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  1. Re:Tried it on New Search Engine Cuil Takes Aim At Google · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It may be a cool touch, but they appear to be using a rather rubbish algorithm to pick them. My search for "slashdot" returned an image of the Beijing Olympics next to the result for this site.

    Oh, and now all I get is "Due to overwhelming interest, our Cuil servers are running a bit hot right now. The search engine is momentarily unavailable as we add more capacity."

    Slashdotted. That'll teach them to try to compete with Google, I guess :)

  2. Re:Easy! Make some money. on Best Way To Get Back a Stolen Computer? · · Score: 1

    Do people get prosecuted for theft of a person's sense of humour too?

  3. Easy! Make some money. on Best Way To Get Back a Stolen Computer? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Record their credit card details then charge them for the computer they "bought". :)

  4. Dearth? on Explaining the Dearth of Console MMOGs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I certainly hope someone is able to explain what ever that means.

  5. Breaking news on Pirates of the Burning Sea Patch a Step in the Right Direction? · · Score: 2, Funny

    MMO releases patch that adds some features. In other news, things still fall downwards.

  6. Re:Wait What? on USAF Considers Creation of Military Botnet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What makes them think that botnet will be made up of computers located in some other country in the first place? As I remember, a massive proportion of infected computers in existing botnets are in the US. Quick, lets attack our own computers!

  7. new method of detecting GPL violations on GPL Violations On Windows Go Unnoticed? · · Score: 5, Informative
  8. Re:This is the United States. on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's probably worth noting that he doesn't even call the author a crackpot - he says the book is "flagrant crackpottery." If you called someone's book "insane", you wouldn't necessarily be saying that the author is insane themselves.

  9. Re:What about greenhouse gases? on Echeria Coli Co-Opted To Make Gasoline · · Score: 1

    The carbon they are creating the fuel with is being extracted from the air. When we burn it, we are simply putting it back into the air for the bacteria to suck up again and make more fuel.

  10. Re:Rubbish. on More Than Half of Known Vista Bugs are Unpatched · · Score: 4, Funny

    As demonstrated by your uncanny ability to reply to the correct article, right?

  11. Re:So wait. on Manhunt 2 Ban Fallout, Game Rated AO By ESRB · · Score: 1

    It's not a one way street for that sort of thing though. We've been dealing with the fallout from stupid US decisions for some time.

  12. The fixed link on The Destiny of Lord of the Rings Online · · Score: 1

    In case anybody wants to RTFA: http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/31807

  13. YouTube link on GTA IV Trailer Released, Slows Sites · · Score: 4, Informative
  14. Re:Youtube award Link please on YouTube Announces First Award Winners · · Score: 2, Informative
  15. Re:I'm confused on iFilm Infringement Could Blunt Viacom's YouTube Argument · · Score: 2, Insightful

    YouTube can, however, say "What you're asking for is unreasonable. Sure, you claim it's reasonable, but you're not even willing to do it on your own site and yet you expect us to?" - which does seem to be a valid argument.

  16. Re:Edited transcript? on RIAA's 'Expert' Witness Testimony Now Online · · Score: 1

    If the end of the question read "inculpated her personally?" then it seems to make perfect sense, with A accidentally referring to "inculpated" as second from last when it was actually third from last (as pointed out by Q's response)

  17. Re:good for them on Columbine RPG Kickout Has Repercussions · · Score: 1

    According to a comment on that site, "Book and Volume" has also been withdrawn.

  18. Re:special tactile mouse needed .. on Tactile Passwords vs Shoulder Surfing · · Score: 1

    The same could be achieved using a clickable image map showing a keypad with the numbers in random locations.

    TFA says that they're looking into using it for ATM machines. An image on an ATM machine would be considerably less secure than a keypad type device.