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  1. Re:"Second Largest ISP" on Australia's 2 Largest ISP's Start Censorsing the Web · · Score: 1

    Maybe they're referring to building size?

  2. Re:I wouldn't be too worried... on Australia's 2 Largest ISP's Start Censorsing the Web · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised if most Labor politicians were more 'half-baked' than their ideas. I wouldn't be surprised if, when asked, they couldn't remember where the links are coming from.

  3. Re:Hackers 4.0 on Authorities Closing On LulzSec · · Score: 1

    Thanks for explaining that reference. For a moment there I thought nobody ever made a movie named Hackers. The 4.0 was very confusing.

  4. Re:The first problem that comes to mind.. on AMD Fusion System Architecture Detailed · · Score: 1

    Heck, I can't even notice the difference these days to SCREEN 13.

  5. I, for one, welcome our new mark-up vocabulary overlords.

  6. Re:Swaps some problems for some more on OnLive To Launch In UK This Autumn · · Score: 1

    AI engines and game physics could be improved throughout the lifecycle.

    e.g. Black Ops.

  7. I would thoroughly dislike on OnLive To Launch In UK This Autumn · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I notice the difference between playing FPS games with wired and wireless mice. I would not react well to anything like this -- especially while I'm busy downloading my err.. creative commons.. music and movies.

  8. Who is paying him to do this? on Boot Linux In Your Browser · · Score: 1

    The only answer that would not surprise me would be "a university/PhD grant."

  9. Neutrality on The Rise of Filter Bubbles · · Score: 1

    In a supposed attempt to perhaps be neutral, I find myself apparently with a somewhat limited number of options for commenting, including: I may or may not understand all or some of your prose, all of which I may or may not agree or disagree with. I hope I have conveyed my interpretation without ambiguity.

  10. Constants on Artificial Retinas Can Balance a Pencil On Its End · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the constants are optimally tuned?

  11. Re:Laser Filters? on Laser Incidents With Aircraft On the Rise · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, let's filter light from getting into the cockpit. A-grade idea there!

  12. Re:2G1C on Taiwan Develops Face-Recognition Vending Machine · · Score: 0

    It sees one guy, he gets one cup. http://www.efukt.com/2339_1_Guy_1_Cup.html (WARNING)

  13. Re:Common Knowledge on Black Holes May Mature Early In Galaxy Evolution · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or at least you tell yourself you think they're 18 or over.

  14. Re:most of the PAY warez sites seems to seen scams on RIAA, MPAA Recruit MasterCard As Internet Police · · Score: 1

    My argument had little to do with your supposed point.

  15. Re:most of the PAY warez sites seems to seen scams on RIAA, MPAA Recruit MasterCard As Internet Police · · Score: 1

    By your logic, you're implying your own idiocy.

  16. Who's-generation graphics? on FPS Games That Need a Remake · · Score: 1

    Wait.. "Wii" <--> "next-generation graphics" ?!

  17. Eck on Immaculate Conception In a Boa Constrictor · · Score: 1

    Written by a commoner.

  18. Obama on James Cameron To Develop 3-D Camera For Mars Rover · · Score: 1

    So this is Obama's new plan for space..

  19. Re:It should have been phased out... on Will the Serial Console Ever Die? · · Score: 1

    If you can get USB working at 1MHz I'll give you a medal.

  20. Re:It should have been phased out... on Will the Serial Console Ever Die? · · Score: 1

    Except for the occasional Windows reboot because the serial port is locked after your app crashed.

  21. Re:It should have been phased out... on Will the Serial Console Ever Die? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is especially true in low-frequency micros. Not only does USB require complicated software both on the chip and on the pc (not to mention the licensing issues), it uses a lot of cycles just processing the stream. With UART any jack-ass with a C compiler can write the next killer text-based rpg in no time.

    Also to note, you can do cool things with serial. e.g. A BlueSMiRF device can sit on the outside of your serial device (just connect TX/RX and give it power), and it instantly transforms it to a Bluetooth signal. You can then read and write to serial via any computer with Bluetooth (pretty neat). Should mention this does break poorly-written timing sensitive serial applications like some bootloaders. But there you have it.

  22. Re:So... on Examining Virtual Crimes · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I'm an Aussie and most of the people I know dislike the current government and are against laws such as

    Australian federal criminal law imposes a maximum penalty of three years imprisonment for using an internet carriage service to 'menace, harass or cause offence' to another user.

    We think that ruling cartoon depictions of child pornography illegal is plain stupid, and are against Internet filtering. Our far left Labor government completely ignores the people (ETS, NBN anyone?), and instead tries to protect them against their will or by the will of a small minority. They also put too much weight on the voice of parents who think that the protection of their children supersedes the right of society's freedom, when if they didn't they would loose their precious votes in our extremely tight federal elections. It's in shambles and is completely bs.