Comment Re:Nobody read the source? (Score 1) 303
I look forward to seeing this on the front page of the Daily Mail.
Comment Re:explaining our world to a 19th century person.. (Score 1) 157
"Our world would traumatize people from the 19th century." Victorians were not as universally repressed as popular belief would suggest. In public, there was higher standard of "official" morality, perhaps. But HG Wells had a quite colourful love life.
Comment Key phrase "AND THEIR PRESS OFFICES" (Score 2) 114
Hardly "Scientists themselves", is it?
Comment Angular resolution (Score 3, Interesting) 122
Hang on, what about the angular resolution of visible light at 6m, with indents in surely being 0.1mm? Can we get high enough resolution Is that even possible? How fast must the picture be taken to avoid blurring?
No, haven't RTFA. So sue me.
Comment Gotta love those quote marks (Score 2) 42
Compare:
O2 Fixes 'Accidental' Leak of Phone Numbers
vs
O2 Fixes Accidental Leak of Phone Numbers
Comment Re:CAT (Score 1) 186
Artichoke
Comment CAT (Score 1) 186
Dolphin
Comment Hyperbole error at line 10 (Score 1) 95
If you want to avoid all the chatter and buzz around the concept of gamification, I recommend being me. Never heard of it. Is this a US thing?
Comment Re:I posted this in the last story on this too... (Score 1) 224
Or for UK readers, Mitchell and Webb?
Comment Re:Well, that'll be helpful (Score 1) 377
By all means have an argument with the straw man you consider me to be. You'll always beat him. But did I say that? No, I didn't.
Comment Re:Well, that'll be helpful (Score 1) 377
Hehe, well I am British. Who knows, maybe I would have been. Nice try at an ad hominem attack though.
Comment Re:Well, that'll be helpful (Score 3, Insightful) 377
The only place where two wrongs make a right is boolean algebra. Revenge/retaliation just continues a cycle of aggression and destruction. I'm hardly happy about extraordinary rendition either. Whatever Anonymous' valid claims may be, this does nothing for their cause, except to give themselves hugely negative publicity. Way to go, generate sympathy for those you are against... sheesh.
Comment Well, that'll be helpful (Score 3, Insightful) 377
Another mature contribution from those grown-ups at Anonymous.
Atari Loses Copyright Suit Against RapidShare 198
dotarray writes "Online copyright lawsuits aren't all about music. Video game publisher Atari Europe recently became concerned that copies of its game Alone in the Dark were floating around one-click file-hosting service RapidShare, so it took the hosting company to court. While they won the initial case, the decision was overturned on appeal, finding that RapidShare is doing nothing wrong."
Comment Re:I'm sure there's no hyperbole in this article (Score 2, Insightful) 360
Let's review that argument, shall we?
Statement 1: The ONLY reasonable explanation is that they are cheating. Or there is an optimisation bug which screws performance.
Comment: I think you need to look at meaning of "ONLY" as you have used it, and the way the rest of the world uses is.
Statement 2: there is no evidence of an optimisation bug, therefore it must be cheating
Comment: One could plausibly argue that there is no actual evidence of cheating, therefore it's an optimisation bug. Since there is no internal evidence of any kind.
Yes, it COULD be cheating, but you can't argue that it must be so based on the information in the article. There are enough weasel phrases in your analysis to populate a weasel world theme park.
