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  1. Re:Legally Binding? on The First Truly Honest Privacy Policy · · Score: 0

    Not necessarily, though it probably depends on the jurisdiction you're in. For example Australia implemented changes to consumer law that crack down on 'unfair terms', with the courts deciding if a term is unfair or not. I'm not sure if that results in the whole contract being nullified or if it only applies to that particular term though.

  2. Re:This just in! on Ancient Cave Art May Depict Giant Bird Extinct For 40,000 Years · · Score: 0

    they're both male?

  3. Re:X-Wing vs Tie Fighter on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 0

    Star Wars: TIE Fighter allowed you to target weapons batteries (maybe sheild generators too?). I'm pretty sure these had a noticeable effect on the performance of the ships. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_TIE_Fighter

  4. Re:So... on Cats "Exploit" Humans By Purring · · Score: 1, Funny

    If Red Dwarf has taught me anything it is that human-cat hybrids can be defeated by a full length mirror and a rack of horrible suits

  5. Re:Why stop online? on Calif. Politican Thinks Blurred Online Maps Would Deter Terrorists · · Score: 1, Informative

    Which has been switched off since 2000 (apparently)...http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/FGCS/info/sans_SA/docs/statement.html

  6. Re:Whoops on Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean' · · Score: -1

    I think that started after 1940

  7. Re:Pisses me on Legal Trouble For MMOs In Australia · · Score: 0

    Except that to change the classification system you need the agreement of all state Attorneys-General. Currently only the guy from South Australia is holding out (AFAIK). Being in Qld I know I didn't vote for him

  8. Re:Commercial Spaceport on It's Official, Australia Needs a Space Agency · · Score: 0

    We turned it in to an immigration detention centre.

  9. Re:ja1217 on Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes · · Score: 0

    Tried that in 1987. It didn't work out too well. (I know, it's only one theory)

  10. Re:Seriously on Anatomically Strange Dinosaur Vacuumed Up Food · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew a girl
    pfftt.. this is /.
  11. Re:What better way than this... on Chinese Sub Pops Up Amid US Navy Exercise · · Score: 3, Funny

    and if the Chinese invade London they won't have to pay the congestion charge since they're running a hybrid...

  12. Re:Sounds like sour grapes on MySpace CoFounder Says Purchase Was A Scam · · Score: 1

    Remember, the ship of state is the only ship to leak from the top...

  13. Re:The cat ruined it for me.... on Elder Scrolls Panorama Shots · · Score: 1

    The RadiantAI system is streaks ahead of Morrowind, IMO. The towns and cities are more or less empty at night (except for the guards and a few beggars), the shops are closed (doors have various levels of locks on them). The NPC's have conversations with each other, get in to fights etc etc.. The world is a lot more dynamic as well, like killing a bandit on the edge of steep mountain there's every chance the killing blow will send him over the edge and you'll never find the body to loot it..

    There are a few bugs with it as well, some of the conversations are a bit weird, like two NPC's having a heated argument then saying a pleasant farewell.

    As for the side quests, there's heaps like sorting out little disputes in towns, tracking down NPC's that have dissappeared etc. Like Morrowind you don't have to follow the main story, but one thing I've noticed is that you get caught up in the "urgency" of the main story line and tend to forget that you can just stop and go and hunt deer or sightsee or something...

  14. Re:Who wouldn't? on Beware Your Online Presence · · Score: 1

    apparently I'm a decendant of William the Conquerer, died in 1984, a parish priest of a church in Sussex, written a book on Integrated CD-ROM Databases, and owned a servant in New Brunswick.. No wonder I'm tired.. I'm only up to page 5 and found 1 link that actually relates to me...

  15. Re:Will it have a GUI on Microsoft Competes In Supercomputer Market · · Score: 1

    ...DOS

  16. Re:Sensationalist Journalism? on A Flu Pandemic? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Offtopic I know but this guy seems to have beaten HIV, the precursor to AIDS.

  17. Re:beware of the "understanding friend" method. on Best Way to Manage Geeks? · · Score: 1

    I couldn't agree more. I work for a company that was about 30 people, we've just been bought/merged with a much bigger, publicly listed company. The differences between the two situation are huge. Previously I could implement things with little or no sign-off from those above. Now we need to jump through hoops to purchase a DVD burner. Why? Risk management. Minimising risks that could impact the share price is basically on top of everyone's list (from an IT perspective). Keep the shareholders happy. (Interestingly, as an employee I'm also a shareholder)

  18. Re:./ built its own death ray... on Archimedes Death Ray · · Score: 1

    Slash dot with a mirror?

  19. Re:Actually, that would be a sin. on Carbon Dating & The Shroud of Turin · · Score: 1

    The Australian Aboriginal culture (revolving around the Dreamtime or The Dreaming) is estimated to be 50,000+ years old.
    Dreamtime
    Australian Dreamtime