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  1. Re:to extract text from PDFs on Large FLOSS Study Gets the Real Facts · · Score: 1

    Why not just select and copy the text in your PDF reader?

  2. Re:Link? on The First HD DVD Movie Hits BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    A quick search for "HD DVD" on PirateBay shows three movies, all added in the last two days.

  3. Re:Who puts in the rebar? on 3D Printers To Build Houses · · Score: 2, Funny
    the second story (first story for the UK project :-))
    Dupe story for slashdot.
  4. Re:Test page? on 3D Printers To Build Houses · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have "PC LOAD LETTER" embedded in my floor for some reason.

  5. Re:Arbitrary? on Doomsday Clock To Advance · · Score: 1

    The moment I saw that "2 minutes" I immediately realised what the hell the Iron Maiden song was referring to, finally! Do notice that the Clock was built in 1947, way before IM.

  6. Re:No problem? No shame. on The Snoop Next Door Is Posting to YouTube · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily, but where did you find a blank mermaid robot to download into?

  7. Re:Arrr! on Pirate Bay to Purchase Sealand? · · Score: 1

    You claim that they're totally different things, but you're wrong on that one. In both cases, revenue or income is usually lost. How it is lost is merely a small detail for whoever lost it.

  8. Re:Depends how much of a dick you are... on Do You Tell a Job Candidate How Badly They Did? · · Score: 2, Informative

    They're sami.

  9. Re:Games? This is a PS3, for cricket's sake on Gentoo on the PS3 - Full Install Instructions · · Score: 1

    Where can I buy a button like that for my workstation?

  10. Re:Noodle nerd here... on Father of Instant Ramen Passes Away · · Score: 1

    Well, the museum in Ikeda is dedicated to instant ramen, so it's a bit smaller for sure. The one in Yokohama is more about the real stuff, which I do prefer.

  11. Re:Work around? on YouTube Blocked in Brazil · · Score: 1

    Real men know the name in three languages.

  12. Re:Noodle nerd here... on Father of Instant Ramen Passes Away · · Score: 1
    If you're really a noodle nerd, you need to go to the museum in Ikeda mentioned in TFA. There's an exhibition, and you also get to make your own packet of instant chicken ramen there. :)

    For the interested living in Osaka: take Hankyu Takarazuka line to Ikeda, and follow the map. No reservation needed for the ramen kitchen. On the way back to the station, there's a nice ramen place on the left in a small alley on the same street, called Momofuku-tei.

  13. Re:Not trying to discredit.... on How a Pulsar Gets Its Spin · · Score: 1

    It's an explanation that fits observations, and now we can read about this new development. What's the problem? That nobody made any predictions yet?

  14. Re:Gimme a break on Luxpro Sues Apple for Damages and 'Power Abuse' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But they also improved the design. 3 colour options, a screen, still the same same size.

  15. Re:What do you need bio for? on North Korea's Secret Biochemical Arsenal · · Score: 1

    But those refugees will go to/through China, and someone might not like that very much at all.

  16. Re:the U-Bend on What Bizarre IT Setups Have You Seen? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Or you can just pour some cheap cooking oil into it, which will stay there for a long time. Put a sign on top of the drain as a reminder not to flush it out, if someone goes there.

    You should also pour some oil into the toilet when traveling, as it will collect on the surface, preventing water from evaporating.

  17. Re:Not really selfish on Researchers Create Selfish BitTorrent Client · · Score: 1

    While you can't trust a client to report accurately how much it uploads, you can probably trust a second client to report how much it receives from the first one.

  18. Re:A few gems in there. on Predicting the Internet in 1995 · · Score: 1

    Really? My ADSL modem just bridges the line over to the ethernet LAN, and any NICs on my end fetch a random IP from the ISP. In fact, I've never understood the point of using PPP and that authentication stuff with xDSL. Are there some snazzy features I'm missing out on?

  19. Re:just got it working on Wii's Opera Browser Now Downloadable · · Score: 1

    Gentlemen, a superior porn browser has been born.

  20. Re:WinFS on Hans Reiser to Sell Company · · Score: 1

    I think the GP employed something we know as "whooosh".

  21. Re:That article makes me brain hurtee on A Brief History of 'sex.com' · · Score: 1
    Well, this part was interesting:
    "Mr. Kremen's legal team also identified banks linked to Mr. Cohen in Latvia, Luxembourg, the Isle of Man, Mexico, Vanuatu, and the British Virgin Islands, but lawyers were unable to recover any funds."
    "Recover"?? Why do I get this picture of lawyer tentacles slithering all over the planet, sliding into every nook, fold and crevasse looking for some leftover cash crumbs.
  22. Re:example on Clipboard Data Theft Now Optional With IE7 · · Score: 2, Informative

    That site works in Opera too, incidentally, but it's not an example of the security hole. It can only overwrite the content in the clipboard, not copy it back, so it's not a problem. Though perhaps a mild annoyance if you happen to store all your important data and private keyfiles in there.

  23. Re:not quite on Clipboard Data Theft Now Optional With IE7 · · Score: 1

    You don't have to hit a malicious site when you have something important in your clipboard. Just hitting once sometime before is enough, since it can silently open a new, small window that continuously monitors and sends everything that is copied, for as long as IE is running.

  24. Re:Define "drink" on Drinking Alcohol May Extend Your Life · · Score: 1

    I don't think so. If you have no alcohol content in your breath, it won't show anything. If you do have some, it'll show something with a certain uncertainty.

  25. Re:The most important question.... on Questions for Entry Level PC Techs? · · Score: 1
    The computer smells new, the geek smells old.


    ~And The Universe Is In Balance~