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  1. Re:Ebay is the key on Virtual Economies Attract Real-World Tax Attention · · Score: 1

    But can't the monthly fees be taken into account ?
    ie you pay $20 a month to play you sell something for $240 once a tax year.
    In esence you have bought and sold nothing for nothing.

  2. Re:A wise man once said.. on Crunching the Numbers on a Hydrogen Economy · · Score: 1

    Having hydrogen piped to your house would be, well really really fun. a few old weather balloons and a bow and arrow with a flaming end.

  3. Re:If you're gonna go to all that trouble . . . on Is the Botnet Battle Already Lost? · · Score: 1

    This is a chance I'm willing to take

  4. Re:If you're gonna go to all that trouble . . . on Is the Botnet Battle Already Lost? · · Score: 1

    You have soo described the policy I am trying to get pushed through in our company. (the jist) A hardware firewall which is implemented in a fasion to restrict users access to the internet, this will eliminate all threats originating from the internet and increase staff productivity. So far they haven't said no yet.

  5. Re:CD-quality programming . . .Yeah right on Howard Stern Coming To the Net · · Score: 1

    translation, there's going to be a few tracks you like but not enough to justify the price tag.

  6. Re:Dinner @ home on Radioactive Snails Crawl Up From Beneath · · Score: 1

    Do they cook themselves ?

  7. Re:DVD Jon on New Copy Protection to Make Playing DVDs on a PC Difficult · · Score: 1

    And here was me downloading films just so I didn't have to which the "piracy is stealing" message

  8. Re:Gyroscopic stabilizers on Rocket Men · · Score: 1

    Heh the cheap Giros quoted here would probably be no good as they are piezo giros.
    However in the model world you can get top of the line giro systems that will allow most novice rc helicopter pilots to fly the things with ease although these are no where near $100 and they can be programed.

    I do however wish I had bought one of these more expensive giros as my first rc helicopter flight ended up being quite expensive.

  9. Re:Obligatory on Pi Recited to 100,000 Digits · · Score: 1

    Pi is exactly 3 Right now I have your attention, once he finished reciting it he was heard to say Oh my god I've wasted my life.

  10. Re:For those of us who don't want to RTFA... on Calif. AG Files Felony Charges In HP Probe · · Score: 1

    Have you ever used outlook express ?

  11. Re:Americans & Energy Use on US Population to Top 300 Million · · Score: 1

    Yeah I think this is a bit off as well but lets see America has some of the worlds bigest aircraft carriers that are constantly running you have the worlds largest orbital delivery system. and to transport the large quantity of crops across a country the size of the usa requires a fair amount of power. and as you mention the goods that you are exporting. At the end of the day energy is energy

  12. Re:Low low price on Beautiful Wooden PC Cases · · Score: 1

    Nope.

  13. Re:Videos (YouTube) on The I-Tech Virtual Laser Keyboard · · Score: 1

    So does this mean when one of my coworkers annoys me I can smack them across the back of the head with it and make a satisfying clunk sound ?

  14. Re:Press Releases on When a Tech 'Breakthrough' Isn't Really · · Score: 1

    Oh like. Mr Flibble made a massive breakthrough when he used a sledgehammer for percusive maintenance on a broken server.

  15. Re:It's Probably a Valid Concern on Space Elevator vs Wildlife · · Score: 1

    Didn't NASA conduct (hah) an experiment that used a microsatelite attached via a tether to the shuttle and as one was placed in a higher orbit than the other it travelled faster and produced an electrical charge ?

  16. Re:UK has far higher fuel prices! on Much Ado About Gas Prices · · Score: 1

    And the gas companies barely make any money on selling it I can't remember the exact figures (or how to spell) but the amount we pay on fuel tax is stupid 47.1p per litre of fuel then add our 17.5% vat on top so more than half of the cost of fuel here is tax.

  17. Re:Gee here's an idea on Much Ado About Gas Prices · · Score: 1

    That's okay I have a coupon, oh wait.

  18. Re:Summary is disingenuous and sensationalistic on CCTV Cameras In UK Get Loudspeakers · · Score: 1

    Heh Middlesbrough
    Where the police attend to stop a man beating his Lass up and she bites off one of the police officers ears.
    The drug capital of the northeast.
    Where even in a high street round the corner from the police station under cctv cameras one of my friends were robbed at knife point whilst using a cash machine.
    That middlesbrough ?

  19. Re:wow on Spamhaus to Ignore $11.7M Judgement · · Score: 1

    I didn't have a problem thankyouverymuch.

  20. Re:My UPS has a report on Measuring the Energy You Use? · · Score: 1

    however your ups is adding another 100w to that total just keeping it powered. Try plugging in a watt meter in front of the ups and have a nice shock at the amount ofpower you really use on your computer.

  21. Re:Even for RC planes on Measuring the Energy You Use? · · Score: 1

    I would like to enter my bomber, however is it based on mass and size of model or just flight time/power usage ? It runs on 4 speed 600 motors and I run a 8.4v 3300 mah nihm on it. I can get it airborn and fly round the field once. On the plus side I can launch my other smaller planes from it.

  22. Re:Had enough yet? on China to Control Reports of Foreign News Agencies · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but what about China ?

  23. Re:It's your fault on Faster Global Warming From Permafrost Melt · · Score: 1

    You've seen my bank balance ?

  24. Re:Profiling is worse than random searches. on You Have Been 'Randomly' Selected? · · Score: 1

    I like my bigoted response to this whenever anyone comes out with that drivel. All child molestors are white.

  25. Re:Not so fast... on Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK · · Score: 1

    Also they talk about having 50000 signatures although I'm sure I heard somewhere there in blighty there are more people not wanting this law (why does this not suprise me).
    Also in the news they say violent and extreme sexual acts.
    That's a bit broad isn't it ?
    So What's classed as violent ? smaking the pornstars ass whilst rogering her ?
    And extreme sexual acts, anything but the missionary position is considered extreme by some.

    Oh well I'll have to watch my entire collection and make sure I don't have any violent or extreme porn.

    On the plus side I should be able to free up a few terrabytes of hd space.