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  1. I think this is a pity, actually on Sony Profits Low, Halts CRT Production · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Sony have always made some damned fine CRTs. Their Trinitron range has always been pretty much the cream of the crop.

    Of course, myself, I got a second hand 21" Sony Trinitron VGA monitor for about $80, so I'm fine :)

    Mmmm, obscenely high resolution...

  2. Re:OMG, is that a tear across the pulmonary artery on iPods Used for Medical Images · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'd be worried if my doctor couldn't tell a tear of the pulmonary artery without Xray...

    Personally, I like to look at the geysers of blood. Those are always a good sign.

  3. Resources? Cool. on Navy Sued for Sonar-Blasting Whales · · Score: 1
    Active sonar is *extremely* loud and concentrated sound. It kills. Using such in fish spawning grounds and near whale gathering places is *stupid* and a criminal waste of resources.

    Whales are resources again, now? Cool, man! I'm gonna go get my harpoon right now, and score me some of that luverly whale oil!

  4. Re:Finally, we might catch up with the France on UK's Chief Scientist Backs Nuclear Power Revival · · Score: 1

    Ah, but no you see, I'm British ;) I'ma have to say we win at most of those.. except the sexy gays and lesbians... and the maths thing (I've got no idea what the f*** that is, dropped maths at 16)... and the wine.. and the psychoanalysis,............. and speaking French... But apart from that, what have the Romans ever done for us!

  5. Re:Why choose? on Why Have PDAs Failed In The iPod Era? · · Score: 1

    As much as this may surprise you, it's not a matter of personal choice. I have to keep myself alive while I take enough studies to stop me from working anywhere near enough hours. It just pisses me off when people seem to presume that money is no object to everyone.

  6. Finally, we might catch up with the France on UK's Chief Scientist Backs Nuclear Power Revival · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Almost all of France's power comes from Nuclear, and it's the one thing they seem to be better than us in ;)

    Ignoring all the many, important reasons to use nuclear (Which I agree with)..

    Let's do it to beat the French!

  7. Re:Why choose? on Why Have PDAs Failed In The iPod Era? · · Score: 1
    But we're all geeks here... why choose? I've got a PDA, camera phone, digital camera, laptop, and an iPod.

    Because some of us aren't rich wankers.

  8. Not as far as I can tell on eBay Wants Voice Phone Free In Five Years · · Score: 5, Informative
    From as far as I can tell, TFA suggests they don't mean free phone calls, but that they're trying to get everyone onto using Skype in the next five years or so.

    And now with advertising in it, yay...

  9. Re:AMD's dual cores are great on Intel Dual Core Xeon Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    Geez, I've got a pile of those in my basement.

  10. Re:MOD PARENT DOWN on It's Time To Take Back Instant Messaging · · Score: 1

    You, my good man, are a genius.

  11. Re:this idea needs much improvement on Network TV Downloadable Via iTunes · · Score: 1
    You can already play the video on a computer, you just can't burn to DVD.

    Apple aren't trying to sell TV to the main audience... yet. Apple's always said that the iTMS exists only to make people buy iPods (And the, when they go "Hmm, the iPod was nice, I wonder what an iMac is like?", that's not a problem), and they're sticking with that. This video is intended to be played on the iPod, where it uses the full abilities of the screen, not really anything else.

    Buying High res TV shows off the net, to play them beautifully on your TV isn't really going to convince you to buy Apple hardware, is it? It's been said again and again, Apple is a hardware company.

  12. Re:Time for the event... on New iPods on the Horizon · · Score: 1

    It was Summer Time, so it's actually just starting, at 6:00 PM, GMT, but thanks nonetheless :)

  13. Uh, yeah, great reporting... on New iPods on the Horizon · · Score: 1
    We've kinda known about this for ages. Hell, they're being released today, I think.

    Anyone know what time the Special Event is? GMT, if you can.

  14. Re:marine life? on Sonic Torpedo Defense · · Score: 1
    Sure, but when you do get both, what you don't get is a giant ship sinking, spilling fuel oil or nuclear waste, weapons (er, and potentially thousands of lives) into the ocean. An economical, strategic, tactical, and ecological bargain.

    Because, of course, once the Navy stops these approaching torpedoes, they'll just ignore the attackers, and let them sail away....
    Riiiight...

    The only consideration here really, is whether you want the men crewing these ships to be safer, and I think most of us can agree on that choise.

  15. Hang on, nuclear payload? on ESA Cryosat Launch Reported Failure · · Score: 1
    So, we have banned orbital nuclear weapons, and a group launching a nuclear capable "satellite", and then mysteriously losing it?

    Ooh, the conspiracy theory boys are gonna love this one. At least, they will till all their computers stop operating after a mysterious huge EMP from the upper atmosphere...

  16. Come on, noone cares about Peter Jackson on Peter Jackson to Executive Produce Halo Movie · · Score: 2, Funny
    I will fail to be interested by the Halo movie until they announce Samuel L. Jackson as the Sergeant

    Come on, if he'll do Snakes On A Plane, he'll do this...

  17. Re:Sometimes it's gets pretty stupid around here on Intel Stands Up For Consumers in Next-gen DVD War · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "Sometimes it's gets pretty stupid around here"

    Quoted for great justice!

  18. I for one... on New Version of Sony's AIBO Robot Dog Released · · Score: 3, Funny
    I for one welcome our new- er.. newer robo canine overlords!

    And I bet you can install OSX on them...

  19. Re:Excellent services... on Google-NASA Partnership Backlash · · Score: 1

    *WHOOSH*

  20. Re:Alternative. on Google-NASA Partnership Backlash · · Score: 1

    Geez, they've been working on that for ages. Some people just can't keep up with the news... http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html/

  21. Re:Question for bio-geeks on Stem Cells Restore Feeling In Paraplegic · · Score: 4, Interesting
    they just connect random ones, and the brain works it out afterwards.

    They've cut mice in half and done this, and while their back half screws around for a bit, it's really not very long until their motion is completely back to normal.

  22. "Be"? on 24 Mb Consumer Broadband Launched · · Score: 1
    The company "Be", and a "Be Box"?

    Don't Be Inc still own the trademarks to said names? I know they kept them when they were bought by Sony, or has the company completely dissolved into stocks now, and lost its trademarks?

  23. Re:Bitching about free software... niiice! on Free 3D Animation DAZ|Studio 1.0 Released · · Score: 1
    "Yo, here's a sweet perl module you should check out"

    See, this is how you know you're a nerd ;)
    Not that I can speak, I am on Slashdot, after all...

  24. Re:Proprietary technology. on Hydrogen Stored in Safe High Density Pellets · · Score: 1

    Mmmmm, Palladium... For given values of safe ;)

  25. When? on Google Talk Claims Openness, Lacks S2S Support · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "Despite all their self-congratulation about open communications" I don't remember hearing about this, last I heard they simply mentioned that they were using an open protocol to support run their service. Google is a company, people, it runs off money, not fanaticism. They don't have to do all the other things that the open source geeks do, that's not important, they use the piece of the code that's useful for them.

    That is, after all, the point of open source, is it not?