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  1. Re:The old fashioned way on What Do You Do When Printers Cost Less Than Ink? · · Score: 1

    Was it in a park? :)

  2. Re:Refilll on What Do You Do When Printers Cost Less Than Ink? · · Score: 1

    Canon. If you have to go with inkjets, go Canon. Ink is supplied in a tank with a discretely separate print head which needs no replacement. After the warranty is over, you can use cheap refillable ebay sourced tanks. ($10 or less/tank as opposed to $20/tank). Tanks are large as well.
    Also, the more expensive the Canon printer, the more tanks you get. ie: 1x extra large black for text only, 1blk, 1mag, 1cyan, 1(the other colour) for graphics.
    If you do a lot of photos, then you can also get photo quality inks as well.

    The other thing about these horrible inkjets is that if they just sit there, the inks tend to evaporate.
    Stay away from Brother, HP and Epson as their tanks are chipped.

  3. Re:Yet another cloud? on Intel Shows 48-Core x86 Processor · · Score: 1

    I like the multi-redundant iCloud

  4. Re:Code Name is Offensive on Intel Shows 48-Core x86 Processor · · Score: 1

    I suppose the Hebrides is naught?

  5. Re:Codenames on Intel Shows 48-Core x86 Processor · · Score: 1

    Actually, Bangor is in Wales.

  6. Re:It Hurts on The Voynich Manuscript May Have Been Decoded · · Score: 1

    "If you want my theory, we're dealing with an unknown autistic artist's work."

    You raise good points, however something can be gleaned from the text in a cursory fashion, is that it uses roman lettering and secondly, that there is a preponderance of 'o' leading to the obvious conclusion that if the script could be vocalized, it is based on Italian.
    Vocalisation is important here, as it could be a written phonetic record of an aural translation from language X to Italian.
    The other aspect I noticed in a very short time by looking at the foldout (p68 Wikipedia) is that the diagrams are based on 8.
    Now as a self-proclaimed expert on gnostic texts, 8 is a very significant number. Unfortunately, the diagrams and its use of 8 is plainly wrong. It does not follow any theory of cosmology and it is too simplistic, basing the first diagram on 2, then 4 then 8 and the last on its multiple 16. Even in octive (octavian progression), it makes no sense.
    So my conclusion is that it was authored by someone with limited grasp of basic concepts of nature and Kircher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_Kircher (who wrote something similar) wouldn't make too much sense out of it.
    So a young DaVinci is possible (even though the script is by a mature hand?) or a form of autism by an unknown.

  7. Re:Yes on Typewriters, Computers, and Creating? · · Score: 1

    There's also zero chance of a typewriter accidentally revealing to the world what you did on it.

    That is so wrong. Forensics (and almost anyone) can put together at least a few pages by reading the imprint on the typewriter ribbon.

  8. Re:BitTorrent, anyone? on Microsoft Issues Takedown Notices Over COFEE · · Score: 1

    Is the installer broken?
    Extracted rar>zip>rar>phase folder. All looks ok but installer comes up with 'parameter incorrect' error.

  9. Re:Magento is nice, but... on Magento Beginner's Guide · · Score: 1

    Well, if you are ok with writing web pages, then all you need is Mal's e-commerce.
    It's free. It's a hosted shopping cart and will probably work well for your needs.
    http://www.mals-e.com/hosted_by.php

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

    It amazes me that the one country has for years had Flemish and French co-existing side by side. Has that ever been a problem?
    Just curious.

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

    Them's the ones! So he must have given me a Red, then Triple and then Blue in that order, and it also means I wasn't hallucinating. Well maybe I was at the end.
    I mean imaging drinking a litre of strong beer straight after a fast ride!
    Much respect for the Belgians. Nice, friendly people.

  12. Re:When crossing the road on Geek Travel To London From the US — Tips? · · Score: 1

    And the USA followed suit of course seeing as they modeled their country on France.

    Now why is that not Flamebait?

    Because it's true?
    You know, "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity"
    except of course for the flag, which was almost a direct copy of the British East-India Company one.

