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  1. Re:Interesting on Eat Right, Earn an iPod · · Score: 1

    That would be in another country to this inititative, namely England, and, its principality, Wales, Scotland's school dinners are apparenly fairly healthy and well funded, or rather "healthy choices" are "avaliable"

  2. Re:Same Clarke who attacked Bush in 2004? on Saving Lives with Design · · Score: 1

    Erm, allowing family members to leave the country:

    The only legal thing you can do to a foreign diplomat is expel them from the country. Detention is illigal, and an act of war.

  3. Re:Cool, but - on Mandriva (ex Mandrake) LE2005 hits FTP mirrors · · Score: 1

    Any chance of a real mirror, I'm behind a firewall and would like to try this one out?

  4. They took someone else's invention in the first pl on Flat-Screen Makers Face Patent Lawsuits in U.S. · · Score: 1

    Surely they only got the patend because the University of Dundee was too late to patent their own invention.

  5. Re:Rules on The Repercussions of Blogging · · Score: 1

    What about the rising market (at least in Britain) for "Fair Trade" goods, where farmers are paid artificially high prices for coffee etc. and the products are charged at a premium because of this?

  6. Re:Where's the buggy-eyed smily when you need it? on Man Reportedly Jailed for Using Lynx · · Score: 1

    In Britain, coins are all different sizes, as is paper money, ranging from the smallest £1 note, and gradually, yet noticably increasing in size. It makes it handy for picking out denomenations from your wallet, though £100 notes rarely fit in any space in a cash register.

  7. Re:Business ought to be left alone on US Government May Not Approve Sale of IBM PC Unit · · Score: 1

    Depends on how recent, not so long ago we had the Falkland wars between Britain and Argentina, China and Tibet wasn't that long ago, but looking at the differences between America and Britain, and China, America and Britain were aggrevated, whereas Tibet was a peaceful non threatening country, and we must also not forget that the war on terror was offered support (which was refused) by Nato, which means that most of the world's democratic power was behind it.

  8. Re:So how about combination analysis? on Universal Free Dictionary · · Score: 1

    6,000?

  9. Re:The European Union is Like a Schizophrenic Lawy on ITunes Overcharging in the UK · · Score: 1

    It is one of the many reasons that Britain should leave the EU

  10. Re:The European Union is Like a Schizophrenic Lawy on ITunes Overcharging in the UK · · Score: 1

    The problem still remains that apple are breaking the law, all of their problems could be more easily solved by having one music store for the whole of europe, offering all prices in euros, and letting the credit card companies deal with currency conversion, and then they just take whichever deal from IP providers, and host the service in that country. If the IP providers object, they can be easily taken to court, everybody's happy.

  11. Re:VIRUSES calling each other out... on MyDoom Seeks to Destroy Antivirus Firms · · Score: 1

    Ooh, a traditionalist!

  12. Re:German Punk Band sells preloaded MP3 USB Stick on U2 iPod: Any Color You Want, As Long As It's Black · · Score: 1

    It's also being done by the Ministry of Sound, I saw it in Argos.

  13. Re:He can't on Political Yard Sign Wars Wage as Election Nears · · Score: 1

    Ankle height eh,

    Where can I get such a chain?

  14. Re: Unbiased? Smart... on Review of Team America World Police · · Score: 1

    There are actually 2 versions depending on who is ahead.

  15. Re:Worm name in article is wrong on New IM Worm On The Loose · · Score: 1

    No it really can't.
    More fun is the correct usage.

  16. Re:Why would this be a threat? on UCSD Vs. Free Speech, Round 2 · · Score: 1

    Aah, you poor thing,

    At Saint Andrews, Donald Findlay, former Lord Rector, pledged to fight any case, however triveal, for any student in need.

  17. Re:Pirate to Pirate? on Curing a Corporate Virus Infection · · Score: 1

    Good god, knives and guns enable murder, but they are also useful tools, just because someone uses them for crime does not mean that the objucts are inherantly evil

    p2p != the one ring

  18. Re:Scary ... to say the least! on Warez Suspect To Be Extradited, After All · · Score: 1

    wasn't there a case in britain where it was ruled that a man who knowingly infected partners with aids wasn't liable because the victims were responsible for vetting who they slept with?

  19. Re:RAIGA on A GMail-based blog With 1000 MB of entries · · Score: 1

    How about Redundant Independant Account Array or RIAA for short?

  20. Re:The real important question on Rio Reveals iPod Mini Slayer · · Score: 1

    Where I go to Uni, pink shirts are a must own item for straight men on the pull

  21. Re:Don't geek out immediately! on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 1

    This is what I did. No-one knew I was even remotely geeky until I was caught installing Gentoo.
    From stage 1.
    Oh the shame, but it was worth it, it made me feel good!

  22. Re:The best lock... on Surviving College With Gear And Sanity Intact? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No pervert worth his salt is going to go for the clean underwear

  23. Re:How will this work? on KDE Plans 'Google-like' Search Capabilities · · Score: 1

    Try the Bank of English, and the Oxford English dictionary is regarded as the definitive guide to the English language

  24. Re:Not so much switch... on Get Rid of Internet Explorer - Browse Happy! · · Score: 1

    I'm Troy McLure, you might remember me from such handy plugins as flash and shockwave

  25. Re:Oh, the irony on New Robots and the Ten Ethical Laws Of Robotics · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily, as the robots described won't be built until the patents expire, it's an effective way of getting the information in to the public domain.