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  1. up to... on Windows 7 Still Being Sold On Up To 93% of British PCs · · Score: 1

    up to 93%...

    well that's a useful metric... and title to get clicks to your article and what about the sample size of the other companies and were those customers businesses or home users? I don't see businesses jumping on a new OS if there's a tried and tested OS available. But hey M$ right?

  2. Re:This is tired. on New Humble Bundle Is Windows Only, DRM Games · · Score: 0

    considering his almost disproportionate outrage it seems like they did give him syphilis

  3. Re:Nope, Apple did not start it on Wozniak On the Samsung Patent Verdict · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Jobs wanted to go Thermonuclear they should expect mutually assured desctruction

  4. Re:TMNT: Mostly Sucks on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 1

    This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_Forever) to me was fantastic, great to watch the original B&W incarnations with the ones that I grew up with.

  5. Re:Final frontier on William Shatner Wakes Up Crew for Final Discovery Mission · · Score: 1

    Wasn't there an episode where I threw my shoe at the enemy?

  6. Only if their... on Has China Already Flown a Space Plane? · · Score: 1

    demonstration video doesn't show Bruce Willis in it!

  7. Re:Yea America! on Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' · · Score: 1

    No, according to my Civilization tech tree poster there's still a few more prerequisite techs you need...

  8. Re:Assange gets arrested. on OpenLeaks — 'A New WikiLeaks' · · Score: 2

    I don't know what you mean by lip service;

    Firstly while the leaks I mentioned above might not seem significant and embarrassing to you but I would imagine that they were pretty embarrassing and problematic for those parties involved, and may be of immense interest (and use) to others, for example the leak of the Australian censorship list was infinitely more interesting and informative than the cables that have made the Australian newspapers thus far (note that the censorship list also made the Australian newspapers when they were released on wikileaks).

    Certainly the recent cable leaks have received comparatively larger coverage but that's because the US has massive influence on the rest of the world, it's not like the NY Times or the South China Morning Post would put a story of Peruvian corruption as their front page, most of their readers wouldn't care. The cables that have received coverage in the Australian media, have been those relating to Australian interests (telling us what we already know (Kevin Rudd is a control freak))

    Secondly, wikileaks can only leak what they've been given. I've not read of any reports that have stated that wikileaks are holding back leaks to focus on embarrassing the US, and as I shown in my earlier post it's not like they haven't leaked non-US leaks or that they are trivial.

    Perhaps I'm just misunderstanding you?
    PS. What's DFIP? Google brings up nothing.

  9. Re:Assange gets arrested. on OpenLeaks — 'A New WikiLeaks' · · Score: 5, Informative

    2008 - Julius Baer (Swiss Bank), Scientology (US but not govenrment), BNP member list (UK) + many more.

    2009 - Petrogate recordings (Peruvian Government and Business), Barcaly Bank documents (UK), Natanz Nuclear accident report (Iran), Kaupthing bank (iceland), Australian censor list (Australia) + many many more.

    2010 - Loveparade 2010 Duisburg planning documents (Germany)

    That's a fair bit over a short period.

  10. Re:Ch Ch Ch Changes on WikiLeaks Moves To Swiss Domain After DNS Takedown · · Score: 1

    indeed if I were braver I would, but the potential for being flame-modded or troll-modded was too high for me; tis' the difference between anonymous and an anonymous coward.

  11. Re:Bad omen? on New Windows Kernel Vulnerability Bypasses UAC · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's called Linux.

    parent said not BDSM

    ...I kid I kid

  12. Re:Poor Cryptographer? on Sculptor Gives a Hint For CIA's Kryptos · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Poor sculptor actually, since Sanborn chopped off a letter in one of the codes to make it more aesthetically pleasing but as a result led everyone to an incorrect answer for one of the puzzles

  13. Re:MS Gets Points for Innovation??? on Failed Controller-Free Gaming Devices of the Past · · Score: 1

    Not true; although the PSP2000/3000 used a smaller battery you got the same amount of game time as the 1000 through some effeciencies gains with the newer hardware components.

    There were also a few trivial additions as well such as inbuilt mike and I believe there was more ram that allowed for better caching of the UMD.

    The way I see the PSP's refresh cycle (with the exception of the PSPGo) is more akin to the GBA > GBA SP > GBA SP (B (The B had a better internal back light)), the 2000 like the GBA SP got rid of some heft, included a few minor features and a better backlight, in turn the 3000 improved on the 2000 slightly by again including a few minor features and a better backlight. The difference between the 2000 and 3000 were minor and was marketed as such, the PSP Go was like the GBA Micro.

  14. Doesn't IBM JRules have BRMS... on Drools JBoss Rules 5.0 · · Score: 1

    Doesn't JRules have a BRMS in the form of their Rule Team Server?

  15. Re:Do they even care over there? on China Becoming Intellectual Property Powerhouse · · Score: 1

    One of my lecturers Dr. Stephen Morgan pointed out that while certainly there was a lot of bootlegging of Western companies' products by chinese companies the amount pales in comparison to the bootlegging of chinese companies' products by other chinese companies.

  16. Melbourne's Metro ambulance service on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 1

    In Melbourne (Australia) we can choose not to pay for Ambulance membership; In the event that we do need emergency services the Ambos won't sit back and do nothing when they find out we don't have membership, they do there job and we get a bill (that's signifigantly higher than the cost of membership).
    We can also choose to take out private health insurance that would cover the cost of the Ambulance (so we don't need to pay for both ambulance membership and private health insurance).

  17. Somewhere on Infinite Loop in Room 101 on Consumer Reports Can't Recommend iPhone 4 · · Score: 1


    O'Jobs: Winston, are there full bars on this phone?
    Winston: No there are only 2!
    O'Jobs: But if I say that 2 is 5 then do we still have reception problems?
    Winston: N-No we have no reception problems!!!

  18. too effective on Ultrasound As a Male Contraceptive · · Score: 1

    I carry around a sonic screwdriver and I can assure you it works very effectively as a contraceptive

  19. Re:Department of Redundancy Department on Austria Converts Phone Booths To EV Chargers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some of us can't understand an Australian accent you insensitive clod!

  20. Re:if Activision isn't actively using the IP... on 8-Year Fan-Made Game Project Shut Down By Activision · · Score: 1

    Awesome I've been looking forward to Duke Nukem Forever!

  21. Re:It's this kind thing.. on Banks Accept Dubai Assassins' Stolen IDs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The heartless person in me has always thought that the rest of the world should just step aside and let themselves wipe each other out from the face of the Earth and let it be an important lesson to the rest of us.

  22. Re:Experience? on Google Gets Its iPhone Voice · · Score: 1

    >>What if you date someone who doesn't get a hint? This is /. that's an impossible analogy!

  23. Re:IPv6 addresses are overly complex on Windows 7 May Finally Get IPv6 Deployed · · Score: 1

    thereisnocowlevel

  24. Re:NASA Engineers on Ares V Rocket Bigger and Stronger For Moon Mission · · Score: 1

    It is a well known fact that African elephants are less susceptible to space sickness.

  25. a knee jerk question on Woman Indicted In MySpace Suicide Case · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The question that I would like to ask is, if the allegations made against her are indeed true, is Lori Drew is fit to be a parent?