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  1. Re:Here's to hoping... on Firefox 2 To Have Anti-Phishing Technology · · Score: 1

    Incidents?

  2. Re:Try this on Getting Off NetHack? · · Score: 1

    My kingdom for a mod point!

  3. Re:UK buyers screwed again? on Xbox360 Pricing, 2 Models at Launch · · Score: 1

    Are you aware that there's a very high chance that camera in your mobile was made in the USA?

  4. Re:Its cool on Google Toolbar for Firefox Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, know yore reply is guaranteed to bee prefect

  5. Re:perspective. on BBC Reviews Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · · Score: 1

    Yes, I agree that Terry Gilliam could potentially do a great job of capturing Lem's satire. Solaris (the movie) didn't feel much like a Lem novel in that regard, although I did enjoy it as a movie.

  6. Re:perspective. on BBC Reviews Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · · Score: 1

    There's only one man in the known universe who could make a movie out of either of these gentleman's works and stand even half a chance of them not turning out crap, but since that isn't likely to happen there's no use losing sleep over the prospect.

    OK, I'll bite. Who? And didn't you like Solaris? I thought it was rather good.

  7. Re:Oddly enough... on Firefox Site Visits Up 237% · · Score: 1

    What are the other 84% of the Gecko browsers?

  8. Re:If you put a pig in a dress on Hack turns GIMP into Photoshop Look-alike · · Score: 1

    Damn, this deserves mod points!

  9. Re:Do what? on Sony Admits MP3 Error · · Score: 1

    Boom Boom!

  10. Re:No, but... on American Airlines Information Gathering · · Score: 1

    RTFA - It wasn't customs asking him for this (which would be normal), but AA.

  11. Re:Quick Question on Defining Google · · Score: 3, Funny

    So is well.

    If you fake who you are, I will throw you in this WELL.

  12. Re:Nethack is indie game of the year, every year. on 2004 Indie Games of the Year · · Score: 1

    3.4.3, actually. But yes, game of the year, every time. I've been playing it ~10 years; something I can't imagine about many other games

  13. Re:Marvin's Head on More on H2G2, Including an Early Review · · Score: 1

    No, Peter Jones was the book in the TV series. Stephen Moore was Marvin, though only the voice (Learner was the body, as you say). And Moore may yet again be the voice of Marvin in the new film, according to the site referenced in TFA.

  14. Re:Once again, Microsoft blames the users. on Microsoft May Charge for Security Tools · · Score: 1

    Well, that's convenient, isn't it? You've got a big conspiracy to talk about, but can't prove anything because it would 'weaken' a future argument. Where are the examples on google, then? Do any of them have hard data rather than just gossip-mongering?

  15. Re:Once again, Microsoft blames the users. on Microsoft May Charge for Security Tools · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I have recently found a copy of an old check from an anti-virus company to a student which proves that the student was paid to write viruses to help improve the bottom line.


    OK, I'm going to call you on that. Can you provide some data? A scan of the check online? The name of the student? The name of the anti-virus company? The virus that the student wrote? Otherwise, I'm highly skeptical

  16. Re:My oldest and least successful hobby on Nethack 20 Years Old Today · · Score: 1

    Take heart. I was in the same position until recently, having played for many years, with many YASDs, and then I had a couple of characters get to the Castle, and one which finally ascended. (I've yet to repeat it, though.)

  17. Re:it will die... on Harrison Ford Confirms Indiana Jones IV Production · · Score: 1

    Uncle Owen was played by Phil Brown, who does not even appear in the prequels, let alone play his own father.

  18. Re:Yay b0rked link on Nintendo Going Online, Releasing New Games · · Score: 1

    Here is the real link: Upcoming Gamecube games

  19. Re:Better than a Volcano on Hacking Vodka · · Score: 3, Funny

    I shudder to remember those nights

    You misspelled 'struggle'.

  20. Re:Counter example on Star Wars TV Show · · Score: 1

    Not all episodes of Twin Peaks were directed by Lynch. In fact, when watching it, it was always pretty easy to tell which episodes were Lynch directed - they had a different feel/style. Well, that and the credits which gave it away.

  21. Re:There is nothing like Radio 4 on New Trailer For Upcoming Hitchhiker's Episodes · · Score: 1

    Try Replay Radio - http://www.replay-radio.com/ - this lets you capture radio 4's stream to a wav or mp3, and then you can burn them to a CD or dump them on an iPod and listen to them in a car.

    And I agree, as a US-based expat, apart from the guardian crossword on actual paper, Radio 4 is about the only thing I miss.

  22. Re:price on MPAA Fights Pirates with Gentle Threats · · Score: 1

    Who says I'm Canadian, or live in Canada? (Hint; I'm not, and don't)

  23. Re:price on MPAA Fights Pirates with Gentle Threats · · Score: 1

    Is Canada not in North America, then?

  24. Re:The Author May Be Computer Illiterate on Literacy: Natural Language vs. Code · · Score: 1

    You might call them virii, but I call them viruses.

    http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html

  25. Re:REAL computer curriculums needed BEFORE compute on New Hampshire to Follow Maine's Lead · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    > Student's don't even know algebra


    Looks like you didn't pay much attention in school either...