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Mobius

Wareagle, you are a prize-quality dork.

I guess you think the moon landings were faked too?

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I dare to say it, but Firefox has IE Tabs spanked 7 different ways from Sunday. All you need is \"Tab Clicking Options\". \"TabBrowserPreferences\" and \"IETab\". There you go: you can even use the despicable Trident renderer inside Firefox. :) Is it worth mentioning th...

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Those sort of people are unlikely to vote though. They may INTEND to vote, but they'd turn up at some completely unrelated location, or deface their voting forms, or fail to identify themselves correctly...

Funny stories - apocryphal, but funny.

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WORD DC!

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Looks cool man!

I'll stick with my dual, Everglide \"Giganta\" mouse pads though. They ROCK!

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\"Failed States\" by Naom Chomsky

Excellent read it is too.

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OK, so you know that every country in the world has a stereotype. The Chinese are inscrutable. The Australians are convicts. The Irish are green, and stupid. The Brits are uptight. New Zealanders are bucolic... And Americans are idiots... JFK JFK! Actually, funny you bring the USA up, because a good...

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Having worked quite a bit with Plexiglass, Lexan and other clear non-glass stuff over the years, let me advise you to not even THINK about this project. Firstly, these materials are VERY easy to scratch quite badly (and difficult to polish successfully), and you need a TON of time to get the cut sur...

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It's now illegal to melt down US coinage, because the value of the metals exceeds the face value of the coin: The Mint would rather not have to replace pennies (at a cost of 1.73 cents per) or nickels (at 8.74 cents). The expectation is that Congress will mandate new compositions for some U.S. coins...

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Monday saw me out on the local racetrack ( http://www.racingschool.co.nz/track.htm ) for the third time, in my 24 year old Porsche 928S. I swear, this is the most fun you can have with your pants on! I have learned more about driving in the three days I have had at the track, than in the last 20 yea...

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I feel your pain Will. My car stereo is 20 watts a channel. Not nearly a match for the 330BHP/sweet song the exhaust plays for me! Who the hell wants to listen to music when you have 5 litres of german engineering workin' for ya? ;) I think maybe you need to develop something like an unshielded dire...

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Freeware != stupid fake
Paskiewicz = lazy gullible fool

There - now we have the true story!

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I'd volunteer, except I don't want to.

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how did we win ww2? Holy Moly - you don't know? Are you aware of the maxim; "Those who do not understand history, are doomed to repeat it"? FYI: you did not "win" WWII - you shared the win with the rest of the Western Allies. While your entrance into the war was very late, and y...

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Experiment #137 is still the shiznit.

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I believe you composed the photo incorrectly, and therefore it can't be made to look \"natural\" because when the trees are the right way up, the surface retreats away from you at the bottom instead of the top. This makes it look like the water is sitting in a pool of water on the ceiling ...

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So I really hate people who talk about America being too fat and blaming good things, like fast food. Dude, that is so fucked up it's scary! There is NOTHING good about fast food. Not even the fact it is fast! Americans (and Kiwis) are dumb ★■◆●ing morons who stuff their pie-holes with pie from daw...

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We abandoned tradition when we decided that a fully codified law system was superior to the English system of common law and precedent. Well I don;t think you got that right DC. The US legal system is a pile of stinking dog ★■◆●, run by politicians. The Justice system is no place for political infl...

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Reasonably easily: direct the exhaust gasses backwards to reduce the \"Equal and opposite\" part of Newton's equation. Only in America. Once again, this is a machine designed to shoot people, and targets ONLY. There's no valid reason to take this hunting, and criminals with one of these ca...

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This is essentially analagous to framerate. Most people don't notice any flicker at rates above about 60 or so, but many gamers can see the difference up to 100 or 120. Beyond that, it's pretty rare if it makes much difference. Sorry Foil - But No. It is definitely NOT analagous to frame rate. It i...

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I think the BBQ is obligatory Internet silliness when stringing together other acronyms... Sorry I couldn't get the snaps. I did actually reach for my phone, but it was in my jacket pocket in the parcel tray. By the time I'd gone for my proper camera, in the glover compartment, the van had turned do...

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WMP has always had a tight leash on my box. It is not the default player for ANYTHING except WMA, WMV, ASF and ASX files - that's it. It's set to disallow any reporting or phoning home. I never use it to play music or playlists. Now do I use it for anything except watching streaming content in WMV f...

