User: VoltageX

Re:A Pause for Pidgey.

On: English Wikipedia Reaches 3 Million Articles

Well yeah, I wouldn't want to infringe on the OP's copyright.

Re:10lbs...throwable?

On: Marine Corps Wants a Throwable Robot

Not quite sci-fi, not quite reality yet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7734038.stm

Re:Compared to Lucas

On: "District 9" Best Sci-fi Movie of 09?

Wasn't it at one stage going to be the Wachowski brother and sister?

Re:A Pause for Pidgey.

On: English Wikipedia Reaches 3 Million Articles

You should *definitely* post that more widely. It makes a very good point. Either Wikipedia needs to be forked, or it needs to fall by the wayside.

Re:GSM? Future? WTF?

On: Open Source GSM Network At Dutch Hacker Convention

They should also work on the stability of their software: "OpenBSC has proven to work quite stable. We have the occasional segfault every 3-4 hours, but I'm at it, debugging. " Yes! Stable!

Re:Lots of factors

On: Are Game Consoles Ruining DLC?

It is. Currently the easiest way to get the Fallout 3 DLC on PC is to pirate it.

Re:the good and the meh

On: The Best and Worst Tech-Book Publishers?

Are you distributed in Australia at all?

Re:Purchase AnyDVD HD before it's illegal

On: Judge Rules Against RealDVD

Have you seen how expensive a lifetime license is?

Re:Remove the buzzwords

On: Man Jailed After Using LimeWire For ID Theft

Another argument for having a computer license. You can cause physical damage with a car, you can cause financial damage with a computer.

Re:12" = normal machine

On: Is Intel Killing 12-Inch Displays On Netbooks?

BS! When I was in Melbourne, in the coffee shops I'd always see at least one suit sipping on a ultramochalatte typing on a netbook. They're a useful stopgap between the blackberry and the work machine.

Re:"Hover on the slideshow"...?

On: Best Free Open Source Software For Windows

Or better, www.osalt.com, lists Windows Apps and their alternatives.

Re:Not just in UK.

On: Undercover Cameras Catch PC Repair Scams, Privacy Violations

J-Pop = Japanese Pop K-Pop = Korean Pop Cantopop = Cantonese Pop

Re:Sad to see you go.

On: Australian Website Bans ... Australians

I'm in Australia and I just registered and posted.

Re:Like many brilliant ideas...

On: New Binary Diffing Algorithm Announced By Google

I'd ask Blizzard what their patch bandwidth is too. Even though they use BT, I'm sure the users would appreciate the smaller download/upload.

Re:I know why.

On: Bill Gates Puts Classic Feynman Lectures Online

It's "Fragmented MP4", which apparently is part of the MP4 spec but nothing seems to be able to play it.

Re:I know why.

On: Bill Gates Puts Classic Feynman Lectures Online

Video chunks can be downloaded at http://mediadl.microsoft.com/mediadl/www/s/studios/smoothmedia/msr/tuva/lectures/L1_Law_of_Gravitation.ism/QualityLevels(2500000)/Fragments(video=00:00:00)
Change video= according to this:

    <VideoChapter Id="1" StartTime="00:00:00">
      <Title>Leader &amp; Slate</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="2" StartTime="00:00:33">
      <Title />
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="3" StartTime="00:01:36">
      <Title>Introduction</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="4" StartTime="00:06:07">
      <Title>Feynman Intro</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="5" StartTime="00:08:51">
      <Title>Law of Gravity</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="6" StartTime="00:11:56">
      <Title>Discovery</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="7" StartTime="00:14:02">
      <Title>Kepler</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="8" StartTime="00:15:14">
      <Title>Laws of Motion</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="9" StartTime="00:18:52">
      <Title>Newton</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="10" StartTime="00:25:24">
      <Title>Tides</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="11" StartTime="00:31:38">
      <Title>Gravity in the Universe</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="12" StartTime="00:40:42">
      <Title>Weighing the Earth</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="13" StartTime="00:46:55">
      <Title>Electricity</Title>
    </VideoChapter>
    <VideoChapter Id="14" StartTime="00:52:01">
      <Title>Conclusions</Title>
    </VideoChapter>

Gods know what format the video is in though, it's coming down as x-video/mp4 but it's not.

Re:Think of the lawyers!

On: Tracking a Move Via "Find My iPhone"

If they're a decently sized company, they probably track their own trucks, too.

Re:You know they need better budget managers when.

On: NASA's Skylab $400 Littering Fine Paid By DJ

So he goes to Western Australia, a hot hot hot overgrown truck (road train) stop on the edge of Australia.

Re:Game is unplayable by all inelligent users

On: Aion Shaping Up For US Launch

Then use fucking Punkbuster. Or sleep with Valve and use VAC. Don't crap on my machine just because you can't work out how to prevent cheating.

Re:Tuna Porn?

On: Japanese Creating "Super Tuna"

+1 Most disturbing comment on Slashdot.

Re:Bet on it!

On: Predicting SCO's Actions Post Bankruptcy

Did you just post the script for a new Uwe Boll movie?

Re:put it on Android

On: The Commodore 64 vs. the iPhone 3G S

Also, no userbase.

Re:forre.st storage calculator

On: Why a Hard Disk Is a Better Bargain Than an SSD

Any Aussies know of an Australian equivalent?

Re:awkward fact, may ruin exciting story

On: Mono Squeezed Into Debian Default Installation

There's also a BluRay ISO for the truly insane.

Re:General trend

On: Fifteen Classic PC Design Mistakes

OK. Underpowered 95/98/ME/XP machines. Dell & Acer do it every time.