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  1. Apparently they've decided on the salary on Autism Traits Prove Valuable for Software Testing · · Score: 1

    It's about a hundred dollars...

  2. Re:lazzzzzzzy.... on Canberra Police Want Drones To Track Cars · · Score: 1

    It IS Canberra...

  3. Re:Horrible marketing at work. on Windows 8 Roundup · · Score: 1

    Since here we're still on XP and only now considering migrating to Windows 7, I think it will be a lot longer than that. It won't be until Microsoft drops support for Windows 7 anyway. That's the only reason my company is ditching Windows XP.

  4. Re:Slippery slope? on Global Mall Operator Starts Reading License Plates · · Score: 1

    There is a disconnect between the mall and the RTA who keep the licencing data. I'm pretty sure the NSW RTA will only hand over someones details if you intend to make a complaint. They won't do it to make your marketing easier. If that were not the case THAT would be good case for protest.

  5. Re:Whole lot of nothing? on Weak Typing — the Lost Art of the Keyboard · · Score: 2

    You could always add a bluetooth keyboard if that makes it easier

  6. Re:The new Taliban? on Libyan Rebels Weaponize Power Wheels Toys · · Score: 1

    No, They built the plane arouind the gun and offset the nosewheel so that the gun is on the plane's centreline. Without doing that, the offset recoil would have put the plane into a flat spin

  7. Re:Never gonna give you up...Never gonna let you d on AC/DC Music Attracts Great White Sharks · · Score: 1

    It's a long way to the shark if you wanna Rick Roll.

  8. They should just stick to DC on AC/DC Music Attracts Great White Sharks · · Score: 1

    AC kills circus elephants

  9. Oh Yeah, USA, Bastion of freedom of speech on US Citizen Visiting Thailand Arrested For Blog Posting · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Julian Assange will be watching this case with interest, and would be amused at all the "how dare they, he's a citizen of a free country" posts.

  10. Re:They forgot the most important feature of all.. on Computer De-Evolution: Awesome Features We've Lost · · Score: 1

    Alleycat FTW

  11. Re:But are we? on Computer De-Evolution: Awesome Features We've Lost · · Score: 1

    1. Cars these days have higher compression and are more difficult to turn over by hand.
    2. The risk of kick-back breaking your wrist.
    3. The fact that with a modern fuel injection system, if your battery is flat you are going nowhere, even if you can crank over the engine, because you need enough power to pressurize the fuel rail.
    4. The fact that car designers don't want to give the impression that a crank start is likely to be needed.

  12. Re:Theres a better place to stick a turbine on The Challenges of Tapping Blood Flow For Power · · Score: 1

    See the comment above about the pig's ass.

  13. Re:Tesla Turbines on The Challenges of Tapping Blood Flow For Power · · Score: 1

    They would if you didn't give the pig too much fruit.

  14. Re:With the power of Heart! on The Challenges of Tapping Blood Flow For Power · · Score: 1

    Unless you eat the chicken, and the egg to power the pacemaker.

  15. Re:Back at you. on Vatican Warns That Internet Promotes Satanism · · Score: 1

    They still remember what happened with the printing press.

  16. Re:So it's a solar cell.... on Artificial Leaf Could Provide Cheap Energy · · Score: 2

    Well, we could burn a whole bunch of coal to create extra CO2. That would form a barrier to block the escaping energy - like a big greenhouse... Oh wait...

  17. Re:Rules on Sex Offender Claims Police Entrapped Him With Animated Emoticons · · Score: 1

    The internet is where:

    The men are men
    The women are men
    The little girls are FBI agents

  18. Re:to echo a commenter on TFA.... on Chandrayaan-1 Spots Giant Underground Chamber On the Moon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whaling. Don't forget whaling. If there ain't no whales, you could tell tall tales and sing a whaling tune.

  19. Re: on Australian Court Gives Green Light To Disconnect Pirates · · Score: 1

    ...that's bad

  20. Re:Remember when you're reading this... on Aussie City Braces For Worst Flood In 118 Years · · Score: 1

    It's a fallacy that a 1 in 40 year event or a 1 in 1000 year event can't happen two years in a row. It's more like rolling a dice. You'll roll a 4 on average one roll in six, but you can roll three fours in a row ( or more).

    It's more accurate to say that a so called 1in 100 year flood has a 1% chance of happening in any given year. Since we are in the middle of another extreme La Nina, an overall 1% chance increases somewhat.

  21. Re:Getacanoe on Aussie City Braces For Worst Flood In 118 Years · · Score: 1

    Plus remember that the sewage system doesn't go where it's supposed to in a flood. I cringe when I see people swimming around in that.

  22. Re:Wow on The Moon Has a Fluid Outer Core · · Score: 1

    It's just a bit runny. Runnier than you'd like it, I'm afraid.

  23. Re:I have a better idea on New Laser Makes Pirates Wish They Wore Eye-Patches · · Score: 1

    A couple of half inch holes in a ship that size? Even assuming they actually can penetrate the steel hull rather than just leaving a dent, and they are below the water line, I'm pretty sure the bilge pumps could keep up. Hell their propeller seal probably leaks more than that.

  24. The ethernet socket on my LG TV has never worked on Major Security Flaws Discovered In Internet HDTVs · · Score: 1

    Perhaps that's just as well then, maybe I should stop complaining even though it's a feature I paid for and never got.

  25. Re:I love where I live on VoIP Now Technically Illegal In China · · Score: 1

    Yeah, enjoy your AIDs.