Comment Re:Beer Prime Directive? (Score 1) 100
Something like
HIq watlh chut
or maybe
HIq nIt chut
(both can mean law of the pure beer).
Comment Re:"First computer" is a bit ambiguous (Score 1) 587
Mine too. My current computer is in dire need of upgrading and if my calculations are correct, is 4096000 times larger.
Comment Re:Misleading (Score 1) 66
I was hoping for a story about an army of simians doing glorious battle with an army of code-monkeys.
Comment Re:9 out of 10 (Score 1) 103
jIQochbe'qu' jay'!
Comment Re:Disney says... (Score 1) 170
The outside.
Comment Supercomputer on the moon? (Score 1) 3
I propose they name it after a famous fictional detective or maybe his brother.
Comment Re:The Solution (Score 1) 194
Nuking from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...
Comment Re:Great, sort of (Score 1) 128
I'm not seeing a "view" menu because the menu bar is disabled. I found the option somewhere else too - the "Menu Bar" option is also available in the "options" submenu of the Firefox menu button.
Comment Re:Great, sort of (Score 1) 128
No need to downgrade. In the title bar at the top, right-click on the space to the right of the "Open a new tab" button [+]. Click on "Menu Bar" in the context menu.
Comment Re:Websites (Score 5, Funny) 454
c-c-c-combo breaker!)
Comment Re:And dont you DARE close your eyes or not listen (Score 1) 578
It may be quite a few years since I've watched any BBC channels, but they don't have ad breaks. Paid for by the license fee, dontcha know.
Submission + - South Korea Still Paying The Price For Embracing Internet Explorer A Decade Ago (techdirt.com)
TheGift73 writes: "The problems of monopolies arising through network effects, and the negative effects of the lock-in that results, are familiar enough. But it's rare to come across an entire nation suffering the consequences of both quite so clearly as South Korea, which finds itself in this situation thanks to a really unfortunate decision made by its government some years back:
"At the end of the 1990s, Korea developed its own encryption technology, SEED, with the aim of securing e-commerce. Users must supply a digital certificate, protected by a personal password, for any online transaction in order to prove their identity. For Web sites to be able to verify the certificates, the technology requires users to install a Microsoft ActiveX plug-in.""
"At the end of the 1990s, Korea developed its own encryption technology, SEED, with the aim of securing e-commerce. Users must supply a digital certificate, protected by a personal password, for any online transaction in order to prove their identity. For Web sites to be able to verify the certificates, the technology requires users to install a Microsoft ActiveX plug-in.""
Comment Aha! A use for... (Score 1) 157
Comment Re:Siri (Score 1) 68
~ (bong bong) Ook Eeek Ook AH AH!
-ting-tang-walla-walla-bing-bang-
Oops, dmca from EMI/Sony descends...
Comment Re:Planet of the Apes coming soon (Score 5, Funny) 68
After they learn to program they become...
*sunglasses*
...code-monkeys.
yeeaaahhh!
*sunglasses*
yeeaaahhh!
