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  1. Yeah baby! on Merlin's Magic: The Inside Story of the First Mobile Game · · Score: 2

    I played one to death in a local shop here in New Zealand.

    Then bought it as non-working scrap and fixed it.

    Absolutely loved it.

  2. Those prices look fine to me. on Why Is Broadband More Expensive In the US Than Elsewhere? · · Score: 1

    I'm currently paying around $80us a month for a land line and 100Gb of 8M-bit broadband.

  3. Re:Helmets should be required! on How Safe Is Cycling? · · Score: 1

    Or even, by actually having real driving skill requirements and every 3 years a required road test, for cyclists.

    They have to obey the road rules, but are never tested on them...

  4. Re:Unfortunately I have to side with the Scouts on Boy Scouts Bully Hacker Scouts Into Submission · · Score: 1

    http://www.scouting.org/sitecore/content/Licensing/Protecting%20the%20Brand/Boy%20Scouts%20of%20America%20Trademark%20Listing.aspx

    They have to defend their trademark, or they will lose it. IMHO, "Hacker Scouts" is confusing and when I first heard it I thought it was a Scout-related computer group.

    They have a trademark on "* Scouts"?
    Baden-Powell would be surprised...

    "* Scouts of America", I could understand...

  5. Re:I don't get it. on Version 2.0 of 3D-Printed Rifle Successfully Fires 14 Rounds · · Score: 1

    Consider the prospect of flash mobs with guns.

    They're called armies.

  6. placebo on New Drugs Trail Many Old Ones In Effectiveness Against Disease · · Score: 1

    It sounds like placebos have just become far more effective in recent years...

  7. Re:Any real evidence for the flip side? on Narrowing Down When Humans Began Hurling Spears · · Score: 1

    You can jab with a spear many times.
    You can only throw it once.

  8. Re:nuclear war resistant on Texas Company's Antique Computers Are For Production, Not Display · · Score: 1

    This company is probably the only one in the area that will still be operational in case of a nuclear war. that type of computing device is pretty much impervious to EMPs.

    Ex MP's?

    Jack Reacher may have something to say about that...

  9. Hero 1 & 2 vs 3 on GoPro Issues DMCA Takedown Over Negative Review · · Score: 1

    The Hero 1 & 2 have legions of happy users.

    The Hero 3 Black has some happy users and legions of unhappy ones.

    I love my Hero 1 and have taken hundreds of hours of error free footage.
    The only time it's borked was on a supposed 32Gb class 10 Samsung card that is probably not genuine.

  10. Call Don McLean on 10 Ways To Celebrate International Pi Day · · Score: 1

    It's American Pi day.

  11. Richard Pearse on For Jane's, Gustav Weißkopf's 1901 Liftoff Displaces Wright Bros. · · Score: 1

    And then there was Richard Pearse who flew 9 months before the Wright bros buy didn't consider the flight to be controlled enough.

  12. Re:What? on For Jane's, Gustav Weißkopf's 1901 Liftoff Displaces Wright Bros. · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It was only after there was competition from aircraft manufacturers trying to invalidate the Wright patent that all this prior art suddenly magically materialized. The Wrights never lost a case.

    And since then, all planes have used wing warping for controlled flight.

    Oh, hang on...

  13. Re:Spoofing sender e-mail address on Widespread Compromise Of Yahoo-Backed Email In New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Not just address book.

    I had mail sent to everyone in my Sent Items too, so they were trolling all the folders for addresses.

  14. Re:Too Late on PayPal Preparing To Address Frozen Funds Policy · · Score: 1

    Paypal is pretty much your only option.

    Especially if you want to sell online (imagine how online auctions go if you can't pay via credit card).

    Very few auctions here give the option of credit card and of those about 0% offer PayPal.
    Direct deposit to bank account number.

    No buggering about with chargebacks after the fact etc...

  15. ASUS? on Does 2012 Mark the End of the Netbook? · · Score: 1

    How about Toshiba with the Libretto range?

  16. Some numbers... on Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic Skydive Attempt · · Score: 1, Informative

    39,045m Altitude
    36,500m freefall
    1342.8 km/h
    Mach 1.24

    Chuck Yeager did Mach 1.06 on the 14th October 1947.

    Andy Green did Mach 1.02 on the 15th October 1997.

  17. Re:Ice Tea... on Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The sea ice trends have been steadily downwards during the satellite era especially during the past 6 years as shown by the graphs on this page.

    Therefore...
    Satellites cause ice melt.

  18. Re:Too cool on NASA Releases HiRISE Images of Curiosity's Descent · · Score: 3, Informative

    Write your local politician to change this. Just a few letters make a huge difference.

    Our local politicians have no influence in the affairs of a foreign nation.

  19. Re:Trial and extradition were never the goal on US Judge Say Kim Dotcom May Never Be Tried or Extradited · · Score: 1

    Remember who was in charge when this happened and vote accordingly next election.

    John Key?

  20. Re:As a pilot on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: 1

    I forbid the use of electronic devices in my car from door close to door open - that is my right as driver in command and the person responsible for the lives of everyone in my car.

  21. Re:For pete's sake, can we get a decent source on Japanese CCTV Camera Can Scan 36 Million Faces/Second · · Score: 2

    The entire thing seems like fiction designed to give people something to be pleasantly outraged about on a Saturday afternoon.

    Works for me. Although it's Sunday here...

  22. The Professionals on Camera Gun Would Let Hunters Get Killer Wildlife Shots · · Score: 1

    There was an episode of The Professionals (1977-1981) where a hunter got a "shot of" a murder happening.
    When asked if he meant "shot at" he showed the gun with a camera in the scope.

  23. Cool... on Sinclair ZX81 Made Out of Lego · · Score: 1

    No more RAM pack wobble crashes!

  24. Opera on Microsoft Tried To Buy Netscape: Suppose They Had? · · Score: 1

    I guess Opera would have a bigger market share then.

  25. Re:Cereal box on GameStop Opening Deus Ex Boxes, Removing Free Game Coupon · · Score: 2

    It'd be more like the store opening up the cereal to remove a toy advertising a competitor they told the distributor not to include in the first place.