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• Commented on Technology to generate power from slow moving river and ocean currents
  Haha. Thanks for doing the maths. I can put that idea to the side now....
• Commented on Kangaroo attacks man and attempts to drown his dog
  No Kangaroos are more than 3 metres tall. Some Roos hit around the 2 metre mark. The dog was doing what dogs do, the owner was trying to save his dog. No one 'deserved' anything. It's just lucky the man...
• Commented on Kangaroo attacks man and attempts to drown his dog
  There's a good photo of the guys wounds on The Age article about it. Looks a bit like Alpha from Dollhouse got to him....
• Commented on Technology to generate power from slow moving river and ocean currents
  I wonder if these things could also be installed in city sewers? I also think it would be good to investigate capturing energy by water that flows down skyscrapers i.e. water for toilets, sinks, etc is pumped to the top...
• Commented on Murdoch-Microsoft deal in the works
  The precedent that search engines should pay for content they're indexing changes the entire nature of the internet as it stands. This I think is the real issue at stake here. On another note if I was someone advertising on...
• Commented on Viacom's top lawyer thinks lawsuits were "terrorism" - but he's learned nothing from the experience
  Highest Grossing Films - note that 3 of the top 20 were made in 2009. Is it any real loss that massive film making studios lose profits from DVD sales? They can easily adapt to selling films online (distribution is...
• Commented on Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game
  What's that like? I always wonder what sort of level of technology we're at with VR helmets, but they no longer seem to be around much any more. I was blown away by the technology towards the end of the...
• Commented on Chumby Guts for sale at Maker Shed
  Hmm it seems that you can chose to pay a bit more for one extra USB port and stereo speakers, but you lose an FM radio, get a slightly slower processor and don't have the ability to use a MicroSD...
• Commented on Hit the Bitch
  Wow. I thought this "hit the bitch" thing was misguided enough until I decided to read more about it and came upon this. Crystal Clear Conservative. Jesus Christ some people scare me....
• Commented on Sound-copying technology and countermeasures, 1890-1978
  Harhah! ye be right laddy, now give me yer vegetables so I don't get scurvy....
• Commented on Viacom's top lawyer thinks lawsuits were "terrorism" - but he's learned nothing from the experience
  Bullshit. Point to one study that says rate of piracy has been affected by these sorts of court cases. They've been going on for years and piracy hasn't dropped an iota....
• Commented on Affectionate kitteh distracts cop
  Agreed on the black cats being very affection and difficult to photograph! A few months ago I got some kittens (same litter) and whilst they both were extremely affectionate at first it did not take too long for the ginger...
• Commented on Unintentional Humor of the Day
  Has anyone noticed that in Windows update on XP no matter how many times you check the 'Do Not Show Me This Update Again' box you still get shown this update every damn time?...
• Commented on Silly udder pitcher
  Whilst our stomachs have the perfect gut flora to break down both meat and vegetables. I've lived with plenty of vegetarians (my partner of the last 3 and a bit years has only just started eating meat recently after being...
• Commented on Viacom's top lawyer thinks lawsuits were "terrorism" - but he's learned nothing from the experience
  I'm going to expand on it. Simple DRM is a lock on a door next to an open window. Complicated DRM is 6 locks on a door next to an open window. It doesn't matter how 'good' the DRM is...
• Commented on How to destroy the market for used gadgets
  Is there any alternative operating systems for the Xbox360? Seems like a pretty cheap and decent quality media centre if there is....
• Commented on Jim Muir benefit poster by Shepard Fairey and Glen E. Friedman
  Here, here. I'm just glad the poster doesn't have any lego bricks in it. (JOKE)....
• Commented on Klingon as a First Language
  and raise children in a household that only speaks spanish? absolutely not. is it a disadvantage to the child? absolutely yes. Actually if the child speaks English at school or whatever I think it would most positively be an advantage....
• Commented on Space Invader war photography
  The lens flare is what makes the shadows look so wrong. The sun is actually pretty much directly above. The photo with just the bottom of the space invader taken from the bunker is quite good and well executed the...
• Commented on Sound-copying technology and countermeasures, 1890-1978
  Well, few people disagree that piracy is illegal, and few disagree it should be discouraged. Actually I think plenty of people think it's acceptable to share music online, I think this is evidenced by the fact that millions of people...
• Commented on Sound-copying technology and countermeasures, 1890-1978
  I'm sorry but I did not intend my bold text to imply I was yelling. It's simply emphasising certain points. I could have perhaps used italics but that's neither here nor there. I don't think of music strictly as an...
• Commented on Sound-copying technology and countermeasures, 1890-1978
  even if one of those people would have bought it, it is money out of my pocket. And even if one of them showed your music to someone else and bought your next cd that's money in your pocket. I...
• Commented on Stacking 117 objects on a Lego block, then knocking it over.
  That was pretty damn awesome. I just wished they'd showed a bit more of the building process. A more traditional 'time lapse' video would have been awesome....
• Commented on Please release me: <em>Modern Warfare, Spore Islands</em>, and <em>Half Minute Hero</em>es
  On one hand it's a rousing and sensational first-person shooter, while on the other it instills fear of war and its horrific consequences. Its film equivalent would be a Michael Bay blockbuster with a pacifistic premise... It just doesn't add...
• Commented on Apple patents anti-user attention-complianceware
  Any quick study of Steve Jobs would suggest he'd never go for the idea... From the (linked, please read!) article. Yet Mr. Jobs is directly connected to this particular patent application: his name is the first listed of the five...
• Commented on Willie Nelson beats Snoop Dogg at smoking pot
  Not a term I'm familiar with at all, but there is no way in hell that Willie Nelson is the only person to have ever provided weed for Snoop Dogg. The guys whole persona is weed, pimp stylez and bitches...
• Commented on Orgy: the game from 1967
  Porrons are great. I have fond but very cloudy memories of using these when I visited my brother in Spain!...
• Commented on An evening of confusion with Dell customer service
  Dell US must be very different to Dell Australia. I've been buying computers from Dell for years (both for my workplace and personally) and I must say I'm yet to have had a bad experience with them. The sales people...
• Commented on Space Mountain queue gets short-play video-games
  I went to Tokyo disney in about year 7 and it was packed as hell first thing in the morning. The first line I went in took about 55 minutes. Then some clouds came out and it drizzled for all...
• Commented on Choose your own visualization
  These mini posts really need to have headings listed on the main page. Even if they're small headings (the size of the headings after the posts shrink?)....