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  1. Rest in Peace on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 1

    I didn't know you, and I was never lucky enough to get an email reply from you, but you changed my world and made it a better place. I'll miss you, Steve.

  2. Re:Are these...? on Earth's Period of Habitability Is Nearly Over · · Score: 1

    That would be the mass media. The astronomers just came up with a definition that would make their work easier to describe and categorise.

  3. Re:really, i didn't make it up on Matter · · Score: 1

    Could it be that the lack of Banks books in a second hand bookstore has more to do with the fact that people don't often part with his books? Just a thought from an Aussie who's never had any trouble acquiring any of them (except Against a Dark Background, which always seems to be out of stock when I realise there's a friend who hasn't read it yet).

  4. Re:Hey, George, Here's a stick on Animated Film Set To Kick Off Star Wars TV Show · · Score: 1

    That's not a horse, it's a gungan.

  5. Re:People, just relax on When Did Star Wars Jump the Shark? · · Score: 1

    Do not want! :)

  6. Re:I met my fiancee on ICQ on Thousands of ICQ Numbers Deleted · · Score: 1

    My boyfriend first asked me out on ICQ, five years ago now.

  7. Re:I'm going to copyright other motions! on Dance Copyright Enforced by DMCA · · Score: 1

    No, you can't copyright the horizontal rumba. It's been public domain for the last hundred years or so. *smirks*

  8. Re:Monkey Island? on Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, Me Hearties · · Score: 1

    The Voodoo Lady used MSG in her recipes as one of the mixed herbs.

  9. Re:Now every geek's question is... on IAU Demotes Pluto to 'Dwarf Planet' Status · · Score: 1

    I feel the need to point out that there was a Sailor Ceres.

    And Sailor Xena could have been cute...in a disturbing kind of way (but no way near as disturbing as the Starlights).

  10. Re:Coke on MythBusters - The Lost Experiments · · Score: 2, Funny

    I often used coke for cleaning when I had braces on my teeth. Worked a treat... (or at least, that's how I convinced my parents to buy me coke when I had better things to spend my pocket money on)

  11. Re:great.. on Australian Media 'Crooks' to Come in from the Cold · · Score: 1

    How about the rest of the DMCA which is being implemented as part of the australian / usa free trade agreement?

  12. Re:Aptly named. on Apple Files Patent for "Tamper-Resistant Code" · · Score: 2

    Also because 'untamperable' sounds sucky.

  13. Re:This should get good on Speaker of the House Starts Blogging · · Score: 1

    If that were actually funny it would remind me of John Howard's blog (he's the prime minister of australia).

  14. Re:Torrents on Star Wars: Revelations Available Online · · Score: 1

    Here's hoping this will hold out:
    The Quicktime .torrent

  15. Re:Not just late, but... on Aussie TV Networks Fight BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Why did they have a break over easter when the school break (and hence people being away from their tvs) isn't for another few weeks?

  16. Re:Not just late, but... on Aussie TV Networks Fight BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Surely if they are competing, they want to be showing good stuff all the time?

    This is why I don't watch tv. It doesn't make sense.

  17. Re:Not just late, but... on Aussie TV Networks Fight BitTorrent · · Score: 3, Informative

    I stopped watching television on air about three years ago, because it was too hard trying to keep up with what the networks were doing to it.

    Futurama was shown completely out of order, Farscape was tossed around from one timeslot to another before finally being shown consistantly in an afternoon spot and Buffy and Angel were never in sync due to things being shuffled around for sports or other 'specials' one night of the week, so crossovers would never match up.

    A great example just recently was that Channel 7 stopped showing Desperate Housewives (and Lost?) for three weeks 'because of Easter'. I don't know anyone who took three weeks off for easter (even the schools stayed open save for the public holidays) so I'm not sure why they would do this.

    It's so much easier to just download things (and later buy them on DVD) than to try and figure out what's going on with the show you want to watch. Make it easier for us (either show it on tv in good time or let us download it for a fee) and maybe more people will watch tv.

  18. Re:Brandon Routh? on Superman Set To Fly · · Score: 1

    According to Lois and Clark canon, at least, Clark travelled the world for several years before coming to Metropolis. That could have something to do with the softening of his accent.

  19. Re:Oh... on Gmail Adds Features · · Score: 1

    I was getting the error message too, then after closing the notifier, and reopening it, it was the new version. It would have been nice if it had killed the old version and started the new one after updating. Since they are going around behind my back to update anyway, why not make it work?

  20. Re:What the Fuck? on Football Fans For Truth · · Score: 4, Informative

    You missed the fact that it's a parody of the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth campaign.

  21. Re:The Hidden Fortress on Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All? · · Score: 1

    George Lucas originally wanted to use classical music for the soundtrack to Star Wars. Particularly, the planets. However, Steven Spielberg introduced him to John Williams who suggested doing a full symphonic score for the film. I'm certain that John listened to George's suggestions with regards to the feel of the music.

  22. In a strange coincidence... on Fold Till You Drop · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd actually just started folding a crane while absent-mindedly hitting refresh on slashdot.
    It has to be the first origami I've done in a month, and I was thinking of looking up some new things to attempt.
    Of course, my favourite is still Yoda (Instructions, pdf).

  23. For some of us, it's next month... on "Blue Moon" Appears in Sky Saturday Night · · Score: 1

    The full moon occurs at 4am Sunday morning here in Australia, meaning that for us, the blue moon occurs next month.

  24. Re:Projecting on 2004 Venus Transit In Pictures · · Score: 1

    You can indeed project an image of the sun with your telescope. You align the telescope so that the image of the sun is lined up with the shadow of the telescope, and then place a piece of cardboard where the image is and focus as needed. Usually having the cardboard a meter and a half or so away will give you the best image.

    Of course, being in Ontario, you'll probably miss the transit.

  25. Viewing Venus in Sydney on 2004 Venus Transit In Pictures · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are a number of places in Sydney holding events for the transit. It seems that Sydney Observatory is booked out, though you can go along in the evening to watch various webcasts of the transit as it goes on in sunnier places.

    The event I'm involved with is the Macquarie University Observatory event, which is taking place on the vacant lot at the intersection of Culloden and Talavera Roads, North Ryde (out behind the uni, not at the observatory).

    For a gold coin donation you'll be able to look through a telescope at Venus, see the video display from one of our ccd cameras, observe the sun through a variety of projection methods and also with eclipse shades. So, it's good value, and all proceeds go to building a new observatory and planetarium (as opposed to the Feed the Starvind Astronomers Foundation, which I think is a more noble cause).

    We'll be there from 3pm, see here for more information.