Comment Election doubts (Score 1) 122
With an election looming, the government can't afford to alienate anybody as their chances of re-election are marginal at best.
Every vote will count.
Snails On Methamphetamine 93
sciencehabit writes "Science answers the question: What happens when you put a snail on speed? From the article: 'The results suggest that meth improves memory, something that has been previously observed in creatures with large, complex brains like rats and humans. But since the snails store their memories in a simple, three-neuron network, the team hopes that studying the meth effect in these gastropods will help pinpoint how the drug's memory magnification powers work.'"
Comment Bastards! (Score 1) 1
I'm with Telstra Bigpond Cable on their fastest plan. .I'd move to an ADSL plan with another ISP but I like the 30Mbps cable speed.
One of the advantages of a monopoly is being able to do as you damn well please!
Comment Re:CRIKEY MATE (Score 4, Funny) 174
I find this response insulting.
Australians do not drink Fosters!
It's for export only. Nothing is too bad for the rest of the world.
Comment Re:Put the word "Wikipedia" in quotes like me... (Score 2, Funny) 155
"Annoying americans" isn't that tautology?
Comment Re:UUCP info you need (Score 2, Informative) 325
If it's Xenix, then it probably predates UFS. I'd expect the original V7 UNIX file system.
Comment Not THAT stunning. (Score 2, Informative) 149
Nice images but hardly Hubble.
There are other amateurs doing work that is just as good or better.
Check out this guy http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002
Comment Re:PasswordSafe (Score 1) 1007
I use PasswordSafe. I have Linux and Windows versions installed on a USB key along with the password database.
That way I can access my passwords no matter which (or whose) computer I'm on.
Comment Refund for ISP? (Score 1) 93
Will the Yemeni ISP get a refund on their subscription now that Websense has blocked access to updates?
Comment Re:Good to see it doing it's job (Score 5, Funny) 299
The gas giants are there to act as a magnet for comets/asteroids etc, so they don't end up near us.
I don't remember that part of Genesis...
Which part do you remember?
I remember Phil Collins great drumming and Peter Gabriels vocals. Of course this was the old Genesis not the reformed one.
Comment Re:Their ingratitude? (Score 1) 366
Not to mention the Americans turning up late for World War II
which started in 1939, not 1941. America didn't rush to protect Europe, it got involved because it was attacked by Japan.
(FWIW, they were late for World War I as well. Don't know the excuse for that one)
Comment Re:LEDs are excellent idea. (Score 1) 303
Most traffic lights in Sydney are LED. As the old incandescent ones fail, they get replaced with the LED ones.
I don't know what sort of power savings are achieved, but I see the repair guys a lot less at the major traffic intersection near me.
Unfortunately, the streets lights are still either sodium or mercury vapour.
Submission + - AMD running dry?
SoTuA writes: Analysts report that AMD is in financial problems. The fierce battles with Intel in the past years have taken its toll, with AMD showing a important stock price drop during the last 12 months, while Intel remains steady. Reportedly AMD is cash-strapped after buying out ATi and upgrading their factories. Will AMD turn this trend around with the launch of Barcelona, or will Intel regain the ground recently lost in the CPU market?
