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  1. Re:Eeeew. on Russia Claims Large Chunk of North Pole · · Score: 1

    Sheep, I could understand. It's not right, but hey, I understand. I've seen your British women. Really though, penguins???? That's really demented.

    Probably a dream date for a Linux zealot...
  2. Re:More? on Microsoft Says Your Phone is Your Next PC · · Score: 1

    This research is probably best described as: Searching google.com for some companies with a clue to buy them out... I dunno why I get that feeling.

  3. Re:Hotfix versus patch? on Vista Slow To Copy, Delete Files · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That means it's not available on the general download site; you have to ring up and ask for it. That's all. Unless you have premier support, in which case it's available on the premier site. Why should you have to ring up to get the damned thing functioning properly? Seems like an annoying and pointless waste of time to me... which sounds oddly enough like the actual problem! Guess they do some things well eh.
  4. Re:New source of power ? on Creating Power From Wasted Heat · · Score: 1

    but please don't assume it means you've hit a lotto (perpetual motion) that doesn't exist.

    Piece of buttered toast taped to the back of a cat... need I say more?

  5. Re:Oh I see... so it's not a motorcycle on Hayabusa To Begin Long Journey Back to Earth · · Score: 1

    I think the Japanese Hayabusa will be in better shape after it crashes, though. :-)

    The rear cowling looks like a giant phallus to me - that'd be putting it politely tho.

    Got a GSXR myself, looks half decent and is a hell of a lot more comfortable... altho it still sucks for long trips... but yeah not only is the Hayabusa butt ugly... it looks nothing like it's namesake. :( Shame, it really needs a more aggressive style.

  6. Re:Oh I see... so it's not a motorcycle on Hayabusa To Begin Long Journey Back to Earth · · Score: 1

    Hate to reply to myself but I forgot to mention the following:

    The bird has been clocked at up to 390 km/h (242.3mph)... which is the fastest of any animal on the planet see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon

    That speed must be a bit of a rush considering, it'd be just you and the wind :)

    Not only is it the fastest animal in the world... at the time of nameing the motorcycle the Hayabusa was the fastest production and road legal bike you could buy straight off the shop floor (IIRC).

    The Black Bird and Hayabusa got to such crazy speeds that they (Japanese manufacturers) stopped trying to outdo each other in the "lets have the fastest road bike" department.

    Which is a good thing considering how some Motorcycle riders treat the roads ...

  7. Re:Oh I see... so it's not a motorcycle on Hayabusa To Begin Long Journey Back to Earth · · Score: 1

    Hayabusa..... why would one name a spacecraft hayabusa?

    The Hayabusa space craft is not named after the Hayabusa motorcycle but rather what the motorcycle is named after...

    The motorcycles name refers to the the Peregrine Falcon, a bird that flies rather fast.

    As such the spacecraft is well named considering it flies pretty *expletive* fast.

    If anything the spacecrafts name suits better, haven't seen many motor bikes or the like flying past my house recently.

  8. Re:Bandaid on Power Generating Spacesuits · · Score: 1

    In all seriousness, you're more then likely correct ;) However it'd more then likely make them thicker, less sensitive and ultimately undesirable. They'd probably want to be reusable too (ick) as the cost would no doubt go up. Not sure I know many people willing to pay $5-10 for a single 'dom. I'm just guessing tho... IHNFI.

  9. Re:Bandaid on Power Generating Spacesuits · · Score: 1

    Eventually, the biologically derived suits might even be able to heal themselves."
    Think we can apply this technology to condoms ?

    If your penis needs healing, you're probably DOING IT WRONG.

    Just a thought...

  10. Re:innerspace on New Accelerator Technique Doubles Particle Energy · · Score: 2, Funny

    And their wives still say they're compensating.

    So what you're really saying is we should have done physics instead of IT, as they have the women. Bastards.

  11. Re:Nice. on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Protections Fully Broken · · Score: 1

    Music videos? Bands release DVDs with them playing live concerts amongst other things. If anyone can throw an arseload of crap onto a Blu-Ray disk filling it entirely... I'm sure it's the music industry.

    I got a metalica DVD for a birthday a while back... it didn't even have 1 full length song on it and it was full. There was a lot of talking and showing snippets of the video clips... but d'ya think they'd give me just a single one to watch? No chance! *sigh* At least other music DVD's actually had the music.

    Nowhere in the post you replied to was the word "movies" when mentioning RIAA.

    Having said that he was probably thinking MPAA...

    None the less I'm sure there'll be RIAA content on next gen media :P Be they Media disks or audio.

    And as far as I'm concerned RIAA/MPAA should just join forces - that way I wont have to divide my dislike between two entities.

