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Comment Re:It's all well and good until (Score 3, Funny) 249

by imakemusic on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @09:29AM (#40086587) Attached to: Russia To Establish Bases On the Moon

Surely if the explosion is on the far side the moon would be sent hurtling *towards* earth?

Comment Re:Kinda makes me wonder... (Score 4, Funny) 395

by imakemusic on Monday April 30, 2012 @04:53AM (#39842885) Attached to: Surface-To-Air Missiles At London Olympics

Can't have been that bad - we had another one shortly after.

Comment Re:What's the hype? (Score 3, Funny) 215

by imakemusic on Monday April 02, 2012 @04:31AM (#39546799) Attached to: Ashton Kutcher To Play Steve Jobs In Upcoming Film

Well he had to shout at them until they did it. Surely that counts for something?

Comment Re:Minimum Sentences (Score 2) 147

by imakemusic on Thursday March 29, 2012 @08:02AM (#39507557) Attached to: European Law Could Give Hackers Mimimum Two-Year Sentence

Yes this is why the middle east is such a peaceful area.

Comment Re:heh (Score 3, Funny) 1091

by imakemusic on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @09:07AM (#39426111) Attached to: Why Linux Can't 'Sell' On the Desktop

I have had a real bear trying to do some rather straightforward things on MS and Apple.

I've had a real centipede giving me technical support. They weren't great at troubleshooting but their words-per-minute was amazing.

Comment Re:WALES (Score 1) 95

by imakemusic on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @12:55PM (#39340303) Attached to: Jimmy Wales To Become UK Government Adviser

Yes and no. Wales now has a separate government from England - the Welsh Assembly - but they still both come under the heading of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Comment Re:WALES (Score 1) 95

by imakemusic on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @08:46AM (#39337439) Attached to: Jimmy Wales To Become UK Government Adviser

He just did.

Comment Re:Silencing? (Score 1) 95

by imakemusic on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @08:45AM (#39337423) Attached to: Jimmy Wales To Become UK Government Adviser

The UK Government displays a wide array of cunning stunts. I think spelled that right...

Comment Re:And if they do... (Score 1) 95

by imakemusic on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @08:41AM (#39337381) Attached to: Jimmy Wales To Become UK Government Adviser

They've ignored other, paid advisers before.

Comment Re:Explore! Explore! (Score 3, Insightful) 114

by imakemusic on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @08:36AM (#39337343) Attached to: Evidence of Lost Da Vinci Fresco Behind Florentine Wall

Haven't they analysed the Mona Lisa and found the sketches underneath it which Leonardo did before painting? If we'd destroyed the painting before these techniques were discovered then we wouldn't be able to do this.

Comment Re:the FBI was running them. (Score 1) 221

by imakemusic on Monday March 12, 2012 @10:14AM (#39325705) Attached to: Accused LulzSec Members Left Trail of Clues Online

Or both.

Comment Re:What do you mean used to? (Score 1) 126

by imakemusic on Friday February 24, 2012 @11:28AM (#39147763) Attached to: Children Used To Steal Parents' Data

They still do but they they used to, too.

Comment Re:Doesn't matter (Score 1) 303

by imakemusic on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @04:13PM (#39049245) Attached to: In Hot Water: The Effects of Even Modern Nuke Plants On Water

They should build handles on the side to complete the image. And make the reactor teapot shaped.

Comment Re:What's the point??!?!?! (Score 1) 176

by imakemusic on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @12:05PM (#38967605) Attached to: ReactOS 0.3.14 Released With Improved Networking Stack

Yes.

Comment Re:So? (Score 1) 487

by imakemusic on Wednesday February 08, 2012 @07:34AM (#38965089) Attached to: Pasadena Police Encrypt, Deny Access To Police Radio

I see your point but I think it's more correct to say that what they actually want is to stop everyone from having the ability to track police actions. There's a subtle difference between not allowing anyone and not allowing everyone.

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