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  1. Re:Don't laugh on A Home Lab/Shop For Kids? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure as a bio graduate that massive doses of aspirin are not the standard treatment for chronic migraines. Aspirin isn't even the most useful painkiller for migraines.

  2. Re:Price? on R2D2-Shaped DVD and Videogame Projector · · Score: 1

    Heh, funnily enough i was listening to that this morning. Great show.

  3. Re:Don't think of it as just Help Desk on Is Help Desk a Launchpad or a Dead End? · · Score: 1

    ITIL is very much management-buzzword overkill but it's a damn useful framework. I did my training last week and get my results later this week. Once i pass i can get paid a whole lot more. It's becoming more of a 'standard' job requirement here (UK) than Prince2.

  4. Re:Duh - we all do. on Who Pays for Rebuilding the Internet? · · Score: 1

    There is an ISP i have used previously here in the UK called Eclipse. They have a pretty good 'standard' broadband charge, with a few different packages depending on what you need - but they also introduced 'flex'; you give them 48hours(i think) notice to temporarily upgrade you bandwidth and the rates on that are brilliant for the service they offer.
    Also, only 30 days notice to cancel the contract - great for when we were students!

  5. Re:I love space sims. on Project Sylpheed Review · · Score: 1

    Starfox 64 is out on the VC on the Wii. A friend recommended it to me and i've been loving it...i've not been able to work out how to change the route you take? I think i need to read the manual properly to work it out.

  6. Re:What about Rag Doll Kung Fu? on There Are No Games So Bad They're Funny · · Score: 1

    It was a great game but i kept getting severe RSI after playing for a short while from all the mouse motions you had to do. Maybe i just had a bad setup on my desk but i just couldn't get very far with it.

    Great idea for a game though.

  7. Re:HTML problems with Slashdot on The Psychology of Facebook Examined · · Score: 1

    All very similar to the problems i'm getting with IE6 too but i'm using a work pc where i have absolutely no choice but to use IE6.

    At the moment i'm getting mod point almost weekly and i'm completely unable to use them, and the new comment system doesn't render at all and for some reason IE6 won't let me change it back to the old style for the times i read when i'm at work.

  8. Re:Oh please on Team Builds Viruses To Combat Harmful "Biofilms" · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing you meant 'thrombosis'?

    Hehe, the parent post made me almost burst out laughing in the office.

  9. Re:obHumor on Hans Reiser Interview from Prison · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Some of the questions still go unanswered though.
    They were expecting an answer to, "did you really do it?"

  10. Re:What makes this really suck... on BBC Chooses Microsoft DRM Platform · · Score: 1

    The only out of the TV license if you own a tv is to prove you use it only for gaming. To do this you remove your aerial, 'detune' any channels on your Tv and basically argue with them when they turn up at your door. This was the advice given by my university to students that just had a tv for games consoles, wish i'd known this before i got caught and had to pay £115(ish) on the spot to buy a license.

  11. Re:question on When Does Technolust Become An Addiction? · · Score: 1

    Greg Papadopoulos recently did a keynote speech on this exact topic. The idea of voicemail being a linear, audial (sic?) service is an out-dated idea. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6225398.stm

  12. Re:Perfect Time to change the model? on AO Rating Basically Bans Manhunt 2 From Release · · Score: 1

    Wasn't this one of the advantages of the Wii dev kit? I read articles saying it was 'only' around $2000, compared to the $20-$25k of the PS3 dev kit. (My numbers could be off, but for the small business/hobbyist it's going to be easier to raise $2k than $20k)

  13. Re:I'm not sure I want my porn in HD on Adult Film Industry Moving To HD DVD · · Score: 1
    The three disc collectors edition (right here in front of me) came with the regular and HD-DVD version... over a year ago. It's a Digital Playground film, too, which somewhat contradicts what's in TFA.


    Doesn't TFA say that Digital Playgrounds are going HD-DVD only?

  14. Re:ShoZu? on Stolen Cell Phone Shares Thieves' Photos? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Shozu is a 3rd party java application that uploads photos from your mobile phone to your flickr account. I started using it last week and it's pretty handy really. They do have a website http://www.shozu.com/.

  15. Musical... on LOTR Jumps the Shark · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why is it so bad as a musical, most of what i remember from the books, that wasn't in the films, were the storytelling...through song and prose. And the summary doesn't mention that some critics, and the granddaughter of JRRT, support the musical and say it is closer to the books than the films.

  16. Why are people talking about the cost of linspire? on Linspire To Run Windows Games · · Score: 1

    Since when did Cedega run just under Linspire? It's always been linux software. Ok so they now have a major ditro backing them but Cedega will still run under other linux ditros...so the cost of that would be nothing. Most linux ditros are free.

  17. Re:headphones on iPod Most Popular Music Player on Microsoft Campus · · Score: 1

    It wasn't an urban myth here. The slashdot article that was on here http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/30/ 1631231&tid=176&tid=3 was released by my local police authority. There were reports of people in this area being targeted as the bright white earphones are highly visible.

  18. Re:B.C. cartoon on Build Your Own Self-Balancing Unicycle · · Score: 1

    No he's not. It's an old C64 game called BC's quest for the Wheel.

  19. Re:Pay to recieve SMS? on SMS Text Messaging & Youth Debt One · · Score: 1
    Some people in Europe pay to receive sms as well. I have friends in Holland who sometimes don't get my 'texts' until they have the credit (for pre-paid phones).

    This was a problem in the UK too. Companies were charging £4.650+ ($9.00?) for ringtones. It's still a problem now I believe, It just gets reported less.

  20. Re:Amish Lights on Screw-in LED Floodlights · · Score: 1

    Didn't know most of that. I can't say there's many Amish people near me (in the UK).

  21. Re:Amish Lights on Screw-in LED Floodlights · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought Amish people didn't use technology, since when are LEDs not technology?

  22. Supremecy? on The Future of Star Wars Gaming · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the first RTS style Star Wars game, SW:Supremecy? (Though it may have been called something different in the US). I remember this from about 5-5 years ago and was a little Homeworld in style.

  23. Kingdom Hearts? on Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Impressions · · Score: 1

    Someone that commented on the article page mentioned that Kingdom Hearts also involces these characters, where does this 'fit' in?

  24. Something hiccuped? on "E-Jihad" Exaggerated by Russian Media Spin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm Shows a little hiccup, or something? What's that blip?

  25. Re:Ring them? on Dodgeball: Text Your Location To Friends · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, I suppose. I regularly go out with the same group of people and don't organise it myself (anymore), I ring one person, they ring another and it all filters through. Hopefully.