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  1. Re:paradox on iPod Gets The Royal Nod · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If I remember rightly, the last time she wanted to listen to Queen she invited them round and got the guitarist guy to stand on the roof of Buckingham Palace and play God save the Queen.

    Stylish or what ?

  2. Re:Hi, Americans are stupid on Most Americans Want Gov't To Make Internet Safer · · Score: 1

    And the worst thing about it is that half of the voters are stupider than that.

  3. Re:i hope on Mandriva Buys Assets from Lycoris · · Score: 1

    Can't remember which distro it was but I'm sure there was one where you could play Pacman while it installed.

  4. Re:Universal on Judge Rules Offering != Distributing · · Score: 1

    Odd, I always thought that .org meant worldwide non-profit not American only.

  5. So, will someone tell me... on Will Next-Gen Consoles Kill Off PC Gaming? · · Score: 1

    Why should I buy a console to play games on when I have this PC here on my desk that, while I do work on it, also happens to play any game I care to throw at it ?

    If the only reason is that companies are going to stop making games for me then it's a pretty poor one.

  6. Re:Legacy problems... on Microsoft IIS v7 Details Emerge · · Score: 1

    Yes, but this misses the point that I can just put in register_globals=ON if I want to.

    My choice to do that which isn't available on legacy ASP

  7. Re:What a letdown! on The Scoop on the Xbox 360's Embedded OS? · · Score: 1

    Just in case you didn't know, the ship sinks in Titanic and they get back OK in Apollo 13 ;-)

  8. Re:What disease is that? on Microsoft To Offer Virus Defense · · Score: 1

    It wasn't Churchill, it was Chamberlain.

    Churchill was the one who was happy to fight them on the beaches and wherever else they wanted to fight.

  9. Re:Nerd/tech/science? on Chronicles of Narnia Trailer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Lewis wrote space sci-fi as well, try reading Out of the Silent Planet and the rest of that trilogy.

    Doesn't that make him a nerdy author ?

  10. Re:Fuck on Time Travelers' Convention · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a great idea for a tv ser........

    Um, never mind

  11. What worries me on Microsoft Scales Down Palladium · · Score: 1

    It's the "first part"

    Does that sound to you like they will be adding the rest as well once people have gotten used to the "first part" ?

  12. Re:Inside Baseball Leading /.ers to Law School? on SCO Missing 16,209 Files? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just what the world needs, more fucking lawyers.

  13. Driver support ? on Microsoft to Launch 64-bit Windows on Monday · · Score: 1

    Last time I tried one of the Betas for this on my AMD64 box I couldn't get network live as there were no drivers for either my Yukon Marvell onboard NIC or my Netgear wg311v2 wireless card.

    Has this changed or are we going to have an OS that is largely useless due to lack of drivers for common hardware ?

  14. Re:Dubious on Hollywood Looks to BitTorrent for Distribution · · Score: 1

    Actually, most ISPs in the UK are currently switching over to a volume based charging structure rather than a speed based one.

    This is due to the way that British Telecom the former state owned monopoly has changed their wholesale pricing structure. Vast majority of ISPs in this country are just resellers of ADSL products from BT anyway so have no choice in the matter.

  15. Dual core ? on Preview of Intel's Dual-Core Extreme Edition · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean I'll be able to fry two eggs at once ?

  16. Re:for crying out loud!! on Gnome Removed From Slackware · · Score: 1

    My point is where he specifically says he isn't recommending Dropline because of all the extras it installs and that he recommends two other gnomes for Slackware ahead of Dropline.

    And yes, I have used Dropline a few times, each time it did something to my system I didn't want and I removed it again.

  17. Re:PAM on Gnome Removed From Slackware · · Score: 1

    My apologies for the name calling then, you have obviously done your research and chosen a solution that fits your needs.

  18. Re:PAM on Gnome Removed From Slackware · · Score: 1

    If you wanted to integrate LDAP did you not consider http://www.padl.com/OSS/nss_ldap.html instead of whining about not being able to use PAM ?

  19. Re:for crying out loud!! on Gnome Removed From Slackware · · Score: 1

    You did read the bit of the Changelog where he said he WASN'T supporting Dropline as the Slackware gnome didn't you ?

  20. Re:9 Episodes... on Lucas To Redo Star Wars In 3-D · · Score: 1

    I thought it was just old farts like me who saw it on its first run in cinema and could never remember seeing the episode IV bit.

    Thank $DEITY someone else is the same.

  21. Re:WTF on Microsoft Fails to Comply With EU Requirements · · Score: 1

    It wasn't me, an old woman did it and ran away

  22. Re:Balmer and RMS on Microsoft Fails to Comply With EU Requirements · · Score: 1

    "Should take about 30 second, oh or Balmers head may explode. ;)"

    Win - Win situation then ?

  23. Re:Just a thought from the right... on Microsoft Fails to Comply With EU Requirements · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is also a UK company, companies house in Cardiff says so.

    http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/d4557d64d27789d4 2470e8c8d4261826//compdetails

    If you're a European company you have to play by European rules.

    Personally for all I care you can take your buggy software and go back to you isolationist "nothing exists outside America" policy. I'm sure you and all the other redknecks will be very happy together.

  24. Re:Latest Fedora-development has gcc 4.0 on GCC 4.0 Preview · · Score: 1

    You mean RH has shipped another incomplete beta compiler ?

    That sounds familiar for some reason.....

  25. Re:Hopefully done in an appropriate style on Hobbit Movie in Four Years? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He'll probably cut out the last few chapters and skip the last battle.

    Worked for Lord of the Rings so why the hell not ?