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  1. Re:Leaving the EU was a huge mistake. on Japan Goes Public With Brexit Demands, Says Data Flow Deals Must Be Protected (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Such rants (complete with all-capitals) have been appearing in the tabloid press for decades. It looks like their persistence paid off.

  2. Re:Come on dude on Theresa May Becomes UK's 'Spy Queen' and New Prime Minister (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, Rupert Murdoch is working on that.

  3. Re: But now part of the historical narrative? on Brexit: Government Rejects Petition Signed By 4.1 Million Calling For Second EU Referendum (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The 1973 referendum was to accept continued membership of the EEC.

  4. Re:Another one... on Review: Puppet Vs. Chef Vs. Ansible Vs. Salt · · Score: 1

    The ancient Egyptians extracted the brain through the nose and stuffed it into a jar. If the industry came up with standardized canopic vessels you could include them with your application.

  5. Re:Apple has JUMPED THE SHARK on Cupertino Approves New Apple Spaceship HQ · · Score: 2

    One of Parkinson's Laws is that the demise of a corporation follows not long after construction of headquarters.

  6. Re:Cycling and stretching. on Ask Slashdot: How To Stay Fit In the Office? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Some V-brakes come with power modulators to stop inexperienced rides from locking the wheels. It's like having stretchy brake cables.

  7. Share costs with physics researchers? on Japan to Launch Maglev Trains by 2025 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The track should be routed via Shizuoka and Nagano so it can double as a high-energy collider. Though probably not at the same time.

  8. Re:Low power chips too on AMD Athlon 64 6000+ Launched And Tested · · Score: 1

    You need to find a motherboard with good manual fan control in the BIOS (e.g. Asus A8R) that can specify start + ramp temperatures for the CPU fan. I have one of those ridiculously huge tower heatsinks sitting on an undervolted 2.4GHz X2 - the fan doesn't spin until after several minutes of full load.

  9. Re:Beagle allready does this! on Spotlight Improvements In Leopard · · Score: 1

    *ook will match anything in the Unseen University Library.

  10. Re:Short memory on AmigaOS 4 · · Score: 2, Informative

    It made a clunk every few seconds as it checked for the presence of a disk. This made you stick in disks at random just to shut it up.

  11. Eig.... 7a cores on Intel - Market Doesn't Need Eight Cores · · Score: 1

    will invoke the wrath of Bel-Shamharoth.

  12. Re:Terrific! on Integrate iPod with Car or Risk Death · · Score: 1

    I've been in a taxi whose driver could eat, phone and steer at the same time. I'm sure he must have had a prehensile gut.

  13. Re:Wow on Icy-Flo - The solution to this summer's heat · · Score: 1

    We are currently having some of our few days of real summer temperatures in the UK, that is the news.

  14. Re:What about the limited number of writes? on 32 GB Flash Storage Drive Announced · · Score: 1

    You also need to so something about lsass.exe. I don't know what it's up to but it continuously performs a few I/O writes per second.

  15. Re:Landscape vs. Portrait on Get Ready For The 20-inch Laptop · · Score: 1

    So European users will see a message box pop up saying "PC Load Letter" whenever a US program is run.

  16. Re:Suicidal pricing on ITunes Australia Goes Live · · Score: 1

    UK pricing @ £0.8/track is as bad as Aus. Particularly when the rest of Europe pays 1.

  17. Re:I think you nailed it. on Why Have PDAs Failed In The iPod Era? · · Score: 1

    Ah, I see. You don't understand batteries. Well, when you first get a PDA, it has a charge in its battery. When this runs out, you can recharge it - you don't have to read everything before the first charge runs out, as you seem to believe.

    I have an original ipaq - the battery life is now about 15 mins with backlight. If the thing is left unplugged for more than 2 hours everything in memory is lost.
  18. Re:Thank you Apple! on ABC Affiliates Grapple With TV-Show Downloads · · Score: 1

    Current UK prices of $3.20 and no available TV shows aren't particularly promising.

  19. Re:taxes / services on Practical Method for Getting Oil from Oil Shale? · · Score: 1

    The last figures I saw had fuel taxes covering about 80% of road building costs. Leaving policing, health care, building damage, scraping corpses off tarmac etc. subsidized from general taxation.

  20. Re:Melbroune Speed cameras on Aussie Speed Cameras in Doubt Because of MD5 · · Score: 1

    At least round here speedos must have a tolerance of +10%/-0%. Anything indicating less than actual speed is not legal.

  21. Re:LP's ??? You must be kidding.. on 10 Technologies MIA · · Score: 1

    But you can't put the severed head on the CD mechanism to mystify the detectives.

  22. Re:Interesting... on Sony's New Nagging Copy Protection · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If it is simple enough that even thundering idiots can get round it, they will have easier targets to prosecute.