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  1. Re:john walkers? on Hackers On Atkins · · Score: 1

    You're at Uni in Edinburgh and you're promoting Whiskey over Whisky? What's wrong with you man? I'll let you off as you're probably Irish. :-)

    (Although I'll admit no self respecting Scot would touch Johnnie Walker. Thats for export only. We prefer to keep the good stuff here if we can.)

  2. Re:Farnsworth? on College Freshman Builds Fusion Reactor · · Score: 0

    Moderation: -1 (Stating the bleeding obvious)

  3. Re:Much more advanced... on Gyroscope Gives CellPhones 'Tilt Control' · · Score: 1

    Yeah. I'm so upset that I can use my phone on any network in the UK by simply buying a 5 SIM card (which typically comes with 5 phone credit). I'm so upset that I've been able to use my phone in every country I've taken it to. I feel so limited. Damn us stinking Europeans for picking a standard and making people stick to it.

  4. Re:The Sun on UK to Put Monitors in Every Car? · · Score: 1

    The Times and Sunday Times are also Murdoch papers (like The Sun). They tend to have the same slant on things, just with longer words and less tits.

  5. Re:Another Story on the Subject in The Reg. on Tampa Police Give Up On Face Recognition Cameras · · Score: 1

    Yeah, we export our crap to England.

  6. Re:Flavor/Flavour on Flavor vs. Flavour · · Score: 1

    Never heard anyone say "squittle". I've always said squirrel. Guy probably just had a speech defect. :-)

  7. Re:like it matters much on Australian Federal Court Overturns Legal Modchip Sales · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What really infuriates me is that a lot of the companies that create these false markets (which allow them to charge the highest price a particular area, rather than the global market, can reasonably sustain) are often the same ones that are right now shipping as many jobs as possible "overseas". So they can take advantage of cheaper markets, but we can't.

  8. Re:as on Wearing a Tie May Cause Blindness! · · Score: 1

    A hairy handbag.

  9. Re:as on Wearing a Tie May Cause Blindness! · · Score: 2, Informative

    Born in Glasgow, brought up just south of Inverness, now live in Edinburgh. Scottish enough? And no, I don't know your great uncle Wullie :-)

    There's actaully a big patch of cotton on the inside of mine. Us poor Highlanders can't afford silk. That's for you soft 13th gen ex-pats. Still more comfortable with undercrackers.

    And it's not "momma" in Scotland. I think you'll find it's "Maw". :-)

  10. Re:as on Wearing a Tie May Cause Blindness! · · Score: 3, Informative

    If it's a rental, yes. You don't know where it's been.

    If it's your's, it's optional. Personally, I find the wool of the tartan can chafe, so I usually do. Particularly when attending weddings, as there can be alot of dancing involved.

    (As a side issue, always remember to move your sporran before dancing. A bouncing sporran can cause undue wincing.)

    Oh, and kilts are babe magnets.

  11. Re:A stimulating simulation. on X-Plane - An Obsession For Realism · · Score: 0, Troll

    Huh, huh. You said seaman.

  12. Re:And, before the "I can make a tivo" people post on Pioneer To Release TiVo/DVD Burner Combo · · Score: 2, Informative
    - there are no tivo available in countries other than US and UK (canada ?).


    And since Thomson stopped making them a while back, there's no TiVos available in the UK, either (unless you want to trawl eBay and pay over the odds).
  13. Re:Image Problems? on SCO Protest And Anti-Protest In Provo · · Score: 1

    Check the alternate spellings in your dictionary. Failed pedantry is so sad.

  14. Re:Image Problems? on SCO Protest And Anti-Protest In Provo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Once you've finished trying to smoke your own cock, you might want to read what I wrote again. "Ya Vol" is in quotes, indicating that it is in fact, a quote. From the poster. You know, the one I was commenting on. The comment "And misspelt German is not the way to look clever" may also have been a little pointer.

    Oh, and it's spelt "spelt" not "spellt", numbnuts. And it's "Jawohl". One word. Do try to keep up. I know it's hard for the educationally challenged like yourself.

  15. Re:Image Problems? on SCO Protest And Anti-Protest In Provo · · Score: 1
    "Give Communism A Try - Free Linux"


    Which also has tux doing a Nazi salute and saying "Ya Vol". So, Communism==Nazism? Eh? And misspelt German is not the way to look clever. What a bunch of dumb fucks.
  16. Re:Multiculturalism in a nutshell on Matrix Gets Egyptian Ban For Explicit Religion · · Score: 1
    Films classified by the Brits, are only for showings in England.


    BBFC classifications also effect Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

    But of course, you already knew that and I'm just a Scot who is pig sick of being refered to as English.
  17. Re:No, VAT Sales Tax on U.S. E-Commerce Sites To Collect EU VAT · · Score: 1

    Does that mean each sale in the supply chain attracts a levy? I.e. sales tax is non-deductable against futher sales. Ouch. That means a lot more than the European typical 15-22% of the ticket price can go in tax.

    If it doesn't surely it's just a matter of implementation. You still end up giving a flat x% of each object's sale price to the state.

  18. Re:Rolling Eyes.... on U.S. E-Commerce Sites To Collect EU VAT · · Score: 1

    VAT = sales tax. The Federal government may not impose it, but the US certainly has it - if only in some states.

  19. Re:Well, will only make me stop shop on U.S. E-Commerce Sites To Collect EU VAT · · Score: 4, Informative

    Legally, you should be paying import tax on this at the moment - or at least that is the case in the UK. I understand that EU law is harmonised on this.

    There is an allowance of £18 (or £36 for "gifts"), but any package worth more than that is subject to both import duty and VAT at the point of entry to the EU. The importer (i.e. you) is responsible for paying this.

    The issue here is around services and products with no tangible substance. When do these enter the EU? The ruling basically means that sales of these items takes place within the EU, and therefore the vendor is liable. The other option would be to say the purchaser is importing the goods, and make them liable. Obviously, this would be much harder to actually collect on, as you have to rely on individuals to a) declare it, and b) know they need to declare it.

    It's all about levelling the playing field between EU and non-EU vendors. Previously, we had the perverse situation of EU vendors having to pay more tax on sales in their home market than non-EU vendors.

  20. Re:[OT] On being a frequent flyer ... on Research: Mobile Phones Disrupt Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Did you give up driving, too? More people are killed on the roads every week than die from terrorist attacks every year.

  21. Re:do you even get reception? on Research: Mobile Phones Disrupt Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Yeah, stronger if you have a Macro-Cell mast set up in the aisle of your 747. Otherwise, you need to think about the inverse square law. P = k / d^2, where P=Power, d=distance from source and k is all the other crap...

  22. Re:Too Few People? on Trepia: A Buddy List Of Strangers · · Score: 1

    Well, here in Edinburgh it finds people in Sydney. I don't think it could find someone much further away than that...

  23. Re:Other reasons... on Offshore Outsourcing Threatens Offshore Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    It used to be. With the weak dollar, it's now about $1.17 = â1.00

  24. Re:EMI profits down 40% on RIAA vs The Economy · · Score: 1

    Man, that was a year ago. Check the date on the link you posted. EMI's profits are actually up this year (despite falling sales, mind you).

  25. Re:And I am suing Mailblocks! on MailBlocks sues Earthlink over Anti-Spam Tech · · Score: 3, Funny
    Because of them, I have missed out on thousands of opportunities to rid myself of my tiny wiener.

    Try a kitchen knife. It'll take your shrunken member right off. Quite why you want to do this I'm not sure, however.