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  1. Re:I have my old zx spectrum. on Australia's Largest Private Computer Collection In Pictures · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know what you mean. I said "before they had mobile phones" to my daughter and some of her friends the other day. They looked at me as though I had said "before they invented the wheel"

  2. Would it work in arrid conditions? on Machine Condenses Drinking Water Out of Thin Air · · Score: 1

    I am sure you could get loads of water in a humid climate. Where I live in Yorkshire you often have misted windows in the morning and a cold can left out of a fridge will soon leave a puddle. My wife tells me that Louisiana is even worse.

    Would this work in somewhere like Arizona though. It was so dry when I visited there that I wasn't even aware of sweating, but the fact that I had to drink a litres of water and the "salt marks" under my armpits meant I must have been sweating profusely, but the evaporation kept up. Would there be any water in the air to extract here (or in other deserts).

  3. Re:Microsoft developing in Linux on Silverlight On the Way To Linux · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily. As long as you have long hair a goatee will do.

  4. Re:anyone know? on Silverlight On the Way To Linux · · Score: 1

    It tells us that moonlight is at least a runtime library. There may well be bytecode interpreters, script engines and all other types of stuff.

  5. There was a lot of upside for hardly any downside. on Psystar Antitrust Claim Against Apple Dismissed · · Score: 1

    Except perhaps bad timing. Its probably not the best time to start a new business or look for employment.

  6. Re:Obvious.... on Why the Widening Gender Gap In Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    I think nationalism is something that has a stronger appeal to people than geekdom.

    No No No. First I am a Geek, second I am British. I have more affinity with Geeks in Istanbul than with British non-Geeks.

    Geeks of the world unite. Death to the authors of the Dilbert cartoons. Death to the anti-Geeks.

  7. Oldest Nuclear Family Found Murdered In Germany on Oldest Nuclear Family Found Murdered In Germany · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just goes to show; National character does not change.

  8. Re:First ouch! on LHC Repair To Cost At Least $21 Million · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be lame. Imagine this dialogue:

    Nerd guy: 'And then, we will be stuck in the event horizon and...'

    Beautiful girl: 'Damn... So I have to use all the time that I have to make sex to all those non-nerd guys over there. Bye!'

    No you've got it all wrong. Its 'And then, we will be stuck in the event horizon, but with my new flux capacitor I can bring two person through into a parallel universe across the twenty-fifth dimension. One of them has to be me, because only I can control it and I was thinking perhaps you... but no it would mean staying in a confined space without light for hours

    several hours later: Gosh this parallel world is the one just like ours but where the laws of physics are different enough that the LHC didn't make a black hole'

  9. Re:Ordinary Aussie Life on It's Official, Australia Needs a Space Agency · · Score: 1

    Why not just ask Skippy? She seems to manage everything, launching a satellite into orbit wouldn't be too hard.

  10. Re:stretch? on Digital Photos Give Away a Camera's Make and Model · · Score: 1

    Commonly called a "picture frame" I believe.

    Groan....

  11. Re:stretch? on Digital Photos Give Away a Camera's Make and Model · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I might fool them by taking a picture of my Olympus and loading onto my Sanyo though. Seriously if you carried a suspect image around on a different camera you could now call an expert witness to show that it was not taken on this camera - and since the only other people who had access to the camera were the police it must be a frame.

  12. Re:Being right 40% of the time... on Microsoft Exploit Predictions Right 40% of Time · · Score: 1

    I was going to say the same thing. Still, it didn't do George Bush any harm.

  13. Re:This is a realworld issue, no need for the cybe on Irish Gov't Seeks To Rein In Cyber Bullying · · Score: 1

    This is true, any law that can be bypassed by using the mail instead of email is pretty stupid.

  14. Re:Duh. on Press Favored Obama Throughout Campaign · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Does this mean that if Hitler stood as president you would have to have a fair proportion of press articles supporting anti-Semitism?

  15. Hang ona a minute.... on UK Outlines Plan For Internet Black Boxes · · Score: 1

    I can hear sirens outside. Someone just knocked at the door I'll be back in a......

  16. Re:Social background, please? on UK Outlines Plan For Internet Black Boxes · · Score: 1

    Just get everyone to prefix every email with "bring the bombs to Downing Street" or something similar.

  17. Re:In other news... on Microsoft Discontinues Windows 3.x · · Score: 1

    Strangely there is a niche market for small engineering companies to make new model a parts. They have to keep those vintage cars going somehow.

  18. Re:Foolish Linux idealogues on Microsoft Discontinues Windows 3.x · · Score: 1

    Ah, but the marketing department think that the little "windows" sticker will make it more attractive. Plus, the fact you need a hard drive rather than solid state can be made into a selling point.... Those guys with the "linux special" have only 4GB solid state memory whereas se have a 30GB hard drive. The customers won't realise that both have got all they need - 30 has to be better than 4, doesn't it

  19. Re:Could have used a better name on New "MP3 100% Compatible" Logo For DRM-Free Music · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Plays Damn Well!"

    Great for heavy metal, but might seem a bit strange on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's latest release.

  20. Re:Could have used a better name on New "MP3 100% Compatible" Logo For DRM-Free Music · · Score: 1

    like "plays for sure!" or something.

    Why do I think of Irish folk music when I read that one?

  21. Not all English names on IBM's Teri-is-a-Girl-and-Terry-is-a-Boy Patent · · Score: 1

    I often have people asking me whether I am M or F, Chris seems to be used for both with the same spelling, as are Sam, Kim, and so om. And then there are the oddities; Marion Morrison (John Wayne's real name), Shirley Crabtree (the British Wrestler "Big Daddy"), and probably more

  22. I'm confused on GFDL 1.3 Is Out, Allows Migration To CC · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It seems to say that you can now use FDL 1.3 licensed documents under CC-BY-SA 3.0, but only if it was on a wiki before 01 Nov 2008.

    Since the license was released on 03 Nov 2008, you would not have been able to put a document on a wiki before then. So is this a reward for people who broke the licensing agreements, an amnesty or what?

  23. Re:Jews did 9/11. on AT&T Begins a Trial To Cap, Meter Internet Usage · · Score: 4, Funny

    upon the advice of my lawyer, i have no sig at this time.

    And I thought you were just saving bytes to avoid the cap.

  24. Re:The first laptop I remember... on The Laptop Celebrates Its 40th Year · · Score: 1

    According to an old computers sight the HX-20 was the second laptop, being beaten by one year by the TRS80 pocket computer. The first computer they list that looks like a laptop is the GRiD Compass 1101, complete with bubble memory.

  25. Re:Doh, Vapourware on The Laptop Celebrates Its 40th Year · · Score: 2, Funny

    I remember the early DOC computers would respond to "fuck off"

    >fuck off
    fuck is not on
    >