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  1. Re:Indian Copyright Bill on Indian Copyright Bill Declares Private, Personal Copying "Fair Dealing" · · Score: 1

    Because no Indians travel to America seeking their fortunes. Some Indians will tell you that, but some won't. India has suffered a lot of bullshit that the USA hasn't, that's for sure.

  2. Re:Just build nuclear power plants already... on Arizona Trialing System That Lets Utility System Control Home A/Cs · · Score: 1

    But gasp! If you do that every child in the USA will be a hideous atheist freak within 3 weeks! The only real future for our children is no electricity, just like in those glorious 1950's days!

  3. Re:You're all wondering on Indonesian Police Barred From Penis Enlargement · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget the most important question, by how much and does it last? We've all heard of the miracle drugs the spammers send us and penis pumps but this looks like it could be even better!

  4. Re:Yawn, this technology has been around for 60 ye on Arizona Trialing System That Lets Utility System Control Home A/Cs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The next day, nobody goes to work as they haven't got enough battery power in their cars.

  5. Air Conditioning on Arizona Trialing System That Lets Utility System Control Home A/Cs · · Score: 1

    I understand that without this there will be brownouts but this is exactly when AC's need to be cranked up the most. Couldn't they expand the power grid or install batteries in houses instead of not giving us power when we most want it?

  6. Bandwagon on Australian Internet Censorship Plan Torpedoed · · Score: 1

    I suspect the Australian Government was just desperate to get on a bandwagon while it was new, any bandwagon. P.S. Ruddy: I hear free FTTN internet for everyone is an up and coming bandwagon.

  7. Re:Final Oblivion Mooncraft Fantasy! on An Early Look at the NASA MMO · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Houston - we have a problem." "Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat."

  8. Re:A game? on An Early Look at the NASA MMO · · Score: 1

    The problem is that it doesn't seem to do anything. Anyone who would play the game would jump at a chance to be an astronaut (along with a ton who wouldn't play). And if they're looking for people interested in less glamorous jobs, showing them how fantastic being an astronaut would be is entirely the wrong response.

  9. Budget on An Early Look at the NASA MMO · · Score: 1

    "It says here you spent more on your game than you know. Exploring space." "In our defense, it's a pretty good game."

  10. Re:Do the Pro method on Dealing With The Always-Breaking Family PC? · · Score: 1

    How exactly does Firefox or Opera stop problems. I use Firefox, but not to avoid problems with IE, I use it to avoid the horrendous standards support and the extensions.

  11. Re:Online mp3 player on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    Try living in Australia. I can either get a capped connection, or I can have a slow, slow and unreliable connection. It's easy to read the fine print; jut hope that theres an alternative.

  12. Take it further on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    So...to run this browser, I need an OS to run the browser to run the OS so I can run the text-based browser in. Un-un-un-unIngenuiosity! It isn't redundant at all.

  13. Re:Not the first... on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    Oh, I'd forgotten there was no other way to transfer data between computers. Silly me.

  14. Re:Interesting... on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    Aren't these alternatives? Useless power wasting alternatives to good alternatives, but alternatives nonetheless. I'm confused too.

  15. Re:Not the first... on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 1

    There isn't a point really, is there? For the low low cost of increased bandwidth use, and more processor time taken up by two OSes running simultaneously, you get...oh my, there doesn't seem to be a use that someone couldn't get by, perhaps, just running linux.

  16. Online mp3 player on You OS Web Based Operating System · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wow, this is innovative. Oh yes, I'll just stream my music up and YouOS will stream back the sound. If you have any even moderate amounts of music, this is sort of ridiculous on a limit. If I play 14 CD's, that's my entire months limit gone almost (10GB). Unless, of course, it compresses it or plays at a low bitrate, which rather belies the point of having one. What's wrong with Winamp?

  17. GINYF on Microsoft/Yahoo Merger to Take on Google? · · Score: 1

    A Yahoo/Microsoft Takeover of google...If this happens, then hopefully we won't have to deal with an even more annoying Google Toolbar. And not to mention the changes Google would go through, to even get to results we'll have to trudge through 3 pages of ads, and Microsoft news releases.

  18. Hmmm on Secure VoIP, an Achievable Goal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Although,admittedly, I don't know much about VOiP, surely monitoring a dedicated landline would be much easier then trying to pick out the signals in the spare network traffic. As pointed out earlier, it is nearly always encrypted...what will happen next? Products to lockdown telephones? I'd like an encrypter on my landline personally.

  19. MS Does it again on Microsoft May Delay Windows Vista Again · · Score: 1

    Ha, I'm going to enjoy Vista when it comes out. I'll just open the web browser. Hmm Not Compatible. Well, I'll listen to some music. Odd, it says Windows Media Player was removed. Oh well, I'll install Winamp, which will subsequently fail to work. Hmm, my fancy 3d desktop doesn't actually do much, and oh! it's crashed. Although I think Microsoft will push it through again, I'm switching to Mac.

  20. Re:Remove the Toolbar! on Yahoo Sued for Spyware, Typosquatting-Based Ads · · Score: 1

    Yes, but then again Google has it's toolbar which seems to be in everything. Sure it's easy to get rid of, and easy to avoid, but it seems that everyone has a toolbar nowdays - some are just shadier about it.

  21. New Companion on Nemesis, the Sun's Binary Star Companion? · · Score: 1

    If the sun really does have a companion, then because it is so much closer than any other star (I assume), wouldn't we see a very fast star movement somewhere? And if it does have a companion, one would logically assume that it would be the closest star.

  22. Re:Apple and Sun on Sun and Apple Could Have Merged · · Score: 1

    good that you're honest enough to admit that you're a fashion victim rather than actually choosing an item for its functionality and quality :-)

    Sad but true. I just couldn't resist it's sleek white charms...honestly, it costs so much more, it had better be a fashion statement.

  23. Re:I'll say it again... on Sun and Apple Could Have Merged · · Score: 1

    Yes...I'd buy an iPod, but I'd never consider buying an Apple computer. Even iTunes is vaguely annoying.

  24. Apple and Sun on Sun and Apple Could Have Merged · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I always tthought that Apple was all about form, making it look good. Sun always seemed to be about functionality. Although it looks like a good combination, Apple is Apple, and I'd buy an Apple product for the prestige value. Which is why I own an Apple iPod nano, rather than I own another product - it looks good. All about style.

  25. Re:Rootkits on Rootkit-like Feature Found in Norton Systemworks · · Score: 1

    Oooh embarrassing...I meant SystemWorks.