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  1. Re:Doing 3D has made me too cynical on The Saturn Fly-By · · Score: 1

    A 'planet flyby' done ages ago (1997) in Povwin
    Yes, the ring pops but doesn't look half bad; the pixelated stars are another matter though... linky

  2. Re:The smart phone got him off? on Smart Phone Gets Driver Out of a Speeding Ticket · · Score: 1

    If you didn't know already, that's called a Pyrrhic victory.

  3. Re:IANA on Example.com Has Changed · · Score: 1

    I Am Not Anonymous

  4. Re:Banned in Australia on Laser Incidents With Aircraft On the Rise · · Score: 1

    No surprise, as Australia used to be a continental size prison and is inhabited by descendants of criminals. Even after some generations, Australians still can not be trusted and need large amounts of positive and negative 'guidance'. Or so it seems to an outsider ;)

  5. Re:Keep up or shut up on Should Younger Developers Be Paid More? · · Score: 1

    Why can't a senior take care of his training himself ? A senior that needs to be sent to training is a senior beyond repair; he's old enough to know better.

  6. Re:'music is of such high value' on Music Really Is Intoxicating, After All · · Score: 1

    The motto of one of my buddies is: "Anything ending on -ine is addictive". I'm sure you can find more examples for your ranking.

  7. Re:Yeah, OK, but ... on Music Really Is Intoxicating, After All · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's bad form replying to oneself, but I just noticed that the post below mentions the Requiem. Now I'm confused whether I noticed that subcontiously before I posted or it's just a coincidence.

  8. Re:Yeah, OK, but ... on Music Really Is Intoxicating, After All · · Score: 1

    Happy feeling ? I happen to like Mozart's requiem tremendously, but I never thought of burials being fun. Maybe I'm mistaken. I'll laugh sardonically next time I have to attend one, just to check the theory.

  9. Please do read some comments on Music Really Is Intoxicating, After All · · Score: 1

    It's as if everyone here is high. Seriously, do read.

  10. Re:Due Process on WikiLeaks Gives $15k To Bradley Manning Defense · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you ever tried reading a book or watching tv with someone asking you every 5 minutes

    All the time. I'm a married man.

  11. Re:Expensive cheats on Catching Exam Cheats With a Spectrum Analyzer · · Score: 1

    Being in anticipation of delivery of a desktop SA with some options, I initially got some buyer's remorse and lust after seeing the FSH4. Until I found out the price. With similar options and performance levels the FSH4 is 3 times more expensive than the equipment I ordered.

  12. Re:PF Alternative, anyone ? on Pink Floyd Give In To Digital Downloads · · Score: 1

    Just started listening... Awesome.

  13. Re:PF Alternative, anyone ? on Pink Floyd Give In To Digital Downloads · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the list. Some suggestions are familiar, but I'll be exploring the new leads.

  14. Re:PF Alternative, anyone ? on Pink Floyd Give In To Digital Downloads · · Score: 1

    Thanks a lot, the wiki sure sounds promising. I'm going to have a look.

  15. PF Alternative, anyone ? on Pink Floyd Give In To Digital Downloads · · Score: 1

    Can anyone recommend another band that has written music of similar quality, complexity and stamina ? The closest I get are a few extremely well done 1 hour long trance remixes.

  16. Re:Man, Mike Oldfield moust be pissed on Pink Floyd Give In To Digital Downloads · · Score: 1

    'number of ways' should have been 'colour you like' to stay on theme.

  17. Re:news? on Using LED Ceiling Lights For Digital Communication · · Score: 2

    +1, Pedantic.

  18. Re:Possible patent suit approaching? on Using LED Ceiling Lights For Digital Communication · · Score: 2

    Florescent lights ? Were they in bloom ?

  19. Re:Obsolete because we will always be at Orange Al on Homeland Security Drops Color-Coded Terror Alerts · · Score: 1

    I thought that the definition was that 50% of the population has an IQ under 100. That's of Scare Level Orange all by itself.

  20. Re:Jet streams? on Paper Airplane Touches Edge of Space, Glides Back · · Score: 1

    No, probably not. I assume your airspeed is quite a bit higher than that of a balloon or paper plane.

  21. Re:That's pretty cool. on Paper Airplane Touches Edge of Space, Glides Back · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sure, they might be interested in space, for very low values of interested and very low values of space. Frankly it looks like mankind reached a pinnacle 50 years ago, and now is going nowhere fast with the general public being happy with mediocre non-original results.

  22. Re:SEE! on Boeing Gets $89M To Build Drone That Can Fly For 5 Years Straight · · Score: 1

    I'll do you one better still. Looking out over the sea at the beach (0ft MSL) you can see that the horizon is not a straight line. It's subtle, but noticable.

  23. Security Schmecurity on Steve Jobs Tries To Sneak Shurikens On a Plane · · Score: 1

    Tell me about it. You can go to your private aircraft while it is still in the hangar to check it out and offload your luggage there. But next you need to do a security raindance by coming out of the hangar again, passing through the metal detector and putting your wallet through a scanner, only to go directly out on the apron and walk back to your aircraft in the hangar. Why ? To make sure you haven't forgotten to put any forbidden stuff that you are going to use to hijack your own aircraft there first ?

    Another anecdote: when my wife, my two children and I returned from the other part of the world we needed to transfer at Heathrow T5 for the last leg to our home country. There my 120ml bottle of saline solution (that I need to keep my eyes moist and had already carried around the world without anyone complaining) was confiscated by a 2ct goon because it exceeded the maximum volume of 100ml by 20ml. Mind you, two carryon bags of my family members had 400ml bottles of sun tan lotion which failed detection.

    Hey 2ct goons, a well-off middle aged man returning home first class with his family after globetrotting is NOT going to use an excess 20ml of saline solution for nefarious goals aboard the aircraft. Though he is now mightily pissed off and will find a way to spite those whose name he wrote on the sole of his shoe.

  24. Re:Science at work folks on Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half · · Score: 1

    That's why the UEA paid the head of the clear^H^H^H^H^Hwhitewashing panel 40k quid.

  25. Re:Rain, too on Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half · · Score: 1

    As if a pot of lukewarm water put on a hot stove would acquire a layer of floating ice because the added energy from the hot stove would force a heat engine to run in reverse and cool said pot.
    Have you got more perpetua mobilia whence this came from ?