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  1. From TFA on Pack-Hunting Dinosaurs Found As Large As T-Rex · · Score: 1

    "The problem, though, is that when you have only one incidence you really don't know what's going on."

    So the herd idea is just that, an idea.

  2. Re:it smoked Fedora Core 5 performance-wise??? on Looking Forward, Ubuntu Linux 6.06 · · Score: 1

    I don't know about RC5 but with Ubuntu the add on script which installs Flash, Java libdvdcss2 etc also turns on DMA (does for Breezy assume it does for Dapper). This alone make all things optical work better.

  3. Re:Deaf glasses on Improve Your Hearing With Vision · · Score: 1
    Feel free to PM me if you want to discuss it further.


    Well I couldn't find a PM button, also I' in Australia not the US.

    Thanks though. :-)
  4. Re:Deaf glasses on Improve Your Hearing With Vision · · Score: 1
    If I were you I would look around for organizations designed to help deaf people, such as giving employment advice. As I mentioned, the interviewing process will likely be challenging at first. Maybe someone has a list of deaf-friendly employers that made accomodations in the past. I am sure there is help out there if you need it.


    I am in the process of doing this, but I didn't think I'd need it. I can hear people if I can see them and if it's fairly quiet. I thought an office would be fine, but five minutes after I tell someone I'm deaf they are talking as they turn away. This is just for an interview!

    The stats say 5% of people are deaf, what on earth do they do for a living?
  5. Deaf glasses on Improve Your Hearing With Vision · · Score: 2, Interesting

    First of all, yes I am deaf.

    I think these could help but the most important thing people need to do is get deafness into education at school and work level.

    I am currently unemployed and finding work is (so far) impossible. I only recently lost my hearing (hereditary) so I know what work I can do, just need the right people to work with.

    Being able to hear with these "glasses" would help but you need support from people around you too.

  6. Re:Name-space issue solution on Is It Time For .tel? · · Score: 1

    What aboout you can only register your phone number including the country code?

    So I could be www.4423553366.tel wow how easy is that?

  7. Re:I've already pointed out why this won't work on Is It Time For .tel? · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I already pointed out why this won't work.

    You mean this is a dupe? Surely not.
  8. Re:Still Waiting... on Domain Names Worth Their Weight in Gold Again · · Score: 1
    for an offer on MyNakedAss.com...


    There was something about a probe heading your way last week.
  9. Re:Experts Exchange Blows on Microsoft To Launch 'Question' Site · · Score: 1
    I don't want to register, I don't like 'hit and run' registering.


    If you have an infreuqent question then don't register. If you're always asking questions, Googling for stuff it's worth the time it takes to register at EE.

    My $0.02
  10. Anal-ysts on PS2 Price Cut On The Way? · · Score: 1

    Since when did it take an analyst to work out that a competitor has a new console out, a new model is due later in the year and there's a shed load of these still to sell so we'll drop the price bit by bit to get rid of them.

    Isn't this standard practice, do we need to be told this is what is expected?

  11. Re:Leaving your computer on overnight... on Free Net TV Threatens Telecoms · · Score: 1
    You mean you don't normally leave your computer on all the time?


    In rural WA, you can't guarantee the power will be on all night, every night. It's always the night before the big meeting that the damn UPS starts going BEEP BEEP at 3am.

    No, we don't leave the computer on, we turn everything off at the wall.
  12. Re:Internet video on Free Net TV Threatens Telecoms · · Score: 1
    As a slashdotter who is stuck on dial up due to my unfortunate location


    Oh, so you're in Australia too?

    Seriously over here there's a lot of people still on Dial-up. Satellite has just had a big push but here in WA the funds ran out way too early.

    Even things like Windows updates can't be done without planning to leave the computer on overnight.
  13. Re:What does this say about Vista? on Aero To Be Unavailable To Pirates · · Score: 1
    I am just curious what sort of resources are being wasted on the due[a]l setup


    What like having KDE, Gnome, IceWM, XFCE, Fluxbox.............

    If you could choose at login it makes a more sense, Linux at least let's you decide per day (or however often you login). If MS have an option like they do for FUS then it's going to be pure bloat.

    I thought the XP activation would get people trying Linux, it didn't. Most seem not to have noticed. I don't see Vista upsetting the masses too much either.
  14. Re:Nothing for you to see here, move along on Duke Nukem Forever Update · · Score: 5, Funny
    I expect DNF will actually be released
    Oooooh, I get it. I thought DNF was Did Not Finish. The penny drops....finally.
  15. Re:Conventional Electrification on Fuel Cell Powered Japanese Trains on Trial in July · · Score: 1
    Of course I haven't read the article
    Well of course not, this is /. ;-)
  16. Re:Amazing new unit on The World's Strongest Glue · · Score: 1
    like a square inch, but not as pointy on the corners
    Damn, I just coughed coffee everywhere! :-)
  17. Re:Good reading until the end on An Overview of Virtualization Technology · · Score: 1, Funny
    Just seems like TFA lost coherency after 'What's best?' It went from really informative to misleading rather quickly. If your going to go to a virtualized platform you owe it to yourself to spend a month trying each candidate to see what works best for you, not the author of whatever article you read :) This is not a pro Xen rant but I'd like to point out that it does install effortlessly on most Debian systems in under an hour, the TFA sort of indicated otherwise.
    That's when the phone call from Redmond came through.
  18. Re:looking for water on the moon? on NASA's $73 Million Water-Finding Trick · · Score: 1

    Yeah, bring new meaning to a community service order!

  19. Re:To many space articles on ESA to Send Spacecraft to Venus · · Score: 1

    You've been watching too much of this

  20. Re:From another study on their list on FDA Questions Swedish Cell Phone Cancer Study · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well, probably should have changed it for this one!

  21. From another study on their list on FDA Questions Swedish Cell Phone Cancer Study · · Score: 4, Informative

    The authors conclude that there is no substantial risk of this tumour in the first 10 years after starting mobile phone use. However, an increased risk after longer term use could not be ruled out.

    This seems to be their reasoning, only after longer (10 years) use does it have any effect. So people who've had a phone for more than 10 years could be at higher risk.

  22. More info on Lucent Sues Microsoft, Wants All 360s Recalled · · Score: 3, Informative

    The full document can be got here in PDF format.

  23. XP? on Gamers Itching To Switch To Macs? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft heaven, Apple users actually buying copies of Windows at full retail prices!

  24. TFA on How Bill Gates Works · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today, if there's something up there that's brilliant, I just get out my pen and my Tablet PC and recreate it.

    Wow, like that's really changed? See something good and copy it!

  25. Re:not sure about this... on Let Goofy Track Your Children · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yep, parents PC is stolen and Mr Perv can track the kids until someone changes the password.

    I hope the GPS can be turned off at the handset, like parental override.