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  1. Re:Insane energy usage. on Switching To Solar Power – One Month Later · · Score: 1

    Then you probably have a faulty meter. Congratulations.

  2. Re:Remember kiddies on Exception Expands Domestic Surveillance · · Score: 1
    Except your obvious ignorance goes against the grain of the US Constitution. Your should try reading it sometime. There's an interesting part in there about right to privacy and it makes no distinction about having anything to hide. Get it moron?
    Yes, I got it before I posted. Obviously I was being too subtle, sorry about that.
  3. Remember kiddies on Exception Expands Domestic Surveillance · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Theres no need for privacy if you have nothing to hide...

  4. My suggestion on Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn't Add Up · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't print, use something like Flickr That's where I upload my "art"

  5. Better to work on Sub Orbital Hoppers on Successful Supersonic Jet Launch · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sub orbital hops would be quicker & cooler

  6. Re:not much info given on Universal to Offer its Movies Online · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This sounds like a PR statement, sort of testing the waters of consumerism so to speak. Finding out what the consumer collective thinks about the idea of a legit central movie store online.

    I Doubt even they know how it will all work yet. But at least they are admitting it needs to be done if they are to stay "Alive" in the market.

    Fingers crossed someone in management realizes we don't owe the studios anything...

  7. Re:More info: (and where's the catch?) on 24 Mb Consumer Broadband Launched · · Score: 1

    I'd want to get a number. Without it all you have is the airy fairy warning email (or whatever) & you have to throttle back (I prefer the ideal of "that which is not expressly forbidden is mandatory" Just like the laws of physics.)

    I want a company that says "unlimited" to mean unlimited.

    I also live in a country where the pinnacle of broadband is a 2mb connection, upstream limited to 128kbps 128!!! The usage tends to be capped at 1Gb per month. with each additional 10Gb of throughput an additional $10.

    I live in New Zealand, hardly a 3rd world nation. But we suck when it comes to broadband.

  8. Thats ALOT of kids on Dutch to Open Electronic Files on Children · · Score: 1

    Do you have time for anything else?

  9. Someone Failed Geography on 12Mbps Powerline Broadband Trial Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Maori are from New Zealand, not the mythical land of Oz...

  10. Re:One step further on Automated Pool System Saves Swimmer · · Score: 1

    wow, every single line, including your sig, has some sort of insult attached. Do you want to come to a house party???? I bet you're soooo much fun and get invited out all the time!

    And who precisely are you referring to?

  11. Re:One step further on Automated Pool System Saves Swimmer · · Score: 1

    YOu got me there :-)

  12. Re:One step further on Automated Pool System Saves Swimmer · · Score: 1

    Nope, nothing in my history related to anything technical.

    Just worked at a youth centre for a few years & during the trips to the beach all I was doing was counting heads.

    I would just run through about 15 - 30 kids & count them. I had one situation where I had to go in & tow 3 kids to shore. Would have made my life alot easier if the blighters had tracking devices.

  13. Re:One step further on Automated Pool System Saves Swimmer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How about a cheap "Bio-monitor" that everyone has to wear. Or accept the liability of not wearing should they decide life sign monitoring is too obtrusive.

    My guess is that extreme heart rate changes, or breathing changes would be far simpler to monitor & trigger alarms with. Relying on computers to detect "drowning" states seems a bit halfassed still.

    Maybe in 5-10 years.

    One could even make them in floater devices for the kiddies. I'd say something about 2 birds, one stone if it weren't so grim for the topic.

  14. Re:One step further on Automated Pool System Saves Swimmer · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Or the lifeguards can just pay attention? Isnt that what they are paid for?

  15. Why would you do it? on Tracking Down a Cell Phone Thief · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That has to be the dumbest thing ever. Stealing something guarenteed to broadcast its presence. And from within a tech convention?

  16. Re:Geriatrics on Scientists Discover Possible Anti-Aging Gene · · Score: 2, Insightful

    & Whats wrong with reduced fertility anyway? Do we need more people? especially if they will all be living longer.

  17. Better than Previous Efforts. on Researchers Create Radio Controlled Humans · · Score: 2, Funny

    If we all recall the remote controlled cockroaches, I guess this is V1.1+

  18. Re:Pyramid Power? on Software Telescope · · Score: 1

    In todays political climate, they probably didnt consider the ramifications of calling it "Pyramid" Anything...

  19. Re:Monopoly on Rats 'Cripple' NZ Web Access · · Score: 1
    it smells like BS to me
    I would have to agree, but how can we really tell?
    [shrugs]
  20. Monopoly on Rats 'Cripple' NZ Web Access · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A good example why a monopoly is vulnerable, I was @ work during the outage, & so didnt really notice so much, but I hear it was very disruptive.
    What are the odds of rats chewing through a main trunk cable on the same day a local power company cutting a second main trunk?

  21. Cost Effective on Glass In Spaaaaace · · Score: 1

    All that quality & no one to buy...
    unless there are idle billionaires that will get the stuff for bragging rights.

  22. Re:Not Surprised on DVD Decrypter Author Served With Take-Down Order · · Score: 1

    Why is that a problem? If we had molecular level replication technology, what would we need money for?

  23. Not really on Fighting Cancer with Math · · Score: 4, Informative

    Im very Impressed Im sure. But its not really fighting cancer with math, just creating a good model on how to repond with the treatments we have.

  24. Stop the Presses on Publishers Protest Google Library Project · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of Gutenberg

  25. Re:shouldn't that be 2 strikes and they're out? on Firefox Growth Slowing? · · Score: 1

    nope, that makes them think they have wriggle room to keep asking for tech support. I have an uncle that I WILL not help anymore. He needs to stop looking for porn with IE.