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  1. Re:Got what they deserved on Serious Magnet Failure at CERN's New Accelerator · · Score: 1

    Hrm, maybe that has something to do with that the Chunnel is 2 miles of interesting parts and 29 miles of a simple tunnel? Not to mention that the Big Dig was a complete renovation of an old infrastructure while keeping the city running at the same time.

    And England was shut down whilst the Chunnel was being built.

  2. Re:Wisdom of Crowds (of geeks) on Inside The Search For Jim Gray · · Score: 1

    Or even John Brunner's "Shockwave Rider" where the public Delphi boards did exactly that.

  3. PC World? on Farewell To the Floppy Disk · · Score: 1

    Never heard of them.

    Are they important?

  4. Re:User base and source control on Browser Vulnerability Study Unkind to Firefox · · Score: 1

    Really, this study is a no-brainer. The results make perfect sense.

    Perfect sense.
    Use Opera - Less problems.

  5. Re:Stupid? on P2P Defendant Destroys Evidence, Case Defaults · · Score: 1

    From the Courts Order...
    "Data were first deleted in December 2006"

    OK.
    So she time-travels as well.

  6. Re:64% violet? on The 64% Violent Pacman · · Score: 2, Funny

    A PacMan implementation in Tetris?

    Wow.

  7. Re:specialist on High Tech Tour de France · · Score: 1

    A one trick pony maybe.

    But what a trick!

  8. RSS feeds on Browser Comparison - Firefox 2 b1, IE7 b3, Opera 9 · · Score: 1

    "Unlike the other two browsers in this roundup, IE7 has an RSS button that's always there below the address bar. If a site contains a feed, the button turns orange and lets you subscribe."

    Um. So does Opera.

  9. Re:Well on OpenOffice.org Newspaper Ad Mockup Released · · Score: 1

    I dont have anything against openoffice.. but comparing openoffice with Microsoft-office.. it still has looong way to go

    I agree.
    But Microsoft is trying and one day they might just get there...

  10. Re:Simplicity, price, and size please on The Future of the PDA · · Score: 1

    So a Rex 6000 with handwriting recognition is what you're after then.

  11. I do read them. on eBooks - What's Holding You Back? · · Score: 1

    And enjoy the formfactor.

  12. Re:Those must have been BIG birds.... on Ancestors of Homo Sapiens Hunted by Birds · · Score: 1
    ...because I don't think there is any bird alive today that doesn't fly away the minute we get anywhere near them, no matter how large. (okay, maybe an ostrich will fight us, but that is a BIG bird...)

    Check out the Cassowary then...

    A cassowary's three-toed feet have sharp claws; the dagger-like middle claw is 120 mm (5 inches) long. This claw is particularly dangerous since the Cassowary can use it to kill an enemy, disemboweling it with a single kick. They can run up to 50 km/h (32 mph) through the dense forrest, pushing aside small trees and brush with their boney casques. They can jump up to 1.5 m (5 feet) and they are good swimmers.


  13. Re:I'm not too worried... on France Hostile To Open Source Software? · · Score: 1

    "When has France ever been hostile towards something and then come out on top?"
    "What about Greenpeace?"


    Yeah, we showed them, put them agents away for 15 years.

    Take that France.

  14. Re:Nothing Deplorable about Betas ... except on Why Does Beta Last So Long? · · Score: 1

    Software that is in Beta indefinitely should be called "abandoned".

    So it's been in Beta a long time, being improved and should therefore be "abandoned"?

  15. Ray Reiser? on Jack Thompson Tossed Out Of Court · · Score: 1

    So do we boycott the Reiser file system now?

  16. Re:and who better than the US... on US Keeps Control of the Internet · · Score: 1

    I'd trust the US, even now, more than I would trust "the world".

    Let me guess.
    You're from the US?

  17. Re:Save or enslave? on Meet the Man Who Will Save the Internet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The current system is not perfect, but it sure is better than whatever they want to achieve.

    Better the devil you know?

  18. Re:A dual edged sword on Stiffer Penalties for Copyright Violations · · Score: 1

    Think of the law a giant real world RPG

    Rocket Propelled Grenade?

    Makes sense to me.

  19. New Zealand on The Problems with Broadband in America · · Score: 1

    Well I'm paying about $55us per month for 2Mbit down, 128Kbit up and 10GB cap connection and sometimes it's slower than dialup.

    Oh the poor USA'ians, how do they cope...

  20. Creating a fork? on Nessus Closes Source · · Score: 1

    If you have the manpower and ability to create a fork and improve it to compete with Nessus 3 then why are you not already contributing to Nessus?

  21. Hasn't this been done already? on Google & Sun Planning Web Office · · Score: 1

    Didn't Star Division had a java version of Star Office way back when?
    I remember trying it out and thinking that it had potential but my old AMD 550MHz didn't quite have the horsepower for it.

  22. Re:a suspicious definition of "slow" on Performance of OpenOffice.org and MS Office · · Score: 1

    Sounds like his "normal.dot" template could do with some, ummm, deleting.
    Also could be his printer drivers.

  23. Grok! on Extinct Wildflower Found In California · · Score: 1

    Well this gets my vote for the best use of the word "grok" by a non computer nerd.

  24. Re:The best part... on Tinfoil Hat House · · Score: 1

    no... Aluminum

    Sigh... Aluminium...

  25. Re:Traitor! on Meet Microsoft's Linux Lab Head Bill Hilf · · Score: 1

    Put him in an iron maiden!

    Or even an iron midden :)