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  1. Prediction on Genesis: Data in good condition · · Score: 1, Funny

    Four days until Darl claims that SCO owns Java.

  2. Re:Conspiracy Theory on Mysterious Force Affects Pioneer 10 & 11 Probes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't forget that US law still only applies to the US, so the rest of us will be perfectly safe as you float off into space. Of course, as long as Congress don't also take your guns away you'll at least be able to steer until you run out of ammo.

  3. Re:Code-by-voice on IBM to Open Voice Recognition Software · · Score: 1
    I've dictated LaTeX to ViaVoice and to my Mum. ViaVoice is faster, but it's still painfully slow.

    Also, while a language may not use many phrases, identifiers do. It would be a real nuisance having to spell out all my portmanteau camel-case identifiers.

  4. Re:Possible? on Endorse EDRI's Statement Against Data Retention · · Score: 1

    You don't have to read the consultion document: read the summary! It's logging traffic data, not all data. If done sensibly, it doesn't need to take much space.

  5. Re:More Information on BBC Launches Downloaded Music Charts · · Score: 1

    If it's not rigged. Isn't it an open secret that record companies buy millions of copies of their new releases to try to push them to number one in their first week?

  6. Re:Sentry gun on Home Defense, Geek Style? · · Score: 1
    Would you send UKP 7500 (that's about USD 13,000) to a company which can't afford a proof reader to spot such obvious mistakes as these?
    This Gun Is (sic) not for the average player as it would prove to (sic) heavy waying (sic) in at 75 Kg Un Armed (sic)
  7. Re:Do we have any choice but to play ball? on Mushroom Cloud Reported Over North Korea · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually it sounds to me like the way we Europeans would describe a stereotypical US citizen.

  8. Re:Right in the middle of my Calc class too... on General Solution for Polynomial Equations? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's a shame the paper doesn't say why this is better than using Sturm sequences, which work perfectly well.

  9. Re:Water walking on Robot Walks on Water · · Score: 1, Funny
    Peter and Jesus are playing golf, and Jesus is trying out the "visualisation" technique. At the fourth hole Peter, knowing he won't hit over the lake, hits his ball just short of it. Jesus decides to hit over it, and muttering to Himself, "Think Tiger Woods! Be Tiger Woods" hits the ball smack into the middle of it. He then walks out, bends down, and fetches His ball.

    Peter generously allows Him to retake the shot, and Jesus again mutters to Himself, "Think Tiger Woods! Be Tiger Woods! I am Tiger Woods!" and hits the ball three quarters of the way across the lake. Sighing, He goes off to fetch it again.

    "This really is the last time I'm going to let You retake it," Peter informs Him on His return. "Why not play it safe?" But since the visualisation improved the distance He hit so well last time, Jesus decides to give it another shot. "I am Tiger Woods! I am Tiger Woods" - and He hits the ball just short of the far bank.

    While He's off fetching his ball again, the pair behind them on the course catch up with them, and see Jesus walking across the lake to retrieve His ball. One of them asks Peter, "Who does your partner think he is - the Son of God?" Peter sighs. "No, it's worse than that: He thinks He's Tiger Woods."

  10. Re:Driving Without Due Care? on Your Car Is Reading Your Email · · Score: 1

    The fact that a Statutory Instrument was needed to forbid that implies that it isn't automatically driving without due care and attention.

  11. TIAJ on They Killed Ken! · · Score: 1, Funny

    Local thing? Are you saying that the US is a [i]proper[/i] subset of the world? Mod this guy down as a troll!

  12. Re:Yes... on Should Star Trek Die? · · Score: 1

    And for those who haven't seen it, check out the Stone Trek version - Flash, sound.

  13. Re:I'm not surprised on Internet Chess Club Security Defeated · · Score: 1

    I have a book entitled "How to cheat at chess".

  14. Re:Yes... on Should Star Trek Die? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nonsense. It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.

  15. Re:As a former teacher, I agree--it's not fixable on The Underground History of American Education · · Score: 1
    When I mean AWAY I mean outside of a single day's drive. No going home on the weekends for laundry, food, family time.
    I come from a country where that's barely possible without studying abroad. In fact, I don't think there's a country in Western Europe you can't drive across in a day. We seem to cope.
  16. Re:The typical American cannot read the law on Government Asks Court to Keep ID Arguments Secret · · Score: 1

    I can read (British) Acts of Parliament - but it would be nice to be able to download a document containing the latest version of any Act which is modified by a later Act. In far too many cases the only documents I can find on legislation.hmso.gov.uk are essentially diffs.

  17. Re:Want smaller government? on Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org · · Score: 1
    Shoot a politician and they'll just hold elections. If you really want a smaller government, hack his legs off.

    As an aside, why isn't there a -1 Distasteful moderation?

  18. Re:Non-US Elections on Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org · · Score: 1

    And in England there's additional fun due to the West Lothian question remaining unresolved.

  19. Re:Politics on Slashdot? Never! on Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org · · Score: 1

    That helps? My karma was up to excellent within a week or two of registering, and has never dropped below it; I meta-mod whenever asked to; I still haven't seen a single mod point. Since your UID is only slightly lower than mine maybe that means I'll be in with a chance in the near future?

  20. Self-contradicting? on Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org · · Score: 1

    Make up your mind: is /. for discussing the US or the Civilised World?

  21. Re:New Moderation Proposals on Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing politics.slashdot.org · · Score: 1

    The Official Monster Raving Loonie Party? No, I forgot, Lord Sutch is dead.

  22. Re:See/Hear on VoIP Receives Warm Reception From UK Regulators · · Score: 1

    But next Saturday is the Last Night of the Proms and hundreds of Brits will be singing "Land of hope and glory, mother of the free" about Britain. Also "Britons never will be slaves" (from "Rule Britannia"). Who do we believe?

  23. Re:Hello NWO on Warez Suspect To Be Extradited, After All · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think you probably mean 40-odd years. 60 years ago the British Empire still covered something like a third of the world's land surface: it was in the 1960s that it really broke up.

  24. Re:tr/Russian/Grigori Perelman/ ..? on Russian May Have Solved Poincare Conjecture · · Score: 1

    Your tr turns the title into "Grggori Mry Hrve Solved Pooicrre Coijectrre". Did you mean s/Russian/Grigori Perelman/?

  25. Re:Billions - Spanish / English on Russian May Have Solved Poincare Conjecture · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nonono. You're confusing English with American. 1 billion in English is 10^12, whereas 1 billion in American is 10^9. However, to ensure everyone is confused the Houses of Parliament switched to using American billions in the 1970s.