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  1. Re:ground-breaking robot on Virginia Tech Students Build CHARLI, a Human-Sized Robot · · Score: 1

    A billion of them jumping and landing at the same time could be a deterrant for the Chinese doing the same. Another arms race?

  2. Re:Why NOW? on SETI To Release Data To the Public · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's either the brain slug or the hypnotoad that compromised them, IMO.

  3. Re:The New Tardis on First Impressions of the 11th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    "ripped from a kids tv show". I thought it *is* a kids tv show?

  4. Re:Quangos in Spaaaaaaaace on UK Space Agency Launched · · Score: 2, Funny

    The logo will be a ladder extending above the top of a roof top...

  5. Re:Indeed on Programming the Commodore 64: the Definitive Guide · · Score: 1

    I recall the copy protection on disks was generally rubbish. Ocean's disks were a simple lda and nop. Skate or Die was much harder because it had a load of XOR'ing loops that decoded the next set of loops. Took an age to get through.

  6. Re:you guys should have rtfa this time. It was goo on UK Police Promise Not To Retain DNA Data, But Do Anyway · · Score: 1

    Sounds like "accidentally cut off his head whilst combing his hair". I think that was a Black Adder line...

  7. 100MB? on Virgin Promises 100Mbps Connections To UK Homes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I can't see why a domestic user needs that speed. I've got virgin cable and the 20MB is plenty for me. Perhaps this has something to do with their Tivo deal and on-demand content?

  8. Re:Multiply by Three on How Do You Accurately Estimate Programming Time? · · Score: 1

    I use similar... 2.5 times my initial guess. Sprints are handy though as you can see slipage pretty quickly.

  9. Banksy on Statistical Analysis of U of Chicago Graffiti · · Score: 1

    Someone defaced one of his paintings recently. It's the one near College Green (Bristol) that is a window on the side of a house with a guy hanging on the window ledge.

  10. Re:20 years too late on Why Everyone Has High Hopes For Apple Tablet · · Score: 1

    A friend of mine got a MagicLink in the US. It was amazing and I was very jealous. Shame it didn't really catch on IMO.

  11. Re:check vs. cheque on UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018 · · Score: 1

    I read it the same way too, not that I'm bothered about the US vs British spelling (I'm a Brit). I tend to use US spelling nowadays anyway to avoid confusion with the rest of the world...

  12. Re:What about... on Super-Earths Discovered Orbiting Nearby, Sun-Like Star · · Score: 1

    I had Rainbow Worlds on my old Commodore 64... guess it's already been discovered.

  13. Re:The Norse Were Right! on Gigantic Spiral of Light Observed Over Norway; Rocket To Blame? · · Score: 1

    Just in time for the solstice too. Coincidence... I think not.

  14. Re:Your power convertor should handle UK power on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 1

    I drink Vedett like it's Heineken. I've spent about seven years in Antwerp (Belgium, well Flanders) and the same in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and I *still* drink like the Yorkshireman I am.

  15. Re:Am I the only one who finds it ironic on iPhone Game Piracy "the Rule Rather Than the Exception" · · Score: 1

    Or maybe they have an iPod Touch...

  16. Re:Dr. Evil? on Japan Eyes Solar Station In Space · · Score: 1

    Or is it... Hank Scorpio!

  17. Re:humans on Neanderthals "Had Sex" With Modern Man · · Score: 1

    I'd suggest this... modern humans in Europe have become more Neanderthal like because of climatic issues. I expect that early Neanderthals, meaning their direct ancestors, were slighter built.

  18. Re:What about RTF support on Sneak Preview of New OpenOffice 3.2 · · Score: 1

    PTF is better... Poor Text Format. You can even read it using a disk sector editor...

  19. Re:disaster movies on Windows 7 Released Early In UK · · Score: 1

    It does seem to be New York City that gets destroyed in the end. Discovery Channel seem to love to crash asteroids into NYC. Glad I don't live there!

  20. Re:What Part of "No" Don't You Understand? on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 1

    This is incorrect. The BBC is not free of charge. That's where the compulsory licence fee goes. Sure, it's not protected by a smart card but it's no different IMO. Now as for itv, channel 4 and, recently on satellite, channel 5, they are free in that to the best of my knowledge, they receive no revenue from the forced licence fee and generate revenue from adverts. Sorry for the huge paragraph, /. isn't iPhone friendly.

  21. Re:You're obliged to pay for it on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is incorrect. If you have a telly you have to pay the licence or risk the fine.

  22. Re:You're obliged to pay for it on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 1

    I'd have to disagree. I've lived in other countries - Holland, Belgium and the USA. I might add that I can follow Dutch language tv. I resent been forced to pay a licence for the BBC and the adverts in the USA are too frequent, which is why I had TiVo there. Got one here too. I'd happily pay a subscription via a card for the beeb, Virgin Media (unfortunately) in my case. If I didn't want the channels, I could cancel them. There's not a lot I watch on BBC other than mock the week. I mostly watch sky 1, sky movies and the various documentary channels. Okay, so many of the documentaries are BBC sourced - I even live near BBC Bristol - but I'm paying for those a different way. Oh, I absolutely never listen to radio from any station.

  23. Scientists first? on Sending Astronauts On a One-Way Trip To Mars · · Score: 1

    No, they'll be on the third ship. We'll send the phone sanitisers first.

  24. Re:Good way to enter the market on ARM Hopes To Lure Microsoft Away From Intel · · Score: 1

    You might recall that NeXTSTEP and OpenStep ran on Intel based hardware. Before the switch to Intel, NeXTSTEP ran on Motorola 68K based CPUs. It's a pretty portable OS though the move from 68K to Intel took a long time as I recall.

    Apple took OpenStep and made it run (slowly) on PowerPC hardware with a replacement for display postscript so it was no great surprise when they switched to Intel.

    Their main effort, I feel, was really getting the legacy Carbon APIs ported across to Intel for large developers like Microsoft and Adobe/Macromedia as well as assisting them to move onto the GNU toolchain from CodeWarrior.

    I've seen code that worked on CodeWarrior and Visual Studio 6 that fell apart on g++ (v-table fun). Apple updated their g++ release to accomodate.

  25. Hotel for the super-rich? on NASA Plans To De-Orbit ISS In 2016 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why not make it a hotel for those with the funds... perhaps Virgin might be interested?