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  1. Re:the real question-DRM on Variety Declares VHS Dead · · Score: 1

    And that process (if it could even be called a process) is a pain in the balls and a waste of time.

  2. Re:Interesting phraseology... on Icebergs Sailing Past New Zealand · · Score: 1

    Also, I feel I should point that heading north away from Antarctica is pretty much an inevitable consequence of moving away from Antarctica at all.

    These 'bergs are hardly going to be moving south, east or west away from the Antarctic are they?

  3. It's......... on PGP Is 15 Years Old · · Score: 1

    a good thing Larry David was busy on other projects (and isn't a famous cryptographer on the side) otherwise the project may have been dubbed PPPPPPPGP, with the first couple of Ps in italics, probably.

  4. Re:It's all about the interface on Apple Orders 12 Million iPhones · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hang on a minute, who said that an iPhone *has* to be a music player- the assumption just seems to be out there that apple are going to take an iPod and bolt on 9 keys and an internal arial.

    Apple know how to build great devices that just work, and if they're working on releasing a phone, well then you can be damned sure they're not going to compromise on making it a good phone just to squeeze iTunes in.

    Also, why would they miss an opportunity to sell you a $300 phone that plays music , when they can sell you a $250 phone and a $250 music player :)

  5. Re:What a coincidence... on Halo 3 Multiplayer Demo Coming In Spring · · Score: 1

    I think releasing Halo 3 and Gears of War at the same time would mean that the combined greatnesses form some kind of singularity, and gaming itself implodes in a puff of logic.

    Besides, they might have Halo 3 around for the European PS3 launch- it wouldn't hurt.

  6. Re:Not so bad on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution · · Score: 1

    You mean..... you mean you weren't smirking before? ;)

  7. Re:Not so bad on RFID Tech Infiltrating a British Institution · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is not just surveilence, this is hand picked, organic, creamy devonshire survelince, served with only the finest cuts of succulent datamining tools, and wrapped in delicious, healthy cost savings

    This is not just a police state, this is an M&S police state.

  8. Re:Yes, please! on iPod Seat-Back Video Coming To Flights · · Score: 2, Funny

    How to keep inappropriate content off seatback displays?

    One word : Tasers.

  9. Re:OMG! on Machine Gun Sentry Robot Unveiled · · Score: 1

    It doesn't have to worry about mines if it has a metal detector or magnetometer embedded in each foot, now does it? :)

  10. Re:Math error? on Space Elevators Could Be Lethal · · Score: 3, Informative

    If it just lets people off, they're going to fall straight back down to earth unless they have some way of accelerating to an extra 20,000km/h fairly quicky.

  11. Re:w00t on PS3 Opened For Pictures · · Score: 1

    Not only were you not the first reply, you posted after someone who managed acquire or create and then post a tranlation of the submitted article, which was in Japanese.

    Not sure but the Japanese word for that is, but I believe the gamer term is pwned

  12. Re:Nasa shuttle software designed by Taco ;) on NASA Avoids "Happy New Year" On Shuttle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pfft, 365 days should be enough for anyone.

  13. Lies on The Ballpark Stadium of the Future · · Score: 1

    Oh come on....... everyone knows that the future of sports stadiums is...... cube shaped!

  14. Re:Indian Offshoring... on New Zealand To Allow 'Text-Speak' On Exams · · Score: 1

    My attempt at the old thingy goes something like O|-->

    It would have been scary to see that thing popping up on unicode.

  15. Re:Are they kidding? on New Zealand To Allow 'Text-Speak' On Exams · · Score: 1

    O RLY?



    Sorry :0'

  16. Re:But Bacon Tastes Good... Pork Chops Taste Good. on Robot Identifies Human Flesh As Bacon · · Score: 1

    Yea but a human is a dirty animal!

  17. Re:Battered spouse syndrome writ large on PS3 Lines Already Forming In America · · Score: 1

    Heheh nice one, although to be fair, 'Many things involving girls' can be in either the Cool or the Dumbass category, depending on the girl.

  18. Re:tabs on 4 Seconds Loading Time Is Maximum For Websurfers · · Score: 1

    Pfft, shopping online is one of the areas where tabs are most useful, for flicking between 2-3 sites, or a number of offers on different sites.
    I think it's fair to say that there are very few things that are done online that are strictly linear.

  19. Re:I Don't Understand on Guitar Hero Is Big Hit With Bands · · Score: 1

    What i've been looking for for a good while is for a way to access the Windows Joystick properties or keystrokes in Actionscript or Flash - that way I could create a Flash based game that works with the PS2 Guitar Hero controller. A killer idea of mine smothered at birth, I'm afraid.

  20. Re:I Don't Understand on Guitar Hero Is Big Hit With Bands · · Score: 1

    sponnngeBOB! For crying out loud you've been playing Smoke on the Water repeatedly for 2 hours straight, give it a rest!

  21. Re:I Don't Understand on Guitar Hero Is Big Hit With Bands · · Score: 1

    And this is precisely the point. FFS not even the article mentioned any link between *actual* guitar skills and playing the game, yet the first post is someone bitching about how people are linking guitar playing and guitar hero.

    The article is news precisely because you'd never expect someone who plays the guitar for real (and in front of thousands of people) would ever appreciate the supposedly amateur/stupid thrills of Guitar Hero. They do though, and it highlights one important thing; games are above all fun, and in a good game that shines though as much as it does with Guitar Hero.

  22. This reminds me on The 13 Enemies of the Internet · · Score: 1

    If anyone here knows the UK's Channel 4 series 'Fr Ted', then lemme say this: this list reminds me of fr Noel Furlong priest when he goes to put Tony on his little 'list of enemies'. I guess you had to be there at the time,

    Funny funny show

  23. Re:How Many Times? on Computer Date Glitch May Limit Next Shuttle Launch · · Score: 3, Funny

    The good news is, however that they can now be opened using a small remote control; a vast improvement on traditional 'manual' ones :)

  24. Re:I can only say... on MSN Music Purchases Not Compatible with Zune · · Score: 1

    Is this a 'Digital Rights Management- or NAMBLA!'... joke?

  25. Re:In the near future on Tracking Traffic Jams With Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Two words : Rocket Sled.