Comment Wednesday at 6:38am, not Tuesday. (Score 1) 52
Tuesday at 6:38AM (2038 GMT Tuesday) thousands of Australians...
That would be Wednesday at 6:38am in Australia, if it was at 2038 GMT on Tuesday.
Comment Re:It wasn't just Microsoft... (Score 1) 247
Yup, I see the same thing in my Google Chat history... 12/31/69, even for this morning's chat.
Not all days are 24 hours long (in local time, or if you have to deal with leap seconds).
Not all years are 365 days long.
February is not always 28 days long.
Comment I like well designed roundabouts (Score 1) 1173
But where I live near Victoria, they have just put in a horribly confusing system of THREE roundabouts and a bridge. They even have a simulation animated video that is somehow supposed to show how simple and congestion-free it is.
Thankfully I don't have to take this every day.
Comment PDF version (Score 5, Informative) 235
Here's the full PDF version.
Comment Re:Multiple controllers? (Score 1) 330
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/306087/news/wii-u-console-and-controller-wont-be-sold-separately/
Sounds like only one uber controller per Wii U.
Comment Multiple controllers? (Score 2) 330
I haven't seen mention of how many of these new uber controllers can be active at a time. Just one? Hopefully two. I'm guessing the streaming video will limit on the number they can support.
Comment Re:XKCD (Score 1) 396
I'm still new to this Internet thing. I'm using Mosaic and I just skipped by that underline thing.
(My apologies -- I can't believe I actually missed that in the summary).
Comment XKCD (Score -1, Redundant) 396
XKCD has a lovely tribute to it today as well.
Comment Re:Hoax (Score 4, Informative) 177
Comment Re:A few ideas: (Score 1) 212
-Variable scroll speed with arrow keys
Variable scroll speed for ViM position keys.
Comment Re:liek wot? (Score 1) 176
I didn't even read the rest of the summary. I couldn't get back "Mar's".
Submission + - MS accidentally announces XP SP3 for this year
nicolastheadept writes: "Microsoft have released a press statement that says that Service Pack 3 will be released this year.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may0 7/05-21MSJuniperPR.mspx
via http://www.tweakguides.com/"
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may
via http://www.tweakguides.com/"
Submission + - Holllywood Trying to Starve Canadian Pirates
KenAndCorey writes: "From an article on the CTV News web site, Warner Brothers has decided it won't be giving Canadians previews of its summer blockbusters.
This is total crap, as we already know that the Canadian Movie Piracy Claim is Mostly Fiction. But as is the norm in Canada, we try to make it sound like it's not as bad as it may first appear. Douglas Frith of the Canadian Motion Pictures Distributors Association says,Citing a failure by the government of Canada to make illegal the recording of movies directly from the screen by camcorder, the studio will not issue advance screenings of such audience pleasers like "Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix" and "Ocean's 13."
Well, not yet, anyway."We're not looking at the individuals who go in for fun to camcord a film in a theatre. It's organized crime. People are going in, they get paid between $5,000 to $7,000 for a very good copy of a film."
Submission + - Warner Bros stops Canadian previews, piracy blamed
CommaToes writes: According to Reuters, Warner Brothers is stopping showing advance screenings in Canada. The Movie industry is urging the Canadian Government to crack down on camcorder recordings by putting in harsher penalties. It seems that IP laws in Canada once again is under attack from foriegn interests.
Submission + - Warner Bros. bans previews in Canada
Shambly writes: In an article by the cbc
Warner Bros announces that it will cancel all previews of Movies in Canada citing its reason it says "Recently, the U.S. International Intellectual Property Alliance put Canada on a watchlist of countries it believes responsible for illegal filming and copying of movies. The group alleged that the recording, movie and software industries lose $225 million a year due to illegal trafficking in Canada."
