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  1. Re:ban images? on Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself · · Score: 1

    7zip it

  2. Re:Hoyle's "The Black Cloud" is key novel on Organic Matter Found In Canadian Meteorite · · Score: 1

    personally, having read the black cloud. This seems more Evolution http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251075/

    Plot Outline: A firefighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky-but-sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving ever since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.

  3. Re:Designed to panic on Vista Designed to Make Malware Easy · · Score: 1

    "All pirated software has viruses in it! Don't use it, it'll make your computer blow up! Make sure your copy is legit!" - I thought it was

    "All pirated Mp3s have viruses in them! Don't use it, it'll make your computer blow up! Make sure your copy is legit!" - RIAA
  4. Re:MPAA: So retarded this stuff's actually plausib on MPAA Goes After Home Entertainment Systems · · Score: 1

    take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRVHUbrbEUA
    its a spoof of a anti piracy trailer and it is rather good

  5. Re:Did you see CmdrTaco's review of the Zune? on Critical Review of the Zune · · Score: 1

    I'm a bigtime Microsoft fan.
    i suprised you read /.

  6. Re:One example on Can a Manager Be a Techie and Survive? · · Score: 1

    satalites have phone chargers
    where else can you charge your satalite phone? got a feeling the point was lost int hat a bit

  7. Re: a Tech Mgr or Mgr of Tech?? on Can a Manager Be a Techie and Survive? · · Score: 1

    I am CEO/owner of a 25 person (successful, profitable and fast growing) Internet company ...
    Many people think our company is 2-4x as large as it actually is. We have an environment where everybody loves coming to work. There is a huge amount of respect for our managers and there is constant praise both from managers, from the teams and across team boundaries. We love our work, we work hard and in our case, our tech managers were actually all techies first but they have received guidance on how to be a good manageryour company isn't google by any chance is it?

  8. Re:Its a choice on Wii Aches - Couch Potatoes Working it Up · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The Wii literally made me lose 5-10 pounds in a week, and I didn't even BUY one yet.

    you can't say the wii doesnt make you lose weight!

  9. Re:using porn to solve captchas on Spammers Learn to Outsource Their Captcha Needs · · Score: 1
    Luis von Ahn has a interesting lecture based on this subject on google video

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-824646398 0976635143&q=Google+engEDU+captcha

    it's easy to get round captchas if you can provide something to the humans that they want

  10. Re:Environmentalists gone mad and spreading fud ag on UK Schools Bans WiFi Due To Health Concerns · · Score: 2, Funny
    even listen to this:Michael Bevington, a classics teacher for 28 years at the school, said that he had such a violent reaction to the network that he was too ill to teach. "I felt a steadily widening range of unpleasant effects whenever I was in the classroom," he said. "First came a thick headache, then pains throughout the body, sudden flushes, pressure behind the eyes, sudden skin pains and burning sensations, along with bouts of nausea. Over the weekend, away from the classroom, I felt completely normal." no my friend its not the network, you have just become allergic to school....

    like the rest of us....

    join the club....

  11. at school.... on UK Schools Bans WiFi Due To Health Concerns · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I did not want Sebastian exposed to a wireless computer network at school.

    It's a wireless network, Not hardcore porn.

    Get over it!

  12. Re:How about not treating me like a criminal in th on Cell Phone Owners Allowed To Break Software Locks · · Score: 1

    sorry, you are right, id forgotten - i dont listen to it much now

  13. slask dotted on Wii Internet Connection Reverse Engineered · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Welcome to the New Console Hack-fest on Wii Internet Connection Reverse Engineered · · Score: 2, Insightful

    thats where yellow dog linux is going- with all macs going intel, yellow dog hasno choice but to go to the ps3 because there are no other powerpc processors

  15. Re:How about not treating me like a criminal in th on Cell Phone Owners Allowed To Break Software Locks · · Score: 1
    "I am allowed to listen to it exactly once"

    thats called radio

  16. Re:here's the thing... on Opening Zune Sales Flaccid · · Score: 1
    what u want is to make one run linux with a nice "fimware" update

    then make it into what you want it to be

    if somebody made it easy and implemeted it well

    it cou;d be the first MS product to seel well because of its capabilities to run linx

    I'm prbably dreaming

  17. Re:Skype on cell phones = cheaper long distance ca on Skype Unleashed Onto Cell Phones · · Score: 1
    or use skype out for free 0800 calls to things unlimited dialup plans - literally internet on the move. probably slower than actually browsing on your phone

    but hey your a techy

  18. Re:Any word... on Big Freakin' Laser Beams In Space · · Score: 1

    sounds like jaws 12!

  19. Re:Keywords: Government. Health Care. Disaster on Biggest IT Disaster Ever? · · Score: 1
    though i wish this was true

    i think you may be a little optimistic

    anyway i thought in the USA you got lesson in first aid and everybody got taught how to use a defriberillater in school?

  20. Re:When did England split from the UK? on Biggest IT Disaster Ever? · · Score: 1
    US citizens often seem to unable to differtiate

    we do have a weird political(as in sovereigty) situation though, but not much more than the USA

    when ever americans talk about the UK ofen they will say "england" 90% of the time

  21. Re:A different spin on Biggest IT Disaster Ever? · · Score: 1
    interesting what languages you called powerful "these days"

    java isnt that new, let alone powerful

    and python & php surely deserve a mention

    oh and what about c++ ?

  22. Re:How British... on Biggest IT Disaster Ever? · · Score: 1

    In the US it may be a disaster in the Great Britain, it's normal!

  23. Re:Firefox antiphising is far from perfect... on Firefox 2.0 Wins Phishfight Against IE7 · · Score: 1

    what is that url encoding? how does that work -it would be good to bypass the censorship @ skl ive seen other sorts whats that sort called?

  24. working hyperlink on Hacking XBox 360 HD-DVD To Play On XP · · Score: 1
  25. Bill text: on U.K. Outlaws Denial of Service Attacks · · Score: 1
    Before you post, read the actual act


    http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/ cmbills/119/06119.27-33.html#j381

    it seems we are just catching up with the U

    listed under:
    Making, supplying or obtaining articles for use in computer misuse offences