User: sa1lnr

If you disagree

On: Serenity Trounces Star Wars

vote on the BBC site. 17497 Votes Cast when I voted for Blade Runner. And Star Wars was way out in the lead.

Re:April fools?

On: US No Longer Technology King

I don't know if they came up with the unified theory of global warming.

But they did come up with this.

http://www.speedbandits.dk/ (flash)

I suppose

On: Sport Is Unrelated To Obesity In Children

"The UK government is trying to increase the amount of sport in schools."

That's why they let so many State schools sell off their sports fields to property developers!

Re:Copy cat?

On: Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia

"Two year old's still think throwing poo is fun..."

I ran away from home with the girl next door before I was two years old. I couldn't even talk and she could only say her name. But we still managed to get two or three miles away before we were found. I remember the incident,(and my parents do too) so maybe some two year olds have risen above poo throwing. ;)

Re:I can hardly wait!

On: New Details on Xerox Inkless Printer

"now we'll have $300 sheets of paper..."

Yep, we are going to get reamed on that.

Re:Obligatory

On: Robotic Arm Aids in Grasping After Stroke

"Side effects include... blindness."

Huh?

Ctrl++
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Oh!

Re:Oops

On: DNA-rainbow, A New Vision of Human Chromosomes

"It looks like the DNA has been Slashdotted."

Does anyone else see a pattern forming here? ;)

Re:Test page?

On: 3D Printers To Build Houses

I have a "Blue House of Death" for som... ;)

Re:hmmm

On: Intel Countersues Transmeta

I think Intel have prior art on the random number generator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug ;)

Re:sweet

On: "Dracula's Castle" For Sale In Romania

If you had chicks, you wouldn't have 77 million for long. ;)

Re:Cure for cancer patented....

On: Researchers Find Potential Cure for Cancer

"...still no cure for greed."

Moderation.

And give me lots of it. ;)

Re:Patent ? Idea ?

On: Researchers Find Potential Cure for Cancer

Here in the UK there is a tv advert for Audi cars where it claims filing over nine thousands patents while designing this car is a good thing.

Re:Unsurprisingly

On: What Are You Optimistic About?

That's fantasy, not optimism. ;)

Re:Warmer air might mean more snow.

On: What's Hidden Under Greenland's Ice?

Not exactly Greenland but this is quite close.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6218333.stm

Re:You have got to be kidding.

On: Is Ubuntu a Serious Desktop Contender?

I can edit my registry as a text file.

Exported it to text.reg.

Only 57 Megs of it. ;)

Re:Rolex is PWND

On: Making Time With the Watchmakers

"would you pay $100,000 for a Jaguar with a Ford engine?"

Who owns Jaguar these days?

Re:Tagging as "oldnews"

On: NASA Sees Glow of Universe's First Objects

I'm waiting for the dupe.

Bench Power Supply

On: Equipment for A Perfect General Lab?

A good quality bench power supply is essential. For testing stuff "out of the box"

They really did miss this one

On: The 10 Most Dangerous Toys of All Time

http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/ ;)

Some of us older gamers

On: The Video Game Generation Grows Up

Have adult children that can change their own diapers. ;)

Re:Miss formulated question

On: DRM 'Too Complicated' Says Gates

"if MS never happened"

iirc MS was not IBM's initial choice. Digital Research was.

Re:Someone show this to Sony

On: Nintendo To Replace Wiimote Wrist Straps

"there is too much force put on their wrist"

That won't be a problem for a lot of us on here. ;)

You don't get

On: How To Choose Archival CD/DVD Media

direct sunlight in your parents basement. ;)

Re:I know this is /.

On: UN Report Downgrades Human Impact on Climate

I'd rather read the actual report rather than some newspapers spin on an unreleased report.

It has its very own

On: Wii Launches, Sells Out Peacefully

form of violence. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s= &threadid=2183346