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  1. Re:iphones on Smartphone Battle Is Shaping Up As RIM Vs. Apple · · Score: 1

    Though I can't speak for RIM, Symbian has LOADS of third party software.

  2. Re:Would you buy a Metallica online album...? on Metallica May Follow In Footsteps of Radiohead, NIN · · Score: 1

    We might as well be arguing whether chocolate ice cream is better, or strawberry.
    Chocolate.
  3. Re:Activesync on First Looks at Microsoft's New "Live Mesh" Platform · · Score: 1

    I thought they already replaced ActiveSync in Vista. Presumably with something better, not that that's hard.

  4. Re:Did anyone else read it as.. on Evidence Of Glaciers On Mars Suggests Recent Climate Activity · · Score: 1

    No.

  5. Re:Phone? on Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What kind of place doesn't allow phones and also has publicly available computers to use?

  6. Re:3 cores sounds "wrong", but... on AMD's Triple-Core Phenom X3 Processor Launched · · Score: 1

    Pentagons aren't necessarily symmetrical.

  7. Re:Internet Archive. on MSN Music DRM Servers Going Dark In September · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately most moderators don't realize this and still mod him up.
    Or perhaps most moderators don't care. Its the contents of the post that matter, not the author.
  8. Re:LOL. on PayPal Plans To Ban Unsafe Browsers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sounds like a scientologist!

  9. Re:Forums, and "web 2.0" sites. on Google Crawls The Deep Web · · Score: 1

    It would have been even more insufferably clever if it hadn't already been done almost an hour before you post.

  10. Re:Wrong assumption on How Social Networks May Kill Search as We Know It · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps they will just try to sell you BBQ coloured carpet.

  11. Re:Monster cable has been taking advantage... on Monster Cables Pushes Around the Wrong Small Company · · Score: 1

    Damage to computer electronics cn occur at voltage below 104 or above 116
    Bugger I've been pumping 240V into them all these years!
  12. Re:super ridiculous analysis and conclusion on Weak Rivets May Have Sped Sinking of Titanic · · Score: 1

    All in all I recommend reading TFA
    Heathen
  13. Re:Titanic (2007) on Weak Rivets May Have Sped Sinking of Titanic · · Score: 2, Funny

    from time to time botht he Oscar people and the public take leave of their senses
    Yeah real rare occurance that is.
  14. Re:Turing complete on Building a 5-Ton Calculator From 19th-Century Plans · · Score: 1

    Any function eh?

    int f(void)
    {
      return f();
    }

  15. Re:Disclaimer: I'm not an MMORPG fan on World of Warcraft - Wrath Of the Lich King Is In Alpha · · Score: 1

    Yes I know but I couldn't help myself. Nice to know I got an informative mod though.

  16. Re:Disclaimer: I'm not an MMORPG fan on World of Warcraft - Wrath Of the Lich King Is In Alpha · · Score: 2, Informative

    cromulent isn't a word.

  17. Re:Large on US Does Surprisingly Well in Internet Survey · · Score: 1

    Because almost 90% of the population live in urban areas. And the owner of the wires is forced to let competitors install DSLAMs and such in the exchanges.

  18. Re:Math maze on Adults Too Quick to Dismiss Educational Gaming? · · Score: 1

    Ah we had that game in primary school too. It was great. We also had a spelling game... spelling dodger or something.

  19. Re:Number Munchers anyone? on Adults Too Quick to Dismiss Educational Gaming? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We also had the first iteration of Carmen Sandiego games for geography, which I have to say is a great way to learn about the world.
    Not so much these days. You have to fly to Moscow when she drives away in a car with a red flag.
  20. Re:That's what an iMac is for on IBM Using Complex Math To Manage Natural Disasters · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did somebody steal the mods' happy pills today or something?

  21. Re:In other news... on ARIA Sells a Licence for DJs to Format Shift Music · · Score: 2, Informative

    They're closing down the Nauru and Manus Island detention centers. Although all I can find of actual action are a few articles saying it will close in about a month. All about a month apart, and it hasn't happened yet, so who knows how long it will take.

  22. Re:Done with planes on Cell Phones To Be Allowed On UK Planes · · Score: 1
    Or I could:
    1. Get family/friend to drop me off at the airport.
    2. Put my name into a computer, pick a nice seat and print out my boarding pass
    3. If I have to check-in luggage, wait in line for 5-10 mins (this was on Easter Monday, so its pretty busy
    4. Walk through security, putting my keys and phone, carry on through the x-ray. Pick them back up 20 seconds later
    5. Get on the plane
    Qantas just announced (or possibly started, can't remember) that they'll be doing a similar thing to this as well, but with only text messages and data, not voice. Global roaming charges apply however.
  23. Re:This is so awesome!!! on Newly Discovered Fungus Threatens World Wheat Crop · · Score: 1

    So its a good thing that the price of your rice flour is going to double?

  24. A bit backwrds? on Analysts Foresee Another Banner Year For Videogame Industry · · Score: 1

    Early in the year is historically a very slow time in the game sales calendar, making the 34% jump for the month highly significant.
    If early in the year generally has poor sales, doesn't that make a 34% jump less significant? Certainly a smaller physical sales rise, making it easier to achieve.
  25. Re:It's the kiss of death on MPAA Touts Record Year For Hollywood · · Score: 1
    So when VHS reached its peak, DVD made it big and the MPAA made lots of money.
    When LPs reached their peak, CD made it big and the RIAA made lots of money.

    So could you explain to me why this is the kiss of death?