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  1. Re:2.5 minutes is *forever* on Film Studios Sue Samsung Over DVD players · · Score: 1

    I think it was admiral

  2. Re:Nuclear Waste? on New Nuclear Power Plants in the next 5 years · · Score: 1

    Yes we could store all our nuclear waste on the moon in our first moonbase.
    We could call it erm moonbase one, no, ok moonbase alpha.
    We would need to build and design new transport craft as well.
    As america needs the most power we could dedicate this new line of workhorses to them by calling them eagles.
    Now where's my bowl cut and cheesy 70's outfit.

  3. Re:Go Samsung! on Film Studios Sue Samsung Over DVD players · · Score: 1

    I used to work for samsung. In their monitor plant. Repairing the monitors as they came down the production line. Did you know that a large percentage of the control boards that went into these monitors that we built were the ones that during building failed the initial test and were repaired (badly it appeared) which I ended up having to fix at one point the number of failures in one batch was as high as %40. At this point I started sending them back to the goods in and telling them to ship them back to korea. At this point all the other repair techs started doing the same. When we explained our actions (and I was labelled as a trouble maker)the boards disapeared and all of a sudden we started getting better boards. Shortly after we started producing them ourselves and the failure rate plumeted to the point were they could reduce the number of repair techs on the line. DOH! I quit that job after that.

  4. Re:2.5 minutes is *forever* on Film Studios Sue Samsung Over DVD players · · Score: 1

    Yeah just buy the pirated version, it doesn't have the annoying piracy is a crime rubbish.

  5. Re:Oblig: In-Car Navigation Systems Too Distractin on In-Car Navigation Systems Too Distracting? · · Score: 1

    Many years ago I was hanging about waiting for my friend so we could walk to school (this was many years before in car nav systems) and I notice a woman driving along putting on her makeup using the rear view mirror paying no attention to the road, then I notice in the other direction a car coming with another woman doing exactly the same thing. I then proceeded to fall on the floor in fits of laughter as they drive head on into each other without even braking.

  6. Re:statistics on In-Car Navigation Systems Too Distracting? · · Score: 1

    I think this article is very interesting and something should be done about it. I was driving to work the other morning and all of a sudden I noticed a car driving towards me in my lane so I had to swerve so it didn't hit me causing me to drop my phone and spill my coffee. The guy driving was messing about with something that was stuck to his dash. When will people learn ?

  7. Re:Is this like a "Gartner Graph" with a big curve on Games Industry To Double By 2011 · · Score: 1

    no they're going to release twice as many same style first person shooters and twice as many pay for add-ons and twice as many buggy patches.
    Am I being cynical again ?

  8. Re:Could someone explain? on Sony Rootkit may Lead to Regulation · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's easy.
    The rich and powerful can get away with attempted murder without charge.
    Just ask americas vice president.

  9. Re:I don't understand.... on Using Watermarks to Combat Piracy · · Score: 1

    No they're using sonic weapons to scare the pirates away. Is britany releasing a new album ?

  10. Re:Free trip to Guantanamo Bay on Yahoo Considers Offering Prizes to Search Users · · Score: 1

    which words would those be then ?

  11. Re:Slashdot sucide club on Internet Suicide Pacts Surge in Japan · · Score: 1

    no wonder you want to die were all using fibre now.

  12. Re:What kind of marketing is this? on The Great HDCP Fiasco · · Score: 1

    my friend is going to be soooooo annoyed, he just bought himself a nice new £4000ish hdtv

  13. Re:Technically devoid fluff piece on Intel Looks Beyond the Microchip · · Score: 2, Funny

    They are paving the way for a lawsuit to stop amd from using the term core in their processor description.

  14. Re:obvious on RIAA Sues Woman Who Has Never Used a Computer · · Score: 1

    I for one think that no one is inoccent therefore she is at sometime going to be guilty of copyright infringment, in the future at some point, therefore this is a pre-emptive attack.

  15. Re:Helpful in future lawsuits? on RIAA Sues Woman Who Has Never Used a Computer · · Score: 1

    Probably not because most of them settled out of court. And if it went to court and you tried to get it dismissed you'd be taking a chance.

  16. Re:IN CAPITALIST AMERICA on 19 Charged in Alleged Software Piracy Plot · · Score: 1

    Ah but if there is a link and piracy sorry copyright infringement is counted as a terrorist act then the powers that be could ship them off for 'interogation'.

  17. Re:My reaction to protested games. on Activision Responds to American Indian Boycott · · Score: 1

    But what happens when you bring them together ?
    pc + anti-pc = energy ?

    DON'T DO IT !!

    your computer could explode.

  18. Re:I wonder on Bill Gates' Taxes Require Special Computer · · Score: 1

    No It's all the other machines that run on windows.

    I can imagine bill thinking;
    "hmm the irs uses windows to calculate my tax returns so if I get my software to just tweak a couple of numbers in my favour."

    So the IRS are forced to not use windows because they know this dirty little secret.

  19. Re:At this rate... on Xbox 360 Still in Short Supply · · Score: 1

    I think I'll wait for the phantom games console.

  20. Re:Thank the force on Open Letter To Star Wars Players · · Score: 1

    Is it still going ?

    ah stuff it that game wasted enough of my life already.

  21. Re:Honestly on Two Groups File Domestic Spying Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    On a more serious note the ACLU has now been deemed a terrorist organisation and as such all it's members have been shipped to an undisclosed country for interogation.

    The Nsa released a statement.
    "Our investigations found that the ACLU was planning to disrupt the operations of a law enforcement agency investigating potential terrorists and has now been deemed a terror support network".

  22. Re:elevators that can also go diagonal & horiz on Maglev Elevators by 2008? · · Score: 1

    First of all passing between buildings brought funny things to my mind (earlier post about railguns). They get passed at the top. And running multiple cars in shafts, the control room would be like tetris. The elavator music for this would be very annoying after a short time

  23. Re:Equilibrium, anyone? on Trauma Pill Might Help Ease Emotional Pain · · Score: 1

    You are guilty of sense crimes.

  24. Re:it is a universal fact on High-tech Cars Replacing Driver Skill? · · Score: 1

    15 ft that's pretty good for a bmw driver this morning on the way into work I had sitting about 2 ft off my rear bumper.
    However I have noticed that the faster you go the closer they get, so I slowed down to about 10 mph he backed off quite a bit.

  25. Re:Wal*Mart Kids on Chimpanzees Beat out Children in Reasoning Test · · Score: 1

    If you've ever been to Middlesbrough in merry old England you'd find the best way to deal with the local kids would be a double tap to the back of the head with a silenced 9mm.
    Now I know why guns are illegal in th UK