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  1. Re:Not news on UK Possibly Exploring "Google Tax" · · Score: 1

    If The Times were to run an article attacking the BBC it would hardly be surprising- they've long been one of Murdoch's most consistent pet hates, mainly due to them standing in the way of his UK broadcasting ambition.

    The only silver lining I see to this is that now Murdoch spreads his pet hates globally, insteaad of confining them to here in Australia.

  2. Re:wow on UK Possibly Exploring "Google Tax" · · Score: 1

    The usual excuse is "I mispelt that deliberately, it's part of my persona"

  3. Re:What did we expect? on Office 2007SP2 ODF Interoperability Very Bad · · Score: 1

    So, complain to Microsoft if you're writing addons for Office, because it is still c++ inside, with PIA interfaces.

  4. Re:7 years we've been on our own on Speaking With the Devs Behind a 7-Year Game Mod Project · · Score: 1

    Doing it standing up is ok.

  5. Re:Ironic on Norway Trying Out Laptops For High School Exams · · Score: 1

    fail to compile == fail. Got to love that, on pen and paper.

  6. Re:I wish i had that in my day on Norway Trying Out Laptops For High School Exams · · Score: 1

    The hospital charges for the stomach pump etc would come to more than that!

  7. Re:Tweaks to the System on Norway Trying Out Laptops For High School Exams · · Score: 1

    Do you really need the CS piece of paper that much? Get out there and make monet instead.

  8. Re:What the hell?! on Apple Rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone App · · Score: 1

    Actually, my analogy was more for the claim - car manufacturers don't sell cars with a refuelling feature (or diety preserve us, an optional extra), you assume that you can. Likewise, you buy an electronic appliance, you assume you can replace the battery even though this is not stated.

  9. Re:Simple answer on Why Is It So Difficult To Fire Bad Teachers? · · Score: 1

    What you've got is compulsory, but it isn't necessarily education. The old proverb about being able to lead a horse to water, but not make him drink applies here.

  10. Re:Simple answer on Why Is It So Difficult To Fire Bad Teachers? · · Score: 1

    bad school principles, too.

  11. Re:so lest get this straight on The In-House Decency Patrol At Facebook · · Score: 1

    Your biller has a loose coupling with your member manager,

    You honestly said that, whilst talking about pron?

  12. Re:What the hell?! on Apple Rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone App · · Score: 1

    And that is an answer to the parent's question? To use a car analogy, car manufacturers do not claim that you can refill their cars with fuel, either. I think people would be somewhat annoyed to find no fuel filler on them.

  13. Re:Braille Quake on Options For a Laptop With a Broken Screen? · · Score: 1

    After working with some electronics that was designed to run in oil (high voltage laser stuff) I've got a hatred of the stuff. Replacing components that have been marinated in oil is a task I don't wish on anyone.

  14. Re:Zeitgeist on Pirate Party Banned From Social Networking Site · · Score: 1

    More likely he's trying to get someone to mention the Nazis, so he can invoke Godwin's law on them.

    CynicalBastards are me.

  15. Re:Zeitgeist on Pirate Party Banned From Social Networking Site · · Score: 1

    And if the network was owned by either the democrats or republicans (and so, therefore, funded by them) - would you still insist that they allow their opposition airtime?

  16. Re:Zeitgeist on Pirate Party Banned From Social Networking Site · · Score: 1

    Or planes. And I can't get away from them on a plane. But it isn't just antisocial kids on planes, they might have colds (kids always seem to) and it's absolute bloody hell flying with blocked sinuses.

  17. Re:what's so critical about a web browser? on IE8 Released As Critical Update For XP · · Score: 1

    I'm just hoping these are unknown security exploits we're talking about. On the bright side, our IT shop religiously obeys critical patches. This means we'll get IE 8 soon.

    Yes, and they are unknown unknowns!

  18. Re:Didn't XP ship with 6? on IE8 Released As Critical Update For XP · · Score: 1

    looks at registry. Hmmm, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\8.0\DoNotAllowIE80 is set to 1

    Sets to 0, removes write permission for SYSTEM.

    Watches, waits.

  19. Re:I laugh ... on Australian Gov't Offers $560k Cryptographic Protocol For Free · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Semi-Pandemic on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 1

    It's funny how the same people who are scared shitless of shaking hands or touching a doorknob, will happily touch taps, soap dispensers and damp roller-towels in a public bathroom just for the sake of "washing their hands".

    - soap dispensers: before you start washing hands
    - tap: infrared activated
    - towels: paper towels
    - door: well, there often is no door after the handbasin section of a public toilet

    Realistically though, if you go to take a leak in a toilet, and wash your hands, they might end up dirtier if you handle taps, doors, roller towels than just your cock. YMMV :)

  21. Re:I'll repeat what I heard elsewhere on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 1

    For fucks sake you people are quoting Wikipedia instead of the CDC; you can't even quote wiki for a damn highschool essay but you'll trust your life to that shit? I wonder if its really spreading in mexico because they DONT have as good an immune system as we do, they don't go to the doctor as often as we do, and they don't take medicine for every sniffle like we do. No, no that doesn't make any sense at all...

    WTF do you think taking medicine for a sniffle is likely in any way to promote a healthy immune system??

  22. Re:CDC says bacterial secondary infection was kill on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 1

    And as I've been saying, it's extremely likely that people with those secondary problems seek attention. And we have a ton of options to treat pneumonia and asthma in the U.S. and Europe. So far, almost none of the 90+ cases in the U.S. are proving to be fatal. We are well taught to take drugs for any serious illness by now.

    Regrettably, we're trained to take drugs for *any* illness.

  23. Re:I'll repeat what I heard elsewhere on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 1

    So, out of 300,000,000+ Americans, this flu has killed 8? I'll bet more people die from golf balls in a year. And for this our pork exports are plummetting?

    Yes. Deal with it.

  24. Re:I'll repeat what I heard elsewhere on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When there are 1000 data points (read deaths) what do you suppose the total people *infected* with H1N12009 will be?

  25. Re:Doesn't scare me at all on WHO Raises Swine Flu Threat Level · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The media can do what they will with this non-story.

    I'm safe - I don't believe in that e-vo-lution crap, so this new disease could not have evolved from swine! It's all just pig nonsense.

    I'm going back to prepare a round of raw bacon sushi!

    But does evolution believe in you?