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IE7 is a disgusting pile of dog sh17. The UI on it is a despicable abortion designed by retarded morons without a brain between them. Removing the FILE menu system is the dumbest thing anyone ever did. Splitting the major controls is so ★■◆●ing stupid it's hard to know where to begin. No - IE7 sucks...

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This morning on the way to work, I pull up behind a van, painted black and grey with some really wild paintjob showing Quake4 characters, shooting each other. Surprisingly, this is avery old and crappy Toyota Crown Ace van. The paintjob is probably 4 times the value of the whole vehicle! While I try...

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Lothar wrote:schlockmercenary.com (Mobi, did you get this link from me?)

My little sister sent me the link when Schlock was about 1 month old. I've been a firm fan ever since. I send him $10 every Christmas, and buy everything he sells from the site. The new book is very good: did you get a copy?

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http://www.schlockmercenary.com
http://www.sinfest.net
http://www.digg.com
http://www.slashdot.org
http://www.space.com
http://www.spacedaily.com/
http://thedailywtf.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
http://www.tomshardware.com/
http://www.extremetech.com/
http://www.theinquirer.net

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It doesn't matter what video card you have: PowerStrip from Entech of Taiwan will switch resolutions at pre-assigned keystrokes - fully customisable.

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Merl; read Laura(?) Penny's book \"Your call is important to us: The truth about bu115h!t\". It's a great read. It looks like NZ is set to repeal the laws which allow \"Big Pharma\" to market direct to the consumer (DTC). That's a good thing, and it'll leave the USA as the only c...

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Good Post Will. One thing which amazed me recently; I downloaded some bull★■◆● movie about how federal tax in the USA is actually illegal. They interviewed a LOT of Americans, and every single one of them simpyl said that if they had a choice, they would not pay any tax at all. That really surprised...

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I already had rebooted that's why I posted! Then I crashed, and that fix0r3d it!

Weird, but true.

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The file contained:

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<?wpl version=\"1.0\"?>
<smil>
    <head>
        <meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Windows Media Player -- 10.0.0.4036\"/>
    </head>
</smil>

I rebooted. It seems to have stopped.

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Windows Media Player 10.00.00.4036 When WMP is NOT running, my CPU spikes to 100% every 4 seconds. When this happens a file is created in the folder ...Application Data\\Microsoft\\Media Player\\ called \"0015bffe.wpl\"and WMP appears in the Task Manager list for just a fraction of a secon...

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Ferno - you do not know what irony is. That is not ironic. Ironic is being a bus driver, and being run over by a bus while queuing for a taxi. Ironic is being a Urologist and dying of prostate cancer, after your doctor failed to detect it. What you posted may not be ironic, but it is funny. It seems...

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Your eyes operate at 60hz Much as I'd like to agree with you Dave, on this occassion I believe you're incorrect The human body operates at 50Hz - which is exactly the reason that New Zealand power (240V AC ~50Hz) is so dangerous: it causes muscles to contract and because of the frequency, if your h...

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I would elect to go with a lower powered, and lower performance CPU. Battery life in a tablet is critical. The handwriting recognition of Windows Tablet Edition is simply stunning. I tried to break it with my worst chicken scratch, intermingling caps with lower case... and you know what? I could not...

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I'm actually genuinely interested in the answers. I didn't want this to be a pissing contest. I really don't give a ★■◆● what you have a connection, what I'm interested in is how your connection has changed over time, and ar ethe speeds still increasing? You guys will remember (if you are old enough...

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Fast is getting the latest BSG episode at home, at an average of 3.98 mbps from 26 peers and surging up to 5.66 mbps. I like unconstrained DSL :) To date, the fastest I have seen sustained is 6.7 mbps when downloading a chunky PDF file from my ISP. At work I regularly experience 8.9 mbps on our Tels...

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My god has a Plausibility Quotient of 0.8

The values I gave to god are the exact same qaulities and abilities which I believe humans will acquire within ten thousand years from now - give or take a few millenia either way.

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Currently, I have a Netgear MP101 wireless music player connected to my stereo in the lounge. It's actually wired to my EPIA 500 micro-ATX media PC with 500 GB storage. Right now it only has 5000 MP3s on it. It's wired because it isn't very reliable on the wireless, and often drops the connection, a...

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http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-6581531,00.html

ROFLS!

New Zealand hasn't yet cornered the market on incompetent police, but we are trying.

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The Chinese - gotta love 'em!

No wonder the US debt is high!

Track Day?

Re: So Americans are fat stupid cattle that eat cows...

OMGWTFBBQLOL: ownage

WMP - strange!

Fast is good

Hardware: Streaming music and movies

I am going to Taser you: do not move!