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  1. Re:Bandwidth on Patent Mess May Stifle Australian Software · · Score: 1

    It used to be around 3/4 years ago, but is quite reasonable now days and most have at least access to DSL now.

    Most ISPs offer a 512k DSL connection for around AU$60/month or so, so not really that expensive anymore.

  2. Re:ideas on Incorporating Machine Learning into Firefox 2.0? · · Score: 1

    I thought the exact opposite, if I'm on a dialup connection and browsing the web the last thing I want taking up a high percentage of my bandwidth is my web browser assuming the next link I'm going to click. What about the effect that will have on my SSH sessions, IRC sessions and the files I'm uploading via FTP?

    Sure it could be an alright feature if it could be turned on or off depending on whether or not you were solely browsing the web, but definately not something I'd want enabled by default in my opinion.

    Even on broadband connections, what about those who get charged by the volume they download?

  3. Re:buddy Report on How Good is Gmail's Spam Filter? · · Score: 1

    Could that be because he got a new email address? *;D~

  4. Re:Let's get this out of the way on Huge Console Auction Debuts · · Score: 1

    That's Family Guy.

  5. Toolbar checksum on PageRank Indicator For Linux And Mac OS X · · Score: 5, Informative

    The problem with the Google toolbar/Pagerank display in the past has been that along with each request sent to Google it was accompanied by a checksum from the toolbar.

    Every so often Google would change the checksum and notify the toolbars, and as a result would break the 3rd party applications. The catch was however, that if your pagerank request contained an old/invalid checksum instead of returning and invalid response, Google would return a bogus pagerank for that page.

    At least that's what it was doing approximately 2/3 years ago when I was employed to do SEO and decided to take a look. I'm not sure if that has changed, or the method that is being used for this toolbar.

  6. Re:More links on California PUC Calls For A Public Hearing On VoIP · · Score: 1

    Well that was highly unpleasent, check the link before modding up.

  7. Re:Let me understand this... on Building Up a Small Computer Business? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This just has to be a troll, however. You have got to be joking... could you be anymore of an asshole? I hope you go hungry and bankrupt in the next few months. - James

  8. Re:Concerts/Music on Perfect Pitch for Those Without It · · Score: 1

    Oh how could i forget less than jake, their 2 singers are amazing at harmonies, i've seen them once and they are coming back to this pitful part of the world (Perth, Western Australia) in a couple of months, I can't wait. Also, i love ska *pats his Operation Ivy tattoo*

  9. Re:Concerts/Music on Perfect Pitch for Those Without It · · Score: 1

    As for more punk bands with almost perfect voices recorded and live. No Use For A Name, Mad Caddies & Bad Religion.

  10. Realism, pfff... on Gran Turismo 4 Strives For Driving Perfection · · Score: 1

    I'm all for realism in a racing game, but what the hell is with the crash physics in GT? (Keep in mind I think i've only played the first one) Since when do cars simply bounce off cars and walls?

  11. Spell Check? on Will Video Surfing Become Reality? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ist relly esy aye?

  12. Re:Forever is a long time... on Body Adornments and a Career? · · Score: 1

    While you may be a different person in 20 years or so, why not keep it as a memory of that time 20 years ago? Each of my tattoos has at least some story behind it.

  13. Re:The major thing missing from Mozilla on Computing PageRank on your PC? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The problem is, is that the google toolbars checksum changes constantly. So if you were to find out how the google toolbar works exactely regarding pagerank, all it takes if for googles official toolbar to change it and it wont work anymore. The catch is however, that if you send a wrong checksum to google, they don't send back an error message of any sort instead they send back a fake pagerank. So you wouldn't really know if it was still working or not.

  14. Re:Advergaming on Knife-Licensing Sensation Sweeps Counter-Strike · · Score: 1

    There's a line in between advertising in games and realism in games. I'm pretty sure counterstrike hasn't sold out quite yet, yet they still provide an awesome realistic game...

  15. Re:ASCII ownz j00 on Appreciation For All Things ASCII · · Score: 1

    I'm willing to bet that once you include all the wasted bandwith while formatting the pic, you could have the equivalent gif for a smaller filesize

  16. Terrorism on E.U. Commission Suggests Permissive Copyright Rule · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It seems it's almost obligatory that any crime gets linked to terrorism now days