due to the lithium based batteries in some of them?

  2. Re:5 9's on NBC Aims For Stability Through Redundancy In Athens · · Score: 1

    However no amount of redundancy will prevent human error.
    Making the entire staff redundant (the other type of redundant ;)

  3. Re:Simple solution on FCC to Require Broadcasters to Keep Tapes of Shows · · Score: 1

    That sounds wrong - after 9pm they cant just broadcast anything - i beleive one of these things includes male errect parts.

  4. Re:Pranksters masquerading as legit news shows? Ga on Lauren Weinstein: If MTV Calls, Hang Up · · Score: 1

    Maybe The Day Today or Brass Eye should do a special report on this.

    They could have Sacher Baron Cohen on to put up the side for Prank shows ;)

  5. Re:What a surprise on RFID License Plates in the UK · · Score: 1

    What's the excuse for this anyway? Does it catch paedophiles, or stop terrorists?
    No no no you idiot it will help them find weapons of mass distruction :-)

    p.s hate blunkett

  6. Finally on Who's Behind the Shower Curtain? · · Score: 1

    I can take a bath without "You do know your bathing in your own filth dont you?"
    AAARGHHH

  7. Re:Where's the Capitalist Innovation? on BBC to Try TV On Demand · · Score: 1

    When you say 1million an hour are you including production of show's or just broadcasting? - im assuming showing repeats is much less costly?

  8. Re:Assumptions? on How Many Google Machines, Really? · · Score: 1

    still if you guarantee to buy 5/10/20 systems per month youll still get a funkingly big discount

  9. Re:Falk eSolutions on New Online Ad Technology To Bypass Popup Blockers · · Score: 1

    just like Fluke Networks :-D
    and another Something networks which sounded like Fradulent??

  10. Re:Real responds to false spyware claim on Turbolinux Licenses Windows Media 9 · · Score: 1

    no no no i meant to reply to the anon guy who responded saying "My tcp dumps show otherwise"

  11. Re:Real responds to false spyware claim on Turbolinux Licenses Windows Media 9 · · Score: 1

    provide evidence

  12. Re:Recording surface? on The Myth Of The 100-Year CD-Rom · · Score: 1

    yeah, had one person some up to me ones asking why his CD-R didnt work - turned out he had scratched his name into the "Foil stuff on top" . "Yeah but it reads from underneath so that shouldnt hurt it"........

  13. Re:most people in the world are against censorship on Academics Take On Government Net Censorship · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As for my country (UK) i think i speak for everyone when i say "dont even fucking think about censoring the net! - you can stop pedophiles but thats as far as it goes, period"
    once its peadophiles it has begun and it will only get worse - not defending them at all but go after people who access the stuff not block access to it (seems like the best policy) censoring even one site is a first step on a slippery slope

  14. Re:Out of curiosity on ClearChannel Complains About XM, Sirius Radio · · Score: 0

    its probly the fact that they are charging users for the service??

  15. Re:Not redundant on Silly Product Instructions? · · Score: 1

    or just add a seatbelt mechanisem into it, if the wheels spin too fast (faster than the motor normall turns) the pendulum swings out halting the mechanisem, meaning the page stops and this abrupt stop means the user will accidentally be forced to tear the paper

  16. Re:On my computer's power supply on Silly Product Instructions? · · Score: 1

    the example i saw had sparks flying out the back and a plenty of smoke ;)

  17. Re:Keyboard Problem on Silly Product Instructions? · · Score: 1

    your not a true techie until you see that message ;-)

  18. Re:On a 50cc ATV on Silly Product Instructions? · · Score: 1

    ive heard conflicting advice about sillica gel. so stick on the safe side and dont eat it.

  19. Re:On my computer's power supply on Silly Product Instructions? · · Score: 1

    *Me On computer fixing callout*
    "Right so when the computer wouldnt come on you switched the little red 110|220 switch at the back to get it working?"

  20. Re:Microsoft advert at tip of page on Silly Product Instructions? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot is not an anti-Microsoft organization.
    Considdering the microsoft story logo is bill gates as a borg i would counter that ;)

  21. Not redundant on Silly Product Instructions? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I see people ripping the pages out of laser printers before the printer has pushed it all the way out. Probly does them no end of damage but since the page is already completely pritned by the point the person has enough grip on the page to pull it all out people keep doing it :-(

  22. Back row on Projectionists Using Night Vision Goggles in Theaters · · Score: 1

    Any would be pirates should just sit with the lovebirds in the back row, usually the back row is against the back row of the cinema and thus out of view of the projectionists windows directly above

  23. Re:How do you argue against this? on PIRATE Act Introduced in Congress · · Score: 1

    i wish i didnt know what Bukkake meant

  24. Re:How do you argue against this? on PIRATE Act Introduced in Congress · · Score: 1


    If this thing becomes law (it probably will), someone will actually go to Federal PITA prison because they hurt Hillary Rosen and Jack Valenti's bottom line.

    The idea of either of those two's "Bottom lines" makes me feel ill;)

  25. Re:Paving stones are not threatening to dictators on The Web Won't Topple Tyranny · · Score: 1

    The web won't cause revolutions, but I suspect it might lower the boiling point and the energy needed to create a population inversion.
    I beleive that is the rough definition of a catalyst