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  1. Re:YRO??!! on High-Tech Gadgets Can Pose Problems At Mexican Border · · Score: 1

    Hmm, this was meant to be a reply to the message below...

  2. Re:YRO??!! on High-Tech Gadgets Can Pose Problems At Mexican Border · · Score: 1

    Heh, my trip to Dublin:

    We arrive at the gat to find two passages; one marked "EU passport holders" and one marked "non-EU passport holders.

    We go to the latter with our Australian passports and tap on the window to wake the guy snoozing inside.

    He glances at our passports and asks us "..and how long will ye be stayin' in Ireland?"

    We told him, "just for the weekend" (we were visiting my sister there while we were living in the UK). He handed us back our passports with "Enjoy your stay" and went back to sleep.

  3. Re:big deal on New Images Reveal Pure Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 1

    at 99% pure it could still be raw sewage

  4. Re:Contradiction in terms... on Honda's Answer To the Segway · · Score: 1

    I look forward to the FAIL video.

  5. Re:Doomsday Machine on Soviets Built a Doomsday Machine; It's Still Alive · · Score: 1

    ...and before.

    Ever see that episode of Planet Earth with the band of chimpanzees setting off to make war on their neighbors?

  6. Re:NTY on First Rocky Exoplanet Confirmed · · Score: 1

    Transexual, Transylvania?

  7. Re:gotta wonder how far this search will go on First Rocky Exoplanet Confirmed · · Score: 1

    I've lived there most of mine also, I think you might be...

  8. Re:Midnight Oil on Church of Scientology Proposes Net Censorship In Australia · · Score: 1

    That was about asbestos, but still...

  9. Re:Falun Gang on Chinese Censor-Beating Software Resembles Malware, But Isn't · · Score: 1

    I found this myself when I was there. There are laws, but they appeared to be enforced selectively, based on whether or not they are trying to put pressure on you or someone you work for.

  10. Re:Liquid or Gas on Steam-Powered Car Breaks Century-Old Speed Record · · Score: 1

    liquid petroleum gas

    Is the fuel a liquid or a gas?

    yes.

  11. Re:Sell it? Get it past inspectors on Using a House's Concrete Foundation To Cool a PC · · Score: 1

    Just make sure the pipe doesn't actually touch the rebar and it should be OK.

  12. Re:Roll out the crazies on Fatal Explosion At Russian Hydroelectric Dam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Long term addiction. It's not easy to kick that stuff y'know!

  13. Re:Tin Foil Hat on NASA Discovers Life's Building Block In Comet · · Score: 1

    Or a pig.

    Mmmmmm calorie free space bacon!

  14. Re:Roll out the crazies on Fatal Explosion At Russian Hydroelectric Dam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently this installation contained enormous quantities of DHMO as a coolant and working medium. We need to protest their excessive reliance on DHMO. This disaster is just one more proof that DHMO is a dangerous material that needs more regulation.

  15. Reminds me of this ad on Prototype Vehicle For the Blind · · Score: 1
  16. I have 4 Gig of memory on Emacs Hits Version 23 · · Score: 1

    So now I have enough to run Emacs.

  17. Re:Linus on Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough" · · Score: 1

    Does FreeBSD even have any 3D video drivers for Nvidia or AMD? If not, then it's not worth even thinking about using it on the desktop for most people.

    Yes

  18. Re:Not for Archival Purposes! on Researchers Debut Barcode Replacement · · Score: 1

    True, but they don't have to be.

  19. Re:Aiding and Abetting? on Australian Police Plan Wardriving Mission · · Score: 1

    My grandmother had a car where you could do this, and she actually locked the keys in with the engine still running.

  20. Re:Aiding and Abetting? on Australian Police Plan Wardriving Mission · · Score: 1

    My flat mate and I both had Honda CB200s. Both with matching keys. I think there were only about three different ones available.

    Another one had a Toyota Corolla that had a steering lock that was so worn, it could be opened by any double sided key and the keyring would fall onto the floor if you hit a bump. Then you had to find it at the end of the journey to switch off the engine. (or just use someone else's key)

  21. Re:Interesting...and so's this! on Tennesee Man Charged In "Virtual Pornography" Case · · Score: 1

    I blame it on the boogie

  22. Re:Good thing he wasn't a Nerd on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    Interesting that the Soviet Union also invaded Poland at the same time and Poland ended up remaining under oppression by them for another 45 years. In other words, WWII never resolved the very issue it was ostensibly started over - the invasion and occupation of Poland.

  23. Re:Good thing he wasn't a Nerd on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    To successfully get bombs (conventional or nuclear) from the US to Germany was part of the design brief for the B29, but they wouldn't have had the air superiority advantage they had over Japan in 1945. The chances of getting the two bombs they actually had to the targets would have been slim.

  24. Re:Good thing he wasn't a Nerd on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    The design brief for the B29 was to be able to bomb targets in Germany from the continental US in the event that Britain capitulated.

    Imagine a Europe entirely in Nazi hands with a much stronger air force than they actually had left by 1943/44. It would have been very difficult for a single B29 to drop a bomb anywhere. Remember they only had two bombs available by August 1945 (not what they told the Japanese) Chances are it would have been brought down somewhere over France. Had it been the more dangerous "Little Boy" bomb, that would have left a rather large crater, but not in a German city.

    Of course if they waited a little longer and had a squadron of them they might have got one or two through. That would be all they needed.

  25. Re:Good thing he wasn't a Nerd on Hitler's Stealth Fighter · · Score: 2, Informative

    In one on one combat against the Tigers they were almost useless - until the Tiger broke down or got stuck somewhere.

    Shermans got the nickname "the Ronson Lighter" because they would light up at the first strike. There were tales of Shermans firing at a Tiger at short range only to see the shell bounce off.

    Sheer weight of numbers did win in the end though - and the fact they could be field repaired.