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  1. Re:The next big thing -- Learning how to spell. on The Next Big Thing — Why Web 2.0 Isn't Enough · · Score: 1

    Not in Australia, English is mandatory all the way through high school. But then, we don't get a degree until we graduate from university either.

  2. Re:But - well, what about sessions? on New Web Metric Likely To Hurt Google · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you meant "moreover?"

  3. Re:When mice go byebye on On the Widespread Misuse of the Mouse · · Score: 1

    You know it already exists, right? Google "headmouse" for some software you can use with your webcam - it's also used with a custom camera and brace to track eye movements.
    Also, "dasher" is a pretty fun/useful/quick/colourful application for typing with movements only.

  4. Upgrade just a little... on Are 80 Columns Enough? · · Score: 1

    ...install X, use a terminal window and enjoy the freedom to have as many columns as you want.
    Also, if you're loaded, get hold of an IBM T221 monitor and enjoy my eternal envy while you look at all your code at once :)
    screenshot

  5. DVD-A has been ruined... on Is the CD Becoming Obsolete? · · Score: 2, Funny

    DVD-A can never be successful, and the reason is quite simple - the acronym has been used already, and many of us can never forgethow.

  6. Re:Closed Captions online are awesome on Closed Captioning In Web Video? · · Score: 1

    While it is beneficial when you really have trouble understanding those pesky foreigners, this post makes me angry. Because it reminds me of why I hate the US. Mad Max. Dubbed.

  7. Where will we be... on The Impossibility of Colonizing the Galaxy · · Score: 1

    Where will we be technologically in 5,000 - 10,000 years?
    I imagine our boat and submarine technology will be incredible. After all, everyone's going to need it to get anywhere. The healthy ones can swim to work, and the fitness freaks will turn up looking much like they do now - in tight costumes designed for optimum slipstreaming.
  8. Why so funny??? on Safari 3 Beta Updated, Security Problems Fixed · · Score: 1

    I don't get the joke. Safari, for me, renders our supplier's website without any problems, which is a freakin' miracle. If you browse their products in IE or Firefox, it turns into a game of whack-a-mole, as trying to click on a hyperlink changes the page layout.

    I hate Safari because the rounded edges mean that if you run your mouse up to the very top-right corner and click, you end up closing the window behind. That. Is. Awful. But for synnex.com.au, it's a godsend. Why is the parent modded funny? Am I funny?

  9. Re:Or... on Plants 'Recognize' Their Siblings · · Score: 1

    So, roots.

  10. WHAT? on The Apple II At 30 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WHAT?

  11. Somewhere Niels Bohr walks among us... on Breakthrough Brings Star Trek Transporter Closer · · Score: 1
  12. Re:It will come up sooner or later... on What's the Worst Technical Feature You've Used? · · Score: 2, Informative

    A colleague next to me is swearing black and blue that he's seen the message, and he's never delved into the BIOs error messages. I keep telling him to post it for a +5 informative, but since he can't explain it, I'm posting it as a curiousity.

  13. Re:Did anyone else... on Fruit Flies Show Spark of Free Will · · Score: 1

    Woah, weird. I was just about to put on my coat and head out to enjoy the Spark of Free Will Show, as performed by Fruit Flies.

  14. 60GB is... on 360 Limiting GTA IV In Some Ways · · Score: 1

    60GB is about 8 normal dual-layer DVDs. Don't HD-DVDs hold more?

  15. Not really a troll... on Mathematicians Design Invisible Tunnel · · Score: 1

    Come on, give the parent a break - the summary's only two sentences long, and an automated spell-checker would have fixed half the mistakes.

  16. Re:BSOD on QuickTime .MOV + Toshiba + Vista = BSOD · · Score: 1

    There absolutely is - I've only seen one so far, but it's officially called a "blue screen" error now.

  17. Re:Just visiting? on Yahoo Sued for Giving User Information to China · · Score: 1

    Those who don't pay their taxes or have family issues MAY end up in a concubine.
    Even if the odds aren't good, this seems like a win-win situation to me with regard to taxes. Unless the concubine is a cannibal.
  18. Re:Oh come ON on Microsoft set to Announce Zune 360 and 180 · · Score: 1

    Curses! I slept so hard on my new bed it damaged my brain.

  19. Oh come ON on Microsoft set to Announce Zune 360 and 180 · · Score: 1

    It's 8:44 AM, Tuesday, here. Even the Slashdot editors should know it's no longer Monday morning anywhere in the world. And these articles are getting too plausible for my liking...

  20. Spelling be damned... on HP Exits Media Center Business · · Score: 1

    Spell check sure is wonderful!

    It's a fine thing, to be sure, too bee shore. Now that the spelling's right, all we have to do is find the right words!

    ...it's adaptor. An adopter is a person who pretends to love you, until it turns out you have super powers, then it turns out he's working for an evil corporation, then it turns out he loves you anyway despite being morally grey.
  21. Re:It will vaporize your head... Unless... on 67-Kilowatt Laser Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Probably wouldn't last long, but if you could just manufacture a 50% reflective surface that wouldn't melt instantly, for a while you'd be giving as good as you got.

  22. Re:Physics, the Legal System, and Geography on Ask CCP About EVE Online · · Score: 1

    I can't actually think of any games off the top of my head that respect real-universe physics in a space environment

    Oho! But I tell you what, my friend, it's hard as hell to manually judge the turnaround point for deceleration to avoid smashing into a planet at thousands of miles per hour, or overshooting.
  23. Not that I love MS or anything... on Listing of Vista Drivers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Can I downgrade my OEM version of Windows Vista Business to Windows XP Professional?
    Yes. OEM downgrade rights for desktop PC operating systems apply to Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate as stated in the License Terms. Please note, OEM downgrade versions of Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate are limited to Windows XP Professional (including Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Windows XP x64 Edition). End users can use the following media for their downgrade: Volume Licensing media (provided the end user has a Volume Licensing agreement), retail (FPP), or system builder hologram CD (provided the software is acquired in accordance with the Microsoft OEM System Builder License). Use of the downgraded operating system is governed by the Windows Vista Business License Terms, and the end user cannot use both the downgrade operating system and Windows Vista Business. There are no downgrade rights granted for Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows Vista Home Premium.

    Here.

  24. Re:What the Phudge? on Drive-By Pharming Attack Could Hit Home Networks · · Score: 1

    So is Cracker Barrel a highly dangerous place to set up an AP, or is it just a place the white folks go to line dance? :-P

  25. Re:Forehead or Back of the hand? on VeriChip Implants 222 People With RFID · · Score: 1

    But when the insertion device appears, shaped like Jodie Foster's fist, you will retract that statement, trust me.