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

    After pushbike riding from Gare du Mid to Gare du Nord on a hot sweaty day I took a break and stopped off for a drink. I think it was called 'Chamay Trapiste' - I drank 333ml of it, then another. I hallucinated a Polish guy behind the bar and he gave me a third.
    Strongest beer I've ever had.
    Later I found out that the beer was made by Belgian Trapist monks.
    Good stuff, but I wouldn't drink it if you had something else to do that day.

  14. You must remember on Shedding Your Identity In the Digital Age · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The point is that Ratliff still used the net incognito, which was important in this comp. I suggested to Wired that this be a yearly event, much like Cannonball. This first one attracted a lot of interest and made use of social websites as a tool. Fascinating sociology.
    He could've after all, hid in his mum's basement.

  15. Re:Some quasi-scientific experiments on Bing Censoring All Simplified Chinese Language Queries · · Score: 1

    Their choice is either to abide chinese law or not operate in the market.

    That's exactly what the politically correct solution is.
    There is a universal ethic about respecting a country's laws and traditions. If you visit China, best practice is to do exactly that. If you become a citizen, you do that anyway or you are in trouble.
    In this example, the great firewall has nothing to do with the regulations 'imposed' on Google/Bing. That's a condition of China.
    Google/Bing are following Chinese law.
    It is up to the Chinese people to change their laws, not Google's or Bing's.

  16. Re:Where does this leave GIMP? on GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04 · · Score: 1

    I wish there was something similar for animals. EG: Dog eyes are light green when flashed and it's a pain in the butt to recolour that manually, especially if you have a few to do.

  17. Re:Where does this leave GIMP? on GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04 · · Score: 1

    Maybe if I spent 10 years on an island with nothing better to do, would I ever agree with you.
    Somehow, the GIMP experience is not intuitive and seems to be written by someone many years ago as a particular customised tool to do some maipulation with an image or 2.
    From that basis it's progressed to what it is now.
    I would rather see a version of GIMP built from the ground up.
    There is very little in GIMP's image manipulation that is developmental in processing a task. The tool you need is often hidden, nothing much works the way you expect and you get the sense that it's all your fault because you can't make it work.
    Philosophically that's not how software should be.
    The GUI should open dumbed down with more and more functionality available as required. Simple stuff first - like a decent cut and paste, easy blending, text and so on and oh... why not wysiwyg as well? You can't see the image without some kind of selection tool still having an effect on it.
    I mean I want to use GIMP, but I always need 2 other apps to get what I need.
    Gimp is powerful software but the user experience is crap. I would still like to see it on a distro, but if there is nothing better in the repositories, then we'll have to make do.

  18. 1000 years later..... on Synthetic Stone DVD Claimed To Last 1,000 Years · · Score: 1

    Sounds like "Conan The Librarian" when after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012, 1000 years later when the vestiges of humanity finally rediscover metalworking, Conan goes on a mission to find the mythical Stone DVD which a shamanic priest who has access to a pre-apocalypse technology, inserts it into the player only to find porn.

  19. Re:Seriously cool ... on Heart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA · · Score: 1

    It's probably a shit planet anyway. No beaches or discos, bad service, high tipping fees etc.

  20. Re:Seriously cool ... on Heart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA · · Score: 1

    For a while there, they tried to change the pronunciation of Uranus 'Your Anus' to 'Urinous' But that didn't help much...

  21. Re:What's in a name? on Finnish Computer Store Buys Teen's Name · · Score: 1

    Especially you have to be really careful about some common, or common-sounding words that have a different meaning. :)

    There must be some good Estonian:Finn jokes then :)

  22. Re:What's in a name? on Finnish Computer Store Buys Teen's Name · · Score: 1

    You're right re: Estonian. Yet I've heard that the Estonians can understand Finn TV, so that's where that came from. However Hungarian is the Ugric language only vaguely shared by the Mansi and Khanti. Once they disappear which would be in a generation or two, Hungarian would be the sole surviving Ugric language.

  23. Re:Penalties on Microsoft Patents Sudo's Behavior · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't that be "brillig"?

  24. Re:this is beautiful - Inkblot on Heart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA · · Score: 1

    I can't but I can see a giant mutant star-goat!

  25. Re:Seriously cool ... on Heart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA · · Score: 2, Funny

    I looked hard, but I still can't find the black hole....