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1290 posts • joined Monday 16th January 2012 14:00 GMT

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Re: call 999

I think you'll find that number is for emergencies only.

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The Laminated Book of Dreams

Surely the Argos site is archived there?

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Re: Finger print readers

And a colon map as a backup.

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Poor Kiwis

Every one of their emails is going to look like this from now on:

=== BEGIN PGP ENCRYPTED MESSAGE ===

7D78344669E5F126CCF0091E4C839996EA7DD3B483FF792D5FD48A83068283EA

=== END PGP ENCRYPTED MESSAGE ===

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3D Printer not necessary

You can build a zip gun in your garage without the need for a 3D printer or plans downloaded off the internet.

All the 3D printer does is make it slightly easier.

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You know what this article needs?

Some sort of visual representation of whatever it was that the article was on about.

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The real story here is that pump!

It's so tiny!

Part of me wonders if it would be possible to put together a water cooling system that would just run off the heat generated by the processor.

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Re: What's next? Bring your own biro to work?

Depends on your graphics settings.

But even with monochrome stick men, you're looking at Frames per Minute rather than Frames per Second.

Animating a game by hand introduces a lot of lag and puts a lot of strain on the users wrist.

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or even 40

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Re: why should you go round filming people

Check out all the road traffic accidents that have been documented on youtube. There's one application right there.

And if I am walking through a park wearing a Google glass and some guy lamps me for it, Then I'll have documented evidence of his assault.

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I've been running Windows7 since last year on a machine

And the only time I've had to reboot it is for windows update.

At this point, maybe it's the computer operator that's at fault. I find it difficult to believe that there's a magic OS out there that just works, when any operating system can be stable with the right system administrator at the helm.

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Re: Seriously? People think this is all going to be OK?

And who are you to tell me that I'm not allowed to document my own life?

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Re: Lannisters also aren't entirely against taking what they desire by intrigue or force of arms

Lann The Clever made off with Casterly Rock (and the lucrative gold mine underneath) by tricking the original owner out of it.

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No mention of Rescue for the Mac?

One of the better Star Trek games IMHO

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They probably get more dates than you realise

I know a few women that would consider a glowing diamonds (Or Quantum Gemerald if you will) to be the ultimate in shiny shiny.

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Re: A Lannister always pays his debts

Yes they do. But as I understand it that motto doesn't always refer to money.

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TinEye

You're welcome.

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What's next? Bring your own biro to work?

My biro technically is a device, and can do everything your fondle slab can do. (Even if it is a little slow at things like math)

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McCormick, who still insists he hasn't had customer complaints about the efficacy of the devices

Dead men don't make complaints.

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Re: I predict

I'm predicting at least 18 Courics

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Sounds like Kiera Wilmot was doing science!

A kid learning science in an american school? No wonder the state wants to prosecute her to the full extent of the law!

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I'd quite like a PC built out of diamonds.

Fricking lasers just sweeten the deal.

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Re: In cold countries sex is demonstrably lousy

Sweden.

Checkmate.

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It looks ugly, bulky, and difficult to use

So why do I want one so bad?

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Accounting for the specific impacts of climate change on women

Do women drink a different kind of water from men? Do they breathe a different kind of oxygen?

Do glaciers, hurricanes, or storms affect women differently from men? Will climate change lead to women dying off?

Way to piss all over the achievements of feminists over the years Barbara Lee.

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Things that make you go hUMA...

This is interesting stuff. It'll be more interesting to see it in practice. Especially as more and more developers have started using the GPU for parallel tasks.

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Being able to root my own device is a good thing.

I've found it's the only way to take advantage of the hardware sometimes.

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Holiday on Saturn?

No thanks. Not with 300mph winds and storms that last decades.

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That is a shockingly bad site

And completely what I've come to expect from the UK government when it comes to technology.

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Re: ICT is not attractive to women

"Women in general prefer a work environment that includes a fair degree of social interaction"

Unfortunately my boss prefers a work environment that includes a fair amount of work which means less time for social interaction.

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Re: FFS

No sophisticated computer system is going to try and nail my wife!

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Re: customer benefits

I guess the customers that are smart enough to hack their smart meters will get free electricity.

It's nice that the electric companies are giving something back after years of ruthless profiteering.

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Re: Business people in Retail are quite likely to be women.

Yet we don't get politicians moaning about the lack of men in retail.

Funny that.

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Re: I'm really not looking forward to being videoed and recorded everywhere I go

You already are.

Ordinary people have dashboard cams, Helmet cams, nanny cams in kindergartens, webcams watching you in the street, not to mention every Tom, Dick and Harry with a mobile phone out.

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Re: As I said before

I'm hoping that a proper nutritionist has checked Lester Haines diet plan for the week.

I'm no doctor, but I'm not sure that he'll be getting all the vitamins and minerals he needs from those meals.

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You paid for bones from the butchers?

They usually give that away free if you say you're giving it to your dogs.

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No Chip and Pin in America?

Why not?

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Re: not ready for any work

I used to regularly take notes with my iPad. That was until my boss wanted it back to beat his high score on some zombie game.

Now I have a load of handwritten notes I can't access.

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Oh this will be fun :D

There's lots of things that can be rendered as photographs.

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What happens when a pigeon flies through the beam of a 10kW laser?

See Title.

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Re: DARPA's research rarely produces tangible results

Yeah, like that ARPANet. Whatever happened to that pie in the sky project?

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Journalist Caught In Writing Own Words Shocker!

Journalism needs more original content.

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Re: NOW I feel old...

I still get flashbacks when I hear the sound of a modem handshaking.

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A Linux based OS with malware?

Where's Eadon when you need him?

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Re: Surely Pro. Randy Marsh has solved this for us?

That's TMI

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Paedophiles, Terrorists

Two words that are practically guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of Daily Mail readers everywhere!

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Re: Maria Miller Has no experience in telephony or networking

Her background is in marketing and advertising.

So, well... you be the judge.

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Is it really a DDOS?

Or just another surge in demand?

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Maria Miller Has no experience in telephony or networking

And I have no confidence in her prediction.

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Re: It runs Android?

Who fucking let Gordon Fucking Ramsey in?