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  1. Re:Bloody hell! on Is Alcohol Killing Our Planet? · · Score: 1

    The alcohol in bread does not evaporate. According to a report from Cornell College, Iowa (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1709087), the alcohol content in twelve samples varied from 0.04 to 1.9 per cent. The reason that the levels are lower than in beer or wine is that the sugar content is lower.

  2. Re:why use botnet on BBC Hijacks 22,000 PCs In Botnet Demonstration · · Score: 1

    The BBC does stuff like steal someones handbag then give it back. They then give the person and the viewers advice on preventing real criminals from doing the same. I don't think they're going to be in legal trouble for this one.

  3. Re:Aged badly on Red Dwarf To Return, Find Earth · · Score: 1

    I'm british and I don't know anyone who laughed at the office. It's a different kind of comedy. There's a saying among stand up comedians that a groan is as good as a laugh. The office is kind of a meta-comedy, the stuff David Brent says is often very close to funny but he always delivers his jokes badly or at inappropriate moments. Having said all this I don't really like it either.

  4. Re:I've got a better idea on Please No, Not a Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 1

    You know, I always thought that the unicorn dreams and the origami unicorn at the end suggested that Harrison Ford's character was an android too. How else could that guy know what he was dreaming about.

  5. Has anyone actually followed the Elbot link? on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    I just had a quick chat with him and the only time it seemed to understand was when i told it to "go away". I honestly can't believe it fooled 25% of the judges.

  6. Open Street Map on Open US GPS Data? · · Score: 1

    Found link to http://www.openstreetmap.org/ on the openmoko developers wiki.

  7. DaVinci and Music on Hidden Music Claimed In Da Vinci Painting · · Score: 1

    I seem to remember hearing that DaVinci made a lute shaped like a horses skull and that he was an excellent musician.

  8. Re:Censorship. on In the UK, Possession of the Anarchist's Cookbook Is Terrorism · · Score: 1

    Britain has been dealing with terrorists for decades. Anyone remember the IRA?

  9. new discussion system on Mathematician Claims New Yorker Defamed Him · · Score: 1

    I like the new sytem in general, showing the start of modded down posts makes it alot easier to look back and see what other posts are refering to.
    The one problem I have is with the floating pane on the left. It may be because I don't load images on slashdot, but the background of this pane is transparent on my display, making it quite hard to read.

  10. Re:Blue Sky ideas? on Hyperdrive and Space Propulsion · · Score: 2, Insightful

    An older quote:
    The Roman Rule:
    The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.

  11. IP does not exist! on UK Government Order Review of IP Rights · · Score: 1

    Why is everyone talking about IP as though it is even a real concept? It is an attempt to lump four seperate areas of law together (property, trademark, copyright and patent). This page: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.xhtml covers the misnomer quite well.

  12. Re:It was said well enough long ago on RIAA vs Linux and DVDs · · Score: 1

    Those who refuse to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. BTW, that quote comes from George Santayana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Santayana