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  1. Re:A subset of PDF files? on Aussie Government Gives PDF the Thumbs Down · · Score: 1

    You should be asking yourself, "Why is PDF even used?" And the answer is, "No good reason."

    And my answer is, "No good reason."
    Fixed that for you

  2. Re:Relevance on Every Day's a Tax Holiday At Amazon · · Score: 1

    Each link in the manufacturing chain will reclaim the VAT they paid to the previous link - so the capacitor mfr will reclaim the VAT paid on the materials, the mobo mfr will reclaim the VAT paid on the capacitors, etc. The only one who can''t reclaim the VAT is the end user, unless of course he's a VAT registered business in which case he can reclaim too, so the end result is that everyone has to cover the cost of accounting for VAT with no benefit to themselves or the treasury.

  3. Re:It's the apps, stupid on Hands-On With Acer's New 10-Inch Android Tablet · · Score: 1

    Turn the table and we could be here all day running down the list of high-quality, interesting apps which are exclusive to iOS.

    As an android user who has never even touched an iPhone I'm completely unaware of what I'm missing out on, could you please list some of these apps?

  4. Re:I don't care on Hands-On With Acer's New 10-Inch Android Tablet · · Score: 1

    Most (if not all) of these cheap ones have resistive touch screens rather than capacitive, so they're not pleasant to use.

  5. Re:huh? on Google Engineer Sponsors New Kinect Bounties · · Score: 1

    Yeah that'll be great, having to sit completely still whilst watching a film in case you change channels or skip to the next chapter whilst reaching for your beer.

  6. Re:Not just useless, but actually toxic. on LSE Breaks World Record In Trade Speed With Linux · · Score: 1

    Should Microsoft be responsible to help troubleshoot my website when it crashes? Or maybe I just wrote a shitty website.

    MS provided a lot of in-house development resource for the Tradelect system, that was a major factor in winning them the contract.

  7. Re:Why? on When You Really, Really Want to Upgrade a Tiny Notebook · · Score: 1

    Presumably because the replacement was not new, it was removed from another device.

  8. Re:I don't recall ever using it... on Does Your PC Really Need a SysRq Button Anymore? · · Score: 1

    I've always found Ctrl+S and Ctrl+Q adequate for that, never used the scroll lock key.

  9. Re:ok so the company lost money... on Most Expensive JavaScript Ever? · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's not even humorous, just makes him look like a dick

  10. Re:Hopefully attacks like this won't be as prevole on Hackers Jump On Newest IE7 Bug · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That will be true if all those people running windows using administrator accounts move over to running linux as root. Those running linux properly will still be pretty much unaffected.

  11. QWERTY on Computer Error Caused Qantas Jet Mishap · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Questions: on Computer Error Caused Qantas Jet Mishap · · Score: 2, Interesting

    FAQIR -- Muslim or Hindu monk FAQIRS -- plural of FAQIR QABALA -- body of mystical teachings QADI -- Islamic judge QADIS -- plural of QADI QAID -- a Muslim tribal chief or senior official QAIDS -- plural of QAID QANAT -- gently sloping underground tunnel for irrigation QANATS -- plural of QANAT QAT -- leaf of the shrub Catha edulis QATS -- plural of QAT QINDAR -- Albanian currency QINDARKA -- plural of QINDAR QINDARS -- plural of QINDAR QINTAR -- Albanian currency QINTARS -- plural of QINTAR QOPH -- 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet QOPHS -- plural of QOPH QWERTY -- the traditional configuration of computer keyboard keys QWERTYS -- plural of QWERTY SHEQEL -- any of several ancient units of weight SHEQELIM -- plural of SHEQEL TRANQ -- sedative TRANQS -- plural of TRANQ

  13. Re:ldapdns on Open Source BIND Alternative Launches · · Score: 2, Informative

    Only if you change all the zones at once.

  14. Re:ldapdns on Open Source BIND Alternative Launches · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, typing 'rndc reload' is such an effort isn't it

  15. Re:Fuel leaking SR-71's on F-117A Stealth Fighter Retired · · Score: 2, Informative

    And for those of us in the UK, the only Blackbird on display outside the US is at Duxford in Cambridgeshire.

  16. Re:Eh, whatever. on UK ISP Says No To Music Industry Pressure · · Score: 2, Informative

    Do you have a reference for that?
    My isp http://www.aaisp.net.uk/ has not been forced by the government to do any such thing.

  17. Re:Atheros on The Problem With Driver-Loaded Firmware · · Score: 1

    Also, often on Newegg if you look through the comments someone will say if it works on Linux or not
    Unfortunately that doesn't help when the manufacturer changes the chipset without changing the model number.
  18. Re:Has Lance started trying yet? on Tour De France Showcases Multitude Of Tech · · Score: 1

    >Test him for steroids? That'll stop him. Err no, Lance is already the most tested man on the planet.