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  1. 3D isn't new - what happened last time? on Filmmakers Resisting Hollywood's 3-D Push · · Score: 1
    Folks - we had 3D back in the 50s. House of Wax, Kiss me Kate were both in 3D. They showed off effects, did 3D stuff - and had storylines that were maybe a bit iffy. (KMK did have Cole Porter music, though...).

    So why didn't it catch on last time? Come up with a reason for that, and see if it's been fixed before speculating about this time 'round

    (The reason history repeats itself - because we didn't listen the first time)

  2. Re:Just let them die on 'I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!' v2.0 · · Score: 1
    Maybe turn their residual protein into something useful too. And as food will be a worry in the future, if it's edible, all the better.

    Name ideas ... well, environmentally friendly = Green. Soy milk is the healthy option, so we could use maybe the 'Soy' part. And this protein stuff that we're borrowing from the deceased... it's borrowed ... so it's been 'lent'.

    Almost got it ... no, it's gone....

  3. Fiddle around, and don't forget anything. on How Can an Old-School Coder Regain His Chops? · · Score: 1
    I learnt COBOL myself back in the '70s, and still use it every now and then. Most of my stuff is in ALGOL, WFL or LDL (I work on Unisys gear). I dabbled in Perl, learnt some BSH when I was on Unix for a spell, bought myself some "C# development" books and now do some C# too.

    Moral of the story? Do whatever they pay you for. Learn some OO stuff - always handy - but you'll find your skills and knowledge transferable from language to language (this is sorta like today's Poll - and the same applies. Fancy that).

  4. Re:special interests on WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets · · Score: 1
    Well said. You can do a helluva lot with $300 bn. Land on Mars, erase 3rd world debt, cure cancer, get nuclear fusion, clean up the planet.

    Pick one. Or two.

  5. Going back a few years, but ... on South Korea Deploys Killer Robot In DMZ · · Score: 1
    "Kill the humanoid"

    "Kill the intruder"

  6. Re:World is changing on Chinese Company Seeks US Workers With 125 IQ · · Score: 1
    My thoughts too - conspiracy theorists would say that the Chinese are after the smarter Americans to assassinate/brainwash them, then they'll move in and take over the country from the remaining low-IQ peons ...

    Now, will this be modded "funny" or "insightful" ...

  7. Re:The circle of (virtual) life on Is PC Gaming Set For a Comeback? · · Score: 1

    This is generally the cycle of things. ... the PC lays low for a couple years, mostly powered by the MMO crowd

    Tut. What about the RTS crowd? Us "Total War" afficiandoes can't get anything like that on the consoles.

    Cue people saying "but what about ...?"

  8. Re:Educated, not crazy and not afraid. on Unique ID In India Causes 'Fear of the Beast' · · Score: 1

    That's just the sort of thing you 5-digit ID people would say.

  9. Re:"The internet is complicated" on China Bans Military Personnel From Blogging · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, really complicated. You think it's a long way down to the chemist to buy an aspirin but that's peanuts compared to space... oh sorry, got sidetracked there.

  10. Define "good" on Better Development Through Competition? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Written quickly or bullet-proof? Easily maintainable? With accompanying documentation or free-standing? Open and extensible?

  11. Re:Give up. on Getting Paid Fairly When Job Responsibilities Spiral? · · Score: 1
    Of course, when they said "we don't have the budget" he did mean exactly that. But there is budget allocated to other activities that can be raided. Training/Education, personal growth, the managers' Christmas do, things like that.

    Budgets are flexible.

  12. Re:Civil war? on British Computer Society Is Officially At Civil War · · Score: 1

    Seconded squared. Back when I was in the group, they struck me as a bunch of snobs, more concerned about the membership fees and status than anything to do with the profession.

  13. Re:Only 1,500,000,000,000 dollars? on RIAA Says LimeWire Owes $1.5 Trillion · · Score: 1
    Interesting how you related the cash into weapons and suchlike. Other options may have been

    1> manned flight to Mars (plus one other planet)

    2> Cure for cancer, and/or AIDS

    3> Alleviate world poverty

    4> Feed starving

    5> Dismiss Third world debt

    Etc etc

  14. Re:memorize a fake person on Privacy Machiavellis · · Score: 5, Insightful
    But .... isn't this like saying that the "Iliad" wasn't written by Homer, but another Greek of the same name?

    If the fake-you does the stuff you do and you get targeted for it, then the fake-you is you. You just appear to be someone differently named on the internet.

  15. Leave him where he was. on Copernicus Reburied As Hero · · Score: 1
    This revisiting, and apologising for the past (almost doublethinking) is never going to work.

    BTW when Henry VIII was King, he got Thomas A'Becket's body dug up, and hung, drawn and quartered for disagreeing with the king at the time (Henry II) and then tossed away. Hence no pilgrims to Canterbury anymore.

    That's the boot on the other foot - but another example of revising the past.

  16. Will it help Americans recognize irony? on Software Recognizes Sarcastic Tweets · · Score: 1

    That'll be good.

  17. Re:This or full body cavity search Take your pick! on Scientists Question Safety of New Airport Scanners · · Score: 1
    How's a full body cavity search going to find the guys with their stomachs replaced by sentex?

    I know! Maybe the searchers shouldn't cut their fingernails and wear those 'special' gloves. The ones with no fingers ...

  18. Re:Trying to remain "competitive" I guess... on Outsourcing Unit To Be Set Up In Indian Jail · · Score: 1
    I think your gripe isn't that the support staff on the phone weren't in the US, but that they weren't good at giving support. 'Being good at support' includes making yourself a) pleasant and b)understandable, as well as c) giving good advice.

    I'm in NZ. I deal with support staff in the US (sometimes) who are good at a) and b) but not c). And I've dealt with support staff in lord knows what country in East Asia who are good at a) but not b). I've no idea about c) - I couldn't understand them.

    So you're not racist. You just deal with bad support staff.

  19. Damn on Symantec To Acquire PGP and GuardianEdge · · Score: 1
    I like PGP and hate Symantec.

    Another product gone. I wonder what's waiting in the wings?

  20. Re:Nasa? on 20 Years of Hubble · · Score: 1

    And "Auntie", another old name for the BBC.

  21. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? on Seattle Hacker Catches Cops Who Hid Arrest Tapes · · Score: 1

    I just thought it needed to be said.

  22. Re:The purpose of government research on Obama Outlines Bold Space Policy ... But No Moon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Right now it would be good to get anyone to go the moon and commercialize it. That's where the money will come from, though. Holidays, mining, health, retirement villages...

  23. Re:Replacing good parenting with tech solutions .. on What Advice For a Single Parent As Server Admin? · · Score: 1
    Totally agree. Otherwise you have problems everywhere, not just in PC-world. The poster who's brother go into the fireplace, steak knives etc ...

    Either you trust your kids or you don't. If you don't, work on it.

  24. Re:Good for them on Firefox Search In Ubuntu 10.04 Changed To Google · · Score: 1

    Just checked - it's 98.5% ....now.

  25. Re:Reverse on Kojima Predicts the End of the Console · · Score: 1

    And Eurasia has always been at war with Oceania.