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  1. Re:well... on FCC Proposes Abolishing Morse Code Requirement · · Score: 2, Informative
    What does flying planes have to do with morse code?

    Because the various aviation navigational beacons still broadcast their identity in morse code.

  2. Re:If he was running windows on Australian Man Found Guilty for Hyperlinking · · Score: 1
    I live in Australia. I have never heard of the laws listed here. I doubt if they are proper laws. Proper laws could be cited by the lawguru website - all Australian jurisdictions have their laws online.

    Show me the citations!

  3. Re:Still a little bit expensive on Legal Music Downloads At 35%, Soon To Pass Piracy · · Score: 1
    No one sticks a gun to your head and says "buy it".

    Careful, you might be revealing future plans there

  4. Re:What do backups have to do with security? on Computer Security Lacking at Homeland Security · · Score: 1

    Backups are related to disaster recovery plans, not data retention policies - there is a difference

  5. Re:Doctor Who? on Online Doctor Who Documentary · · Score: 1
    Google is your friend, along with many, many other search engines

    Either that, or you are a troll with no friends at all

  6. Re:Why not? on Extending Pop Music Copyrights · · Score: 1
    SHHHHHH!!!!

    you are giving 'them' ideas to extend the terms of patents.

  7. Re:No chance you this kind of system will succeed. on Coming Soon, Roadcasting · · Score: 1
    Trust me, there are plenty of people vain enough to think that everyone around them would love to hear their music.

    But most of them are already signed to an RIAA label

  8. Re:I've got it! on Coming Soon, Roadcasting · · Score: 1
    Jimmy Nail's greatest hits

    He had more than one tune played on the radio?

  9. Re:I want this for the sales people in my company. on School-Lunch Monitoring System for Parents · · Score: 1
    And what will happen when little Johnny's parents chew him out for eating $900 worth of food at the school every day?

    Some of them might realise that the system sucks (and some will not grasp the reality that someone is using their son's code), and the school will have no option to stop the tracking.

  10. Re:Only 60%? on 60% Of U.S. Believe Life Exists On Other Planets · · Score: 2, Funny

    40% of people in the US would be lucky to know that life exists on other continents

  11. Re:Old West theme on Vigilante Hackers use Old West Tactics for Justice · · Score: 1

    Dirty Harry was a western?

  12. Re:yawn on Podcasting from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't the nipples be http://www.booble.com/ (not work friendly)?

  13. Re:Uh... on New Shoe Designed to Kick-Start Couch Potatoes · · Score: 1
    Summer?

    Summer?

    Then why has the ice started to form on my car every morning?

    OHHHHHHHH, you meant in the NORTHERN half of the world.

    Why didnt you say so? Unless you want people to join the Bondi Icebreakers (people who brave Sydney's Bondi Beach in winter)

  14. Re:The people's car... on Stanford and Volkswagen Create Autonomous Vehicle · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Herbie rides again

  15. YAY!!! on Stanford and Volkswagen Create Autonomous Vehicle · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Herbie Rides Again

  16. Re:Breed Geeks, breed! on China to Top U.S. in Broadband Subscribers · · Score: 4, Funny
    Geeks do your partiotic duty.

    Go forth and multiply?

    Where did I leave my pocket calculator?

  17. Cold, Cold... Getting warmer... HOT on Robots to Help the Blind · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Assuming that they don't change the stock locations in the store too often, why wouldn't it work?

  18. Re:Someone please clue in the rest of the gov'ts on .gov.au Guide to Open Source Software · · Score: 1
    Well, for Australian Government records which will be kept for any length of time, check out what the National Archives of Australia is doing at http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/preservation/d igital/summary.html

    Check out Xena at http://xena.sourceforge.net/ as well.

    Disclaimer: I work for them, but not in the section working on this

  19. Noble Piece Prize? on Wink Chosen to Receive Noble Piece Prize · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely this will infringe the trademark of the Nobel Peace Prize

  20. Wink, Wink on Wink Chosen to Receive Noble Piece Prize · · Score: 5, Funny
    Nudge, nudge

    Say no more, say no more

  21. Re:April Fools... on Load List Values for Improved Efficiency · · Score: 2, Funny
    Careful there...

    Someone might hold the patents for those techniques.

  22. Re:What is the difference on Adelaide Gets a Taste of Free WiFi · · Score: 1
    Impersonating a pie cart.

    Damn serious offence

  23. Re:Submitter is confused on Does launchd Beat cron? · · Score: 1
    Pedantic?

    On Slashdot?

    Surely not.

  24. Re:Parent Is A Verb Too on More Freedom for DVD Players? · · Score: 1
    10 minutes

    And here I was thinking that Americans were offended at even the slightest flash of flesh - even if caused by a wardrobe malfunction

  25. Re:As an Australian on Canadians May Face 25% Download Tariff · · Score: 1
    If you broadcast, you MUST play ~35% canadian content (whether its good or not ;-) )

    There is good Canadian music?

    I would never have known that based on what I hear in Australia. Please export some of the good stuff.