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Comment Re:One Big Bitch, Then Another (Score 1) 199

I use a diNovo mini and a logitech harmony remote (IR) for my htpc. (harmony most of the time, then the diNovo mini for occasional webbrowsing.) I found the bluetooth receiver for the DiNovo was rather rat-shit. with it plugged into the rear of my pc, it wouldn't get more than a couple of metres range. I had to run a usb extension cable and sit the receiver at the front of the pc (I didn't want to waste one of the PC case's front ports - they're for cameras and ipods etc).. Now, I get bluetooth reception just find from anywhere in my lounge room - 4-5m max.

Comment Re:This just in (Score 1) 352

"I have listened. I will immediately after the election move to repeal the law retrospectively."
"I call upon all the other political parties who supported this review to also review their position."

So, he’ll try to repeal it, but there’s no guarantee that it will be. And he won’t do it until after the election. Fuck Atkinson.

name: dimmo. postcode: 5075.

Comment Re:The hiss is where it hides (Score 1) 849

Ive got some SR60's, and I love the sound (heavy metal music). (I wear them several hours a day in the office)
my gripes are
a) the foam pads have started wearing/ breaking down after 6 months or so. You can buy replacements though.
b) the adjustment rods (for big-head / little-head adjustment) are starting to loosen, so they slip up and down a bit.
c) the vinyl headband isn't taht comfortable.

AFAIK, the only difference between the SR60s and SR80s is the gauge of the cable, so i'm not sure the SR80s are worth the extra money.

Comment Re:does anyone still use it? (Score 1) 329

your favourite torrent site will have (possibly several) RSS feeds which list the newest torrents, and their download links. Add this rss feed to your favourite torrent program and tell it to filter out the torrents you want. your favourite torrent program will load the RSS feed regularly, and then download your filtered torrents all by itself.

Comment Re:Start-bar aka Dock! (Score 1) 792

It's good in theory, but there are usability glitches and apps need to be updated to make full use of it. eg: if you have Firefox pinned to the task bar and running, but the only window left is the Firefox downloads window, how do you get a new browser window? you can't just click the pinned firefox icon (which would be similar behaviour to the quick launch bar in xp/vista). You have to right click and click 'new window' (I'm not at my win7 box atm, so i don't know the exact command). Live messenger chat windows take 2 clicks to get them un-minimised (click the messenger icon, then the thumbnail of the chat window), instead of 1 (click the chat window task bar item in xp/vista). Don't get me wrong, I like the look of it, but it has a little way to go to be perfect. I know you can set the win7 task bar to behave a bit like xp/vista too, without grouped icons.
Books

xkcd To Be Released In Book Form 198

History's Coming To writes "xkcd creator Randall Munroe has revealed on his blag that the acclaimed stick-figure comic will be produced in real dead-tree book form. Fantastic news for all fans of comedy, maths, science, and relationship screw-ups — especially given that the book will be sold in aid of the charity 'Room To Read.' Rumors that the book contains a joke in the ISBN remain unconfirmed." The NY Times article that Munroe links (registration may be required) is from April of this year, and I am amazed that this community didn't note the story at that time. The book will be published by breadpig, which was created by Alexis Ohanian, one of the founders of reddit.

Comment I like Office 2007, but I don't like it too. (Score 1) 291

here's some "features" in Office 2007 that I hope they fix:
1. in the Outlook 2007 journal, document edits are not logged if the document is stored on a network drive.
99% of my work documents are on a network server. When i go to fill in my weekly time sheet (so I can get paid), I go to the journal to review what my work was, and there's nothing there! (inb4 you didn't do any work)
2a. Copying a spreadsheet chart from excel to word can not be done by drag-and-drop.
2b. copy / pasting a chart from excel to word pastes it as a vector image. a) you can not edit the chart as a OLE object in the word document, and b) text formatting on the axes gets screwed up.

I *do* like the ribbon interface and the context formatting menu that pops up when you select text.

Comment Re:The Ribbon... (Score 1) 291

I wish I had some points. I'd mod you funny just for nostalgia's sake.
Shampoo is better - it goes on first and cleans the hair. No, conditioner is better. it makes the hair smooooth and silky. ng ng ng... stop looking at me swan
(forgive me if my quote isn't verbatim - it's been a while since I watched it)
Medicine

Swearing Provides Pain Relief, Say Scientists 230

Hugh Pickens writes "Scientific American reports that although cursing is notoriously decried in the public debate, scientists have discovered that swearing may serve an important function in relieving pain. 'Swearing is such a common response to pain that there has to be an underlying reason why we do it,' says Richard Stephens of Keele University in England. A study measured how long college students could keep their hands immersed in cold water. During the chilly exercise, they could repeat an expletive of their choice or chant a neutral word. When swearing, the 67 student volunteers reported less pain and on average endured about 40 seconds longer. How swearing achieves its physical effects is unclear, but the researchers speculate that brain circuitry linked to emotion is involved. Earlier studies have shown that unlike normal language, which relies on the outer few millimeters in the left hemisphere of the brain, expletives hinge on evolutionarily ancient structures buried deep inside the right half like the amygdala, an almond-shaped group of neurons that can trigger a fight-or-flight response in which our heart rate climbs and we become less sensitive to pain."

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