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  1. Re:Objectivity my arse on Microsoft Rolls Out New Anti-Linux Ad Campaign · · Score: 1


    Ironically, all this talk about karma-burning is boosting your karma.

    Sly gits. ...

    I'm burning karma as we speak. (-1, Captain Obvious)

  2. Re:Stupid Upper Management... on Microsoft Rolls Out New Anti-Linux Ad Campaign · · Score: 1


    I believe the phrase "It was a joke, Joyce." would be particularily appropriate.

    Sarcasm, yes?

    Mod me (-1, Captain Obvious), if you will.

  3. Re:Sobieto Roshia de... on Japan's Empire of Cool · · Score: 1


    Yeesh, which mod has a vendetta against foreign languages?

  4. Re:Damn...some good predictions for once on Tech Predictions for 2004 · · Score: 1

    > A 1G USB stick could be the sweet spot for having
    > both apps, data, and (optionally) an entire OS.

    Umm... I guess you haven't heard of Damn Small Linux, then... An OS in less than 50MB.

    Customising it might be restricted to the realm of geeks for the moment, mind.

    (Scroll up the page for a couple of links about booting from USB.)

  5. Re:I talked to an exchange student from Japan... on Japan's Empire of Cool · · Score: 1

    ... Or Yugio, or Pokemon...

  6. Re:Ah, Japan... on Japan's Empire of Cool · · Score: 1

    Oh, come on.

    It's just that they're not allowed to show either sex organ, so they improvised. Tentacles seemed to fit the bill for some reason.

    Heck, some of the them are drawn with rather worryingly phallus-like 'heads'.

    </ecchi>

    (Yes, it's still weird. :-S )

  7. Re:Cultural Imperialism on Japan's Empire of Cool · · Score: 1



    Shinshi is na-adj, so 'Shinshi ni'...?

    Maybe you should swap the first two words... 'Mizukara, watakushi wa shinshi ni nihon...'

    But then you have something that only vaguely resembles the original. :-P

    Oh, IANARJPIJPTB (I Am Not A Real Japanese Person, I'm Just Pretending To Be).

    </pedant>

  8. Re:Sobieto Roshia de... on Japan's Empire of Cool · · Score: 0, Troll


    Sobieto Roshia de... OMAE wo purofito suru!

  9. Oh dear... on The Best and Worst Movies of 2003? · · Score: 1

    The gobstyk who modded this 'Insightful' deserves a frontal lobotomy.

    'Funny', people, 'Funny'!

    *Cheesy grin*

  10. Re:Pop Sci on Remote-Controlled Robot Could Browse The Stacks · · Score: 1

    > Paper doesn't last forever you know.

    Neither will digital media if you can't access the book's contents five years down the track thanks to DRM.

  11. Re:Wow... low level on Outsourcing Winners and Losers · · Score: 1


    And 10-to-1 patties (eg. for Big Macs) cook for 40 seconds if you press them from both sides using the platen jobbies they have nowadays.

    Coder, Professional Burger-flipper.

    Just without the coding job.

  12. One word... on First Look at Debian's Next Generation Installer · · Score: 1

    ... 'Frontend' (split into two and hyphenated if you please).

    A frontend can be written that'll, say, automatically select options (eg. Auto-select Qwerty). But there'll still be a text-based interface to allow power users to do whatever they please.

    It's the best of both (Friendly vs Functional) worlds.

  13. Re:I take it... on Better Displays With New Nanowire Film · · Score: 1

    /me bangs head on desk.

    Kick me. I deserve it. *Sigh*

  14. I take it... on Better Displays With New Nanowire Film · · Score: 1

    ...that you've been reading Diamond Age (Phil K Dick) again?

  15. Re:For crying out loud... on Alien vs. Predator Movie Trailer Available · · Score: 1

    But, but... The codecs come with the above apt-getting!

    *Sigh*

    "Funny", eh? What's that again?

  16. Nekobox... on Alien vs. Predator Movie Trailer Available · · Score: 1


    ...has already covered it here.

    Enjoy.

  17. For crying out loud... on Alien vs. Predator Movie Trailer Available · · Score: 1

    ...get apt-rpm!

    All that's required:

    apt-get install mplayer mplayer-fonts mplayer-skins

    and it's all done, set up nicely.
  18. Useful link: on Sun Gets Open Source Into NSW Government · · Score: 1
  19. Mod this guy up, please. on Linux 2.6.0-test9 Released · · Score: 1


    If you wouldn't mind.

  20. Re:So what's the difference? on Linux 2.6.0-test9 Released · · Score: 1


    > Also, i2c and the lm sensors interface is built right in as well.

    Umm, good luck to all those Thinkpad owners, then.
    The R40 (at least) has its EEPROM completely borked up if you use lmsensors, and you have to get the motherboard replaced (apparently).

  21. Re:but but but.... on E-Mail Controls in Office 2003 · · Score: 1

    > the best e-mail client ever is still Pine.

    Ahem. Mutt.

  22. Yup. on Magneto-Optical Drives Reviewed · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's a nice link for those who have no clue what you're talking about:

    What IS the "Click of Death"?

  23. Re:22 minutes? on FCC Considers Mandating HDTV Copy Protection · · Score: 0


    Apologies. 1st -> 3rd Season DS9.

  24. Agreed... on Common PC Video Games Used To Treat Phobias · · Score: 0


    I'm still scared stiff of the 'chompers' in Prince\ of\ Persia* - when I was 5 or so I had to get my brother or dad to walk through them for me. :-D

  25. Re:22 minutes? on FCC Considers Mandating HDTV Copy Protection · · Score: 0

    > ... seem to have stabilized at around forty-two to forty-four minutes long...

    Star Trek is a confirmed 44 minutes.

    (No, I didn't just sit there and time it. I'm not _that_ sad.)