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  1. Re:Sincere longstanding question (meta, going OT) on B-52s: The Plane That Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    My favourite line in that song is "traffic jam, when you're already late" which IS ironic but only if you are a town planner on your way to a meeting to discuss traffic congestion.

  2. Re:Why does anyone care? on Legal Loophole Offers Volkswagen Criminal Immunity · · Score: 2

    As I understand it they are within the bounds of CO2, the problem is to get that efficiency it burns hot which is great for CO2/mile but also causes the Nitrogen in the air to burn producing NOx. That's the problem, a hot efficient engine pumps out too much of another pollutant that the UK isn't focussed on. Ex ministers are today saying that the focus on CO2 from the 90s when these regulations came in was a mistake.

  3. Re:Kardashian? on Scientist Seeks 'Adventurous Human Woman' For Neanderthal Baby · · Score: 1

    What I find fascinating with this is that one day there was born a baby with blue eyes (as a result of this mutation). The reason we have blue eyes etc today is because the parents of that child didn't see that difference, one never seen before, as a problem and abandon it. It really shows how the microscopic can sometimes have a very real impact on the macroscopic. Plus I'd assume this means that everyone with blue eyes, or with that trait in their family, have a common ancestor.

  4. Re:I don't think we need to go Mach 6 on Boeing's X-51 WaveRider Jet Crashes In Mach 6 Attempt · · Score: 1

    Really? Can we get rides on regular cruise missiles now?

    That would be fun. For a while, at least.

    Well we can, sort of, if you think that the cruise missiles today are really just small jet aircraft and we can quite easily ride in large jet aircraft today from any airport.

  5. Re:Ironic? on What If the Apollo Program Never Happened? · · Score: 1

    Actually there is one that's ironic... A traffic jam, when you're already late, IS ironic if (and only if) you are a town planner on your way to a meeting to discus traffic congestion.

  6. Re:Proposed caps on 40GB of Data That Costs the Same As a House · · Score: 1

    Actually as of 1st July 2010 the EU has enforced an opt out (whilst roaming in the EU) cap of 50 EURO. You have to ask to have this removed and if you don't that's the most you can be charged for a given month whilst roaming. The cap you're probably thinking of is on the charges that can be levied rather than any cap on consumption and you're right that's not yet there on data.

  7. Re:Dear T-Mobile, on T-Mobile Slashes Fair Use Policy, Says Download At Home · · Score: 1

    Vodafone have the same cap I believe (500Mb). It got introduced in the back end of last year and I missed it completely until the 30 days had passed so am stuck, for now...

  8. Re:Fire them on Doctor Slams Hospital's "Please" Policy · · Score: 1

    I appreciate some of what you're saying but how is today's society any worse than yesterday's (or I guess any better than tomorrows?)

  9. Re:Nothing to See Here! on UK Newspaper Websites To Become Nearly Invisible · · Score: 1

    I saved more than the fee for joining on my first trip when compared to any other supermarket. If you just buy an Xbox at the moment I think they're cheaper than buying online by more than the membership.

  10. Re:Great step forward on Air Force Sets Date To Fly Mach-6 Scramjet · · Score: 1

    Having worked by Heathrow Airport back in 2000/01 I can tell you that with our wonderful triple glazing we heard no planes >> Concorde which was a good 50% or so louder and pretty deafening at take off if you were outside. I'm surprised you felt the 747 louder. I do miss that regular rumble that used to announce it was (whatever time it was that they took off that escapes me now but definitiely indicated it was time for tea and a biscuit)

  11. Re:Rogue-like on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's the key to this working (living in a bad neighbourhood). That way you're far more likely to die sooner and therefore you need FAR less storage. In some areas if I believe the movies you'd need less than 20mins of storage before it was game over... If that's the case then these already exists in a simple camcorder.

  12. Re:Umami vs. Savory on Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Protein ... and Now Fat · · Score: 1

    In Melvyn Bragg's "Adventure of English", it is observed that Winston Churchill's speech, "we shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight in the streets, we shall never surrender", all the words can be traced back to old English, except for "surrender", which can be traced back to old French (n.b. I actually quite like the French but find the above overridingly funny)

  13. Re:Finally on Uranus and Neptune May Have "Oceans of Diamonds" · · Score: 1

    That's probably true but where can you buy them?

