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  1. Re:The real question is on Germany Considers Banning Wild Facebook Parties · · Score: 1

    We had the police pull out 300 people out of the house I used to live in back at university... (30. 11. 2003)

  2. Re:I always thought... on Germany Considers Banning Wild Facebook Parties · · Score: 1

    We have.

    The statements mentioned here were made by a bunch of politicians who don't know their own laws!

    BTW: those - perhaps two - parties that went "viral" mostly went viral because the tabloids reprinted screenshots of the facebook events to make sure anyone and his dog can find them online.

  3. Re:I always thought... on Germany Considers Banning Wild Facebook Parties · · Score: 1

    Ah. I was already wondering how you could have missed the crowds of Australians, Japanese, and all other nations :-)

  4. Re:In other news: on Flood Berm Collapses At Nebraska Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry miss dyke, but it seems it's you who doesn't understand the term "fail-safe".

    A fail-safe is there to prevent excessive damage in case of failure. It does not mean it's safe from failing, it means that when it fails it does so in a safe, controlled way.

    So that's exactly what a batch of spent nuclear fuel DOESN'T to in a failure situation when for some reason the pool runs dry.

    Ok, I read "failsafe" as "failure leads to no damage" instead of "failure leads to minimal damage", but besides that we're agreed on the meaning of failsafe. And still, the best road to a failsafe system is not additional security, but inherent safety

  5. Re:In other news: on Flood Berm Collapses At Nebraska Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but you absolutly didn't get the concept of "failsafe"

    Something that requires continuous measures to avoid damage (like... cooling a spent fuel pool or keeping a car on track on the road) is by definition NOT failsafe, not matter how many layers of security you wrap around it.

    All those security stuff may make an accident almost impossible, but it's still not failsafe. It's more like what -273 degrees is compared to absolute zero. (ok... failsafe designs are feasible, but NOT by approximation and additional safety systems. Failsafe means, you don't need security systems.)

  6. Re:Cautious optimism! on +Pool Would Let New Yorkers Go River Swimming · · Score: 3, Funny

    If the worst effect of a toxine is a subluxation..... well .... isn't "toxic" a bit misleading??

    "OMG he just ate arsenic - get a chiropractor - QUICK! !!"

  7. Re:Ethically OR intellectually challenged. on Court Case To Test GNU GPL · · Score: 1

    The changing positions also signal that they're more interested in winning than being right. Which puts them firmly in the "bad guy" camp.

    I'm disappointed that the judge didn't slap them around a bit for working their way through three contradictory theories.

    Yes.

    And that's espescially sad as I always had the feeling that AVM products were a bit more open than their competitors. (Except perhaps that box where OpenWRT first was made for).

    you can dial a code on your phone to activate a telnet server on the router, it even has an editor onboard - always seemed like an invitation to tinker and play to me. You only got a message that your warranty is void - until you switch back to the original rom.

    I'm a bit dissappointed.

  8. Re:Can't they tie them down? on Studying the Impact of Lost Shipping Containers · · Score: 1

    They usually ARE interlocked. They have holes on their corners which are clamped together with standardized clamps.

  9. why google? on Why Doesn't 'Google Kids' Exist? · · Score: 1
  10. Re:ah geez. on A Brief Sony Password Analysis · · Score: 1

    Our Network Administrators password was "ramses" back in those days....

    Getting it was even more fun than using it :-)

  11. Re:Connect the dots for us on Local Atmosphere Heated Rapidly Before Japan Quake · · Score: 1

    The Wombles?????

  12. Re:Not so bad to have different systems. on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Math is pretty much man-made.....

  13. Re:Sure... on MoD's Error Leaks Secrets of UK Nuclear Submarine · · Score: 1

    Laserprinter Ink?

  14. Re:It's not the user's fault on MoD's Error Leaks Secrets of UK Nuclear Submarine · · Score: 1

    If the user is drawing a black rectangle over stuff the app could be clever enough to clip away everything that gets overdrawn instead of storing it in the file when doing PDF export (might help performance too).

    That's definitly NOT what you want when preparing a pdf for printing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_(printing)

    And about that performance issue..... It's faster to draw three rectangles on top of each other than three times drawing a rectangle, cutting out the clipped part, and then draw thavever was supposed to fill in the clipped holes. That would be only true if simple geometries hide complex geometries.

  15. Re:Nah on Merck's Drug Propecia Linked To Sexual Dysfunction · · Score: 1

    Well.. they're both stupid critters that start growling as soon as they see me.

  16. Re:Nah on Merck's Drug Propecia Linked To Sexual Dysfunction · · Score: 1

    And what about the other, obviously wig-wearing captain with the ripped shirts?

  17. Re:Nah on Merck's Drug Propecia Linked To Sexual Dysfunction · · Score: 1

    Definitly.

    And he even manages that when you watch Captain Ahab, you DONT think of the other captain.

    Or compare the two "crewmember ages fast in alternate reality" episodes.

    "The inner light" was fantasic acting. I completly forgot about the enterprise while watching this almost unrelated 45mins . And then take the VOY episode where 7of9 transforms into an old woman. Or rather transforms into y young woman with a grey wig and painted on wrinkels. That was one of the worst moments of acting on TV ever seen! (And I really enjoyed Knight Rider back when I was a kid)

  18. Re:Thought they knew that years ago on Merck's Drug Propecia Linked To Sexual Dysfunction · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of "Don't mess with the Zohan"... somehow.....

  19. Re:What for? on Researchers Turn Mice Into Wine Snobs · · Score: 1

    Additionally it prooves that differnt alcoholic drinks have different aromas.

    So nothing new at all.

    IMHO wine snob would have been right if they taught mice to prefer _expensive_ wines

  20. Re:What about heatballs? on Activists Seek Repeal of Ban On Incandescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    Even if energy itself isn't wasted, electric heating is usually a waste of money.

    But yes, a complete ban is stupid as there are many scenarios where energy usage is not the main concern.

  21. Re:Clean Power on Activists Seek Repeal of Ban On Incandescent Bulbs · · Score: 2

    You still can't beat 4 bulbs for $.99.

    At least not as long as you don't turn them on.

    Or is electricity free in your place?

  22. Re:What about heatballs? on Activists Seek Repeal of Ban On Incandescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    Germany.

    But isn't that exactly what they really are?

  23. Pleeeease..... on Anonymous Goes After GodHatesFags.com · · Score: 1

    godhatesfags.com?

    That sounds like something I'd expect anonymous to START in the first place!

  24. WHY? on How Watchmen Killed 'R'-rated Fantasy Movies · · Score: 1

    Barbarella exists.

    Why would anyone need a remake of it?

    IMHO movies would be much better if the studios decided to spent money on movies that aren't here already.

  25. Re:Best story ever. [citation needed] on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    But you might guess you need to carry out a certain number of successfull suicide bombings before you get promoted to suicide-bomber-handler...