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  1. Re:What about housing wires? on Replacing Copper With Pencil Graphite · · Score: 1

    And in the switch yards, most of the fixed 'cabling' looks like your average round metal garden fence post. (Hmmm... with that many qualifiers, does it still constitute average?)

  2. Re:copper prices on Replacing Copper With Pencil Graphite · · Score: 1

    One factor has been that Xstrata (large mining company) has scuttled personnel and equipment from Mt Isa copper mine in Australia so much that they can't keep production up to 2004 levels. Over the past 6 years, production was supposed to double. They have moved to open cut to try get the lead! The open cut Pb mining effectively closed the underground copper mining.

    By the way Mt Isa copper mine was among of the biggest in the world, and the second largest in the southern hemisphere, circa 2002. The largest was also owned by Xstrata and was situated in South America (Argentina?). In 2004, a flash flood basically washed the mine out. It had been built at the bottom of a large gully.

    I am an ex-electrical apprentice of Xstrata.

    Though, China, India et al ramping up demand is probably the main reason as has already been said.

  3. Re:Wow, what news, MS outsells Apple! on Vista Use Grows as Mac OS X Stays Flat · · Score: 1

    Not true, before switching to Ubuntu, I changed the default setting soon after install to IE 6 on Windows XP. I'd think the simpler solution is that after having a problem once, people would set that to the default identifier. I haven't had the problem, so haven't bothered. There is a solution to the problem, why fight it?

  4. Re:Wasted chance on Fox News' FTP Password Anyone? · · Score: 1

    Is it democracy when the leaders deliberately ignore the known position of the voters? This is/has occurred in Australia. Fortunately as of yet, it has not been necessarily detrimental.

  5. Re:Didn't we just leave this party? on Next Version of Windows? Call it '7' · · Score: 1

    You mean we have to wait another 5 years for global domination?

  6. Re:uhh, 20th century, too on Northrop Grumman to own Scaled Composites · · Score: 1

    Cut him some slack, this is like his third language! He's from the midwest ore something

  7. Re:Yes, and 99% of all CO2 on the earth is natural on Ubiquitous Multi-Gigabit Wireless Within Three Years · · Score: 1

    Radiation people, Radiation! C02 is in thread 8 on the next floor!

  8. Re:How Could You Implement This 'Solution'? on Webcasters Call Bunk on SoundExchange DRM Ploy · · Score: 1

    It is possible they aren't playing anything ppl want. I worked out how, and have never had reason to use any form of ripping. I believe I am not alone in knowing but never using nefarious mechanisms.

  9. Re:do not underestimate... on Ubiquitous Multi-Gigabit Wireless Within Three Years · · Score: 2, Funny

    but throwing it would increase the magnetic wobble 'loosing' data...

  10. Re:If it stops them from getting hooked on WOW... on $298 Wal-Mart PC Has OO.org, No Crapware · · Score: 1

    Education has MS Office to write emails....

  11. Re:I prefer Apple's approach on Security Researcher Chases Virus Maker Off the Net · · Score: 1

    mercury would work then, or lead does at about 60+ ppm

  12. The floaty box... on New Dynamic Updating Discussions · · Score: 1

    I don't seem to have had the problems that others have had. However, when scrolling down the screen then back up, the float box leaves traces of the bottom of the box marking the side panel. Not a huge problem, just weird/bad design.

  13. Re:Note to self on Mac Worm Author Gets Death Threats · · Score: 1

    Perhaps Macs don't come with irony?

  14. Re:Hrm... on Too Many Linux Distros Make For Open Source Mess · · Score: 1
    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhH! DAMN auto 'html Formated'! The space was

    <p></p>
    except I previewed my post! grrrr... okay that doesn't work either.no, ya need to

    <ecode>
    Still, demonstrates what I was hoping for.
  15. Re:Well of course... on Microsoft Excludes GPLv3 From Linspire Deal · · Score: 1

    Not sure what you are saying...? Linux > Vista > SELinux? Or Linux > SELinux > Vista? Either way, SELinux is a subset of linux, so Vista would still only be more secure because of its obscurity.

    But agreed, if you can get SELinux to be useful (I don't think it is yet intuitive, and not everyone running linux is going to go the SELinux way as there are other solutions that are 'good enough').

    __________

    Okay, before this becomes a flame, I don't know if Vista actually is less secure or has less users. Just answering a troll/flamebait cos i thought at the time it was funny. Retrospect hasn't vindicated my initial intent. Just be grateful I am not basing a career on my "talents"

  16. Re:Hrm... on Too Many Linux Distros Make For Open Source Mess · · Score: 1
    Could you throw

    around a little more please? Just good practice... your posts are plain text ... Watch Your Back!

  17. Re:Well of course... on Microsoft Excludes GPLv3 From Linspire Deal · · Score: 1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://www.debian.org/ http://fedoraproject.org/ http://www.openbsd.org/ But you want one compatible with Windows, but more stable didn't you? Ah! Here it is! http://www.reactos.org/

    Vista is far more secure than Lunix.
    It's only less of a target because it has a smaller userbase...
  18. Re:Best news all day on Microsoft Patents the Mother of All Adware · · Score: 1

    Style and class.

  19. Re:Noticed on RIAA Directed To Pay $68K In Attorneys Fees · · Score: 1

    In Australia, married to a doctor in anesthetist. It is much less than the figures being tossed around, closer to the 40 - 60 $ mark.

  20. Re:It's not exactly mysterious. on Mitochondria and the Prevention of Death · · Score: 2, Funny

    Um, that would make it difficult for him to argue with you.

  21. Re:"Level" playing field? on Open Source and the "Xen" of Xen · · Score: 1

    Amen to that! I can't see ever returning to an RPM based system, despite really enjoying Mandriva and Suse. Apt is brilliant. As nice as RPM package managers can be at times, apt has been simple and straight forward experience.

  22. Off-topic on Linux MPX Multi-touch Alternative to MS Surface · · Score: 1

    Bloke, it is Compiz-Fusion now!

  23. Virtualisation on Open Source and the "Xen" of Xen · · Score: 1

    I'm using KVM (yes I gather it is mostly Qemu) rather than Xen or VMware. Is there a compelling reason to use Xen over KVM?

  24. Re:Yep, yet another Lunix diversion on Linux MPX Multi-touch Alternative to MS Surface · · Score: 1

    Give the linux developers the same information available to Microsoft regarding system protocols, and 6 months. Then we can truly test the different development systems. Considering a large portion of linux has been reverse engineering products deliberately obfuscated for "technical advantages", I'm very impressed with the the current capabilities of linux systems.

  25. Re:Patents don't pay *for commie linsux/open-sores on Patents Don't Pay · · Score: 1
    Please note I said achievable, not "Communism is..."

    That is why your precious Linsux will always play catchup rather than beat Microsoft, because you Linsux fucktards have never been innovative, nor will you fucktards ever be innovative.
    Ahh... If I'd seen that I would have realised you don't actually know anything and just repeat miscellaneous quotes you heard in 1994. Forget about looking at what is really happening in the world around you.