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  1. Re:"Algorithms and ranking system" on How Google Ranks Videos · · Score: 1

    Ahhhh, so you times it all by 1/How_long_has_this_been_around ?

  2. Re:Yep on The MPAA and EFF Cross Sabers · · Score: 1

    I thought Nike trainers got made... 'out of the country', so to speak.

  3. Re:Spouse and children on HP To Cut Back On Telecommuting · · Score: 1
    Also, I have heard - hearsay ... grain of salt ...etc - of guys who married ladies from Russian/Filipino/etc bride catalogues, just so that they can get ahead in the company
    I'd marry a Russian bride to get any kind of head.
  4. Re:I see that... on A Working 5D Rubik's Cube · · Score: 1

    That's funny... I've got the .Net framework, I should've given it a try. Having tried the 4D one, I found out I had to download the Java runtime, as I hadn't installed it since my last format. Barring being slightly larger, what makes downloading the .Net framework so bad?

  5. Re:OMG OMG QUIZ ANSWERS HERE1!!1!! READ INSIDE1!!! on Captain Copyright Targets Kids · · Score: 1

    0 out of 10

    :o(

    I suck at copyright.
    Anyways, better check my Da Vinci Code torrent.

  6. Re:AGP versions? on Budget Graphics Cards Compared · · Score: 1

    My Radeon 9800 SE AIW just went bang, and I was trying to work out the best replacement to fill an AGP void. I was originally going to go for the 6600 for about £110, before coming across the rather beautiful 7800GS. I've heard mixed reviews, but while it cost a fair bit more (£190), it is a beautiful card that has chewed up everything I've thrown at it, from F.E.A.R. with everything on, through to HL2 : Lost Coast with everything on.

    On the flip side, while I hope this'll keep me going for a while, being AGP, I suspect when my CPU / mobo goes (should be next), I'll be left with a great AGP card and nothing to run it on. But.. I needed the new card now, and was happier getting a better card and keeping my CPU mobo, than changing all. Each to their own.

  7. Re:Time for a little balance to the propaganda on A Stark Warning On Climate Change · · Score: 1

    When you get a better plan, let us know. Maybe America could become proactive in environmental issues, rather than reactive?

  8. Re:zerg on IRS Leaves Taxpayer Data Largely Unprotected · · Score: 1

    That just proves exams are getting easier...

  9. Re:Better Article.... on America's War on the Web · · Score: 1

    Think "Pinky and the Brain"

  10. Re:Rule Britannia! on UK Government Passes ID Card Bill · · Score: 1

    I'm aiming for Canada or New Zealand... 2010 sounds about the right time frame. I do not want to start a family and settle down until I've left. Maybe one day we can come back and reclaim, but I doubt there'll be much worth reclaiming.

  11. Re:Not to muddy the waters with facts... on Microsoft Releases Atlas · · Score: 1

    I was wondering about that. I downloaded it a few days back, and so when I saw the headline, I was pretty shocked it'd gone from the release I've got to final in a matter of days. Between this and the "Firefox 2.0 released!" - a bit of an over reaction.

  12. Re:No doubt on Everglide s-500 Headphone Review · · Score: 1
    I think that's unfair. It's clear that the Everglide s-500 Headphone is at the cutting edge of technology. Any geek could not help but be impressed by the Everglide s-500 Headphone's silver and black colour scheme. High contrast, and high class.

    The Everglide s-500 Headphone really is the culmination of years of R and D, resulting in the greatest headphones to date.

    The Everglide s-500 Headphone can also make the deaf hear once again - it is that good.

    I love you, Everglide s-500 Headphone.

  13. Re:Anyone else notice they didn't show the back? on Xbox 360 Backup Discs Bootable · · Score: 1

    Yeah right, like there's enough 360's in the wild for some guy to have two under the same roof.

  14. Re:They better get cracking. on Senators Renew Call for .XXX Domain · · Score: 1

    or .xxx ...d'oh...

  15. Re:They better get cracking. on Senators Renew Call for .XXX Domain · · Score: 1

    How about www.georginasbush.com ?

  16. Re:Brilliant! on Cell Phone Tracking In the UK · · Score: 1

    On the tracking system I was looking at a few days ago, it sends regular SMS's to the tracked phone to ensure consent is still agreed, rather than a one off. http://www.followus.co.uk/received_a_text.html

  17. Re:When will the English take back their country? on UK Government Wins Villain of the Year · · Score: 1
    As has already been said, we're odd because we don't see legally owning guns are some sort of right? I'm 'glad' guns are illegal in the UK... people (on the whole) have no need to own a gun. What is it that makes you happier to know you can kill someone easily?

    Yes, the fact we can't do much to defend ourselves in our own home legally 'is' a concern. Agree on that point.

    Our health system's bad? Damn, it sure ain't perfect, agreed, but at least even the poor get treatment - it could certainly be worse, eh? That whole "If you're poor, you die" thing I don't really get.

  18. Re:A silver lining? on ATI Claims HDCP Then Covers Its Tracks · · Score: 1

    My limited understanding of next-gen high definition media lead me to believe that Microsoft's WMV 9 is what's used to provide VC-1, the video codec of choice for the majority of formats. In that case, surely Microsoft have a great interest in this all succeeding, as they'll make a hell of a lot of money in licensing? Apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick, mind.

  19. Re:TV Tax Worthwhile? on British PC Tax to Replace TV License? · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I use the BBC for my news, and that about sums it up. What I pay, against what I view, is completely out of sync.

  20. Re:No, nay never! on British PC Tax to Replace TV License? · · Score: 1

    Any property that owns a TV, video, PC with TV tuner, etc (Anything capable of recieving TV via radiowaves) has to pay for a TV license. This currently costs £126.50 ($254.53 Canadian) for a colour TV license, or £42 ($84.50 Canadian) for a black and white TV license. Even if we only watch Sky (which we have to pay £20-40 odd per month for), we still have to pay the BBC License fee.

  21. Re:not surprised on Motorola's Linux Phones Frustrate Developers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Also, it seems they create software that their hardware isn't comfortable running. Example, E398. The "mp3 phone". Play an mp3 on it - see it grind to a hault due to a lack of processing power. Hell, it can't even run the UI without encountering slow-down, what chance did the mp3 player have?

  22. Re:not surprised on Motorola's Linux Phones Frustrate Developers · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Only ever used Nokia until my latest, Moto E398, and compared to the standard Nokia power adapter, the Moto stinks to high hell. So much so, that the 'wiggling' in the end broke the middle connection on the bottom of the phone, rendering it useless (Unchargeable). The guy who thought "Ah ha, two lil plastic prongs, and a small spring button on the adapter will last every-other-day charges for a pro-longed period of time" needs taking out and shooting.

  23. Re:Damn the HCC! Damn them to hell! on 30th Anniversary of Gates' Letter to HCC · · Score: 3, Funny

    God knows, I'm trying to

  24. Re:lizards on Gecko's Feet Power New RAM Chips · · Score: 1

    it also raises another question: what experiments were done to determine which animals can stick to walls in a vaccuum, and which cant. I can imagine a large glass container with all these animals clinging to the side, all the air being slowly sucked out and things like flies falling off as suction failes, but the geckos hanging on until the loss of air pressure causes their bodies to explode in a red pulp, leaving just four little feet, stuck to the wall.

    That'd make a great Joe Cartoon sketch.

  25. Re:Website to check if you've been exposed on Newspapers Wrapped in Credit Card Data · · Score: 2, Funny

    I went to check that website out, and all I got was a load of names and numbers pop up on screen. Weird.