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  1. Re:Download page to download? No way! on A Real Bill Gates Rant · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, this is MS in a nutshell:

    "Help help, I'm trapped in a giant nutshell. What kind of a nut has a shell like this?!"

  2. Re:IMAP on Offline Gmail Launched · · Score: 1

    Yeah, my Mum recently bought an iPod Touch and she immediately handed it to me to set up her email. I went to add a new account, saw how stupidly easy it was and handed it straight back and told her to do it herself.

    It was just a list of popular mail providers, complete with their proper logos. Click GMail and type in the same details you need for webm,ail and bam, worked perfectly.

  3. Re:In other words... on UK Government Abandons Piracy Legislation · · Score: 1

    They probably call it "complementary soap", unless it's the kind that say "What lovely hair you have. Is that a new tie? It looks really good on you."

    (sorry, but I hate that mistake)

  4. Re:Apple IIe on AMD Phenom II Overclocked To 6.5GHz · · Score: 1

    GHz? Try THz....

    [NO CARRIER]

  5. Re:Not my Grandmother on Happy 25th, Macintosh! · · Score: 1

    iPhoto too. Bit weird, since it takes a bit of time to load fresh and keeping it "open" would stop this, but eh.

  6. Re:Desktop Holder on Second Prototype of the $200 Open Source Tablet · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's Duplo.

  7. Re:"little known" ??? on Tapping the Earth For Home Heating and Cooling · · Score: 1

    In the UK we just open a window.

    Too hot? Open a window.
    Too cold? Close the window.

  8. Re:60 cups on 3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Had a group project due, and I'd agree to handle all the techy DVD authoring if the rest of the group did all the materials.

    They did, but only got the last bits to me the day before it was due in. So I had about 18 hours to do the whole project (minus the images and text).

    It helped, in that one of the people in my group had to pick up the DVD in person as I was too ill to even walk to Uni and hand it in myself.

  9. Re:Caffeine addict on 3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations · · Score: 1

    I'm not worried about the caffeine content, I'm worried about your sugar level. Drinking soda like it was water must be wreaking havoc on your digestive system.

  10. Re:60 cups on 3 Cups of Coffee Increases Hallucinations · · Score: 3, Funny

    During Uni I once crushed up some coffee granules and snorted a couple of fat lines.

    I was fucked beyond words for a few days.

    Then I tried it with Pro Plus.

  11. Re:Gestapo? on A Peek At DHS's Files On You · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well maybe this is fair game - kyaah!

  12. Re:Come 2012, all politicians will get Raptured on NZ File-Sharers, Remixers Guilty Upon Accusation · · Score: 1

    To be pedantic: Arnie was never a T1000. That was Robert Patrick. Arnie was a T-101, T-800 and some other bullshit I ignored in the third film.

  13. Re:XP Pro is worth more on Vista To XP Upgrade Triples In Price, Now $150 · · Score: 1

    It's a Trash Can, not a Recycling Bin!

    (he'd have to hold Opt, not Shift)

  14. Re:Two responses: on Inventor Builds Robot Wife · · Score: 1

    Maybe, but I want to high five you on the way down :)

  15. May I be the first to say... on Ultracapacitor LED Flashlight Charges In 90 Seconds · · Score: 1, Funny

    What a bright idea.

  16. Re:Oh, so on Ants Used For Mind-Controlled Robotic Limbs · · Score: 1

    *groans*

  17. Re:So what on 21 Million German Bank Accounts For Sale · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I live in Germany. It really is like that here. Some shops (Beate Uhse is one I can name off the top of my head) even give you 14 days to transfer the money.

    I just bought a new MacBook from Apple.de using Bank Transfer. Took a day or two longer, but I'm typing it on it now :)

  18. Re:If they did it right.... on IBM Launches Microsoft-Free Linux Virtual Desktop · · Score: 1

    Macs have done this since OS X came out, probabnly before. I've technically had the same user account since 2002, spread over at least 7 Macs and every OS upgrade :)

  19. Re:Most people don't know its an upgrade on The Myth of Upgrade Inevitability Is Dead · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Macs aren't expensive, they're simply premium goods.

  20. From the summary: on MS Says Windows 7 Will Run DirectX 10 On the CPU · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Running Crysis at 800 x 600 with the lowest quality settings, an eight-core Core i7 system managed an average frame rate of 7.36fps, compared with 5.17fps from Intel's DirectX 10 integrated graphics."

    So the game went from unplayable at the lowest settings possible, to being still unplayable at the lowest settings possible?

    Great move MS, youv'e really solved a problem there.

  21. Re:GUI hygiene on An Optimized GUI Based On Users' Abilities · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try a Mac. I'm not saying 100% of apps use the normal interface bits, but certainly most.

  22. Obligatory. on OMG — a Keyboard For Blondes · · Score: 1

    But I'm blonde, you insensitive clod!

  23. Re:Survivors? on Arranging Electronic Access For Your Survivors? · · Score: 1

    I find it deeply deeply disturbing that this has been modded "Interesting". "Funny" I could see, and sadly /. doesn't yet have "Fuck I hope he's joking", but "Informative"?

  24. Re:Microsoft Created Much of the Comparison on Microsoft Feared Mac Vs. Vista In '05 · · Score: 1

    I"ll always remember (and love) a moment in one of Steve Jobs' Keynotes (just about pre-Vista)

    He showed a Vista logo for one reason or another, and just as an aside he points to it and says "See that Aqua bubble over it? We didn't add that."

  25. Re:lower that 4+ on Secure OS Gets Highest NSA Rating, Goes Commercial · · Score: 1

    "I hacked you? Sorry mate, I was just trying to play Solitaire"