  12. Re:Fantastic! Until... on The Replacement For the Battery? · · Score: 1
    Yeah! Why can't they be smart like RIAA and MPAA! They should take a leaf out of their books!

    Oh shi-...

  13. Re:Well... on One In Five Windows Installs Is Non-Genuine · · Score: 1
    Underinflation would occur from people not knowing how to update or caring about it (hello joe blo) or people who already know they aren't genuine and not visiting the site as they already know they wont pass the test.

    Oh and then there's the people getting around genuine other ways...

    Frankly I think 22% is quite a conservative figure. I am however theorycrafting and my comments should be taken with lots of salt...

  14. Re:I've seen similar ~3 years ago on Fighting Porn Vs. Ruining Innocent Lives · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It makes me wonder... if you know you visit a site and it pops up some ungodly advert like some filesharing and torrent sites do these days that image makes its way into your cache. Supposing you were to hand you box into someone who then "uncovers" this travesty of an image... would they use such a cached image to convict you? o_0

  15. Re:why you don't publicly name your product... on Cisco Sues Apple Over iPhone Trademark · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of the revolution... er the Wii. Remember the press that name change generated? Perhaps they want some (more) free advertising. In the end it matters not what it's called as long as the consumers see it and want it. I sure as hell want one. They can call it whatever the hell they want now... I've see it... I want it... I'll buy it.

  16. Re:What about the 100 worst places? on Google Tops 100 Best Places To Work · · Score: 1

    They're a great place to work. Obviously you don't have to fix anything or satisfy your customers! That can only really be topped by working for a company that didn't have any customers, no need to even go into work.

  17. Re:Lights? on Appliances Hog More Energy Than High-Tech Gadgets · · Score: 1
    Yep old style lights are a huge waste. Not only that but the compact fluorescent seem to last much longer.

    I'd hope so, they (fluo's that is) sure as hell aren't cheaper to buy :)

  18. Re:Zune on Zune Sales Continue to Weaken · · Score: 1

    I can't beleive you just let her BS like that to someone. That bastard needed saving and you left him to the wolves... *slap*

  19. Re:The chairs will be flying in Redmond today on Google NASA Partnership Announced · · Score: 1

    Yeah well, you think NASA has had some spectacular failures in space? You wait till Microsoft starts sending up rocketships. I for one will be building a bomb shelter, or in this case a rocket ship shelter.

  20. Re:Trickery on Texas Lawmaker Wants To Let the Blind Hunt · · Score: 1

    Just why the deer ate it's own eyeballs is anybodies guess.

  21. Re:Moo on Detecting Tailgaters With Lasers · · Score: 1

    I know the type of commodore he was driving, as far as I recall the headlights aren't hard wired on with that particular model. I'm also quite familiar with hard wired headlights, I have a GSXR 600... most bikes have 'em hard wired these days. I'm pretty sure it's a legality thing in our country (aus). I'm also aware of the ignorance of older drivers who know of such and generally like to bitch about motorcyclists with their headlights on during the day. The fact he had his headlights, coupled with speeding and riding my arse for no apparent reason suggested he was trying to be cool IMHO. You can make another deduction but that's mine and I'm sticking to it like a perpetulent child.

  22. Re:Moo on Detecting Tailgaters With Lasers · · Score: 1
    Argh I hate that.

    Had some twat fly up the highway at a speed greater then the speed limit by a fairly hefty margin with his head lights on (in the middle of a hot summer day) then he changed lanes to sit on my arse for the next 10km (I was on the speed limit).

    If I sped up he'd speed up... if I slowed down he'd slow down, wouldn't overtake me on a relatively empty highway with perfect driving conditions.

    Some people just like to be inconsiderate pricks, had a chick in the car with him. No doubt he was showing her how retardedly cool he is.... look at me! look at me! I can draft!

    What cars need is a one touch rear bullbar button that swings a bullbar out from under the car... just a nice subtle hint for the retard on your arse. Personally I'd prefer a car from carmageddon but getting one of those road legal would be sadly futile.

  23. Re:This just in... on Mars Probe Probably Lost Forever · · Score: 1

    The signal was actually lost as that rabbit got tired of beating a drum and decided to beat on the probe instead. Seriously, if you spend that long in space with nothing but a drum, you'd go crazy too. You'd possibly also be dead... but don't let that stop you! Quiters are losers.

  24. Re:Crazy weather on Icebergs Sailing Past New Zealand · · Score: 1

    We allmost had a 'super cell' tornado in Brisbane (aus) on the same day. Weathers wacked out eh? http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s17896 95.htm

  25. Re:India and free don't go well together on Steve Ballmer's Thoughts On Free Software · · Score: 1

    Clearly the tech in india is advancing in leaps and bounds as suggested. They've already got a time machine!