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Comment Carbon Monoxide (Score 1) 663

by alex_royle on Monday August 16, 2010 @05:37AM (#33261862) Attached to: 'Wi-Fi Illness' Spreads To Ontario Public Schools

Maybe they all had dodgy heating systems installed by the same people and have carbon monoxide poisoning.

Comment Re:respect or admire? (Score 1) 737

by alex_royle on Thursday March 11, 2010 @08:31AM (#31436402) Attached to: What IT pioneer do you respect the most?

It was because Turing was too honest for his own good. He chose to tell the police about it. He did have social problems, possibly being on the autistic spectrum.

Comment Because choosing one English person is not enough (Score 1) 737

by alex_royle on Thursday March 11, 2010 @07:37AM (#31436188) Attached to: What IT pioneer do you respect the most?

1. Alan Turing 2. Charles Babbage 3. Geoffrey Dummer 4. Maurice Wilkes 5. Tim Berners-Lee

Comment Classic UO (Score 5, Informative) 480

by alex_royle on Monday February 22, 2010 @06:05AM (#31227372) Attached to: Why Are There No Popular <em>Ultima Online</em>-Like MMOs?

You can still play classic UO on independent servers. The biggest one is http://www.uogamers.com/

Comment Comparable (Score 1) 458

by alex_royle on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @07:16AM (#30830220) Attached to: 100% Free Software Compatible PC Launches

I'd rather have something like an asrock ion 330. Just as green, better, cheaper. http://www.asrock.com/nettop/index.asp

Comment 310M is not high end (Score 1) 190

by alex_royle on Tuesday January 12, 2010 @03:50AM (#30734280) Attached to: Asus Promises 12-Hour Battery Life In New High-End Laptop

A nvidia 310M is not high end. It's not even mid range.

Comment Someone else saw them first? (Score 1) 161

by alex_royle on Friday January 08, 2010 @02:44PM (#30697964) Attached to: 400 Years Ago, Galileo Discovered Four Jovian Moons

How likely is that Thomas Harriot discovered the four moons before Galileo, or possibly someone else?

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