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  1. Re:Is this on the level? on Stephen Colbert Wikipedia Prank Backfires · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not even "Live Talk with Lively McLive"?

  2. Re:d/m/y? on The Next Three Days are the x86 Days · · Score: 1

    Does the 2010 problem refer to bad sequels?

  3. Re:jewelry drives? on 50th Anniversary of the First Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Am I being picky when I say that's not a hard drive?

  4. Re:Back when Men were *real* Men... on 50th Anniversary of the First Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Less than twenty years ago I used to look at a sector map to decide where to put the index file and the data file - if you got it right they could both be read in the same revolution.

  5. Re:The writing is the problem, for the most part on Why Have Movies Been So Bad Lately? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The writer may start off with a good script but it's soon out of their hands.

    It gets rewritten by the backers, the producers, the director, and the lead actors. All these groups will have their own writers, and will be pulling to make the version which is best for them.

  6. Re:Morning Commute on High-Definition Video Add-on Coming to iPod · · Score: 1

    But how are you going to see the Google map on your cell phone?

  7. Re:ReplayTV on TiVo to Measure Ad-Skipping · · Score: 4, Funny

    HeadOn - apply directly to the forehead. HeadOn - apply directly to the forehead. HeadOn - apply directly to the forehead. (that's as much as the postercomment compression filter would allow me).

  8. Re:Old news on 'Roll Your Own News' DVDs Now Shipping · · Score: 1

    Quite true - Iraq is so out of date.

  9. The Goon Show Solution on Your Washer is Calling and the Dryer is on IM · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bluebottle: my granddad's got one of those things that makes him a cup of tea and wakes him up.

    Eccles: What's it called?

    Bluebottle: my Grandma!

  10. Re:Boil tea and check e-mail.... on Your Washer is Calling and the Dryer is on IM · · Score: 1

    You need a TeasMaid (URL:http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=robo&ei=UTF -8&p=teasmaid).

  11. Click Fraud down - Credit Card Fraud Up on Google's Click-Fraud Crackdown · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Steal a credit card number, click on a Google CPA advert, and buy lots of expensive things.

    The profit is in the percentage the advertising website gets, not in the goods.

  12. Re:Not only that... on Microsoft To Release 'iPod Killer' at Christmas? · · Score: 1

    Those XBoxes are damned complicated.

  13. Re:Mail on Tepid Results from Google's New Product Process · · Score: 1

    Everyone I know or meet in a business context these days has two addresses: work and whatever they've been given by their ISP. Sometimes they have another, but everyone has those two.

    I haven't heard anyone use a GMail, Yahoo, MSN or Hotmail address in months.

    A leader?! Please.

  14. Re:Hypocrisy! on FCC Approves New Internet Phone Taxes · · Score: 1

    That's a strange comment - or do you think Vonage is an email system?

  15. Here's the Microsoft Robotics Studio web site on Microsoft Developing Robotics Software · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Why CSS xor Tables? on A New Era in CSS Centric Design? · · Score: 1

    Are there any site testers which check if pages can be read by screenreaders?

  17. Re:My new band name! on The MPAA and EFF Cross Sabers · · Score: 1

    Judas - you were better as Accoustic Hezbollah.

  18. Re:Comparing bits to concrete items? on The MPAA and EFF Cross Sabers · · Score: 1

    With iTunes can buy an individual episode and get it pretty soon after it was first broadcast. With a boxed set you have to get every episode and have to wait months/years. You're paying extra for the convenience.

  19. Re:Who Cares? on Will World Cup Streaming Cause Internet Meltdown? · · Score: 2

    I take it you don't get any type of sport?

  20. Re:Woo hoo, hoo hoo hoo! on Vonage Vows to Pursue Customers Who Renege on IPO · · Score: 1

    I am keeping Vonage for a cheaper service than that which comes as an extra with my ISP. Vonage's service has good quality; I don't get echoes, people's voices never randomly fade out, my voicemails get to me on time, and my call never gets dropped completely.

  21. Re:Why Isn't Google Leading In This Area? on The Dark Side of Paid Search · · Score: 1

    "And while they're at it, add an easily clickable link to tell Google that this site appears gone, or substantially changed from the search result summary and ought to be re-spidered ASAP would be nice too."

    It would be good if that happened, Google is already wildly out of date for pages that have changed months ago.

  22. Re:IT is just too different for Unions on Tech Workers of the World Unite? · · Score: 1

    I would never hire a consultant who is looking for a new challenge - when I've hired someone I've looked for people who know what they're doing and if they're not experts then at least they can do a good job. If you want a challenge then do it on your own time.

  23. Re:Good Ol' Unions on Tech Workers of the World Unite? · · Score: 1

    So you've never heard anything like: "Sorry, I belong to the Data Base Administrators Department, if you want someone to edit that startup shell script you'll need to get someone from the System Administrators Department."?

  24. Re:BlueFrog extended? on El Reg Says Google Choking on Spam Sites · · Score: 1

    On AdSense adverts there's the "ads by Google" link which will lead you to a place where you can comment about the adverts, and also complain about them if you think the site is breaking the rules.

  25. FlexCar on Self-Serve Car Rental · · Score: 1

    There's also http://www.flexcar.com/

    "Welcome to a new era in personal transportation. It's called carsharing. You share access to hundreds of Flexcar vehicles, often within a five-minute walk of your home or work. You reserve a car online or by phone, you drive - to a meeting, to run errands, or to hit the lumber yard - and you return, all for one hourly rate that covers gas, insurance and unlimited miles. All you pay for is the drive. How simple and smart is that? Plus, Flexcar is convenient, affordable, reliable, and great for the planet."