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  1. Re:what is MP? on British Porn-Censoring MP Has Website Defaced With Porn · · Score: 1

    Member of Parliament.

  2. Re:Why? on Critical Security Updates Coming To Windows XP, 8, RT & Server · · Score: 1

    Yes there is, when you get to select printer window click on the windows update button that will update the
    HP printers. iirc there will now be two HP categories in the manufacturer window. Laserjet 4 will be in there now. Got a LJ 4L working fine on windows 7 64bit here. :)

  3. Re: If it makes you sleep well at night.... on How Old Is the Average Country? · · Score: 1

    Trounced? It took him six years to secure his throne and the language change was for the ruling elite.

    And I'm Scottish, just for the record. :)

  4. Re: If it makes you sleep well at night.... on How Old Is the Average Country? · · Score: 1

    "William the Conqueror who took over the country in 1066"

    It took him another six years to actually secure his throne. :)

  5. Re:of course... on In a Security Test, 3-D Printed Gun Smuggled Into Israeli Parliament · · Score: 2

    Wouldn't "disembark" do, or is that too old fashioned? :)

  6. Re:Such as when they declared Iceland to be terror on British Foreign Secretary on Surveillance Worries: '"Law Abiding Citizens Have N · · Score: 1
  7. Commercial Confidentiality on World's Biggest 'Agile' Software Project Close To Failure · · Score: 1

    is the excuse regularly given here in the UK.

  8. Re:Fear Mongering on Terrorist Murder In London Could Revive Snooper's Charter · · Score: 1

    Because not all gun ownership is illegal in the UK

  9. Re:You voted them into office, now suck it up. on Amazon, Google and Apple Won't Need To Pay Tax, Despite Goverment Threats · · Score: 1

    "P.S. Just out of curiosity, under what circumstances would you be willing to call the American War of Independence an unfortunate misunderstanding and take us back?"

    Even masochists have to draw the line somewhere. :)

  10. Re:You voted them into office, now suck it up. on Amazon, Google and Apple Won't Need To Pay Tax, Despite Goverment Threats · · Score: 1

    In fact nobody voted for this current UK government, there was no overall majority.

  11. Re:Easy on How To Talk Like a CIO · · Score: 1

    Indeed, he/she shouldn't have gone for first post. :)

  12. Didn't take long on Printable Gun Downloads Top 100k In 2 Days, Thanks to Kim Dotcom · · Score: 1
  13. Re:They reversed the charges though, right? on When Vote Counting Goes Bad · · Score: 2
  14. Re:New Coke? on Microsoft's "New Coke" Moment? · · Score: 1

    I thought DOS 4.0 was IBM creation.

  15. Re:It usually works like this on Google Ordered Back To UK Parliament To "Explain Itself" Following Investigation · · Score: 1

    "Google bribe the right people at HMRC"

    If you looked at the career history of those at the top of HMRC you would see that there is no need for bribery.

  16. Re:who cares on British Telecom Claims Patents on VOIP Session Initiation Protocol · · Score: 3, Informative

    Excuse me, but before it was sold off BT was making about £3 billion a years gross profit.

  17. Re:(YouTube) footage? on Baseball Software Can't Score What Jean Segura Did Friday · · Score: 1

    No, exactly like football, the sport that actually involves the whole world when it uses the word world for the name of a competition.

  18. Re:Except its a lie. on Kobo CEO Says Not Selling Washing Machines Key To Overtaking Amazon · · Score: 2

    Or you could just use their English page. :)

    http://global.rakuten.com/en/

  19. Re:Too little too late on Windows 8.1 May Restore Boot-To-Desktop, Start Button · · Score: 2

    FYI, the clutch is on the left here. :)

  20. Re:Good riddance on Margaret Thatcher Dies At 87 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So she helped to make the Mr Whippy rubbish that passes for ice cream in this country.

  21. Re:Good riddance on Margaret Thatcher Dies At 87 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bad management didn't have anything to do with it though, did it?

  22. Re:Big Banng on Listening To the Big Bang – In High Fidelity · · Score: 1

    Sweep generator is what I thought of.

  23. Try this link on Iranian Lab's Quadcopters To Rescue Swimmers · · Score: 3, Informative
  24. Re:This is just a test of real requirements on UK Serious Fraud Office Probes Autonomy With ... Autonomy! · · Score: 1

    "I also hope the SFO hands this over to some other competent group"

    You do know that the deserved old nickname for the SFO is the Serious Farce Office?

  25. Re:Why is this necessary? on Dad Hacks "Donkey Kong" - Now Pauline Rescues Mario · · Score: 1

    She's an attractive grave robber. :)