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  1. Re:oh and look! on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 1

    They're called biscuits, Penfold.

  2. Re:Not news on A Brief History of Slashdot Part 2, Explosions · · Score: 1

    Neither the slashdot department or its parent ministry are not in are in charge of Gundam.

  3. Re:Have a store employee continually feed meters on Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different" · · Score: 1

    >>I follow the law of my King.
    I'm sorry Elvis is dead, did you not get the memo?

  4. Re:You know it's a Slow newsday when ... on Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different" · · Score: 1

    Thats only proof that he (and his server) got hit by a flying chair...

  5. Re:You're right on Sony to Add TV Tuner, DVR to PS3 · · Score: 1

    Your forgetting that companies reclaim the VAT they paid when the sell something; so the effective VAT at each stage is only charged on the additional value of the goods that happened at that stage, hence the name Value Added Tax.

  6. Re:Well I guess the joke is on us. on Astronomers Find Huge Hole in Universe · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You FSM freaks, your faith is illogical.

  7. Re:Well I guess the joke is on us. on Astronomers Find Huge Hole in Universe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not quite; it is no so much a hole in the goatse sense, but rather an lack of anything at all. If anything it is where the Invisible Pink Unicorn lives.

  8. Re:Wow.... on DUI Defendant Wins Source Code to Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    if( bool prompt( $cop, "Be honest, is he really drunk?") )
      $input = BreathSample::get_ethanol_content_as_u32();
    else
      $input = rand(50,200);
    Or so I would guess.

  9. Re:Illegal? on Automatix 'Actively Dangerous' to Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Ah, but they are a part of the EEA, same difference but for they don't have any MEPs or or a member in the council of ministers; they still (in most cases) need to implement EU directives (such as the EUCD).

  10. Re:Morality vs. Legality on Our ATM Is Broken, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    That seems like a far reaching definition of theft, in English law it's only "A person is guilty of theft, if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it".
    Under this receiving the wrong change or being under-billed is not thief, unless you dishonestly took part in the transaction the the intent to be undercharged. This seems better to me; as you could of only become aware of the mistake when it would be inconvenient to correct it.

  11. Re:A machine cannot outthink a human on Checkers Solved, Unbeatable Database Created · · Score: 1

    Because he's ALICE.

  12. Re:Missed calls on A Whitelist for Phone Calls? · · Score: 1

    >I didn't even know her number for the first month.
    Nor `her' gender.

    Sorry, I'll resist next time.

  13. Re:Voice your discontent with the BBFC on Manhunt 2 Banned In Britain · · Score: 1

    While the BBFC are indeed a private company their decisions do have legal bearing because they are the (current) official film classifier as decided by the Home Secretary under the Video Recordings Act. Their decisions don't have any effect on "private member clubs", and can be overruled for cinemas by local councils (what your talking about); but for all retail selling or renting they do have full effect so this does for all intents ban the game.

  14. Re:Wasn't there problems with Manhunt in Britain t on Manhunt 2 Banned In Britain · · Score: 1

    Funny how you mention that, the BBFC was given their legal powers to ban films (and computer games) as a result of the "Video Nasties" campaign of the british press in the 80's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_nasties

  15. Re:Insurance Fraud on Getting the Best Deal From Dell — Or Not · · Score: 1

    Well for my market demographic (18-25 year old male), the extortionate insurance rates are more due my peers' reckless abandonment of safety then any degree of intent to defraud the insurance company; or so would be my guess. Would your experience match this?

  16. Re: obligatory attempt at lame humor on Germany Declares Hacking Tools Illegal · · Score: 1

    As has yours, and mine also I suppose.
    Drats, whats my compliant again?

  17. Re:stop being a racist coward on Sci-fi Writers Join War on Terror · · Score: 1

    I think you misunderstood the spirit of those two statements, it was (I presume) very much tongue-in-cheek.

  18. Re:UK Schools?!!? on Holocaust Dropped From Some UK Schools · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You don't know just how correct that statement is.

  19. Re:In other news... on Jack Thompson Sues Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I would think Homo Ballmus would be be better, personally.

  20. Re:First they came for the ... on Microsoft, Sue Me First · · Score: 1

    >Then they came for the Volkswagons...
    And forced them to make the beetle, I didn't speak up because I wasn't a person.

  21. Re:Pipe Dream on RIAA Seeks Royalties From Radio · · Score: 1

    I would say that royalties are not the decisive factor in the state UK radio, I would personally put it that the BBC and stronger regulation has saved the UK from the likes of Clear Channel. Clear Channel, in the UK own a great many venues, and to some extend operates some large festivals (Glastonbury is the first that comes to mind); the latter of which involves paying the artists.

    At a somewhat interesting side note they are also one of the largest billboard advertising companies in the UK.

  22. Re:There are no rogue sites on .gov domain names on F-Secure Responds To Criticism of .bank · · Score: 1

    It works alright for me in Seamonkey 1.1.1 on linux, maybe you have disabled something that messes it up. That being said the design is awful, though not quite as bad as http://www.parliament.uk/.

  23. Re:The Beauty Of Closed Systems on Aluminum Alloy Releases Hydrogen From Water · · Score: 1

    No, I think he meant TRUCKS, the aluminum would only clog the tubes, So while the Internet is not a truck you can just dump things on, you would still need the truck to drive your aluminum-oxide alloy powered car.

  24. Re:Per Industry TLD's on Microsoft Using .MS TLD · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, next question.

  25. Re:Gates says on 360 Limiting GTA IV In Some Ways · · Score: 1

    Oh, I'm sorry. Thanks for the correction.