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  1. Re:special tactile mouse needed .. on Tactile Passwords vs Shoulder Surfing · · Score: 1

    Easy mistake to make though. "ASP page" is the correct use of the acronym ASP, even though it actually means "Active Server Pages page".

  2. Re:my top five (in no particular order) on What Are Your Top Five 'Comfort' Games? · · Score: 1

    I was pondering this, as it's on my list of things to try get working (Right by Theme Hospital :D). Thanks!

  3. Re:90% of gaming girls are guys playing girls on 64% of Online Gamers Are Female · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've found the fact you can change your gender by dropping a new body in from your inventory to be quite worrying.

  4. Re:PC? on 2006 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded · · Score: 1

    For a black whiteboard (Dry-wipe board) you will need to use liquid chalk pens. Google them, you can get them quite easily and they have the benefit of being able to write on any non-porous surface (So blackboard, whiteboard, glass, plastics...)

  5. Re:It's harder to loose your strides..... on Top Ten Geek Wallets · · Score: 1

    Where in the UK are you from? I've never heard them called strides. Trousers, yes - but strides?

  6. Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? on Top Ten Geek Wallets · · Score: 1

    London's is called Oyster, for those who are interested.

  7. Re:Why do you open your wallet in the dark? on Top Ten Geek Wallets · · Score: 2, Informative

    The heat generated by your body damages condoms kept in your wallet, not to mention the fact that the packaging is more likely to end up damaged.

    This wouldn't be a problem for a single night out, but most geeks I know have very little opportunity to use a condom and hence they stay there for months/years.

  8. Re:Anything on the router level? on Rethinking IM Privacy For Kids · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hate to say it, but Vista's user profiles can do this.

    Disable installation of apps, or certain websites, or only allow access between certain hours, or x hours per day, or monitor all conversations and downloads...

  9. Re:the very idea on SIP vs. Skype, Making the "Open" Choice · · Score: 1

    I was wondering if the author ever uses BitTorrent. Because there's obviously a huge difference between someone using your resources to exchange data over the internet, and someone using your resources to... uh... exchange... umm...

  10. Re:Vonage isn't secure on Comcast Lying About Vonage · · Score: 1

    Ahh, analogue cordless phones :D

    Generally speaking you don't see those nowadays, most cordless phones are DECT and whilst you can snoop the frequency, all you'll get is a digital stream. You didn't pick up POTS on a walkie-talkie, you picked up the signal from a cordless phone. POTS runs on twisted copper pair, not RF.

  11. Re:1GB is more than enough ? ... not for me on The Troubles With the Yahool Mail Beta · · Score: 1

    Or just set it to keep mail on the server instead of deleting it once it's downloaded?

  12. Re:Which aspect of Ajax? on Thank God Java EE Is Not Like Ajax · · Score: 1

    Web 2.0 Platinum Extreme Edition (PEE) with Concurrent Request Application Processing Support (CRAPS)...

    That's not too bad to say I just hammered in the words and realised the acronyms after previewing.

  13. Re:Oh please... on How Steve Jobs Got Green Overnight · · Score: 1

    I must admit, that's what I was thinking.

    Smaller packaging = more units per shipping crate = fewer shipping crates needed = fewer shipping fees.

    Profit!

  14. Re:This is fantastic news. on Dell Launches Free PC Recycling · · Score: 1

    At one point being able to fly (even in a plane) was a dream. Recording the human voice was damn near witchcraft. The idea that millions of people could be put in touch across a worldwide network didn't even exist, because even getting a letter to the other end of the country took days.

    Flying cars - probably not, but could be used to improve efficiency by ensuring proper chemical composition of fuels etc. Meal in pill form - ain't gonna happen because the human body (currently) needs actual substance to feel full. Artificial gravity in space isn't remotely nanobot related unless nanobots are built with some form of propulsion and can be used to 'push' you back to a surface. Teleportation - physics isn't too keen on this bit, and it wouldn't have anything to do with nanobots.

    Using them to sort material? We've already got machines which do this, nanobots would just do it on a smaller scale. Probably not at the atomic level, because then you hit all kinds of nasty physical effects, but certainly being able to strip copper tracks off a motherboard isn't unreasonable.

  15. Re:Have always said this on Swedish Video Site Trouncing YouTube · · Score: 2, Informative

    People in the UK at least seem to love MySpace.

  16. Re:This is fantastic news. on Dell Launches Free PC Recycling · · Score: 1

    Go go gadget nanobots?

    Surely we must be able to eventually reach the stage where nanobots could 'disassemble and sort' landfill sites into individual elements for re-use. Maybe not today, maybe not in 20 years, but certainly before we run out of useful trace metals.

  17. Re:PayPal are a private institution... on Paypal Agrees to Consumer Protections · · Score: 1

    You can refuse to serve a person based on their own individual activities, but can't refuse to serve them based on their race/age/gender/whatever.

  18. Re:PayPal are a private institution... on Paypal Agrees to Consumer Protections · · Score: 1

    No, you *can* refuse to do business with anyone you please. You just *can't* do it because they're part of a particular group, i.e. female, over 50, white, christian etc. Refusing to do business because they're being rude to your staff is fine be they black, white or tie-dye pink.

  19. Re:Oh... on China Claims Successful Fusion Power Test · · Score: 2, Funny
  20. Re:Painfully Subjective Review on A Mac Fan's Take On Vista · · Score: 1

    I've been testing Vista since the first MSDN release versions. There's a big difference.

  21. Re:Only Young South Koreans need 100MB/sec on Verizon To Pump $18B Into FiOS · · Score: 1

    Allow me to introduce the numbers shown on my router, the same numbers which most of the UK get.

    DownStream Connection Speed - 2272 kbps
    UpStream Connection Speed - 288 kbps

    And you're complaining about the fact it's sub-100Mb/s? Hell, the fastest broadband in the UK (Aside from fibre) isn't even 50Mb/s.

  22. Re:Just keep telling yourself that. on Chinese Lasers Blind US Satelites · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't care if it's the most popular dialect by number of speakers, I'm still gonna punch the next American to tell me I have nice pants.

  23. Re:Good Sirs, in the DEFENCE of CANDOUR!... on Chinese Lasers Blind US Satelites · · Score: 1

    *applauds*

    Oh, I love the English language.

  24. Re:It Happened Once & It's Over on Your Life On a Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    I reckon it'll be invaluable in travelling, just buy the language cartridge for the country you're going to.

  25. Re:Now all we need.... on Sharp Develops Triple Directional Viewing LCD · · Score: 1

    My favourite method is banging the side of my Macbook.