  14. Re:Yeah, tens of meters from a 50mW power source.. on Is RCA's Airnergy Snake Oil? · · Score: 1

    Excellent so it's only a 1500km I need for me to get wireless power from power line emissions :)

  15. Re:I thought they.. on Wikipedia Debates Rorschach Censorship · · Score: 1

    Absolutely absolutely absolutely agree. I used the Allen Carr method which combines some redumentary psycological techniques (repeating the same phrase in close succession) along with explaining why smoking provides no benefit, topped off with a bit of expectation setting and it worked brillilantly. Every time I cut down I would just crave more and be more miserable. This way I was really positive and didn't miss them at all (2 years ago) Audio book is on Amazon (and no I have nothing to do with the organisation).

  16. Re:It's The Timing...Stupid! on Lenovo Software Update Stealthily Installs Adware · · Score: 1

    Serious? If it's that important to have GREAT presentations then you use the industry standard for business which is the former Big Blue Thinkpad. Do you seriously want a load of sales and marketing guys running around with the ability to manage services? You pay for these machines because they are locked not so you can train your customer facing users. Oh and Drum and Bass + Guitar and Vocals = Pendulum FTW (or fail depending upon your view point)

  17. Re:Red spectrum on Hundreds of Black Holes Found · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is a spectrum, what is a red one, why is it red, and why is it so frequently linked with quasars?

    What the hell is a quasar?

    (write bigger)

  18. Re:Do they have all the original calculations? on Computer Forensics to Help Solve Pioneer Mystery · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome our space faring farting squirrel overlords.

    Sorry I just had to...

  19. Re:Simple. Caveat Emptor (paraphrased) on Dell Laptop Burns House Down · · Score: 1

    The first rule of the recall is that you do not talk about the recall
    The second rule of the the recall is THAT YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE RECALL

  20. In the UK "pissed" is also known as on England Starts Fingerprinting Drinkers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Over here in blighty we've a number of other terms for this state of inebriation. A few of them are below

    drunk
    mullered
    wasted
    trashed
    beanoed
    trolleyed
    badgered
    rat-arsed
    ratted
    tight
    lashed

    When out drinking on can be:
    on the piss
    out on the lash
    on the badger
    on the raz
    having a couple of sherberts

    and many many more...

    Note that I've been all over the country and some of the slang is very localised. If anyone can contribute some more to the education of the site in expressing their state of disrepair...

  21. Re:Not all, and not really on Three Years in Prison for Posting Hatespeak · · Score: 1

    I can understand your comments however, without meaning any offense, I assume you're from the US.

    In the UK I've found that access to politicians, whilst restricted, is certainly within reach for the 'man in the street'. It's true I'm what would be considered politically active. I've attended party conferences (not as a member) on a number of occassions and if you do then you can go to 'fringe' meetings where you get senior politicians from both side giving speeches and more importantly debating with the audience. I'm neither rich nor famous and have met and spoken to two sitting prime ministers (also also accidentaly knocked a foreign minister flying) as well as many other senior figures. You can meet them but you have to make a little effort.

  22. Re:Roland Piquepaille article on Nanocosmetics Used Since Ancient Egypt · · Score: 1

    Surely this is the killer app for Web 2.0?

  23. Re:USE MULTI-WALL NANOTUBES on Halving Half Lives · · Score: 1

    Sadly by publishing it here before submitting it you've just lost the rights to a patent...

    Bad luck old chap... :)

  24. Re:5 minutes?! on Another Pass at the Personal Jetpack · · Score: 1

    In actual fact the cost to build the car is significantly less than its price as the oft quoted 4m figure includes the R&D for creating a 250mph car (actually the spec required a 400kph car).

    VW, through Bugatti, also have the prestige as mentioned before of the worlds fastest road car. How much is that worth?

  25. Re:Metric on Ripeness Sticker Coming to Supermarket Fruit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or Australian or Gaelic... ;)