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  1. Re:almost everyone lives in either Sydney or Melb. on Why Broadband In North America Is Not That Slow · · Score: 1

    Not every Australian lives in Mexico...

  2. Re:lack of pessimistic locking on SCO Zombie McBride's New Plan For World Litigation · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as a lack of pessimistic locking. First in, best dressed!

  3. Re:Yeah, it's called blissful ignorance on Brain Surgery Linked To Sensation of Spirituality · · Score: 1

    Christiaan Huygens, a contemporary of Newton and a formidable scientist in his own right had a different view:

    "The World is my Fatherland, Science is my Religion"

  4. Re:Australian citizens, PLEASE do the right thing. on South Australia Outlaws Anonymous Political Speech · · Score: 1

    Hello, it's SOUTH Australia we're talking about not Australia as a whole! btw the whole thing has blown over already, they canned the idea due to public outrage!

  5. Re:American stupidity. on Not All iPods — Vinyl and Turntables Gain Sales · · Score: 1

    The cassette was in fact Dutch Stupidity (Philips)

  6. Re:Should they get off tax-free? on AU Senator Calls Scientology a "Criminal Organization" · · Score: 1

    All Christians are Catholic, Roman Catholics are those that have the Bishop of Rome (aka the Pope) as head of their Church. They revere Saints, as do some other 'Non' Roman Catholics. Strict Protestants such as Calvinists are still Christians and therefore Catholics, but abhor the notion of Saints as they see them as 'False' gods.

  7. Locking scheme on Data Locking In a Web Application? · · Score: 1

    Use the primary key and an integer counter (date time stamps are to messy), apply the update with the primary key and counter as the 'where ' clause, if the update fails someone else has edited the record, and the user will need to refresh and try again. Pre-emptive locking is very messy , I would not recommend it. Often it is a kneejerk reaction to bad operational procedures within the production environment. You need to ask: what are multiple users doing trying to edit the same row at the same time? The counter based scheme sounds harsh but in reality it seldom leads to conflicts when the operations are run in a sensible manner.

  8. Brisbane pics on Aussie Data Centres Brace For Dust Storm Barrage · · Score: 3, Informative
  9. Re:Why are australians so dusty anyhow? on Aussie Data Centres Brace For Dust Storm Barrage · · Score: 1

    Could not help thinking of this Tom Waits song on the drive home yesterday...


    Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces
    there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier
    there'll be no refreshment for a thirsty jackaroo
    from Melbourne to Adelaide on the overlander
    with newfangled buffet cars and faster locomotives
    the train stopped in Serviceton less and less often
    There's nothing sadder than a town with no cheer
    VicRail decided the canteen was no longer necessary
    there's no spirits, no bilgewater and 80 dry locals
    and the high noon sun beats a hundred and four
    there's a hummingbird trapped in a closed down shoe store


    This tiny Victorian rhubarb
    kept the watering hole open for sixty five years
    now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st
    wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse
    the train smokes down the xylophone
    there'll be no stopping here
    all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer
    no Bourbon, no Branchwater
    though the townspeople here
    fought the Vic Rail decree tooth and nail
    now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21 st
    wrapped the hills in a blanket of Patterson's curse
    the train smokes down the xylophone
    there'll be no stopping here
    all ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer

  10. Re:Why are australians so dusty anyhow? on Aussie Data Centres Brace For Dust Storm Barrage · · Score: 1

    Potable water?

    You got ANY idea what fish do in it?

  11. In Brisbane on Aussie Data Centres Brace For Dust Storm Barrage · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You could taste it by about 11am (still can). Water restrictions will be lifted for a few days to allow people to hose things down. Latest reports suggest there is a lesser dust storm due here by Saturday. Damn Kiwis are stealing our country by stealth!

  12. Re:A true innovator on Guitar, Studio Wizard Les Paul Dies At 94 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "which now included a truss rod in the neck to keep it from warping."...

    Truss rods do not stop necks from warping, they are there to adjust the 'relieve' of the neck, a proper neck is not straight as in 'level' but must be slightly bowed to accommodate the envelope of the plucked string.

  13. Re:May I be the first to say... on Guitar, Studio Wizard Les Paul Dies At 94 · · Score: 1

    Y're all nuts

  14. Report Program Generator on The Essentials of RPG Design · · Score: 1

    Total Time Calculations
    Total Time Output
    Detail Time Calculations
    Detail Time Output

    RPG Cycle explained

  15. Re:bastard australians on Star Trek Premiere Gets Standing Ovation, Surprise Showing In Austin · · Score: 1

    That would be : "Crikey, bloody good effects aye!" Steve was a Queenslander (Victorian by birth), Queenslanders always say 'Aye' at the end of a statement with the pitch going up.

  16. At least Astrology is sometimes right. on Should Scientists Date People Who Believe Astrology? · · Score: 1

    As predicted in our previous issue; every one born under the sign of Gemini was hit by a big truck and died...

  17. Independence??? on ICANN Writes US Government Requesting Independence · · Score: 1

    When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary...

  18. old hippie on Deconstructing the PC Revolution · · Score: 1

    'Cause he's an old hippie And he don't know what to do Should he hang on to the old Should he grab on to the new. He's an old hippie This new life is just a bust He ain't trying to change nobody He's just trying real hard to adjust. I have been in IT since 1973, still have you one trick Java Ponies for breakfast (with a weak cup of tea)

  19. Microsoft Wants To Read Your Brain on Microsoft Wants To Read Your Brain · · Score: 1

    General Failure Reading your Brain bort etry ail

  20. Tuning on Self-Tuning Electric Guitar · · Score: 1

    I Tune my guitars only when i put on new string, stretch them up a bit and tune again, after that i barely touch the machine heads, unless 'number one son' has been playing while i wasn't around (he thinks i can't tell). This thingie might be good when you do a lot of gigs and your instrument goes through a lot of temperature changes, other than that i think it's wasted on your average Jimmy wannabe.

  21. IQ on Are Relational Databases Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    Column-oriented database systems are not new. Sybase has successfully sold its column-based IQ database for years as a high-performance business intelligence solution.

    I have worked with IQ, they should have called it 'DUMB', it was bought on the premise that all 'TRANSACTSQL' was 100% compatible with SYBASE, well it wasn't, in fact it didn't even come close, what a pig.

  22. Re:Standards 60 Hz on Pitch Perception Skewed By Modern Tuning · · Score: 1

    Unless you live in Western Europe where the grid uses 50 Hz...

  23. Re:Only if on Identify Galaxies Using Spare Wetware Cycles · · Score: 1

    You can not buy stars, nor name them, it's a scam, full stop.

  24. Re:WiMAX on 99% of Australians With Broadband By 2009? · · Score: 1

    Wimax won't work in the bush mate, Friends of mine live on a cattle station (ranch) outside Mt.Isa, their nearest neighbours are a mere 4 hours drive up the road!

  25. Re: Many generations on Transit Method Reveals Many Extrasolar Planets · · Score: 1

    I can see a lot of ethical problems with that solution, but that never has been a problem in the past though.