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  1. Re:!14 is smaller than 93,884,313,611 on Mystery Math Whiz and Novelist Advance Permutation Problem (quantamagazine.org) · · Score: 2

    14! is the number of PERMUTATIONS, so you would watch ALL 14 episones in 87178291200 different orders.

  2. Thankyou from me too, I was also thinking 'why not 14x13x12x... etc'

  3. storage on Sony's Latest Smartphone Camera Sensor Can Shoot At 1,000fps (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    but the base model will probably only have enough room to store three seconds of video

  4. darn, read it wrong in my excitement, still fingers crossed the lander is OK too

  5. Re:Smeg on 28 Years A Smeghead: Red Dwarf Is Coming Back (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    What about a muffin?

  6. Audi have been doing this for years on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 1

    and I don't think they made this much of a fuss about it.

  7. Re:Thanks for all the Fish Wrapper on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I remember reading for ages before I found a story that I wanted to post on, so registered quite 'late'
    still, I got a decent username :)

  8. Re:Running over with car not 2000 pounds of pressu on Flash Drives Go To Work · · Score: 1

    why on earth is the parent post at +5 ?

    so if i ride over something on my bike (50psi in the tyres) I'll be exerting more pressure ?

  9. Re:Brings back memories .... on Retro Gaming Hacks · · Score: 1

    I didn't sign up until /. was popular :)

    I was brought up on Spectrums, then moved to Atari STs - still using mine now.

    'have you played atari today?'

  10. 'Precious hamburgers?' on The Vomit Worth Millions? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll simply shed my skin!

  11. Which ... on IBM Strives For 'Superhuman' Speech Tech · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Which witch blew the blue candle out ?

  12. What are the driving forces behind the rise of mal on Future Trends of Malware · · Score: 1, Insightful

    money.

  13. Re:Alternative solution: on Google Upgrades AdSense · · Score: 1

    this is the best troll account i've seen in ages, I salute you sir!

  14. Re:I know this is a nerd site, but... on Via Now Shipping Dual-Processor Mini-ITX Board · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    way to miss the joke ...

  15. Re:I wondered how long this would take on Giant Iceberg to Collide with Glacier · · Score: 1

    best.
    flame.
    ever.

    thankyou AC for making me laugh out loud - 'nunshitting popefelcher'

    now thats a keeper :)

  16. Re:Huygens on Cassini's Robot Lab Successfully Separates · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathemati cians/Huygens.html

  17. slightly off topic but on Toshiba Unveils 80GB 'iPod drive' · · Score: 1

    does anyone know of any mid-range digicams that use these or similar drives?
    I'm guessing they are different to the 'IBM microdrive' yes ?

  18. Re:urgent questions on Geminid Meteor Shower · · Score: 1

    head up to the Mendips, hardly any light pollution there if you stay a few miles away from the radio transmitters.

    Monday night UK time is best apparently

  19. Re:But... on Security Flaws In Linux SMBFS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    a compromised machine is:

    a compromised machine.

    remomove from the LAN/WAN, disect then reinstall. Its the only safe way.

  20. deeded ? on Does Google Censor Chinese News? · · Score: 1

    is that even a real word? wouln't 'deemed' be more appropriate/readable ?

  21. your mission, should you choose to accept it ... on Batch-o-Moz: Firefox, Thunderbird, Suite Released · · Score: 5, Insightful

    is to convert an I.E. / outlook user to Mozilla / Thunderbird today ...

    go on, you know it makes sense - if anything it'll make the internet faster without all the outlook generated spam flying around.

  22. Re:!2800 on Atari To Release Old Games and New Console System · · Score: 1

    I still use my 1040, it's fun to noodle around in NeoChrome everynow and then.

    Plus i'm still trying to complete 'Captive' ...

  23. Re:Was populous... on NYT Profiles Creator of Black & White and Fable · · Score: 1

    Same as the atari version - just connect two together with a parallel cable and hours of arguments ensue :)

  24. IDE interface ? on Taiwanese Firms To Launch a 2 Terabyte Memory Card · · Score: 5, Interesting

    or even SCSI - it would be nice to replace all my bulky (by comapison) 3 1/2 inch IDE drives.