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  1. Re:That's a bit harsh on SCO Terminates Darl McBride · · Score: 1

    I would suggest more explosives and a bigger cannon...

  2. Re:Stephen Fry on In the UK, a Few Tweets Restore Freedom of Speech · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The UK does not have a bill of rights, we have a common law system and nowhere do we explicitely get granted things such as freedom of speach. Please read up on UK legal matters as you clearly don't know enough.

  3. Re:41? on BSA Says 41% of Software On Personal Computers Is Pirated · · Score: 1

    Err this is /. I thought that was the point. I for one have not even RTFA but here I am commenting...

  4. Re:so this is like fusion but only 10 years away i on Commercial Fuel From Algae Still Years Away · · Score: 3, Informative

    JET did, right at the end, which is why they are building ITER to actually get positive _useful_ energy out.

  5. Re:Black holes contribute to entropy ? on Universe Has 100x More Entropy Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    You were applying logic to something quantum in nature as Hawking Radiation requires particle/anti-particle pairs (I think this was Dirac who suggested these were being created all the time in space but am too lazy this morning to look it up) to be created and one half falling into the black hole and the other escaping. It's madness, madness I tell you.

  6. Re:Black holes contribute to entropy ? on Universe Has 100x More Entropy Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    That _was_ the theory, Hawking messed that up with Hawking Radiation though, sorry.

  7. Re:I'm involved in something closely related. on Dissolvable Glass For Bone Repair · · Score: 2, Informative

    Look up how much profit oriented medical insurers spend on administration and compare that with how much the American government spends administering the medicare budget. You will be shocked to learn the company concerned more for profits spends considerably more on 'admin'. Why Americans have this view that government == bad I don't know, it's not the reason you exist which was that you didn't want your taxes to go to the British. America spends much more per capita on healthcare than Europe does yet does not have a universal service. You seem to think the pay more for getting less is a good idea. Remove the HMOs from the equasion and spend their profits on doctors and drugs and you can already give cover to more people for the same money. Then factor in the econimies of scale and you get everyone covered for everyone. But you won't listen to reason because government == bad, you should perhaps consider that democracy is a elected of the people, by the people and FOR the PEOPLE, not for the corperations.

  8. Re:end to casts? on Dissolvable Glass For Bone Repair · · Score: 1

    It tends to be on request that they are removed. Usually by people who have read what happens if you break a leg which has a metal pin already in it, they tend to break at the ends of the pin which is usually close to a joint and can be much worse breaks.

  9. Re:HP on Choosing a Personal Printer For the Long Haul · · Score: 1

    You do need to be careful about host based devices (it is possible to get them working on non-Windows, but it is a pain). It's usually the cheaper printers and mostly colour ones from what I have seen. The 2600 series you want to avoid but if you read the documentation you should be fine, if you want to print from a mac just ensure you get a PS device.

  10. Re:simple. on The "Copyright Black Hole" Swallowing Our Culture · · Score: 1

    Of the people, by the people, for the people. Otherwise I vote for Kodos.

  11. Re:Blaming the Govt. Strawman on Slow Oracle Merger Leads To Outflow of Sun Projects, Coders · · Score: 1

    Err, mergers take a long time here, except if you are a big bank. Sorry but they need to make sure it is good for the people (consumers) not the companies. I for one like the EU.

  12. Re:computers user base 2 on Apple Kicks HDD Marketing Debate Into High Gear · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You want to accept inconsistancies within your own field (MHz, GHz, MB etc.) rather than havng to change things. Because it's not as if anything ever changes with computers. Some parts of computers use base 2, others do not, there has been a definitive set of standards since 1999, getting MS on board would pretty much solve the problem as that is what people would then see their computer tell them.

  13. Re:Nice FUD on the front page editors on Replacements For Adobe Creative Suite 3 Apps? · · Score: 1

    But you have an Apple, only the cool kids have those, and you have to be on the bleeding edge all the time otherwise you are not cool.

  14. Re:It works very well... on Using a House's Concrete Foundation To Cool a PC · · Score: 1

    Please stop misusing the backtick (grave accent) to express feet, it should be the prime symbol which is used. By being angled the other way, similar but distinct, from the acute accent. The apostrophy is a better choice for a key on a UK/US keyboard although this could still be considered incorrect.

  15. Re:Yeah? So? on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 1

    I much prefer thinking of it as 4840 square yards, as this at least is slightly relavent to the size, which was defined as a chain (22 yards) by a furlong (220 yards). Although I can happily switch between the two, except farenheit which makes no sense.

  16. Re:Vaporware on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    They need to tax you more. Rather than borrow money from other countries to pay for your government you should pay for it, which means higher taxes. Having visited America the roads are horrible, which I suppose you get with the lowest bidder. Lowest != Best value, so they don't even tax you enough to pay for decent roads.

  17. Re:This should do well in Europe. on Apple Working On Tech To Detect Purchasers' "Abuse" · · Score: 1

    Actually it's mostly designed to protect the people from the corporations, which it does quite well.

  18. Re:Diamond dust is cheap? on DIY CPU Thermal Grease, Using Diamond Dust · · Score: 1

    That's what I thought but then I thought to check and apparently* they now only have a 40% share of the market, down from 80%. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers#End_of_diamond_monopoly

    *According to the Wikipedia

  19. Re:Can I redefine RAND? on Microsoft Redefines "Open Standards" · · Score: 1

    I just thought of the RAND corperation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND

  20. Re:UK Law vs US Law on British Hacker Loses Review of Asperger's Defense · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ah but in the UK at least trespassing is only a civil crime, so if you don't do any damage you can't go to jail.

  21. Re:Wow on Apple Says iPhone Jailbreaking Could Hurt Cell Towers · · Score: 1

    I feel that you should have stated that they are more likely to use the truthiness of an objection not whether it is true or not.

  22. Re:Sound Methods? on Dye Used In Blue M&Ms Can Lessen Spinal Injury · · Score: 1

    don't know why you have to pick on rats. These were mice, which are far dirtier, not having bladders and all. Rats are relatively clean animals, and no the black plague was not spread by rats but by flies.

  23. Re:Tactile? on Med Students Get Training In Second Life Hospitals · · Score: 1

    Well the last time I saw what they were doing at Imperial with second life it was just videos and a pointless copy of the actual buildings in the college. It all seemed rather excessive and unnecessary. It is just some doctor with too much research money playing with what they think is cool.

  24. Re:You can fall off the road on either side on German Health Insurance Card CA Loses Secret Key · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't have thought keeping the root online at all times was particularly sensible. At least I seem to remember that this was some of the point of the hierarchical certificate system. You generate the root cert, then some tier 1 certs and turn off the root, put it in a cupboard* use the tier 1 certs to generate more, this way you don't compromise the absolute top of the hierarchy. Which should make the fail moments slightly easier to manage.

    *preferably one with a good lock and lined with steel.

  25. Re:Doctors orders on FDA Considers Banning Acetaminophen-Based Pain Killers · · Score: 1

    and as an antipyretic you should take what exactly? The WHO recommends children take paracetamol for fevers above 38.5C.